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500+ pages! Master 50 simple concepts to ensure success in the kitchen. Unlock a lifetime of successful cooking with this groundbreaking new volume from the editors of Cook's Illustrated, the magazine that put food science on the map. Organized around 50 core principles our test cooks use to develop foolproof recipes, The Science of Good Cooking is a radical new approach to teaching the fundamentals of the kitchen. Fifty unique experiments from the test kitchen bring the science to life, and more than 400 landmark Cook's Illustrated recipes (such as Old-Fashioned Burgers, Classic Mashed Potatoes, and Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies) illustrate each of the basic principles at work. These experiments range from simple to playful to innovative - showing you why you should fold (versus stir) batter for chewy brownies, why you whip egg whites with sugar, and why the simple addition of salt can make meat juicy. A lifetime of experience isn't the prerequisite for becoming a good cook; knowledge is. Think of this as an owner's manual for your kitchen.

Jaws, Star Wars, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark... it's the film music most of us think of when we see the name John Williams. This collection has those themes, but also raises the curtain on his beautiful pieces for the concert hall: Hymn to New England ; the CD debut of Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha for Cello and Orchestra (written for and recorded with Yo-Yo Ma and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra); Air and Simple Gifts (written for President Obama's inauguration); Elegy for Cello and Orchestra , and more!

"These performances represent my playing at various points in my life. The collection is a good representation of what I had to offer at the time of each recording: me at 25, me at 30, me at 40...The fact that these and all my other DG and Decca recordings are now being reissued in one box is amazing to me. I'm so flattered...It's especially nice to have a collection that's representative of what I've done throughout the years." - Itzhak Perlman, from an interview with Richard Evidon

The Baroque era, a time of musical revolution, boasted many renowned composers. This ten-disc collection acts as a tour of Baroque Europe and brings together the works of such masters as Palestrina, Telemann, Purcell and Handel, among others, as well as providing a substantial insight into the genius of that towering figure over the Baroque period, Johann Sebastian Bach.