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In a New York courtroom, a woman stands accused of a controversial crime. Genny Haviland, thirty-eight, is said to have drugged and suffocated legendary painter George Gabriel. For two decades the tempestuous Gabriel has challenged audiences with his wild work. And in the end, the prosecution claims, he alienated the woman he first seduced, then enslaved—enough to cause his own death at her hands.

In Auld Lang Syne: A Song and its Culture, M. J. Grant explores the history of this iconic song, demonstrating how its association with ideas of fellowship, friendship and sociality has enabled it to become so significant for such a wide range of individuals and communities around the world. This engaging study traces different stages in the journey of Auld Lang Syne, from the precursors to the song made famous by Robert Burns to the traditions and rituals that emerged around the song in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including its use as a song of parting, and as a song of New Year. Grant’s painstaking study investigates the origins of these varied traditions, and their impact on the transmission of the song right up to the present day. Grant uses Auld Lang Syne to explore the importance of songs and singing for group identity, arguing that it is the active practice of singing the song in group contexts that has made it so significant for so many. The book offers fascinating insights into the ways that Auld Lang Syne has been received, reused and remixed around the world, concluding with a chapter on more recent versions of the song back in Scotland. This highly original and accessible work will be of great interest to non-expert readers as well as scholars and students of musicology, cultural and social history, social anthropology and Scottish studies. The book contains a wealth of illustrations and includes links to many more, including manuscript sources. Audio examples are included for many of the musical examples. Grant’s extensive bibliography will moreover ease future referencing of the many sources consulted.

Voice Over for Animation takes animation and voice-over students and professionals alike through the animated voice-over world. The book provides information, exercises, and advice from professional voice-over artists. Now you can develop your own unique characters, and learn techniques to exercise your own voice gain the versatility you need to compete. You can also learn how to make a professional sounding demo CD, and find work in the field. Author MJ Lallo opened her own studio in 2000. She is a VO artist, director, producer, and casting director, casting from her own VO roster. She teaches VO as well and hires pros in the industry to guest direct. She just cast a video game for DreamWorks and also cast and contributed character reads to a Houghton-Mifflin American history book. The accompanying CD is professionally recorded, and features: 1. Improvization in character development 2. Examples of how to make an animation demo from beginning to final product. 3. Adapting your characters to animation scripts 4. Animation Talent Agent interviews 5. Casting Director interviews 6. Interviews with Animation Voice-Over Artists a. Nancy Cartwright (Bart, The Simpsons) b. Cathy Cavadini (Blossom, Power Puff Girls) c. Bill Farmer (Goofy)

We have experienced such enormous developments in different fields of science and technology, sending Space Shuttles to outer space and discovering the microscopic germs hidden in the textures of the elements; A Melody Called Peace is here to make such progresses in the very core of our hearts and to remind us once more that literature and art can bridge the souls of strangers and bless them with the sweet taste of peace and love. This book is the result of a massive international collaboration between poets, authors and artists from different parts of the world who answered the invitation call of the messengers of peace and civilization, we, the authors and participants, believe that peace is the result of the reconciliation of the opposites and poetry - in its simple but rich form - and has the ability to convey the genuine and common concerns of all humankind living in different parts of the world while they hold different beliefs. A Melody Called Peace, like a big and glamorous lantern, shines the light once more on the shadows which have tarnished the beloved peace; the melody of dozens of poets and authors will fondle the hearts of the residents of the world, reminding them of this famous phrase: Nil Desperandum! And finally, Gloria in altissimis Deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis!

Whether travelers are looking for a romantic getaway or a family vacation, this "Best Places to Stay" title provides accurate and up-to-date information for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia.

Cemetery Planet is the story of a woman nearly deafened by the dross of memory. Her father, her hero, is gone. She followed him into the life of law enforcement. Her lover was taken. She watched that beloved soul tumble to the cold ground, gripped and flung by the hands of a killer only stopped by the beats of the heroine¿s gun; two beats too late. Now nine months later we find her strolling. Her life is the next drink, the next pill, the next skipped meal, the next sight of her own ribs in the mirror; and her dear friends eager for her salvation. Can a new case, a new mystery, a new anti-heroine, a new fling, thrill, life spreading before her like an ocean suddenly forming a beach and coastline at her doorstep; pull her from her sorrow? Can she find a new life? Can she makeover her world anew? Does she want to? Will all the helping hands around her, holding her, touching her at every inch convince her she deserves a quiet breath of love on her neck again? And will our heroine allow herself to say, ¿I'm not where I was, but I can walk on from here¿? This is the story of a woman relearning to hear the voices of kindness around her. Whether she ends up with her head high in the sunlight or buried for a time in a pillow of tears; the future, to all concerned, sounds like a nice idea.

This year-long collection is diveded into six bimonthly themes, and, in the popular daybook style, Daily Bread encourages healthy food choices, and offers inspiration.