Noted writers on art, culture, and the tropical Americas, Richard and Sally Price have crafted a mystery at the intersections of art and anthropology. Drawing readers into their quest for a solution,
A passionate portrait of love’s contradictory power, in five illuminating stories André Aciman, who has been called “the most exciting new fiction writer of the twenty-first century” (New York magazin
A passionate portrait of love’s contradictory power, in five illuminating stories André Aciman, who has been called “the most exciting new fiction writer of the twenty-first century” (New York magazin
Elgar's Variations for Orchestra, commonly known as the 'Enigma' Variations, marked an epoch both in his career, and in the renaissance of English music at the turn of the century. The first extended
From a youthful infatuation with a cabinet maker in a small Italian fishing village, to a passionate yet sporadic affair with a woman in New York, to an obsession with a man he meets at a tennis court
The 1899 debut of the Enigma Variations won Elgar renown throughout the British Isles and abroad, and the work remains one of his most widely performed works. Reprinted here from an authoritative Engl
Authoritative British editions of the 14 Variations, rich with melody and vibrant rhythms, each revealing a facet of a central theme never fully expressed and each depicting an unnamed friend of the
"Nimrod" (Variation No. 9 from Enigma Variations) is one of Elgar's most popular creations. It is often performed as a stand-alone piece and has been transcribed for all kinds of musical ensembles. Th
First publication in English of France's most successful contemporary playwrightDon Juan on Trial: 'Brilliant dialogue' (Le Figaro); The Visitor: 'An overwhelming triumph …a masterpiece' (Paris Match)
Two mayflies on a date realize that they have a mere twenty-four hours to live and decide to seize life completely - if only they knew how. So begins Time Flies and Other Short Plays, a collection of
inch....this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken inch. (Oliver James,Contact Magazine) A novel and comp
Treating her topic as if it were a piece of classical music, Orucu (comparative law; U. of Glasgow, UK and Erasmus U., the Netherlands) presents themes of comparative law through the development of op
Nobody doubts that intuition in chess exists. It is part of the arsenal of every chess player, next to well-known weapons such as tactical skills, the ability to calculate variations and endgame techn
Poetry. "Will we escape analogy," Claude Royet-Journoud asked. Does ANALOGIES OF ESCAPE answer this question? Or does it rather use that famous line as the enigma for a set of variations--a theme alwa
