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Most people think that we do not know much about the behavior of sasquatches; however, that simply is not the case. Through years of study and eye witness testimony, we have seen the same behavior patterns over and over, giving us a fairly good...

Here are 60 compositions from the 16th Century transcribed for the baritone ukulele, Renaissance guitar, low G ukelele and many other four course instruments. Of course, they may all be played on the guitar.Author: Michael WalkerISBN-10: 0359026575ISBN-13: 9780359026579Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2018Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize:...

Christopher Reeve has mastered the art of turning the impossible into the inevitable. In these candid reflections, Reeve shows that we are all capable of overcoming seemingly insurmountable hardships. He teaches us that for able-bodied people, paralysis is a choice--a choice to live with...

First published in 1953, and again in 1964, Stevens's study is a classic text, combining an authoritative, balanced account of the Hungarian composer's life with candid, insightful analyses of his numerous works, particularly the chamber works. The work now appears in a third edition,...

The Oxford Classical Texts, or Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, are renowned for their reliability and presentation. The series consists of a text without commentary but with a brief apparatus criticus at the front of each page. There are now over 100 volumes, representing the...

This indispensable book brings us face to face with some of the most memorable figures in jazz history and charts the rise and development of bop in the late 1930s and '40s. Ira Gitler interviewed more than 50 leading jazz figures, over a 10-year...

The life of the brilliant composer and conductor Gustav Mahler was punctuated by crisis. His parents both died in 1889, leaving him the reluctant head of a household of siblings. He himself endured a nearly fatal medical ordeal in 1901. A beloved daughter died...

Even the most accomplished musicians are often defeated by the demands of the modern repertory. Yet until now, no practical manual has addressed the performance problems specific to twentieth-century music. This concise, straightforward handbook by the renowned conductor and instrumentalist Arthur Weisberg will guide...

Whether she knows it or not, every girl who has ever dreamed of taking her place in a line of high-kicking dancers on a football field at halftime has been inspired by the Kilgore College Rangerettes, the world's first precision dance drill team. Founded...

In The Singing Irish, Michael Alan Anderson brings to life the rich history and traditions of the Notre Dame Glee Club. Replete with nearly three hundred images, the stunning large-format book examines the early history of the ensemble before 1915, its robust membership, rehearsal...

The historical roots, key practitioners, and artistic, theoretical, and technological trends in the incorporation of new media into the performing arts.The past decade has seen an extraordinarily intense period of experimentation with computer technology within the performing arts. Digital media has been increasingly incorporated...

Issue Two of Piccadilly Publishing's HEAD WEST magazine contains a variety of articles, features and stories devoted to the western genre. We have fiction from J T Edson, Ray Hogan, Neil Hunter and Tony Masero, a look at the western genre in Germany, courtesy...

Containing over two decades of research, Near Dublin tells the story of the visits to Irish shores in the early 1950s of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Drawing on newspaper interviews, personal recollections and archive material, it follows their every move as they became...

Journey into the arcane world of Doctor Jacob Tordoff. A selection of new and updated bizarre magick performances from the repertoire and creative mind of Roger Curzon. As an exclusively designed dust cover bound hardback, it features a foreword by Jim Critchlow, plus some...

This book was written mostly in calendar year 2008 either before the Death Magnetic album had been released or after it was released but before we had heard it. It reflects the anger and betrayal many fans of our generation, who had supported Metallica...

In 1989, David Vanian - vocalist with UK Punk band The Damned quit to form a new band, taking with him fellow band members Roman Jugg and Bryn Merrick. The Phantom Chords was born. Playing a mix of covers and original music co-written by...

This book is a collective effort on the authors' part to remember KISS, one of the most important hard-rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s. Arguably KISS was the first major act in rock music history to present rock music as Entertainment Product firstly...

A thorough survey of the origins and development of the major distinct American commercial entertainments that emerged between over the course of the 19th century and into the 20th, including P.T. Barnum_s American Museum, freak show, and circus, as well as blackface minstrelry, Buffalo...

"Although it will be of primary interest to those who are engaged in composition themselves, [this] book is also recommended for readers who may wish to gain further insight into just what makes jazz composition so different from traditional approaches."--Malcolm Bessom, The Music MagazineAuthor:...

Rodeo people call their sport "more a way of life than a way to make a living." Rodeo is, in fact, a rite that not only expresses a way of life but perpetuates it, reaffirming in a ritual contest between man and animal the...

Wye Jamison Allanbrook's widely influential Rhythmic Gesture in Mozart challenges the view that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music was a "pure play" of key and theme, more abstract than that of his predecessors. Allanbrook's innovative work shows that Mozart used a vocabulary of symbolic gestures...

Cynthia Kaplan takes us on a hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking journey through her unique, uncensored world--her bungled romantic encounters and unsung theatrical experiences; her gadget-obsessed father, her pill-popping therapist, and her eccentric grandmothers; her fearless husband, whom she engages in an ongoing battle over...

The renowned Pama label was launched by Harry Palmer at a time when the BBC held disregard for Jamaican music with the burgeoning skinheads taking reggae to their heart. The labels first release was in 1967 and within three years Pama could boast a...

From the all-too-sweet sounds of the contemporary British artists of the mid-1950's through to the breakthrough of the more biting and vibrant sounds of Tommy Steele, Marty Wilde, Cliff Richard and all the Elvis clones that emerged during the late 1950's, this book chronicles...

"The last of the snow and ice are leaving this northern side of the land, and the buildings in the empty settlement seem to dry up at last. The houses in this rural abandoned village are mostly intact, but doors and windows are not...

