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Pictures the home life of Glenn Gould at his cottage retreat near Lake Simcoe, Ontario, where he plays his 60-year-old piano, kicks off his loafers and swings into a Bach fugue with collar aflare, shambles through the woods, and chats with fellow musician Franz Kraemer.

Glenn Gould, renowned Canadian concert pianist, in New York--kidding the cab driver, bantering with sound engineers at Columbia Records; and then, alone with the piano, fastidiously recording Bach's Italian Concerto.

"In 2001, The Little Bookroom published Truman Capote's long-out-of-print homage to Brooklyn, A house in the heights. In 2014, more than fifty years after they were taken, the original photographs commissioned to illustrate the piece have been discovered by the photographer's son. Also found among the negatives were portraits of Capote taken on that same day; none of the photos have ever been published. Now, in a new edition with a new title...the words and images will be united for the first time. The images of Brooklyn provide a stunning and atmospheric visual portrait of the city in 1959--its building, shops, street life, lost moments-- a Brooklyn at once strangely familiar yet largely vanished: horse-drawn wagons delivering produce to housewives, kids swimming in the East River and getting into mischief on the docks, dimly-lit bars, vintage signs, little girls jumping rope, bricklayers, barbers, neighborhood characters, all set against a backdrop of period architecture, that spectacular bridge, and the skyline of Manhattan. The essay itself brings to life the landscape that was for the author a world of grand homes and dimly recalled gentility, of mysterious warehouses and menacing street thugs, a garden overhung with wisteria, and the famous Promenade and waterfront--all rendered in his deft and stylish prose. Originally commissioned for Holiday magazine by John Knowles (later the author of A separate peace), the piece remained one of his favorites--especially its surprise ending. At the time, George Plimpton wrote that in the essay, Capote's 'love of history, gossip, character, and a skill at putting all this to words ... brings Brooklyn heights to life as vividly as any landscape Truman ever undertook to survey.' David Attie's photos enhance that landscape in a breathtaking way."-- Provided by publisher.

One of the great artistic forces of the twentieth century, performer, choreographer, and teacher Martha Graham influenced dance worldwide. Criterion presents a sampling of her stunning craft, all collaborations with television arts-programming pioneer Nathan Kroll. A Dancer’s World (1957), narrated by Graham herself, is a glimpse into her class work and methodology. Appalachian Spring (1958) and Night Journey (1961) are two complete Graham ballets, the first a celebration of the American pioneer spirit, scored by Aaron Copland, the second a powerfully physical rendering of the Oedipus myth. These are signature Graham works and tributes to the art of the human body.

• Also by; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; FOREWORD; Table of Contents; I
• TIGRIS BANK; II
• THE INCORRIGIBLE ROGUE; III
• ELIZABETH SUCCEEDED HENRY; IV
• AID TO THE CIVIL; V
• STUDENT'S INTERLUDE; VI
• COUNSEL OF FEARS; VII
• IT PAYS TO BE BOLD; VIII
• PERSIAN PATTERN; IX
• CAVIAR TO THE GENERAL.

Like most members of the professional military freemasonry, Slim came to admire ""all the soldiers of different races who have fought with me and most of those who have fought against me."" Among the most likable of his enemies were the Wazirs of India's Northwest Frontier. In 1920, Slim took part in a retaliatory raid on an obscure village. It was an unusually easy victory over the canny Wazirs, whom the British took by surprise and escaped from with scant loss. Afterwards, in the casual frontier way, the British sent a message to the Wazirs, expressing surprise at the enemy's unusually poor.

At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced readers to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Wollcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker. James Thurber captures not only a complex literary giant, but a historic friendship and a glorious era as well.
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This autobiography traces the life of Helen Traubel, a Missouri girl turned world class soprano. Traubel spent her teens and twenties singing with church choirs and quartets. When she reached her thirties she left Missouri for New York where she sang with the Metropolitan Opera.
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