this first complete study of the play that Cueva goes beyond the mere presentation of Bernardo del Carpio and his victory over Charlemagne and the French army at Roncesvalles. The study is important in the criticism of the early Spanish Theater because it shows that Cueva imbued his play with many levels of meaning, as the exultation of a national hero, as a political allegory of Philip lI's attempt to add Portugal to the Spanish crown, as a triumph of virtue over vice, and, at its heart, as a statement of faith in which forgiveness and the promise of redemption follow sin and repentance. “Burton deserves thanks for his interesting analysis of Cueva's style. Future Bernardo studies will have to take this work into consideration.”—Anthony J. Cárdenas, Journal of Hispanic Philology.  (less)

as well as his ties to powerful patrons, like Charles V and Philip II. Over 350 color and 50 black-and-white illustrations display the complete catalog of Titian's work and are accompanied by expert commentary by Filippo Pedrocco, discussing this history of each work, its provenance, and its significance.PWith a real cloth case, the highest quality paper, French folds, and hundreds of exquisite color reproductions, spot-varnished for luminosity, this is the most sumptuous and thorough presentation of Titian's work to date.  (less)

Symposium attracted practitioners in engineering, information technology, mathematics, medicine and biology, and other related disciplines, with authors from 24 countries. Besides the abstracts of the four plenary lectures, this volume contains the 92 papers that were presented by their authors at the Symposium The papers included two invited keynote presentations given by internationally prominent and well-recognised research leaders: Claudio Cobelli, whose talk is titled ""Dynamic modelling in diabetes: from whole body to genes""; and Irving J. Bigio, whose talk is titled ""Elastic scattering spectroscopy for non-invasive detection of cancer"". Two prestigious industrial speakers were also invited to give keynote presentations: Terry O'Brien from LIDCO, whose talk is titled ""LIDCO: From the laboratory to protocolized goal directed therapy""; and Lorenzo Quinzio of Philips, whose talk is titled ""Clinical decision support in monitoring and information systems""."  (less)

as a poet and translator into German of many English and French writers, including Balzac, Flaubert, Gide, Swift, and Wilde. His first novel,iFanny Essler/i, appeared in 1905; his second,iMaurermeister Ihle’s Haus/i(Mastermason Ihle’s House), in the following year. He left Germany in 1909 for the United States.brbrIn 1912, under the new name of Frederick Philip Grove, he began teaching school in Manitoba, and continued in that profession until 1924.brbrGrove’s first book in English,iOver Prairie Trails/i, is a sequence of seven sketches of his weekly trips through the Manitoba countryside. His first novel in English,iSettlers of the Marsh/i, establishes the essentially tragic pattern of his fiction, the heroic pioneers who seek domestic and material happiness but seldom realize their goals.brbrGrove’s autobiography,iIn Search of Myself/i, begins with a fictitious account of his early life in Europe and moves on to a largely accurate presentation of his life in Canada.brbrIn 1929 Grove left Manitoba to accept a job with a publishing firm in Ottawa. In 1931 he settled on a farm near Simcoe, Ontario, where he spent the final years of his life.brbrFrederick Philip Grove died in Simcoe, Ontario, in 1948.  (less)

de Andrada Castel Blanco, an obscure cleric who had worked in Brazil and Africa and who lamented the marine disasters and enemy incursions of the previous half-century, wrote c.1590 a tract of advice which has remained unpublished until the present annotated edition. His proposals for the defense of the imperial sea routes, which include references to localities as far apart as Bahia, Aden, Siam and Magellan Strait, make him one of the earliest global strategists. The tract, despite its patent defects of thought and presentation, gives the reader something of the feel of the period as it was experienced by those Iberians who, although outside the imperial administration, were capable of grasping the intense excitement of novel global venture and the inevitable accompanying anxieties and alarms./div  (less)

