Exploring Classical Music seeks to strip away the mystery that often seems to enshroud great composers and their works, and to introduce them to the intelligent, interested layman, in a way that will bring willing listeners to them in a spirit of pure enjoyment. It is neither a learned textbook, nor a populist write-down. It is a kind of love letter to some of the music that has moved the heart and spirit of one listener over a span of some 60 years.

Exploring Classical Music : A Pleasant Journey for Novice and Expert

Robert Finn

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Exploring Classical Music: A Pleasant Journey for Novice and Expert

Arts & Photography

Finn, Robert

Music

In a landmark work that continues the tradition established fifty years ago by the legendary Tom Meany, sports analyst David Shiner fills in the last fifty years with portraits of modern baseball’s Greats. From Aaron to Yastrzemski, Dave tells the stories of how and why the greatest players achieved so much. Filled with thrills and insights into what made them tick, Baseball’s Greatest Players is a hit in its own right.

Baseball's Greatest Players: The Saga Continues

Sports & Outdoors

Shiner, David

Baseball

Product Description Just as Pressfield's GATES OF FIRE and Renault's THE KING MUST DIE breathed life into the world of the ancient Greeks, so Mirsky's BLOOD OF THE NORTH conjures up the rime ice and smoky fires of the Norse world, as those fearless adventurers braved harsh seas and sudden storms to seek new lands. Here is a tale of "first contact" between two very different cultures and of how things really were when Europeans took their first tentative steps across the Atlantic . . . and into history. Firmly grounded in the saga literature of old Iceland, this book resonates with the voice and spirit of a long lost medieval world . . . yet it's also a world which is barely removed from the pioneering tradition of our own American west. From the Author Actually, this book is a re-issue of one I did a couple of years back although it has now been updated and includes an entirely new afterword by me, placing the tale in its historical context. I wrote the book largely because I'd always loved the old Icelandic sagas and wanted to give contemporary readers a taste of their special tone and flavor. Of course, the saga "voice" I used is somewhat archaic and so some folks may be a little put off by the unfamiliar literary conventions (oddly formalistic dialogue, an emphasis on speech and action in the narrative in lieu of heavier reliance on descriptive prose, and a marked lack of the subjective "point of view" which we moderns have come to expect in our books). Still, for those with a yearning for risk-taking, or who just love a little adventure set in a bygone world, it is my fondest hope that this book will be for them. About the Author A product of Brooklyn College with a BA in philosophy, Stuart W. Mirsky, like many writers before him, became enamoured of 12th century Icelandic prose early on, finding both inspiration and a writer's education in these frequently under-appreciated medieval masterpieces. A student, for many years, of the oriental martial arts, he has travelled, written for various publications, and today earns his keep as a municipal bureaucrat in a major northeastern American city. "This is no great drawback," he avers, "as many quite respectable writers, in this and other genres, have paid the bills in this way." Still, he admits he wouldn't mind earning a living from his pen if things should finally go that way. In the summer and fall of 2000, Mirsky served as coordinator for New York City's Viking Sail 2000 event commemorating the first Norse sailings to North America a thousand years ago. In October of that year he was awarded the Leif Ericsson Millennial Silver Medallion for contributions to the cause.

Blood of the North

Literature & Fiction

Mirsky, Stuart W.

Contemporary

The plot of The Facade is driven by the fate of a team of scholars recruited for an Above-Top-Secret project against their will by a cabal of military insiders known only as "The Group." To gain the team's trust, the Group authorizes successive levels of disclosure to astonishing technologies, shocking alien artifacts, and documents which chronicle the clandestine history of the United States government's knowledge of UFOs - including Operation Paperclip, a secret program that recruited Nazi scientists for their technical knowledge. Nevertheless, it soon becomes apparent that nothing is what it seems. The Facade follows the team as they unpeel layer after layer of deception, uncovering a shocking revelation that will alter mankind's self-understanding forever - if they can discern which lie to believe. The unlikely center of the team is Dr. Brian Scott, a scholar of ancient semitic languages. Despite his credentials, Brian's life is overshadowed by his low self-esteem and his parents' unspeakable deaths. Brian is befriended by Father Andrew Benedict, a dignified but enigmatic priest, whose presence will dictate the direction Brian's life must take. After a tense initial briefing, Brian is confronted by Dr. Melissa Kelley for an insensitive remark made during the briefing. As angry as she is beautiful, Melissa's behavior toward Brian becomes increasingly antagonistic. Weeks of hostility pass until a selfless but reckless split-second decision on Brian's part alters their lives forever, leaving them dependent on one another for survival. A stunning climax leaves Brian and Melissa with only each other to trust, completely unaware of the larger, more sinister agenda only now beginning.

The Facade

Heiser, Michael S.

Healthy Living with Demineralization is a comprehensive guide for use by dialysis patients and others with renal insufficiency in the reduction of minerals in common foods. An important breakthrough in the treatment of renal insufficiency, it relies on simple, natural food preparation techniques that help guard against the misery and health hazards of mineral overload. For patients, the result is better nutrition and the enjoyment of foods heretofore severely restricted.

Healthy Living With Demineralization

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Jones, Wendy L

Diets & Weight Loss

Exotic Scales: New Horizons for Jazz Improvisation begins with  Basic Harmonic Theory, Diatonic Scales, and Modes,' and then jumps into scales ranging from the somewhat traditional Melodic Minor and Neapolitan Minor and Neapolitan Major, to more uncommon ones like the Aeolian bb7, the Dhenuka, and the Enigmatic Minor. Scales are cataloged and presented according to the number of augmented intervals they contain. Befumo shows you the intervals that build each scale, where the notes lie on a regular six-string guitar using tablature, and the makeup and function of the chords built from the scale tones. Supporting material, available as a free download or on a CD_ROM, features audio examples (a melody track and background track for each scale), standard MIDI files, transcriptions in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, and source files that can be used with Cakewalk products, Coda Finale, SoundTrek Jammer, and Noteworthy Artware Composer.

Exotic Scales: New Horizons for Jazz Improvisation

Befumo, Joseph

Break the Rules Selling

Business & Money

Graham,John

Marketing & Sales

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