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  • Flag of the Free

    A Civil War Journey of Freedom and Equality

    by Edward Smyth Jones ...
    In "Flag of the Free," Edward Smyth Jones intricately weaves a narrative that explores themes of democracy, freedom, and individual agency during a period of social upheaval. Through a richly poetic prose style, Jones immerses readers in the turbulent historical landscape of the early 20th century, deftly combining fictional characters with real events to illuminate the struggles and triumphs of ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Letters for the Ages Great Musicians

    Edited by James Drake, Edward Smyth ...
    Series series Letters for the Ages
    A collection of letters written through the ages from musicians of all genres, from Mozart to Elton John.For tens of thousands of years, across various civilisations, our species has been creating music. But what is behind the human fascination with music? This new volume in the Letters for the Ages series explores that question through the personal correspondence of history's most brilliant ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Letters for the Ages Behind Bars

    Letters from History's Most Famous Prisoners

    Edited by James Drake, Edward Smyth ...
    Series series Letters for the Ages
    Letters for the Ages Behind Bars is a history of imprisonment told through the letters of people incarcerated over many centuries, for crimes committed or sometimes even for no reason at all. It is a story that runs from St Paul right up to the present day.The act of depriving someone of their liberty is one of humankind's most enduring responses to 'crime' through history. What society has sought ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Doing Time

    A spiritual survival guide

    by Edward Smyth ...
    Jonathan Aitken and Edward Smyth both experienced a dramatic fall from grace.Each of them found themselves removed from their homes and loved ones, locked up in prison and having to deal with the fallout of their actions. However, in the middle of their lowest point they discovered something life-changing. God hadn’t forgotten about them.Doing Time offers encouragement and advice on how to survive ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    One of The Telegraph's Best Music Books 2011Alex Ross's award-winning international bestseller, The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, has become a contemporary classic, establishing Ross as one of our most popular and acclaimed cultural historians. Listen to This, which takes its title from a beloved 2004 essay in which Ross describes his late-blooming discovery of pop music, ... Read more

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  • Year of Wonder

    Classical Music for Every Day

    by Clemency Burton-Hill ...
    As featured in the Telegraph and on Radio 4's Today programme.'A magnificent treasury . . . a fascinating tour de force.' Observer'Year of Wonder is an absolute treat - the most enlightening way to be guided through the year.' Eddie RedmayneClassical music for everyone - an inspirational piece of music for every day of the year, celebrating composers from the medieval era to the pr... ... Read more

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  • The Story of Music

    by Howard Goodall ...
    *** Accompanies BBC2's major new TV series and The Story of Music in 50 Pieces on Radio 3 ***In his dynamic tour through 40,000 years of music, from prehistoric instruments to modern-day pop, Howard Goodall leads us through the story of music as it happened, idea by idea, so that each musical innovation - harmony, notation, sung theatre, the orchestra, dance music, recording, broadcasting - ... Read more

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  • Classical Music Insights

    Understanding and Enjoying Great Music

    by Betsy Schwarm ...
    If you enjoy great music but want to know more about how it came to be the way it is - without investing time in a graduate degree - here are the background stories of over 200 great compositions. If you're only just coming to experiment with great music, here are guideposts to help you understand and enjoy what you encounter. The stories and sounds behind the scenes: welcome to Classical Music ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Rough Ideas

    Reflections on Music and More

    by Stephen Hough ...
    A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composerStephen Hough is one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and painter, and has been described by The Economist as one of "Twenty Living Polymaths."Hough writes informally and engagingly about music and ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • The Life and Death of Classical Music

    Featuring the 100 Best and 20 Worst Recordings Ever Made

    by Norman Lebrecht ...
    In this compulsively readable, fascinating, and provocative guide to classical music, Norman Lebrecht, one of the world’s most widely read cultural commentators tells the story of the rise of the classical recording industry from Caruso’s first notes to the heyday of Bernstein, Glenn Gould, Callas, and von Karajan.Lebrecht compellingly demonstrates that classical recording has reached its end ... Read more

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  • A Natural History of the Piano

    The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between

    by Stuart Isacoff ...
    A beautifully illustrated, totally engrossing celebration of the piano, and the composers and performers who have made it their own.With honed sensitivity and unquestioned expertise, Stuart Isacoff—pianist, critic, teacher, and author of Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization—unfolds the ongoing history and evolution of the piano and all its myriad ... Read more

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  • The Essential Canon of Classical Music

    by David Dubal ...
    An "entertaining and informative" comprehensive guide to 240 classical composers and their music—from the medieval era to the modern age ( Library Journal).Music, according to Aaron Copland, can thrive only if there are "gifted listeners." But today's listeners must choose between classical and rock, opera and rap, and the choices can seem overwhelming at times. In The Essential Canon of Classical ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD