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Omnibus Press Freddie Mercury Paperback Edition
Book SynopsisPeter Freestone was Freddie Mercury''s Personal Assistant for the last 12 years of his life. He lived with Mercury in London, Munich and New York, and he was with him when he died.In this book, the most intimate account of Mercury''s life ever written, he reveals the truth behind the scandalous rumours, the outrageous lifestyle and Mercury''s relationships with men, women and the other members of Queen.From the famous names - including Elton John, Kenny Everett, Elizabeth Taylor and Rod Stewart - to the shadowy army of lovers, fixers and hangers-on, Peter Freestone saw them all play their part in the tragi-comedy that was Freddie Mercury''s life. Freestone lived with Mercury in Europe and America for over a decade. From the East 50s apartment in New York to Kensington Lodge, the house in London where Mercury died - not to mention innumerable international hotel rooms and apartments in between - Freestone was always on hand to serve and protect the man he haTrade Review'The myth of Mercury's debauched private life is well and truly debunked by the man who was there throughout the toothsome showman's later years in this affectionate portrait...' Q
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Hal Leonard Europe Limited A Dozen A Day Mini Book Technical Exercises for
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Hal Leonard Europe Limited A Dozen A Day Book Two Elementary Sheet Music for
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Manchester University Press No Other Way to Tell it Documdrama on Film and
Book SynopsisStudents of Television, Film, Media and Theatre studiesTrade Review'In No Other Way to Tell It: Docudrama on Film and Television, Derek Paget challenges the commonunderstanding that docudrama is either bad drama, or conversely, bad documentary.'Film Matters -- .Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction to the Second Edition 1. Working on Docudrama2. The Law and Regulation - Docudrama in the New Millennium 3. Codes, Conventions and Change4. Keywords, Key Debates5. Histories: Antecedents and First Phase 6. Histories: Second Phase Developments 7. Histories: Third Phase ‘Co-Pros’ 8. Histories: Fourth Phase HybridisationBibliography
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Columbia University Press What Is Japanese Cinema
Book SynopsisWhat Is Japanese Cinema? is a concise and lively history of Japanese film that shows how cinema tells the story of Japan’s modern age. Discussing popular works alongside auteurist masterpieces, Yomota Inuhiko considers films in light of both Japanese cultural particularities and cinema as a worldwide art form.Trade ReviewA compact, breezy, and stimulating summary of Japanese film history. . . . Yomota's book offers something largely absent from English-language writing about Japanese cinema: a Japanese perspective. -- Kazu Watanabe * Film Comment *A deft and engaging history of Japanese film. -- Roger Pulvers * Japan Times *An excellent history of Japanese film. Invaluable...Highly recommended. * Choice *No living scholar-critic of Japanese movies possesses Yomota Inuhiko's encyclopedic range and sheer passion for film. What Is Japanese Cinema? is a tour de force of filmic history: a concise and spirited account of how Japanese film came to be, illuminating carryovers from native theatrical traditions and the tensions lining the political history of modern East Asia. That Japanese cinema has all along been local, and—in its imperial ambitions, aesthetic power, or moral force—global in its reach, is a matter that this insightful book brings remarkably to light. -- Paul Anderer, author of Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic FilmsA famously rambunctious critic, Inuhiko Yomota proves to be an even better pedagogue. He deftly organizes Japan’s kaleidoscopic genres and film fashions into a totality you can grasp. Auteurs and stars sparkle above an omnivorous industry that metabolized traditional theater, popular manga, and Hollywood techniques into unmistakably Japanese forms. A swift, truly satisfying summary, What Is Japanese Cinema? is also just as vibrant and searching as its title, because its author is clearly in the thrall of his marvelous subject. -- Dudley Andrew, Yale UniversityWhat Is Japanese Cinema? goes beyond the auteurist criticism that tells a history of cinema as a compilation of masterpieces. Instead, the work locates cinema in the specific contexts of cultural history as well as technological history. Yomota Inuhiko's knowledge of and attentiveness to film theories and histories is incredible. -- Daisuke Miyao, University of California, San DiegoTable of ContentsNote on Names and Film TitlesPreface to the English TranslationIntroduction1. Motion Pictures: 1896–19182. The Rise of Silent Film: 1917–19303. The First Golden Age: 1927–19404. Japanese Cinema During Wartime5. Film Production in the Colonies and Occupied Lands6. Japanese Cinema Under American Occupation: 1945–19527. Toward a Second Golden Age: 1952–19608. Upheaval Amidst Steady Decline: 1961–19709. Decline and Torpor: 1971–198010. The Collapse of the Studio System: 1981–199011. The Indies Start to Flourish: 1991–200012. Within a Production Bubble: 2001–2011NotesIndex
