Ritchie: 265 books

Biographical sketches of Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Opie, and Jane Austen, first published in 1883. According to Wikipedia: " Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie, née Thackeray (9 June 1837 26 February 1919) was an English writer. She was the eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray.

This is the first part of a three part series introduction to opera and its composers. An introduction to opera: "The Instant Opera Expert." Then a bio of the composers and their operas with extensive unusual material included. And bios of George Bizet and his, "Carmen": Gaetano...

Want to know how lawyers use our screwed up legal system to steal BILLIONS of our dollars every year? It’s the story of that greatest civil criminal act of all, THE CONTINGENCY CASE.

'When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect ...' So begins Franz Kafka's most famous story Metamorphosis. Franz Kafka (1883-1924) is among the most intriguing and influential writers of the twentieth century. During his...

Part III of the series of introductory works on opera deals exclusively with Verdi and his works:Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera, Aida, Otello, and Falstaff.

This is part two of the series and includes: Bio of Mozart and a study of "The Magic Flute." Jacques Offenbach and his, "The Tales of Hoffman." Giacomo Puccini and his, "La Boheme," Tosca," "Madama Butterfly," and "Turindot." Johann Strauss II and "Die Fledermaus."

During the 70s, rock music represented one of Canada’s fastest growing industries. Her artists, composers and producers were establishing  themselves at the top of the pop music world.  Hot Licks explores the explosion in Canadian rock, assessing the effects of legislated domestic radio...

Drawing on the principles of Francesco Geminiani and four decades of experience as a baroque and classical violinist, Stanley Ritchie offers a valuable resource for anyone wishing to learn about 17th-18th-and early 19th-century violin technique and style. While much of the work focuses on the technical...

Christian has a problem, and doesn’t know what to do about puberty. But fortunately for him, he finds comforting friends. Can Timothy, the Blue Bird and Matthew, the Blue Bee help Christian understand the changes he is going through? As mentors they decide to take action and teach Christian all about the birds and bees on puberty.

This is the first in a series of articles describing how J. Edgar Hoover inculcated, first the Bureau of Investigation and later the FBI with the notion that he alone would be the interpreter of the law and as such, he alone would determine what was right or wrong. Among the crimes this has...

For decades the medical community has either ignored, or been ignorant of, the threat posed by toxic mold to human health. Sometimes referred to as 'sick-building syndrome,' often mis-diagnosed as any one of a number of chronic and incurable conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia,...

Fiona Ritchie analyses the significant role played by women in the construction of Shakespeare's reputation which took place in the eighteenth century. The period's perception of Shakespeare as unlearned allowed many women to identify with him and in doing so they seized an opportunity to enter public...

In 1878 the Victorian critic Matthew Arnold wrote: 'Goethe is the greatest poet of modern times... because having a very considerable gift for poetry, he was at the same time, in the width, depth, and richness of his criticism of life, by far our greatest modern man.' In this Very Short Introduction...

Oral history is vital to our understanding of the cultures and experiences of the past. Unlike written history, oral history forever captures people's feelings, expressions, and nuances of language. But what exactly is oral history? How reliable is the information gathered by oral history? And what...