Photographer Chris Jackson has been by the Royal family's side on domestic visits and overseas tours for the past fifteen years, resulting in an unparalleled photographic archive of the evolving British Royal family. Occupying a front-row seat to history, Jackson's assignments have taken him to the four corners of the Earth to document the extraordinary breadth and devotion of the Royals to causes such as cancer research, mental health, and HIV awareness in Africa. In his own words in captions and texts, he reveals the magic as well as the logistics of what it's like to photograph the Royal family. The result is this unique collection of photographs of the modern British Royal Family the archive of this multi-award winning Royal Photographer and current Royal Photographer of the Year. From the modern-day fairy tale of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's wedding to the births of Prince George and Princess Charlotte and their soon-to-be new sibling to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's historic marriage to countless Royal tours in between, this book presents the British Monarchy and Queen Elizabeth II, its most enduring icon, through the lens of one of its most trusted photographers. Whether it's Prince George's first day of school, the Duchess of Cambridge playing cricket in Mumbai, or the Invictus Games, Jackson records moments both large and small with a warmth and sincerity that has made him a media standout. Organized by theme, from State Occasions to Charity works to a typical year in the Royal Diary, this book celebrates fifteen years of the Royals in intimate portraits of a singular family's role on the world stage at a unique moment in time.

Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (1968) marked a return by the composer to orchestral writing after a gap of six years. This in-depth study demonstrates the central position the work occupies in Berio's output. David Osmond-Smith discusses the way in which Berio used the Bororo myth described in Levi-Strauss's Le cru et le cuit as a framework for Sinfonia. This is one of many influences in the work, which also include Joyce's 'Sirens' chapter from Ulysses, Beckett's The Unnameable and the scherzo from Mahler's 2nd Symphony. The listener who takes refuge in the score of Sinfonia, argues Osmond-Smith, finds there a maze of allusions to things beyond the score. It is some of those allusions that this book seeks to illuminate.

Collection of the author's woodcuts made between 1898 and 1923 along with information about himself and tips for woodcutters.

Offers young girls a simple devotional exercise for each day of the year that consists of Scripture, a special message, a prayer, and an activity.

The power of monarchs has traditionally been as much symbolic as actual, rooted in popular imagery of sovereignty, divinity, and authority. In Mystifying the Monarch, a distinguished group of contributors explores the changing nature of that imagery—and its political and social effects—in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day. They demonstrate that, rather than a linear progression where perceptions of rulers moved inexorably from the sacred to the banal, in reality the history of monarchy has been one of constant tension between mystification and demystification.

Gateway and the Last Priest of the Avatar is the second book in the Gateway series. This book takes off at the end of book one, after our heroes face the high queen of Acaras assassin cube. The assassin cube was an amalgam of souls forced by dark magic, together with the purpose of capturing Royalher lost sonand Simon Monroe. In addition, it was supposed to kill Lethia and Reverend Monroe, his kidnappers. As a result of the fire at the church and Tishas quick thinking, our heroes defeated the mechanisms of the high queen. Yet as a result of battle, for the first time, our heroes were separated in splintered groups. Reverend Royal Monroe, Hue Lee, Lethia, Maximus, and Wisdom Simms were left to figure out a way off of the Lost Islands, which were at the end of Acara. Simon Monroe, Reverend Monroe, Mr. Ben Lee, Officer Purcell Simms, and new comrades were in a race of time against another creation of the dark queen, the Marauder, which sought to stop them from finding their only way to Acara. Lastly, Tisha, alone, is left to the Wonders of Acara City. The Wonders sought to transform her into the essence of something she was not before. From Balimore to Acara City to the Lost Islands, all roads led everyone to the enigmatic red desert, a direct confrontation with the High Queen, and finally, the birth of the last priest of the Avatar.