(Berklee Guide). Understanding Audio explores the fundamentals of audio and acoustics that impact every stage of the music recording process. Whether you are a musician setting up your first Pro Tools project studio, or you are a seasoned recording engineer or producer eager to find a reference that fills in the gaps in your understanding of audio, this book is for you. Understanding Audio will enable you to develop a thorough understanding of the underlying principles of sound, and take s...

Written by the hosts of the wildly popular Deck the Hallmark podcast!Welcome to Greenville, Maine, where all the shop windows are festively decorated, the street lights are magically transformed into candy canes, and the air sounds and smells like the North Pole on Christmas morning.Ellie Holden is back in her hometown of Greenville and surrounded by familiar faces and her favorite traditions. Well, most of them. She’s had a few ...

Empowering poems for all emotionsThis collection of 50 poems will help children to understand their feelings and embrace each and every one of them.Beautifully illustrated, it is filled with poems for children to read alone or enjoy with the whole family.With poems on joy and jealousy, curiosity and confidence, embarrassment and excitement, and everything in between – it’s the perfect gift book for children to treasure.From poet, Daniel Thom...

In September 2010 the Dubai bank of BanCo was robbed. This is the story of the events as they took place. The author painstakingly researched new behind the scenes evidence and has held comprehensive interviews with all of the main characters involved. The result is as truly unbelievable series of events as they occurred. Being part of the construction company that built the bank wasn't enough for George, he had to rob it as well! By cleverly adding defects into the walls he was able to re...

Vermont in 1777: Burgoyne coming down from Canada, the Green Mountain Boys, Bennington, and a Tory's daughter caught between her father's loyalty and her own. Thompson was a Vermont judge who collected the testimony of the men who fought it while they were still alive to give it — the campaign here is history taken down from witnesses and then told as a story. Fifty-nine plates of winter landscapes and village scenes, among them works by Gainsborough and Munch, echo the snowbound campaign ...

For a century, the Ethiopian city Jigjiga was known as a dusty hub of cross-border smuggling and a hotbed of rebellion on Ethiopia's eastern frontier. After 2010, it transformed into a post-conflict boomtown, becoming one of Africa's fastest-growing cities and attracting Somali return-migrants from across the globe. This study examines Jigjiga's astonishing transformation through the eyes of its cross-border traders, urban businesspeople, and officials. Daniel K. Thompson follows traders a...

The novel follows the adventures of the protagonist, a skilled trapper who is renowned for his ability to capture and deal with malevolent entities. The setting is the dense and often treacherous forests of Maine, specifically around the area of Umbagog, a real lake known for its wild and untamed nature.As the story unfolds, the demon trapper faces a series of eerie and unsettling encounters with supernatural forces. These forces are depicted with a sense of both dread and fascination, ble...

The novel is set in the wilderness of New Hampshire during the early 19th century. It follows the adventures of Gaut Gurley, a hunter and trapper, as he navigates the rugged frontier life, encounters with Native American tribes, and the challenges of survival in the wilderness.Thompson's work typically captured the spirit of the American frontier, portraying the lives of hunters, trappers, and interactions between settlers and Native American communities. "Gaut Gurley" is considered an exa...

Caveat EmptorIn the wake of Elizabeth Ancelet’s fateful meeting with Empress Valendra, the Tantalus Cluster once more stands on the brink of war. As countless competing agendas vie for influence over Elizabeth and her desperate peace initiative, the crew of the Guinevere are tested to the limits of their fellowship. Meanwhile, in the Cluster’s darkest corners, the cunning Admiral Farren carefully arranges his pieces to make a decisive move…Grounded in a ric...

From the hosts of the hit podcast Deck the Hallmark!Maye Daniels is a pragmatic and emotionally grounded psychologist. Or, as her Christmas-obsessed cousin, Tracy, would say, “she’s boring and lives with her head in a snowbank.”Maye’s quiet and predictable life is going just as she had dreamed. Unfortunately, her long-term boyfriend has other plans, and Maye faces the one thing she’s spent years avoiding: an unscripted rea...

Powerful poems for positive thinking!This collection of 50 poems will inspire confidence and courage, help children to overcome worries and spread kindness.Beautifully illustrated, it is filled with poems for children to read alone or enjoy with the whole family.With themes of friendship, self-belief, embracing change and celebrating people’s differences, it’s the perfect gift book for children to treasure.From poet, Daniel Thompson, author of Big Thoughts f...

“Battlestar Galactica meets Master and Commander.”With human civilization on the brink of collapse from famine, privateer Captain Cassandra Farren seeks to escape her troubled military past by signing up for the Avalon Expedition - a desperate multi-national mission to explore a distant nebula in search of life-saving resources, led by the energetic and optimistic Director Elizabeth Ancelet. Cassandra, Elizabeth, and their crews face not only division within the Ex...