Bebop Riddle IV - Hummingbird Jamboree for reed quintet
Nimbus
Book
$129.99Feb 06, 2026
Thomas' imagination for Bebop Riddle IV - Hummingbird Jamboree was inspired by the vibrant, dazzling technique, flair, spirit for adventure, and musicality of the Akropolis Reed Quintet. When composing, playing, and hearing Bebop Riddle IV, the virtuosity, flexibility, and energy of superstar jazz artists leaps to ear and mind. These forces, when intersected with other specific musical perfumes, formulate a unique sonic palette. A working image for this composition is that of a hummingbird jamboree-animated, sprightly, energized hummingbirds zipping around in all directions. Hummingbirds hover at rapid wing-flapping rates, which are signified by the trills in the composition. Hummingbirds are the only vertebrates capable of sustained hovering and can fly backwards and upside-down, which inspired the music's whimsical and dexterous turns of flight.
Augusta read thomas :rainbow bridge to paradise (2016)For Solo ViolaDuration: c. 4½ minutesFormat: 8-page A4 saddle stitched sheet musicAlso available for solo violin (NMP1043) and solo cello (NMP1045)“Rainbow Bridge to Paradise starts at the very bottom note of the cello, in the deep, rich, elegant tones of the instrument and traverses to the very bright, clear, clean, optimistic top register of the instrument. This music’s vibrant, expressive and distinct ‘picture’ is one of an ascent from earth to paradise across a colorful bridge.” Augusta Read Thomas
Journal of the Plague Year / Daniel Defoe (unabridged) [9 CDs]
Naxos AudioBooks
CD
$32.97$65.98Save 50%Nov 09, 2018
First published in March 1722, 57 years after the event that struck more than 100, 000 people, A Journal of the Plague Year is a compelling portrait of life during London's horrific bubonic plague. Through the eyes of H.F. (speculated to be Defoe's uncle, Henry Foe, from whose journals the book was supposedly adapted) we witness great grief, depravity and despair: crazed sufferers roam the streets, unearthly screams resound across the city, death carts dump their grisly loads into mass graves, and quackery and skulduggery feed on fear. But there is kindness and courage too, as mutual support and caring are upheld through the worst of days. Defoe's Journal is considered one of the most accurate accounts of the plague, and includes many contemporary theories about the disease, along with rolls of the dead and a literary mapping of London, street by street, parish by parish. It is a fascinating and intimate account from one of the earliest proponents of the novel.
Les Penseurs de l’islam - Avicenne; Al-ghazali; Averroes; Ib
Frémeaux
CD
$32.99Jan 16, 2026
Dans cet ouvrage, l'islamologue Boumediene Benyahia nous presente la pensee de quatre figures majeures de l'histoire intellectuelle de l'islam : Avicenne, Al-Ghazali, Averroes et Ibn Arabi. Apres avoir retrace la genese de l'islam au VIIe siecle en Arabie et la formation des grandes ecoles de droit musulman aux VIIIe et IXe siecles, l'auteur met en lumiere l'influence de la philosophie grecque sur la pensee islamique et la maniere don't ces penseurs ont faconne un dialogue entre theologie, droit et metaphysique. À travers une analyse rigoureuse et accessible, il revisite les debats et controverses qui ont oppose ces figures intellectuelles et marque l'histoire de la pensee islamique. L'ouvrage souligne le rôle essentiel de ces penseurs dans la transmission et la circulation des idees entre l'Orient et l'Occident au Moyen Âge, temoignant de la richesse et de la complexite de cette tradition philosophique et spirituelle. Par cette approche historique et analytique, l'auteur offre aux lecteurs des cles pour mieux comprendre les dynamiques intellectuelles qui ont structure la pensee islamique et leur place dans l'histoire des idees. