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Letters from a Life Volume 3 (1946-1951)

The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten

by Benjamin Britten ...

The third volume of the annotated selected letters of composer Benjamin Britten covers the years 1946-51, during which he wrote many of his best-known works, founded and developed the English Opera Group and the Aldeburgh Festival, and toured widely in Europe and the United States as a pianist and conductor.Correspondents include librettists Ronald Duncan ( The Rape of Lucretia), Eric Crozier ( ... Read more

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The third volume of the annotated selected letters of composer Benjamin Britten covers the years 1946-51, during which he wrote many of his best-known works, founded and developed the English Opera Group and the Aldeburgh Festival, and toured widely in Europe and the United States as a pianist and conductor.Correspondents include librettists Ronald Duncan ( The Rape of Lucretia), Eric Crozier (
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Letters from a Life Vol 2: 1939-45

Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten

by Benjamin Britten ...

In May 1939 Britten and Pears disembarked at Montreal at the start of their American visit, which was to be a period of intense musical activity and new personal relationships. At the same time, the relationship between Britten and Pears deepened into a partnership that was to endure for almost forty years.Their absence from England during the first years of the war led to sharp public comment and ... Read more

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In May 1939 Britten and Pears disembarked at Montreal at the start of their American visit, which was to be a period of intense musical activity and new personal relationships. At the same time, the relationship between Britten and Pears deepened into a partnership that was to endure for almost forty years.Their absence from England during the first years of the war led to sharp public comment and
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Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39

Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten

by Benjamin Britten ...

Volume One of these remarkable letters and diaries opens with a letter from Britten aged nine to his formidable mother, Edith. Music is already at the centre of his life, and it accompanies him through prep and public school and then to London to the Royal College of Music, where the phenomenally gifted but inexperienced young composer is plunged into metropolitan life and makes influential new ... Read more

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Volume One of these remarkable letters and diaries opens with a letter from Britten aged nine to his formidable mother, Edith. Music is already at the centre of his life, and it accompanies him through prep and public school and then to London to the Royal College of Music, where the phenomenally gifted but inexperienced young composer is plunged into metropolitan life and makes influential new
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Dracula

by Bram Stoker ...

Narrated by Brian Cox, Heathcote Williams, Dermot Kerrigan, Siri O’Neal, Michael Gould, Polly Hayes, Daniel Philpott, Matthew Warburton, Elaine Claxton, Peter Yapp, Benjamin Soames, Anna Britten, Laura Paton, Neville Jason ...

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3 hours 56 min

For a century Bram Stoker’s Dracula has reigned supreme as the undisputed masterpiece of horror writing. We have all grown up under the shadow of the elegant Count, at once an attractive, brutal and erotic creature of the night. In 1897 Bram Stoker wrote a story expressing the most persistent nightmare of the human condition. Take this opportunity to dream again… ... Read more

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For a century Bram Stoker’s Dracula has reigned supreme as the undisputed masterpiece of horror writing. We have all grown up under the shadow of the elegant Count, at once an attractive, brutal and erotic creature of the night. In 1897 Bram Stoker wrote a story expressing the most persistent nightmare of the human condition. Take this opportunity to dream again…
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Fortune of the Rougons, The

by Émile Zola ...

Narrated by Eloise Fairfax ...

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12 hours 29 min

We enter the world of a fictional town of Plassans in Zola's native region of Provence and we are introduced to the eccentric heroine Adelaide Fouque, later known as Tante Dide, who becomes the common ancestor for both the Rougon and Macquart families. Her legitimate son from her short marriage to her late husband, a labourer named Rougon who worked on Dide's land, is forced to grow up alongside ... Read more

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We enter the world of a fictional town of Plassans in Zola's native region of Provence and we are introduced to the eccentric heroine Adelaide Fouque, later known as Tante Dide, who becomes the common ancestor for both the Rougon and Macquart families. Her legitimate son from her short marriage to her late husband, a labourer named Rougon who worked on Dide's land, is forced to grow up alongside
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La Bête Humaine

by Émile Zola, Leighton Pugh ...

Narrated by Leighton Pugh ...

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12 hours 55 min

Against the backdrop of political and legal corruption in Second Empire France, La Bête Humaine (1890) contrasts the technological advancements of the Machine Age with the primitive and timeless human impulse to possess through killing and to kill through possession. The lives of two railwaymen on the Paris to Le Havre line are fatally entwined by their love for the same woman in this shocking ... Read more

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Against the backdrop of political and legal corruption in Second Empire France, La Bête Humaine (1890) contrasts the technological advancements of the Machine Age with the primitive and timeless human impulse to possess through killing and to kill through possession. The lives of two railwaymen on the Paris to Le Havre line are fatally entwined by their love for the same woman in this shocking
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The Lost Steps

by Alejo Carpentier ...