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Manchester University Press Claire Denis French Film Directors French Film
Book SynopsisThis is the first book on the celebrated films of director Claire Denis ('Chocolat', 'Beau Travail', 'Trouble Every Day'), one of the most remarkable filmmakers to come to prominence in the last 20 years. An essential read for students and specialists in contemporary French cinema.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Foreignness and the aesthetics of the unsaid2. Screening exile3. The mise en scène of desire: Towards a cinema of the sensesConclusionFilmographySelect bibliography
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Manchester University Press Liszts Chopin
Book SynopsisMeirion Hughes combines a new translation of the first edition with an introduction that places the work in its cultural and political context -- .Table of ContentsList of figuresAcknowledgementsTranslator’s noteLiszt’s ‘Chopin’ Part One: IntroductionI. ‘Comrades’ and ‘Friends’II. ‘Men of the Future’III. Voices IV. Some Contexts and Conclusions Part Two: TextF.Chopin Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Bibliography
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Sonicbond Publishing Elton John 1969 to 1979: On Track
Book SynopsisIn 1970, Elton John, formerly Reginald Kenneth Dwight, stepped from the obscurity of suburban Pinner, Middlesex, England, into a pop culture reeling from post-Beatles fallout, to become one of the biggest-selling recording artists in the world. To date he has sold over 300 million records from a discography of 30 studio albums, four live albums, over 100 singles, and a multitude of compilations, soundtracks and collaborations. He is the recipient of six Grammys and ten Ivor Novello awards, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, appointed a CBE in 1995 and knighted in 1998. In 2018 he embarked on his swansong world tour, Farewell Yellow Brick Road. Elton John 1969 to 1979 covers the period from Elton's earliest 1960s releases to his final 1970s album, Victim of Love. It is a critical overview of every track on the thirteen studio albums released in an era when Elton was at his most successful and that many fans consider to be the musical high-point of his career. Also included are the two live albums 17-11-70 and Here and There, and the trove of album-worthy B-sides that augmented the discography along the way
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Faber & Faber All Gates Open
Book SynopsisA real treat for Can fans.' SpectatorAll Gates Open is the definitive story of the most influential and revered avant-garde band of the late twentieth century: Can. In part one, Rob Young gives us the full biography an in-depth and exhilarating history of the band.In part two, Irmin Schmidt presents an oral history of Can, drawing on extensive interviews with many musicians who cite the band as an influence, including Bobby Gillespie and Mark E. Smith.An essential book for Can fans, All Gates Open is illustrated throughout with previously unseen art, photographs and ephemera from the band's archive.
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Manchester University Press A Game at Chess
Book SynopsisFor many years Middleton''s A Game at Chess was more notorious than read, considered rather a phenomenon of theatrical history than a pre-eminent piece of dramatic writing. A Game at Chess was a nine days'' wonder, an exceptional play of King James'' reign on account of its unprecedented representation of matters of state usually forbidden on the stage. The King''s Men performed the play uninterruptedly between 5th and 14th August, 1624 at their Globe Theatre, attracting large audiences, before the Privy Council closed the theatre by the King''s command. More recently, growing interest in the connections of economics and politics with authorship have promoted readings that locate the play so firmly within its historical context as propaganda that, again, its worthwhile literary and theatrical qualities are neglected. In writing A Game at Chess, Middleton employed the devices of the neoclassical comedy of intrigue within the matrix of the traditional oral play. What might have seemed olTable of ContentsDocumentary foundations; the occasion of the play; composition, sources and revision; the play; the textual situation and the present text; "A Game at Chess".
