Today, the names Bach and Mozart are mostly associated with Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But this volume of Bach Perspectives offers essays on the lesser-known musical figures who share those illustrious names alongside new research on the legendary composers themselves. Topics include the keyboard transcriptions of J. S. Bach and Johann Gottfried Walther; J. S. Bach and W. A. Mozart's freelance work; the sonatas of C. P. E. Bach and Leopold Mozart; the early...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the infamous, power-hungry Sith, beholden to the dark side, the time has come to rise again.“Full of lightsaber battles, the Jedi philosophy, and lots of new life-forms.”—Chicago Sun-TimesAfter years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. Key to his scheme are the Neim...

Die Bauphysik zählt nicht nur zu den klassischen Disziplinen des Bauwesens. In den letzten Jahrzehnten hat die Bedeutung der Bauphysik durch gestiegene Ansprüche an die Behaglichkeit und Nutzerzufriedenheit in den Gebäuden sogar erheblich zugenommen. Die Forderungen nach Energieeinsparung und Klimaschutz haben zudem zu einer stärkeren Einbeziehung bauphysikalischer Überlegungen in die Gebäudeplanung geführt. Das Buch behandelt die klassischen Teil- und Themenbereiche der Bauphysik: Wärmesc...

Der ruchlose Darth Sidious bereitet einen Schlag gegen die Republik vor, der sie ins Verderben reißen soll. Als seine Pläne verraten werden, will er die Mitwisser sterben lassen. Er schickt seinen besten Schüler aus: Darth Maul, den Schattenjäger...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the infamous, power-hungry Sith, beholden to the dark side, the time has come to rise again.“Full of lightsaber battles, the Jedi philosophy, and lots of new life-forms.”—Chicago Sun-TimesAfter years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. Key to his scheme are the Neim...

Does Thoreau belong to the past or to the future? Instead of canonizing him as a celebrant of “pure” nature apart from the corruption of civilization, the essays in Thoreauvian Modernities reveal edgier facets of his work—how Thoreau is able to unsettle as well as inspire and how he is able to focus on both the timeless and the timely. Contributors from the United States and Europe explore Thoreau’s modernity and give a much-needed reassessment of his work in a global context....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor the infamous, power-hungry Sith, beholden to the dark side, the time has come to rise again.After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. Key to his scheme are the Neimoidians of the Trade Federation. Then one of his Neimoidian contacts disappears, and Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspec...