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In Simply Stravinsky, Professor Pieter van den Toorn takes a fresh look at the composer and his legacy, providing a compact, exciting, and accessible introduction to the 20th century’s most celebrated composer and his timeless music. From Stravinsky’s apprenticeship in St. Petersburg to his life among the émigré community in Southern California, Professor van den Toorn shows how the composer’s music was tied to his personality and how it came to influence artists from Aaron Copland to Philip Glass.

The year is 1691. Fifteen years have passed since the inconceivable events of King Philip's War. The Reverend Israel Brewster and his family have returned to Middleborough. Brewster has found a new faith, a new pulpit, and a wonderful life as father and husband. Meanwhile Linto, captured in the waning days of the war and sold off into slavery, toils away in bondage. He is serving the cunning sugar baron, Elijah MacTavish, on the island of Bermuda. It is, however, unlike any servitude he could have imagined.

In Simply Beethoven, Professor Leon Plantinga offers the lay listener a fascinating account of Beethoven’s life and music in its singular historical context, a time that saw the upheaval of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic conquests, as well as the rise of the European middle class. It was in this milieu that Beethoven composed the groundbreaking, highly individual works that changed the course of music and have continued to inspire and delight listeners for more than two centuries.

A journey to the center of an Aspie brain. Diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in his mid-forties, Cédric H. Roserens used writing as a therapy. The result: an aspie trilogy, an autistic triptych composed of the short dystopia The Last Autist, the mini guide Planet Asperger, and the fairy tale The Autistic Prince.

How often have we shared a moment, a kind word or an assuring smile with someone, without knowing where in the life of that person our sharing will deposit itself and take root? Most often, we do not have the faintest idea what will be the affect of our exchanges, where it will travel to or finally come to rest.

As the English language evolves, this wonderfully instructive story is in danger of only being covered as a school requirement by grudging students. That would be a sad loss for all listeners. As an avid listener, teacher, and parent who simply loves this story, Jennifer George adapted this classic book for modern listeners using 21st-century English. The goal is to return this magical novella back into the entertaining story it was when it was written nearly 200 years ago.

Author Jeremy Gray provides a comprehensive and intellectually stimulating introduction to Bernhard Riemann’s life and paradigm-defining work. Beginning with his early influences - in particular, his relationship with his renowned predecessor Carl Friedrich Gauss - Gray goes on to explore Riemann’s specific contributions to geometry, functions of a complex variable, prime numbers, and functions of a real variable, which opened the way to discovering the limits of the calculus.

A husband, trying to rekindle his marriage in a lonely seaside village, meets a strange young woman from his forgotten past; a man taking a garden gnome to a museum gets an unexpected surprise; a lonely widow encounters an enigmatic character from an embryonic pop group; a group of scientists make an horrific discovery at a big cat conservation centre; and a baby hare comes of age with a momentous idea.

Book one of a brand-new, epic fantasy series by master historical story-teller, James W. George. Something inconceivable has happened, and all the world's colors are about to bleed.... Kellia. Kellia the Red. Pagan, seafaring warriors of ancient renown. They have sailed west, ever west, and have discovered an awe-inspiring, unknown land. Is it their salvation, or the seed of their destruction? Merova and the Throne of Blue. Wealthy, cultured, and the ultimate matriarchy. Kellia’s ancient nemesis, and a realm of secrets, intrigue, and treachery.

This audio study guide for It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such American totalitarianism and threats to liberal democracy. In his classic 1935 political novel, Sinclair Lewis imagines the rise, consolidation, and partial collapse of an American fascist dictatorship told from the perspective of a newspaper editor and resistance fighter, Doremus Jessup.

Nessie the Loch Ness monster needs a holiday! She takes a secret tunnel to the ocean, where everything is very different from Loch Ness. The water is salty, the waves are big and the fish are strange. But the biggest surprise is yet to come...there are rumors that a unicorn has been spotted. Can Nessie find the mysterious visitor? An audiobook about friendship and tolerance.

Nessie the Loch Ness monster isn't as scary as you might think! She's friendly and curious and likes to play with her friends. She's never celebrated Christmas though...because she doesn't know what that is! With the help of her friend the otter, she finds out why humans have trees full of candles and give each other presents. That gives her an idea... If humans can do it, monsters can too, right? Are you ready to find out how Nessie celebrates Christmas at the bottom of Loch Ness?

Miles Platting is pulled from the ruins of a shipwreck into a world in which no one will speak to him. The founder of Lingua Franca - a naming-rights agency committed to renaming every UK town after a corporate sponsor - Miles recounts the story of his quest for linguistic supremacy to anyone who'll listen. Confined to his hospital bed in a deathly quiet ward, Miles seeks to find his colleagues and reunite with his true love. But in doing so, Miles must confront his deepest held convictions and consider what's in a name in a world where the spoken word has been replaced with silence.

This small book is a tribute to Iceland's way of life - a tribute via the reports of Swiss spy Hans-Ueli Stauffacher, a spy whose mission is to understand why the Icelanders are happier than the Swiss.

Puritans. Quakers. Pirates. Mohawks. Witches. And a brutal war.... If you thought New England was dull in the 1670s, get ready for a history lesson. In the critically acclaimed My Father's Kingdom, debut author James W. George transported his listeners to 1671 New England and the world of Reverend Israel Brewster. Four years later, Brewster is a disgraced outcast residing in Providence and working as a humble cooper, but despite his best efforts, King Philip's War has begun.

Marcus Slater decides to forgo the cold, wet, wintry weather of England to join a walking party in the sunny climes of Morocco. There, against a backdrop of the curious, ancient towns of southern Morocco he meets the enigmatic Sylvia and finds himself embroiled in a game he cannot possibly afford to lose.

A young magician in a pub opens his hands to release a cloud of tropical butterflies; a female bookseller is forced to attend a dance in drag to atone for a misdemeanor; a lonely man searches for a mysterious woman on a cruise; four school friends experience terror on a caravan holiday, and a macabre stranger wanders the streets at midnight, stealing dreams. Ranging from just 100 up to 4000 words, these and 106 other memorable little stories are found in this eclectic and tantalizing collection by Simon J. Wood, an exciting new voice in the Flash Fiction genre.

Political fundraising enters the twilight zone. What happens when a political operative faces a city on the edge? Are there worse things than asking Odin for a campaign contribution? Cyril is the forward man for Senator Blackheath, 2008 presidential candidate. As the audiobook opens, he is in Rochester, New York, to organize a fundraising dinner for the Senator. He steps out of the convention hall to grab a quick lunch only to embark on an odyssey through the highlights and lowlights of the city.

The Top 85 Mistakes Brazilians Make in English was written specifically for Brazilians studying English. The author of this book is an experienced native English teacher who has been working in Sao Paulo for almost five years.

The investing world can seem overwhelming and daunting to newbies, hence the reason for this book. I strongly believe that after learning the core fundamentals and concepts in detail you'll be much more confident and well-equipped to start slowly investing your way to success. Despite what other ''investing gurus'' make it out to be, investing does not have to be complicated or have many parts to it.