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Columbia University Press The Future as Catastrophe
Book SynopsisThe Future as Catastrophe offers a novel critique of the fascination with disaster. Analyzing the catastrophic imaginary from its historical roots to the contemporary popularity of disaster fiction and end-of-the-world blockbusters, Eva Horn argues that apocalypse always haunts the modern idea of a future that can be anticipated and planned.Trade ReviewThe end of the world and the extinction of the human species will be a catastrophe without event, survivor, or witness. Eva Horn's brilliant and copiously informed historical study explores the potential of 'future fictions' as epistemic tools to anticipate the unknowable—to imagine it by giving it shape, investing it with meaning and affect and thereby making it 'real.' -- Aleida Assmann, author of Cultural Memory and Western Civilization: Functions, Media, ArchivesWho would ever have imagined that a book about catastrophes could be informative, entertaining, and helpful? In this magnificent volume, Eva Horn has achieved this trifecta. As a bonus, the book is erudite and paints a picture of thinking about disaster as a strident criticism of modernity’s blind faith in human progress. Read it! -- John Casti, author of X-Events: Complexity Overload and the Collapse of Everything'Why do we imagine ourselves as Last Men?' Eva Horn's imaginative, incisive, and wide-ranging exploration of this arresting question doubles up an arresting genealogy of the modern fear of the future as catastrophe. An illuminating read, not only for students of modernity but also those pondering the looming crisis of climate change. -- Dipesh Chakrabarty, author of The Calling of History: Sir Jadunath Sarkar and His Empire of TruthTacking between the fictional and the real, Horn provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of why we are such avid consumers of dystopian disasters and what these not-so-artificial scenarios mean for our ability to contend with these portentous events. The Future as Catastrophe examines the content, sources, history, and function that the catastrophic has for politics, knowledge, and the human capacity to imagine its own destruction. -- Anson Rabinbach, author of In the Shadow of Catastrophe: German Intellectuals Between Apocalypse and EnlightenmentWith the notion of the 'Anthropocene,' we have learned to think, in an entirely secular and scientific way, the end times of human life on the planet. With breathtaking erudition and in stunning and precise prose, Eva Horn guides us through the ways in which the natural and social sciences, economic and political theory, and above all literature and popular culture, have, over the last two centuries, sought to rehearse scenarios of the end and its aftermath. As Horn also shows, the future perfect tense of catastrophe—all this will have been—serves as a remarkable diagnostic lens for the revelation—the 'apocalypse'—of the present tense of catastrophic ways of living. -- Eric L. Santner, author of The Royal Remains: The People's Two Bodies and the Endgames of SovereigntyThe Future as Catastrophe is theoretically rich and its arguments are bolstered by the sheer breadth oftexts with which it engages...a valuable contribution to environmental studies. -- Jason Ludwig, Cornell University * H-Environment *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Last Men2. Catastrophe Without Event: Imagining Climate Disaster3. Survival: The Biopolitics of Catastrophe4. The Future of Things: Accidents and Technical Safety5. The Paradoxes of PredictionConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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Alma Books Ltd Simon Boccanegra Calder Opera Guides
Book SynopsisVerdi's Simon Boccanegra exists in two versions: that of the 1857 original and that of the 1881 revision. The texts of the libretto of both versions are included in this guide, with a number of essays which focus on the differences between the two. Rodolfo Celleti provides the story's historical context, setting the events of the real life of Simon Boccanegra against the unification of Italy, which formed the political backdrop to the composition of both versions of Verdi's opera. James A. Hepokoski gives a detailed synopsis of the 1881 score, and indicates the ways in which Verdi radically revised the original and reworked it to fit his late style. Lastly, Desmond Shawe-Taylor discusses Verdi's attitude to his singers, and the critical reception that performances of both versions of the opera received.This edition contains over twenty illustrations, a thematic guide and the texts of the libretti in the original with literal translations. There is also a bibilography, discography and DTable of ContentsList of Illustrations An Historical Perspective by Rodolfo Celletti An Introduction to the 1881 Score by James Hepokoski Verdi and his Singers by Desmond Shawe-Taylor Thematic Guide 'Simon Boccanegra' libretto by Francesco Maria Piave with additions by Giuseppe Montanelli and additions and alterations by Arrigo Boito 'Simon Boccanegra' English translation by James Fenton Prologue Act One Act Two Act Three Scenes from the 1857 libretto English translation by Sylvia Mulcahy Discography by Cathy Peterson Bibliography Contributors
