Beloved tales include "The Fox and the Grapes," "The Ant and the Grasshopper," "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," "The Crow and the Pitcher," "The Fox and...
Written żeby the Polish composer's friend and fellow artist, this memoir offers a highly informed assessment of Chopin's musical legacy. It also explores his social circle, which included...
This spirited account of the exploits of a crew of Saxon archers during the Hundred Years War features cameo appearances żeby historical figures such as Edward III and the Black Prince. Flavorful...
Masterworks of the 19th-century composer include "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Consolation No. 3 in D-flat major, Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major, La...
Thirty drawings depict such famous trains as Europe's Orient Express, the observation lounge on the Burlington Zephyr, and a sleeping compartment on New York Central's 20th Century Limited.
From a leading Yale expert and serial entrepreneur, a radical, principled, and field-tested approach that identifies what's really at stake in any negotiation and ensures you get your half-so...
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The Nobel Laureate discusses not only how and why he became a philosopher but also his conception of philosophy as a field distinct from science and literature.
In essays as revealing of their author as they are of their subject, Rilke examines Rodin's life and work, and explains the often elusive connection between the creative forces that drive great...
Short story trilogy about a club for people who wish to end their lives bronicles the exploits of Prince Florizel and Colonel Geraldine as they travel incognito through some of 19th-century...
BeginningsThe Three Elements: Line, Notan, ColorLine Drawing: Japanese materials and brush practicePrinciples of composition: Ways of creating harmonyLine: Composition in Squares and Circles;...
Britain, 1941. The government is building a secret army of intelligence agents to work undercover, including a group of kids cut adrift aby the war and who, for official purposes, do not exist....
Largo takes an eye-opening and irreverent look at the truth behind kicking the bucket--the definitive A-to-Z illustrated sourcebook on the ways people die. 400+ medical and historical...
A gripping, all-access biography of Joe Frazier, whose rivalry with Muhammad Ali riveted boxing fans and whose legacy as a figure in American sports and society enduresHistory will remember the...
Foreword to the First Edition aby Oskar MorgensternAuthor's IntroductionAcknowledgments1. An Overview2. "The Two-Person, Zero-Sum Game with Equilibrium Points"3. "The General,...
"In the tradition of Lisa See and Amy Tan, Three Souls is a captivating debut novel about a young woman who must make amends on earth to earn her entry into the afterlife"--
Rich treasury of great 17th-century composer's organ compositions. Included are 72 chorale settings for Lutheran ritual, 48 secular works, among them toccatas, fugues, preludes, fantasias, and...
Jonathan Hickman's epic Avengers saga begins here When Earth's Mightiest Heroes expand their sphere of influence to a global - even interplanetary - level, who will answer Captain...
In a striking reinterpretation of the postwar years, Robert Dallek examines what drove Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, De Gaulle, and Truman, among others, the leaders of the most powerful and...
Editor of the award-winning site Feministing.com, Maya Dusenbery brings together scientific and sociological research, interviews with doctors and researchers, and personal stories from women...
The creator of Sherlock Holmes transports readers to the Amazon for a rollicking adventure among dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. This splendid hardcover edition reproduces the 1912...