Richard S. Newman Knihy

Includes more than 160 locations related to the Civil War, from battlefields to cemeteries, and covers many states and regions as well

In this, his second album on Irish buses, Richard Newman takes us on a journey through the interesting bus scene of an Ireland very different to today, the Ireland of the mid-1960s.

Alma Rosé's tragic story, from her birth and youth in the exalted musical circles of Vienna (her father was leader of the Vienna Philharmonic, her uncle was Gustav Mahler) to her death at Auschwitz, first came to public attention through the 1980 film Playing for Time . As leader of the only women's orchestra in the Nazi camps, by force of her will and spirit, she molded a terrified group of young musicians into an ensemble that became their sole hope of survival. And although Alma herself died of a sudden illness shortly before the liberation of the camps, she saved the lives of some four dozen members of the orchestra. In telling her full story for the first time, Richard Newman and Karen Kirtley honor her and the valiant prisoner-musicians for whom music meant life.

The book explores the evolution of American abolitionism from the 1770s to the 1830s, highlighting its origins alongside the American Republic rather than starting with Garrison's 1831 newspaper. It details how abolitionists transitioned from conservative lobbying to a passionate grassroots reform movement, adapting their strategies to combat slavery and racial injustice. Richard Newman provides a comprehensive analysis of the early activists and their persistent efforts to challenge and eradicate the institution of slavery in America.

A fresh synthesis of the abolitionist movement and ideas in the Anglo-American world.