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Manchester University Press Abject Visions
Book SynopsisAn impressive list of authors examine how abjection can be discussed in relation to a host of different subjects, including marginality and gender.Trade Review'The exploration of the implications of abjection: being abject, positioning as abject, for the visual and performing arts defines for this collection a double relevance. It adds to the study of abjection; it adds also to the analysis of a range of artistic practices.... most of the chapters will themselves become significant in their areas while the whole performs an enlivening re-engagement and expansion of abjection as a term in contemporary cultural analysis.'Griselda Pollock -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: Approaching abjection - Rina Arya and Nicholas Chare1. Art, abjection and bare life - John Lechte2. A lesbian, feminist and Canadian perspective: queering abjection - Jayne Wark3. Manet's Abject Surrealism - Nicholas Chare4. Juan Davila's abject after-image - Rex Butler and A. D. S. Donaldson5. Animals, art, abjection - Barbara Creed and Jeanette Hoorn 6. The fragmented body as an index of abjection - Rina Arya7. Skin, body, self: the question of the abject in the work of Francis Bacon - Ernst van Alphen 8. Abjection, melancholia and ambiguity in the works of Catherine Bell - Estelle Barrett9. Corpus Delicti - Kerstin Mey10. Art is on the way: from the abject opening of underworld to the shitty ending of oblivion - Calvin Thomas11. Base materials: performing the abject object - Daniel WattIndex
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Rizzoli International Publications Point of View Me New York City and the Punk Scene
Book SynopsisA new collection of unseen photographs of New York City's 1970s punk heyday, by one of the icons of the city's golden age of new wave, Blondie's Chris Stein.A new collection of unseen photographs of New York City's 1970s punk heyday, by one of the icons of the city's golden age of music, Blondie's Chris Stein.For the duration of the 1970s - from his days as a student at the School of Visual Arts through the foundation of the era-defining band Blondie and his subsequent reign as epicenter of punk's golden age - Chris Stein kept an unrivaled photographic record of the downtown New York City scene. Following in the footsteps of the successful book Negative, this spectacular new book presents a more personal and more visceral collection of Stein's photographs of the era. The images presented here take readers from self-portraits in his run-down East-Village apartment to candid photographs of pop-cultural icons of the time and evocative shots of New York City streTrade Review"...[It] is a fascinating document, not only of the punk scene of the early and middle 1970s but more generally of New York City in its years of chaos, decay and creative energy." —Luc Sante, New York Times"Although most well-known for his iconic images of Debbie Harry, which were documented in his book Negative: Me, Blondie, and the Advent of Punk, Chris Stein’ was shooting plenty of other subjects in 1970s New York City. His new book Point of View collects these often overlooked personal frames into a single place." —Popular Photography"A far cry from the New York that Sinatra extolled, the city as depicted in the photographer and Blondie co-founder Chris Stein’s new book of images from the 1970s and 80s, Point of View: Me, New York City, and the Punk Scene, is certainly rough around the edges." —Art Newspaper "Who better to document the gritty punk heyday of ‘70s NYC than one of its most influential luminaries? Blondie founder/guitarist Chris Stein’s new collection of vintage photographs feature iconic scenesters from William Burroughs to Debbie Harry, Andy Warhol to Iggy Pop, all set against “New York City streetscapes in all their most longed-for romance and dereliction.”—Insdie Hook
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Silman-James Press,U.S. The Biz: The Basic Business, Legal and Financial
