The Ethnomusicologist (McGraw-Hill Series in Music)

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The Ethnomusicologist

Kent State Univ Pr

The story is set in Hawaii and moves to Japan in the boldest heist in its history: the jeweled swords of Emperor Shomu, housed since the 8th century in Shoso-in, repository of Imperial Treasures. Doug, ex-Green beret embittered by the Vietnam war, has a cattle ranch on the island of Maui and a hobby of "fast draw" six guns. Beautiful Maile, descended from Hawaiian royalty, believes in ghosts. Jet-set Judy seeks thrills beyond sky diving. Her father Ben, real estate tycoon, is a secret collector of Japanese art. Genji Taro, 20th century samurai, lives by the rigid code of medieval bushido. The love triangle is complicated when Judy joins the thieves.

The keepers

Tale Spin Press

The Celestial Connection is a New Age Novel. It is half fact, documented by the psychic experiences of three principal characters; and half fiction, three characters entangled in the crush of daily living, invented by the writer to represent the curiosity and skepticism of the average reader. Principles of the factual characters help resolve the problems of the fictious.

The Celestial Connection : A New Age Novel

France, Roman

<p>Since the beginning of time, hordes of evil monsters and demons have invaded the island of Bali. The legendary creations of the Balinese arts serve as religious offerings to placate these evil forces. Today, hordes of international tourists have brought foreign capital and over-building that threaten the very foundation of Balinese Hinduism. A writer of romance novels, Kora Bond, comes to Bali, island of demons and magic powers, to escape writer's block. Giorgio Bertolli arrives on the same plane worried about his slump as a professional golfer. Toni Doratti is a mystic from the Bronx. The love triangle becomes a quadrangle, when gorgeous NI Nyoman enters the scene. Mafia money and Balinese students lock in mortal combat over a sacred temple situated on a tiny island just a stone's throw from the Bali coast.</p>

Just a Stone's Throw

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Tale Spin Pr

Professor Ron Gibbons, specialist in Ghana, Africa, joins a small Virginia university to escape a busted marriage, big-university politics, and memories of a plane crash that killed his parents. Gifted as a psychic Beth Higgins is a Vietnamese girl brought to the U. S. as a child; now 25, she’s Ron’s teaching assistant. Both she and secretary Laura Smith have designs on Ron.  Bascom Gerald Winfield III, son of a late tobacco king., micro-manages Carol University, He plots to recoup losses in the tobacco market by exploiting Africa. Prentice Charles, African American professor fighting problems of unwed black mothers, mistrusts Bascom. African American detective Big Bill Angel pulls in the FBI to investigate serial murders, a kidnapping, and three church bombings.

The Wisdom Knot

Trompin' the wraparound

Musicology

Harrison, Frank Llewellyn

Palisca, Claude Victor

Literary

Literary Licensing, LLC

The Evolution of Javanese Gamelan: Book 1: Music of the Roaring Sea

Mantle Hood

C F Peters Corp

The Evolution of the Javanese Gamelan, Book II (Pocketbooks of Musicology 63)

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