MALINALLI is an original, polyglot (Spanish, Nahuatl, and English) musical that seeks to reclaim the figure known as "La Malinche" from the shackles of popular history and mythology. MALINALLI (re)members the story of the fall of the Aztec empire for contemporary audiences, while celebrating...

From the beginning of her modeling career in 1944 as Norma Jeane Mortensen to her death as the voluptuous Hollywood icon in 1962, Marilyn Monroe posed for thousands of modeling and publicity photos, scores of which have long been forgotten or abandoned in neglected...

In its revised third edition, this volume argues that an appreciation of opera is based on understanding of several key aspects: history, language, theatrical production, the power of the conductor, vocal tradition and standard repertory. This unique approach is intended for the newcomer curious...

For over twenty years, Joseph A. Kestner wrote for Opera News and other publications. Collected for the first time, Kestner's essays explore the creation, influence, context, and meaning of the world's most famous operas as well as hidden gems. For those new to opera,...

This book contains 50 relaxing and different coloring pages for adults with swearing motivational words, which will help you get over the stress of your daily routine easier - With this book, you will discover some of the best adult coloring pages you have...

Coloring book with beautiful butterflies for an excellent mood for all nature lovers! - This coloring book is dedicated to the creativity and imagination hidden in each of us - With the help of this book, you will find a good mood and the...

Incredible escapes, fantastic sleight-of-hand-Houdini's most challenging performances are dramatically portrayed in Houdini's Fabulous Magic. Walter Gibson, co-author, was in close touch with Harry Houdini for a number of years before his death and worked with the master magician in preparing material for the book....

Author: Dominique G. W. MazeaudISBN-10: 8218003797ISBN-13: 9798218003791Publisher: Earthheartist PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/14/2022Pages: 274Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d

Read about the natural qualities that describe the pure lifeblood of something, that spark called life that determines an object's character. It's life, but not how we usually would see it. A true eye-opener to the natural things in the world. It gives excellent...

Read about the natural qualities that describe the pure lifeblood of something, that spark called life that determines an object's character. It's life, but not how we usually would see it. A true eye-opener to the natural things in the world. It gives excellent...

Discover Nebraska craft beer through the eyes of the passionate storyteller, Joe Java-Stout. Over the past five years, Joe has visited many Nebraska breweries to get to know the brewers and their beers. This book describes some of the gems Joe has found and...

BEST TRIVIA QUIZ BOOK!!! Are you bored of all trivia books and are you looking for something new and different? Try this BEST TRIVIA BOOK and you will see the difference. End your day with a boost of fun, learn and discover new things...

Want a journal to make you laugh? Want a journal to challenge you? This is the one! This will test your dedication, your mettle. Have you got what it takes?Author: Damon ColeISBN-10: 8210296507ISBN-13: 9798210296504Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/10/2022Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

Three dramas concentrating on the relationships between individuals.Author: Graham SessionsISBN-10: 8210287508ISBN-13: 9798210287502Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/07/2022Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d

Another uplifting story in Kerry's memoir series which unveils the mystery and marvellous side of her married life before it was all taken away from her as a result of medical mishaps. In combining fact and fiction in a most unique way, this is...

Unraveling the stereotype that men's friendships are unemotional and shallow, this book provides the first detailed account of the bromance that exists among young men. Drawing on one year of ethnography and 20 in-depth interviews among a university sport team, the authors show that...

This project addresses the contexts of Practice as Research and how to undertake it. This second iteration updates thinking and practices but sustains a direct and clear approach on how to become a practitioner-researcher. New features include an extension of range "beyond" the arts...

This book presents three interrelated essays about cinematography which offer a theoretical understanding of the ways that film practitioners orchestrate light in today's post-digital context. Cinematography is a practice at the heart of film production which traditionally involves the control of light and camera...

Let's cheer! Through large, full-color photographs and carefully leveled text, Cheerleading introduces beginning readers to the basics of the sport and encourages them to try cheerleading themselves. A labeled diagram helps readers identify a cheerleading stunt, and a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Cheerleading...

When you hear that someone's been in the music business more than thirty years, you might think they'd be a household name.Most music memoirs and autobiographies are about the artist paying their dues and then reaching the big time. In Rock N Roll Will...

Cheryl Forrest was just four years old when she was photographed sitting on the Plymouth Belvedere, the soon-to-be-buried time capsule, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1957. This memoir is a coming of age story, late in life, when she found the courage to travel abroad...

ALICE COOPER CONFIDENTIAL is the profusely illustrated ultimate Alice Cooper book, written by Alice's authorized biographer. In 1992, veteran CREEM Magazine rock critic Jeffrey Morgan was chosen to write the authorized biography of Alice Cooper, which appeared in the Warner Bros. box set The...

A mythogeographic guide to sacred space, place and time, non-systems magic, psychic war, conspiracies, somatics, ghosts, paganism, conjuring Planet B, the third hauntology, jellyfish, apocalypse, what the horses mean, and the transformation of certain readers moving from fiction to fictioning.Author: Phil SmithISBN-10: 1913743578ISBN-13: 9781913743574Publisher:...

From humble beginnings in Star, Mississippi, Faith Hill soared to the top of the country and pop charts, becoming one of the most successful female recording artists in country music history. Her albums have sold millions. Up until the end of 2000, everything she...

Porsche 912 KULT A MUST-HAVE for every lover of the Porsche 912 and those who want to become one. Let yourself be infected by the enthusiasm of 29 proud 912 owners from all over the world. Some of the most beautiful Pre-Impact Bumper Early...