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Random House USA Inc Johannes Brahms
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Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company) The Empty Space A Book about the Theatre Deadly
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Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S. Guide To Pickups DVD 2007
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Hal Leonard Corporation Thelonious Monk for Guitar
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Hal Leonard Corporation 101 Disney Songs: Violin
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BIS Vision: Color and Composition for Film
Book SynopsisFeaturing hundreds of carefully hand-crafted illustrations as well as significant tuition on how to best compose and use images to create the most powerful frames, this book is potentially Hans P. Bacher's life's work encapsulated in one volume. Here, the internationally renowned production designer shares his expertise in an easy-to-follow and imaginative way – giving tips, exercises, and a depth of knowledge garnered from a lifetime in the industry.Bacher's production designs have established the look of many seminal animated films such as The Lion King, Balto, Mulan and Beauty and the Beast, so fans of his work will be delighted. While keeping the focus on storytelling, Bacher instructs readers in the art of animated cinematography with the ever-present aim of soliciting an emotional response from the audience. Vision: Color and Composition for Film represents an amazing depth of experience — and is visually arresting to boot.
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Fonthill Media Ltd While You See A Chance: The Steve Winwood Story
Book SynopsisBorn in Birmingham, Steve Winwood was already a semi-professional musician, playing keyboards and guitar, while still at school. As lead vocalist with The Spencer Davis Group, he had had two chart-topping singles by the time he was aged eighteen. In 1967 he formed Traffic, long noted as one of the major British psychedelic groups whose music also borrowed from jazz and folk influences as well as rock and pop. A brief hiatus saw him join forces with Eric Clapton in the short-lived Blind Faith, thereafter returning to Traffic until they disbanded in 1974 (and briefly reformed twenty years later). Throughout his subsequent solo career, he has been much respected on both sides of the Atlantic as a vocalist, all-round musician and regular collaborator with or session player for other artists. This is the first biography for nearly thirty years.Table of Contents1 `Gently encouraged towards music’; 2 Carving Out an Identity; 3 `Different styles all mixed into one’; 4 `Just the quiet lads upstairs’; 5 `We’d had no natural growth’; 6 `How free and open could you get?’; 7 `I wanted something else’; 8 `It’s a serious job’; Discography; Bibliography; Endnotes; Index.
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Hal Leonard Europe Limited Its Easy to Play Classical Pieces
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Boston Music A Tune A Day For Trumpet Or Cornet Book One
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£9.49
Alfred Music The Complete Idiots Guide to Rock Hits for
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Alfred Music Building Technic with Beautiful Music Book Iv
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Ebury Publishing Alan Rickman The Unauthorised Biography
Book SynopsisIn this revised and updated biography, Maureen Paton encompasses the private, professional and political life of this most enigmatic, charismatic and intensely private of actors.Trade Review'An illuminating profile' Premiere
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Orion Publishing Co Home
Book SynopsisThe heroine of MARY POPPINS and THE SOUND OF MUSIC tells her life story from the music halls of London to Broadway stardom.Over the years Julie Andrews has been much interviewed in the press and on television, but she has never before revealed the true story of her childhood and upbringing. In HOME she vividly recreates the years before the movies. An idyllic early childhood in Surrey was cut short when her parents divorced and her mother remarried. The family moved to London, and there are vivid scenes of life during the Blitz. Her mother went into musical theatre with her stepfather, who encouraged Julie to have singing lessons which led to the discovery that her voice had phenomenal range and strength for someone her age. Before long she was appearing on stage with her parents. She soon realised how much she enjoyed looking out into the black auditorium with the spotlights on her. By the time she was a teenager, she was supporting her whole family with her Trade ReviewTold with candour and poignancy * CANDIS *revealing * MAIL ON SUNDAY *a modest but candid and frequently amusing self-portrait of the star before fans got to know her * DAILY MAIL *Candid and perceptive, providing a vivid portrait of her formative years, this memoir will delight her legions of admirers * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
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University Press of Kansas Singin in the Rain
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Running Press,U.S. The Essentials
Book SynopsisShowcasing 52 Essential films from the golden age to the present, Turner Classic Movies invites you into a world filled with stirring performances, dazzling musical numbers, and bold directorial visions that mark the greatest moments in film history. These are movies that define what it means to be a classic. Readers can enjoy one film per week, for a year of stellar viewing, or indulge in their own classic movie festival.Trade Review"[An] excellent book. Author Arnold distills why each movie is a must-see, and augments his knowledgeable text with sidebar quotes from various TCM hosts... Handsomely designed and packed with great photos, The Essentials would be a perfect gift for a young person who's just dipping his or her toe into these waters...but I found it equally appealing." --Leonard Maltin, leonardmaltin.com "An entertaining read... Beautifully-designed and illustrated... Author Jeremy Arnold does a superb job presenting the reasons why a particular film matters." --Raymond Benson, Cinema Retro
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Hal Leonard Europe Limited Its Easy to Play Abba
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Mack the Life
Book SynopsisHis book is a joy to read, full of homespun wisdom and hilarious asides' Independent____________________Where do comedians come from? Why is it that one person is a funny bloke down the pub while another actually makes a living by standing up in front of an audience telling jokes? And where does all that material come from? Well, young Lee McKillop used to wonder that too.___________________ Growing up in his parents' pub, small and wiry in a world of bigger and chunkier specimens, Lee quickly learned that cracking jokes was a way to get attention. After a somewhat random series of jobs, which included being Red Rum's stableboy and a bingo hall barman, it was as a Great Yarmouth holiday camp entertainer that he had his first crack at telling jokes on stage. It got him some laughs, the sack and a punch in the face.*Now, as Lee Mack, he's one of our best loved and most successful comedians, both Trade ReviewA first-class comic. His autobiography, Mack the Life, has all the cheerful candour of one of his barnstorming shows. Mack has polished this narrative until it shines, and his book is a joy to read, full of homespun wisdom and hilarious asides. * Independent *A cracking read. Jokes liberally dot the narrative … a frank picture of a man who can’t believe his luck, but still manages to keep his feet on the ground * Chortle *a truly fascinating read, genuinely funny throughout * British Comedy Guide *
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Hal Leonard Corporation Piano Theory Workbook Book 2 Hal Leonard Student
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Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Fast Track Guitar Chords And Scales Partitions CD
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Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. Star Wars and Philosophy
Book SynopsisThe Star Wars films continue to revolutionize science fiction, creating new standards for cinematographic excellence, and permeating popular culture around the world. The films feature many complex themes ranging from good versus evil and moral development and corruption to religious faith and pragmatism, forgiveness and redemption, and many others.The essays in this volume tackle the philosophical questions from these blockbuster films including: Was Anakin predestined to fall to the Dark Side? Are the Jedi truly role models of moral virtue? Why would the citizens and protectors of a democratic Republic allow it to descend into a tyrannical empire? Is Yoda a peaceful Zen master or a great warrior, or both? Why is there both a light and a dark side of the Force? Star Wars and Philosophy ponders the depths of these subjects and asks what it truly means to be mindful of the living force.
