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Madoc
by Bernard KnightThe epic story of Prince Madoc, son of the ruler of North Wales, who after the death of his wife leaves behind the battles for power and prestige in his homeland and journeys into the unknown, sailing with a small group of companions across the Western Ocean.In this novel, acclaimed author Knight skilfully blends historical fact and the histories of medieval Britain and France with the story of a Welsh prince who, legend says, discovered the continent of North America.
Madoc
by Bernard KnightThe epic story of Prince Madoc, son of the ruler of North Wales, who after the death of his wife leaves behind the battles for power and prestige in his homeland and journeys into the unknown, sailing with a small group of companions across the Western Ocean.In this novel, acclaimed author Knight skilfully blends historical fact and the histories of medieval Britain and France with the story of a Welsh prince who, legend says, discovered the continent of North America.
Madoff: The Final Word
by Richard BeharRenowned investigative journalist Richard Behar delivers the definitive account of history&’s largest—and longest-running—financial fraud, &“the scale of the deception…beggars belief&” (New York Post).Some $68 billion evaporated during Bernie Madoff&’s epic confidence game. Two people were driven to suicide in the wake of the Ponzi Scheme&’s exposure. Others went to prison. But there has never been a satisfying accounting for how Bernie got away with so much, for so long. Until now. Richard Behar&’s relationship with Madoff began in 2011 with a simple email request from the conman. By the time Madoff died in 2021, he had sent Behar more than 300 emails and dozens of handwritten letters, participated in some fifty phone conversations, and sat for three in-person jailhouse interviews—a level of access provided to no other reporter. Behar also established relationships with hundreds of regulators, prosecutors, FBI agents, investors, Wall Street experts, ex-employees of Madoff&’s, family members, school classmates, and others. The result is the final word on the criminal behind history&’s most enduring fraud—and on those who believed him, covered for him, or locked him up. Behar illuminates not only the fraud&’s origins—decades earlier than Madoff claimed in his confession—but also the complicity of investors, Wall Street insiders, family members, and some of the largest banks in the US and Europe. Shocking, infuriating, riveting (and at times absurdly funny), Madoff shows us how Bernie ensnared thousands of investors. As Behar&’s dogged reporting over the last fifteen years makes clear, however, there aren&’t many innocents left standing by the end of this tale. Just about everyone involved is guilty, at a minimum, of humanity&’s most consistent weakness: greed.
Madonna of the Seven Hills (Lucrezia Borgia #1)
by Jean PlaidyThe most beautiful woman in Rome, Lucrezia Borgia, was born into a family-and a destiny-she could not hope to escape . . . Fifteenth-century Rome: The Borgia family is on the rise. Lucrezia#x19;s father, Pope Alexander VI, places his illegitimate daughter and her only brothers, Cesare, Giovanni, and Goffredo, in the jeweled splendor-and scandal-of his court. From the Pope#x19;s affairs with adolescent girls to Cesare#x19;s dangerous jealousy of anyone who inspires Lucrezia#x19;s affections to the ominous birth of a child conceived in secret, no Borgia can elude infamy. Young Lucrezia gradually accepts her fate as she comes to terms with the delicate nature of her relationships with her father and brothers. The unbreakable bond she shares with them both exhilarates and terrifies her as her innocence begins to fade. Soon she will understand that her family#x19;s love pales next to their quest for power and that she herself is the greatest tool in their political arsenal. From the inimitable pen of Jean Plaidy, this family#x19;s epic legend is replete with passion, intrigue, and murder-and it#x19;s only the beginning.
