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In this informative and eminently readable resource, award-winning authors David and Jeanne Heidler discuss the people who lived during this critical time, and uncover the essential and unexpected realities of ordinary life in the early American republic.

A critical discography of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde". Its introduction illustrates the challenges the opera poses to performers. The discography lists all complete recordings, all major selections, and hundreds of individually recorded vocal and instrumental excerpts from 1901 to 1999.

Traces the historical development of the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and analyzes their cardinal procedural guarantees.

Approaches Herbert's Dune series and Asimov's Foundation trilogy and robot stories from the perspective of chaos theory.

This is a text, an English translation, and a commentary on a medieval verse history of the kings of Ireland and Scotland from the 9th to the 11th centuries. It examines the "Prophecy of Berchan" as a historical record with much to offer students of kingship among the Irish and Scots.

This bibliography lists more than 4600 books, articles and manuscript sources, all relating to the state of Illinois.

A survey of the history of the Presbyterian Church in America, with a biographical dictionary of its most influential figures. It includes accounts of the colonial era, of northern and southern Presbyterianism in the 19th century, and of American Presbyterianism in the ecumenical age.

"An encyclopedic attempt to consolidate what is presently known about Melville's life, works, and culture. . . . consistently informative and frequently provocative." Choice

Part of a series charting the accomplishments of women in almost every area of music, this volume comprises an expanded Gazette and covers women's international contributions in music as well as issues linking music with sociology, history, feminist theory and world music.

This descriptive bibliography of the works of science ficiton author, Phillip K. Dick, covers all the editions and first periodical appearances of his work up until 1981. Annotations are by Steven Owen Godersky and illustrations are included.

A guide to Asian American artists where each entry describes the artist's early life, education and training, and impact on the art world both in their country of ancestry as well as in the US. It includes interviews with artists, as well as images, which enhance entries that celebrate the contributions of Asian American artists to American art.

The Rade rite is the foundation of the complex religion of Haiti, Vodun. This work examines drum rhythms, song tunes and texts of the major Rada dances. A model of the Rada ceremony in Bopo serves as a guide to the reader not familiar with Vodun liturgy.

Boggs presents a history of salsa, showing how Afro-Cuban music was embraced in New York City, how it has undergone cycles of popularity, and how it has been replicated abroad. The text contains interviews with such key figures as Palladium Mambero and Ernie Ensley.

The history of the gun control debate and the focus the debate will take in the future, are explored in this collection of 200 documents spanning 200 years. Aspects of the debate include the history and development of the Second Amendment and the political climate surrounding the debate.

Writing from a thorough knowledge of Black Muslim groups, Lomax examines the entire movement --from its beginnings under its mysterious founder, W.D. Ford, to its position as an explosive power on the racial scene. An imporant part of the book is devoted to the speeches of Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad.

Some people's view of creativity may be one of positive health, but there are also issues of illness, pain, trauma, substance abuse, and thought disorders and creativity. The contributors to this volume look to creativity as a general style of thinking and living.

Examines the issues facing deaf people in science. Drawing on six years of archival research on the deaf communities of Europe, Canada and the US, this work reveals the contributions of deaf men and women to science and the historical role that these people have played.

Candelaria offers a probing analysis of the progression from allegory and romanticism in the earliest baseball fiction to the realism, irony, and solipism of contemporary narrative.

An analysis of the impact of the United States' Lend-Lease system on the Russian efforts to repel the Nazi advance and the eventual Soviet victory on the Eastern Front. Includes data from many sources including the recently declassified Military Mission files.

This book will be well placed on the shelves of the many libraries faced with the complexities that information technology developments bring to the library.