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  • Britten Experienced

    Modernism, Musicology and Sentiment

    by Peter Franklin ...
    Who writes the books we read about music that excites us, and why? Is ‘classical music’ all about class? Related questions underpin this partly polemical study, written by an academic who believes that the Humanities, to be really humane, must confront their methods and aims. Two recent studies of Benjamin Britten have specifically interested the author, who was educated in a world where the ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Twisted Tales from Hamburg and Other Stories - Volume 1

    by Peter Franklin ...
    ‘The room was spinning. Thoughts were pulsing from one vein to the next’.Twisted Tales takes us through scenes of familiar human conditions.From complete inebriation through a marriage without love via a gambling addiction ruining lives past the sometimes mean streets of Hamburg then onto to the sunshine of Thailand.Characters in each story must battle with their own minds and outside influences ... Read more

    $5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

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    Twisted Tales from Hamburg and Other Stories: Volume 1

    by Peter Franklin ...
    Narrated by Steve Miller ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours

    ‘The room was spinning. Thoughts were pulsing from one vein to the next’.Twisted Tales takes us through scenes of familiar human conditions.From complete inebriation through a marriage without love via a gambling addiction ruining lives past the sometimes mean streets of Hamburg then onto to the sunshine of Thailand.Characters in each story must battle with their own minds and outside influences ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Twisted Tales from Hamburg and Other Stories: Volume 1

    by Peter Franklin ...
    Narrated by Steve Miller ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours

    ‘The room was spinning. Thoughts were pulsing from one vein to the next’.Twisted Tales takes us through scenes of familiar human conditions.From complete inebriation through a marriage without love via a gambling addiction ruining lives past the sometimes mean streets of Hamburg then onto to the sunshine of Thailand.Characters in each story must battle with their own minds and outside influences ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Answer to Nearly Everything

    by Peter Franklin ...
    The only information we have on Atlantis is from a very ancient Egyptian account that describes it as bigger than all their neighbours combined. Why is this fact ignored by most of the fanciful theories? From Atlantis to our current scientific predictions, the truth about so many things becomes clear and obvious only if all the facts are collected and examined, yet many people just select those ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Seeing Through Music

    Gender and Modernism in Classic Hollywood Film Scores

    by Peter Franklin ...
    Series series Oxford Music / Media
    Hollywood film music is often mocked as a disreputably 'applied' branch of the art of composition that lacks both the seriousness and the quality of the classical or late-romantic concert and operatic music from which it derives. Its composers in the 1930s and '40s were themselves often scornful of it and aspired to produce more 'serious' works that would enhance their artistic reputation. In fact ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Reclaiming Late-Romantic Music

    Singing Devils and Distant Sounds

    by Peter Franklin ...
    Series Book 14 - Ernest Bloch Lectures
    Why are some of the most beloved and frequently performed works of the late-romantic period—Mahler, Delius, Debussy, Sibelius, Puccini—regarded by many critics as perhaps not quite of the first rank? Why has modernist discourse continued to brand these works as overly sentimental and emotionally self-indulgent? Peter Franklin takes a close and even-handed look at how and why late-romantic ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children E-Book

    Edited by Peter J. Davis, Franklyn P. Cladis ...
    **Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine**Written and edited by renowned experts in pediatric anesthesia, Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children provides clear, concise guidance on effective perioperative care for any type of pediatric surgery. The 10th Edition contains significantly revised content throughout, bringing you fully up to date with recent ... Read more

    $233.99 USD

  • The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    Penn Reading Project Edition

    by Benjamin Franklin, Amy Gutmann ...
    Printer and publisher, author and educator, scientist and inventor, statesman and philanthropist, Benjamin Franklin was the very embodiment of the American type of self-made man. In 1771, at the age of 65, he sat down to write his autobiography, "having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world, and having ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Rain Forests of Home

    Profile Of A North American Bioregion

    Edited by Peter Schoonmaker, Bettina Von Hagen, Edward C. Wolf ...
    Stretching from the redwoods of California to the vast stands of spruce and hemlock in southeast Alaska, coastal temperate rain forests have been for thousands of years home to one of the highest densities of human settlements on the continent. Given its mild climate, magnificent scenery, and abundant natural resources, the region should continue to support robust economies and vibrant communities ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

  • Military Injury Biomechanics

    The Cause and Prevention of Impact Injuries

    Edited by Melanie Franklyn, Peter Vee Sin Lee ...
    Military Injury Biomechanics: The Cause and Prevention of Impact Injuries is a reference manual where information and data from a large number of sources, focussing on injuries related to military events, has been critically reviewed and discussed. The book covers the cause and prevention of impact injuries to all the major body regions, while topics such as the historical background of military ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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    Collected works of Benjamin Franklin. The Autobiography and Other Writings

    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress. The Way to Wealth

    by Benjamin Franklin ...
    Narrated by Stacey Patterson, Peter Coates ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 30 min

    Benjamin Franklin is the only one of America's founding fathers to have signed all three of their foundational documents: The Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the 1783 Treaty of Paris. These documents underpinned the establishment of the United States of America as a sovereign country. In addition to being a prominent politician, Benjamin Franklin was a prolific writer, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus