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F.A. Bischoff
The book itself is old a smells like it's been in storage. I wish that had been mentioned in the description. It's seen better days, but the prints are good and the content is fine.
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Great book about Franz A. Bischoff
Jean Stern did a superb job documenting the history of this important California artist. As one of America's foremost buyers of Franz Bischoff paintings, I highly recommend this book. www.LawrenceBeebe.com ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This Book Is In German. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Old European Cities: Twenty-four 16th Century City Maps and Texts From the Civitates Orbis Terrarum of Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg.A collection of 24 maps in their original full-color from the great pictorial atlas 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' created between 1572 & 1618. These maps were a departure in map-making, being oblique pictorial views - as if seen from a neighboring hillor else near-vertical views. Arthur Hibbert gives and intriguing introduction to the art of reading these early examples of cartology. There is also a description by Ruthardt Oehme, a recognized authority on medieval maps, of conditions under which the maps were made, and the processes involved in early copper engravings. ... Read more

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Interesting selection of German short stories at a great price
As someone who likes reading short stories and also works of world literature, I have been collecting and reading short stories from various countries and was pleased to come across the immensely affordable Dover Thrift Editions. The book itself may not be of superior quality, but neither is it of inferior quality. The covers are beautiful and the paper quality is not altogether fine [rather flimsy in fact], but once again, it's value for money.

The stories featured in this collection are:
"Death in Venice" - Thomas Mann [translated by Kenneth Burke]
"Flagman Thiel" - Gerhart Hauptmann [translated by Adele S Seltzer]
"In the Penal Colony" - Franz Kafka [translated by Stanley Appelbaum]
"The Golden Pot" - E.T.A. Hoffmann [translated by Thomas Carlyle]
"How Old Timofei Died With a Song" - Rainer Maria Rilke [translated by Stanley Appelbaum]
"The Earthquake in Chile" - Heinrich Von Kleist [translated by Stanley Appelbaum]
"Lieutenant Gustl" - Arthur Schnitzler [translated by Stanley Appelbaum]
"The Story of the Just Casper and Fair Annie" - Clemens Brentano [translated by Carl F Schreiber]

I'd highly recommend this collection to fans of the genre and those who like world literature.
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Franz Liszt ... through the eyes of his students!
This is another tome on Franz Liszt that should be snapped up when it appears at Amazon. In fact, Amazon shows 'currently unavailable' because when I finally saw the title at Amazon from one lone vendor, I bought it immediately! If it's presented again and the price is decent, grab it! Now I'll give you the reasons: one of the ways to better 'know' Liszt [and other than being Dr. Alan Walker!] is to read the tomes about Liszt from his master class students which get into the Liszt methodology and of course the man and master himself.

As an example, I have the Amy Fay 'letters home' book when she studied with Liszt, the August Göllerich diary, the Carl Lachmund diary [pricey that one but hard to find and excellent material] and even the depressing [with regard to the MIStreatment of Liszt in his final days] Lina Schmalhausen diary and now this one where more former Liszt pupils, Arthur Friedheim [1859-1932] and Alexander Siloti [1863-1945] add to the Liszt literature albeit with first hand personal knowledge of the man, master and veritable legend, Franz Liszt. This book is edited by Mark N. Grant whose own tome, "Maestros of the Pen: A List of Classical Music Criticism in America" [446 pages, published in 2001] is also highly recommended!

Liszt from the perspective of his Weimar students is the next best thing to Dr. Alan Walker's own magnificent 3 volume Franz Liszt trilogy and related books on Liszt written by Dr. Walker for a clear picture of Liszt and his methodology ranging from those famous Weimar Liszt quips a la those "uninvited guests" [Liszt buzzword for what the fraternity today calls the common 'clinker' or to the non '88' involved, 'wrong notes'], the 'dirty wash' comment or the ultimate sign that the master was displeased and his mention of the word 'conservatory' with the translation being that the pupil was not yet ready for Liszt master classes.

As I said in another review about becoming one of Liszt's pupils, and once again using an analogous phrase, to wit, 'many are called, but few are chosen' because contrary to popular belief is was de facto 'assumed' one knew the instrument quite well 'before' seeking out Franz Liszt. Or indeed, the reactions of the 'pupils' to one's playing ability which in itself could be, shall we say, a quick return trip from whence one came! In effect, the group master class with the master was a well 'earned' privilege. In one case, a student presented a letter of recommendation from royalty whereupon Liszt dryly commented,"Impressive remarks ... but more preferable to presenting such glowing letters and testaments from Queens, first allow me to hear you play." Hey, move to 2005 just for purposes of making point here, the 12th Van Cliburn and Joyce Yang [Silver medalist] speaking about nervousness in that DVD radio interview, to wit, "Actually it wasn't the day I arrived ... as much as it was hearing 'others' [emphasis mine] play."

Make a mental note on this tome when it becomes available! So too, check out the other books written by various Liszt students all of which place you right at the scene in Weimar with only the sound missing!


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Hast du es satt, Flirttipps zu bekommen, die sowieso nicht funktionieren?Die heutigen Flirtbücher drehen sich alle um die eine Frage "Was muss ich tun, um eine Frau zu beeindrucken?" Du liest Vorschläge, Tipps und Tricks und wunderst dich, warum nichts klappt. Nun willst du endlich wissen, was eine Frau am meisten beeindruckt. Die Antwort ist ganz einfach. Du beeindruckst eine Frau am meisten, wenn du nicht einmal daran denkst, sie zu beeindrucken. Frauen merken, wenn du versuchst, ihre Gunst um jeden Preis zu gewinnen. Das langweilt sie. Frauen wollen Herausforderung! Auf falsche Fragen bekommst du auch die falschen Antworten.Die richtige Frage ist, wie du auf natürliche Weise so interessant wirst, dass Frauen sich zu dir hingezogen fühlen. Du lernst in diesem Buch, wie du deine Persönlichkeit weiterentwickeln und deine Kommunikation selbstsicherer und verführerischer gestalten kannst. Du lernst, deine Hemmungen beim Ansprechen zu überwinden und bekommst praktische Übungen gestellt. Du lernst systematisch, Frauen zu erobern. Das hier vermittelte Wissen wird schon seit einigen Jahren von einer weltweit verbreiteten Männerbewegung erfolgreich angewendet. Dieses Buch ist deine Eintrittskarte in diese Gemeinschaft und gleichzeitig der Beginn deiner aufregenden Reise in die Tiefen des "Mysteriums Frau", dessen Geheimnisse du Stück für Stück lüften wirst.www.pickup-handbuch.de ... Read more