Wagner's Parsifal
William Kinderman's detailed study of Parsifal, described by the composer as his "last card," explores the evolution of the text and music of this inexhaustible yet highly controversial music drama across Wagner's entire career, and offe...
Beethoven's Diabelli Variations
The Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, represent Beethoven's most extraordinary achievement in the art of variation-writing. In their originality and power of invention, they stand beside other late Beethoven masterpieces suc...
String Quartets of Beethoven
"We do not understand music--it understands us." This aphorism by Theodor W. Adorno expresses the quandary and the fascination many listeners have felt in approaching Beethoven's late quartets. No group of compositions occupies a more ce...
Manifesto for Mental Health
A Manifesto for Mental Health¿presents a radically new and distinctive outlook that critically examines the dominant 'disease-model' of mental health care. Incorporating the latest findings from both biological neuroscience and research into the s...
A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal
A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal
Tatted Snowflakes
This excellent guidebook explains how to tat 40 distinctive snowflake designs in many different sizes, each a model of elegant craftsmanship. Easy-to-follow instructions, supplemented by 40 closeup photos, explain how to create Christmas tree orna...
Why the World Around You Isn't As It Appears
Using the insights of Owen Barfield (1898-1997) as his starting point, Linderman investigates the nature of consciousness, the Enlightenment, scientific thinking, belief, and the power of imagination. He argues that we must learn to understand the...
