After the Golden Age
Kenneth Hamilton's book engagingly and lucidly dissects the oft-invoked myth of a Great Tradition, or Golden Age of Pianism. It is written both for players and for members of their audiences by a pianist who believes that scholarship and readabili...
Liszt: Sonata in B Minor
Liszt's B minor Sonata is now regarded as his finest work for piano, and one of the pinnacles of Romantic piano music. This handbook opens with a survey of Liszt's early attempts at sonata composition - which include some well-known pieces that, h...
Narrow Roads of Gene Land: Volume 1: Evolution of Social Behaviour
Why is `blood thicker than water'? Are we innately violent or pacific? What is the best sex ratio? Why are plants and animals sexual? Why do we grow old and die? Over what do our chromosomes quarrel? Such questions have motivated the life-work of ...
The Leper King and his Heirs
The reign of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1174-85) has traditionally been seen as a period of decline when, because of the king's illness, power came to be held by unsuitable men who made the wrong policy decisions. Notably, they ignored the advi...
Wedding Jewelry
This fabulous book from the editor of Making Jewellery magazine is the ideal resource for jewellery makers keen to learn the intricacies of creating wedding jewellery. From elegant earrings, along with necklaces, bracelets and brooches galore, the...
Church and People in the Medieval West, 900-1200
Church and People in the Medieval West gets to the root of belief in the Middle Ages, covering topics including pastoral reform, popular religion, monasticism, heresy and much more, throughout the central middle ages from 900 -1200. Suitable for u...
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and On Certainty
Ludwig Wittgenstein is arguably the most important philosopher of the twentieth century. In On Certainty he discusses central issues in epistemology, including the nature of knowledge and scepticism. The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenst...
Literacy and the Politics of Representation
Literacy is a key indicator for comparing individuals and nations in contemporary society. It is central to public debates about the nature of the public sphere, economic markets, citizenship and self-governance. Literacy and the Politics of Repre...
Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen is one of the world's best-known voices for the poor, the destitute and the downtrodden and an inspiration for policy makers and activists across the globe. He has also contributed almost without peer to the study of economics, philoso...
Programming SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2005, Microsoft's next-generation data management and analysis solution, represents a huge leap forward. It comes with a myriad of changes that deliver increased security, scalability, and power--making it the complete data package. Use...
Stringing & Linking Jewelry Workshop
The art of handcrafted stringing and linking jewelry is a fun and accessible way to create a range of stunning pieces from the comfort of your home. In this guide, there are 30 main projects, each with extra projects to complete a set or to comple...
Unicorn in New York: Louie Makes a Splash
Meet Louie, a unicorn searching for stardom in New York City! A hilarious series, with a unique visual approach, combining real New York photography with character illustrations. Perfect for 7-9 year olds that love funny fiction and bonkers charac...
Historicism
Historicism is the essential introduction to the field, providing its readers with the necessary knowledge, background and vocabulary to apply it in their own studies. Paul Hamilton's compact and comprehensive guide: * explains the theory and basi...
Everyday Artefacts of World Politics
This book examines everyday artefacts of world politics: the things that everyday people make that tell stories about how the world works. The author argues that people engage in a unique form of multimodal storytelling about the world, their plac...
Defiant Earth
Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological epoch¿- the Anthropocene¿- one in which the serene and clement conditions that allowed civilisation to flourish are ...
The Leper King and his Heirs
The reign of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1174-85) has traditionally been seen as a period of decline when, because of the king's illness, power came to be held by unsuitable men who made the wrong policy decisions. Notably, they ignored the advi...
Art of Theater
The Art of Theater argues for the recognition of theatrical performance as an art form independent of dramatic writing. Identifies the elements that make a performance a work of art Looks at the competing views of the text-performance relationship...
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Three Greek Plays
Three Greek Plays
Miss Seeton by Moonlight
Miss Seeton by Moonlight
Injury Time
'One of the best football books I've ever read.' John Motson on Provided You Don't Kiss Me 'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed by that attitude. I can assure you it's much more important than that' - Bill Shankly What Shankly said isn't even half-true. In fact, it's bollocks. Football isn't the be-all and end-all of everything. If nothing else, I know that much. As a player, Thom Callaghan was defined by the winning goal he scored in an FA Cup final. The goal wasn't the blessing he imagined it would be. His whole career was defined by that brief moment of glory. With his playing days over, Callaghan, still a local hero, is tempted back to his old club as caretaker manager. His task to rescue it from relegation. He's got the job solely on the recommendation of his former boss and mentor Frank Mallory, now desperately ill and responsible for the team's precipitous decline. Callaghan is pitched into the Premier League during the last months
Essential Literary Terms: A Brief Norton Guide with Exercises
Updated with new terms, examples, and exercises, and to reflect the 2016 MLA guidelines, the Second Edition of Essential Literary Terms defines more than 225 must-know literary terms in clear and concise prose, and offers an abundance of examples ...
Impromptu in Moribundia
'I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific' Sarah Waters 'If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, ...
American Caesars
The twentieth century has been called 'the American Century'. Not since the days of the Roman emperors has there been such a succession of rulers holding the fate of the world in their hands. Now, award-winning biographer Nigel Hamilton gives us t...
The Oxford Handbook of European Romanticism
The Oxford Handbook of European Romanticism focuses on the period beginning with the French Revolution and extending to the uprisings of 1848 across Europe. It brings together leading scholars in the field to examine the intellectual, literary, ph...
Perfect Phrases for Real Estate Agents & Brokers
The Right Phrase for Every Situation?Every Time In our current real estate climate, it's more important than ever to have the right words at your fingertips. Whether you're new to the game or a seasoned seller, Perfect Phrases for Real Estat...
Traitor to the Throne
Reader Reviews: 'Phenomenal!' 'Cracking original fantasy.' 'Wonderful.' 'Thrilling . . . Truly recommended!' 'Enthralling.' 'A powerful story of love, murder and rebellion .' The second installment of this highly-acclaimed trilogy, Traitor to the ...
Hero at the Fall
Reader Reviews: 'Masterful . . . I didn't want to put it down.' 'A perfect conclusion. My heart is so full.' 'An emotional rollercoaster of adventure that doesn't disappoint.' 'My new favourite book series.' The highly anticipated conclusion to th...
Just around Midnight
By the time Jimi Hendrix died in 1970, the idea of a black man playing lead guitar in a rock band seemed exotic. Yet a mere ten years earlier, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley had stood among the most influential rock and roll performers. Why did rock a...
