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Bach, like Shakespeare, is known largely by his works, exceptional in quantity as well as quality, and only a few original documents convey any idea o...
Paintings and People Dear to Me
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A Musical Biography
Peter Williams revisits Bach's biography through the lens of his music, revealing the development of the composer's interests and priorities....
This is a completely revised 2003 edition of volumes I and II of The Organ Music of J. S. Bach (1980), a bestselling title, which has subsequently bec...
How did the organ become a church instrument? In this fascinating investigation Peter Williams speculates on this question and suggests some likely an...
On his day, Peter Williams was the best motorcycle road racer in the world and is one of that small band of sportsmen, 'the best never to win a World ...
Many listeners and players are fascinated by Bach's Goldberg Variations. In this wideranging and searching study, Professor Williams, one of the leadi...
So attached was the author Patricia Highsmith to snails that they became her constant travelling companions. Often hidden in a large handbag, they pro...
These paperback editions makes Peter Williams's influential scholarship available to a wider field of readers, including those with an interest in the...
Communication, Technology, Power
This book deals with the social, cultural and especially political significance of media by shifting from the usual focus on the public sphere and pub...
Most books dealing with the history of the organ have confined themselves to a single period, area, or even country. This invaluable new work is the f...
This innovative volume brings together specialists in international relations to tackle a set of difficult questions about what it means to live in a ...
Is there evidence to believe the Gospels? The GospelsโMatthew, Mark, Luke, Johnโare four accounts of Jesusโs life and teachings while on earth. ...
Jellyfish are, like the mythical Medusa, both beautiful and potentially dangerous. Found from pole to tropic, these mesmeric creatures form an importa...
The "Chromatic Fourth" is a musical pattern of six notes moving by step up or down the scale. In this essentially practical study Peter Williams draws...
Japan's Secret Biological Warfare in World War II
Why was evidence of Japanese bacteriological and chemical warfare not presented at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal and what part did America play in the...
Navigating the Electronic Hypermaze
Digital Technology is becoming ever more used by people with learning disabilities for information, entertainment, to socialise and enjoy self-express...
Its sheer functionality, connectivity and accessibility make the Internet an information force to be reckoned with. However, there is very little qual...
A Factual Survey of Britain's Aid to Overseas Development Through Technical Assistance
Peter Williams has always had a searching spirit. He had a growing awareness of something else out there, another layer beyond his understanding; he h...
How Churches Came to Have Organs
If in the early seventh century travellers had crossed Christendom from Iona in Scotland to Basra on the Persian gulf, they would not have seen organs...
Personal Accounts of the Emperor's Warriors
โI had no qualms fighting the Australians, just as I have killed without remorse any of the Emperorโs enemies: the British, the Americans and the ...
New Zealand's pre-eminent criminal barrister looks back on his remarkable life and times. In his time as a criminal defence lawyer in the New Zealand ...
Bach's organ works--the best-known of all music ever written for the instrument--have been the subject of a great variety of interpretations, all too ...
Frankenstein (Indonesian edition)...
Blood Sweat and Beer is a tale of an innocent and naive little boy, born during post war austerity to a lower working class family. Told initially thr...
It is part of current missiological orthodoxy that newly created churches should obtain independence from cross-cultural missionaries as soon as possi...
The Life of Lord Desborough
William Grenfell, Lord Desborough, was, for many, the epitome of the perfect English gentleman: an exceptional sportsman, a dedicated public servant a...
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Chinese Edition)...
This book offers a clear explanation of the principles and practice of construction planning, programming and control during the preparation and const...
Region, Religion, and Architecture in the United States
Houses of God is the first broad survey of American religious architecture, a cultural cross-country expedition that will benefit travelers as much as...
Offers quantity surveyors, engineers, building surveyors and contractors clear guidance on how to recognise and avoid measurement risk. The book recog...
This authoritative text provides a detailed insight into how construction companies manage their finances at both corporate and project level. It will...
Everything you need to know about the Kokoda Trail and its place in Australian history Interest in the Kokoda Trail is growing rapidly among many Aust...
Myth and Reality
The fighting on the Kokoda Track in World War II is second only to Gallipoli in the Australian national consciousness. The Kokoda campaign of 1942 has...
Differentiation and Fragmentation
Originally published in 1990 and drawing on extensive research, this book provides an evaluation of the impact of the growth of home ownership in the ...