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  • A Kingdom and a Village

    A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow

    by Simon Morrison ...
    **An erudite and entertaining history of Moscow, a city defined by its survival and reinvention, and whose rich history offers crucial insight into contemporary global politics"A magisterial account of Moscow that reveals the city’s history and something of its soul through countless interwoven stories and colorful characters. . . . A gripping and enlightening journey.”—Ben Rhodes, New York Times ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Lina & Serge

    The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev

    by Simon Morrison ...
    This account of the renowned composer's neglected wife—including her years in a Soviet prison—is "a story both riveting and wrenching" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Serge Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century's most brilliant composers yet is an enigma to historians and his fans. Why did he leave the West and move to the Soviet Union despite Stalin's crimes? Why did his astonishing ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bolshoi Confidential

    Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today

    by Simon Morrison ...
    In this “incredibly rich” (New York Times) definitive history of the Bolshoi Ballet, visionary performances onstage compete with political machinations backstage.A critical triumph, Simon Morrison’s “sweeping and authoritative” (Guardian) work, Bolshoi Confidential, details the Bolshoi Ballet’s magnificent history from its earliest tumults to recent scandals. On January 17, 2013, a hooded ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    A Kingdom and a Village

    A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow

    by Simon Morrison ...
    Narrated by Curt Ford ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 48 min

    **An erudite and entertaining history of Moscow, a city defined by its survival and reinvention, and whose rich history offers crucial insight into contemporary global politics"A magisterial account of Moscow that reveals the city’s history and something of its soul through countless interwoven stories and colorful characters. . . . A gripping and enlightening journey.”—Ben Rhodes, New York Times ... Read more

    $28.00 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Roxy Music's Avalon

    by Simon A. Morrison ...
    Series series 33 1/3
    Having designed Roxy Music as an haute couture suit hand-stitched of punk and progressive music, Bryan Ferry redesigned it. He made Roxy Music ever dreamier and mellower-reaching back to sadly beautiful chivalric romances. Dadaist (punk) noise exited; a kind of ambient soft soul entered. Ferry parted ways with Eno, electric violinist Eddie Jobson, and drummer Paul Thompson, foreswearing the broken ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume V

    by Bill Doede, William Morrison, Michael Shaara, Simon Eisner, Jack Sharkey, Fritz Leiber, Jim Harmon, Sydney van Scyoc, Dean Evans ...
    The awesomeness of the Golden Age of Science Fiction continues, with Volume V! Sail through space, visit rival galaxies, and suffer the void! Volume V contents include: The Moons of Mars, by Dean Evans Orphans of the Void, by Michael Shaara The Luckiest Man in Denv, by Simon Eisner The Awakening, by Jack Sharkey A City Near Centaurus, by Bill Doede How to Make Friends, by Jim Harmon A Bad Day for ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mirror in the Sky

    The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks

    by Simon Morrison ...
    A stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar.Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the finest songwriters of the twentieth century.This biography from distinguished music historian Simon Morrison examines Nicks as a singer and songwriter before and beyond her career with Fleetwood Mac, from ... Read more

    Was $23.99 USD Now $18.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Russian Opera and the Symbolist Movement, Second Edition

    by Simon Morrison ...
    Acclaimed for treading new ground in operatic studies of the period, Simon Morrison’s influential and now-classic text explores music and the occult during the Russian Symbolist movement. Including previously unavailable archival materials about Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky, this wholly revised edition is both up to date and revelatory. Topics range from decadence to pantheism, musical devilry to ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The People's Artist

    Prokofiev's Soviet Years

    by Simon Morrison ...
    Sergey Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century's greatest composers--and one of its greatest mysteries. Until now. In The People's Artist, Simon Morrison draws on groundbreaking research to illuminate the life of this major composer, deftly analyzing Prokofiev's music in light of new archival discoveries. Indeed, Morrison was the first scholar to gain access to the composer's sealed files in ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The People's Artist

    Prokofiev's Soviet Years

    by Simon Morrison ...
    Sergey Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century's greatest composers--and one of its greatest mysteries. Until now. In The People's Artist, Simon Morrison draws on groundbreaking research to illuminate the life of this major composer, deftly analyzing Prokofiev's music in light of new archival discoveries. Indeed, Morrison was the first scholar to gain access to the composer's sealed files in ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Audiobook

    Tchaikovsky's Empire

    A New Life of Russia's Greatest Composer

    by Simon Morrison ...
    Narrated by Daniel Henning ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 49 min

    A thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—composer of some of the world's most popular orchestral and theatrical musicTchaikovsky is famous for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed as a hopeless romantic, a suffering melancholic, or a morbid obsessive, the Tchaikovsky we think we know is a shadow of the fascinating reality. It is all too easy to forget that he composed an empire's worth of ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Mirror in the Sky

    The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks

    by Simon Morrison ...
    Narrated by Rebecca Lam ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 36 min

    A stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar.Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the finest songwriters of the twentieth century.This biography from distinguished music historian Simon Morrison examines Nicks as a singer and songwriter before and beyond her career with Fleetwood Mac, from ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook