To evaluate the familiar, even over-familiar, story of Handel's life could be seen as a quixotic endeavour. How can there be anything new to say? This book seeks to distinguish fact from fiction, not only to produce a new biography but also to explore the concepts of biography and dissemination by using Handel's life and lives as a case study. By examining the images of Handel to be found in biographies and music histories - the genius, the religious profound, the master of musical styles,...

Advice to young singers often follows the standard line of the great French singer Claire Croiza: "Study the poem away from the music, so that you know what the words really mean." But Croiza's advice is notoriously difficult to follow when performing French mélodies. Just how do you approach a French poem? In the lyric poetry on which the mélodie is based, meaning is conveyed not just through the words but also through the poem's formal structure. Understanding Frenc...

A major new work on Apollinaire paints a vivid portrait of the artist in love, in the epicentre of the Parisian avant-garde, and in the cauldron of World War One.A renowned literary figure in pre-first world war Paris, Guillaume Apollinaire volunteered for war in 1914, trained as an artilleryman and was posted in April 1915 to the western front in northern France, participating in a bloody September offensive and then moving into the front line as...

Our world is rich in things of varying degrees of quality. This book argues that sortal quality, what others have called goodness of a kind, is the fundamental evaluative notion. It shows how it is woven into the most fundamental parts of our cognitive, emotional, and practical lives. It explains how people can identify a sortal's standards of quality and figure out how a thing measures up. It argues that sortal quality is a primary source of pleasure, showing how pleasure is a cognitive r...

Everyone knows that tobacco is a heavily regulated industry. But it hasn't always been that way. The road to regulation has been a long one, with twists and turns that are on the level of the best Hollywood blockbuster.

Developing original accounts of the many aspects of belief, On Believing puts the believer at the heart of the story. Hunter argues that to believe something is to be in position to do, think, and feel things in light of a possibility whose obtaining would make one right. The logical aspect is that being right depends only on whether that possibility obtains. The psychological one concerns how that possibility can rationalise what one does, thinks, and feels. But, Hunter argues, ...

In the words of the immortal Sherlock Holmes:“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truth.”The biggest clue to the identity of Jack the Ripper was that he was not caught. Simply put he should have been. A similar serial killer, Joseph Vacher, in a similar time frame (see “The Killer of Little Shepherds” by Douglas Starr) was caught and guillotined by the combined efforts of a detective an...

In this classic piece which was serialized in Harper's during the 1850's, David Hunter Strother, also known as Porte Crayon, travels his native state in the company of his cousins and his driver Mice. The piece is richly illustrated with Porte Crayon's Original sketches. The Illustrations show Virginia as it was to the traveler in antebellum Virginia. Crayon travels with his three female cousins visiting Caverns, Spas, Peaks and Valleys at a time when roads were deplorable, and visiting ma...

This edition features a linked Table of ContentsCONTENTSI. THE PROTOCOL OF GENEVAII. POINTS OF APPROACHIII. THE COMING INTO FORCE OF THE PROTOCOLIV. PARTIES TO THE PROTOCOLV. RELATIONS INTER SE OF THE SIGNATORIES TO THE PROTOCOLVI. INTERNATIONAL DISPUTESVII. THE STATUS QUOVIII. DOMESTIC QUESTIONSIX. COVENANTS AGAINST WARX. AGGRESSIONXI. THE JAPANESE AMENDMENTXII. SANCTIONSXIII. SEPARATE DEFEN...

The Geneva Protocol, authored by David Hunter Miller, is a significant work that delves into the intricacies of international law and diplomacy. It primarily focuses on the efforts to establish peace and prevent war through legal frameworks. Miller's analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the historical context surrounding the protocol, emphasizing its importance in shaping future treaties and international relations. The book serves as a critical resource for understanding the evol...

The Civil War diaries of David Hunter Strother, known better to his contemporaries as “Porte Crayon,” chronicle his three years of service in the Union army with the same cogency and eye for detail that made him one of the most popular writers and illustrators in America in his time. A Virginian strongly opposed to secession, Strother joined the Federal army as a civilian topographer in July of 1861 and was soon commissioned, rising eventually to the rank of brigadier general. He served un...

The biggest clue to the identity of Jack the Ripper was that he was not caught. Simply put he should have been. A similar serial killer, Joseph Vacher, in a similar time frame (see “The Killer of Little Shepherds” by Douglas Starr) was caught and guillotined by the combined efforts of a detective and a forensic specialist. The problem with bringing Jack to a similar end was that the police force was severely compromised by the British Establishment. And the web of lies and deceit surroundi...