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29334Chambers. 1979. Ownership inscription ffep else a VG copy in VG dustwrapper. . Gilt on brown cloth boards. unnumbered pages of musical scores xxxii text and notes. 4to. 1.0kg. Chambers. (1979), hardcover
1957049992Englewood Cliffs Nj: Prentice-Hall 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Xxvi 226 Pp. Orange Cloth. First Printing 1957. Near Fine; Ownership Signature Dj With Light Chipping. Eugenie Peterson ; 1899 -2002 Born In St. Petersburg. Eugenie And Her Mother Escaped To Latvia As The Bolsheviks Came To Power In 1917 Losing The Family Fortune; In 1920 They Moved To Poland And In 1921 To Berlin Where She Became An Actress And Dancer. She Set Off To India In 1927 And Came Back Three Months Later A Changed Woman Speaking Only Of India. She Soon Went Back To India Selling Her Valuables To Pay For The Trip. At The Theosophical Society In Adyar Madras Now Chennai Dancing "An Indian Temple Dance" She Met Jawaharlal Nehru Starting A Long-Term Friendship And The Indian Film Director Bhagwati Mishra Who Gave Her A Part In Sher-E-Arab Arabian Knight: The 1930 Premiere Made Her A Film Star In India Under A New Stage Name Indra Devi. In 1930 She Married Jan Strakaty A Commercial Attache To The Czechoslovak Consulate In Bombay And For Some Years Lived As A Society Hostess There. She Became Interested In Yoga Nepal's Prince Mussoorie Showing Her Some Asanas And She Was Impressed By The Yoga Guru Krishnamacharya's Demonstration Of Apparently Stopping His Heart. In 1938 He Reluctantly Accepted Her As A Student. She Was The First Foreign Woman Among His Students In The Yogasala In The Mysore Palace Studying Alongside B.K.S Iyengar And K. Pattabhi Jois Who Went On To Become World-Famous Yoga Teachers. When She Was Leaving India To Follow Her Husband To China Krishnamacharya Asked Her To Work As A Yoga Teacher There. In 1939 She Held What Are Believed To Be The First Yoga Classes In China And Opened A School In Shanghai At The House Of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. There Were Many Americans And Russians Among Her Pupils; She Also Taught Free Classes In Orphanages. More And More People Began To Call Her Mataji Which Means "Respected Mother. Her Husband Died Unexpectedly In 1946 And Devi Returned To India Arriving In Bombay As The British Raj Was Coming To An End. She Was Hosted By The Maharajah Of Tehri Garhwal . She Was Hoping To Stay In Kashmir To Teach Yoga In A Centre To Be Run By The Cambodian Monk Bellong Mahathera But Her Mother Called Her Back To Shanghai Where Devi's House Was Being Requisitioned By The Army In The Chinese Civil War. She Obtained A United States Visa And To San Francisco At The End Of 1947. In California She Met The Author And Philosopher Aldous Huxley And Krishnamurti Giving Her Access To Spiritually-Inclined Americans; An Especially Valuable Contact Was The Diet And Health Guru Paul Bragg Who Advised Film And Stage Stars. In 1948 She Opened A Yoga Studio In Hollywood The First In Los Angeles. Devi Taught Her Own Form Of Hatha Yoga With Asanas Postures And Pranayama Breath Control; She Avoided Spiritual Teaching Which She Preferred To Leave To Yoga Gurus. Her Teaching Style Was In Stefanie Syman's Words "Gentle And Even Relaxing". She Was Almost Immediately Successful In Attracting Leading Stars Including Men As Well As Women; Syman Notes That "She Could Charm The Pants Off Men". Elliott Goldberg Gives A Different Explanation For Her Success Attributing It To Her Packaging Of Yoga For Women As A "Beauty Secret Youth Elixir And Health Tonic". More Generally In His View Devi Saw Yoga As A Remedy For Anxiety And Stress Noting That This Transformed Yoga From Something That Dissolved The Ego To Something That Strengthened It Because He Commented Americans Did Want To Change "But Not All That Much". Devi's Advocacy Of Yoga For Stress Relief Contributed In Goldberg's View To The Widespread Acceptance Of Yoga In America And Earned Her The Nickname "First Lady Of Yoga". She Taught Yoga To Many Celebrities Including Greta Garbo Eva Gabor Gloria Swanson Ramon Novarro Robert Ryan Yul Brynner Jennifer Jones And The Violinist Yehudi Menuhin. See Wikipedia The Early Ancient Yoga Texts Are The First Psychologies. <br/> <br/> Prentice-Hall hardcover
63-9451London UK: Yehudi Menuhin Festival 1979. Program. 8vo. Stapled Wraps ca. 20 pp. Very Good. B&W photos inside color photo to cover. From the Collection of Audrey J. Burford supporter of Classical Music from Blackheath London. London, UK: Yehudi Menuhin Festival, 1979. paperback
Poetry and prose expressing the magnificence, dignity, pathos and humour of the teeming life which in two thousand years the river Thames has gathered to its banks and upon its waters. 272pp. Dust jacket has edgewear and chips. Inscription by previous owner, Diana Menuhin, on front free endpaper.