Madre: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun
by Liza BakewellWhy is the word madre, "mother," so complicated in Spanish--especially in Mexico? Leaping off the page with energy, insight, and attitude, Liza Bakewell's exploration of language is anything but "just semantics." Why does me vale madre mean worthless, while !qué padre! means fabulous, she asks? And why do one hundred madres disappear when one padre enters the room, converting the group from madres to padres? Thus begins a journey through Mexican culture in all its color: weddings, dinner parties, an artist's studio, heart-stopping taxi rides, angry journalists, corrupt politicians, Blessed Virgins, and mothers both sacred and profane. Along the way, a reader discovers not only an invaluable lexicon of Mexican slang (to be used with caution or not at all) but also thought-provoking reflections on the evolution of language; its winding path through culture, religion, and politics; and, not least, what it means--and what it threatens--to be a creative female, a madre.
Madrid (Ed. actualizada)
by Antonio Gómez RufoEdición actualizada de la gran novela de Antonio Gómez Rufo sobre Madrid, un libro de referencia para todos los que aman esta ciudad. Esta es la gran novela de Madrid. Su historia, su épica, su vida cotidiana. Siendo de todos, Madrid nunca ha sido de nadie. De ahí su grandeza y su sencillez, su orgullo y su humildad, su carácter revolucionario y su dignidad. A través de tres apasionantes sagas familiares, Antonio Gómez Rufo traza el emocionante relato literario de Madrid, desde una mañana de 1565 en que los jóvenes Juan Posada, Alonso Vázquez y Guzmán de Tarazona atraviesan por primera vez la antigua Puerta del Sol dispuestos a probar suerte en la Villa y Corte, hasta enero de 2021, cuando después de un año marcado por la pandemia, un gran manto de nieve cubrió una de las ciudades más hermosas del mundo. Las personas pasan, los relatos acaban y los ríos se despeñan y apaciguan antes de ahogarse en el mar; pero las ciudades permanecen y su historia no se detiene en su lento viaje hacia la eternidad.
Madrid 1937: Letters of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade From the Spanish Civil War
by Cary Nelson Jefferson HendricksFirst Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Madrid: A New Biography
by Luke StegemannThe miraculous story of Madrid—how a village became a great world city For centuries Madrid was an insignificant settlement on the central Iberian plateau. Under its Muslim rulers the town was fortified and enlarged, but even after the Reconquista it remained secondary to nearby Toledo. But Madrid’s fortunes dramatically shifted in the sixteenth century, becoming the centre of a vast global empire. Luke Stegemann tells the surprising story of Madrid’s flourishing, and its outsize influence across the world. From Cervantes and Quevedo to Velázquez and Goya, Spain’s capital has been home to some of Europe’s most influential artists and thinkers. It formed a vital link between Europe and the Americas and became a cauldron of political dissent—not least during the Spanish Civil War, when the city was on the frontline in the fight against fascism. Stegemann places Madrid and its people in global context, showing how the city—fast overtaking Barcelona as a centre of international finance and cultural tourism—has become a melting pot at the heart of Europe and the wider Hispanic world.
Madrid: A Traveller's Reader (Traveller's Reader)
by Hugh ThomasThe charm of Madrid is elusive, but for those who know how to find it, Madrid has magic. Its magic can be found in the shadow cast over the present by the past. In this Traveller's Reader, a city that was once the seat of power for perhaps the most ambitious political enterprise the western world had seen since the fall of Rome, the Spanish Empire, is brought to life in vivid diaries, letters, memoirs and histories.The Earl of Clarendon describes seventeenth-century bullfights; Salvador Dali plays a surrealist joke on a snooty barman at the Ritz; Rubens visits the Alcázar; Manet is at the Prado; generals and anarchists meet in the Puerta del Sol. The many stories included here evoke for today's tourist the dramas and personalities of a city's past, by drawing on the eyewitness accounts and commentaries of visitors and residents of earlier centuries. Hugh Thomas has chosen these and other vivid snapshots of Madrid's history from diaries, letters, memoirs and novels across five centuries to delight and fascinate the armchair and prospective traveller alike.
