Described as the "life and soul of British contemporary music", Jane Manning is an internationally celebrated English concert and opera soprano. In this new follow-up to her highly regarded New Vocal Repertory, Volumes I and II, she provides a seasoned expert's guidance and insight into the vocal genre she calls home. Vocal Repertoire for the Twenty-First Century spans the late middle-20th century through the second decade of the 21st. Manning's comprehensive selection of...

Described as the "life and soul of British contemporary music", Jane Manning is an internationally celebrated English concert and opera soprano. In this new follow-up to her highly regarded New Vocal Repertory, Volumes I and II, she provides a seasoned expert's guidance and insight into the vocal genre she calls home. Vocal Repertoire for the Twenty-First Century spans the late middle-20th century through the second decade of the 21st. Manning's comprehensive selection of...

The Merchant family never imagined how much their lives could expand or how deeply their hearts could stretch. Gershwin and Priscilla have built a steady life rooted in love, faith, and doing what’s right, even when it’s hard. When their teenage twins, Marshall and Tae, visit a local children’s home, a quiet calling begins to reshape their family. What starts as compassion grows into a journey filled with children carrying heavy pasts and a longing to belong. Room to Grow begins the Mercha...

?Once it starts?the longing for a dog?there is no cure for it.? Not checkers or kites or furry boots with zippers; not playing the trumpet or sharing movie popcorn with your friend; nothing can stop the longing for a dog. . . . Nothing?but a dog!With lyrical text and art that ranges from bright and colorful to subtle and dreamy, this book perfectly captures one little girl?s yearning for a barking, bounding best friend. Readers young and old will recognize themselves in this emotio...

It takes one smart sheep to escape from a piano movers’ van and find his way home in this humorous friendship story for emerging and newly independent readers by beloved, award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt and coauthor Elizabeth Stickney.Wilson is a curious sheep, and after he foolishly climbs into the back of a piano movers' truck, he ends up alone in the big city, far from the farm. But Wilson is also one smart sheep, and soon enough he's finding his way home t...

This volume contains reports on excavations undertaken in the lower walled city at Lincoln, which lies on sloping ground on the northern scarp of the Witham gap, and its adjacent suburbs between 1972 and 1987, and forms a companion volume to LAS volumes 2 and 3 which cover other parts of the historic city. The earliest features encountered were discovered both near to the line of Ermine Street and towards Broadgate. Remains of timber storage buildings were found, probably associated with t...

Lock Up Your Daughters... Darcy's in Town! Mrs Bennett is on a mission to marry off her five daughters to rich men. Enter, Mr Charles Bingley and his rather fit friend, Darcy. Love, loathing and bittersweet romance follow…

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In Chapter 5, the book of the dead is preached.The silent are unforgiven.When was the last time you spent a whole year without buying something?We consume and hoard, like the dogs we punish and the bones we keep. Eventually, the things we own start owning us. It’s an old idiom, I know. But when a nuclear bomb hits the West Coast in a red and fiery exchange, everything normal dies overnight. Famil...

Data is becoming the world's new "natural resource," transforming industries and professions across the board. Smart, innovative organizations know that data is the new basis of gaining a competitive advantage. DB2 for z/OS remains the leading database for storing mission-critical data. This book explains how DB2 for z/OS and supporting products enable businesses to use their data to gain a competitive advantage.

If Fancy Nancy got angry. Really, really angry.Millie is quiet. Millie is sweet. Millie is mild. But the kids at school don't listen to her. And she never gets a piece of birthday cake with a flower on it. And some girls from her class walk right on top of her chalk drawing and smudge it. And they don't even say they're sorry!So that's when Millie decides she wants to be fierce! She frizzes out her hair, sharpens her nails and runs around like a wild thing....

The Merchant family never imagined how much their lives could expand or how deeply their hearts could stretch. Gershwin and Priscilla have built a steady life rooted in love, faith, and doing what’s right, even when it’s hard. When their teenage twins, Marshall and Tae, visit a local children’s home, a quiet calling begins to reshape their family. What starts as compassion grows into a journey filled with children carrying heavy pasts and a longing to belong. Room to Grow begins the Mercha...

What made the dog turn green? And why is the water in the pool green? Will teddy save his pet-sitting business?