In Good Music for a Free People, author Nancy Newman examines the activities and reception of the Germania Musical Society, an orchestra whose members emigrated from Berlin during the Revolutions of 1848. These two dozen -Forty-Eighters- gave nearly a thousand concerts in North America during the ensuing six-year period, possibly reaching a million listeners. Drawing on a memoir by member Henry Albrecht, Newman provides insights into the musicians' desire to bring their music to the audiences of a democratic republic at this turbulent time. Eager to avoid the egotism and self-promotion of the...

Five unique women, offer insights that are sure to motivate, inspire, and leave the reader with a feeling of confidence, in their own ability, to overcome seemingly impossible difficulties and thrive.

Welcome to a World of Fun & Exploration
The images and words in this coloring book are designed to help your child stimulate thought by associating sounds and images in a new way. The parent is also encouraged to use these as a launching pad for jumping off into new streams of creative ways to explore the world around us through our senses.

The visual world has affected everyone. People place so much importance on what they see that they often forget to view with their other senses. The world around us fills ALL our senses if we'd just pause and take notice. Mostly, those sensations...