Product Description: First published in 1939, On Russian Music was conceived by Gerald Abraham as a sequel to his earlier Studies in Russian Music (1935, also in Faber Finds), and complements the previous work in many useful respects. Glinka moves to the forefront via close study of both of his operas...read more

Collects novels, stories, poems, essays, plays, ballads, and sermons from British authors.

A political scientist examines the reasons politicians run for President, the nominating procedures, citizen participation, the dynamics of sample campaigns, and the strategies candidates use to win

Product Description: KENDALL, M. D., ED.: THE THYMUS GLAND [THE ANATOMICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELANS SYMPOSIUM Nº 1]. LONDON, 1981, xiii 218 p. figuras.Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Product Description: This basic text introduces molecular spectroscopy and the interpretation of spectra, emphasizing the underlying relationship between a molecule's structure and its spectral characterization. An exceptionally readable treatment, it furnishes a thorough, non-mathematical account of general principles of molecular structure, then treats each range of the electromagnetic spectrum in separate chapters...read more

Describes the personalities, activities, and techniques of six consistently winning gambler-players in tennis, golf, pool, backgammon, bowling, bridge, and poker, examining their relationships to their games and the qualities of their expertise

Tells the inside story of the Teamsters Union, payoffs, power struggles, and Hoffa's disappearance

Product Description: In this book, the author is attempting to make sense, as a philosopher, of the ideas of rationality put forward by economists, sociologists, and political theorists. The book intervenes in intense current debates within and among several disciplines...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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