Famous Composers is a comprehensive book written by Nathan Haskell Dole that provides an in-depth look at the lives and works of some of the most renowned composers in history. The book covers a wide range of composers from different eras, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, and Wagner, among others. It provides a detailed account of their personal lives, their musical education, and their contributions to the world of music. The book also includes musical analyses and discussions of their most famous works, providing readers with a deeper understanding ...

A story of three unique sisters, the secrets that bind them for life and the summer that will set them free. SUMMER SECRETS is a #1 NY Times Bestseller!

A Study Guide for Judith Oritz Cofer's "Aunty Misery," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.

A source of learning, inspiration and motivation delivered through the true life stories of women who won   Women Who Won is an invaluable compendium of inspiring and motivating examples of achievement.  Profiling 28 women from around the world - some of whom are absolute icons and others who will be new to many readers – all bring a life story that is compelling and intriguing.  More importantly, every story delivers profound insights for us to learn from and apply in our lives – no matter our gender.    Winning ...

"It is rare that any book can help you achieve a state of bliss and heightened consciousness, again and again with unending satisfaction - and variation. Author Deborah Morrison has made a significant contribution in the fields of both meditation and poetry with her unique, breakthrough book In the Garden: Where Inspiration Grows. This innovative aide to enlightenment utilizes a highly effective combination of guided meditations and poems to create a seemingly endless variety of meditative experiences that will help you find your true centre and explore the ...

The Privateersman and The Pirate is a classic adventure novel written by Captain Frederick Marryat. The story is set in the early 19th century and follows the life of a young man named Charles Vane, who is forced to become a privateer in order to support his family. Charles is a skilled sailor and quickly rises through the ranks, but when his ship is captured by a ruthless pirate named Blackbeard, he finds himself in a dangerous situation.As Charles struggles to survive among the pirates, he begins to question his loyalty to his country and his own moral ...

One woman's journey from abduction to advocacy.

The operation of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) units, such as wind or solar plants, is intrinsically dependent on the variability of the wind or solar resource. This makes large scale integration of RES into power systems particularly challenging. The research work in the frame of this Ph.D. thesis proposes a generic model and an evaluation of different methods for the management of imbalance penalties related to the participation of balance responsible renewable power producers in short-term electricity markets. First, the thesis gives a classification ...

Segodnya vse bol'shee primenenie nakhodyat razlichnye protokoly i formaty khraneniya dannykh, osnovannye na XML. No XML obladaet chertoy, kotoraya odnovremenno yavlyaetsya i dostoinstvom, i nedostatkom: on slishkom otkryt, poskol'ku yavlyaetsya samodokumentiruemym formatom. S odnoy storony, protokol stanovitsya bolee prozrachnym dlya pol'zovateley, no s drugoy - uproshchaetsya i zadacha analiza dannykh dlya zloumyshlennika, poskol'ku iz nazvaniy tegov on legko mozhet ponyat', chto v nikh khranitsya.Sushchestvuyushchie traditsionnye sposoby zashchity XML-dannykh ...