Juvenile

Ligeti's Stylistic Crisis: Transformation in His Musical Style, 1974-1985

by Michael D. Searby

The Hungarian composer Gysrgy Ligeti (1923-2006) was one of the most innovative and influential composers of the last 50 years. Ligeti reached his creative maturity in the 1970s and 1980s. This book focuses...

Dutch: An Essential Grammar

by William Z. Shetter

This Grammar shows, step by step, how the language is constructed. It presents a lively and accessible description of the language using plenty of relevant examples. This is the ideal first grammar for the Dutch...

Masterworks of George Enescu: A Detailed Analysis

by Pascal Bentoiu & Lory Wallfisch

Masterworks of George Enescu provides a profound and very detailed analysis of more than 25 of this important composer's most representative works. Translated from musicologist Pascal Bentoiu's Romanian publication,...

Mattia Battistini: King of Baritones and Baritone of Kings

by Jacques Chuilon, Thomas E. Glasow & Thomas Hampson

Mattia Battistini: King of Baritones and Baritone of Kings presents a comprehensive study of the life and art of Italian baritone Mattia Battistini (1856-1928), known as the finest example of the bel canto style,...

Children's Favorite Bible Stories

by Thomas Nelson

Children's Favorite Bible Stories is a family treasure!

An excellent resource for children and families to grow together in their faith and knowledge of the Bible, with almost 200 stories from the actual text...

Body Image and Appearance: The Ultimate Teen Guide

by Kathlyn Gay

This book tackles such topics as the cultural standards of what a 'perfect' body should look like, methods for changing appearances, and matters related to height. Throughout this volume, the author offers advice...

The Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble and R. Winston Morris: A 40th Anniversary Retrospective

by Charles A. McAdams & Richard H. Perry

This book details the achievements and impact of one of the most influential collegiate ensembles of the 20th and 21st centuries and presents the history and accomplishments of the Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble,...

The C.S. Lewis Bible

by C. S. Lewis

Beloved author C. S. Lewis is one of the world's most influential Christian thinkers and a trusted companion for millions of readers. The C. S. Lewis Bible draws upon the distinctive wisdom of Lewis's celebrated...

The Weighty Word Book

by Paul M. Levitt, Douglas A. Burger & Elissa S. Guralnick

"Each of these twenty-six short stories takes an elaborate, circuitous path that leads to a 'weighty' one-word punch line."--School Library Journal

Btec Nationals - It Practitioners Tutor Resource Pack

by Howard Anderson & Sharon Yull

The complete off-the-shelf resource for delivering the compulsory core units of the new BTEC Nationals.

Used alongside the students' text, 'BTEC Nationals - IT Practitioners', this pack offers a complete suite...

Read and Share Bedtime Bible and Devotional

by Gwen Ellis

Easy-to-understand Bible stories and fun devotionals are the perfect way to send little ones to bed feeling safe and blessed.

Perfect for bedtime-or anytime-the Read and Share^® Bedtime Bible and Devotional...

Nino Rota's the Godfather Trilogy: A Film Score Guide

by Franco Sciannameo

This volumes reintroduces critics, film musicologists, cinemagoers, and fans of Francis Ford Coppola's cinema and Nino Rota's music to the events that led to the realization of the three films that make up The...

Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide

by Ruth Whittle, John Klapper & Bill Dodd

Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide is an innovative reference guide to German as it is spoken and written today.

* Part A provides a description of the structures of modern German. All grammatical rules...

No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan

by Robert Shelton, Elizabeth Thomson & Patrick Humphries

(Book). Robert Shelton met Bob Dylan when the young singer first arrived in New York. He became Dylan's friend, champion, and critic. This book, first published in 1986, was hailed as the definitive unauthorized...

Here and Now!: The Autobiography of Pat Martino

by Pat Martino

(Book). By age 16, Pat Martino was already working as a member of R&B star Lloyd Price's touring musical revue. By age 18, Martino moved to Harlem, where he quickly earned a reputation as a hard-bopping six-stringer...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: An Illuminated Man

by Helena Jobim

(Book). Charlie Byrd, Herbie Mann, and others brought in bags full of discs from a trip to Brazil in 1961. Stan Getz listened to them and recorded "Desafinado," which stayed for 70 weeks on the Billboard charts....

The Music and Life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro: Infatuation

by Leif Bo Petersen & Theo Rehak

This is the first comprehensive study of the music and life of Theodore 'Fats' Navarro. It provides biographical, discographical, and analytical information on the trumpeter and his recorded legacy, offering...

The Military and Teens: The Ultimate Teen Guide

by Kathlyn Gay

The Military and Teens covers the major issues young adults should consider before making a decision to join the armed forces. Although each branch of the military provides print and electronic materials on...

Beethoven and the Grosse Fuge: Music, Meaning, and Beethoven's Most Difficult Work

by Robert S. Kahn

This book looks closely at both Beethoven and the Grosse Fuge, placing both in their historical and social contexts. It considers interesting questions about whether absolute music-music without words-can have...

The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure

by Martin W. Sandler

The dead of an Arctic winter. Whaling ships full of men, stranded in ice. Follow three rescuers in a race against time - and all odds - in this heartpounding true adventure. In 1897, whaling in the Arctic waters...