title: The Joys of Chess: Heroes, Battles and Brilliancies
author:  Christian Hesse 
description: <span><span>A wonderful cornucopia.<br /></span></span> (Judges of English Chess Federation <i>Diplo: Towards more inclusive and effective diplomacy</i>)<br /><br /><span><span>Fantastic moves, beautiful combinations, historical blunders, captivating stories, and all this embedded into a plentitude of quick-witted ideas and contemplations as food for thought.<br /></span></span> (world chess champion Vishy Anand)<br /><br /><span><span>One of the most ingenious and enjoyable books ever written on chess.<br /><br /></span></span> (<i>Der Standard</i>)<br /><br /><span><span>A bargain and a treat.<br /></span></span> (Andy Soltis <i>New York Post</i>)<br /><br /><span><span>For sheer entertainment value </span><span style="font-style:italic;">The Joys of Chess</span><span> deserves a gold medal.<br /><br /></span></span> (Gary Lane, International Master <i>CHESS Magazine</i>)<br /><br /><span><span>It is a wonderful selection. There is something for everyone.<br /></span></span> (Pete Tamburro, State of New Jersey, Award-winning Educator <i>Chess Life</i>)<br /><br /><span><span>Intelligently written and a pleasure to read. It is accessible for everyone, from those with a passing interest in the game to the most passionate of chess aficionados.<br /><br /></span></span> (Brian Almeida <i>ChessCafe.com</i>)<br /><br /><span><span>Rich pickings. This is quite a bargain. A good prize for any club competition or school library.<br /></span></span> (<i>British Chess Magazine</i>)<br /><br /><span><span>This is a book to dip in at random and enjoy. It&#39;s hard to convey the amazing range of topics covered.<br /></span></span> (Joe Petrolito <i>Australasian Chess Magazine</i>)<br /><br /><span><span>Does what it says on the tin. Do not hesitate to buy a copy and keep it by your bedside on cold winter nights.<br /><br /></span></span> (Steve Giddins)
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  Magister Ludi
  
  
  (The Glass Bead Game)
  
  
  Hermann Hesse
  
  
  Translated from the German
  
  
  Das Glasperlenspiel
  
  
  by Richard and Clard Winston
  
  
  with a Forword by
  
  
  Theodore Ziolkowski
  
  
  Back Cover:
  
  
  This is Hesse's last and greatest work, a triumph of imagination which won for
  him the Nobel Prize for Literature. Described as "sublime" by Thomas Mann,
  admired by André Gide and T. S. Eliot, this prophetic novel is a chronicle of
  the future about Castalia, an elitist group formed after the chaos of the
  20th-century's wars. It is the key to a full understanding of Hesse's thought.
  
  
  Something like chess but far more intricate, the game of Magister Ludi known
  as the Glass Bead Game is thought in its purest form, a synthesis through
  which philosophy, art, music and scientific law are appreciated
  simultaneously. The scholar-players are i