This handbook provides an in-depth account of the origins, style, and performance history of Richard Wagner’s popular operatic masterpiece Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman). Designed for scholars, performers and…

This comprehensive guide to horses and ferries is an essential resource for anyone who loves or works with these magnificent animals. Divided into two books, the first covers horse management…

Wallace Stevens was not only one of America’s outstanding modernist poets but also a successful insurance lawyer. Though Stevens tried to separate his poetry from his profession, the author of…

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Daly was one of the most influential figures in Australia’s military history. As Chief of the General Staff during the Vietnam War, he oversaw a significant…

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Zane Grey was a disappointed aspirant to major league baseball and an unhappy dentist when he belatedly decided to take up writing at the age of thirty. This biography of…