19792309930New York: Schocken Books 1979. Revised Edition. Revised Edition. Near Fine. A nice copy. 1979 Trade Paperback. 544 pp. "The definitive guide to the philosophy and practice of Yoga--the ancient healing discipline for body and mind--by its greatest living teacher. Light on Yoga provides complete descriptions and illustrations of all the positions and breathing exercises. Features a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin. Illustrations throughout. Schocken Books unknown books
1985Q-0824506863Crossroad 1985-06-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Crossroad paperback
1991Q-1855381664Thorsons 1991-11-21. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Thorsons paperback
2007Q-8472455955Editorial Kairos 2007-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Editorial Kairos paperback
2011Q-8472453685Editorial Kairos 2011-03-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Editorial Kairos paperback
198013875HATIER 1980 287 pages in8. 1980. broché. 287 pages. Cet ouvrage de James Holland publié chez Hatier en 1980 offre un vaste panorama des instruments de percussion avec descriptions diagrammes et informations historiques. Il est conçu comme un guide de référence pour un public large incluant musiciens et musicologues
62467217Taylor & Francis Group pp. 288 . Papeback. New. Taylor & Francis Group unknown
20199781916294721-2025Karen Menuhin Author 2019. Paperback. New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Karen Baugh Menuhin</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Karen Menuhin Author</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781916294721</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2019</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 326</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Book 3 in the Heathcliff Lennox seriesHalloween 1921. A castle on a rock in a lonely Scottish loch Braeburn has been crumbling for centuries. Someone tries to remedy the rot but uncovers a skeleton behind a wall. It wears a crown upon its skull and hides a curse within its bones. Is it the ancient King of the Isles Or is it Black Dougal And why is it surrounded by mysteryAs ghosts are heard and treasure seekers arrive the Braeburn's call Major Heathcliff Lennox. He travels to the Highlands to help his old friends taking his dog his butler and his small cat. Major Heathcliff Lennox ex-WW1 war pilot 6 feet 3 inches tousled dark blond hair age around 30 - named after the hero of Wuthering Heights by his romantically minded mother - much to his great annoyance.</p> Karen Menuhin Author paperback
20199781916294721-2025Karen Menuhin Author 2019. Paperback. New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Karen Baugh Menuhin</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Karen Menuhin Author</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781916294721</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2019</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 326</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Book 3 in the Heathcliff Lennox seriesHalloween 1921. A castle on a rock in a lonely Scottish loch Braeburn has been crumbling for centuries. Someone tries to remedy the rot but uncovers a skeleton behind a wall. It wears a crown upon its skull and hides a curse within its bones. Is it the ancient King of the Isles Or is it Black Dougal And why is it surrounded by mysteryAs ghosts are heard and treasure seekers arrive the Braeburn's call Major Heathcliff Lennox. He travels to the Highlands to help his old friends taking his dog his butler and his small cat. Major Heathcliff Lennox ex-WW1 war pilot 6 feet 3 inches tousled dark blond hair age around 30 - named after the hero of Wuthering Heights by his romantically minded mother - much to his great annoyance.</p> Karen Menuhin Author paperback
20219781916294769-2025Little Dog Publishing Ltd 2021. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Karen Baugh Menuhin</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Little Dog Publishing Ltd</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781916294769</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2021</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 328</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> 'Murder mystery and a dog of distinction. Heathcliff Lennox investigates.' A suspicious accident a dead man's gun and a lost tomb. Strange events disturb the peace of Lanscombe Park the magnificent country seat of Lord Godolphin Sinclair.Adventurer gold prospector and arms dealer Sinclair has spent a lifetime amassing a fortune with ruthless determination. He's a man frightened of nothing until he receives a package from the distant past. Someone knows his secrets they kill and then they kill again. A game of cat and mouse is afoot Major Heathcliff Lennox and ex Inspector Swift are called to Lanscombe Park to investigate.</p> Little Dog Publishing Ltd hardcover
20219781916294769-2025Little Dog Publishing Ltd 2021. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Karen Baugh Menuhin</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Little Dog Publishing Ltd</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781916294769</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2021</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 328</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> 'Murder mystery and a dog of distinction. Heathcliff Lennox investigates.' A suspicious accident a dead man's gun and a lost tomb. Strange events disturb the peace of Lanscombe Park the magnificent country seat of Lord Godolphin Sinclair.Adventurer gold prospector and arms dealer Sinclair has spent a lifetime amassing a fortune with ruthless determination. He's a man frightened of nothing until he receives a package from the distant past. Someone knows his secrets they kill and then they kill again. A game of cat and mouse is afoot Major Heathcliff Lennox and ex Inspector Swift are called to Lanscombe Park to investigate.</p> Little Dog Publishing Ltd hardcover
198245476Rehovot Isreal: Settlement Study Centre. Very Good. 1982. Softcover. Rehovot Israel: Settlement Study Centre 1982. 333 pages softbound. A VG copy in lightly worn paper wrappers. . Settlement Study Centre paperback books
20181-171803301XIndependently published 2018. Paperback. New. 419 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.99 inches. Independently published paperback
1997Q-0517708221Harmony 1997-01-21. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harmony hardcover
1999Q-0609801775Crown 1999-02-02. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Crown paperback
1995RO20215387Buchet/Chastel. 1995. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 159 pages augmentées de nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 781.4-Techniques
SLIVCN-9782283029640Buchet Chastel (3/2016)
SLIVCN-9782283018057Buchet Chastel (10/1999)
1987RO80198059GALLIMARD. 1987. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 345 pages -. . . . Classification Dewey : 848-Ecrits divers, citations, journaux intimes, souvenirs, mémoires
198790061Gallimard 1987 Avant-propos par Yehudi Menuhin. In-8 broché 20 cm sur 14. 344 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
1987517385Gallimard 1987 348 pages 14x20x2cm. 1987. Broché. 348 pages.
