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Hardcover. Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) is one of the twentieth century's greatest composers. This biography explores the composer's formative experiences as a Russian subject and a member of the Swedish-speaking Finnish minority. It traces Sibelius' relationships with his creative contemporaries, with whom he worked to usher in a golden age of music and art. Num Pages: 496 pages, 8 colour plates, 36 halftones, 47 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 261 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304779
- ISBN
- 9780226304779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.09€ 78.69
€ 95.09
€ 78.69
Hardback. Demonstrates Sicily's essential role in the development of the ancient Mediterranean world. This title focuses on the watershed period between 480 BC and the Roman conquest of Syracuse in 212 BC - a time of great social and political ferment. Num Pages: 288 pages, 144 full-colour, 23 b&w, & 1 map. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 250 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606061336
- ISBN
- 9781606061336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.43€ 46.32
€ 59.43
€ 46.32
Paperback. From the writer of Knocked Up, Pineapple Express and Superbad, and the director of This is 40 and Trainwreck, comes a collection of intimate, hilarious conversations with the biggest names in comedy from the past thirty years Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: APF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715651605
- ISBN
- 9780715651605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.79
€ 17.99
€ 13.79
Paperback. Covering Sid's early years in South Africa and life as a ladies' hairdresser, his obsession with gambling and women, his questioning by Scotland Yard in a murder case, Hancock's Half Hour and the Carry On films, and Sid's death on stage at the age of 63, Cliff Goodwin reveals the amazing truth behing the legend. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753539132
- ISBN
- 9780753539132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. The last word on Sid Vicious - the world's most iconic punk figure Num Pages: 288 pages, 25. BIC Classification: AVGU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Orion
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752893662
- ISBN
- 9780752893662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005393
- ISBN
- 9780226005393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Hardback. Series: Pinover Schiff. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJC; AMV; WMB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Monacelli Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580934640
- ISBN
- 9781580934640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.72
€ 40.99
€ 26.72
Hardback. Franciscus Junius the Younger (1591-1677) is famous as virtually the founder of Germanic philology. But he also composed, at the request of the Earl of Arundel, whom he served as librarian, an influential treatise on the art of painting as it is viewed in ancient literature. This book discusses his marginalia to the works of Philip Sidney. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139822
- ISBN
- 9780874139822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.17
€ 147.17
Hardcover. Sidney Bechet ranks among the greatest of the early masters of jazz, up there with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. Born of a Creole family in New Orleans, and very conscious of the evils of slavery, his genius flowered at an early age. He is acknowledged as the greatest ever player of the soprano saxophone and he also played th Num Pages: 204 pages, pictures. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Publisher
- Books of Africa Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992686345
- ISBN
- 9780992686345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.63
€ 23.99
€ 20.63
Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813165967
- ISBN
- 9780813165967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.74
€ 44.74
Paperback. Sidney Lumet's films have deepened our awareness of social, ethical and feminist issues ("12 Angry Men", "Running on Empty"). He is especially praised for his literary adaptations ("Long Day's Journey into Night"). This edition expands its analysis of Lumet's art to include recent work ("Gloria"). Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190136
- ISBN
- 9780813190136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.41
€ 52.41
Paperback.
This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629629
- ISBN
- 9780745629629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49
Hardback. This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745629612
- ISBN
- 9780745629612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
paperback. Siegfried Kracauer has been misunderstood as a naive realist, appreciated as an astute critic of early German film, and noticed as the interesting exile who exchanged letters with Erwin Panofsky. This work presents an analysis, which covers both Kracauer's best-known publications and previously underexamined texts. Translator(s): Gaines, Jeremy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049922
- ISBN
- 9780691049922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966), friend and colleague of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, was one of the most influential film critics of the mid-twentieth century. This book assembles essays in cultural criticism, film, literature, and media theory that he wrote during the quarter century he spent in America after fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. Editor(s): Von Moltke, Johannes; Rawson, Kristy. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271838
- ISBN
- 9780520271838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.22
€ 40.99
€ 29.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Nicholas, John. Translator(s): Porter, Andrew. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714544298
- ISBN
- 9780714544298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.25
€ 13.99
€ 13.25
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Music Sales Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780386041
- ISBN
- 9781780386041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.59
€ 32.99
€ 27.59
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Music Sales Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Pap/Com Bl
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780386034
- ISBN
- 9781780386034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.14
€ 32.99
€ 28.14
Hardcover. Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral--Royal College of Art, 2013) under the title: Purposes, poetics, and publics: the shifting dynamics of design criticism in the US and UK, 1955-2007. Num Pages: 312 pages, 42 color illus., 69 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ8; AKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 17. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262035989
- ISBN
- 9780262035989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.52
€ 32.99
€ 28.52
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333961209
- ISBN
- 9780333961209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.25
€ 145.25
Hardcover. A collection of essays written in affectionate tribute to Gombrich. Editor(s): Onians, John. Num Pages: 420 pages. Dimension: 248 x 178 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714829715
- ISBN
- 9780714829715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 302 x 3. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Music Sales Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575605159
- ISBN
- 9781575605159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.76
€ 14.99
€ 13.76
Book. Sight Reading Success is a new and exciting approach to learning the invaluable skill of sight reading. It follows the sight reading requirements of ABRSM piano exams (as revised in 2009), but is also suitable for other exam boards and for any pianists wishing to improve their sight reading ability. Num Pages: 24 pages. BIC Classification: AVRG; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 302 x 4. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Europe Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 24
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780381190
- ISBN
- 9781780381190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.31
€ 10.31
plastic_comb. Young musicians today are faced with a rapidly expanding and complex repertory of styles, tonal as well as pre- and post-tonal. Num Pages: 336 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 271 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393970722
- ISBN
- 9780393970722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.56€ 64.85
€ 66.56
€ 64.85