Ken Russell

Ken Russell is one of the most original, vibrant and groundbreaking film and television directors of the recent era. His finest films such as Women in Love, The Music Lovers and The Devils are milestones in film history. A true visionary, Russells work - invariably involving a very liberal treatment of sexuality - has always struggled with censorship and controversy. Although he is remembered for the rock opera Tommy and recently directed an innovative production of Madam Butterfly, Russell started out making drama documentaries on the lives of the great composers for the BBC series Monitor in the late 1950s and early 60s. Classical music remains a passion and for the first time in these novel-biographies he focuses a literary lens on the private lives of Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar and Delius - with no holds barred! Hold on to your hats for the sex romp of the (nineteenth) century! Beethoven Confidential started life as a play that was developed into a screenplay for a film starring Jodie Foster and Glenda Jackson, with Anthony Hopkins as the deaf musical genius Ludwig von Beethoven. It tells the story of the rivalry between two would-be biographers in the quest for theso-called Immortal Beloved - Beethovens secret love. Personal friends of Beethoven, the biographers become pitted against each other in a race to reveal the mysterious lover. The film was never made but the mystery is solved in this novel about the great composer. It is a story that Ken Russell considers to be one of the most bizarre and compelling detective yarns of all time. Johannes Brahms was renowned for his three Bs- beer, beard and belly. Tradition has it that Brahms died a confirmed bachelor and a respected pillar of society who liked nothing better than a pint in the evening and a walk through the Black Forest at weekends. But what of his sex life? According to Ken Russell, Brahms probably knew more about sex than any composer before or since. The evidence is in the music: for sheer sensuality try the inner movements of his Third Symphony, or the opening of his First Symphony (tell me if that doesnt have balls) or a section in the Fourth that can only be described as the sex act set to music. But the composers early life tells us more. Born in the red-light district of Hamburg, Brahms spent his formative years playing piano in city brothels. Brahms Gets Laid investigates his close association with insane genius Robert Schumann and his even closer relationship with the psychologically disturbed Clara Schumann and her daughters.

In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed film director Ken Russell unpacks the creative insights, technique, know-how and sheer determination that have enabled him to realise on screen more than fifty diverse and yet intensely personal films. Drawing on his parallel experiences of producing, screenwriting and editing - as well as his favourite (and some unfavoured) movies by other directors - Russell places the role of the director as auteur within the context of film-making as a collaborative enterprise. As a bonus, Russell offers critical insights into his vision and intentions in several of his own movies, including an exclusive focus on his most recent film.

A pesar de la enorme capacidad del cerebro humano, tan solo utilizamos un 2% de nuestro potencial, por lo que podríamos expandir nuestro poder mental de forma considerable. A través de numerosos test y enigmas, diseñados para ejercitar el cerebro en todas

Si bien los seres humanos estamos dotados de inteligencia, ésta no se desarrolla en todos por igual, y su crecimiento se detiene a los 18 años de edad. La inteligencia nos capacita para afrontar situaciones reales y obtener un provecho intelectual de las experiencias sensoriales. En este sentido, los tests de inteligencia y los rompecabezas pueden ser de gran valor para expandir los límites de la capacidad intelectual más allá de lo que uno cree posible. Este práctico libro de ejercicios, profusamente ilustrado a todo color, contiene una extensa selección de problemas que valoran una habilidad determinada en las siguientes áreas: razonamiento no verbal, pensamiento lógico, conocimiento aritmético, percepción espacial y memoria. En la segunda parte del libro se incluyen dos tests de coeficiente intelectual destinados a valorar sus progresos.

¿Es usted un hacha con las palabras o un mago de las matemáticas? Descubra en qué aspectos sobresale y en cuales necesita mejorar y aprenda a disfrutar de un cerebro sano durante toda la vida. Este libro le permitira: - Determinar sus puntos fuertes y debiles en seis categorias cognitivas - Diseñar un programa personalizado para incrementar su poder mental mediante ejercicios ilustrados. - Incorporar dicho programa de ejercicios a la vida cotidiana.