This collection of 8 essays introduces literary and cultural theorists into the domain of operatic textual analysis, long the exclusive preserve of musicologists. The contributors include some of the most distinguished critics of the past 30 years, most of them writing about opera for the first time.

Have you ever had the experience of getting angry, upset, or worried about something—only later to discover some crucial fact you hadn’t known? Or have you ever been delighted with something or someone, and later found out you’d been had? Something you had not taken into account explained everything in a different way. You had no reason at all ...

Identifies the major ideas that college and university students will encounter in a basic psychology course and explores connections with Christian belief.

Extramarital affairs. Civil unrest. Foreign wars. Systemic hatred. Undercover informants. Conspiracy theories. Sexual scandals. Family unrest. Royal cover-ups. Biased reporting. Does this sound like a description of 21st century America? Maybe, but it was happening in the 10th century BCE as well during the life of King David! Most importantly, as the Scriptures walk through the life of David we get a divine view of God's outlook upon such situations. From God's Word we see both the positive and the negative traits in the life of arguably Israel's most well-known Old Testament king along with his associates. ?Do you need motivation to courageously face spiritual battles? Study David and Goliath.?Have you struggled with seduction and temptation? Study David and Bathsheba.?Has there ever been a time when you have felt unfairly scrutinized? Study David and Saul.?Do family struggles and friendships weigh heavily upon your mind? Study David and Jonathan.?Do you know someone who needs a spiritual wake-up call? Study David and Nathan.?Has there ever been a time when it was hard to trust anyone? Study David and Absalom.?Do you want to know what it is like to love sacrificially? Study David's mighty men.?Have you ever thought about the legacy you will leave with your loved ones? Study David's last words to Solomon.In a unique way, this book aims to cover key events and people in the life of David to equip us with the similar struggles we might face in our own lives today. Whether a young person gaining strength from David's teenage courage, a family person growing from David's indiscretions, or an aged person soaking up wisdom from David in his older years this study has something to offer every person. May you be blessed in your study of David: Through Others' Eyes.

Cougar the mountain lion, rescued as an eight-week old cub by the author, has garnered media attention as the official poster model for IAMS pet food. Raber relates how he and Cougar act as a team, and in helping each other, they share their weaknesses and become strong. 8-page color photo insert.

Most view the relationship of Jews to the Soviet Union through the lens of repression and silence. Focusing on an elite group of two dozen Soviet-Jewish photographers, including Arkady Shaykhet, Alexander Grinberg, Mark Markov-Grinberg, Evgenii Khaldei, Dmitrii Baltermants, and Max Alpert, Through Soviet Jewish Eyes presents a different picture. These artists participated in a social project they believed in and with which they were emotionally and intellectually invested-they were charged by the Stalinist state to tell the visual story of the unprecedented horror we now call the Holocaust. These wartime photographers were the first liberators to bear witness with cameras to Nazi atrocities, three years before Americans arrived at Buchenwald and Dachau. In this passionate work, David Shneer tells their stories and highlights their work through their very own images-he has amassed never-before-published photographs from families, collectors, and private archives. Through Soviet Jewish Eyes helps us understand why so many Jews flocked to Soviet photography; what their lives and work looked like during the rise of Stalinism, during and then after the war; and why Jews were the ones charged with documenting the Soviet experiment and then its near destruction at the hands of the Nazis.