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Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music

Author : Stephen Fry
Publisher : Boxtree
ISBN 13 : 9780752225340
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music written by Stephen Fry and published by Boxtree. This book was released on 2004 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Hello, I'm Stephen the Fry. Now time for the first outing of a brand, spanking new feature here on The Incomplete and Utter History of Classic Music... putting some unsuspecting figure in music under the spotlight.' In his Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music, Stephen Fry presents a potted and brilliantly rambling 700-year history of classical music and the world as we know it. Along this musical journey he casually throws in references to pretty much whatever takes his fancy, from the Mongol invasion of Russia and Mr Khan (Genghis to his Friends), the founding of the MCC, the Black Death (which once again became the new black in England) to the heady revolutionary atmosphere of Mozart's Don Giovanni and the deep doo-doo that Louis XVI got into (or 'du-du' as the French would say). It's all here - Ambrose and early-English plainsong, Bach, Mozart (beloved of mobile phones everywhere), Beethoven, Debussy, Wagner (the old romantic), right up to the present day. Entertaining and brilliantly written, this is a pretty reckless romp of a history through classical music and much much more.

The Fry Chronicles

Author : Stephen Fry
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141039809
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Fry Chronicles written by Stephen Fry and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director, and also a bestselling author. He has been in show business for over 30 years and now regularly appears on our screens as the host of the popular panel game 'QI'. This title is the second part of Stephen's autobiography.

English Surnames

Author : Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book English Surnames written by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Historic Families of Kentucky

Author : Thomas Marshall Green
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Historic Families of Kentucky written by Thomas Marshall Green and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic Families of Kentucky is a basic history of the state, with considerable emphasis on the accomplishments of the pioneer families, including their public service in the nation's struggle for independence and existence. The objective of the book is to trace from their origin in this country a number of Kentucky families of Scotch-Irish extraction whose ancestors immigrated to America in the early 18th century and became pioneers of the Valley of Virginia. Descendants of these families of the Valley were among the early pioneers of Kentucky.

Traces of History in the Names of Places

Author : Flavell Edmunds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traces of History in the Names of Places written by Flavell Edmunds and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women

Author : Ricky Jay
Publisher : Farrar Straus & Giroux
ISBN 13 : 9780374525705
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women written by Ricky Jay and published by Farrar Straus & Giroux. This book was released on 1998 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A popular magician offers a guide to the most exotic entertainers in the history of showbusiness--from the amazing feats of handicapped individuals to the unusual talents of trained animals

The Annals of Bristol in the Eighteenth Century

Author : John Latimer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Annals of Bristol in the Eighteenth Century written by John Latimer and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A dictionary of the Welsh language [E-Y

Author : William Owen Pughe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book A dictionary of the Welsh language [E-Y written by William Owen Pughe and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games

Author : Bitmap Books
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781838019143
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games written by Bitmap Books and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Critic Writes

Author : Reyner Banham
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520219449
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book A Critic Writes written by Reyner Banham and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-03-24 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rayner Banham's interests ranged from architecture and the culture of pop art to urban and industrial design. This selection of essays includes discussions of Italian Futurism, Adolf Loos, Paul Scheerbart, and the Bauhaus, as well as the contemporary architecture of Gehry, Stirling and Foster.

Troy

Author : Stephen Fry
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1797208209
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Troy written by Stephen Fry and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the brilliant third installment of his bestselling Mythos series, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War with his trademark wit and vibrance. Full of tragic heroes, intoxicating love stories, and the unstoppable force of fate, there is no conflict more iconic than the Trojan War. Troy is the story of the epic battle retold by Fry with drama, humor, and vivid emotion. Achilles, Hector, Odysseus, Helen, their lovers, and their mortal enemies all burn bright in Fry's compelling prose. Illustrated throughout with classical art inspired by the myths, this fresh take on an ancient tale invites you to explore a captivating world with a virtuoso storyteller as your guide. BELOVED AUTHOR: Stephen Fry is an icon whose signature wit and mellifluous style makes this retelling utterly unique. Fans will love hearing his interpretation, whether they are familiar with the original Greek myths or not. STUNNING SERIES ADDITION: Mythos and Heroes, the first two installments in the Greek mythology trilogy, were international bestsellers. Now fans can update their set and read the thrilling third book. GORGEOUS GIFT: With a vibrant contemporary design, full-color artwork throughout, and shimmering metallic highlights on the jacket, this book makes a superb present. READERS LOVE IT: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths series' nearly 5-star rating and rave reviews make each of the three volumes a winner. “Stephen Fry is our modern-day Homer,” one reviewer declares, while another observes that “you really feel as if you're there as the events take place.” Buzzfeed says, “It's a quick-witted retelling so beginners and experts can both get something from it.” Perfect for: Readers of Madeline Miller's Circe and Song of Achilles, Edith Hamilton's Mythology, and Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology People who enjoy reading timeless stories, from fairy tales to Viking mythology to legends of Greek gods Fans of classic literature and poetry about ancient Greece

