The Piano Basketball

The Piano BasketballA fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UKs most renowned concert pianists Tomes . . . casts her net widely, taking in chamber music and concertos, knotty avant garde masterworks and (most welcome) jazz.Richard Fairman, Financial Times, Best Books of 2021: Classical Music [One of] the most beautiful books I got my hands on this year. . . . About the shaping of this maddening, glorious, unconquerable

Once you have experienced Steiner's powerful exploration of Matthew

Conceição Evaristo

advanced stitches for lace

Nothing dynamic can live for long as a blank slate

he made no attempt to answer the deeper question- what is life

All Rio wants is for Mum to get better so he can return home

all featuring Jane Marple

Claudius he watches from the sidelines to record the reigns of its emperors- from the wise Augustus and his villainous wife Livia to the sadistic Tiberius and the insane excesses of Caligula

But when she-along with a charming intern/budding art curator named Joshua-is dismissed from the Vogue shoot taking place at the Frick Collection

practicing the art of fermentation

Death to Jar Sauce will see you through the good times and the tough times

From the moment you get the good news to the first birthday