The Reformation of the Twelfth Century
This book is concerned with the changes in religious thought and institutions from the late eleventh century to the third quarter of the twelfth. It concentrates on monks and nuns, but also takes into consideration hermits, recluses, wandering pre...
Monastic Tithes
No tax in Europe can compare with tithes in its duration, the extent of its application and the economic burden it imposed. In this study Professor Constable considers the tithes paid to and by monks in the Middle Ages. In particular he examines w...
Three Studies in Medieval Religious and Social Thought
This volume concentrates on the changes in religious thought and institutions in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and includes not only monks and nuns but also less organised types of life such as hermits, recluses, crusaders, and penitents. It...
Born Out of Place
Hong Kong is a meeting ground for migrant domestic workers, traders, refugees, asylum seekers, tourists and businessmen, and local residents. At the heart of this book are the stories and experiences of migrant mothers from Indonesia and the Phili...
Romance on a Global Stage
By the year 2000 more than 350 Internet agencies were plying the email-order marriage trade, and the business of matching up mostly Western men with women from Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America had become an example of globalization writ lar...
Maid to Order in Hong Kong
Middle-class Chinese women in the global city of Hong Kong have entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers over the past three decades, and the demand for foreign domestic workers has soared. A decade ago some foretold the decline in foreign w...
Crow Country
Crow Country
Cross-Border Marriages
Illuminating how international marriages are negotiated, arranged, and experienced, Cross-Border Marriages is the first book to chart marital migrations involving women and men of diverse national, ethnic, and class backgrounds. The migrations stu...
Adapting Philosophy
Adapting Philosophy looks at the ways in which The Matrix Trilogy adapts Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation, and in doing so creates its own distinctive philosophical position. Where previous work in the field has presented the trilogy as...
Wolf Princess
The bestselling magical adventure, perfect for winter nights ...¿ Alone in the world, Sophie dreams of being someone special, but she could never have imagined this ... On a school trip to Russia, Sophie and her two friends find themselves on the ...
Crusaders and Crusading in the Twelfth Century
Crusading in the twelfth century was less a series of discrete events than a manifestation of an endemic phenomenon that touched almost every aspect of life at that time. The defense of Christendom and the recovery of the Holy Land were widely-sha...
Master Medicine: Medical Pharmacology
Master Medicine: Medical Pharmacology is brief and accessible, approached from the point of view of what you will need to know in order to understand the clinical work you will eventually be doing. It includes a wide range of self-ass...
Guest People
Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295805450 The essays in this volume analyze and compare what it means to be Hakka in a variety of sociocultural, political, geographical, and historical contexts including Malaysia, Hong Kong, Calcutta, Taiwan,...
The Instrumentalist
Music, intoxication, and betrayal combine in this 'immersive, impassioned' (The Guardian) debut novel inspired by the true story of Anna Maria della Piet , a Venetian orphan and violin prodigy who studied under Antonio Vivaldi and ultimately became his star musician--and his biggest muse. 'The Instrumentalist is more than a history lesson--with this novel, Constable has crafted an engrossing tale about an unexpected coup de musique.' --The New York Times Anna Maria della Piet was destined to drown in one of Venice's canals. Instead, she became the greatest violinist of the 18th century. Anna Maria has only known life inside the Piet , an orphanage for children born of prostitutes. But the girls of the Piet are lucky in a sense: most babies born of their station were drowned in the city's canals. And despite the strict rules, the girls are given singing and music lessons from an early age. The most promising musicians have the chance to escape the fate of the rest: forced marriage to
Art History and Connoisseurship
Originally published in 1938, this concise book by respected art historian William George Constable looks at art history through the lens of connoisseurship and in relation to other fields, such as archaeology and art criticism. The text assesses ...
Medieval Iberia
For some historians, medieval Iberian society was one marked by peaceful coexistence and cross-cultural fertilization; others have sketched a harsher picture of Muslims and Christians engaged in an ongoing contest for political, religious, and eco...
