A brilliant analysis of the famous composer's later years, and his struggles with the people, music and religion that he valued beyond all else.

Introducing newcomers to the world of stage lighting, this title teaches much about the nuts and bolts of stage lighting. Packed with good, common sense advice which unravels some of…

Exploring European changes in religious and secular beliefs and practices related to life passages, this book provides a deeper understanding of the impacts of social change on personal identity and…

This volume showcases six of Deutsch’s more notable and influential papers, and include complementary chapters written by other significant contributors working in these areas who can situate the original papers…

The book describes the discovery of a scientific theory for fireball objects seen in the sky including ball lightning and a type of UFO. For centuries these lights have been…

The second edition of Aging and Development is the only textbook available that responds to the growing interest in social, personal and emotional development in older age.

The Psychological Components of a Sustainable Peace moves beyond a prevention-orientation to the study of the conditions for increasing the probabilities for sustainable, cooperative peace.

Through ongoing interviews with a group of forty older people over more than twenty years, this book studies how they maintained their well-being through the vicissitudes of later life, including…