Following on from James Tyler's The Early Guitar: A History and Handbook(O.U.P. 1980) this collaboration with Paul Sparks (their previous book for O.U.P., The Early Mandolin, appeared in 1989), presents new ideas and research on the history and development of the guitar and its music from the Renaissance to the dawn of the Classical era. Tyler's systematic study of the two main guitar types found between about 1550 and 1750 focuses principally on what the sources of the music (published and manuscript) and the writings of contemporary theorists reveal about the nature of the instruments and their roles in the music making of the period. The annotated lists of primary sources, previously published in The Early Guitar but now revised and expanded, constitute the most comprehensive bibliography of Baroque guitar music to date. His appendices of performance practice information should also prove indispensable to performers and scholars alike. Paul Sparks also breaks new ground, offering an extensive study of a period in the guitar's history-notably c.1759-c.1800-which the standard histories usually dismiss in a few short paragraphs. Far from being a dormant instrument at this time, the guitar is shown to have been central to music-making in France, Italy, the Iberian Peninsula, and South America. Sparks provides a wealth of information about players, composers, instruments, and surviving compositions from this neglected but important period, and he examines how the five-course guitar gradually gave way to the six-string instrument, a process that occurred in very different ways (and at different times) in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and Britain.

The Guitar and Its Music from the Renaissance to the Classical Era (Oxford Early Music Series)

Arts & Photography

James, Tyler

Paul Sparks

Music

Oxford

Written with a searing honesty and published for the tenth anniversary of Amy Winehouse's death, My Amy is an evocative portrait of unbreakable lifelong friendship – and a devastating study into fame, addiction and self-sabotage.Only one person knows what really happened to Amy, other than Amy herself. He is Tyler James, Amy’s best friend from the age of thirteen. They met at stage school as two insecure outsiders, formed an instant connection and lived together from their late teenage years right up until the day she died, aged just twenty-seven.Tyler was there by her side through it all. From their carefree early years touring together to the creation of the multiple Grammy-winning Back To Black, which she wrote on their kitchen floor. From her volatile marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil through her escalating addictions, self-harm and eating disorders as the toxic nature of fame warped Amy’s reality. For the last three years of her life, Tyler was with her every day when she’d beaten drugs and was close to beating alcoholism too. He also knew better than anyone the real Amy Winehouse who the tabloid-reading public rarely saw – the hilarious, uncompromising force-of-nature busy taking care of everyone else.We all think we know what happened to Amy Winehouse, but we don’t. This definitive insider’s story tells us all, finally, the truth.'Heartbreaking' The Times

My Amy: The Life We Shared

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Macmillan

History is made every November in central Indiana when DePauw and Wabash meet to do battle for the Monon Bell. Relive the classic moments of the oldest college football rivalry of its kind. In this hard-hitting collection, author Tyler James highlights the coaches and players who gained glory capturing the Bell. Deep historical research and personal interviews with players provide an intimate look into the epic games that live on in legend. Along with players and coaches, the fans receive due recognition for their part in this time-honored rivalry. The Bell heists, the songs, the game-day traditions--James recounts fan fervor in vivid, often humorous, detail. Whether readers sport scarlet and white or black and gold, this is a collection no fan should miss.

The Monon Bell Rivalry: Classic Clashes of DePauw vs. Wabash (Sports)

History

Americas

The History Press

A moving, intimate look at the life of Amy Winehouse by her best friend.\nThe death of icon Amy Winehouse at age just twenty-seven rocked the music world. Through the headlines the world thought they watched a car crash: a girl hell-bent on self-destruction. But the truth is far more complicated.\nNow, her best friend and constant companion Tyler James wants to tell the real story, because she can’t. From their first encounter singing together at stage school, through to their wayward teenage years and Amy’s dramatic rise to stardom, Tyler was with her through it all.\nLiving with her right up until her death, he was the only one there by her side, day-after-day. He supported her through her career highs—the massive success of Back to Black and her five Grammy wins—and personal lows—her lifelong struggles with addiction, insecurity, and eating disorders.\nWritten with love, My Amy is a heartbreaking look at friendship and fame and provides an illuminating portrait of the woman behind the music—a unique, uncompromising force-of-nature.\nThis is the definitive story of what really happened to Amy Winehouse.

Humor & Entertainment

Chicago Review Press

My Last Letters: Of a Dying Summer

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Gatekeeper Press

Repertory of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Danciger, Elizabeth Nash Kent

Alternative Medicine

Homoeopathic Book Service

He's in prison for an unforgivable crime. She's here to commit one of her own. Nasna, a feared assassin, sneaks into a prison for her latest job, but from the moment she steps inside, everything goes wrong. She's put in a cell far from her target alongside Tsuran, a deserter everyone despises. With the entire prison against them, the two are forced to trust each other and, in order to survive, they must battle giant beasts that lurk in the darkness, insane prisoners that control shadows, and even Death itself. But above all these, they must face the most frightening thing of all: friendship. As exciting as it is heart-wrenching, Promises to the Damned is a tale about being imprisoned by the traumas of our past and of the friendships that can free us. Filled with moments that will make you cheer and others that will make you cry, it's a can't-put-it-down, must-read adventure from beginning to end that will leave you clamoring for more.

Promises to the Damned: An Epic Fantasy, Prison Assassination, Action Adventure (The Bridgeway Chronicles)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Typewriter Press

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