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Open Court The Devil and Philosophy
Book SynopsisIn The Devil and Philosophy, 34 philosophers explore questions about one of the most recognizable and influential characters (villains?) of all time. From Roman Polanski''s The Ninth Gate to J. R. R. Tolkien''s The Silmarillion to Bram Stoker''s Dracula to Darth Vader to Al Pacino''s iconic performance in The Devil''s Advocate, this book demonstrates that a little devil goes a long way. From humorous appearances, as in Kevin Smith''s film Dogma and Chuck Palahniuk''s novels Damned and Doomed, to more villainous appearances, such as Gabriel Byrne''s cold outing as Satan in End of Days, The Devil in Philosophy proves that the Devil comes in many forms.Are there any good arguments for the actual existence of the Devil? Does demonic evil thrive in Gotham City? Can humans really be accountable for all evil? Which truths about the Devil are actual facts? Is Milton correct, in that the Devil believes he is doing good? Through the lenses of Jung, Kant, Kundera, Balkan, Plato, Bradwardine, Aristotle, Hume, Blackburn, Descartes, Lavey, Thoreau, and Aquinas, The Devil and Philosophy takes a philosophical look at one of time''s greatest characters. Table of ContentsA. Introduction 1. C.S. Lewis's Argument for the Existence of Devils 2. Kant and Demonic Evil Thrive in Gotham City 3. Lewis, Lucifer, and Logic 4. A Little Devil Goes a Long Way 5. Justified True Belief in Roman Polanski's "The Ninth Gate" 6. What if the Antichrist Doesn't Come? 7. House of Cards: Underwood in the Underworld 8. Of Duty and Demons: How Humans Interact with Demons in Fablehaven 9. The Devil's Democracy: Bill Hicks and Using Stand-Up Comedy to Save Us from the Devil's Deception 10. The Devil's Virtues: Using Modern Films to Reflect the Seven Deadly Sins 11. Should We Call an Exorcist? 12. Epicurus in the Garden of Eden 13. Middle-earth's Devil and Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy 14. Satan: Romantic Hero or Just an Asshole? 15. Satan, the Rejector of God's Will: From Milton to Neil Gaiman 16. Satanism and the Star of Azezel 17. Who Killed the Kennedy's? The Devil Says It Was You and Me 18. The Devil's in the Details: Forensic Science on TV 19. Use the Force, Luke(ifer): Augustine's "Deprivation" and Satan's Free Will 20. Can the Devil Get You? 21. "In a Tight Spot!" The Faustian Characters in the Coen Brothers' Films 22. North of Hell": Slayer, Aquinas & the Problem of Evil 23. Why Satanic Heavy Metal is Better When it's Produced by Actual Satanists 24. We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll: Led Zeppelin and Nietzsche's Notion of Amor Fati 25. A Devilish Paradox: The Freedom to Reign in Hell? 26. Devil Inside: The Devil's Presence in Pop and Rock Music 27. The Soul as Commodity: Marx and the 'Political-Economy' of Soul Selling 28. Sympathy for the Devil Within 29. Devils and Demons and Women 30. "I'm Not a Monster...I'm Just Ahead of the Curve" 31. No Sympathy for the Devil 32. The Devil Inside: Movies, Books, and South Park 33. The Devil's Advocate 34. No, the Devil Did Not Make You Do It! B. About the authors C. Index
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McFarland and Company, Inc. Silent Film Performers An Annotated Bibliography
Book SynopsisEach entry includes brief biographical and career data for the performer, with birthplace and year of birth and death. An overview of commercially published books and articles about or written by the performer is given next. The entry then provides a list of archival materials, including clipping files, photographs and stills, letters, scrapbooks and other memorabilia.Trade Reviewan extensive bibliography on silent film, a directory of collections related to silent films and a name index make up this volume.... Recommended--Choice; ""solidly produced""--Reference Reviews ; ""an incredible book...a very useful book all around""--Classic Images.
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Best of Enya Easy Piano Series
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Warner PATTERNS TIME FUNCTIONING
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Warner Little Shop of Horrors PianoVocalChords
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McFarland & Company The First Hollywood Musicals A Critical
Book SynopsisAs Hollywood entered the sound era, it was determined that the same public fascinated by the novelty of the talkie would be dazzled by the spectacle of a song and dance film. From movies such as ""Sunnyside Up"" and ""Hallelujah!"" to failures such as ""The Lottery Bride"" and ""Howdy Broadway"", this filmography details 171 early Hollywood musicals.