Words

Author : William Mathews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Words written by William Mathews and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Life of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

Author : David Bruce
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739183389
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton written by David Bruce and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social conscience of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845) developed as he operated a brewery in Spitalfields, nineteenth-century London’s poorest parish. His interest and research on penal discipline brought him national prominence and led to a parliamentary career that lasted nearly two decades. Buxton’s association with noted activist William Wilberforce led to his own involvement in the anti-slavery movement, a cause he fiercely championed, resulting in Britain’s abolition of slavery in 1834. Buxton’s involvement in the disastrous 1841 Niger expedition effectively ended his public career and paved the way to British imperialism in Africa. A man of many interests, Buxton also supported Catholic emancipation and ending the Hindu suttee. Few nineteenth-century social reformers have had as much of an impact or have cast as long a shadow as Buxton. At the time of his death, many saw him as the epitome of Christian activism, yet today Buxton remains largely ignored and forgotten. David Bruce examines the life of one of Great Britain’s most prominent social activists. Using his personal papers, and the papers and books of his friends, associates, and contemporaries, The Life of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton paints a portrait of a unique individual driven to improve his world.

The Phantom Table

Author : Ann Banfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521034036
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Phantom Table written by Ann Banfield and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-15 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia Woolf identified the influence on her work of 'the Cambridge Apostles', the philosophical society which counted G. E. Moore, Bertrand Russell and much of male Bloomsbury among its members, as one more 'capable of description' than 'the influence of my mother'. In this major study of Woolf's relationship to Bloomsbury and the aesthetic and philosophical developments of her time, Ann Banfield subjects that influence to a full treatment. The theory of knowledge Moore and Russell formulated, Banfield argues, profoundly affected Woolf's conception of reality, as it did Roger Fry's theory of Post-Impressionism, one source for Woolf's transformations of philosophical principles into aesthetic ones. The Phantom Table is a magisterial account of Woolf's engagement with this remarkable trinity of thinkers: Moore, Russell, Fry. It revises the epistemology of modernism, reconceiving the relation between realism and formalism to account for Woolf's dual reality of sense impressions and logical forms.

Romanticism and Women Poets

Author : Harriet Kramer Linkin
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081315703X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Romanticism and Women Poets written by Harriet Kramer Linkin and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most exciting developments in Romantic studies in the past decade has been the rediscovery and repositioning of women poets as vital and influential members of the Romantic literary community. This is the first volume to focus on women poets of this era and to consider how their historical reception challenges current conceptions of Romanticism. With a broad, revisionist view, the essays examine the poetry these women produced, what the poets thought about themselves and their place in the contemporary literary scene, and what the recovery of their works says about current and past theoretical frameworks. The contributors focus their attention on such poets as Felicia Hemans, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Charlotte Smith, Anna Barbauld, Mary Lamb, and Fanny Kemble and argue for a significant rethinking of Romanticism as an intellectual and cultural phenomenon. Grounding their consideration of the poets in cultural, social, intellectual, and aesthetic concerns, the authors contest the received wisdom about Romantic poetry, its authors, its themes, and its audiences. Some of the essays examine the ways in which many of the poets sought to establish stable positions and identities for themselves, while others address the changing nature over time of the reputations of these women poets.

The Private Collection of Edgar Degas

Author : Julie A. Steiner
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Private Collection of Edgar Degas written by Julie A. Steiner and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue and its companion volume of essays are published in conjunction with the exhibition "The Private Collection of Edgar Degas," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 1, 1997, to January 11, 1998.

The Ode Less Travelled

Author : Stephen Fry
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101216824
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Ode Less Travelled written by Stephen Fry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-08-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comedian and actor Stephen Fry's witty and practical guide, now in paperback, gives the aspiring poet or student the tools and confidence to write and understand poetry. Stephen Fry believes that if one can speak and read English, one can write poetry. In The Ode Less Travelled, he invites readers to discover the delights of writing poetry for pleasure and provides the tools and confidence to get started. Through enjoyable exercises, witty insights, and simple step-by-step advice, Fry introduces the concepts of Metre, Rhyme, Form, Diction, and Poetics. Most of us have never been taught to read or write poetry, and so it can seem mysterious and intimidating. But Fry, a wonderfully competent, engaging teacher and a writer of poetry himself, sets out to correct this problem by explaining the various elements of poetry in simple terms, without condescension. Fry's method works, and his enthusiasm is contagious as he explores different forms of poetry: the haiku, the ballad, the villanelle, and the sonnet, among many others. Along the way, he introduces us to poets we've heard of but never read. The Ode Less Travelled is not just the survey course you never took in college, it's a lively celebration of poetry that makes even the most reluctant reader want to pick up a pencil and give it a try.