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The sources included in this set chart the methodological and analytical change in economics that arose in the second half of the nineteenth century. The main characteristics of this change included an increasing reliance on mathematical methods, a revolution in the theory of value, and the rise of general equilibrium theory. This collection traces this long revolution over a fifty-year period for the first time, from William Stanley Jevons' The Theory of Political Economy (1871), to Eugen Slutsky's On the Theory of the Budget of the Consumer (1915).

The material features:
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Baby Roulette: A Humorous And Revealing Insight into the World of Ivf
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Humorous? It depends........2006-05-09

This is a novel by a British author that follows a couple as they find out what is causing their infertility and ultimately as they go through the rigors of IVF. They both have stressful jobs that affect them in a number of ways but they both have some great friends that, while very fertile, are very supportive and caring. There are some humorous moments but as British humor is a bit different from American humor, I would caution any Americans who are currently undergoing IVF that you won't probably find the story itself humorous. It is not. Yes, there are some funny comments here and there and definitely some funny moments, but you mostly feel the pain that they are going through. That said, if you are currently going through IVF, you may feel better reading this book because you'll know you're not the only one going through a tough time.

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By far the best of the Ligeti biographies

A Great Guide to Ligeti's Music

Gyoergy Ligeti: Music of the Imagination
Richard Steinitz
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ASIN: 1555535518

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Fuses biographical and musical analysis to provide a multi-layered portrait of one of the most influential and admired composers of the late twentieth century.

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not good gramma.......2006-09-03

His entire biography section in the beginning had numerous grammatical mistakes. It started bugging me so much I underlined every single one and sure enough, almost every page had one grammatical error. Very annoying.

The rest was fine except how some of the reviewers mentioned that the author made it out to be an analysis of Ligeti's music. Rather it is more like he's talking about the background of the piece while touching only the surface of the actual music.

superfluous and amateurish.......2006-06-30

One and one-half stars--say.

The author explains that he set out to write a book of musical analysis informed by the circumstances of the composer's life, not a biography. I agree that he hasn't written much of a biography; he tends to talk around Ligeti's life rather than about it. I disagree, however, that he's written a book of musical analysis. The "analysis" here is all gloss (clumsy references to "letter B" in the score, and so on, notwithstanding), more or less the sort of thing you get in orchestral program notes or in record liner notes--except that orchestral program notes and record liner notes are usually better written. Despite the author's claim (made repeatedly and redundantly) to have interviewed Ligeti himself in depth, great swaths of this are taken directly, sometimes verbatim, sometimes awkwardly paraphrased, from "Ligeti in Conversation". Purple prose, buzz words, and grammatical solecisms abound. No, if you want to read an engaging account of Ligeti's life, read Richard Toop's biography. If you want analytical glosses, get them from the horse's mouth; read "Ligeti in Conversation". Ligeti is a much better speaker than Steinitz is a writer, an articulate, provocative, man of keen intellect.

By far the best of the Ligeti biographies.......2004-11-11

Richard Steinitz's GYORGY LIGETI: Music Of The Imagination is the best biography of this contemporary composer available today, and essential reading for those who are passionate about Ligeti's output. It goes as far as the premier of the "Hamburg Concerto" and the 2000 set of Weores songs, and as Ligeti has composed little to nothing in the meantime, the book is still entirely up to date.

Steinitz's work alternates biographical details with analysis of Ligeti's works. One learns a lot more about Ligeti's life from this biography than from others, as Steinitz was fortunate enough to have several conversations with Ligeti. The analysis of Ligeti's music can occasionally get pretty technical, but even those with a passing knowledge of music theory can learn a lot from the book. The biography certainly expands one's appreciation of Ligeti's music, which is what one hopes for from a musical biography. After this you'll easily hear how "Lux Aeterna" (written, we're told, during an addiction to morphine) and "Lontano" are linked through a similar melody hidden in each. The inspirational basis of each Piano Etude is revealed, and "San Francisco Polyphony" stops seeming like a throwaway work and instead as a key part of Ligeti's maturation.

This is, in a way, "authorised biography". There is a lot of adoration of Ligeti, and Steinitz takes Ligeti's side in the coverage of polemic in the book, such as in Ligeti's opposition to Peter Sellar's staging of "Le Grand Macabre" and the composer's disappointment with the ensembles chosen to complete Sony's "Gyorgy Ligeti Edition" series. Since I am myself a faithful fan of Ligeti, I don't see this as a downside.