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX In this work, Islamologist Boumediene Benyahia presents the thinking of four major figures in the intellectual history of Islam: Avicenna, Al-Ghazali, Averroes and Ibn Arabi. After tracing the origins of Islam in 7th-century Arabia and the formation of the great schools of Muslim law in the 8th and 9th centuries, the author highlights the influence of Greek philosophy on Islamic thought and how these thinkers shaped a dialogue between theology, law and metaphysics. Through rigorous and accessible analysis, he revisits the debates and controversies that divided these intellectual figures and marked the history of Islamic thought. The book highlights the essential role of these thinkers in the transmission and circulation of ideas between East and West in the Middle Ages, testifying to the richness and complexity of this philosophical and spiritual tradition. Through this historical and analytical approach, the author offers readers keys to better understanding the intellectual dynamics that structured Islamic thought and their place in the history of ideas. Audiobook, in French. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX CD1 - LA GENeSE DE L'ISLAM : MOTS ET CONCEPTS DE L'ISLAM - L'ARABIE ET LA MECQUE AU VIIE SIeCLE - L'ENFANCE DE MUHAMMAD - L'HeGIRE ET LA PRISE DE LA MECQUE - LES QUATRE eCOLES JURIDIQUES SUNNITES - DROIT ET eMERGENCE DE LA PHILOSOPHIE - LA FEMME ET L'ISLAM. CD 2 - AVICENNE, AL-GHAZALI ET IBN ARABI : LA VIE D'AVICENNE - AVICENNE ET L'APPROCHE RATIONNELLE DE L'ISLAM - AL-GHAZALI, PHILOSOPHE, THeOLOGIEN ET JURISTE PERSE MUSULMAN - AL-GHAZALI, IBN ARABI ET LA QUESTION DE LA ReSURRECTION DES ÂMES. CD3 : AVERROeS : SON OEUVRE - IBN ARABI : SA RENCONTRE AVEC AVERROeS - SUR LA QUESTION DE L'ÂME - LES DIMENSIONS DU NOBLE CORAN - SUR LA CROYANCE ET LA FOI - LE STATUT DE LA FEMME - LA RELIGION DE L'AMOUR - CONCLUSION : LE LEGS DES PENSEURS DE L'ISLAM. COLLECTION ISLAM DES LUMIeRES DIRECTION COLLECTION : CLAUDE COLOMBINI FReMEAUX EN PARTENARIAT AVEC LA GRANDE MOSQUeE DE PARIS
Gabriel Martinez-Gros est professeur emerite d'histoire medievale de l'Islam à l'universite de Nanterre, specialiste de l'ideologie omeyyade et grand connaisseur de la pensee d'Ibn Khaldûn. L'historien nous presente une histoire d'Al- Andalus, c'est-à-dire de l'Espagne conquise par les troupes musulmanes au VIIIe siecle, durant les conquetes arabes, puis dirigee par les califes omeyyades de Cordoue jusqu'au XIe siecle. La guerre civile, fitna en arabe, entre les emirs andalous, et la poussee chretienne de la Reconquista, vont progressivement mettre fin à la presence musulmane en Espagne. Gabriel Martinez-Gros livre un recit marque par le souci de restituer les ideologies des differents acteurs comprises dans un contexte economique, politique intellectuel et social brillamment retrace. Cette histoire d'Al Andalus, nous rappelle l'historien, est l'objet d'un debat historiographique don't il trace les contours. C'est aussi un enjeu pour la societe espagnole contemporaine qui renouvelle son regard sur son passe. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX. Gabriel Martinez-Gros is Emeritus Professor of Medieval Islamic History at the University of Nanterre, a specialist in Umayyad ideology and a great connoisseur of the thought of Ibn Khaldûn. The historian presents a history of Al-Andalus, i.e. Spain conquered by Muslim troops in the 8th century, during the Arab conquests, and then ruled by the Umayyad caliphs of Cordoba until the 11th century. The civil war (fitna in Arabic) between the Andalusian emirs and the Christian thrust of the Reconquista gradually brought an end to the Muslim presence in Spain. Gabriel Martinez-Gros delivers an account marked by a concern for restoring the ideologies of the various players included in a brilliantly traced economic, political, intellectual and social context. The historian reminds us that this history of Al Andalus is the subject of a historiographical debate, the contours of which he outlines. It is also a challenge for contemporary Spanish society, which is renewing it's view of it's past. Audiobook, in French.
