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Die Musikwissenschaft präsentiert sich inzwischen mit einer ganzen Palette von Fachrichtungen, in denen spezielle Betrachtungsweisen der Musik institutionalisiert sind: Musikästhetiker übersetzen musikalische Schönheit in Vorstellungen von einer sinn- und bedeutungsvollen Ordnung, Musiktheoretiker konstruieren phantasievolle Modelle einer solchen Ordnung, Musikpsychologen forschen nach kognitiven Mustern zur Erklärung der konstruierten Struktu...

Pride and Prejudice is the most popular Jane Austen novel and has inspired millions of readers worldwide. More than hundred years after its first publication Mary Steele MacKaye - wife of the famous actor James Steele MacKaye - adapted the love story between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy to stage. She created a play that fascinates the audiences as much as the novel does its readers. Reprint of the original edition from 1922.

The Victorian actress Rosina Filippi was the first person to adapt the novels of Jane Austen for stage. This book contains her stage directions for scenes from Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Pride and Prejudice. "I am convinced that Jane Austen as a playwright will fascinate her audiences as much as she has her readers as a novelist" (Rosina Filippi). Reprint of the original edition from 1895. With illustrations from Margare...

Through detailed description and interpretation of the most complete early modern human skeleton from eastern Asia this addresses long-term questions about the ancestry of modern humans in eastern Asia and the nature of the changes in human behaviour with the emergence of modern human biology. This is a detailed, paleontological and paleobiological presentation of this skeleton, its context, and its implications.

A novel that reveals the human face of war while simultaneously riding the twists and turns that make up the great acts of history, "Hitler's War" is the beginning of an exciting new alternate history saga.

Mel, Sara, Annie, and Lola have traveled diverse paths since their years together at a small Southern liberal arts college during the early 1980s. Mel, a mystery writer living in New York, is grappling with the aftermath of two failed marriages and a stalled writing career. Sara, an Atlanta attorney, struggles with her own slowly unraveling marriage. Annie, a successful Nashville businesswoman married to her childhood sweetheart, can't seem to...

An extraordinary, fearlessly investigated tale . . . the closest you'll ever get to the inner workings of a globe-spanning, high-stakes DEA investigation without a badge, a gun, and a grand jury subpoena.--Chris Ayres, author of "Death by Leisure.

Santa Louisa is still reeling from the lethal rampage of the demon Envy, one of the Seven Deadly Sins released from Hell by black magic. The fiendish entity was finally trapped, but when more bodies bearing satanic marks surface in Los Angeles, demon hunter Moira O'Donnell fears the terror has only just begun.Racing to L.A., Moira discovers that the City of Angels is fast becoming the demon Lust's decadent playground. She suspects another cove...

A classic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, Reilly's Return is the wonderful story of a woman who seeks sanctuary and stability as she reconnects with a man who lives life on the edge. In a small town on California's northern coast, Jayne Jordan thinks that she has found the perfect place to live. Recovering from her husband's death, searching for spiritual harmony, Jayne still manages to crank out bluntly honest-often...

Inspired by their good-natured rivalry, career-oriented best friends Julia Juarez and Ime Benevides have never let anything come between them. Then enters Julia's new coworker, Ilario, who pulls both women's heartstrings, disrupts their friendship, and brings Julia's career to the brink of disaster. Looking for support, Julia turns to her other friends: Concepcion, a party-obsessed dance instructor, Nina, a timid but shrewd seamstress who's n...

Late one night, "Capital Tribune" editor Lucy Newroe receives a tip from Scanner Lady, an anonymous reader who frequently calls with police scanner tidbits. When Lucy checks out the tip, she discovers Scanner Lady has been killed. That same night, the body of a seventh-grade teacher, Melissa Baca, is found at the bottom of a local bridge. As Lucy and police detective Gil Montoya hunt down the culprits in each murder, they discover their cases ...

This last book in the series provides solvers of all skill levels a chance to take on some of the "New York Times'" best crosswords. Features: * 150 easy to hard "New York Times" crosswords* Fun for solvers of all skill levels* Edited by Will Shortz

The second book of the series, "Mellow Crosswords, " packs hours of easy puzzling fun into a portable package.Features: * 150 easy to medium level"New York Times" crosswords* Portable and perfect for solving on the go* Edited by the #1 man in American crosswords, Will Shortz

KenKen has quickly become the successor to sudoku that the world's been waiting for! KenKen became the first puzzles to be printed in the daily editions of the New York Times next to its famous crossword puzzle. This "New York Times" edition of KenKen contains 300 4x4 and 6x6 size puzzles with "How to Solve" instructions and an introduction by puzzlemaster Will Shortz. The puzzles use all four mathematical operations and increase in difficulty...

Lock the door and get ready to follow your bliss..."Kara is a sex columnist who believes lovemaking is a natural physical function and nothing more. When she meets a J.M--a Tantra master who thinks sex is the way to reach a higher spiritual plane--she thinks he's whacked. But when he volunteers to tutor her in the ancient sensual arts and show her what Tantra is all about--one look at his smoking hot body and wildly good looks, and it's an off...

There will come a time when you must decide to lead the life someone else has chosen for you...or the life you want.According to legend, when a young boy asked the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo why he was working so hard hitting the block of marble that would eventually become his greatest sculpture, David, the artist replied, "Young man, there is an angel inside this rock, and I am setting him free.” In The Angel Inside, the renowned ...

Twelve-year-old Koby, who has lost a foot in an accident, sees a chance to prove her self-reliance to her parents when she tries to rescue two stranded pilot whales near her home in the Florida Keys.

In 1922, at the age of two, Petey's distraught parents commit him to the state's insane asylum, unaware that their son is actually suffering from severe cerebral palsy. Bound by his wheelchair and struggling to communicate with the people around him, Petey finds a way to remain kind and generous despite the horrific conditions in his new "home." Through the decades, he befriends several caretakers but is heartbroken when each eventually leaves...

Resounding documentary proof that the original reasoning behind secession and subsequent myth-making was in defense of slavery and white supremacy Most Americans hold basic misconceptions about the Confederacy, the Civil War, and the actions of subsequent neo-Confederates. For example, two-thirds of Americans--including most history teachers--think the Confederate States seceded for "states' rights." This error persists because most have never...

When Frank Behr's friend and mentor is murdered without any apparent motive, he thirsts for answers and retaliation. But before he can make headway in the dead-end investigation, a private firm approaches him with a delicate proposition: two of its detectives have gone missing, and the firm wants Behr to find out what happened to them. The search for the missing detectives takes Behr into the recesses of Indianapolis's underworld, a place rife...