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Perfect Pitch

100 pieces of classical music to bring joy, tears, solace, empathy, inspiration (& everything in between)

By: Tim Bouverie

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Perfect Pitch

100 pieces of classical music to bring joy, tears, solace, empathy, inspiration (& everything in between)

By: Tim Bouverie

Sharply insightful and vividly imaginative... the perfect Christmas gift for anyone asking: 'How do I get into classical music?'' - Rupert Christiansen, Mail on Sunday 'A treat from the very first page... written with style and humour, this is a perfect introduction to classical music for a beginner, a companion for the music lover, and sheer entertainment for both.' - Joanna Lumley Nearly all of us have the capacity to enjoy classical music but too often we are put off by not knowing where to look, or what we are actually looking for. We feel the need of a guide to help navigate such vast and varied artistic terrain. With this delightful book, historian Tim Bouverie provides just this. Drawing on his lifelong passion for music, he has created a compilation of 100 classical masterpieces sure to move and be enjoyed by almost anyone. Some are well-known, some more idiosyncratic, others hidden gems waiting to be brought into the light. All are intended to comfort and inspire. He provides a short introduction to each piece - variously anecdotal, personal, historical and quirky - and a recommended recording to try. Highly accessible and entertaining, Perfect Pitch is filled with engrossing stories and insights that bring to life 300 years of the world's greatest music. An accompanying playlist is available on Spotify.

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1780725299

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9781780725291

Appeasement

Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War

By: Tim Bouverie

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Appeasement

Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War

By: Tim Bouverie

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER • A gripping new history of the British appeasement of Hitler on the eve of World War II “An eye-opening narrative that makes for exciting but at times uncomfortable reading as one reflects on possible lessons for the present.”—Antonia Fraser, author of Mary Queen of Scots On a wet afternoon in September 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stepped off an airplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory. It was, he later assured the crowd in Downing Street, "peace for our time." Less than a year later, Germany invaded Poland and the Second World War began. Appeasement is a groundbreaking history of the disastrous years of indecision, failed diplomacy and parliamentary infighting that enabled Hitler's domination of Europe. Drawing on deep archival research and sources not previously seen by historians, Tim Bouverie has created an unforgettable portrait of the ministers, aristocrats, and amateur diplomats who, through their actions and inaction, shaped their country's policy and determined the fate of Europe. Beginning with the advent of Hitler in 1933, we embark on a fascinating journey from the early days of the Third Reich to the beaches of Dunkirk. Bouverie takes us not only into the backrooms of Parliament and 10 Downing Street but also into the drawing rooms and dining clubs of fading imperial Britain, where Hitler enjoyed surprising support among the ruling class and even some members of the royal family. Both sweeping and intimate, Appeasement is not only an eye-opening history but a timeless lesson on the challenges of standing up to aggression and authoritarianism--and the calamity that results from failing to do so.

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0451499859

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9780451499851

Appeasement

Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War

By: Tim Bouverie

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Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War

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The Countess

The Scandalous Life of Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey

By: Tim Clarke

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The Countess

The Scandalous Life of Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey

By: Tim Clarke

Leader of society, lover of the Prince Regent and contemporary of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Frances Villiers had a reputation as a scandalous woman.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445656272

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Livingstone

Revised and Expanded Edition

By: Tim Jeal

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Livingstone

Revised and Expanded Edition

By: Tim Jeal

“A superb biography, not to be missed either by armchair explorers or students of human nature…reveals the famed missionary and explorer as he really was.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer David Livingstone is revered as one of history’s greatest explorers and missionaries, the first European to cross Africa, and the first to find Victoria Falls and the source of the Congo River. In this exciting new edition of his biography, Tim Jeal, author of the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Stanley, draws on fresh sources and archival discoveries to provide the most fully rounded portrait of this complicated man—dogged by failure throughout his life despite his full share of success. Using Livingstone’s original field notebooks, Jeal finds that the explorer’s problems with his African followers were far graver than previously understood. From recently discovered letters he elaborates on the explorer’s decision to send his wife, Mary, back home to England. He also uncovers fascinating information about Livingstone’s importance to the British Empire and about his relationship with the journalist-adventurer Henry Morton Stanley. In addition, Jeal here evokes the full pathos of the explorer’s final journey. This masterful, updated biography also features an excellent selection of new maps and illustrations. “Fascinating.”—Los Angeles Times “A thrilling and in the end moving work…The Livingstone who emerges is a man of terrifying dimensions.”—Irish Press

