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“chris walton”

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  • Lies and Epiphanies

    Composers and Their Inspiration from Wagner to Berg

    by Chris Walton ...
    Lies and Epiphanies offers case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg. Their own tales of their epiphanies played a determining role in the reception history of their works: the finale of Mahler's Second Symphony was supposedly born of a "lightning bolt" of inspiration at the funeral of Hans von Bülow, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Bingo!

    Forty Years in the NBA

    by Ralph Lawler, Chris Epting ...
    Bingo!: 40 Years in the NBA is the memoir of legendary Los Angeles Clippers and sports broadcaster Ralph Lawler. The book covers Lawler’s extraordinary life and career, from his childhood in Peoria, Illinois; through his time at Bradley University; to the beginning of his sports announcing career at the Riverside International Raceway; his years spent in Philadelphia with the Flyers, Phillies, and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Art Therapy in Private Practice

    Theory, Practice and Research in Changing Contexts

    by Julia Ryde, Frances Walton, Andrea Heath, Catherine Stevens, Hephzibah Kaplan, Nili Sigal, Stephen Radley, Themis Kyriakidou, Dave Rogers, Kate Rothwell, Colleen Steiner Westling, David Edwards, Anthea Hendry ...
    As perspectives on private art therapy practice evolve, this book provides an overview of the range of approaches, clinical settings, ethical issues and professional considerations when working outside of the formal structures of publically-funded services.An essential guide for art therapy students and experienced practitioners moving into private practice, it considers the impact of a private ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Crafty Art of Opera

    For those who make it, love it or hate it

    by Michael Hampe ...
    Translated by Chris Walton ...
    Opera is nowadays performed worldwide. But as an art form it is little understood by performers and audiences alike. The Crafty Art of Opera wants to change that. Here, Michael Hampe brings glimpses of the director's work to a wider audience, uncovering the many techniques and rules that should inform an opera's staging: the need for singers to know their orchestra, the importance of space around ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Friedelind Wagner

    Richard Wagner's Rebellious Granddaughter

    by Professor Dr. Eva Rieger ...
    Translated by Chris Walton ...
    She was not the 'black sheep' of her family, as often claimed, but a heroic rebel. Friedelind Wagner (1918-1991), Richard Wagner's independent-minded granddaughter, daughter of Siegfried and Winifred Wagner, despised her mother'sclose liaison with Adolf Hitler and was the only member of the Wagner clan who fled Germany in protest. Although Winifred warned her that the Nazis would 'exterminate' her ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Tourism and History

    by John Walton, Chris Cooper ...
    Series series Contemporary Tourism Reviews
    Contemporary Tourism Reviews will provide you with critical, state-of-the-art surveys of all of the major areas of tourism study to people who are coming to a topic for the first time. The CTR series provides accessible and structured overviews to all areas of research in the broadly defined subject of tourism with links to original sources of information, sites, books and journals as well as a ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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    Richard Wagner, his Work and his World

    by Barry Millington ...
    Richard Wagner (1813-1883) is one of the most influential - and also one of the most controversial - composers in the history of music. Over the course of his long career, he produced a stream of spellbinding works that challenged musical convention through their richness and tonal experimentation, ultimately paving the way for modernism. This book presents an in-depth but easy-to-read overview of ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • The Book of Basketball

    The NBA According to The Sports Guy

    by Bill Simmons ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The wildly opinionated, thoroughly entertaining, and arguably definitive book on the past, present, and future of the NBA—from the founder of The Ringer and host of The Bill Simmons Podcast“Enough provocative arguments to fuel barstool arguments far into the future.”—The Wall Street JournalIn The Book of Basketball, Bill Simmons opens—and then closes, once and for a. ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Tourist Gaze 3.0

    by John Urry, Jonas Larsen ...
    Series series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    "The original Tourist Gaze was a classic, marking out a new land to study and appreciate. This new edition extends into fresh areas with the same passion and insight of the object. Even more essential reading!"- Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor, Warwick UniversityThis new edition of a seminal text restructures, reworks and remakes the groundbreaking previous versions making this book even more ... Read more

    $123.19 CAD

  • War Room

    The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team

    by Michael Holley ...
    Bill Belichick is one of the titans of today’s game of football. Now, sports commentator and bestselling author Michael Holley follows three NFL teams—the New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, and Atlanta Falcons—from training camp 2010 through the Super Bowl and into the April draft, opening a new window into Belichick’s influence on the game. This one-of-a-kind exploration takes football ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • The Funniest Baseball Book Ever

    The National Pastime's Greatest Quips, Quotations, Characters, Nicknames, and Pranks

    by Peter Handrinos ...
    A treasury of witty quotes and wild stories covering decades of baseball history.Baseball is a funny game. No other sport can compare to the national pastime's vast catalog of silly quotations, unforgettable characters, memorable nicknames, and inventive pranks.Alphabetized by topic, The Funniest Baseball Book Ever captures the game in all its humorous glory. It's simply the most complete, ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Architect's Guide to Fame

    Edited by Paul Davies, Torsten Schmiedeknecht ...
    This lively text provides a candid inquiry into the contemporary means by which architects get work and (for better or worse) become famous. In response to the reciprocal relationship between publicity and everyday architectural practice, this book examines the mechanisms by which architects seek publicity and manage to establish themselves and their work ahead of their colleagues. Through the ... Read more

    $90.68 CAD