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Now twice the size of the previous edition, adding all of the content of Early Piano Works, plus never before published student counterpoint exercises and manuscript facsimiles of childhood compositions. Includes historical notes on each piece as well as biographical information on the life and music of Samuel Barber.

A new edition of art songs by Samuel Barber, including the entire contents of the Collected Songs and Ten Early Songs, plus many songs never before published, with extensive introductory commentary.

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Six feet is not deep enough in this Mystery Thriller... After twenty years in the ground, the dead briefly rise. At his father's grave, this is Dave's last opportunity to discover why a man would abandon his wife and young son. Against the protests of his mother and his girlfriend, Dave is determined to learn what happened all those years ago. Sometimes you have to risk everything, but the dead don't give up their secrets so easily. Twenty...

The Marlborough Mound has recently been recognised as one of the most important monuments in the group around Stonehenge. It was also a medieval castle and a feature in a major 17th century garden. This is the first comprehensive history of this extraordinary site.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.

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We're excited to offer Luck Favors the Prepared, a collection of nonfiction short stories by Nathaniel Barber, now for sale on Amazon Books. More than just a comedy book, Luck Favors the Prepared allows a peek inside the life observant. It is a straightforward read which, by the book's end, migrates to more than just short stories, to memoir and autobiography. A remote and often hilarious documentary, this book dreamily explores the absurd dar...

Gilles li Muisit was the abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Martin of Tournai, a city on the north-eastern border of France. This region was a at the centre of Edward III's campaigns in Flanders at the beginning of the Hundred Years War. Le Muisit's chronicle covers events in France and Flanders from the point of view of a well informed contemporary. He kept records of important events from around 1330 onwards, and when he went blind in...

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This work aims to get behind the familiar splendid vision of chivalry to reveal the realities of the character and the life of Edward, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine, also known as the Black Prince.

How do you recognise a medieval king when you see one? For those who followed the Roman emperors, the special status of royalty was asserted by their display of kingly grandeur, or 'magnificence'. This was applied to everything: his person, his courtiers, the artists, the garments he wore, the musicians and architects he employed. Above all, it was on show in his public appearances, his feasts and ceremonies. The 'magnificent' collections of j...

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Nathaniel Barber's Luck Favors the Prepared is a collection of nonfiction short stories about life, death and customer service. More than just dark comedy, Luck Favors the Prepared allows a peek inside the life observant, where even tragedies can be laid bare by a plain, straightforward narrative and a sharp, unsparing sense of humor. Nathaniel's perspective is fresh and honest, illuminated by an economy of language that cuts to the heart of a...

The rejection of the Constitutional Treaty brought forward the momentum of ever more European integration to an abrupt halt. This collection brings together some of the leading EU constitutional scholars to comment, with the benefit of hindsight, on the significance of that rejection and how it impacted on post 2003 developments. It examines why the member states chose to reject the movement towards a federal state. It also asks why the Treaty...

Henry II (1154-89) through a series of astonishing dynastic coups became the ruler of an enormous European empire. One of the most dynamic, restless and clever men ever to rule England, he was brought down both by his catastrophic relationship with his archbishop Thomas Becket and his debilitating arguments with his sons, most importantly the future Richard I and King John. His empire may have ultimately collapsed, but in Richard Barber's vivi...

This book further expands the study of the important women of the Old and New Testaments. These characters can show us the life-lessons dealing with the ultimate surrender to God in obedience, or the failure that comes from a choice of rebellion. Women in Scripture will also provide insights for dealing with their homes and the raising of their children, all under the theme of "Following God" fully. New themes for understanding the woman's pos...