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, żeby 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...
Der Band untersucht das OEuvre Ostades erstmals unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Komik. Es wird dabei in Bezug gesetzt zur Kultur des Komischen im 17. Jahrhundert im Bereich der Literatur und der...
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...
Thirty-one eye-catching illustrations of winged beauties are set against natural elements and patterns inspired żeby textile designs: tulips, daffodils, roses, and bamboo, as well as waves,...
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...
"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...
"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...
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...
Graduate-level text offers a concise, wide-ranging introduction to methods of approximating continuous functions aby functions depending only on a finite number of parameters. Particular emphasis...
This definitive biography of Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915), newly revised and updated żeby the author, incorporates many confessional letters and personal reminiscences in a vivid, highly personal...
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...
Preface1. Vector representation of states2. Spin3. Observables having continuous spectra4. Time variation of state5. Angular momentum6. Perturbation methods7. Dirac’s relativistic...
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...
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...
Choice collection of masterly short fiction. In addition to title story: "The Birthmark," "Rappaccini's Daughter," "Roger Malvin's Burial," "The Artist of the...
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...
This book provides an in-depth insight of different multi criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques, with particular enphasis to their application. Among others, techniques such as Analytic...