A masterwork of travel literature: voyaging from Cuba to Jamaica, Puerto Rico to Trinidad, Haiti to Barbados, and islands in between, the author limns each culture, society, and politics, at the same
In his masterwork Muqaddimah, the Arab Muslim Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406), a Tunisian descendant of Andalusian scholars and officials in Seville, developed a method of evaluating historical evidence that
This translation of the introduction to Wang Hui’s Rise of Modern Chinese Thought (2004) makes part of his four-volume masterwork available to English readers for the first time. A leading public inte
A HUMANE ECONOMY The Social Framework of the Free Market WILHELM ROPKE Here is one of the most accessible and compelling introductions to economics ever written. The masterwork of the great
The dazzling new masterwork from the prophet of silicon valley.Jaron Lanier is the father of virtual reality and one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers. Who Owns the Future? is his visionary
The 50th anniversary edition of a classic text, featuring an expanded selection of color studies Josef Albers's Interaction of Color is a masterwork in art education. Conceived as a handbook and teach
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year Parallel Stories is a novel of extraordinary scope and depth, a masterwork that traces the fate of myriad Europeans---Hungarians, Jews, Germans, G
A rediscovered masterwork from famed Hungarian novelist Sandor Marai, Portraits of a Marriage tracks the lifelong entanglement of a man and two women haunted by class differences and misdirected longi
The Exploring Piano Classics: A Masterworks Method for Developing Pianists series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with
With this long-forgotten masterwork, Timlin, an obscure South African architect, brought forth a magical intertwining of Burroughs and Tolkien. With 48 pages of calligraphic text and 48 color plates,
This is the first book to consider John Dewey's early philosophy on its own terms and to explicate its key ideas. It does so through the fullest treatment to date of his youthful masterwork, the Psych
A masterwork of suspense from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Tina Evans can think of no better time for a fresh start. It's been a year of unbelievable heartache since her son Danny's deat
In March 1987, a young author from Oklahoma published her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. This modest book about a magical land called Valdemar was the beginning of a fantasy masterwork series that
This masterwork is the most comprehensive analysis of John Dee's Angelical language ever undertaken. Most Enochian dictionaries merely present word lists—this encyclopedic textbook presents a wealth o
A masterwork of fantasy from the author of Feast of Souls... Kamala, a peasant woman, has claimed the powerful sorcery of the Magisters as her own-the ability to draw on the power of the human soul
The thrilling cold war masterwork by the nobel prize winner, published in full for the first timeMoscow, Christmas Eve, 1949.The Soviet secret police intercept a call made to the American embassy by a
The breathtaking first novel in a brilliant new fantasy seriesA masterwork of fantasy, The Nessantico Cycle is the epic tale of an empire at its height, yet poised on the brink of what could be a dev
Editor Maurice Hinson has compiled this outstanding collection of George Gershwin's complete works for solo piano. Includes performance notes and helpful editorial pedal and fingering suggestions to a
A missing masterwork in wood, the last creation of a master carver who died in the violent tumult of the sixteenth century, may be hidden in a medieval German castle in the town of Rothenburg. The pri
Milton's masterwork, which he considered better than Paradise Lost, details the temptation of Jesus by Satan in the first 40 days of Jesus's ministry. It is magnificent, of course, but studied much le
The romantic clash of two opinionated young people provides the sustaining theme of Jane Austen's 1813 masterwork Pride and Prejudice. Spirited Elizabeth Bennet is one of a family of five daughters; w
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1965, The Keepers of the House is Shirley Ann Grau’s masterwork, a many-layered indictment of racism and rage that is as terrifying as it is wise.Entrenched on the same
Based on the autograph manuscript and earliest editions, editor Nancy Bricard addresses the sources and discrepancies between the various publications of Moussorgsky's most important contribution to p
Considers Louisa May Alcott's classic as a romance, looking at the dynamics of the March family and the sisters' relationships among themselves and with their mother, and at what Freud calls the "libe
Written over a career that spans five decades, And Still Birds Sing is the masterwork of a major voice in American poetry.Bringing together his previously collected poems as well as the three books pu
Recital Winners Volume 1 contains 10 pieces of early-intermediate through late-intermediate level masterworks from all stylistic periods. Chosen based on their appeal to the showmanship in students, t
For this volume, Hinson selected 16 piano works by Isaac Alb?niz, Mateo Alb?niz, Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados, Padre Felipe Rodriguez and Padre Antonio Soler to provide an interesting representat
A collection of Scott Joplin's three most popular rags---Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer and Solace. Maurice Hinson has contributed his knowledge and expertise to create an edition that will help the
This analytical and pedagogical edition by Maurice Hinson will give the pianist a clearer understanding of Debussy's creative processes as well as an educated introduction to one of the composer's m
Graded piano recital repertoire in four volumes, edited by Carole Bigler and Valery Lloyd-Watts. Each volume includes a rich selection of the works of the greatest masters from all eras. Book 4 repert
Consisting of four movements, this work for one piano/four hands shows the influence of the French lyric opera composers Gounod and Massenet. Debussy composed this work before he had fully developed h
Compiled and edited by Willard Palmer, this concise collection presents easy works in their original form written by great composers spanning the Baroque to 20th-century periods. These pieces are incl
This 223-page edition is comprised of 86 different technical exercises composed by Liszt during 1868 to 1880. Liszt intended these highly challenging exercises to build greater performance skills in v
This limited-edition hardcover box set contains the second and final arc of CLAMP's masterwork Magic Knight Rayearth, with a new translation, new designs, and a color art book, all at a super-large si
In the opinion of the present study, a masterwork of literature is a work that teaches human beings how to live, in a carefully constructed artifact; in venerable terms, a work that constructs a fable
The full collection of Lights’ masterwork is here! Based on Lights album of the same name, Skin&Earth is a story of a girl looking for hope in a hopeless world. Caught between romance and cults, gods
"Jesus Becoming Jesus is a masterwork by one of America's finest theologians — a brilliant, profoundly Catholic act of scholarship, scrupulously thorough, beautifully written, faithful to Vatican II's
The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew (1606–7) marks a crucial turning point in the life and artistic development of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610). One of seven Caravaggio paintings in US co
The first English translation of Ghyka’s masterwork on sacred geometry‧ Reveals how the Golden Number Phi underlies the spiritual nature of beauty and the hidden harmonies that connect the whole of cr
The Maison de Verre (literally "House of Glass") is a rarely seen modernist masterpiece in the center of Paris. Here, for the first time, is the inside story of its birth and character.In 1927 Annie a
