Jeremy Longtail and the Hunt for Mongolia, Balsam Elaine Moon
Автор: Balsam Elaine Moon Название: Jeremy Longtail and the Hunt for Mongolia ISBN: 1480892068 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781480892064 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1930.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Jeremy Longtail's life is about to change. He is a gerbil who lives with a little girl named Carrie, who loses interest in him and leaves him alone too often. In his free time, he watches the "glowing box" that teaches him things about reading and about a faraway place called Mongolia, where his ancestors came from. Although he has no idea where Mongolia is, he is determined to find that place where gerbils still live in the wild and to make his home there. When Carrie moves to California, he is taken to a pet shop. Thanks to a frightened rabbit, Jeremy escapes from the pet shop, along with his new friend, Little, another gerbil. They first build a burrow in the park but come upon many dangers, including cats, dogs, and hungry rats. The real journey begins when Jeremy and Little end up in a mailbag Follow Jeremy Longtail as he makes his way through adventures and misadventures, meets friends and enemies along the way, and learns about the many kinds of humans that shape the world around him-but will he ever make it to Mongolia?
Автор: McQuaid Chris Название: My Travels with Wagner - Music as Balsam for the Soul ISBN: 1682353192 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682353196 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5370.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Irish National Opera Director Fergus Sheil writes:
It was bittersweet to read this book and write this foreword in the summer of 2020. At the time of writing, opera houses around the world are closed due to the catastrophic effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. A huge international machine of opera production that generates thousands of productions for millions of audience members has completely ground to a halt. The enforced stoppage has triggered some profound questions about the necessity of opera and all of the arts and of our importance or irrelevance for society. For those of us involved in producing opera, it's a moment where we reflect on why we do what we do and what are its deeper meanings and purposes.
Author Chris McQuaid is a retired Irish Army officer who served six tours of duty between 1963 and 1980 with Irish UN peacekeeping missions in the Congo, Cyprus, and South Lebanon.
He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce and a degree in psychology from University College, Dublin. The author retired from active service in 1986 and worked with the Medical Council and later with Irish Air Corps in a civilian role at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel.
An ardent music lover, he founded the Wagner Society of Ireland in 2002.
Want a true balm for the soul?
My Travels with Wagner tells the story of how author Chris McQuaid's journey took him from young Irish soldier suffering from PTSD, to the finest opera houses in Europe and a passion for the music of Richard Wagner.
The 19th-century composer produced dramatic operas and musical works that greatly influenced the course of Western music.
Bruce Arnold, author and journalist, writes in a review: "I was a lover of Wagner's music long before I came to Ireland and listened for hours on the floor of my brother's flat in Putney, in the early 1950s. Soon afterwards I went to Bayreuth - and went on going. When I came to Ireland, I joined the Wagner Society and met Ireland's supreme Wagnerian, Chris McQuaid. I left the society when he did, in deep sympathy, and sharing his unparalleled love and knowledge. It is reflected, over again, in this book, rich in passionate concern for Richard Wagner and his unique place in Music."
(About the Author)
Chris McQuaid's first book was Elegy for a Broken Soldier. "I am a retired army officer and my chief occupation is music." His motivation for this book: "I wanted to write about Wagner's music for many years to emphasise the importance of music, and its power to heal and to engender an appreciation of classical music among a wider audience."
The balsam of Matarea was a substance famous as a panacea among physicians in the Middle East and Europe during the Antique and Medieval periods. It was used in many aspects of medieval life and is associated with figures such as the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, King Solomon, the Queen of Sheba and Cleopatra. The story of this substance takes the reader into the political life of the medieval Mediterranean and Middle East, and back into the ancient history of Palestine. Using written sources, visual data and archaeological material, Marcus Milwright reconstructs the fascinating cultural history of the balsam tree: from Jericho and En-Gedi to Egypt, and from ancient times to the 17th century. Miwright addresses the symbolic associations of balsam and the site of Matarea (where the last balsam tree died in 1615), the distribution of products from the tree through trade and diplomacy, and the applications balsam products in medicine, ritual and the domestic environment.
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