Madrigal (The St-Cyr and Kohler Mysteries #10)
by J. Robert JanesIn Nazi-occupied France, a French-German detective team must solve a murder in Avignon&’s Papal Palace—&“Plenty of atmosphere and a great setting&” (The Globe and Mail). Six hundred years before the Germans conquered Paris, the pope came to Avignon to rule the Roman Church from afar. In January 1943, Jean-Louis St-Cyr and Hermann Kohler visit the former Papal Palace—not as tourists, but as detectives. Where once the pope spoke to God, a woman has had her throat cut. Her corpse seems to have appeared from out of the past. Despite the strictures of wartime rationing, she died in finery, costumed in the ermine and silk of a Renaissance courtier. She appears to have been killed with a scythe, pulled across her neck in one swift stroke, like a shepherd slaughtering a sheep. Wartime Avignon is a small city, steeped in the jealousy that occupation encourages. As St-Cyr and Kohler dig into the city&’s past, they find motives for murder that predate the Nazis by centuries.
Madrigals And Mistletoe
by Cassie Ryan Hayley Ann SolomonA Song Of Love... Seraphina Camfrey, newest darling of the ton, is angelic in both name and face. Alas, the same can scarcely be said for her singing. And now she fears her off-key notes have sentenced her to yet another fussy old tutor. But Captain Argyll, though arrogant, proves irresistible! So the scampish Seraphina cares nothing for plans to match her with a duke at a country Christmas. Starry-eyed amid the snow and sugar plums, she hears only her heartstrings--strummed by her handsome music master. ...In A Season Of Joy Frederick Argyll is all set to fund his musical composition by teaching. No doubt his pupil will be some dreary wallflower. But Seraphina's hair flames as bright as the yule log and her spirit crackles as cheerily. Can Frederick mold her into the star of the Christmas pageant, and--despite a medley of misunderstandings--accompany her in holiday harmonies of love?
Madrilene's Granddaughter
by Laura CassidyThe beauty within...Hal Latimar could see it in Rachel's shy, quiet smile and patient stance. At a raucous celebration of wedded bliss, the secretive young woman was upstaged by her beautiful cousin. But Hal knew that outward beauty was sometimes hidden and deceptive. When Queen Elizabeth's plans brought them to Court, he found his sights firmly set on Rachel, whose sweetness knew no bounds. The more time he spent with her the more his appreciation gave way to desire. Though he was soon to learn that Rachel had a carefully guarded secret, which, once known, would jeopardize her presence at Court and the tender feelings growing between them....
Madura's Danceland (Images of America)
by Patrice Madura Ward-SteinmanDanceland! For hundreds of thousands of couples from all around the Calumet region of Northwest Indiana and Chicago's East Side, the name alone conjures up memories of dancing and romancing to thousands of live big bands. Opening night in October 1929 drew over 2,000 people to the beautiful ballroom with the famous maplewood dance floor. It continued to thrive with live music four nights a week and 12 months a year throughout the Big Band Era, despite the Great Depression and World War II, and into the rock 'n roll era, until it burned to the ground on Sunday morning, July 23, 1967. Almost everyone's marriage in the region began with a dance at Madura's Danceland. In the 38 years Danceland was open, it had only two owners and managers, Michael (Mike) Madura Sr. and Michael (Mick) J. Madura Jr., father and son. It remained a family business for all those years, with three generations of the Madura family having worked there in many capacities.
Mae Among the Stars
by Roda AhmedA beautiful picture book for sharing and marking special occasions such as graduation, inspired by the life of the first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison. An Amazon Best Book of the Month!A great classroom and bedtime read-aloud, Mae Among the Stars is the perfect book for young readers who have big dreams and even bigger hearts.When Little Mae was a child, she dreamed of dancing in space. She imagined herself surrounded by billions of stars, floating, gliding, and discovering.She wanted to be an astronaut.Her mom told her, "If you believe it, and work hard for it, anything is possible.”Little Mae’s curiosity, intelligence, and determination, matched with her parents' encouraging words, paved the way for her incredible success at NASA as the first African American woman to travel in space.This book will inspire other young girls to reach for the stars, to aspire for the impossible, and to persist with childlike imagination.
