The essential easy-to-use classical ballet guide
- spanning nearly two centuries of classical dance
- with entries for more

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This new edition of leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen's perennially popular Pocket Guide has between extensively revised & incorporates many more operas from all periods including recent works by Philip Glass Mark Anthony Turnage Thomas Ades & George Benjamin Whether you are a first-timer at La Boheme or a seasoned Wagnerian every opera-goer can benefit from a little background information & this book aims to provide just that Accessible & easy-to-use it contains entries for over a hundred works both familiar & unfamiliar ...

The histories behind the fairy tale characters in New York Times best-selling author Bill Willingham's series FABLES are uncovered here in the FABLES Encyclopedia Exhaustively researched by author Jess Nevins these annotations fill in details hailing down from ancient myth & forgotten civilizations of the timeless figures that compose the world of Fabletown including Snow White Bigby Wolf Boy Blue & many more This new compendium is a must-have addition to any FABLES afficianado's library as well as any fan of modern folk lore & fairy tales ...

From the bestselling author of The Elegant Universe Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos takes us on an irresistible & revelatory journey through the biggest of the big questions What is reality? Could we exist without space & time? Can we travel to the past? What are the limits of the universe? Brian Greene has made the mysteries of space & time accessible to millions with his acclaimed writings & award-winning TV series Now he reveals a world more beautiful & bizarre than we could have imagined where 'dark matter' reigns space warps & wiggles through eleven

Dimensions minute particles dance fizz & teleport across vast distances everything is made from vibrating strings & like an ant on a lily-pad we may be floating on a sliver of spacetime Revealing new layers of reality that lie just beneath the surface of our everyday lives this grand tour of the universe will make you look at the world in a completely new way 'A must-read' Sunday Times ' Greene takes us to the limits of space & time' Guardian ' Sends the reader's imagination hurtling through the universe on an astonishing ride' The New York Times Brian Greene is well known to many fans as a populariser of theoretical physics He is the author of the bestselling books about string theory The Elegant Universe which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction The Fabric of the Cosmos & The Hidden Reality Educated at Harvard & Oxford he has taught at both Harvard & Cornell & has been Professor of Physics & Mathematics at Columbia University since 1996

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Gentleman of Swing & The World&s Greatest Saxophonist play themselves in this extraordinary musical film biography of Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey A superb visual record of the Dorsey Brothers & their music the film is packed with some of the brothers most celebrated musical numbers including Marie Green Eyes Never Say Never & The Object of My Affections ...

A fantastic new gift edition in the " Usborne Young Reading" series this is a title to treasure published in foiled hardback with a ribbon marker This entertaining title tells the fascinating story of fashion
- from cavemen's coats to the catwalk couture of the modern age Beautifully & vividly illustrated this book is full of fabulous fashion detail bringing the costumes alive through every fold sequin & pearl " Usborne's Young Reading" series was developed in conjunction with experts from the University of Surrey & is designed to encourage independent reading Each title has clear engaging text & is accompanied by original illustrations
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The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield an imperishable account of the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger' It examines the physical conditions of fighting the particular emotions & behaviour generated by battle as well as the motives that impel soldiers to stand & fight rather than run away In this stunningly vivid reassessment of three battles John Keegan conveys their reality for the participants whether facing the arrow cloud of Agincourt the levelled muskets of Waterloo or the steel rain of the Somme ...

These bald facts horrific as they are do not begin to scratch the surface of the truth about Robert Black a Scottish-born serial killer who undoubtedly committed further murders for which he was never tried both in this country & on the Continent In this ground-breaking account Robert Giles who has spent years tracing the killer's movements & sifting through all the evidence including transcripts of the trials convincingly argues that Black was an habitual serial killer over many years & quite certainly responsible for more than the four child murders for which he was convicted Co-written with Chris Clark a former police intelligence officer whose tireless work into the Yorkshire Ripper produced convincing new evidence of other murders that went unnoticed or unrecorded The Face of Evil shows once & for all that Robert Black was a serial killer whose crimes went far beyond what is generally believed In doing so it paints a portrait of human cruelty at its worst ...

A gifted clairvoyant A shocking vision A deadly killer Dean Koontz writes a spine-chilling novel in The Face of Fear
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James Cameron admired Martha Gellhorn above all other war-reporters 'because she combined a cold eye with a warm heart' The Chicago Times described her writing as 'wide ranging & provocative a blend of cool lyricism & fiery emotion alternately prickly & welcoming funny & stern' But make your own judgements & in the process find yourself plunged straight back into Madrid during the Spanish Civil War feel the frozen ground of the Finno Russian war the continent-wide Japanese invasion of China the massacres in Java the murderously naive intervention in Vietnam & the USA's dirty little wars in Central America You will also experience the process of the Second World War by the seat of your pants It is a tough way to learn history but also one created in bite-sized chunks that inspire just as often as they shock ...