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Transform your passion into a lucrative career with "The Business of Writing Turning Your Passion into Profit." This insightful book explores the business of writing, offering practical advice on navigating the publishing industry and building a successful writing career. Learn how to monetize your writing through freelance opportunities, create an effective author platform, and develop strategies for long-term success. With expert tips and inspiring stories, this guide is essential for aspiring writers looking to thrive in the competitive world of writing.
Dive into the life of Bob Marley, the reggae icon whose music spread messages of love, unity, and resistance. This biography explores his early life, his rise to international fame, and his role as a cultural ambassador for Jamaica. Discover the legacy of a man who used his art to change the world. Perfect for fans of reggae, cultural history, and stories of artistic activism.
Dmitri Shostakovich, the Russian composer, created some of the most powerful and haunting music of the 20th century, reflecting the turmoil of his time. Born in 1906 in St. Petersburg, Shostakovich navigated the challenges of life under Soviet rule, balancing artistic expression with political pressure. This biography explores his celebrated works, including Symphony No. 5 and String Quartet No. 8, which captured the struggles, resilience, and spirit of humanity. Despite scrutiny and censorship, Shostakovich’s music became a voice for those who lived through war and oppression. This book honors his genius, his defiance, and his enduring influence as a composer whose work continues to move audiences around the world.
Betsy Ross, a figure of American folklore, is credited with sewing the first American flag during the Revolutionary War. Born in 1752 in Philadelphia, Ross was a skilled upholsterer who contributed to the war effort by crafting uniforms, tents, and flags. This biography explores her life, her connections to figures like George Washington, and the origins of the iconic stars and stripes. While historical debates continue about her role, Betsy Ross remains an enduring symbol of patriotism and craftsmanship. This book celebrates her legacy as a woman who shaped a powerful national symbol during a critical moment in American history, inspiring generations with her skill and contribution.
The perfect companion to the first book of Kami Garcia / Margaret Stohl's supernatural series' "Beautiful Creatures," this study guide contains a chapter by chapter analysis of the book, a summary of the plot, and a guide to major characters and themes. BookCap Study Guides do not contain text from the actual book, and are not meant to be purchased as alternatives to reading the book. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.
This is a memorial volume for Albert Ehrman. The contributions of this Gedenkschrift testify to his scholarly excellence in the field of Judaic-Semitic lexicography and etymology, and do full justice to the richness and thought inspiring qualities of his publications. Besides the papers in honour of Ehrman the volume contains four reprints of the Aramaic 'Fucus, Red Lichen', and a full bibliography of the works of Albert Ehrman.
"Palladio is the Bible," Thomas Jefferson once said. "You should get it and stick to it." With his simple, gracious, perfectly proportioned villas, Andrea Palladio elevated the architecture of the private house into an art form during the late sixteenth century -- and his influence is still evident in the ample porches, columned porticoes, grand ceilings, and front-door pediments of America today. In The Perfect House, bestselling author Witold Rybczynski, whose previous books (Home, A Clearing in the Distance, Now I Sit Me Down) have transformed our understanding of domestic architecture, reveals how a handful of Palladio's houses in an obscure corner of the Venetian Republic should have made their presence felt hundreds of years later and halfway across the globe. More than just a study of one of history's seminal architectural figures, The Perfect House reflects Rybczynski's enormous admiration for his subject and provides a new way of looking at the special landscapes we call "home" in the modern world.
This book focuses on the relationship between the university and a particular cohort of academic staff: those in visual and performing arts disciplines who joined the university sector in the 1990s. It explores how artistic researchers have been accommodated in the Australian university management framework and the impact that this has had on their careers, identities, approaches to their practice and the final works that they produce. The book provides the first analysis of this topic across the artistic disciplinary domain in Australia and updates the findings of Australia’s only comprehensive study of the position of research in the creative arts within the government funding policy setting reported in 1998 (The Strand Report). Using lived examples and a forensic approach to the research policy challenges, it shows that while limited progress has been made in the acceptance of artistic research as legitimate research, significant structural, cultural and practical challenges continue to undermine relationships between universities and their artistic staff and affect the nature and quality of artistic work.