Jazz Composition and Arranging in the Digital Age


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This is a comprehensive instructional text and reference guidebook on the art and craft of jazz composition and arranging for small and large ensembles. It is written from the perspective of doing the work using music notation software, and contains many practical and valuable tips to that end for the modern jazz composer/arranger.




Internet Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series, 1998-2013


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This is the first ever compilation on Internet television and provides details of 405 programs from 1998 to 2013. Each entry contains the storyline, descriptive episode listings, cast and crew lists, the official website and comments. An index of personnel and programs concludes the book. From Barry the Demon Hunter to Time Traveling Lesbian to Hamilton Carver, Zombie P.I., it is a previously undocumented entertainment medium that is just now coming into focus. Forty-eight photos accompany the text.




Fearless Femininity by Women in American Theatre, 1910s to 2010s


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In this unprecedented, fascinating book which covers women in theatre from the 1910s to the 2010s, author Lynne Greeley notes that, for the purposes of this study, "feminism" is defined as the political impulse toward economic and social empowerment for females or the female-identified, a position perceived by many feminists as oppositional to ideas of femininity that they see as personally and politically constraining and that "femininity" comprises social behaviors and practices that mean as "many different things as there are women," some of which are empowering and others of which are not. This book illuminates how throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, playwrights and artists in American theatre both embodied and disrupted the feminine of their times. Through approaches as wide ranging as performing their own recipes, energizing silences, raging against war and rape, and inviting the public to inscribe their naked bodies, theatre artists have used performance as a site to insert themselves between the physicality of their female presence and the liminality of their disrupting the role of the feminine. Capturing that place of liminality, a neither-here-nor-there place that is often unsafe, where the established order is overturned by acts as banal as raising a plant, women have written and performed and disrupted their way through one hundred years of theatre history, even within the constraints of a variably rigid and usually unsympathetic social order. Creating a feminist femininity, they have reinscribed their place in the culture and provided models for their audiences to do the same. This comprehensive tome, part of the Cambria Contemporary Global Performing Arts headed by John Clum (Duke University) is an essential addition for theater studies and women's studies.




The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2010


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Reviews thousands of British, American, and European classical recordings on CD, DVD, and SACD.




Fearless Femininity by Women in American Theatre, 1910s to 2010s - Student Edition


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Note: this is an abridged version of the book with references removed. The complete edition is also available. In this unprecedented, fascinating book which covers women in theatre from the 1910s to the 2010s, author Lynne Greeley notes that, for the purposes of this study, "feminism" is defined as the political impulse toward economic and social empowerment for females or the female-identified, a position perceived by many feminists as oppositional to ideas of femininity that they see as personally and politically constraining and that "femininity" comprises social behaviors and practices that mean as "many different things as there are women," some of which are empowering and others of which are not. This book illuminates how throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, playwrights and artists in American theatre both embodied and disrupted the feminine of their times. Through approaches as wide ranging as performing their own recipes, energizing silences, raging against war and rape, and inviting the public to inscribe their naked bodies, theatre artists have used performance as a site to insert themselves between the physicality of their female presence and the liminality of their disrupting the role of the feminine. Capturing that place of liminality, a neither-here-nor-there place that is often unsafe, where the established order is overturned by acts as banal as raising a plant, women have written and performed and disrupted their way through one hundred years of theatre history, even within the constraints of a variably rigid and usually unsympathetic social order. Creating a feminist femininity, they have reinscribed their place in the culture and provided models for their audiences to do the same. This comprehensive tome, part of the Cambria Contemporary Global Performing Arts headed by John Clum (Duke University) is an essential addition for theater studies and women's studies.




The Complete Book of 2010s Broadway Musicals


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This volume contains detailed information about every musical that opened on Broadway from 2010 through the end of 2019. This book discusses the decade’s major successes, notorious failures, and musicals that closed during their pre-Broadway tryouts. In addition to including every hit and flop that debuted during the decade, this book highlights revivals and personal-appearance revues.




