Do you cringe when your opera-loving friends start raving about the latest production of Tristan? Do you feel faint just thinking about the six-hour performance of Parsifal you were given tickets to? Does your mate accuse you of having a Tannhäuser complex? If you're baffled by the behavior of Wagner worshipers, if you've longed to fathom the mysteries of Wagner's ever-increasing popularity, or if you just want to better understand and enjoy the performances you're attending, you'll find t...

This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on improving nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE).The first chapter provides an overview of the recent advances in optimising NUE in crop production, focussing on broadacre cereals and oilseeds. The chapter also addresses the impact of underfertilisation and overfertilisation on crop yield, grain quality and profit.The second chapter outlines recent advances in understanding nitrogen (N) cycling in soil, as well as the main issues rese...

In "The Wagner Story Book," William Henry Frost artfully adapts key narratives from Richard Wagner's legendary operas into a format accessible to both children and adults. Written in a lyrical prose style that echoes the grandeur of Wagner's own musical themes, this collection captures the essence of epic tales such as "The Ring of the Nibelung" and "Tristan und Isolde." Frost'Äôs nuanced storytelling provides readers with a rich understanding of the operatic context, while the vivid image...

Although many developments surrounding the Internet campaign are now considered to be standard fare, there were a number of newer developments in 2020. Drawing on original research conducted by leading experts, The Internet and the 2020 Campaign attempts to cover these developments in a comprehensive fashion. How are campaigns making use of the Internet to organize and mobilize their ground game? To communicate their message? How are citizens making use of online sources to become informed...

Wagner William resgata a trajetória do Marechal que é um dos mais esquecidos personagens da história política brasileira do século XX.Se não fosse o marechal Lott, Juscelino Kubitschek não teria tomado posse. Henrique Duffles Baptista Teixeira Lott - que liderou o movimento militar, conhecido como Movimento 11 de Novembro, para neutralizar a conspiração tramada no interior do governo para impedir a posse de JK – deve o nome praticamente apagado dos livros de história a partir do go...

Orthodox Sisters explores the relationship between women, religion, and social, cultural, and economic change between 1700 and 1935 through the experiences of Orthodox convents in Nizhnii Novgorod diocese. Focusing primarily on the Convent of the Exaltation of the Cross, William G. Wagner places the women's experiences in the broader context of developments in female monasticism and religious life in Russia, as well as in Europe and North America ...

Enquanto as notícias vindas da Europa cobriam o planeta de tristeza, a maneira como o Brasil encarava o início da pandemia provocava inúmeras dúvidas sobre qual seria a verdadeira orientação do país no combate ao novo coronavírus. Mesmo assim, no dia 16 de abril de 2020, a manchete do site do jornal Folha de S.Paulo espantava pela incredulidade, despertando surpresa e uma grande curiosidade: "Maranhão comprou da China, mandou para Etiópia e driblou governo federal para ter respiradores – D...

The year reaches its end with the Twelfth month. The landscape may be bleak, a sculpture of lines, monochrome dominates. The air carries the sounds of winter; wind, storms, silence.1 - Fifty Shades of January - An Introduction2 - Month of January by Hilaire Belloc3 - Ode Written on 1st of January by Robert Southey4 - Written January 1st, 1832 by Henry Alford5 - January Cold Desolate by Christina Georgina Rossetti6 - January 1st, 1828 by Natha...

The purpose of this book is to supply Wagner lovers with a single work which shall meet all their needs. The author has told the story of Wagner's life, explained his artistic aims, given the history of each of his great works, examined its literary sources, shown how Wagner utilised them, surveyed the musical plan of each drama, and set forth the meaning and purpose of its principal ideas. The work is not intended to be critical, but is designed to be expository. It aims to help the Wagne...

The perfect introduction to the Master.Over a century after his death, Richard Wagner’s music dramas stand at the centre of the culture of classical music. He was a walking contradiction: aggressive, flirtatious, disciplined, capricious, heroic, visionary and poisonously anti-Semitic. His ten great mature masterpieces constitute an unmatched body of work, created against a backdrop of poverty, revolution, violent controversy, critical contempt and hysterical hero-worship.In...

Continuing a three-decade tradition, The State of the Parties 7th edition brings together leading experts to evaluate change and continuity in American electoral politics. Political parties in America have never been more contentious and divided than they are right now. Even splits within the parties themselves have the power to elevate relatively unknown candidates to power and topple established incumbents. With sections devoted to polarization and the electorate, polarization and politi...

Social justice rhetoric is prevalent in contemporary America, but are we as a nation ready to do the work to effect real change? Emily Allen Williams has gathered a group of essays that interrogate matters of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access. In doing so, the essays contribute to what Williams call “tilling the ground,” i.e. a process by which the nation is prepared for the changes that must follow the rhetoric through the work of diversity and inclusion in a variety of social aren...