Books by Michael Payne

A compilation of difficult design problems and their solutions, culled from Payne's seminars, internet chats and e-mails, in vibrant four-color style.

Is there life after theory? If the death of the Author has now been followed by the death of the Theorist, what's left? Indeed, who's left? To explore such riddles, this title collects interviews with four theorists who are left to explore why there is life after theory - but not as we know it.

Eric Coates is perhaps the most familiar name associated with British light music. Coates won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, and from 1912 to 1919 he was principal viola of the Queen's Hall Orchestra under Sir Henry Wood. This title traces the changing fortunes of the career of the man who composed some of Britain's best-known music.