Wade Graham

Frederic Mompou, born in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, composed some of the finest piano works of the twentieth century. This introduction to his life and art presents a selection of his most significant compositions to illustrate how Mompou steadily evolved his own unmistakable musical style. Though influenced by the creative precedents of Fauré, Debussy and Ravel, Mompou integrated this inspiration with the timeless beauty of Catalan folksong....

Garden designer and historian Wade Graham offers a unique vision of the story of America in this riveting exploration of the nation's gardens and the visionaries behind them, from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to Michelle Obama's vegetable garden, Fredrick Law Olmsted's expansive Central Park to Martha Stewart's how-to landscaping guides. In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky, Simon Schama, and Michael Pollan, Graham delivers a sweeping social history...

"You're never too young to learn how to play chess! With the revolutionary "Lincolnshire Technique", children of all ages can begin to master "the game of kings" by simply practicing with pawns. You'll learn step by step how each piece moves, how to use such tactics as Forks, Pins, and Skewers to capture enemy pieces, how to read the opponent's strategy to determine whether to attack, defend, or counter with a new plan, how to checkmate and be constantly...

Presents a series of chess puzzles organized around the pieces involved, covering knight, rook, bishop, and queen moves, forks, pins, and sacrifices, and surveying some of the game's grandmasters.