Mae Jemison Making Dreams Come True (Houghton Mifflin Reading Leveled Readers)
by C. M. Thorsen"The space shuttle Endeavour launched from Kennedy Space Center on September 12, 1992. This was the first time astronauts from the United States and Japan worked together. But it was important for another reason as well. On board was a special woman, Dr. Mae Carol Jemison. She was the mission's science specialist and was also the first African American woman to voyage into space. This book is a biography of Dr. Mae Carol Jemison."
Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips (Screen Classics)
by Michael G. AnkerichThis story of a silent-film star&’s rise and fall offers &“a lesson about those heady days of early Hollywood and the transience of fame&” (Library Journal). Renowned for her classic beauty and charismatic presence, Mae Murray rocketed to stardom as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, moving across the country to star in her first film, To Have and to Hold, in 1916. An instant hit with audiences, Murray soon became one of the most famous names in Tinseltown. But Murray&’s moment in the spotlight was fleeting. The introduction of talkies, a string of failed marriages, a serious career blunder, and a number of bitter legal battles left the former star in a state of poverty and mental instability that she would never overcome. In this intriguing biography, Michael G. Ankerich traces Murray&’s career from the footlights of Broadway to the klieg lights of Hollywood, recounting her impressive body of work on the stage and screen and charting her rapid ascent to fame and decline into obscurity. Featuring exclusive interviews with Murray&’s only son, Daniel, and with actor George Hamilton, whom the actress closely befriended at the end of her life, Ankerich restores this important figure in early film to the limelight. &“If Billy Wilder hasn&’t made the definitive movie about the delusions of stardom in Sunset Boulevard, Murray&’s story, a blend of absurdity and pathos, would make a terrific one.&” —TheWashington Post Includes photos
Maecenas
by Peter MountfordWhile much has been written of the importance of Agrippa in Augustus’ rise to power as the first emperor of Rome, Maecenas remains a shadowy figure despite being a vital part in the success of Augustus. After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Maecenas was a vital negotiator between Octavian and Mark Antony in the years leading up to the battle of Actium, and a wise political advisor to Augustus during the early years of the new regime. This is the first biography of Maecenas in English and gives due credit to the stature of Maecenas both as a confidant of the emperor and as patron of the poets Virgil, Horace and Propertius. The book devotes a chapter to each poet’s relationship with Maecenas and the Augustan regime: the chapter on Virgil, while considering his relationship to Maecenas and Augustus, argues that the origins of his choice of Aeneas may lie in Etruria rather than elsewhere, while the chapter on Horace assesses one of the closest documented relationships of Roman history. The chapter on Propertius wrestles with the disparate views of scholars on the question of his relationship with the Augustan regime and argues that, at heart, he remains an Umbrian/Etruscan rather than a Roman. A crucial feature of the book is the provision of 161 texts from ancient Roman and Greek authors which mention Maecenas. Based on sustainable evidence this study of the importance of Maecenas takes scholarship in new and important directions.
Maelstrom (Destroyermen, Book #3)
by Taylor AndersonTHE STORM BREAKS. After being swept from the World War II Pacific into an alternate world, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Patrick Reddy and the crew of USS Walker have allied with the peaceful Lemurians in their struggle against the warlike reptilian Grik, but they are already outgunned and outmanned. For the Japanese juggernaut Amagi, also trapped in this strange world, is under Grik control--and soon they will have amassed a force that no amount of firepower and technology will be able to stop. As the raging conflict approaches, Reddy, his crew, his allies, and his loved ones face annihilation. But if there is one thing they have learned about their new world, it is that hope--and help--may be just over the horizon.
