Isabel Otero

In Spain, singer Isabel Pantoja is considered one of the greatest vocal practitioners of the traditional copla in history. Though her Andalusian take on the folk style is highly orchestrated, her detailed attention to narrative, melody, drama, and rhythm, are singular. Since the mid-'80s, she has expanded her repertoire to include romantic pop ballads with no damage done to her stature. Pantoja's beloved musical reputation has been buoyed by a storied life filled with awards more than 40 platinum-certified records tragedy, and misadventure (including a two-year prison stint for being an accomplice to money laundering), as well as an emergency medical evacuation from a remote island during her period of competing in the Spanish edition of the television series Survivor.

Lebanese-born, Canadian-Armenian-American soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian is as celebrated for her beauty, dynamic presence, and style as for her strikingly multidimensional voice.

This volume presents essays by some of the leading figures in the vanguard of theoretical linguistics within the framework of universal grammar. One of the first books to adopt the "minimialist" framework to syntactic analysis, it includes a central essay by Noam Chomsky on the minimialist program and covers a range of topics in syntax and morphology.

This volume is dedicated to influence on the strategy of human resource management, affecting daily aspects, thought patterns, and behavioral modes of executive management and employees.

This book examines some of the most promising approaches in neuroprotection as well as discusses current goals and prospects.

Music of the (early) Baroque evokes sympathy, provides opportunities for identification and serves as a vehicle for moral or religious teaching. And finally, the Baroque musical 'exploration of the soul' as a soundtrack of life can and intends to give support, comfort and strength.