Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their lives learning to play. In Piano Notes, a finalist for a 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, Charles Rosen, one of the world's most talented pianists, distills a lifetime of wisdom and lore into an unforgettable tour of the ...(展开全部)

Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their lives learning to play. In Piano Notes, a finalist for a 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, Charles Rosen, one of the world's most talented pianists, distills a lifetime of wisdom and lore into an unforgettable tour of the ...(展开全部)

In this eloquent, intimate exploration of the delights and demands of the piano, world-renowned concert pianist and music writer Charles Rosen draws on a lifetime's wisdom to consider every aspect of the instrument: from what makes a beautiful sound to suffering from stage fright, from the physical challenges of playing to tales of great musicians, including Vladimir Horowitz's...(展开全部)

In this eloquent, intimate exploration of the delights and demands of the piano, world-renowned concert pianist and music writer Charles Rosen draws on a lifetime's wisdom to consider every aspect of the instrument: from what makes a beautiful sound to suffering from stage fright, from the physical challenges of playing to tales of great musicians, including Vladimir Horowitz's...(展开全部)

For fans of Ann Patchett's Bel Canto, Annie Proulx's Accordion Crimes, Amanda Coplin's The Orchardist A tour-de-force about two women and the piano that inexorably ties their lives together through time and across continents, for better and for worse. In 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, built ...(展开全部)

埃尔夫丽德·耶利内克，1946年10月20日生于奥地利的米尔茨楚施拉格一个有捷克犹太血统的家庭。自幼开始学习钢琴、管风琴和长笛，后进入维也纳音乐学院就读。1964年毕业后，进入维也纳大学学习戏剧和艺术史。1971年在维也纳大学获得管风琴硕士学位。70年代初，她辗转柏林、罗马等地。1974年与戈特弗里德·许恩斯贝格结婚，居住在慕尼黑和维也纳。耶利内克很早就开始写诗，1967年出版诗集《丽莎的影子》。1970年发表讽刺小说《宝贝，我们是诱饵》。此后写下了大量的小说、戏剧、散文和诗歌作品。代表作是带有自传成分的《钢琴教师》。主要作品有长篇小说《女情人们》(1975)、《钢琴教师》(1983)、《欲》(1989)、《死者的孩子们》(1995)、《贪婪》(2000)，戏剧《克拉拉S》(1981)、《城堡戏剧》(1985)、《在阿尔卑斯山上》(2002)、《死亡...(展开全部)

埃尔夫丽德·耶利内克，1946年10月20日生于奥地利的米尔茨楚施拉格一个有捷克犹太血统的家庭。自幼开始学习钢琴、管风琴和长笛，后进入维也纳音乐学院就读。1964年毕业后，进入维也纳大学学习戏剧和艺术史。1971年在维也纳大学获得管风琴硕士学位。70年代初，她辗转柏林、罗马等地。1974年与戈特弗里德·许恩斯贝格结婚，居住在慕尼黑和维也纳。耶利内克很早就开始写诗，1967年出版诗集《丽莎的影子》。1970年发表讽刺小说《宝贝，我们是诱饵》。此后写下了大量的小说、戏剧、散文和诗歌作品。代表作是带有自传成分的《钢琴教师》。主要作品有长篇小说《女情人们》(1975)、《钢琴教师》(1983)、《欲》(1989)、《死者的孩子们》(1995)、《贪婪》(2000)，戏剧《克拉拉S》(1981)、《城堡戏剧》(1985)、《在阿尔卑斯山上》(2002)、《死亡...(展开全部)

On a misty London afternoon in 1886, piano tuner Edgar Drake receives a strange request from the War Office: he must leave his wife, and his quiet life in London, to travel to the jungles of Burma to tune a rare Erhard grand piano. The piano belongs to Surgeon-Major Anthony Carroll, an enigmatic British officer, whose success at making peace in the war-torn Shan States is legen...(展开全部)

大卫•利奇菲尔德（David Litchfield），英国插画家。他擅长利用各种传统技术，然后再用数码技术组合各种不同元素创作。《大熊和钢琴》是他的图画书处女作。利奇菲尔德很小的时候就开始画画，为哥哥姐姐创作过星球战争和夺宝奇兵“混搭”的漫画。之后他的作品频繁出现在杂志、报纸、书籍和T恤上。利奇菲尔德在欧洲各国和美国举办过个人插画展。目前居住在英国的贝德福德郡。

Dive deep into the world of monster hunters, as the prominent characters from the universe take you on a guided tour of the fascinating dark fantasy adventure that is The Witcher. This gorgeous, illustrated hardbound volume contains in-depth knowledge about the locales, the deadly beasts that inhabit them, and the lethal weapons used to put them down.