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Essential Shakespeare Handbook(1st Edition)
by Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding, Elizabeth Wyse, Karen Wilks
Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2004 by Dk
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-7513-4882-8, ISBN: 0-7513-4882-1

"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 ..."






Essential Shakespeare Handbook
by Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding, Essential Shakespeare Handbook -.
Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2014 by Dk
ISBN-13: 978-1-4093-4625-8, ISBN: 1-4093-4625-0

"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 Leslie Dunton-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."






Essential Shakespeare Handbook
(REFERENCE, ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE, DRAMA, LITERARY ANALYSIS)
by Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding, Elizabeth Wyse, Karen Wilks
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2004 by Dk Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-0-7894-9333-0, ISBN: 0-7894-9333-0

"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, Leslie Dunton-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."






Eyewitness Companions(1st Edition)
Opera (Eyewitness Companion Guides)
by Alan Riding, Leslie Dunton-Downer
Flexibound, 432 Pages, Published 2006 by Dk
ISBN-13: 978-0-7566-2204-6, ISBN: 0-7566-2204-2

"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 ..."






The English is Coming!
How One Language is Sweeping the World
by Leslie Dunton-Downer, Kris Goodfellow, Mary Rhinelander, 0. 0.
Paperback, 326 Pages, Published 2011 by Simon & Schuster
Bargain Price
ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-7669-6, ISBN: 1-4391-7669-8

"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 ..."






The English is Coming!(1st Edition)
How One Language is Sweeping the World
by Leslie Dunton-Downer, Kris Goodfellow, Mary Rhinelander, Nene Leakes
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2010 by Touchstone
ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-7665-8, ISBN: 1-4391-7665-5

"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 ..."






Eyewitness Companions(10th Edition)
Opera
by Alan Riding, Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alanna Dunton-Downer
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2006 by Dk
ISBN-13: 978-1-4053-1279-0, ISBN: 1-4053-1279-3

"'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, Leslie Dunton-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 Leslie Dunton-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 ..."






The English is Coming!
How One Language is Sweeping the World
by Leslie Dunton-Downer
Published 2010 by Touchstone
ISBN-13: 978-0-00-016640-1, ISBN: 0-00-016640-5






Eyewitness Companions
Opera
by Alan Riding, Leslie Dunton-Downer
432 Pages, Published 2006 by Penguin
ISBN-13: 978-0-7566-4390-4, ISBN: 0-7566-4390-2

"Leb (c); 310 Co: Peter Turnley (b); 311 Co: Stefano Bianchetti (cr); 312 Co: Bettmann (tr). Mary Evans Picture Library: (b); 313 Mariinsky Theatre: Natasha Razina (b); 314 RJ; 315 ... 352 RJ (b); 353 RJ (cr); 354 State Opera Prague (b); 355 GI: Terje Rakke (tr). Leb: Moravské Zemské (cr); 356 RJ (b); 357 Leb (cr); 358 Institut Bohuslava Martinu, o.p.s. (b). ... GI: Norbert Millauer/AFP (t); 378 AA: ( b). Co: Hulton-Deutsch Collectio ..."






Essential Shakespeare Handbook
by Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding
Library, 480 Pages, Published 2004 by San Val
ISBN-13: 978-1-4176-3482-8, ISBN: 1-4176-3482-0

"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, Augusta Read Thomas, Leslie Dunton-Downer
31 Pages, Published 1994 by United Holdings Group
ISBN-13: 978-1-61298-220-5, ISBN: 1-61298-220-4

"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 ..."






Shakespeare His Life and Works
by Alan Riding; Leslie Dunton-Downer
Hardcover, Published 2021 by Dk
ISBN-13: 978-0-241-44658-4, ISBN: 0-241-44658-9






Shakespeare
His Life and Works (DK Ultimate Guides)
by Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2021 by Dk
ISBN-13: 978-0-7440-3500-1, ISBN: 0-7440-3500-7






Eyewitness Companions
Opera: Opera
by Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding
Ebook, 432 Pages, Published 2008 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-4053-3522-5, ISBN: 1-4053-3522-X

""Packed into every page of this book is the excitement of discovery, knowledge, taste and visual beauty."






L'Opéra
by Alan Riding, Leslie Dunton-Downer, Maica Sanconie
Paperback, 434 Pages, Published 2007 by Gründ
ISBN-13: 978-2-7000-1640-6, ISBN: 2-7000-1640-8

"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."






Kompakt & Visuell Oper
by Alan Riding, Leslie Dunton-Downer
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2016 by Dorling Kindersley Verlag
ISBN-13: 978-3-8310-3139-9, ISBN: 3-8310-3139-8

"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 ..."



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