Fighter Aces Of The Luftwaffe
The most successful fighter pilots of all time spring to vibrant life again in this revised and updated edition of the classic account of Germanys greatest aces in action. Ride into combat with such Luftwaffe luminaries as ace of aces Erich Hartmann, Gunther Rall, Gerhard Barkhorn and dozens of others as they provide first-hand accounts of the German fighter arms epic battle for the skies over Europe, Africa, and Russia. Accurate pen portraits illuminate outstanding fighter leaders and tutor like Werner Molders, Adolph Galland, "Macky" Steinhoff and many more, who invested the Luftwaffe Fighter Arm with its characteristic spirit and vigor. Legendary air heros like Marseille, and mercurial "Star of Africa", are shown in hundreds of photos from German collections. Personal combat accounts appear against the backdrop of Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring, who undermined his own pilots. From early aerial ascendancy, followed by its triumphant assault on the Red Air Force, the Luftwaffe Fighter Arm was inexorably crushed by overwhelming Allied air power. Unquenchable courage, devotion to the defense of their countrys civilians, and unmatched combat skills were of no avail. The great aces, even in Germanys revolutionary Me 262 jet fighter, could not win, yet they fought to the final hour in an unforgettable combat saga. All of it is here, exactly as it was lived by the German aces. This book is considered by surviving Luftwaffe aces to be their monument. Also included are data lists covering all known Luftwaffe aces, night fighter aces, jet aces, and tops & firsts.
Nation of Enemies
How Chile, once South America's most stable democracy, gave way to a culture of fear. The authors explain and illuminate the rift in Chilean society that widened dramatically during the Pinochet era.
Green Chemistry Metrics
Quantifying the environmental impact of chemical technologies and products, and comparing alternative products and technologies in terms of their "greenness" is a challenging task. In order to characterise various aspects of a complex ph...
Blond Knight of Germany
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Monsieur Venus
When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Vénérande becomes enamoured of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, she turns him into her mistress and eventually into her wife. Raoule's suitor, a cigar-smoking f...
Perennial Decay
When Oscar Wilde was convicted of gross indecency in 1895, a reporter for the National Observer wrote that there was "not a man or a woman in the English-speaking world possessed of the treasure of a wholesome mind who is not under a deep deb...
Looking for Law in All the Wrong Places
For many inside and outside the legal academy, the right place to look for law is in constitutions, statutes, and judicial opinions. This book looks for law in the "wrong places"-sites and spaces in which no formal law appears. These may...
Die Melodie der Lagune
Die Melodie der Lagune
INSTRUMENTALIST
A stunning debut novel of music, intoxication, and betrayal inspired by the true story of Anna Maria della Piet , a Venetian orphan and violin prodigy who studied under Antonio Vivaldi and ultimately became his star musician--and his biggest muse. 'THE INSTRUMENTALIST is more than a history lesson--with this novel, Constable has crafted an engrossing tale about an unexpected coup de musique.' --THE NEW YORK TIMES Anna Maria della Piet was destined to drown in one of Venice's canals. Instead, she became the greatest violinist of the 18th century. Anna Maria has only known life inside the Piet , an orphanage for children born of prostitutes. But the girls of the Piet are lucky in a sense: most babies born of their station were drowned in the city's canals. And despite the strict rules, the girls are given singing and music lessons from an early age. The most promising musicians have the chance to escape the fate of the rest: forced marriage to anyone who will have them. Anna Maria is
The Instrumentalist
