"Offering a user-friendly, beautifully illustrated guide to every play in the Shakespeare canon, as well as a portrait of the Bard's life and the world of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater, the Essential Shakespeare Handbook is an innovative and entertaining book which unravels the complexities of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book will enrich the experience of the Bard's work on the page, stag ..."
"The ultimate visual guide to every Shakespeare play The Essential Shakespeare Handbook unravels the history, themes and language of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. Romance, comedy and tragedy, Shakespeare's canon has it all. With act-by-act plot summaries and resumes of main characters, the Essential Shakespeare Handbook will allow you to enjoy the Bard with new confidence. See the plays and sonnets in context with a portrait of the Ba ..."
Essential Shakespeare Handbook(Reprint) The Definitive, Fully Illustrated Guide to the World's Greatest Playwright and H by LeslieDunton-Downer, Alan Riding Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2013 by Dk Adult ISBN-13: 978-1-4654-0226-4, ISBN: 1-4654-0226-8
"From Hamlet and The Tempest to Henry V and Romeo and Juliet, the "Essential Shakespeare Handbook" is a user-friendly, beautifully illustrated guide to every play in the Shakespearean canon, as well as a compelling portrait of the Bard's life."
"Offering a user-friendly, beautifully illustrated guide to every play in the Shakespeare canon, as well as a portrait of the Bard's life and the world of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater, the Essential Shakespeare Handbook is an innovative and entertaining book which unravels the complexities of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book will enrich the experience of the Bard's work on the page, stag ..."
Opera(Illustrated) The Definitive Illustrated History by Alan Riding, LeslieDunton-Downer 360 Pages, Published 2022 by Dk ISBN-13: 978-0-7440-5631-0, ISBN: 0-7440-5631-4
"Filled with photographs of all the key figures and performances, this book revels in the sets and costumes that make up the grand spectacle of opera."
"Spanning 400 years of musical drama, from the late Renaissance and including such classical masters as Verdi, Puccini, and Bizet, this is the complete visual guidebook to the great operas, their composers and performance history. "Packed into every page of this book is the excitement of discovery, knowledge, taste and visual beauty. In some way, it all gives the reader the illusion of being at an actual performance." -- Placido Do ..."
"English has fast become the number one language for everything from business and science, diplomacy and education, entertainment and environmentalism to socializing and beyond virtually any human activity unfolding on a global scale. Worldwide, nonnative speakers of English now outnumber natives three to one; and in China alone, more people use English than in the United States a remarkable feat for a language that got its start as a mo ..."
"English has fast become the number one language for everything from business and science, diplomacy and education, entertainment and environmentalism to socializing and beyondâvirtually any human activity unfolding on a global scale. Worldwide, nonnative speakers of English now outnumber natives three to one; and in China alone, more people use English than in the United Statesâa remarkable feat for a language that got its start as ..."
"'Packed into every page of this book is the excitement of discovery, knowledge, taste and visual beauty. It all gives the reader the illusion of being at an actual performance' - Placido Domingo. '"Opera" is a beautiful guide for opera enthusiasts as well as the perfect welcome for converts to this ancient rite. It offers today's and tomorrow's audiences a delightful 'navigation system' along an avenue that leads from Monteverdi to Bob ..."
Opera The Definitive Illustrated Story by Alan Riding, LeslieDunton-Downer 362 Pages, Published 2022 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-7440-7691-2, ISBN: 0-7440-7691-9
"... Maria 19, 113, 116, 120, 123, 125 Picasso, Pablo 22 Pieczonka, Adrienne 193 Pikovaya dama 248, 249 Piper, Myfanwy 312 Planché, James Robinson 159 Plataea (Rameau) 51 Platée (Rameau) 50, 51 Poe, Edgar Allan 232 Polanski, Roman 23 Polaski ..."
The English Is Coming! How One Language Is Sweeping the World by LeslieDunton-Downer Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2010 by Touchstone Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-7672-6, ISBN: 1-4391-7672-8
"sports; wear relaxing clothes; read relaxing poems; adjust dials to relaxing radio
frequencies; fall into relaxing sleep; sip relaxing tea; burn relaxing incense; put
one's body into relaxing yoga postures; and, if humanly possible, work a relaxing
job. A few hundred years earlier, that would have been strictly impossible, since
relaxation simply meant being in a state of not working. By the time relax had
taken this surprising tur ..."
"Provides a guide to every play in the Shakespearean canon, as well as an in-depth profile of Shakepeare's life, a portrait of the Elizabethan world and its theater, and facts about the Bard's poetry, influence, and literary significance."
"Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who
knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will
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Shakespeare His Life and Works (DK Ultimate Guides) by LeslieDunton-Downer, Alan Riding Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2021 by Dk ISBN-13: 978-0-7440-3500-1, ISBN: 0-7440-3500-7
"De Monteverdi à Adams, apprenez davantage sur les vies des maîtres de l'opéra.Découvrez des centaines d'interprétation d'opéras classique et modernes grâce à des photographies stupéfiante.Explorez 400 ans de drames musicaux de la fin de la Renaissance italienne jusqu'à aujourd'hui."
"Broschiertes Buch"Jede Seite dieses Buches ist eine Entdeckungsreise", schwärmt Placido Domingo über den neuen Band aus der Reihe "Kompakt & Visuell".Als Opernführer und Operngeschichte zugleich besticht der Band vor allem durch die umfangreiche und hochwertige Bebilderung, die übersichtliche Gestaltung, sowie die fachkundige und leserfreundlich aufbereitete Information. Der Leser findet hier die internationale Operngeschichte mit allen ..."