This book is a classic in every sense of the word and belongs on the bookshelf of every lover of music in the world. Essential.

Buying this book is a good way to start building a library of scores. You get a fair bit of the basic repertoire in one fell swoop, as it were. Unlike as in certain other Norton anthologies, whole works are represented here, and they aren't cluttered with a primary melodic line trace. It's odd that Beethoven's third symphony and Tchaikovsky's fourth symphony are always studied in music history courses. Why not Beethoven's and Tchaikovsky's fifths? Too popular? Too good? Oh, well, you can pick up these scores later. I also recommend "Pentatonic Scales for the Jazz Rock Keyboardist" by Jeff Burns.

Should English be declared the official language of the United States? Should students be educated in their native language? For how long? Why? This balanced examination of a hot issue, originally written for young adults, can be used in college level courses in sociology, education, and politics. Providing a historical overview often missing from newspaper articles in 8 concise chapters, the book provided me with a far better understanding of the complicated politics of simply teaching English as a Second Language to immigrants. I found the complicated arguments, presented in relatively simple words, far more interesting than jargon-ladden essays usually read in university courses.

I found this book when I was trying to find an in-depth explanation about the step size updating scheme of the RKF45 method. I had seen some other books (Including Numerical Recipes) but this one was the easiest to understand. It has many examples, tips and tricks about practical problems. It is definetely a must for people interested in numerical methods.The only downside of it is its price.