Wagnerism - Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music (Ross Alex)(Paperback / softback)

Wagnerism - Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music (Ross Alex)(Paperback / softback)

'An absolutely masterly work' Stephen Fry Alex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics-an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for

Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music (Ross Alex)(Paperback)

Alex Ross, renowned New Yorker music critic and author of the international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics--an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty

Rest is Noise - Listening to the Twentieth Century (Ross Alex)(Paperback / softback)

Alex Ross's sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a gripping account of a musical

Villa Rouge (Ross Maggie)(Paperback / softback)

Secrets, lies, lust and adultery by the Thames estuary in the shadow of World War

Radio Art and Music: Culture, Aesthetics, Politics (Mildorf Jarmila)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores the cultural, aesthetic, and political relevance of music in radio art from its beginnings to present day. Contributors include musicologists, literary studies, and cultural studies scholars and cover radio plays, radio shows, and other programs in North American, English,

Music as Social Life - The Politics of Participation (Turino Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

The Politics of Aesthetics (Rancire Jacques)(Paperback)

The Politics of Aesthetics rethinks the relationship between art and politics, reclaiming aesthetics from the narrow confines it is often reduced to. Jacques Ranci re reveals its intrinsic link to politics by analysing what they both have in common: the delimitation of the visible and the

Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross (Ross Alex)(Pevná vazba)

EISNER AWARD WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Here is the incomparable cast of the DC Comics universe: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, the Green Lantern, and the rest of the Justice League as you've never seen them before. Mythology brings together the best-loved comic characters

The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art (Blanning Tim)(Paperback)

A distinguished historian chronicles the rise of music and musicians in the West from lowly balladeers to masters employed by fickle patrons, to the great composers of genius, to today's rock stars. How, he asks, did music progress from subordinate status to its present position of supremacy among

Arrest the Music!: Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics (Olaniyan Tejumola)(Paperback)

'Olaniyan has given us a profound and beautifully integrated book which culminates in a persuasive interpretation of the relationship between Fela's apparently incompatible presentational selves. . . . The book's accessible and evocative prose is in itself a kind of homage to Fela's continual

Walking in the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean (Ross Alastair)(Paperback / softback)

Music and Malice in Hurricane Town (Bell Alex)(Paperback / softback)

Jude Lomax is playing in a jazz band at the funeral of murdered cajou queen Ivory Monette when she finds herself possessed by Ivory's vengeful spirit. The only way Jude can free herself is to take a journey deep into the dangerous underbelly of Hurricane

Speaking Out - Lessons in Life and Politics (Balls Ed)(Paperback / softback)

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA life in and out of politics - from the despatch box to the stage on Strictly - by one of Britain's most influential and well-loved political

Local Politics and Democratization in Russia (Ross Cameron)(Paperback)

The Art of Music Production: The Theory and Practice (Burgess Richard James)(Paperback)

The Art of Music Production is the first book to comprehensively analyze and describe the role of the music producer in creating successful music recordings. Now in its fourth edition, it is the definitive guide to the art and business of music production. Author and producer Richard James Burgess

The Promise of Politics (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

In The Promise of Politics, Hannah Arendt examines the conflict between philosophy and politics. In particular, she shows how the tradition of Western political thought, which extends from Plato and Aristotle to its culmination in Marx, failed to account for human action. The concluding section of

The Bob Ross Coloring Book (Ross Bob)(Paperback)

The first and only coloring book based on the art of the beloved and acclaimed painter and television personality. This exclusive authorized collection of art, derived directly from Bob Ross's own paintings, offers his legions of fans a contemplative, relaxing, and inspiring way to connect with the

Elements of Music - Melody, Rhythm and Harmony (Martineau Jason)(Paperback / softback)

In this compact book, composer and pianist Jason Martineau presents the elements of music in clear and comprehensible terms. Packed with superb diagrams and a wealth of fascinating hard-to-come-by musical tips, this is a great primer, and an invaluable resource for novice and professional

Politics of Restorative Justice - A Critical Introduction (Woolford Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

In this updated edition of The Politics of Restorative Justice, Andrew Woolford and Amanda Nelund reconsider restorative justice and its politics and ask how restorative justice might work better to provide transformative justice. To achieve a transformative justice, Woolford and Neulund argue,

Double Lives in Art and Pop Music (Heiser Jorg)(Paperback)

Exploring the relationship between art and pop music over the last fifty years.Why did Andy Warhol decide to enter the music business by producing the Velvet Underground, and what did the band expect to gain in return? What made Yoko Ono use the skills she developed in the artistic avant-garde in

Life's Music (Makine Andrei)(Paperback / softback)

A magnificent story of courage and survival in the face of great

Alone on the Wall - Alex Honnold and the Ultimate Limits of Adventure (Honnold Alex)(Paperback / softback)

Pluriversal Politics: The Real and the Possible (Escobar Arturo)(Paperback)

In Pluriversal Politics Arturo Escobar engages with the politics of the possible and how established notions of what is real and attainable preclude the emergence of radically alternative visions of the future. Reflecting on the experience, philosophy, and practice of indigenous and Afro-descendant

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (Foreman Amanda)(Paperback / softback)

Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century