Narrated by Caleb Summers ...

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10 hours 57 min

**“If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West’s translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.” —Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of BooksThe best-known book by Cuba’s most important twentieth-century novelist, in its first new English translation in more than sixty years and featuring a new introduction ... Read more

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**“If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West’s translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.” —Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of BooksThe best-known book by Cuba’s most important twentieth-century novelist, in its first new English translation in more than sixty years and featuring a new introduction
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Italian, The

by Ann Radcliffe ...

Narrated by Digital Voice George E ...

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17 hours 7 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dark secrets, forbidden love, and the shadow of the Inquisition fill the pages of Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic masterpiece, The Italian. First published in 1797, this novel cemented Radcliffe’s reputation as one of the foremost pioneers of Gothic fiction, weaving mystery, suspense, and romance into an unforgettable tale of terror and passion.The story ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dark secrets, forbidden love, and the shadow of the Inquisition fill the pages of Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic masterpiece, The Italian. First published in 1797, this novel cemented Radcliffe’s reputation as one of the foremost pioneers of Gothic fiction, weaving mystery, suspense, and romance into an unforgettable tale of terror and passion.The story
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Birth School Metallica Death

Vol I

by Ian Winwood, Paul Brannigan ...

Metallica have sold in excess of 100 million albums and won seven Grammys. Their journey from scuzzy Los Angeles garages to the stages of the world's biggest stadia has been an epic and often traumatic one, and one of the few truly great rock 'n' roll sagas.No music writers have been afforded greater access to Metallica over the years than Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood, two former editors of ... Read more

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Metallica have sold in excess of 100 million albums and won seven Grammys. Their journey from scuzzy Los Angeles garages to the stages of the world's biggest stadia has been an epic and often traumatic one, and one of the few truly great rock 'n' roll sagas.No music writers have been afforded greater access to Metallica over the years than Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood, two former editors of
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One Long Tune: The Life and Music of Lenny Breau

by Ron Forbes-Roberts ...

Chet Atkins called Lenny Breau (19411984) the greatest guitarist who ever walked the face of the earth. Breaus astonishing virtuosity influenced countless performers but unfortunately it came at the expense of his personal relationships. Forbes-Roberts analyzes Breau and his recordings to reveal an enormously gifted man as well as the inner workings of his music. The publication of this ... Read more

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Chet Atkins called Lenny Breau (19411984) the greatest guitarist who ever walked the face of the earth. Breaus astonishing virtuosity influenced countless performers but unfortunately it came at the expense of his personal relationships. Forbes-Roberts analyzes Breau and his recordings to reveal an enormously gifted man as well as the inner workings of his music. The publication of this
... Read more
The Red Hot Chili Peppers

An Oral/Visual History

by The Red Hot Chili Peppers ...

This is the book fans have been waiting for since Mother’s Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magik first hit the charts: The first (and only!) official Red Hot Chili Peppers story—an oral and visual autobiography from one of the world’s greatest rock groups. Together, Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Flea, and Chad Smith tell the 61-million-album selling band’s rollercoaster story, with anecdotes of their ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

This is the book fans have been waiting for since Mother’s Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magik first hit the charts: The first (and only!) official Red Hot Chili Peppers story—an oral and visual autobiography from one of the world’s greatest rock groups. Together, Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Flea, and Chad Smith tell the 61-million-album selling band’s rollercoaster story, with anecdotes of their
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The Mountain of the Women

Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour

by Liam Clancy ...

In an irresistible tale of a life lived fully, if not always wisely, Liam Clancy, of the legendary Irish group the Clancy Brothers, describes his eventful journey from a small town in Ireland in the 1930s into the heart of the New York music scene in the 1950s and ’60s.Following in the grand tradition of such Irish memoirs as Angela’s Ashes and Are You Somebody?, Liam Clancy relates his life’s ... Read more

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In an irresistible tale of a life lived fully, if not always wisely, Liam Clancy, of the legendary Irish group the Clancy Brothers, describes his eventful journey from a small town in Ireland in the 1930s into the heart of the New York music scene in the 1950s and ’60s.Following in the grand tradition of such Irish memoirs as Angela’s Ashes and Are You Somebody?, Liam Clancy relates his life’s
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