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  • The Piano

    A History in 100 Pieces

    by Susan Tomes ...
    A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK’s most renowned concert pianistsAn astonishingly versatile instrument, the piano allows just two hands to play music of great complexity and subtlety. For more than two hundred years, it has brought solo and collaborative music into homes and concert halls and has inspired composers in every musical genre—from ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Out of Silence

    A Pianist's Yearbook

    by Susan Tomes ...
    Out of Silence is a diary of a year in Susan Tomes's life as a performer. Taking as its inspiration Schumann's remark that 'I am affected by everything that goes on in the world, and I think it all over in my own way', it aims to show how a working musician mulls over and draws energy from the events of everyday life.We follow this internationally renowned pianist as she prepares for concerts and ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Speaking the Piano

    Reflections on Learning and Teaching

    by Susan Tomes ...
    In Speaking the Piano, renowned pianist Susan Tomes turns her attention to teaching and learning. Teaching music encompasses everything from putting a drum in a child's hands to helping an accomplished musician unlock the meaning and spirit of the classics. At every stage, some fundamental issues keep surfacing. In this wide-ranging book, Susan Tomes reflects on how her own experience as a learner ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Spirou & Fantasio - Volume 5 - Valley of the Exiles

    by Tome ...
    Series Book 5 - Spirou & Fantasio
    Spirou and Fantasio, swallowed by the raging waters of the river, find themselves in an unknown valley filled with very peculiar, and very dangerous, life. As they brace themselves to face a hostile nature long enough to find their way out, Fantasio contracts a deadly disease that turns him into a homicidal maniac. Spirou must now find a way to save him and himself and escape the deserted valley. ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Spirou & Fantasio - Volume 8 - Tough Luck Vito

    Illustrated by Janry ...
    by Tome ...
    Series Book 8 - Spirou & Fantasio
    An old seaplane skims the waves over the Pacific. Onboard are Vito Cortizone, former Don of the New York Mafia forced into early retirement by Spirou and Fantasio; Von Schnabbel, unscrupulous pilot; and a mysterious cargo supposed to turn Cortizone’s fortunes around. But the mafioso is cursed with terrible luck, and the plane ends up at the bottom of an isolated island’s lagoon. When two months ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Beyond the Notes

    Journeys with Chamber Music

    by Susan Tomes ...
    We knew from her recordings that Susan Tomes is a superb chamber player; now we know that she's a superb writer too. Michael Church, INDEPENDENTShe is as sensitive an observer and as subtle a writer as she is one of our finest chamber musicians...This is a book that should be read by practising musicians and music-lovers alike: here's one performer who really can communicate in words as well as ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Spirou & Fantasio - Volume 6 - in Moscow

    Illustrated by Janry ...
    by Tome ...
    Series Book 6 - Spirou & Fantasio
    Spirou and Fantasio, in transit through Paris airport, are kidnapped by French counter-intelligence: in exchange for the release of two French nationals from Soviet prisons, the KGB demanded the two reporters’ assistance. Because Moscow has a problem: the mob is getting increasingly powerful and bold, and it has infiltrated the authorities so thoroughly they can’t fight back anymore. They do know, ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Spirou & Fantasio - Volume 2 - In New York

    by Tome ...
    Series Book 2 - Spirou & Fantasio
    Spirou and Fantasio have won a million dollars and a trip to New York City. How lucky! Well, maybe not that lucky, since it’s all a plot by Don Cortizone to change his own fortune in his struggle against “The Mandarin”—by enlisting the help of truly lucky people. Before long, the two reporters find themselves in the middle of a shooting war between Italian Mafia and Chinese Triad–and they’ll have ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Spirou & Fantasio - Volume 16 - The Z Rises Again

    by Tome ...
    Series Book 16 - Spirou & Fantasio
    Back in the present after their adventures through time, Spirou and Fantasio try to pick up their life where they left it. But the magazine refuses to publish Fantasio’s account of their extraordinary journey, and he falls into depression. Until, that is, the bizarre and annoying Snuffeller reappears, bearing a call for help from Aurélien de Champignac, ‘their’ count’s descendant. A trip to the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Spirou & Fantasio - Volume 12 - Who will stop cyanide ?

    by Tome ...
    Series Book 12 - Spirou & Fantasio
    Spirou and Fantasio are hired by a doctor to escort some of his patients. Their ailment? An apparently incurable case of the hiccups. His solution: Send them on the most insane adventure ever and scare the hiccups out of them! Since he offers to pay for their expedition, the two fearless reporters agree to take the patients with them as they attempt to locate two explorers lost in 1938 near the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Nocturnes

    and the Fascination of Night Music

    by Susan Tomes ...
    An engrossing history of the music of twilight and sleep, from the nocturnes of Field and Chopin to Max RichterIn an insomniac age, ambient and sleep music have become increasingly popular. But our association between music and sleep is not new: lullabies may be the oldest form of music, and are instantly recognisable across peoples and cultures. Why does the night hold such musical fascination ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Spirou & Fantasio - Volume 3 - Running Scared

    by Tome ...
    Series Book 3 - Spirou & Fantasio
    Spirou and Fantasio are hired by a doctor to escort some of his patients. Their ailment? An apparently incurable case of the hiccups. His solution: Send them on the most insane adventure ever and scare the hiccups out of them! Since he offers to pay for their expedition, the two fearless reporters agree to take the patients with them as they attempt to locate two explorers lost in 1938 near the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD