Originally published circa 1700, this is a milestone in the development of one of the oldest instruments. Features a new translation, with introduction and notes, aby Paul Marshall Douglass....
Bargello needlepoint, which originated in sixteenth-century Italy, employs a simple stitch that is repeated over and over again to form a distinctive geometric pattern in vibrant colors. Our...
This volume reprints, complete and unabridged, Bach's 7 complete concerti for solo keyboard and orchestra in full score from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition. Detailed Table of...
Although Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) wrote operas, orchestral, and chamber music, he is today especially renowned for his works for piano, particularly his very popular and frequently performed...
Nearly 100 piano works of varying length and difficulty, reprinted from authoritative Russian editions, represent the full span of Scriabin's musical life from early romanticism to the...
"Possibly the best shocker ever written." -- The English ReviewDr. Edmund Bickleigh married above his station. Although popular and well respected in his little Devonshire community, he...
"This is an invigorating book," proclaimed Timothy Ferris in The New York Times Book Review, "a short but spirited slalom for the mind." Author Rudy Rucker, one of the most talented...
First English translation of revolutionary paper (1931) that established that even in elementary parts of arithmetic, there are propositions which cannot be proved or disproved within the system....
This classic guide offers an accessible initiation into the mysteries of violin-making. Charming in its style and cultivated in its research, it covers every detail of the process and includes a...
Practical and reliable, this reference traces English words back to their Indo-European roots. Each entry features a brief definition, identifies the language of origin, and employs a few...
This definitive biography of Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915), newly revised and updated aby the author, incorporates many confessional letters and personal reminiscences in a vivid, highly personal...
Graduate-level text offers a concise, wide-ranging introduction to methods of approximating continuous functions żeby functions depending only on a finite number of parameters. Particular emphasis...
This encyclopedic volume provides the rules and methods of play for more than 180 different games: Ma-jong, Hazard, Wei-ch'i (Go), Backgammon, Pachisi, and many others. Over 300 photographs and...
For centuries, the aboriginal people of the Arctic have created elaborately detailed works of art that incorporate geometric and animal motifs. This coloring book features 31 intricate images...
Preface1. Vector representation of states2. Spin3. Observables having continuous spectra4. Time variation of state5. Angular momentum6. Perturbation methods7. Dirac’s relativistic...
Cozy up with 31 charming holiday scenes that capture the magic of Christmas, including festive carolers, winter wreaths, detailed scarves and sweaters, a classic train set, decorated trees, and...
Introduction 1. Preliminaries 2. Normed Spaces--Basic Properties and Examples 3. Basic Theory of Operators and Functionals 4. Hilbert Spaces and Related Topics 5. Dual Spaces 6. Infinite Products...
Choice collection of masterly short fiction. In addition to title story: "The Birthmark," "Rappaccini's Daughter," "Roger Malvin's Burial," "The Artist of the...
The fun-loving felines from the popular Dumpling Cats crochet guide are back, and this time they're starring in their own coloring book. Paula's in the kitchen making a batch of pancakes...
Scored for solo soprano, solo mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra, this well-known work features a grand opening movement and glorious choral finale. Full score.