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Mahler's 11 Symphonies

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'A beautiful and important book' - Marina MahlerGustav Mahler wrote some of the most challenging and cherished music of all time: eleven extraordinary symphonies that continue to fascinate, intrigue and infuriate music lovers around the world.In his dazzling new book, David Vernon celebrates these vast but often very private works of art. In stimulating prose, he investigates their theatricality ... Read more

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'A beautiful and important book' - Marina MahlerGustav Mahler wrote some of the most challenging and cherished music of all time: eleven extraordinary symphonies that continue to fascinate, intrigue and infuriate music lovers around the world.In his dazzling new book, David Vernon celebrates these vast but often very private works of art. In stimulating prose, he investigates their theatricality
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The Symphonies & Tone Poems of Jean Sibelius

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'David Vernon's book helps everyone, no matter how previously informed, to find their own way into Sibelius's extraordinary world.' - Sakari Oramo, chief conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra'Sibelius's music is as synthetic as a skyscraper but as natural and spontaneous as a dividing cell'Developing a style and logic all his own, outside the trends of modernism, Jean Sibelius wrote some of most ... Read more

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'David Vernon's book helps everyone, no matter how previously informed, to find their own way into Sibelius's extraordinary world.' - Sakari Oramo, chief conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra'Sibelius's music is as synthetic as a skyscraper but as natural and spontaneous as a dividing cell'Developing a style and logic all his own, outside the trends of modernism, Jean Sibelius wrote some of most
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The Blue Dragon

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Trent was shorter than she had envisaged but he was fit looking with sun-bleached hair and a neatly trimmed beard. He was in bare feet and wearing a short white robe. He made some small talk – did she have any trouble finding the place, was she having a good day? That sort of thing. Then it was down to business.— From "M'deira M'dear?" by Stephen KnoxBold as day, she strips off in front of me. Her ... Read more

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Trent was shorter than she had envisaged but he was fit looking with sun-bleached hair and a neatly trimmed beard. He was in bare feet and wearing a short white robe. He made some small talk – did she have any trouble finding the place, was she having a good day? That sort of thing. Then it was down to business.— From "M'deira M'dear?" by Stephen KnoxBold as day, she strips off in front of me. Her
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Between the Sheets - Eighteen Short Stories from the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards

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This collection of erotic tales, by sixteen established and new authors, gives a fresh insight into contemporary erotica. Chosen from the entrants in the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards, David Vernon has selected eighteen entertaining, amusing and definitely arousing tales of passion. Ranging from the Garden of Eden to the sizzling streets of Spain, each story is sure to excite."Adam watched her ... Read more

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This collection of erotic tales, by sixteen established and new authors, gives a fresh insight into contemporary erotica. Chosen from the entrants in the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards, David Vernon has selected eighteen entertaining, amusing and definitely arousing tales of passion. Ranging from the Garden of Eden to the sizzling streets of Spain, each story is sure to excite."Adam watched her
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Beethoven

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'[An] extraordinary and exciting book' - John SimpsonBeethoven's string quartets have long been held up as the pinnacle of chamber music: their fertility, complexity, depth and range mark them out as amongst the greatest of all musical creations. Yet they are also elusive, slippery works of art.In his new book, David Vernon - author of Disturbing the Universe: Wagner's Musikdrama and Beauty and ... Read more

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'[An] extraordinary and exciting book' - John SimpsonBeethoven's string quartets have long been held up as the pinnacle of chamber music: their fertility, complexity, depth and range mark them out as amongst the greatest of all musical creations. Yet they are also elusive, slippery works of art.In his new book, David Vernon - author of Disturbing the Universe: Wagner's Musikdrama and Beauty and
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The Scientific Method

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Twenty-four highly-commended erotic tales are presented in this anthology for your entertainment. Selected from over eighty entries in the fourth 'Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards' these clever and arousing stories are certain to warm up your love life. Share them with a friend or settle down in some fluffy pillows and enjoy them yourself."Ziz – they called her that at school and it has stuck - ... Read more

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Twenty-four highly-commended erotic tales are presented in this anthology for your entertainment. Selected from over eighty entries in the fourth 'Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards' these clever and arousing stories are certain to warm up your love life. Share them with a friend or settle down in some fluffy pillows and enjoy them yourself."Ziz – they called her that at school and it has stuck -
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Fight or Flight