Root Magic


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“A poignant, necessary entry into the children’s literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the history and culture of Gullah people while highlighting the timeless plight of Black Americans. Add in a fun, magical adventure and you get everything I want in a book!”—Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation Debut author Eden Royce arrives with a wondrous story of love, bravery, friendship, and family, filled to the brim with magic great and small. It’s 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. Her beloved grandmother has just passed away. The local police deputy won’t stop harassing her family. With school integration arriving in South Carolina, Jez and her twin brother, Jay, are about to begin the school year with a bunch of new kids. But the biggest change comes when Jez and Jay turn eleven— and their uncle, Doc, tells them he’s going to train them in rootwork. Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations—especially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon finds out that her family’s true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirs…and not a moment too soon. Because when evil both natural and supernatural comes to show itself in town, it’s going to take every bit of the magic she has inside her to see her through. Walter Dean Myers Honor Award for Outstanding Children's Literature!




Norwegian Wood


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From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore: A magnificent coming-of-age story steeped in nostalgia, “a masterly novel” (The New York Times Book Review) blending the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the sixties with a young man’s hopeless and heroic first love. Now with a new introduction by the author. Toru, a serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman. Stunning and elegiac, Norwegian Wood first propelled Haruki Murakami into the forefront of the literary scene.




Shapes of mind. Go course for beginners.


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Learn how to play the game of Go with the book "Shapes of mind. Go Course for Beginners.". The "Shapes of mind" consists of three parts - 9x9, 13x13 and 19x19 - which are related to the size of the Go boards. From the first part of the book you will learn the rules of the Go game and the most important information for the future Go player. After reading the first part of the "Shapes of mind": 1. You will know when a group is alive, when not. 2. You will understand the importance of connecting groups. 3. You will be able to count points at the end of the game. 4. You will know some special techniques of capturing opponent's stones (e.g. ladders, geta, snapbacks, throw-ins). 5. You will understand the idea of good and bad shapes. In the first part of the book you will also solve some basic Go problems, which involve catching your opponent’s stones. Everything on the 9×9 Go board. After reading the second part of the "Shapes of mind": 1. You will understand the importance of sente and gote. 2. You will be able to count how many points are the last endgame moves worth. 3. You will know about what to focus on in the openings. 4. You will understand that some groups don't need to have two eyes to live. 5. You will know what to think about while trying to create eye shapes. In the second part of the book you will solve some basic life & death Go problems, which are connected with the creation of eyes. Everything on the 13×13 Go board. More space on the board – more to think about. After reading the third part of the "Shapes of mind": 1. You will understand what are the weaknesses of groups. 2. You will know what a base is and what the good extensions are. 3. You will be able to play the basic joseki. 4. You will understand why not to play the endgame moves too early. 5. You will know what to think about while choosing the direction of attack. In the third part of the book you will also solve some extra Go problems, which involve catching your opponent’s stones and more difficult life & death Go problems, which are connected with the creation of eyes. Everything on the 19×19 Go board. The author of the book "Shapes of mind. Go Course for Beginners" - Mateusz Surma - is one of the strongest Go players in Europe. Some of his achievements: • 1st place in the European Grand Slam (2019, 2023) • 1st place in the European Grand Prix (2019, 2023) • 1st place in the European Grand Prix Finale (2020) • 1st place in the European Professional Championship (2023) He was the first European Go player who won four games in a row in the Chinese Go League (2017). The book is also available in: - German (Formen des Geistes. Go Kurs für Anfänger.) - Spanish (Formas de la mente. Curso de Go para principiantes.) - French (Formes d’esprit. Cours de Go pour débutants.) - Italian (Forme della mente. Corso di Go per principianti.) - Polish (Kształty umysłu. Kurs Go dla początkujących.) - Russian (Формы разума. Курс Го для начинающих.) - Ukrainian (Форми розуму. Курс Го для початківців.)




Daily Graphic


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