Jacques Barzun

56 books

Berlioz and His Century: An Introduction to the Age of Romanticism by Jacques Barzun

Berlioz and His Century: An Introduction to the Age of Romanticism

Jacques Barzun

448 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Classic, Romantic, and Modern by Jacques Barzun

Classic, Romantic, and Modern

Jacques Barzun

272 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Culture We Deserve by Jacques Barzun, Arthur Krystal

The Culture We Deserve

Jacques Barzun, Arthur Krystal

200 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique of a Heritage by Jacques Barzun

Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique of a Heritage

Jacques Barzun

373 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative medium-paced
A Dictionary of Platitudes by Gustave Flaubert

A Dictionary of Platitudes

Gustave Flaubert

159 pages • first pub 1913 (editions)

nonfiction classics challenging funny reflective medium-paced
The Energies of Art: Studies of Authors, Classic and Modern by Jacques Barzun

The Energies of Art: Studies of Authors, Classic and Modern

Jacques Barzun

355 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

nonfiction art challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Evenings With the Orchestra by Jacques Barzun, Hector Berlioz

Evenings With the Orchestra

Jacques Barzun, Hector Berlioz

408 pages • first pub 1852 (editions)

nonfiction memoir music challenging funny slow-paced
Foresight and Understanding: An Inquiry into the Aims of Science by Jacques Barzun, Stephen Toulmin

Foresight and Understanding: An Inquiry into the Aims of Science

Jacques Barzun, Stephen Toulmin

117 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science challenging informative medium-paced
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present by Jacques Barzun

From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present

Jacques Barzun

828 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Jacques Barzun Reader by Jacques Barzun, Michael Murray

A Jacques Barzun Reader

Jacques Barzun, Michael Murray

640 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction essays history informative reflective medium-paced