Beethoven’s Freude theme—or “Ode to Joy”—is perhaps the most iconic melody ever created. This book sets out to show why the Freude theme has acquired this almost mythic status and what its use in the finale of the Ninth Symphony reveals about the mechanics of tonal composition. The book explains how the finale of the Ninth Symphony offers a crash course in music theory made possible by Beethoven’s extensive training with Neefe, Haydn, Albrechtsberger, and others, and his enormous library o...

You want a deeper life with God, but your days are already full and your prayer often feels thin. You have wondered if holiness is only for someone else, someone with more time, less worry, or a quieter house. You are not alone, and you are not without companions who understand and who have prayed the same tired prayer at midnight.52 Weeks of Catholic Saints for Women places 52 companions in your hands, 1 for every week of the year. You will walk with Joan of Arc into courage that ...

This book is designed for people who need help with their stuff. When we talk about "stuff", we mean all the things that we have to deal with daily in this fast-moving world. Email, mobile communications, meetings, digital media. All of that.It's not easy, but it is possible to manage a very high workload and multiple complex professional and personal commitments and to do so with no stress whatsoever.To achieve this requires the skills of the Productivity Ninja, and the powe...

This document is designed for people who need help with their stuff. When we talk about "stuff", we mean all the things that we have to deal with daily in this fast-moving world. Email, mobile communications, meetings, digital media. All of that. It's not easy, but it is possible to manage a very high workload and multiple complex professional and personal commitments and to do so with no stress whatsoever. To achieve this requires the skills of the Productivity Ninja, and the power of Too...

Sarah is a normal girl down her luck when she lands a dream job on a yacht working for a rich and powerful man. Soon after setting off on her journey events take an unexpected twist leading her down a path which will change her life forever. Crossing paths with an extra-terrestrial species she learns the true history of mankind, opening her eyes to an alarming truth. Armed with this knowledge she finds herself on a quest to save the human race and the planet from an insidious life-form int...

Maurice Maeterlinck described his libretto Ariane et Barbe-bleue as "a sort of legendary opera, or fairy [opera], in three acts." In 1907, Paul Dukas finished setting Maeterlinck's libretto to music, and the opera's Paris premiere was lauded as a landmark in operatic history.Ariane & Bluebeard: From Fairy Tale to Comic Book Opera offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary look at this historic opera, including its structure, reception, and cultural implications. Th...

Biology? No Problem!This Big Fat Notebook covers everything you need to know during a year of high school BIOLOGY class, breaking down one big bad subject into accessible units. Including: biological classification, cell theory, photosynthesis, bacteria, viruses, mold, fungi, the human body, plant and animal reproduction, DNA & RNA, evolution, genetic engineering, the ecosystem and more.Study better with mnemonic devices, definitions, diagrams, educational d...

The arabesque, a crucial component of nineteenth-century aesthetics characterized by recurring patterns of interlocking geometric and floral ornamentation, was found in a wide range of forms of artistic expression and played a pivotal role in the music of Claude Debussy. Divine Arabesque explores the arabesque in Debussy's music and reveals its profound influence on his musical repertoire and on the works of other Symbolist artists and writers.Taking as his starting point ...

Becoming, Distinctively YOU! Awakening the Greatness Within is a passionate composition written to discover, accept, celebrate, and release to the world one's personal uniqueness. This study guide examines provocative ways to develop distinction in life as you influence the planet with your greatness!

'Satisfied' is a Christian book about sex and relationships for youth. In an easy-to-read format with illustrations, it's about the choices that followers of Jesus make for their sex lives and explores how to find a life that truly satisfies. The book is also a helpful resource to parents, carers and youth leaders.

The first book to examine the transformation of sporting cultures in South America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuriesSports in South America follows the transformation of sporting cultures in South America leading up to Uruguay’s hosting of the first FIFA Men’s World Cup in 1930. Matthew Brown shows how South American soccer culture, envied worldwide, sprang out of societies that were already playing and watching games well before British sportsmen ...

Paint Your Town Red tells the story of how one city in the north of England decided to level up without waiting for Whitehall.Across the world, there is a growing recognition that a new kind of economy is needed: more democratic, less exploitative, less destructive of society and the planet. Paint Your Town Red looks at how wealth can be generated and shared at a local level through the experience of one of the main advocates of the new Democratic Economy,...