The Wagner Operas (Newman Ernest)(Paperback)

The Wagner Operas (Newman Ernest)(Paperback)

In this classic guide, the foremost Wagner expert of our century discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas, illuminates their key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos, and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work. Acclaimed as the most complete

Compl Operas of Richard Wagner PB (Osborne Charles)(Paperback)

Wagner's operas can be counted among the most important works of art of the nineteenth century. But Wagner was a composer around whom violent artistic, political, and literary controversies raged during his lifetime. Even today, Wagner's music seems to arouse either adulation or antipathy. In The

Great Operas of Wagner - Short Guides to all his Operas (Steen Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The Ring of the Nibelung (Wagner Richard)(Paperback)

Richard Wagner's vast Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle comprises four full-length operas (Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung) and is arguably the most extraordinary achievement in the history of opera. His own libretto to the operas, translated by Andrew Porter, is an intricate

Aspects of Wagner (Magee Bryan)(Paperback)

Many music lovers find Wagner's operas inexpressibly beautiful and richly satisfying, while others find them revolting, dangerous, self-indulgent, and immoral. The man who W.H. Auden once called perhaps the greatest genius that ever lived has inspired both greater adulation and greater loathing

The Complete Operas of Mozart (Osborne Charles)(Paperback)

The major operas of Mozart--Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Cosifan Tutte--are well known to music listeners everywhere, having secured a permanent place in the repertoire of companies throughout the world. But how much do you know about La Clemenza di Tito, Idomeneo, L'Oca

Grove Book of Operas (Sadie Stanley)(Paperback)

First published in 1996 to great critical and popular acclaim, The Grove Book of Operas brings together synopses and descriptions of over 250 leading operas, complemented by more than one hundred illustrations and halftones. Each succinct yet insightful entry is written by a leading authority on

Newman: The Heart of Holiness (Strange Roderick)(Paperback)

A new assessment of John Henry Newman by one of the world's leading Newman scholars. Published to mark the occasion of Newman's canonisation by Pope Francis in October

The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Hemingway Ernest)(Paperback)

The complete, authoritative collection of Ernest Hemingway's short fiction, including classic stories like The Snows of Kilimanjaro, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, and The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, along with seven previously unpublished stories. In this definitive collection of the Nobel

MKVH - The Screenplay (Newman Hayley)(Paperback / softback)

Anno Dracula 1999: Daikaiju (Newman Kim)(Paperback)

The new novel in the acclaimed alternate history vampire series from Kim Newman.'Compulsory reading... glorious' Neil Gaiman on Anno Dracula It is the eve of the new millennium, and the vampire princess Christina Light is throwing a party in Daikaiju Plaza - a building in the shape of a giant

Newman's Birds of Southern Africa (Newman Kenneth)(Paperback)

This commemorative tenth edition celebrates the contribution of the late author, Kenneth Newman, fully revised and updated by his daughter, Vanessa Newman, to reflect the latest research, taxonomy and common names. Newman's Birds of Southern Africa, a leading field guide in the region, illustrates

Complete Operas of Verdi (Osborne Charles)(Paperback)

Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Newman John)(Paperback)

John Henry Newman, one of the towering figures of the early Victorian Church of England, caused shock and outrage in equal measure when he announced his espousal of Roman Catholicism in 1845. His Apologia, written nearly twenty years later in response to a scurrilous public attack by Charles

Before Mars (Newman Emma)(Paperback / softback)

Acclaimed author Emma Newman returns to the captivating Planetfall universe with a standalone dark tale of a woman stationed on Mars who slowly starts to doubt her own memories and

After Atlas (Newman Emma)(Paperback / softback)

Shortlisted for Arthur C. Clarke Award Acclaimed author Emma Newman returns to the captivating universe she created in Planetfall with a stunning science fiction mystery where one man's murder is much more than it

Atlas Alone (Newman Emma)(Paperback / softback)

Hugo Award winner Emma Newman returns to the captivating Planetfall universe with a novel about vengeance, and a woman deciding if she can become a murderer to save the future of

The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway Ernest)(Paperback)

The Garden of Eden (Hemingway Ernest)(Paperback)

The last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, published posthumously in 1986, charts the life of a young American writer and his glamorous wife who fall for the same woman. A sensational bestseller when it appeared in 1986, The Garden of Eden is the last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway,

John Henry Newman: A Biography (Ker Ian)(Paperback)

This full-length life of John Henry Newman is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the thinker and writer. It draws extensively on material from Newman's letters and papers. Newman's character is revealed in its complexity and contrasts: the legendary sadness and sensitivity are

Hemingway Boxed Set (Hemingway Ernest)(Paperback)

A collection of the most beloved and enduring novels by Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea, as featured in the film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on

This Thing Called You (Holmes Ernest)(Paperback)

The beloved classic that has awakened generations to the power within. One of Ernest Holmes's cornerstone works, This Thing Called You is an intimate guide through which readers learn the important lesson of how they are an immutable part of the flow of life, and how they may fulfill the longing,

South - The Endurance Expedition (Shackleton Ernest)(Paperback / softback)

Wagner and Philosophy (Magee Bryan)(Paperback / softback)

Wagner was one of the few major composers who studied philosophy seriously. This title places the composer's artistic development in the context of the philosophy of his age, and offers a comprehensive study of the close links between Wagner and the philosophers - from the pre-Marxist socialists to