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Warner I Can Read Music Vol2 A Note Reading Book for
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Willis Music Company John Thompsons Easiest Piano Course Part Four
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists
Book SynopsisTHE OFFICIAL PUNK ROCK BOOK OF LISTS
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Faber Music Ltd Behind Bars The Definitive Guide To Music
Book SynopsisBehind Bars is the indispensable reference book for composers, arrangers, teachers and students of composition, editors, and music processors. Supported by 1,500 music examples of published scores from Bach to Xenakis, this seminal and all-encompassing guide encourages new standards of excellence and accuracy.Trade ReviewIf books, like hotels, had a star-rating system then this book would be off the top of the scale! Among the technical reference books it’s colossus. It’s a book for composers, arrangers, copyists, typesetters, and anyone who interacts in any way with music notation. If you want to know how to write it clearly and unambiguously, this book will tell you. With this book by your side any chance of inaccurate, lazy or impractical notation becomes quite impossible. But it’s not only a useful book, it’s also a fascinating one, and it’s going to become my bedside reading for many months to come. I couldn’t begin to list the areas that it covers: there are far too many of them. As a clarinettist I headed straight for the woodwind techniques section and learned lots on multiphonics, harmonics and how to note unusual modern performance practice ideas. Each area is accompanied by appropriate and generous musical examples from the widest of repertoires – there are evidently over 1,500 examples. Simon Rattle, in his munificient introduction, rightly calls this a reference for musicians for decades to come. He also describes the book as part of the living texture of music itself rather than a book of dry rules. He’s right. Music Teacher Magazine, April 2011Table of ContentsSection I - General Conventions: Ground Rules; Chords – Dotted notes – Ties; Accidentals and Key Signatures; Dynamics and Articulation; Grace Notes, Arpeggiated Chords, Trills, Glissandos and Vibrato; Metre; Tuplets; Repeat Signs; Section II - Idiomatic Notation: Woodwind and Brass; Percussion; Keyboard; Harp; Classical Guitar; Strings; Vocal Music; Section III - Layout and Presentation: Preparing Materials; Score Layout; Part Preparation; Electroacoustic Music; Freedom and Choice
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Faber Music Ltd Jazzin About Cello
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsHo Down - Show Down **Trinity Guildhall selected piece: Cello syllabus 2010-2012; Hungarian Stomp **Trinity Guildhall selected piece: Cello syllabus 2010-2012; Just Passing By; Pink Lady; Rock-A-Bow Baby **Trinity Guildhall selected piece: Cello syllabus 2010-2012; Sometime Maybe; Song For Sue; The Next Time
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Faber Music Ltd Scaley Monsters
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Faber Music Ltd Thumb Position For Beginners
Book SynopsisThumb Position For Beginners introduces and then reinforces this technique at the earliest possible stage in a cellist's development. Drawing on a wealth of experience with beginner cellists, Pat Legg uses a wonderful array of familiar tunes and new pieces in both teacher/pupil and student/piano format to introduce and establish this skill.Table of ContentsFrench Folk Song; Hopak; Mattachins; Belli Bella Bimba; O Waly Waly; Lovely Joan; Shalom Chaverin; Come All Ye Fair And Tender Maidens; Sleigh Ride; Korean Folk Song; French Carol; Hunters' Song; Summer Is A Coming In; Henry Martin; The Coasts Of High Barbary; The Great Speckled Bird; Fukien Boat Song; Hoi Hoi Seal Song; The Grenadier And The Lady; Out In The Meadows; Ding Dong Bell; Blow The Wind Southerly; Alas! Because Of Adam's Sin; School Bells; Buy My Blooming Lavender; Every Night; The Isle Of Stronsay
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