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A Life in MusicAn extraordinary prodigy of Mozartean abilities, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was a distinguished composer and conductor, a legendary pianist and organist, and an accomplished painter and classicist. Lionized in his lifetime, he is best remembered today for several staples of the concert hall and for such popular music as "e;The...

This book combines the personal accounts of the author with a discussion of the science of these serious psychiatric illnesses. It provides useful facts and important information on such topics as how to seek professional help, how to talk to family and friends about eating disorders, and how to maintain recovery on a day-to-day basis....

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There is a companion web site asssociated with the book        (http://vsicomputer.wordpress.com/). It contains chapter summaries, links to        relevant material and posts about items of news relevant to the book's        contents.Computers have changed so much since the room-filling, bulky magnetic tape        running monsters of the mid 20th...

Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. In this revised and updated version of the definitive and highly acclaimed Maude translation, Tolstoy's genius and the power of his prose are made newly available to the contemporary reader....

This book reports and summarizes the findings of several dozen studies that have used ptilochronology (the study of feather time) as a research tool. It provides a practical resource as well as a source of understanding of how the technique can be used to address important questions in avian biology....