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Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums is an indispensible guide to the recordings that every fan should know. Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the world's leading guide to the music. In this book, Brian Morton has picked out 1001 essential recordings from their acclaimed guide, adding new information, revising and reassessing eac...

John Mortimer (1923 - 2009) was a novelist, playwright and barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels (Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained, and The Sound of Trumpets) featuring Leslie Titmuss. Sir John received a CBE in 1986 and a knighthood for his services to the arts in 1998.

Outspoken, opinionated, and never lost for words, Mark Kermode has carved out a career in print, radio and television based entirely on the belief that The Exorcist is the greatest movie ever made and that the Pirates of the Caribbean films should be buried in a very deep hole where they can never bother anyone ever again.

This classic monograph is a self-contained introduction to the geometry of Riemann surfaces of constant curvature –1 and their length and eigenvalue spectra. It focuses on two subjects: the geometric theory of compact Riemann surfaces of genus greater than one, and the relationship of the Laplace operator with the geometry of such surfaces. The first part of the book is written in textbook form at the graduate level, with only minimal requisit...

This is an honest portrayal of the disillusionment and degradation of life and death in the trenches of World War I. The story is based on a real young man who died in France in WWI. Meticulously researched and a great medium to develop children's understanding of an historical event. Ages:7+

The heroic, personal account of Chris Ryan's most famous Bravo Two Zero mission, now reworked for a younger generation. The adult edition of this book has sold over 500, 000 copies.

A paperback reissue of this thrilling adventure book from a master picture book creator who has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and the Smarties Prize for his books.

Illustrated by the award-winning Ruth Brown, this is the perfect counting book for any young reader that follows the cycle of nature.

This two-volume set investigates the history of the University Library at the University of Cambridge, examining how the Library responded to educational reforms, charting the growth of collections and showing how the international research library met the needs of undergraduates. Both volumes were originally published in 1986.

Dating Neurological Injury: A Forensic Guide for Radiologists, Other Expert Medical Witnesses, and Attorneys presents a unique way to approach the dating of neurological injury as imaged by modern computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) and ultrasound (US). Chapters are presented in a logical progression beginning with the general appearance of normal brain and progressing to the way abnormalities manifest themselves. The emphasis in...

Goethe in Sizilien? Selbst die Literaturwissenschaft bleibt die Antwort auf diese Frage fast ausnahmslos schuldig. Merkwürdig, denn der im September 1786 vor den sich auftürmenden Weimarer Problemen nach Italien geflüchtete Werther-Dichter hat den 1¿-monatigen Inselaufenthalt im April und Mai 1787 in seinem Reisetagebuch als "Schlüssel zu allem", zu Italien und zu sich selbst bezeichnet. Diese obskure Lücke in Goethes Vita veranlasste den Aut...

Aria, Emily, Spencer, Hanna and Alison have been best friends since the third grade. They go everywhere together, thinking no-one can come between them. If anyone is the ringleader of the group it is Alison, and the other girls cannot help but confide all their secrets to her.One night, during a sleepover, Alison goes missing. Her body is never found. The girls mourn her death but move apart after time, assuming their secrets have disappeared ...

This manual of accidents and mistakes asks readers to do the opposite of what they've always been taught and follow three rules: 1. Do not try to make something beautiful. 2. Do not think too much. (There is no "wrong.") 3. Continue under all circumstances.

Richard Wilkinson has played a formative role in international research and his work has been published in 10 languages. He studied economic history at the London School of Economics before training in epidemiology and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Nottingham Medical School and Honorary Professor at University College London.Kate Pickett is a Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York and a National Institute for Health R...

Seventh book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author J. R. Ward

I love and only love the fairer sex and thus beloved by them in turn, my heart revolts from any love but theirs.' [perhaps in cursive text, like front, as it's a quote from the diary - in which case, remove quote marks]Anne Lister defied the role of early nineteenth-century womanhood: she was bold, fiercely independent, a landowner, industrialist, traveller and lived openly as a lesbian. She kept intimate diaries of her life and loves, much of...

Vera Brühne war Hauptangeklagte in einem Mordprozess, der sich zum spektakulärsten Fall der Nachkriegsgeschichte entwickelte. Erheblichen Anteil daran hatte aber nicht die Tat. Es war vielmehr die Mischung aus erotischen Details, dunklen Gerüchten über ausschweifende Exzesse der besseren Gesellschaft und das Benehmen einer attraktiven Frau vor Gericht, das sowohl etwas Heldenhaftes und zugleich Anrüchiges hatte, was die Massen hingerissen hat....

Es war der letzte Wunsch seiner Mutter: noch einmal das Meer sehen. Doch jetzt ist Vincents Mutter tot. Und ihre Asche in einer Bonbondose unter seinem Bett. Vincent (Florian David Fitz) will ihr diesen letzten Wunsch erfüllen. Er wartet nur noch auf eine Gelegenheit aus dem Heim, in dem er wegen seines Tourette-Syndroms sitzt, auszureißen. Gemeinsam mit der magersüchtigen Marie (Karoline Herfurth), dem zwanghaften Alexander (Johannes Allmaye...

Fundamentals of Press Brake Tooling provides insights into properly designing parts that can be formed using a press brake, and it will give the reader a basic understanding of what must be considered in selecting proper tooling, determining minimum machine requirements, using blank size calculations, and arriving at an acceptable bend sequence. Also included is a great deal of diverse information that will save time and money, and allow parts...