Phineas Finn, a handsome young man of 23, comes to England to make his fortune in parliamentary politics. But despite all his aspirations, Finn is haunted by ethical questions as his personal convictions conflict with his duty towards his party. Loyalty versus honour, love versus money, and privacy versus prominence: our eponymous hero faces a variety of dilemmas as he navigates his way through the House of Commons. The second installment of Trollope’s celebrated Palliser series, Phineas Finn is a delightful and humorous look at the complexity of human relationships and the politics surrounding the Second Reform Bill of the 1860s.
The notion of protection highlights contrasting realities: on one hand, Palestinians, deprived of security guarantees; on the other, Israelis, marked by the fear of a constant threat. These situations fuel tensions, particularly annexation, settlement expansion, and international recognition. Emmanuelle Morau underscores, through these issues, a broader inability to guarantee and acknowledge the fundamental rights of peoples-a failure illustrated by what the West refers to as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her work raises an essential ethical question: that of our collective difficulty in recognizing all human beings as equal. It thus invites reflection on the possibilities of coexistence and sharing between peoples who stem from a common cultural and linguistic heritage. Audiobook, in French.
Marshall, H.E.: Best of Our Island Story (The) (Abridged)
Naxos AudioBooks
CD
$31.98Oct 01, 2006
Our Island Story by H.E. Marshall is an Edwardian history book for younger listeners (aged six&;twelve years old) which tells the story of England, concluding with the reign of Queen Victoria. Having released it earlier this year unabridged in three volumes, Naxos Audiobooks now offers an attractive collection of the main stories and personalities. This skilful abridgement nevertheless maintains the narrative of British history, from the arrival of Julius Caesar to the height of the British Empire and the long reign of Queen Victoria.
George Sand et la nature - Lettres, contes, pensees
Frémeaux
CD
$32.99Jan 23, 2026
Ce recueil de textes sur la nature de George Sand, interpretes avec finesse par Marie-Christine Barrault, met en lumiere l'alliage harmonieux entre la nature, l'engagement ecologique et la modernite intemporelle de l'ecrivaine. a travers la diversite des sujets abordes et la richesse des styles, il devoile des facettes meconnues de son oeuvre prolifique. Ses ecrits sur la botanique temoignent d'une erudition remarquable en sciences naturelles, ou l'observation precise de la flore se mele a des reflexions metaphysiques empreintes de poesie. Voyageuse infatigable, elle relate ses explorations avec une curiosite profonde et un respect des ecosystemes qui traversent son ecriture. Son style litteraire, d'une elegance rare, capte les beautes de la nature et invite a une admiration emerveillee, revelant l'ame poetique d'une femme en resonance avec les enjeux de notre epoque. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX This collection of George Sand's texts on nature, interpreted with finesse by Marie-Christine Barrault, highlights the writer's harmonious blend of nature, ecological commitment and timeless modernity. Through the diversity of her subjects and the richness of her styles, it reveals little-known facets of her prolific oeuvre. Her writings on botany bear witness to a remarkable erudition in the natural sciences, where precise observation of flora blends with metaphysical reflections imbued with poetry. A tireless traveler, she recounts her explorations with a deep curiosity and respect for ecosystems that run through her writing. Her literary style, with it's rare elegance, captures the beauty of nature and invites us to admire it in wonder, revealing the poetic soul of a woman in tune with the issues of our time. Audiobook, in French. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX SeLECTION DES TEXTES ET MISE EN MUSIQUE PAR PATRICK SCHEYDER DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : CLAUDE COLOMBINI
Revelations of Divine Love / Julian of Norwich (unabridged) [6 CDs]
Naxos AudioBooks
CD
$45.98Jan 12, 2018
On May 8, 1373, 30-year-old Julian of Norwich, sick and near death, had a series of visions of Christ. In these 16 visions she learnt about God's loving nature. God in Julian's visions was not angry and wrathful. Instead, the three properties of God were presented as life, love and light, and all of His creation was good, including his servant, man. In Julian’s version, Man is not to blame for his sin; instead it is something that he must experience and overcome in his spiritual journey with God. The version of Christian theology presented in Revelations of Divine Love – the first published book in English attributed to a woman – was highly liberal and incredibly progressive for its time. The book contains some of the most profound spiritual writing ever written and remains a perennial favourite among Christians.
