Richard Wagner

In 1951, Levittown was created in Bucks County outside of Philadelphia by builder pioneers Levitt and Sons. Dubbed the largest and "most perfectly planned" community in America, it featured single-family homes, schools, churches, shopping centers, and swimming pools. A symbol of the "American Dream," Levittown defined the phenomenon of post-World War II suburban developments, which for the first time gave working- and middle-class families the option...

Wagner, más que un músico y un poeta con nombre, fue también un notable escritor y pensador, así¬ como un ensayista prolífico. Sus ideas y sus propuestas son imprescindibles para captar las relaciones entre la música y la filosofí¬a, o si se quiere, entre la musicología y la historia de las ideas, un aspecto fundamental de la teoría estética. La meta a la que apuntan estos escritos wagnerianos es un nuevo arte que ha de sumar y potenciar...

Tras los acontecimientos revolucionarios que tuvieron lugar en Dresde en la primavera de 1849, Wagner se vio forzado a exiliarse en Zurich. En esta ciudad suiza, entre los meses de octubre de 1850 y enero de 1851, llevó a cabo la redacción de la que está considerada como la obra clave de su pensamiento teórico-musical: Ópera y drama. A lo largo de las tres partes en que se articula, el genial alemán lleva a cabo una sopesada exposición de...

In this monograph, Professors Wagner and Tollison examine the important question of whether the United States should adopt a constitutional amendment requiring the government to balance its budget. Arguing that the government should be explicit and responsible about how much it spends and how it spends it, they determine that the balanced budget idea is fiscally sound and democratically necessary.

Adapted from the diaries of Richard Wagner, Beethovens music soars in the background as a poor young composer named Richard Wagner struggles toward Vienna to meet the composer he idealizes.

Mention "going green," and a crusty Texan chiseled from the old rock - Cactus "Rip" Hays - goes postal. Signed, sealed, and delivered to Smart World six years, six months, and six weeks ago, the aging journalist has no choice but to live every day as though it is Earth Day. Still, he delights in giving his captors the devil whenever he can. Using the black market as his delivery system, he taps the printer's ink coursing through his veins to foment...

Since the beginning of human history Mars has been an alluring dream-the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. Now with the advent of a revolutionary new plan, all this has changed. Leading space exploration authority Robert Zubrin has crafted a daring new blueprint, Mars Direct, presented here with engaging anecdotes. The Case for Mars is not a...