Steven Isserlis Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Cellist of (and sometimes out of) sorts, Author, Father, Lover of Indian and other food and of the Marx Brothers and other people who make me laugh.
Shostakovich: A Life Remembered - Second Edition
Elizabeth WilsonSteven Isserlis@IzmirlievAlexey @RichDiSilvio No - I THINK it was in the Shostakovich biook by Elizabeth Wilson.
Paperback, 2016
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Bach: Mass in B Minor
John ButtSteven IsserlisAnd a very happy birthday to the wonderful, irrepressible John Butt - scholar, keyboard player and conductor extraordinaire. Such deep knowledge, allied with an imagination bordering on the surreal - eg, in a Bach cantata: 'This passage should sound like a poisoned poodle"...!! https://t.co/oG2rZC9vp3
Paperback, 2002
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Lord Byron - The Two Foscari: "Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves."
George Gordon ByronSteven IsserlisWise thoughts from Lord Byron (d otd 1824): "Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves." "The best prophet of the future is the past." "A drop of ink may make a million think." "To have joy, one must share it." https://t.co/dddqMdJbXi
Paperback, 2015
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Liberty: Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty
Isaiah BerlinSteven IsserlisTimeless/timely wisdom from Isaiah Berlin (b otd 1909): "Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs." "The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds." "Utopias have their value...but as guides to conduct they can prove literally fatal." https://t.co/mP0lrC76kq
Paperback, 2002
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Jules Verne - In Search of the Castaways: "If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning."
Jules VerneSteven IsserlisJules Verne b otd 1828! "Science is made up of mistakes; but they are useful mistakes, because they lead little by little to the truth." "Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction." "If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning." https://t.co/ulgT2OqxxM
Paperback, 2015
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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible: What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork
Re RanaSteven IsserlisAudrey Hepburn b otd 1929 - a wonderful being... "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" "Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same." "There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't." https://t.co/536KpHb4ka
Paperback, 2020
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George Eliot - The Spanish Gypsy: "It is never too late to be what you might have been."
George EliotSteven IsserlisAnd wisdom from George Eliot b otd 1819 - has there ever been a more perceptive author? "It is never too late to be what you might have been." "What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?" "Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds." https://t.co/TLI1qIxmlW
Paperback, 2015
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Only Light Can Do That: 60 Days of Mlk - Devotions for Kids
Martin Luther King JrSteven IsserlisMartin Luther King - b otd 1929! Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. The time is always right to do what is right. https://t.co/iiWaIlQm8K
Hardcover, 2023
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Jerome K Jerome - Paul Kelver: "What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise."
Jerome K. JeromeSteven IsserlisSharp wit from Jerome K Jerome, b otd 1859: "I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours." "The weather is like the government, always in the wrong." "We drink one another's health and spoil our own." "What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise." https://t.co/BgO1mICLZG
Paperback, 2014
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Lord Byron - Werner, or, The Inheritance: "A drop of ink may make a million think."
George Gordon ByronSteven IsserlisWise thoughts from Lord Byron (d otd 1824): "Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves." "The best prophet of the future is the past." "A drop of ink may make a million think." "To have joy, one must share it." https://t.co/dddqMdJbXi
Paperback, 2015
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