Ross: 3639 books

With nearly three thousand new entries, the revised edition of Operas in German: A Dictionary is the most current encyclopedic treatment of operas written specifically to a German text from the seventeenth century through 2016. Musicologist Margaret Ross Griffel details the operas’ composers,...

Leur amour connaîtra-t-il l’été indien ? Ancien photographe de guerre chez les marines, Gabriel se rend à Shelter Bay pour donner un coup de main à un de ses ex compagnons d’armes. Lorsqu’il rencontre Charity, vétérinaire au grand cœur et au regard envoûtant, le charme opère...

Percy Bysshe Shelley, in the essay 'On Life' (1819), stated 'We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life'. Ross Wilson uses this statement as a starting point to explore Shelley's fundamental beliefs about life and the significance of poetry. Drawing on a wide range of Shelley's own...

When Ross Heaven, a psychologist and ex-pharmaceutical industry consultant, embarks on a shamanic apprenticeship in the rainforests and mountains of South America his intention is to unlock the secrets of San Pedro, the mescaline cactus that has been used as a sacrament and teacher plant in Peru for...

A Twin Falls is a story of mystery, fantasy, and friendship set in Mammoth Lakes, California. Janet Westmore is a twin. A highly capable human resources consultant in Mammoth Lakes, California, she exposes a respected community leader as a serial harasser in the workplace. Afterwards, she seeks respite...

“I always wanted to be a cow-puncher,” says Shorty Caraway. “As a little kid back on the farm in east Texas I couldn’t think of nothin’ else.” Shorty’s father took some persuading, but in the end he staked his fourteen-year-old son to a white pony, a second-hand saddle, and “forty...

Constantine the Great (285–337) played a crucial role in mediating between the pagan, imperial past of the city of Rome, which he conquered in 312, and its future as a Christian capital. In this learned and highly readable book, R. Ross Holloway examines Constantine’s remarkable building program in...

In this important book, editor Michael Ross brings together the latest knowledge and research concerning the relationship between HIV and AIDS and sexual functioning. HIV/AIDS and Sexuality explores the experiences of being HIV-infected and the impact of infection on an individual's sexuality. It...

Indian prince, Sussex and England cricketer, K.S. Ranjitsinhji was unique in many ways. W.G. Grace predicted that there would not be another batsman like 'Ranji' for a hundred years; arguably we are still waiting. His prodigious run-scoring ability alone assured his place in the annals of cricket,...

A lyrical contemporary Christian wedding song celebrating romance, commitment, and the sacrament of marriage. Piano/vocal arrangement, 8 pages (RTF best for scaling / full size print). Recording available for listening on YouTube, watch?v=uM128fdrwAA.

WHEN THE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE IS TO LIVE LIKE A HUMAN LAW, INNOCENCE, FORGIVENESS - AND A FALLEN ANGEL Simon Draco is a fallen angel, punished to survive in the wilderness called the human world when he, with other angels, protested too much about the worthiness of the human race for the Father’s...

Tracy Ross never knew her biological father, who died after a brain aneurysm when she was still an infant. So when her mother married Donnie, a gregarious man with an all-wheel-drive jeep and a love of hiking, four-year-old Tracy was ecstatic to have a father figure in her life. A loving and devoted...

Aleppo is one of the longest-surviving cities of the ancient and Islamic Middle East. Until recently it enjoyed a thriving urban life—in particular an active traditional suq, whose origins can be traced across many centuries. Its tangle of streets still follow the Hellenistic grid and above it looms...

While the role of the university president has evolved dramatically in recent years, the recruitment pool and selection process have changed little since the 1960s. In Leadership Under Fire, Ross Paul combines leadership theory, interviews with eleven of Canada's most successful presidents, and thirty-five...