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Music in the Galant Style is an authoritative and readily understandable study of        the core compositional style of the eighteenth century. Gjerdingen adopts a unique        approach, based on a massive but little-known corpus of pedagogical workbooks used        by the most influential teachers of the century, the Italian partimenti. He...

Pierre et Jean marked a turning point in the development of French fiction, situated as it is between traditional social realism and the pyschological novel. It is recognized as a classic study of filial jealousy and is also notable for its evocation of the Normandy coastline captured by the Impressionists....

Though social work professionals and educators mostly now agree on the importance of evidence-based work and have always valued critical thinking skills, the best way to develop them in students is not obvious or easy to put into use. Gibbs and Gambrill have shown one effective way, and in this new edition they develop it even further with their...

Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have        developed, what goes on in them, and how they react to changing climates, tectonics,        and human activities. This Very Short Introduction discusses the key ideas and        methods used to study and examine landscapes, and their importance in...

Understanding and Behavior in the Second World WarWinner of the National Book Award, Paul Fussell's The Great War and Modern Memory        was one of the most original and gripping volumes ever written about the First World        War. In Wartime, Fussell turns to the Second World War, the conflict he himself        fought in, to weave a narrative...

OMG. Buttercup is the star of glee club!...