a freelance journalist foriThe Westminster Gazette/iandiThe Spectator/i. During World War I, Chandler served in France with the First Division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, transferring later to the Royal Flying Corps (R. A. F.). In 1919 he returned to the United States, settling in California, where he eventually became director of a number of independent oil companies. The Depression put an end to his career, and in 1933, at the age of forty-five, he turned to writing fiction, publishing his first stories iniBlack Mask/i. Chandler’s detective stories often starred the brash but honorable Philip Marlowe (introduced in 1939 in his first novel,bThe Big Sleep/b) and were noted for their literate presentation and dead-on critical eye. Never a prolific writer, Chandler published only one collection of stories and seven novels in his lifetime. Some of Chandler’s novels, likebThe Big Sleep/b, were made into classic movies which helped define the film noir style. In the last year of his life he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. He died in La Jolla, California on March 26, 1959.  (less)

as a poet and translator into German of many English and French writers, including Balzac, Flaubert, Gide, Swift, and Wilde. His first novel,iFanny Essler/i, appeared in 1905; his second,iMaurermeister Ihle’s Haus/i(Mastermason Ihle’s House), in the following year. He left Germany in 1909 for the United States.brbrIn 1912, under the new name of Frederick Philip Grove, he began teaching school in Manitoba, and continued in that profession until 1924.brbrGrove’s first book in English,iOver Prairie Trails/i, is a sequence of seven sketches of his weekly trips through the Manitoba countryside. His first novel in English,iSettlers of the Marsh/i, establishes the essentially tragic pattern of his fiction, the heroic pioneers who seek domestic and material happiness but seldom realize their goals.brbrGrove’s autobiography,iIn Search of Myself/i, begins with a fictitious account of his early life in Europe and moves on to a largely accurate presentation of his life in Canada.brbrIn 1929 Grove left Manitoba to accept a job with a publishing firm in Ottawa. In 1931 he settled on a farm near Simcoe, Ontario, where he spent the final years of his life.brbrFrederick Philip Grove died in Simcoe, Ontario, in 1948.Abe made room under the spout by driving ahead.brbr“Here, Charlie,” he said, for the boy had climbed to the ground. “I want you to take a load to town. Can you do it?”brbr“Sure, daddy.”brbr“All right. There it is. Climb up.” And he helped him. “Had your dinner? To elevator one; the first from the crossing. Listen here. While you have the load, you walk the horses. When you drive up the incline, hold your lines tight. O?Р (less)

a freelance journalist foriThe Westminster Gazette/iandiThe Spectator/i. During World War I, Chandler served in France with the First Division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, transferring later to the Royal Flying Corps (R. A. F.). In 1919 he returned to the United States, settling in California, where he eventually became director of a number of independent oil companies. The Depression put an end to his career, and in 1933, at the age of forty-five, he turned to writing fiction, publishing his first stories iniBlack Mask/i. Chandler’s detective stories often starred the brash but honorable Philip Marlowe (introduced in 1939 in his first novel,bThe Big Sleep/b) and were noted for their literate presentation and dead-on critical eye. Never a prolific writer, Chandler published only one collection of stories and seven novels in his lifetime. Some of Chandler’s novels, likebThe Big Sleep/b, were made into classic movies which helped define the film noir style. In the last year of his life he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. He died in La Jolla, California on March 26, 1959.  (less)

office for another 14 years. In that time, however, the party was transformed, and the changes began under Neil Kinnock. Modernizers from Tony Blair to Philip Gould have paid tribute to his vital role in vanquishing the loony left and moving the party to the center ground, and Kinnock's post-Labour career at the European Commission has won him new respect and made him a key player./DIV/DIV  (less)

original television presentation in 1968 in brilliant color. Set in and around Kentucky and Virginia during the colonial period preceding the American Revolution, Daniel Boone takes us on suspenseful action adventures with his fellow frontiersman and women, Yadkin (played by Albert Salmi), Mingo (Ed Ames), Rebecca (Patricia Blair), Jemima (Veronica Cartwright), and Israel (Darby Hinton) with guest stars Burl Ives, Victor French, Roosevelt Grier, Shelley Fabares, Ted Eccles, and Jimmy Dean.  (less)

selections from Glass' score to The Hours (arr. Riesman).  (less)