Elgar�s The Music Makers, for contralto solo, choir and large orchestra, has experienced a chequered reputation since its 1912 premiere at the Birmingham Festival. The work faced significant adverse criticism which re-emerged over time. Criticism targeted the poem Elgar chose for his setting � Arthur O�Shaughnessy�s ode, whose reputation was later tarnished by T.S. Eliot�s infamous critique �What is Minor Poetry?�. Misunderstanding of Elgar�s innovatory compositional procedure was another ...

Farringdon Chase is a Lord of the Realm and the greatest amateur detective of his time, loved and admired all over the world. However, following a tragic event involving his arch nemesis, Sylvanus Sharp, he dramatically retires from public life. But it is not long before London becomes gripped with fear by the terrible crimes of a new horror, The Gaslit Ghoul! With the population of the capital looking for a saviour, Chase is tempted out of retirement as the crimes and c...

Whether experienced or new to woodcarving, you are sure to appreciate the in-depth knowledge of the art form from author David Young. The book begins with information on what you need to know to start whittling including tools, materials, knife sharpening, and techniques. Next, David covers finishing your project with instructions for his simple painting technique to achieve professional-looking results. Using these techniques, you'll then be ready to start whittling the 13 beautifully ill...

What if the skin you wore was the one thing that doomed you?From the author of Filthy Appetites comes a new nightmare of survival horror.Amid rising floodwaters in a small neighborhood in Thailand, young men are dying in mysterious accidents, and whispers of the dreaded “Widow Ghost”—a woman who perished in flames two decades ago are spreading through the community.At the heart of this unfolding horror is Dew, a 20-year-old who was born int...

Recently widowed Jack Marshall wants a stable job and a holiday in Fiji to reconnect with his kids. But an ambitious terrorist leader has plans to kidnap Jack for his own purposes. What follows is a dark and gripping thriller set among the turquoise waters of the Pacific, where ex-Navy Seal Jack is forced to use every skill he has to save both his kids and the woman he has fallen in love with. It's a fast-moving tale of intrigue and adventure, where everything may not be as it first appear...

Thailand’s ravenous ghost returns for a feast you’ll never forget!Mai is a krasue – a supernatural creature in the form of a young woman’s severed head with a trail of dangling entrails. For generations, she has been imprisoned on a farm in the Northeast. Now, a series of mishaps has set her loose upon Bangkok where she is on the run from a television ghost hunter hoping to turn her into a celebrity and an eccentric fortune teller bent on her destruction.

The year is 1987. Having made history by becoming the UK's first female Prime Minister and then driving out the most left-wing manifesto the country has ever seen, Margaret Thatcher faces a climactic third election campaign.Her eight years in power have been pivotal in guiding the UK back onto the path towards prosperity, and as he surveys the scene, David Young, Secretary of State for Employment, can see the fragile seeds of Thatcher's government beginning to grow. But this third ...

The Welsh reader has within his reach a most valuable history of Calvinistic Methodism, of the Baptist Churches, and of Congregationalism, but up to the present time, neither in Welsh nor English, has he an opportunity of knowing the origin and history of Wesleyan Methodism in Wales. It was this fact which, when urged upon the writer by leading Wesleyans and others outside the pale of Methodism, influenced him in undertaking this interesting and onerous task. It is our one desire in this v...

If you are a game developer or a general programmer who wishes to focus on programming systems and techniques to build your game AI without creating low-level interfaces in a game engine, then this book is for you. Knowledge of C++ will come in handy to debug the entirety of the AI sandbox and expand on the features present within the book, but it is not required.

Bear Itaxsca is a Native America gunfighter of the old West. A Crow warrior, son of a chief. He fought in the Civil War on the Union side. At the end of the war, he becomes a bounty hunter.Bear is very good with weapons, especially two cap and ball .36 caliber Colts. He carries them like Wild Bill Hickock, in a sash around his waist.Bear encounters two wanted men in a gunfight. He kills them and transports the bodies to Durango, Colorado, to collect the bounty.There...

Corruption, conspiracies and the cynicism of true Machiavellian villains... Move over Frank Underwood! There is a new bunch of power-hungry sociopaths in town.With only weeks until the election, the Democratic Party is thrown into a power struggle after their leader is seriously injured in a car accident. Young journalist Ulrik Torp uncovers a cynical plot involving the incumbent Prime Minister, forcing him to take action.Follow Ulrik Torp in this high-stakes game of politi...

In the shadow of the Berlin Wall, murder is never an open-and-shut case . . .The award-winning, critically acclaimed Cold War crime thriller set in East Berlin - perfect for fans of Tom Rob Smith, Phillip Kerr and Joseph Kanon.____________________________________East Berlin, 1975 - When Oberleutnant Karin Müller is called to investigate a teenage girl's body at the foot of the Wall, she imagines she's seen it all before. But...