26 Arrangements. ... Suitable for beginning pianists of all ages, this volume features 26 simplified versions of longer pieces by the great Johannes Brahms arranged in order of increasing difficulty. Selections include the famous "Lullaby" as well as the theme from "Academic Festival Overture" and "Hungarian Dance No. 5". Additional melodies include themes from the composer's quintet and concertos for piano, "Variations on a Theme by Haydn" and other pieces. ... |
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This compilation of easy-to-play ragtime favorites features 24 rollicking melodies by "The Big Three" of ragtime - Scott Joplin, James Scott and Joseph Lamb - plus pieces by Eubie Blake, Tom Turpin and other artists. Popular tunes include "Maple Leaf Rag", "The Entertainer" and "Tiger Rag". Novices of all ages will delight in these simplified arrangements of carefully selected pieces. The editor provides suggested fingerings and comments on each piece that include background on the composers and tips for performance. Along with the twenty-four piano arrangements, this collection ... |
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One of the twentieth century's most admired and influential authors, G. K. Chesterton (1874 – 1936) created an enduring body of work that encompasses journalism, poetry, plays, history, biography, apologetics, and detective fiction. Chesterton's thought-provoking writings have profoundly affected countless readers, including C. S. Lewis, Michael Collins, and Mahatma Gandhi. This anthology features two unabridged works of fiction: Chesterton's thriller, "The Man Who Was Thursday", and his short story collection, "The Club of Queer Trades". The book also includes six tales from the ever- ... |
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In Easy-to-Read Type. ... One of American Literature's best-loved classics, this entertaining tale about a good "bad boy" has thrilled generations of readers since it was first published in 1876. Tom Sawyer chronicles the escapades of a mischievous but well-meaning young lad who - in Twain's words - "was not the Model Boy of the village. He knew the model boy very well though - and hated him." As Tom bounds along from one adventure to another, usually just one step ahead of calamity, readers are introduced to a colorful cast of characters, among them Tom's feazzzled Aunt Polly, his ... |
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Quick reads by great writers. This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... "To buy books would be a good thing", observed Arthur Schopenhauer , "if we also could buy the time to read them". All devoted readers long for more time to spend with their books, and the next best thing to buying time is making the most of the available moments. "Great Short Short Stories: Quick Reads by Great Writers" offers that opportunity. An outstanding collection of 30 brilliant short stories, each just six or fewer pages in length, it provides the chance to absorb an entire story (or ... |
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Among the country's greatest artistic contributions, twentieth-century Russian literature was revolutionary on its approach to realism, injecting characters with human weaknesses familiar to all. It also provided fodder for other such important concepts as existentialism and even passive resistance, which was rooted in the works of Tolstoy and practiced successfully by Gandhi and Martin Luther King. The twelve powerful short stories in this collection are excellent examples of writing by the foremost authors from Russia's Golden Age of Literature. Ideal for students of Russian literature, this magnificent ... |
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Edited by David A. Jasen. ... Throughout history, few musical crazes have hit with such impact, had such a heyday and lingered so hauntingly as ragtime. Ragtime arrived on the upswing of Tin Pan Alley, when the popularity of pianos in the home was reaching its peak and an endless stream of sheet music flowed out to meet the demand. In the early 1900s, no name was more prominent on those sheet-music covers and no one wrote ragtime music more brilliantly than Scott Joplin. This wonderful book brings together in one superbly produced playing edition all thirty-eight of Scott Joplin's piano rags, including his six ... |
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"Dover" empower your life series. ... Change your life by changing your beliefs! This user's guide to the mind explains how to control the force of subconscious thought with the techniques of autosuggestion and visualization. Learn how to attain self-confidence, create harmonious relationships, accumulate wealth, overcome fears, banish bad habits, promote physical healing, and achieve well-being and happiness. Dr. Murphy's techniques have helped readers all over the world. Inspiring examples throughout this book attest to the effectiveness of his methods. ... |
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Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and others. Introduction by Mike Ashley . ... Fans of horror and the supernatural will savor the dark delicacies in this spine-tingling anthology of the genre's very best. Featuring an international gallery of the world's great horror writers, this collection celebrates one of literature's most popular forms of fiction with 14 masterfully crafted tales of terror. "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." H. P. Lovecraft ... |
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Featuring 19 of the finest works from the most distinguished writers in the American short-story tradition, this new compilation begins with Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1835 tale "Young Goodman Brown" and ranges across an entire century, concluding with Ernest Hemingway 's 1927 classic, "The Killers". Other selections include Poe 's "The Tell-Tale Heart", Melville's "Bartleby", Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp", "To Build a Fire", by Jack London , "The Real Thing" by Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair& ... |
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A tribute to the first great age of fictional sleuthing, this delightful collection of 13 mystery classics is devoted to the genuine tale of ratiocination, "in which the detective solves the crime by investigation and observation, by using his or her wits". Douglas G. Greene, a widely recognized authority in the field of mystery fiction, provides an introduction and informative headnotes for the stories. Included among these gems, written between 1841 and 1920, are Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", widely acknowledged as the first detective story; Charles Dickens ' " ... |
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Unabridged. In Easy-to-Read Type. ... Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a brilliant Scottish, man of letters and serious student of folklore. His series of "fairy books" is generally regarded as among the world - from Norse and Icelandic sources, from the Far East, Mideast, Europe, Africa, Australia, and many other areas - these books not only introduced generations of youngsters to the enchanting world of fairyland but gave adults an opportunity to return to the wonderful realm of make-believe. This delightful selection of six popular tales from Lang's Blue Fairy Book includes charming versions of " ... |
