A new way of understanding Beethoven's genius, rooted in personal experience: Wallace tells the story of Beethoven's hearing loss, and what it meant for him as a composer-and to do so, he draws on his own experience as a music scholar watching as his wife lost her hearing.
A collection of crossword puzzles to practice and expand basic Latin vocabulary. The puzzles are organised in increasing order of difficulty and the answers are to be selected from a list provided at the foot of each one.
This book provides a sound basis for teaching vocabulary, and answers such questions as which English words students need to learn most, and why some words are easier to learn than others.