The Times top ten bestseller ‘As tightly tuned as a thriller’ Telegraph ‘A marvel’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave ‘Compelling, vividly described magic’ Observer ‘Historical fiction as it should be written’ Mail on Sunday ‘Remarkable’ New York Times Anna Maria may have no name, no fortune, no family. But she has her ambition, and her talent. Her best hope lies in her teacher, Antonio Vivaldi. Soon she is his star pupil. But as Anna Maria’s star rises, not everyone is happy. Because Anna Maria’s shining light threatens to eclipse that of her mentor… She will leave her mark, whatever it takes. Her story will be heard. ‘A compassionate coming-of-age tale … Constable understands the power music has to sustain us’ Observer ‘Had me spellbound from start to finish’ Emma Stonex ‘Constable infuses historical fact with richly wrought fictional details, to investigate admiration and resentment, ego and legacy’ i paper ‘A whirlwind of all-consuming, dizzying ambition … Spectacularly imagined’ Mail on
The Instrumentalist
A dazzling historical debut set in eighteenth-century Venice, about the woman written out of the story of one of history's greatest musical masterpieces **An Observer Debut Novelist of 2024** **Selected as a book of 2024 by the New Statesman and the BBC** 'Enthralling, passionate, vivid. The Instrumentalist is a marvel' Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'A fascinating story of music, ambition, and womanhood in eighteenth-century Venice' Charmaine Wilkerson 'I was swept away by this searing portrait of ambition and betrayal' Elizabeth Macneal _________________________________________________________ Venice. 1704. In this city of glittering splendour, desperation and destitution are never far away. At the Ospedale della Pieta, abandoned orphan girls are posted every day through a tiny gap in the wall. Anna Maria is just one of the three hundred girls growing up within the Pieta's walls - but she already knows she is different. Obsessive and gifted, she is on a mission to become Venice's greatest violinist and composer, and in her remarkable world of colour and sound, it seems like nothing will stop her. But the odds are stacked against an orphan girl - so when the maestro selects her as his star pupil, Anna Maria knows she must do everything in her power to please this difficult, brilliant man. But as Anna Maria's star rises, threatening to eclipse that of her mentor, the dream she has so single-mindedly pursued is thrown into peril... From the jewelled palaces of Venice to its mud-licked canals, this is a story of one woman's irrepressible ambition and rise to the top, of loss and triumph, and of who we choose to remember and those who lie forgotten.
The Instrumentalist
**THE PHENOMENAL TOP TEN BESTSELLER**'An absorbing story of musical rivalry and ambition' SUNDAY TIMES, Best historical fiction'Enthralling, passionate, vivid. The Instrumentalist is a marvel' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE'Historical fiction as it should be written' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A captivating narrative as tightly tuned as a thriller' DAILY TELEGRAPH'A compassionate coming-of-age tale ... Constable understands the power music has to sustain us' OBSERVER_________________________________________Anna Maria may have no name, no fortune, no family. But she has her ambition, and her talent.Her best hope lies in her teacher, Antonio Vivaldi. Soon she is his star pupil.But as Anna Maria's star rises, not everyone is happy. Because Anna Maria's shining light is threatening to eclipse that of her mentor...She will leave her mark, whatever it takes. And her story will be heard._________________________________________'Had me spellbound from start to finish' EMMA STONEX'A story of musical rivalry which will completely capture your imagination' ELODIE HARPER'Remarkable ... A vivid and nuanced portrait of a groundbreaking woman' NEW YORK TIMES'I was swept away by this searing portrait of ambition and betrayal' ELIZABETH MACNEAL'A fascinating story of music, ambition, and womanhood in eighteenth-century Venice' CHARMAINE WILKERSON'Viscerally transports you to eighteenth-century Venice and revives the lost story of a phenomenal woman' MARIE CLAIRE'Fans of Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist will adore it' I PAPER**An Observer Debut Novelist of 2024**
WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter
The Wall Street Journal Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators that Really Matter is a must-have guide for investors. Dow Jones columnist Simon Constable and respected financial historian Robert E. Wright offer valuable tips and insight to help inves...
Colour Atlas Of Ophthalmology (Fifth Edition)
In this 5th edition of the concise and clearly written best selling title, all the chapters have been thoroughly updated and expanded, particularly the sections on the retinal, macular, phacoemulsification, lasik, new equipment and ophthalmic drug...