Music and the Commedia dell'Arte narrates the story of the most famous commedia dell'arte troupe of the late Renaissance, focusing in particular on the representation of women on stage and on the role of music-making in their craft. It provides a rich context for the study of musical-theatrical performance before the advent of opera and re-defines our perceptions of women, music and theatre in the Renaissance.

The 100 poems presented in this volume represent a broad cross-section of Isabella Andreini's lyric poetry, both in its original language and in verse translations. Of the nearly 500 poems published in Andreini's two books of Rime in the first decade of the seventeenth century, the 100 included here optimally demonstrate Andreini's range of style, the diversity of genres in which she composed, her views on Renaissance court society, and her interactions with other poets and patrons of the late sixteenth century. An extensive historical and analytical introduction aims to deepen the reader's understanding of Andreini, and hopefully, to inspire further study of this poet's little-known writings, including her Fragmenti d'alcune scritture, and the remaining large share of her lyric poetry. Students and researchers specializing in comparative literatures, women's studies, and Italian studies will find this a helpful addition to their discipline.

Ann McNeill understands the mindset required to create a baby billionaire. Her children and grandchild exemplify this mindset. This book covers 365 tips in ten different areas including Spiritual, Financial, Family, Education, Health and others. Read this book not just for your children, but for yourself. Help them create a mindset that will propel them to future success.

This book covers just some of the exciting possibilities that new digital technology is opening up for the travel industry: booking a holiday from a TV that talks back to the viewer, replacing passports with palm-reading machines, and printing your plane tickets and hotel or car reservations in your own living room or den. In this wide-ranging overview, the latest developments are discussed, including computerized "search and match" services, travel kiosks, the Internet, electronic brochures, ticketless flight plans, and much more. How will these changes affect both travel companies (e.g. profitability, cost, employment implications) and the traveler (e.g., convenience, speed, and economy)? How safe are computer reservations, on-screen data and scanning systems, or can companies obtain confidential information from their rivals or use computerized systems to disadvantage their competitors? Will the new technology increase the larger companies' hold on the travel industry or will it instead give smaller companies a competitive edge? The future of travel is only just ahead of us. This is a book for travelers and the travel industry alike.

Enlightened Charity is a lost history important to the identity of professional American nurses. Throughout history nurses have been innovators in health reform creating models of safe and accessible health care for all. Enlightened Charity documents the pioneering work of American Sisters of Charity nurses in the 19th century who sustained a centuries-old holistic healing tradition of their French predecessors in caring for the poor, sick, and mentally ill. Martha Mathews Libster and Sister Betty Ann McNeil give us an intimate portrait of one Sister in particular, Sister-Nurse Matilda Coskery, who during her 39-year nursing career from 1831 until 1870, partnered with medical consultants to create hospitals, clinical training programs for medical students, treatment programs, and standards of nursing care which earned her the distinction by physicians, nurses, and the public as an "oracle" in nursing care, particularly of the mentally ill. Sister Matilda documented her expertise in a textbook for her students which she titled "Advices Concerning the Sick." This masterful treatise on the science and "blessed art" of nursing pre-dating Notes On Nursing by Florence Nightingale is published here in its entirety for the first time in the history of American nursing with commentary by the authors. In its impeccable scholarship, Enlightened Charity repeals the myths about early nurses and documents why Sister Matilda and the Sisters of Charity were models for professional nursing in the nineteenth century. The Sisters' values of humility, simplicity, and charity and their intentional devotion to the spiritual as well as the physical needs of patients propelled them into a judicious, science-based care that won them national and international acclaim- though they did not seek it. Highlights of Enlightened Charity ~ [ Includes the full text of a never-before-published nursing fundamentals book, "Advices Concerning the Sick," which predates Nightingale's Notes on Nursing. [ Examines the role of early nurses as innovators in health reform. [ Defines the evidence-based practice and critical thinking of 19th-century nurses. [ Documents the traditions and historical origins of holistic nursing. [ Depicts formal nursing education from 1633-1870. [ Details the entrepreneurial leadership skills and successful nurse-physician collaboration of the Sisters of Charity nurses. [ Portrays the foundations of American psychiatric nursing and the pioneering work of Sister Matilda in the care of the mentally ill. [ Clarifies nursing's historical connections with women in religious life. [ Reveals the Sisters of Charity's enlightened approach to patient care and the power of nurses' simple acts of kindness and charity. Enlightened Charity is suggested for the following courses: [ Nursing and Women's History [ Fundamentals in Nursing [ Professional Issues in Nursing [ Leadership and Management [ Psychiatric Nursing [ Holistic Nursing [ Religious History [ Philosophy and Theory in Nursing