Tristram Shandy is an ironic masterpiece, a work of extraordinary originality, wit and learning. It is a work of considerable philosophical complexity but at the same time, it is just a piece of film-flam: it has been called the longest shaggy dog story.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 5 (Unabridged
Naxos AudioBooks
CD
$125.98Sep 01, 2014
In Volume V (Chapters XLVII-LVI), Edward Gibbon further explores the influence of Christianity on the fall of the Roman Empire. He looks at the growth of the worship of Christian images and the resulting persecution by Leo III, emperor of the East. The conflict is intensified as a split develops between the Eastern and Western churches, a weakness that encourages attacks from Lombardy. Gibbon then moves to the foundation of the Moslem religion and the attempts by the Arabs to besiege Constantinople.]
Following its successful run of unabridged Dickens titles, Naxos AudioBooks has turned its attention to Henry James. Further titles are planned for 2018. In the second novel of James’s celebrated late period, American Lambert Strether is sent to Paris on behalf of Mrs. Newsome, his fiance, to collect her son, Chad. When Strether finds Chad, he discovers an altered man and becomes introduced to a free and unconventional style of life that soon intoxicates him. His views begin to change; the morality of Woollett, his hometown, becomes foreign, and the ‘ambassador’ loses sight of his mission… Part tragedy, part comedy, The Ambassadors is a rewarding portrait about one man’s late awakening. John Chancer is an award-winning narrator of many audiobooks. His soft American accent lends an authenticity to James’s intercontinental tale.
Frémeaux & Associés and the Great Mosque of Paris join forces to promote the history, philosophy, cultures and knowledge of the Muslim world. Youssef Seddik, is an associate professor of philosophy and doctor of anthropology, specialist in philosophy in Islamic countries. He devoted his life to the study of monotheistic sacred texts and in particular to the study of the Koran. The Quran is the sacred text of Islam. For nearly two billion Muslims, it constitutes the foundations of faith and guides their spirituality. It collects the words of Allah through the revelation made to the Prophet Muhammad. In clear language Youssef Seddik tells us how the Koran was constituted, how it spread in the world, what are the main readings and the different obediences to which they gave rise. This historical and scientific analysis offers Muslims and non-Muslims an essential key to understanding the history of civilizations.
Maggie Tulliver has two lovers Philip Wakem, son of her father's enemy, and Stephen Guest, already promised to her cousin. But the love she wants most in the world is that of her brother Tom. Maggie's struggle against her passionate and sensual nature leads her to a deeper understanding and to eventual tragedy.
This is the second volume of Fremeaux's new collection, about the History of French Litteracy. Directed by Alain Viala, an esteemed historian and College Professor, in coedition with famed editor "Presses Universitaires de France" (PUF), this collection proposes to stress the history of French literacy during the Renaissance. A 5 CD audiobook, in French.
