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Singing has long been an integral component of Wales’s culture, identity, and international reputation; alongside the deep traditions of Welsh folksong, the country’s composers have produced a rich body of art music. Welsh Vocal Music introduces readers to the vast vocal repertoire of Wales and provides them with the tools to accurately and confidently sing in the Welsh language. The first section of the book offers an introduction to Welsh lyric diction, including sounds, spellings, pronunciation rules, and dialects, while the second section provides a guide to notable vocal composers of Wales and their works. A biographical and stylistic overview is provided for each composer, along wi...
In Isle of Arran, three Ivy-League fraternity boys with political connections are in danger of not getting their college degrees due to failing a black professor's course. This conflict starts in modern times, but through a mystical portal they are transported to an alternative reality on the Isle of Arran in the 13th century. The boys come across people in their lives in this new reality, but the people don’t know them. On the Isle the young men face the Professor with a much different reality. The professor is now a slave trader from Africa looking for slaves in the Scottish islands. This conflict rages over the island and builds into a winner takes all conflict. This war changes the fate of the young men and the world. About the Author Eric Reis was born and raised in the Central Valley of California in a small town in the 1970’s. At that time diversity didn’t exist. Through playing sports in college, he had a chance to meet an amazing variety of people from different cultures than his. What he discovered was people are unique and no two people are alike. It was also clear that people are people. We all have in us an amazing capacity for good and bad.
"Patty—Bride" by Carolyn Wells continues the charming Patty Fairfield series, following the adventures of the beloved protagonist as she embarks on married life. Wells' storytelling captures the joys, challenges, and humor of Patty's journey into matrimony. This book is an ideal choice for fans of the series and those who appreciate stories that explore the ups and downs of marriage with wit and relatability.
'This is a book that required a great many research hours, the kind of volume you may be glad someone took the time to compile.'The Quarterly Review of Biology This is the ultimate guide to the life and work of Charles Darwin. The result of decades of research through a vast and daunting literature which is hard for beginners and experts alike to navigate, it brings together widely scattered facts including very many unknown to even the most ardent Darwin aficionados. It includes hundreds of new discoveries and corrections to the existing literature. It provides the most complete summaries of his publications, manuscripts, lifetime itinerary, finances, personal library, friends and colleagues, opponents, visitors to his home, anniversaries, hundreds of flora, fauna, monuments and places named after him and a host of other topics. Also included are the most complete lists (iconographies) ever created of illustrations of the Beagle, over 1000 portraits of Darwin, his wife and home as well as all known Darwin photographs, stamps and caricatures. The book is richly illustrated with 350 images, most previously unknown.