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Yale University Press

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0300192126

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9780300192124

Architecture Without Kings

The Rise of Puritan Classicism Under Cromwell

By: Tim Mowl,Brian Earnshaw

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Architecture Without Kings

The Rise of Puritan Classicism Under Cromwell

By: Tim Mowl,Brian Earnshaw

A general survey of what was being built in England and Wales during the Commonwealth years, 1642-60, using the career of architect Inigo Jones (1573-1652) as a framework to demonstrate the gradual move from rich chaos to dull order. Covers the stark churches, the emerging architects of the Puritan order, country houses, London, the universities, gardens, and four large regions. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Manchester University Press

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0719046793

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9780719046797

Nowell! A Christmas Miscellany

Sublime Words, Terrible Jokes, and Strange Facts for the Festive Season

By: Tim Dowley

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Nowell! A Christmas Miscellany

Sublime Words, Terrible Jokes, and Strange Facts for the Festive Season

By: Tim Dowley

Nowell! A Christmas Miscellany offers a rich mix of Christmas-themed poetry and prose, extending from classic seasonal poetry to terrible jokes; from carols to journal entries and letters; from much-loved Christmas traditions to favorite Christmas films, music, and paintings. The book is catholic in its breadth, including sermons of the early church as well as twenty-first century verse and items from many nations and a broad spectrum of churches. For ease of use, the anthology is arranged by category and equipped with user-friendly indexes. This book is designed for personal enjoyment and meditation, but it can also be a useful worship resource, providing much-loved as well as new and unusual readings for seasonal events and festivities.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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9798385212378

The Collected Works of Ann Yearsley Vol 1

By: Kerri Andrews,Tim Fulford,Bridget Keegan

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The Collected Works of Ann Yearsley Vol 1

By: Kerri Andrews,Tim Fulford,Bridget Keegan

Presents the works of Ann Yearsley, a laboring-class poet' whose writing forms part of an under-represented area of romanticism. This work includes her play "Earl Goodwin" and novel "The Royal Captives".

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Routledge

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1000748774

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The 21st Century Journalism Handbook

Essential Skills for the Modern Journalist

By: Tim Holmes,Sara Hadwin,Glyn Mottershead

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The 21st Century Journalism Handbook

Essential Skills for the Modern Journalist

By: Tim Holmes,Sara Hadwin,Glyn Mottershead

Set against the background of the fundamental issues facing the industry today, The 21st Century Journalism Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the core principles and practices essential to the modern journalist. Convergence, online, the growth of magazine formats, challenges presented by technology and new demands in news and feature writing are all covered from conceptual and practical perspectives. A thorough grounding in the key debates and techniques is provided; while clear, no-nonsense practical advice helps you develop your journalism skills and make a success of your studies and career. Key Features: A combination of professional insight, academic study and practical exercises allows you to develop at your own pace Thinking it through activities at the end of each chapter allow you to think over the topics discussed and to think about how you could apply these skills Case studies and Closer Look boxes explore real-life examples in more depth Key points to remember and chapter summaries highlight the essential things you need to know Comprehensive but digestible coverage of the key elements of ethics, regulation and law ensures you are fully equipped with the essential frameworks for informed practice With an emphasis on developing the ‘whole journalist’, a creative and visual reporter who can think across different platforms, this text is ideal for all for journalism students training in newspapers, magazines and online reporting.

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1317864778

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Diamonds at Dinner - My Life as a Lady's Maid in a 1930s Stately Home

By: Tim Tate,Hilda Newman

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Diamonds at Dinner - My Life as a Lady's Maid in a 1930s Stately Home

By: Tim Tate,Hilda Newman

A fascinating memoir of life as a lady's maid in a big house in the 1930s, covering the beauty of the house, the housing of royals escaping the Nazis, the hard work of staff, and the experience of joining the army to serve a Countess Hilda Newman was a maid to Lady Coventry at the Worcestershire stately home of Croome Court in the 1930s. In her fascinating memoir of life below the stairs (as well as glimpses from inside the big house), she reveals what it was like living and working in the 18th Century Neo-Palladian mansion surrounded by parkland landscaped by Lancelot "Capability" Brown. During World War II Croome Court housed the exiled Dutch Royal Family, who escaped the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. It was also the top-secret RAF base Defford, where radar was developed and repairs were carried out on aircraft fighting in the Battle of Britain. Hilda remembers life both upstairs and down, from the grand long gallery designed by Robert Adam and the tapestry room (since removed and transferred to the Metropolitan Museum in New York), to the hard labor demanded of serving staff and what it was like in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), the women's branch of the British Army, which she joined to serve the Countess in 1940.

