The collected letters here, covering Copland's life from age 8 to 87, offer insights into his music, personality, and ideas, along with intruiging glimpses into the lives of such other well-known musicians as Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Chavez a.o.Yale, 2006; 269 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 48,00 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 77 %
Admiral John Benbow was an English naval hero, a fighting sailor of ruthless methods and indomitable courage. Benbow was a man to be reckoned with. Sam Willis tells the extraordinary story of Admiral Benbow through an age of dramatic change, from his birth under Cromwell's Commonwealth, to service under the restored Stuart monarchy, to the French wars of Louis XIV, to the bitter betrayal of 1702. It covers all aspects of 17th-century naval life.Quercus, 2010; 410 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 34,95 Voor/Our Price € 14,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 57 %
In de nadagen van het Nederlandse koloniale bestuur, 1949, werd Henk Jongen als diensplichtig militair naar Nederlands-Indie gestuurd en opgeleid voor de Militaire Politie. In dagboekbrieven aan het thuisfront deed hij verslag van zijn ervaringen.Indische Bibliotheek, 2007; 416 pp.; NL; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 39,50 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 68 %
Milton Melzer here offers a biography of Albert Einstein for readers 6 to 9, illustrated with b-w photos. He depicts a very human genius who spent his life asking questions and searching for answers.Holiday House, 2008; 32 pp.; EN; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 16,95 Voor/Our Price € 6,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 59 %
Packed with breathtaking photographs, this tribute to Alexander McQueen, 1969-2010, celebrates the incredible creations of an iconic, imaginative, and inspirational fashion designer whose work turned heads and hearts all over the world.A and C Black, 2011; 128 pp.; EN; ills. col; pbpb € 27,95
The Tormented Genius Who Unwrote the BibleThe bizarre and fascinating story of Alexander Cruden, who single-handedly compiled the monumental dictionary, index, gazetteer to the Bible, Cruden's Concordance. Keay uncovers the scandals and reveals the true story of his madness.Harper, 2005; 269 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 19,95 Voor/Our Price € 7,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Historical mystery writer Doherty visits his favourite hero in a nonfiction investigation: seeking the true nature of Alexander's death, portrays him as a man who wanted to be a god, a Greek who wanted to be Persian, and reconsiders standard histories.Carroll and Graf, 2004; 236 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 28,70 Voor/Our Price € 9,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
Countless scholars have laboured to uncover the facts behind Whittaker Chambers' shocking accusation before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1948 that Alger Hiss, a former rising star in the State Department, had been a Communist en engaged in espionage. Here Susan Jacoby focuses on the case, including Hiss's trial and imprisonment for perjury, not as a set of historical facts but as a mirror of shifting American political views and passions.Yale, 2009; 256 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 24,00 Voor/Our Price € 9,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 59 %
George Balanchine's ballets are modern masterpieces, Teachout, moving chronologically from work to work, uses them as a stepping stone to tell Balanchine's own story.Harcourt, 2004; 185 pp.; EN; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 22,00 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 59 %
Harvey dissects the long, complicated, and fascinating relationship between America and Japan through a dual biography of the shogun Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito and the rival systems they represented. Overlook, 2006; 480 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 10,98Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 69 %
Giovanni Battista Viotti was unquestionably the most influential violinist of his time, and his style continues to pervade to the present day. Viotti is often considered the founder of the modern or 19th-century school of violin playing. Lister provides the first complete biography in English.Oxford, 2009; 522 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 65,00 Voor/Our Price € 17,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 72 %
By examining the period 1915-1930, with flashbacks to O'Keeffe's little-known studies in Chicago and New York, this book casts a clear new light on how a fiercely independent art student became the artist Georgia O'Keeffe.Abbeville, 2001; 412 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; pbVan/List Price € 29,90 Voor/Our Price € 11,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
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