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It is well known that Richard Wagner, the renowned and controversial 19th century composer, exhibited intense anti-Semitism. The evidence is everywhere in his writings as well as in conversations his second wife recorded in her diaries. Wagner's close ties with many talented Jews, then, are surprisi... More

This book applies new scientific research in the fields of biology and genetics to an empirical study of the Greco-Roman civilizations and the European Renaissance. These two periods were remarkable in part because of the dominance of empathy and humanism in the philosophical thought of each era. Bo... More

Fleeing angry creditors in 1839, young Richard Wagner escapes from Latvia and stows away on a ship bound for Paris, pregnant wife and faithful dog in tow. The ship takes refuge from the stormy seas on a small Norwegian island, where echoes of the crew's shouts against the sheer granite cliffs strike... More

Who inspired Carmen's fiery heroine? Was there a plot behind the hostile reception to the premiere of Madame Butterfly? What compromises did Richard Strauss make with the Nazi government ot get his Die Schweigsame Frau produced? Opera Offstage brings to light the intriguing tales behind twenty-seven... More

This work traces the history of three-dimensional perspective in art... More

This concise text is an introduction in human resource management. The structure, style and language of the book have all been carefully developed. The book is accompanied by a comprehensive resource website providing extra teaching materials and solutions, as well as conversion notes from the curre... More

The publishing of these classics is an endeavor to bring out at reasonable prices scholarly editions of texts in common use in Indian Universities by students of English Literature. All the titles are edited by experienced academics providing adequate editorial matter in the form of a biographical ... More

A brilliant, far-reaching collection of stories from Washington Irving to John Updike. The Classic StoriesEdgar Allan Poe's "Ms. Found in a Bottle," Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," Sherwood Anderson's "Death in the Woods," Stephen Vincent Benet's "By the Waters of Babylon" The Great Write... More