Before Robert Silverberg won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards and became Grand Master of science fiction, he was a young man learning the art and craft of writing the genre. In "Science Fiction: 101," Silverberg reveals the roots of modern science fiction with thought-provoking essays about some of t[...]
A work in which Stravinsky, prompted by Robert Craft, reviewed his long and remarkable life. It brings the Imperial Russia of his childhood into focus, at the same time scanning what were at the time the brave new horizons of Boulez and Stockhausen.[...]
Includes the contents of the celebrated series of Conversations, dating from the last fifteen years of Stravinsky's life, that were taken down by Robert Craft in informal talks with the composer.[...]
Features Stravinsky's conversations with Robert Craft. This title delves into Stravinsky's memory and presents reminiscences of his childhood, youth and early manhood in Russia.[...]
Part of the series of "Stravinsky's Conversations with Robert Craft", this title includes the composition of "Oedipus Rex" (with letters to Cocteau), remarks on "Music and the Statistical Age", a review of recordings of "The Rite of Spring", and the sketches of Evelyn Waugh, Christopher Isherwood, A[...]
Collects together a number of the author's programme notes about his own works, among them the "Symphonies of Wind Instruments" and "Jeu de Carte". This title includes waspish letters to the press, wide-ranging interviews, prefaces and reviews, and a section entitled 'Squibs'.[...]
A perfect introduction to the life and works of Robert Rauschenberg. Part of a brand new series of well-illustrated, short introductory books on the visual arts.[...]
In his highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Art Matters: Hemingway, Craft, and the Creation of the Modern Short Story, Robert Paul Lamb delivers a dazzling analysis of the craft of this influential writer. Lamb scrutinizes a selection of Hemingway s exemplary stories to illuminate t[...]
Since the mid-1990s, the concept of strategic asymmetry has been receiving more serious attention from the U.S. Department of Defense. The September 11, 2001, attack on America, in which fully-loaded airplanes used as a form of stealth bomb with aerial fuel explosives hit the World Trade Center and [...]
The warrior's craft, according to Robert Spencer, is about gaining personal power -- that is, power within oneself rather than power over others through intimidation, violence, or manipulation. Drawing on a wealth of spiritual traditions, "The Craft of the Warrior presents the "warrior's way" to thi[...]
Robert Craft was assistant, companion and confidant to Igor Stravinsky for the last two decades of the composer's life, an intimate working relationship that is unique in musical history. Now, in his 90th year, Craft has produced a book of astonishing freshness, warmth and wit as he surveys through[...]
Generously illustrated with 950 photos, of which 730 are previously unpublished, this volume is as valuable as an identification guide as it is a practical handbook. Interesting snippets of history, ethnobotany, and biology inform the text and make this a lively catalogue of these remarkable plants.[...]