20 studies for the classical guitar written by Beethoven's contemporary, Fernando Sor, revised, edited and fingered by the great classical guitarist Andres Segovia. These essential repertoire pieces continue to be used by teachers and students to build solid classical technique. Features a 50-minute[...]

The Washington Post Book World has written that Fernando Pessoa was "Portugal's greatest writer of the twentieth century [though] some critics would even leave off that last qualifying phrase" and "one of the most appealing European modernists, equal in command and range to his contemporaries Rilke [...]

Bark Beetles: Biology and Ecology of Native and Invasive Species provides a thorough discussion of these economically important pests of coniferous and broadleaf trees and their importance in agriculture. It is the first book in the market solely dedicated to this important group of insects, and co[...]

Music for a Small Boat Crossing a Medium Size River. A series of photographs by Fernando Ortega shows an unspoiled countryside, a smugglers boat on a river in Mexico. Refering to this picture, the artist says that during their visit, the boatman made them listen to music but it is interrupted each t[...]

Den samtida brasilianska novellkonsten är utpräglat urban, och liksom storstaden är den heterogen, bildrik och oförutsägbar. Sedan sextiotalet har mångfalden av stilar ständigt blivit allt större. 1970-talets boom har ofta beskrivits som en storhetstid för novellen i Brasilien, men egentlig[...]

Paulo Coelho is a worldwide phenomenon. At a time when he is coming up to the fantastic achievement of 100 million copies sold worldwide across all his books, his fans will be delighted with the first ever official biography of Paulo, an in-depth look at his life and work, and what makes him the muc[...]

From local Madrid idol to Kop hero and European Championship winner, one of soccer's hottest properties talks about the unique challenges faced in his two years in England, with candid snapshots of his life on and off the field At the age of 25, Spain's Fernando Torres has already established himsel[...]

Provides an understanding of the physical phenomenon behind electrooptics. This text describes in detail modern electrooptic materials and operative physical mechanisms. It also reviews device applications in both bulk and waveguide technologies. It features tables and illustrations to facilitate un[...]

A modernist masterwork that has now taken on a similar iconic status to "Ulysses", "The Trial" or "In Search of Lost Time", Fernando Pessoa's "The Book of Disquiet" is edited and translated with an introduction by Richard Zenith in "Penguin Modern Classics". 'Fernando Pessoa, strictly speaking, does[...]

This is the largest and richest volume of poetry by Pessoa available in English. It includes generous selections from the three poetic alter egos that the Portuguese writer dubbed "heteronyms" - Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis and Alvaro de Campos - and from the vast and varied work he wrote under his [...]