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A to Z My Alphabet Zoo

By: Martha Jo Silvestro

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[T]he animals themselves tell stories about who they are and where they come from.... [C]ombines pictures, stories, and adventure to teach your children about the alphabet and the animals"--P. 4. of cover.

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149

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Strategic Book Publishing

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ISBN 10

1609111990

ISBN 13

9781609111991

Innocent Choices

Romance and Suspense

By: Martha Silvestro

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Innocent Choices

Romance and Suspense

By: Martha Silvestro

In the romantic novel Innocent Choices: Romance and Suspense, a young woman learns that consequences result from innocent mistakes.Marilu is searching for a man just like her father. Innocent and trustful, she is quickly deceived by a boy she thinks she loves. A chain of events takes her through some difficult situations, beginning with an unexpected pregnancy with her first high school love.When Jimmy chooses his medical career over her and the baby, she is devastated. Her pregnancy eats away at the core of her close-knit family. Driven to find a father for her child, with her father's approval, Marilu marries Steve, a close friend of the family. When the marriage fails, she finds a job at the local bank to support her baby girl. A life-threatening situation at the bank turns an innocent flirtation into danger.Will Marilu ever find Mr. Right?Martha Jo Silvestro was born in Birmingham, Alabama. "My father managed to send all four of his children to college at the University of Alabama. He did not have the opportunities we had and he wanted us to get an education in order to increase our chances at being successful in life. He and my mother made sacrifices to ensure we would have that opportunity." She is retired and lives with her husband in Sarasota, Florida. Her first book was for children and this one is for young adults. She has several other books in progress.

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195

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Strategic Book Publishing

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ISBN 10

1609762339

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9781609762339

The Castrato

Reflections on Natures and Kinds

By: Martha Feldman

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The Castrato

Reflections on Natures and Kinds

By: Martha Feldman

The Castrato is a nuanced exploration of why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. It shows that the entire foundation of Western classical singing, culminating in bel canto, was birthed from an unlikely and historically unique set of desires, public and private, aesthetic, economic, and political. In Italy, castration for singing was understood through the lens of Catholic blood sacrifice as expressed in idioms of offering and renunciation and, paradoxically, in satire, verbal abuse, and even the symbolism of the castrato’s comic cousin Pulcinella. Sacrifice in turn was inseparable from the system of patriarchy—involving teachers, patrons, colleagues, and relatives—whereby castrated males were produced not as nonmen, as often thought nowadays, but as idealized males. Yet what captivated audiences and composers—from Cavalli and Pergolesi to Handel, Mozart, and Rossini—were the extraordinary capacities of castrato voices, a phenomenon ultimately unsettled by Enlightenment morality. Although the castrati failed to survive, their musicality and vocality have persisted long past their literal demise.

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496

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Univ of California Press

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ISBN 10

0520292448

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9780520292444

Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture

The Devil in the Latrine

By: Martha Bayless

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Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture

The Devil in the Latrine

By: Martha Bayless

This important new contribution to the history of the body analyzes the role of filth as the material counterpart of sin in medieval thought. Using a wide range of texts, including theology, historical documents, and literature from Augustine to Chaucer, the book shows how filth was regarded as fundamental to an understanding of human history. This theological significance explains the prominence of filth and dung in all genres of medieval writing: there is more dung in theology than there is in Chaucer. The author also demonstrates the ways in which the religious understanding of filth and sin influenced the secular world, from town planning to the execution of traitors. As part of this investigation the book looks at the symbolic order of the body and the ways in which the different aspects of the body were assigned moral meanings. The book also lays out the realities of medieval sanitation, providing the first comprehensive view of real-life attempts to cope with filth. This book will be essential reading for those interested in medieval religious thought, literature, amd social history. Filled with a wealth of entertaining examples, it will also appeal to those who simply want to glimpse the medieval world as it really was.

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267

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Routledge

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ISBN 10

1136490833

ISBN 13

9781136490835

Martha! Martha! the Third Spiritual Adventure

By: Martha M. Brown,Freddie M. Lindsay-Payne

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Martha! Martha! the Third Spiritual Adventure

By: Martha M. Brown,Freddie M. Lindsay-Payne

A lifetime of wisdom has been compiled on the pages of Martha! Martha! As each author shares from the insights gained from their personal walk with God, we are invited to join the adventure that leads the willing heart to growth in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.

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202

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Priorityone Publications

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ISBN 10

1933972335

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9781933972336

Book's by Martha Silvestro

A to Z My Alphabet Zoo

A to Z My Alphabet Zoo

Innocent Choices

Innocent Choices

The Castrato

The Castrato

Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture

Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture

Martha! Martha! the Third Spiritual Adventure

Martha! Martha! the Third Spiritual Adventure

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