Elizabeth Nash Knihy

Geraldine Farrar, the Metropolitan Opera's leading prima donna from 1906 to 1922, was renowned for her intense and realistic acting, often prioritizing dramatic expression over tonal perfection. Alongside her operatic success, she starred in 14 silent films between 1915 and 1920. In her later years, Farrar became a mentor to Camilla Williams, supporting her groundbreaking role as the first African American with a regular contract in a major American opera company. This biography offers an in-depth exploration of Farrar's significant impact on opera history.

The book delves into Madrid's rich Spanish identity, showcasing the city's vibrant atmosphere through its diverse squares, parks, streets, and a blend of historical and modern monuments. Enhanced with maps and illustrations, it offers a detailed exploration of the city's chaotic charm and cultural significance.

Only sex delights all five Sight, Taste, Smell, Hearing and Touch. This provocative book offer a new way of ooking at our sexuality, presenting it as the most completely human activity there is.We have a rich erotic heritage. Writers and artists - famous and neglected - have been adding to our knowledge of sexuality since the bgeinning of civilization. But all too often this sexual culture is ognored in favour of a mechanistic approach to the the ubiquitous 'sex manual'. this book is different. Each of our sense is examined in turn, from an erotic perspective, but in a broad cultural context. Peppered with extracts from the sexual literature of East and West, and lavishly illustrated, it forms a unique and highly original guide to erotic pleasure - a celebration of life.