Modernism is both a contested aesthetic category & a powerful political statement. Modernist music was condemned as degenerate by the Nazis & forcibly replaced by socialist realism under the Soviets. Sympathetic philosophers & critics have interpreted it as a vital intellectual defence against totalitarianism yet some American critics consider it elitist undemocratic & even unnatural. Drawing extensively on the philosophy of Heidegger & Badiou The Quilting Points of Musical Modernism proposes a new dialectical theory of faithful reactive & obscure subjective responses to musical modernism which embraces all the music of Western modernity. This systematic definition of musical modernism introduces readers to theory by Badiou Zizek & Agamben. Basing his analyses on the music of William Walton Harper-Scott explores connections between the revolutionary politics of the nineteenth & twentieth centuries & responses to the event of modernism in order to challenge accepted narratives of music history in the twentieth century. ...

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This the 13th in the series of Kaffe Fassetts highly successful patchwork & quilting books from Rowan is photographed by Debbie Patterson at the Skansen Museum in Stockholm the oldest open-air museum in the world where different styles of old Swedish houses built of richly painted wood make a great backdrop for this collection of 20 new quilts by Kaffe & his chosen designers. He uses Serape an exciting new striped fabric to great effect combined with shot cottons creating simple graphic quilts where the colours sing out. Other quilts of Kaffes resonate with saturated colour in deep earthy tones. In the Designer Profile Kaffe explains how he creates his quilts a fascinating insight into a genius at work. ...

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Ever wondered why bad musicians always win the Eurovision Song Contest or how incompetent politicians get elected? You need some Quirkology in your life. While other scientists beaver away on obvious problems Richard Wiseman has been busy uncovering the secret ingredients of charisma exploring how our personalities are shaped by when we are born & examining why people usually miss the obvious signs of their partner's infidelity. Using scientific methods to investigate offbeat topics that interest the general public as well as the scientific community Quirkology brings a new understanding to the backwaters of the human mind & takes us to places where mainstream scientists fear to tread. Comparable to Freakonomics but British far more populist & a lot funnier. Findings include: How does your surname influence your life? What does the way you walk reveal about your personality? Why should women have men write their personal ads? What is the funniest joke in the world? ...

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A brain-teasing collection of quizzes featuring around 5 000 questions in over 200 different quizzes some being pot-luck selections & others being on particular topics
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Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful one who taught by the pen who taught man what he did not know. The Quran believed by Muslims to be the word of God was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago. It is the supreme authority in Islam & the living source of all Islamic teaching; it is a sacred text & a book of guidance that sets out the creed rituals ethics & laws of the Islamic religion. It has been one of the most influential books in the history of literature. Recognized as the greatest literary masterpiece in Arabic it has nevertheless remained difficult to understand in its English translations. This new translation is written in a contemporary idiom that remains faithful to the original making it easy to read while retaining its powers of eloquence. Archaisms & cryptic language are avoided & the Arabic meaning preserved by respecting the context of the discourse. The message of the Quran was directly addressed to all people regardless of class gender or age & this translation is equally accessible to everyone. ...

The Qur'an believed by Muslims to be the word of God was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago. Recognized as the greatest literary masterpiece in Arabic the sacred text has nevertheless remained difficult to understand in its English translations. First published in 2004 M.A.S. Abdel Haleem's translation has been acclaimed for its success in avoiding archaism & cryptic language to produce a version that is both faithful to the original & easy to read. Now for the first time it is published with the original Arabic text to give a greater appreciation & understanding of the holy book. The traditional Arabic calligraphic pages are displayed alongside the English translation which has been revised for this new edition. A useful general introduction on the revelation stylistic features issues of interpretation & translation of the Qur'an is included together with summaries of each sura essential footnotes & an index. The verses are individually numbered to facilitate comparison with the Arabic. It is an edition both for those familiar with the Qur'an & for those coming to it for the first time; the message of the Qur'an was directly addressed to all people regardless of class gender or age & this dual-language edition is equally accessible to everyone. ...