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Kings Road Publishing

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1782196102

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9781782196105

Audio Drama Modernism

The Missing Link between Descriptive Phonograph Sketches and Microphone Plays on the Radio

By: Tim Crook

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Audio Drama Modernism

The Missing Link between Descriptive Phonograph Sketches and Microphone Plays on the Radio

By: Tim Crook

Audio Drama and Modernism traces the development of political and modernist sound drama during the first 40 years of the 20th Century. It demonstrates how pioneers in the phonograph age made significant, innovative contributions to sound fiction before, during, and after the Great War. In stunning detail, Tim Crook examines prominent British modernist radio writers and auteurs, revealing how they negotiated their agitational contemporaneity against the forces of Institutional containment and dramatic censorship. The book tells the story of key figures such as Russell Hunting, who after being jailed for making ‘sound pornography’ in the USA, travelled to Britain to pioneer sound comedy and montage in the pre-Radio age; Reginald Berkeley who wrote the first full-length anti-war play for the BBC in 1925; and D.G. Bridson, Olive Shapley and Joan Littlewood who all struggled to give a Marxist voice to the working classes on British radio.

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Springer Nature

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9811582416

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9789811582417

Travels with a Tangerine

A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah

By: Tim Mackintosh-Smith

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Travels with a Tangerine

A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah

By: Tim Mackintosh-Smith

Ibn Battutah set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on the pilgrimage to Mecca. By the time he returned twenty-nine years later, he had visited most of the known world, travelling three times the distance Marco Polo covered. Spiritual backpacker, social climber, temporary hermit and failed ambassador, he braved brigands, blisters and his own prejudices. The outcome was a monumental travel classic. Captivated by this indefatigable man, award-winning travel writer Tim Mackintosh-Smith set out on his own eventful journey, retracing the Moroccan's eccentric trip from Tangier to Constantinople. Tim proves himself a perfect companion to this distant traveller, and the result is an amazing blend of personalities, history and contemporary observation.

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John Murray

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1848546769

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Perfect Pitch

100 pieces of classical music to bring joy, tears, solace, empathy, inspiration (& everything in between)

By: Tim Bouverie

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Perfect Pitch

100 pieces of classical music to bring joy, tears, solace, empathy, inspiration (& everything in between)

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Asia’s New Geopolitics

Military Power and Regional Order

By: Desmond Ball,Lucie Béraud-Sudreau,Tim Huxley,C. Raja Mohan

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Asia’s New Geopolitics

Military Power and Regional Order

By: Desmond Ball,Lucie Béraud-Sudreau,Tim Huxley,C. Raja Mohan

Intensifying geopolitical rivalries, rising defence spending and the proliferation of the latest military technology across Asia suggest that the region is set for a prolonged period of strategic contestation. None of the three competing visions for the future of Asian order – a US-led ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’, a Chinese-centred order, or the ASEAN-inspired ‘Indo-Pacific Outlook’ – is likely to prevail in the short to medium term. In the absence of a new framework, the risk of open conflict is heightened, and along with it the need for effective mechanisms to maintain peace and stability. As Asia’s leaders seek to rebuild their economies and societies in the wake of COVID-19, they would do well to reflect upon the lessons offered by the pandemic and their applicability in the strategic realm. The societies that have navigated the crisis most effectively have been able to do so by putting in place stringent protective measures. Crisis-management and -avoidance mechanisms – and even, in the longer term, wider arms control – can be seen as the strategic equivalent of such measures, and as such they should be pursued with urgency in Asia to reduce the risks of an even greater calamity.

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Routledge

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1000536270

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Battlefields Then & Now

By: John Man,Tim Newark

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Battlefields Then & Now

By: John Man,Tim Newark

Provides a fresh insight into the sites of some of history's greatest conflicts. By overlaying modern photographs of the battlefield with dramatic reconstructions of ten of the key battles, it compares in a unique way scenes of struggle and heroism with the often pastoral site today"--Page 4 of cover

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0785814442

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9780785814443

Melbourne

By: Langenscheidt Publishers,Tim Harrison

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Melbourne

By: Langenscheidt Publishers,Tim Harrison

Some travelers love nothing better than to bathe in the sun. Others revel in immersing themselves in history and culture. Then there are those who are born to shop. We all know the type. In fact, we might ourselves be the type. There are some people for whom shopping is not a necessity but a sport. Insight Shopping Guides are a play book for the avid shopper who wants to level the playing field when he or she competes against natives for the best goods and deals the city has to offer. This series is for the discerning consumer who needs a little help navigating around an unfamiliar city. They are ideal shopping companions for travelers wanting lively, informative background material on the best shopping areas and reliable advice on finding the most reliable service.

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