This is a wonderful study score to Rossini's wonderful masterpiece. The story of a Barber named Figaro, who is the person that everyone comes to seeking advice.
It's easy to read and the size is standard (9in x 12in). It lies easily on a music stand or desk. It's low price is great for the starving music student. I highly reccommend this for professionals and opera-goers alike.

One of Rossini's best operas, the Barber of Seville, is immortalized here in another one of Dover's fine scores. From the fast-paced overture to the "Figaro" aria (both made famous in old Bugs Bunny cartoons), this opera is nonstop greatness.

As usual, Dover has provided us with a book of the highest quality: they sew their books instead of gluing them so as for them to stay bound and be flexible, and they print legibly. Unfortunately, legible print is becoming disappointingly rare in modern scores, but Dover is the exception.

For a great score of a great opera at a great price, you can't go wrong with Rossini's Barber of Seville.

the "Jewel" in the Rough!
the "Magic Pill"
the "Formula for Future Success"
the "Process Improvement Champion"
the "Return-on-Investment Campion"
HIGHEST IMPROVEMENT POTENTIAL in "PRODUCTIVITY GAIN" IN MANUFACTURING OR BUSINESS BY INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN THE BETTERMENT OF SAVING TIME & MONEY IN OUR PURSUIT FOR PROFITS.
>>> leaving us just to measuring those PROFITS!
"HUMAN-CENTRIC INFORMATION" and not "computer-centric"
A must read! to ALL Business
>>> to the Manufacturing audience - reminding us of C.I.M.
by: TED Morawiec, a Process Improvement Consultant

Since I'm majoring in Information Resources Management, this book has tremendous impact on how to manage information effeciently and effectively. The seven rules illustrated in the book gave a clear picture on how to be an "IT Star". The core message of the book contains in the first part of the book. This is where the author explained the general overview of what the book is all about. By reading the first part of the book, readers will understand the concepts and approaches that are used in other parts of the book. For instance, what distiguishes IT Stars and IT Laggards and why IT Laggards always failed in obtaining their corporate goals. For future IT managers I would highyly recommend this book to be read for superior IT performance.

For the record, I have met and worked with Lois and Frisner for a brief and wonderful period in 2001. I cannot claim to know them as their close friends might, but they are both very dear to my heart and I'll remember my experience with them for the rest of my life. Lois has dedicated much of her professional, creative life to studying Haitian music and Vodou ceremonies that she learned both through Frisner and the time she has spent in Haiti. To my knowledge, there is no other book which documents the role of music in Haiti so consisely or accurately. The book is packed with excellent information, well written musical examples, and valuable insight. This is a must-have book for percussionists, musicologists, and anybody who has an interest in Carribean music and/or history (not excluding those who may be interested in Afro-American, Latin-American, Jazz/Fusion and their respective histories).

Both thumbs are enthusiastically UP!

I highly recommend this book. Wilcken has done us a great service in presenting the subject without prejudice. Her research is unprecedented. I'm recommending that Black bookstores in my area have copies on hand for sale.

Since there are so many versions of the Bible today I asked my Pastor to suggest a 'good study' bible. She suggested the The New Oxford Annotated Bible. I have found it easy to read with excellent explanations included. I esspecially like that it is a version of many scholars working together to interpret every word in a manner that reflects the intention of the 'original text'. I think they did an excelent job. My only regret is that I did not purchase the edition with the apocrypha.

You won't waste your money if you buy this bible. YOU MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE. This bible is an ecumenical work of different denomination scholars, well known theologians.

I saw this book first time in Apia, the capitol city of Samoa. It was the hard copy edition presented in the show case of the Rainforest Restaurant, whose owners were two historians working passionately on the creation of a small museum of Samoan Art and Culture for Samoa. I was astonished about the amount of details in this book. The more astonished I was as I saw that well situated Samoans were visiting the Swiss/German couple to consult this book regarding their genealogy and heritage, which might be as well in the traditional Samoan ruling nobility or even... divine!

For a contemporary reader Krämer's book might be a difficult lecture though. Krämer puts together facts and legends. Parts of the text are written in Samoan and I could not find out any specific rule for the switching between the German and Samoan languages. The translator of the book, Dr. Verhaaren, remarks in his foreword that Krämer was somewhat inconsistent in his spelling of Samoan words. In my opinion Krämer created a great documentary, but he was not a good writer. The great amount of details, which Krämer often calls by himself just a hearsay, have probably a great value for scholars or lovers of Polynesian mystique, but they might only confuse casual reader. Nevertheless he seems to be very careful about differentiation between facts and rumors.

One of the interesting aspects of this book are the details about the travels, marriages and wars between Samoans, Tongans and even the Melanesian Fijians. Many contemporary families on Samoa know through these reports that their heritage reaches hundreds of miles apart from Samoa. There was a good reason that Samoa became the name "Navigator Islands" after being discovered by the Europeans. Unfortunately, the contemporary Islanders lost solely their ability to navigate on the open Ocean over such distances.

The book contains a large number of beautiful photographs of Samoan people and of the entire Samoa from the colonial period of time as the Great Britain, USA and Germany were all friendly nations "negotiating" their spheres of influence in the Pacific. As you might know, Samoa is still a divided country and the American sponsored government in Pago Pago tries to deepen the differences between the Samoans on the neighboring Islands to prevent a reunification. It is fascinating to see the Samoa as one entity through Krämer's witness document of the past time.

This book is a fascinating "must have" collectible for passionate off road traveler and everyone else looking for the island nostalgia. The publisher, Hawaii Press, made a great effort to provide a splendid quality of typesetting and of print. The price is right. Get this book!

This is a comprehensive and interesting exposition on the history of Samoa.