Maestra en el arte de la muerte
by Ariana FranklinUn CSI en la Inglaterra medieval... Inglaterra, año del Señor de 1171: en Cambridge aparece el cadáver de un niño horriblemente asesinado. Otros muchos han desaparecido. Los judíos, directamente acusados de estos crímenes por la todopoderosa jerarquía católica, buscan refugio entre los muros del castillo para evitar las iras de los soliviantados ciudadanos. Al rey Enrique esta situación dista de complacerle: necesita a los judíos para llenar sus arcas y debe encontrarse al verdadero culpable para aplacar al pueblo, que ha elevado a la categoría de santo al niño asesinado. Para esclarecer la situación aparecen en Cambridge un reputado doctor, Simón de Nápoles, acompañado de una misteriosa mujer de origen árabe, Adelia Aguilar, y de un enigmático hombre, Mansur. La especialidad de Adelia, doctora en la célebre escuela de medicina de Salerno, es el estudio y la disección de cadáveres. Se trata de una maestra en el arte de la muerte, algo que debe disimular cuidadosamente si no quiere correr el riesgo de ser acusada de brujería. Las investigaciones conducen a Adelia hasta el último rincón de Cambridge. Encontrará amigos que la ayudarán y hallará el amor... pero también tendrá que luchar denodadamente con un terrible asesino dispuesto a seguir matando y con las supersticiones y prejuicios de los habitantes de la ciudad.
Maestro Mouse: And the Mystery of the Missing Baton
by Cheryl S. Barnes Peter W. BarnesMaestro Mouse, the world's greatest conductor, makes an unfortunate discovery when he takes the stage to lead his orchestra-his baton is missing! The children in the concert hall rush to search for it in section of the orchestra, learning about each instrument as they go along. Will they find the lost baton in time for the concert to begin?
Maestro of Science
by Jason S. RidlerOne of the brightest Canadian scientists of his generation, Omond McKillop Solandt was a physiologist by training, an engineer by disposition, and a manager by necessity. A protégé of insulin's co-discoverer, Charles Best, Solandt worked as a scientist for the British government during the Second World War, including as a pioneer of operational research and a manager of scientific establishments. Ending the war as a colonel, he served on the British Mission to Japan, where he studied the effects of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, before returning to Canada to become chairman of the newly created Defence Research Board. There he spearheaded Canada's attempt to create a new and innovative government science infrastructure that served the needs of the Canadian military at the dawn of the nuclear age and worked alongside allies in Britain and the United States.In Maestro of Science, Jason S. Ridler draws on interviews with Solandt and his colleagues and declassified records from Canada and the United Kingdom to paint a vivid picture of the influence and achievements of a Canadian leader in Cold War military research.
Maestro: André Tchelistcheff and the Rebirth of Napa Valley (At Table)
by James O. GumpWine insiders called André Tchelistcheff the &“winemaker&’s winemaker,&” the &“wine doctor,&” and simply &“maestro.&” After Prohibition brought Napa Valley and its wine industry to the brink of catastrophe, Tchelistcheff (1901–94) proved essential in its revitalization. Tchelistcheff&’s unique background—a sickly child, a Russian émigré forced from his homeland during the Bolshevik Revolution, a White Army lieutenant who fought in the Crimea, a physical laborer in a Bulgarian coal mine, a Czechoslovakian-trained agronomist, and a French-schooled viticulturist and enologist—prepared him for a remarkable winemaking career. He spent thirty-five years in Napa Valley&’s Beaulieu Vineyard and nearly two &“post-retirement&” decades doing freelance consulting work for more than thirty wineries. His early struggles forged his principal character traits, which he passed on to an entire generation of winemakers. His students, including some of the most accomplished winemakers of the post-Prohibition period, marveled over their mentor&’s sense of authority, profound insight, humble presence, and abundant wisdom. This inspiring account of Tchelistcheff&’s life includes interviews with friends, family, and mentees, which reveal how one man used his passion and knowledge to help save a community on the edge of disaster. In Maestro James O. Gump preserves the memory of a fascinating individual and one of the most influential winemakers of the modern era.
