Kenneth McLeish Libros

The Oxford First Companion to Music is the first comprehensive music book for children under thirteen. Some of its special features are: * Content arranged by topic so that is can be read for interest as well as used for reference * "More about" boxes, referring to pages on related topics, to help with looking up facts * Numerous photographs and line drawings in full color, especially chosen to be informative rather than merely decorative * Over 50 short music examples, many easy enough to be picked out on a recorder or piano * Covers all kinds of music including music of the Far East and Africa as well as pop and jazz * Suggestions for music to listen to, a reminder that music is not just facts but an aural experience This is a book for all children who want to find out more about the music they enjoy through records, radio, television, or playing instruments.

More than 350 major authors, from Margaret Atwood to Mile Zola, through Bruce Chatwin, Aldous Huxley, and Nevil Shute, are arranged in alphabetical order, each with a short article on style, influences, settings, theme, along with a list of their salient works. At the end of each entry, a Read On" section directs readers to similar works by other authors."

Estrenada en el Teatro Real de Copenhague el 21 de diciembre de 1879, "Casa de muñecas" es una de las obras más famosas de Henrik Ibsen. La historia gira en torno a Nora Helmer, quien ha tomado prestada una gran suma de dinero en secreto para ayudar a su esposo a recuperarse de una grave enfermedad, antes del inicio de la obra. Nora ha conseguido este dinero falsificando la firma de su padre y pronto teme que su secreto sea descubierto cuando su esposo, Torvald, se convierte en director del banco y despide a un asociado, Nils Krogstad, quien conoce la transgresión de Nora. Cuando Krogstad amenaza con revelar el secreto de Nora, ella suplica a su esposo que no lo readmita, pero él se niega. La tensión que surge en el matrimonio de Nora y Torvald culmina cuando él finalmente se entera de la falsificación. Un drama impactante sobre un matrimonio fallido y sin amor, "Casa de muñecas" fue muy controvertido en su estreno debido a su actitud crítica hacia las normas matrimoniales del siglo XIX. Ibsen creía que la sociedad dominada por hombres no permitía a las mujeres ser verdaderamente ellas mismas, abogando así por el avance de los derechos de las mujeres.

Recreates the theater of Dionysos in Athens in the fifth century, B.C., the production and performance of Aristophanes' plays, and the conventions of acting at that time

This comprehensive guide to the mean streets of crime fiction takes you from Joan Aiken to P.B. Yuill, and suggests thousands of good reads in between. Includes locked-room mysteries; police procedurals; the art of crime; caper novels; great detectives; private eyes; the Mafia; courtroom stories and many more...

Going to see 'Shakespeare' and want a quick run-down on the plot?Studying Shakespeare and want to know who's who?Teaching the 'Henrys' and need a handy guide to histories?A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays gives all this and --an introduction to Shakespeare and his times--a note on the sources--cast lists--a synopsis for each play--main character descriptions--an essay on 38 plays.An essential, concise, and readable guide to all thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays.A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in the greatest of all English-language playwrights. Equally useful for actors, directors, and students-as well as for anyone planning to see a Shakespearean play-this book offers a great deal of information about Shakespeare in an accessible, succinct format. It looks at Shakespeare and his works from virtually every possible angle, including a section on Shakespeare and his time; a note on his sources; a synopsis of each play; descriptions of the main characters, which take note of the differences between the characters on the page and how they have been portrayed on the stage; and a brief, insightful essay on each work, which helps put the play in the context of Shakespeare's time as well as our own.