It is a privilege that it is now available in English so that the information can be more widely read.

Contre Sainte-Beuve is an accumulation of Proust's crtical writings prior to and during the time he was writing his novel.

It's so long since I read my own Gallimard version which I lost long ago in a move. I had hoped to find it in Amazon's list and am pleased to know that there is at least an English version.

I forget now whther Proust's intriguing "Pastiches et Mélanges" is included in "Contre Sainte-Beuve", obviously it doesn't make sense to read that in English - his pastiches of influential late 19th century writers formed an important part of his preparation for the novel.

There are so many great joys in the essays - I remember best the little piece on Classicism and Romanticism which lyrically encapsulates much critical ground covered later by many of the most important modernists.

His essays on Nerval are absorbing too as I recall ("Sylvie") but most of all the general theme of the book is so cogent, a relentless rebuttal of Sainte-Beuve's impoverished positivist critical ideology.

"Contre Sainte-Beuve" is astonishingly contemporary avant la lettre, a salutary tonic for contemporary followers of Comte and Gradgrind.

A few centuries ago, when I was in college, I was assigned this novel in a course but never completed it. At the time I thought the work was pretentious and inaccessible.

Many years later, I chose to read the novel and was amazed by it. The portrait of a parochial, socially and sexually repressed Mexican town "on the edge of the storm" of the Revolution is searing. Images from the novel have stayed with me long after plot details have been forgotten, and I remain impressed with Yanez' prose.

The novel very deliberately incorporates the stream of consciousness techniques introduced by Joyce, and may be offputting to people who have little pacience with this narrative structure. On the other hand, the structure works well in providing snapshots of the tensions, needs, resentments, and pain of various villagers in isolated rural Jalisco. This is a work that is generally overlooked by people who have the Latin American literature bug. It shouldn't be, as it is one of the best novels from the region that I have read.

When your child starts to think that the holidays are nothing more than a chance to get lots of toys, it's time for Antonella and Her Santa Claus. It's a Christmas story they won't see animated on TV. This book will open your child's eyes to the meaning of Christmas... and giving. It's beautifully illustrated. Highly recommended!

An intersting book , aimed at expatriates, visitors and anyone else who wants to find out more about life in the State of Qatar. The country has undergone enormous changes over the past few years in terms of its economy,and standard of living. The expatriate community in Qatar has played a signifcant role in the overall development of the country for many years, and continues to grow and thrive as the State of Qatar is poised on the brink of a major leap forward thanks to the exploitation of its vast natural gas reserves.

Expatriate life in Qatar is rewarding and enjoyable. This book has been created with the aim of helping you make the most of your time here.

Francis Augustin O;Reilly's new book on Fredricksburg is well researced,well written and detailed in its micro-history approach to the Union defeat at the hand of Lee's Legions in December, 1862. O'Reilly's book is a military account of the battle eschewing the sociological implications of the battle delineated so well in George C. Rable's recent bestseller.
I enjoyed both books but would recommend Rable's book for the reader who has a general interest in the battle and doesn't care for detailed accounts of military strategy.
O'Reilly's book will be the standard military account for years to come. This impressive young historian now stands in the ranks of Robert K. Krick, Gordon Rhea and Peter Cozzens in the brilliant way he tells the story of the battle. Maps were helpful to the text (although more maps could always be used!). He did make the mistake of saying Lee's birtday was on Jan. 21 when the general was born on Jan. 19th.
Fredricksburg was the last complete battle where the gray legions were led by the peerless tandem of Lee and Jackson. The battle featured the first urban street fighting on a major scale in the Civil War. Fredricksburg also saw widespread looting by Union troops on a heretofore unprecedented scale.
Anyone planning to tour Fredricksburg should read this book. O'Reilly tells us of the important fighting on Prospect Hill and the slaughter before Marye's Heights (two separate battles).
I would enjoy hearing O'Reilly speak at our Civil War Round Table in Knoxville or on Book TV! I am impressed by this outstand author and Civil War scholar! An excellent work!

I was very excited when I heard that there would be a good old-fashioned campaign study of Fredericksburg coming out, and after reading it, I can honestly say it was worth the wait. The author is quite knowledgable about his subject, and I learned a great deal about the battle that I did not know before. The writing is quite good and very readable; O'Reilly is good at giving a sense that "you are there". He takes you through the entire campaign, from the construction of the pontoons and the confusing battle in the town, to the final grand assalts. He makes the interesting observation that there were really two separate battles on that winter day: the familiar one at Marye's Heights, and the often overlooked main effort at Prospect Hill. The Prospect Hill chapters were fascinating; I had no idea of scope of the savage fighting that occurred there. O'Reilly also gives ample space to Pelham's artillery duel on the Union flank, which has always been one of my favorite stories. He lets the soldiers themselves speak through diary entries and period accounts, which greatly enhances the realism. Also, the maps are quite good and certainly help to add to the comprehension of the battle. If you enjoy such authors as Earl Hess, Gordon Rhea, and John Hennessy then you will be right at home with this work. Highly recommended as the definitive account to fill the Fredericksburg void on your bookshelf.

I am a cavalry historian, and for years, I have found little of interest in the Fredericksburg Campaign. When I heard that Frank O'Reilly, whom I have known for a number of years, was working on a truly detailed tactical study of the Fredericksburg Campaign, I began looking forward to reading it.

Frank has done a superb job of chronicling the events of November and December 1862, casting a critical eye on the conduct of a battle that probably should never have been fought. Utilizing a vast array of sources and with a well-written narrative, Frank O'Reilly has done justice to a campaign that has long required a detailed tactical analysis.

I think that this is one of the finest campaign studies in years, on a par with the superb work of Gordon Rhea.