The Politics of Opera: A History from Monteverdi to Mozart

A wide-ranging look at the interplay of opera and political ideas through the centuries The Politics of Opera takes readers on a fascinating journe...

John Bokina focuses on political aspects and meanings of operas from the baroque to the postmodern period, showing the varied ways that operas beco...

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Reducere. Description: Man's freedom--God's omnipotence: how can they be reconciled? That question is central to this penetrating study of political action a...

Abbate and Parker's A History of Opera is the first full new history of opera in sixty years - now in paperback in an updated second edition. "The ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Armenia, then keep reading...The tale of Armenia has its beginnings as a glorious ancient kingdo...

The first thirteen centuries in France saw a new religion, a new language, new learning institutions and the beginnings of a great nation. The regi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jakobi WilliamsIn this comprehensive history of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party (ILBPP), Chicago native Jak...

From the Opera The Magic Flute and The Abduction from the Seraglio

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Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Armenia, then keep reading...The tale of Armenia has its beginnings as a glorious ancient kingdo...

A Quick History of Politics takes us from pharaohs to fair votes, packed with facts and jokes about the many faces of politics through time.

Reducere. Meeting Mozart: A Novel Drawn From the Secret Diaries of Lorenzo Da Ponte is a deftly plotted and richly detailed historical novel that spans gener...

Reducere. DescriptionA new history of the world's most embattled ideaToday, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has b...

This book makes available, for the first time in English, essays and poetry published in the seminal postcolonial Moroccan journal of culture and p...

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Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Mexico, then keep reading...Before the modern country was born in 1821, the territory that today...

From the slaves used to build the Great Wall to the Tiananmen Square protests, the illustrated China - A Dark History takes an expert sweep across ...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of the TudorsFive Tudor monarchs sat on the throne of England and Ireland from 1485 to 1603. The family earned thei...

DescriptionFrom the author of the national bestseller The Sleepwalkers, a book about how the exercise of power is shaped by different concepts of t...

Reducere. In this collection of newly translated essays, philosopher and sociologist Raymond Aron chronicles the twentieth century with the authority of an a...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Greece, then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Greece: A Capt...

Reducere. DescriptionWe live in the grip of a great illusion about politics, Pierre Manent argues in A World beyond Politics? It's the illusion that we would...

Written in both autoethnographical and narrative form, The Politics of Exile offers unique insight into the complex encounter of researcher with re...

A vital collection bringing together Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 from the acclaimed political and literary magazine Boston Review. From the COV...

A classic work which surveys the length and breadth of English legal development and shows how punishment and politics have always been intertwined...

American Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism - Jack Citrin, David O. Sears

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Reducere. DescriptionThis bilingual story and song, written in clever rhyme in both English and Spanish, is about Loli, a very kind girl, who is frustrated t...

The continually expanding photography collection contains over 400, 000 images and negatives - among them the work of Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Stei...

Reducere. Explore the History of Scotland From Start to End... Are you interested in the romance and drama of Scottish history? Are tales of Robert the Bruce...

Reducere. Explore the History of Wales From Start to End... Do you have an interest in the fascinating history of Wales? Are there gaps in your knowledge and...

A superb examination of the history of the Fens, containing a great deal of stunning photographs.

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Wisconsin, then keep reading...The pristine lakes, towering forests, and breathtaking views of W...