Maestro: El legado de Tabárez
by Jorge Señorans Luis InzaurraldeEl papel del Maestro Tabárez, las historias íntimas y desconocidas del proceso de la selección uruguaya contado por sus protagonistas. Una mirada a la Selección por dentro, en la voz de sus protagonistas. Su intimidad, su costado humano y los aspectos desconocidos de un proceso que provocó una revolución e impulsó su refundación hasta conseguir recuperar la esencia más pura de la Celeste, dentro y fuera del campo de juego. Una historia de trabajo en silencio, de sacrificio y de esfuerzo. De planificar y esperar. De creer; de apostar a largo plazo y confiar en jugadores para una época. De aprender a sufrir para poder disfrutar. De encontrar la recompensa en el camino recorrido y de profundizar en las raíces de los procesos juveniles para cambiar el futuro. Una historia en la que la suerte también jugó de su lado, y que los éxitos se transformaron en aliados inquebrantables para construir fortalezas. Aquel proyecto que durante años dio vueltas en la cabeza de Tabárez, esperando una segunda oportunidad, desembarcó en la sede de la calle Guayabos el 6 de marzo de 2006 para volver a encauzar a Uruguay hacia su lugar. Transcurrieron doce años de compromiso con un modelo. Doce años que promovieron la transformación más profunda en la historia de la Selección a partir del rumbo que estableció un entrenador y que todos fueron asumiendo como propio hasta transformar en orgullo de un pueblo. Doce años de respeto que permitieron recuperar la confianza, reconstruir la mística y reinventar la fórmula de la Selección. Doce años derribando mitos. Doce años que se transformaron en el legado de Tabárez, que hoy queda como referencia para el futuro, porque así lo hicieron los uruguayos. A su manera.
Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom
by Bob WoodwardIn eight Tuesdays each year, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan convenes a small committee to set the short-term interest rate that can move through the American and world economies like an electric jolt. As much as any, the committee's actions determine the economic well-being of every American. The availability of money for business or consumer loans, mortgages, job creation and overall national economic growth flows from those decisions. Perhaps the last Washington secret is how the Federal Reserve and its enigmatic chairman, Alan Greenspan, operate. In Maestro, Bob Woodward takes you inside the Fed and Greenspan's thinking. We listen to the Fed's internal debates as the American economy is pushed into a historic 10-year expansion while the world economy lurches from financial crisis to financial crisis. Greenspan plays a sometimes subtle, sometimes blunt behind-the-scenes role. He appears in Maestro up close as never before -- alternately nervous and calm, plunging into mathematics one moment and politics the next, skeptical, dispassionate, always struggling -- often alone. Maestro traces a fascinating intellectual journey as Greenspan, an old-school anti-inflation hawk of the traditional economy, is among the first to realize the potential in the modern, high-productivity new economy -- the foundation of the current American boom. Woodward's account of the Greenspan years is a remarkable portrait of a man who has become the symbol of American economic preeminence.
Maestros and Their Music: The Art And Alchemy Of Conducting
by John MauceriAn exuberant, uniquely accessible, beautifully illustrated look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century. John Mauceri brings a lifetime of experience to bear in an unprecedented, hugely informative, consistently entertaining exploration of his profession, rich with anecdotes from decades of working alongside the greatest names of the music world. With candor and humor, Mauceri makes clear that conducting is itself a composition: of legacy and tradition, techniques handed down from master to apprentice--and more than a trace of ineffable magic. He reveals how conductors approach a piece of music (a calculated combination of personal interpretation, imagination, and insight into the composer's intent); what it takes to communicate solely through gesture, with sometimes hundreds of performers at once; and the occasionally glamorous, often challenging life of the itinerant maestro. Mauceri, who worked closely with Leonard Bernstein for eighteen years, studied with Leopold Stokowski, and was on the faculty of Yale University for fifteen years, is the perfect guide to the allure and theater, passion and drudgery, rivalries and relationships of the conducting life.