Les Presses Universitaires de France et Fremeaux & Associes proposent cette biographie de Leon Gambetta, analysee et expliquee par Eric Anceau, professeur d'histoire contemporaine a l'Universite de Lorraine, et specialiste de l'histoire politique et sociale de la France et de l'Europe. Leon Gambetta (1838-1882), don't la vie a ete aussi breve qu'intense, est une figure centrale de la Troisieme Republique. Rien ne predestine ce petit-fils d'immigre italien a devenir un homme d'etat si ce n'est cette passion de la politique qui l'anime des son plus jeune age. Avocat, orateur impetueux, depute, journaliste, esprit brillant aime des Francais, Gambetta est une personnalite incontournable, de la fin du Second Empire aux annees fondatrices de la Troisieme Republique, en passant par la guerre franco-allemande, la Commune et les premiers grands combats republicains : ceux des institutions, de l'ecole, de l'armee et du retour de la France sur la scene internationale. Il incarne l'esprit republicain, l'aspiration a l'egalite et la grandeur de la nation. Son heritage perdure. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX Presses Universitaires de France and Fremeaux & Associes offer this biography of Leon Gambetta, analyzed and explained by Eric Anceau, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Lorraine, and specialist in the political and social history of France and Europe. Leon Gambetta (1838-1882), whose life was as brief as it was intense, was a central figure of the Third Republic. Nothing predestined this grandson of an Italian immigrant to become a statesman other than his passion for politics from an early age. Lawyer, impetuous orator, member of parliament, journalist and a brilliant mind beloved by the French, Gambetta was a key figure from the end of the Second Empire to the founding years of the Third Republic, through the Franco-Prussian War, the Commune and the first great Republican battles: those of institutions, schools, the army and France's return to the international stage. He embodied the republican spirit, the aspiration to equality and the greatness of the nation. His legacy lives on. Audiobook, in French. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX CD1 - FORMATION ET ASCENSION D'UN GRAND OPPOSANT a L'EMPIRE : UN PETIT-FILS D'IMMIGRe - L'eTUDIANT EN DROIT a LA VIE DE BOHeME - L'OPPOSANT AU SECOND EMPIRE - LE CANDIDAT DU PROGRAMME DE BELLEVILLE - LE DePUTe POPULAIRE AUX FORMULES CHOC - LE GRAND ORATEUR RIVAL DE L'EMPIRE - LE BASCULEMENT DANS LA GUERRE FRANCO-ALLEMANDE - L'HOMME QUI PROCLAME LA IIIE RePUBLIQUE. CD2 - DeFENDRE LA PATRIE ET FONDER LA RePUBLIQUE : L'HOMME FORT DU GOUVERNEMENT DE LA DeFENSE NATIONALE - LE MINISTRE DE LA GUERRE ORGANISE L'ARMeE - GAMBETTA MET EN AVANT LES QUESTIONS SOCIALES - LE REMPART FACE a LA MONARCHIE - LE GRAND ADVERSAIRE DES BONAPARTISTES - LE TRIOMPHATEUR DE MAC MAHON. CD3 - APOGeE, TRAGeDIE ET MeMOIRE : L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1878 - REDONNER SA PLACE a LA FRANCE DANS LE MONDE - L'OPPOSITION DE GAUCHE a GAMBETTA - GAMBETTA ACCeDE ENFIN AU POUVOIR - LA CHUTE DE GAMBETTA - UNE MORT TRAGIQUE ET INATTENDUE - LE CULTE D'UNE ICÔNE RePUBLICAINE. DIRECTION : OLIVIER COQUARD, PRODUCTION : CLAUDE COLOMBINI FReMEAUX POUR PUF-FReMEAUX
It could be argued that Fanny Hill: or the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure is the greatest erotic classic in English literature. It is certainly, for the eighteenth century, the most explicit. Published between 1748&;1749 (in two parts) it led to the arrest of it's author John Cleland and publisher.
In The Aspern Papers, a cold and ruthless literary biographer travels to Venice on the trail of personal letters belonging to the deceased American poet Jeffrey Aspern. His journey takes him to a dilapidated, rambling house belonging to an elderly woman, named Juliana Bordereau, and her lonely niece, Miss Tina. Just how far will he go to get what he wants? Will morality confront his personal ambition and literary curiosity?
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