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"Meg works her way down into her new sleeping bag and smiles to herself. It was a good find. She found it in the Salvos. Someone must have given it to them because the zip broke, but it's fine. Not as good as the doona on her bed at home, maybe, but fine all the same. She is safe here. She giggles at that thought. Most people would think home would be safer than the streets by a long way. They'd ... Read more

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"Meg works her way down into her new sleeping bag and smiles to herself. It was a good find. She found it in the Salvos. Someone must have given it to them because the zip broke, but it's fine. Not as good as the doona on her bed at home, maybe, but fine all the same. She is safe here. She giggles at that thought. Most people would think home would be safer than the streets by a long way. They'd
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Our Name Wasn't Written - A Malta Memoir (1936-1943)

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This is the memoir of a young mother struggling to feed, clothe and house her family on "the most bombed island on earth" — Malta, during World War II.Written by two generations of eye-witnesses to the destruction wrought on the strategically vital island of Malta by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.The book contains extensive additional historical information researched from a huge number of ... Read more

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This is the memoir of a young mother struggling to feed, clothe and house her family on "the most bombed island on earth" — Malta, during World War II.Written by two generations of eye-witnesses to the destruction wrought on the strategically vital island of Malta by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.The book contains extensive additional historical information researched from a huge number of
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Never Never Yes Yes

The Novels, Stories & Crônicas of Clarice Lispector

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With Clarice Lispector now widely acknowledged as one of the great writers of the twentieth century, her work is more popular than ever before, earning a global reputation for its honesty, oddity, and empathy, as well as its linguistic versatility and philosophical depth. Yet much of her art remains an enigma, shrouded in ambiguity and difficulty.In Never Never Yes Yes: The Novels, Stories and ... Read more

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With Clarice Lispector now widely acknowledged as one of the great writers of the twentieth century, her work is more popular than ever before, earning a global reputation for its honesty, oddity, and empathy, as well as its linguistic versatility and philosophical depth. Yet much of her art remains an enigma, shrouded in ambiguity and difficulty.In Never Never Yes Yes: The Novels, Stories and
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Disturbing the Universe

Wagner's Musikdrama

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'Wagner's art refuses to stand still, declines to play by the rules and will not observe any of the social graces'What is it that makes Wagner's art so endlessly powerful? So influential, seductive and repellent? So simultaneously creative and destructive? And why does it continue to shock, thrill and disturb all those who encounter it?In Disturbing the Universe, David Vernon probes - in his ... Read more

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'Wagner's art refuses to stand still, declines to play by the rules and will not observe any of the social graces'What is it that makes Wagner's art so endlessly powerful? So influential, seductive and repellent? So simultaneously creative and destructive? And why does it continue to shock, thrill and disturb all those who encounter it?In Disturbing the Universe, David Vernon probes - in his
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Ada to Zembla

The Novels of Vladimir Nabokov

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'Nabokov's novels are playgrounds of perfection and dungeons of despair'Exile, émigré and refugee, Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was buffeted by the tides of his times, from the Russian Revolution to the rise of Hitler. But he converted that personal anarchy into a seductive, often controversial, art which searches for meaning amid cruelty and loss.In Ada to Zembla: The Novels of Vladimir Nabokov, ... Read more

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'Nabokov's novels are playgrounds of perfection and dungeons of despair'Exile, émigré and refugee, Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was buffeted by the tides of his times, from the Russian Revolution to the rise of Hitler. But he converted that personal anarchy into a seductive, often controversial, art which searches for meaning amid cruelty and loss.In Ada to Zembla: The Novels of Vladimir Nabokov,
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"With Women" contains thirty-eight stories from midwives about their experiences in moving from working shift-work to providing continuity of care for women.With a preface by Sheila Kitzinger and foreword by Dr Sally Tracy, this book informs midwives and midwives-to-be of the advantages, disadvantages, joys and tribulations of working directly with pregnant women by providing continuity of care ... Read more

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"With Women" contains thirty-eight stories from midwives about their experiences in moving from working shift-work to providing continuity of care for women.With a preface by Sheila Kitzinger and foreword by Dr Sally Tracy, this book informs midwives and midwives-to-be of the advantages, disadvantages, joys and tribulations of working directly with pregnant women by providing continuity of care
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