If you've been collecting the two series' of Ligeti's collected works in performances supervised by the composer himself (Sony's "Gyorgy Ligeti Edition" and Teldec's "The Ligeti Project"), consider this a vital companion to getting the most out of the music. I really can't find anything to complain about with the book.

A Great Guide to Ligeti's Music.......2003-06-26

Richard Steinitz has written a book that all lovers of Ligeti's music should read. It might well persuade others to try the music, too. It is a book long in the making, Steinitz has been in contact with Ligeti over years, and has had extensive time with him to check details.

There is a mass of biographical information, especially about the early years in Transylvania and in the whirling political confusion of WW2 and the immediate post-war years. Fascinating stuff, although this isn't a biography in the sense of trying to investigate all the ins and outs of Ligeti's psyche (and all the better for that!)

It has to be said that if, like me, you are not musically trained, then some of the analysis is pretty tough. There were places where I had no choice but to skip. Sometimes, as in the discussion of the piano etudes, the sheer density of the musicological argument is daunting.

But I've still given the book 5 stars. When the technicalities got too much I put down the book and listened to a recording of the music instead. Then I found that the ideas I could take from the discussion were stimulating a richer hearing. My ears were bigger! For example, I have never put "San Francisco Polyphony" that high in my favourites of Ligeti's work - but I need to reconsider that now I've read and re-listened. The turn in Ligeti's work with the Horn Trio is clearly established, as are other key turning points in Ligeti's oeuvre and this enables a crtitical, historical, approach to the music.

So I've been helped to sudy (by ear) Ligeti in greater depth. Richard Steinitz, founder of the wonderful and important Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in Britain, has already done so much for modern music - and this book is another invaluable contribution.

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Title: Gyorgy Ligeti: Music of the Imagination.(Book Review)
Author: Jane Piper Clendinning
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: 60 Issue: 3 Page: 674(3)

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Gyorgy Ligeti: Music of the Imagination
Richard Steinitz
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In addition to its more well known literary and artistic origins, the French surrealist movement drew inspiration from currents of psychological anxiety and rebellion running through a shadowy side of mass culture, specifically in fantastic popular fiction and sensationalistic journalism. The provocative nature of this insolent mass culture resonated with the intellectual and political preoccupations of the surrealists, as Robin Walz demonstrates in this fascinating study. Pulp Surrealism weaves an interpretative history of the intersection between mass print culture and surrealism, re-evaluating both our understanding of mass culture in early twentieth-century Paris and the revolutionary aims of the surrealist movement.
Pulp Surrealism presents four case studies, each exploring the out-of the-way and impertinent elements which inspired the surrealists. Walz discusses Louis Aragon's Le paysan de Paris, one of the great surrealist novels of Paris. He goes on to consider the popular series of Fantômes crime novels; the Parisan press coverage of the arrest, trial, and execution of mass-murderer Landru; and the surrealist inquiry "Is Suicide a Solution?", which Walz juxtaposes with reprints of actual suicide faits divers (sensationalist newspaper blurbs).
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Very intelligent

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Good information. Summarizes and tells about the characters.

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Michael French
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For the X-Files fanatic.......2001-06-06

A thoroughly well researched book. I found a few of the nit-picks a bit too trivial for my liking, but on the whole I found this book to be well worth the reading time.

One inaccuracy I did find was when the author mentioned that a computer can't turn itself on when the phone rings (this happened to Scully in "Ghost In The Machine"). I guess he's never heard of a PC with wake-on-ring.

Very intelligent.......1999-12-06

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great X-files book for the fans.......1999-10-07

This book is simple yet fantastic. It has loads of facts, quotes and nitpicks without being predictable or samey. There are also interesting tables showing number of people dying per episode and so on. The layout gives the book an extra dimension too, being not too cramped and distinctive. This is only for the first couple of series, but any real fan should get it anyway. And if you're not yet an X-Files convert, you will be after reading this.

Good information. Summarizes and tells about the characters........1998-12-06

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Step by Step Microsoft Outlook 2000.......2002-07-27

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Un libro sumamente didáctico, fácil y esencial para usar al máximo el Outlook 2000.

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