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Graham Welch, David Howard, John Nix

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Oxford Library of Psychology

Singing has been a characteristic behaviour of humanity across several millennia. Chorus America (2009) estimated that 42.6 million adults and children regularly sing in one of 270,000 choruses in the US, representing more than 1:5 households. Similarly, recent European-based data suggest that more than 37 million adults take part in group singing. The Oxford Handbook of Singing is a landmark text on this topic. It is a comprehensive resource for anyone who wishes to know more about the pl...

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Christopher Golden, Stephen Graham Jones, Chikodili Emelumadu, Lee Murray, John Langan, Nathan Ballingrud, Garth Nix, Brian Evenson, Josh Malerman, Rich Larson, Clay McLeod Chapman, Livia Llewellyn, Michael Marshall Smith, Linda D. Addison

**A USA TODAY BESTSELLERA chilling horror anthology of 19 original short stories from a world-class line-up of the masters of horror, delving into the histories and traditions of the spookiest season of the year. Presented by Hugo Award winning editor and horror legend Ellen Datlow, and featuring stories by Josh Malerman, Stephen Graham Jones, Garth Nix as well as many more.**Halloween, Samhain, Día de los Muertos—festivals across the world where we can commune with those w...

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Barbara M. Doscher

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National Association of Teachers of Singing Books

An understanding of how the singing voice functions should be a prerequisite for all those who wish to teach singing. And fundamental to any safe and efficient teaching method is the recognition that the singing voice is a functional unit. Consequently, this second edition, like the first, describes the anatomy and physiology of breathing and phonation and examines the acoustical laws necessary for an understanding of resonation. It is designed primarily as a textbook for college vocal ped...

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Barbara M. Doscher

The repertoire files of the late Dr. Barbara Doscher, in which she noted her tips, observations on each particular piece, and notes on how to best teach it, comprise a unique trove of wisdom unmatched by any other source. Laboriously transcribed and annotated by John Nix, one of Doscher's students, the notes are presented here as a companion volume to her best-selling text, The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice.Entries are divided by broad category (art song, arias, fo...

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George R. R. Martin, Robin Hobb, Garth Nix

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John Lee, Katharine Lee McEwan, Kim Mai Guest, Elliot Hill, Richard Brewer, Nicholas Guy Smith, Kirby Heyborne, Julia Whelan, Mark Deakins, Steve West, Ralph Lister

New epic fantasy in the grand tradition—including a never-before-published Song of Ice and Fire story by George R. R. Martin!Fantasy fiction has produced some of the most unforgettable heroes ever conjured onto the page: Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian, Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melniboné, Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Classic characters like these made sword and sorcery a storytelling sensation, a cornerstone of fantasy fiction—and an inspira...

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Susan Bender, Rene Clausen, Dan Dressen, Christine Ericsdotter, Agnes Farkas, Sue Goodenow, Anna Helwing, Heather M. Garbes, Thomas Goleeke, Joshua Habermann, Martha Herr, Gotzon Ibarretxe, Harald Jers, Soojeong Lee, Min Li, Jaakko Mantyjarvi, Wladimi Mattos, Kathleen Maurer, John Nix, Clayton Parr, Andrew Schmidt, Sten Ternstrom, David M. Thomas, George Olivier Toni, Areti Topouzides, Kathleen Wilson, Minoru Yamada, Mei Zhong

“The fusion of text with music is one of the most powerful methods by which a composer can express emotion to an audience, yet, all too often, the diction of choral groups is lacking to such a degree as to make the text unintelligible.” So argues Duane R. Karna, who in The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal brings together 30 essays by experts from around the world to describe how the character symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) can be used...

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George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Elizabeth Bear

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Various, Elliot Hill, Karissa Vacker, Sile Bermingham, Maxwell Caulfield, Susan Denaker, Scott Brick, Bruce Mann, Holly Palance, Nicholas Guy Smith, Steve West

A new anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasy—featuring stories by George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Megan Lindholm, and many others!Hot on the heels of Gardner Dozois’s acclaimed anthology The Book of Swords comes this companion volume devoted to magic. How could it be otherwise? For every Frodo, there is a Gandalf . . . and a Saruman. For every Dorothy, a Glinda . . . and a Wicked Witch of the West. What would Harry Potter be with...

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Gene Wolfe, Neil Gaiman

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David Pittu

Originally published in 1975, Peace is a spellbinding, brilliant tour de force of the imagination. The melancholy memoir of Alden Dennis Weer, an embittered old man living out his last days in a small midwestern town, the novel reveals a miraculous dimension as the narrative unfolds. For Weer’s imagination has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality, transcending even death itself.Powerful, moving, and uncompromisingly honest, Peace ranks alongside the fi...

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K. J. Parker

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Ben Onwukwe

From one of the most original voices in fantasy comes a heart-warming tale of peace, love, and battlefield salvage.If you’re going to get ahead in the battlefield salvage business, you have to regard death as a means to an end. In other words, when the blood flows, so will the cash. Unfortunately, even though war is on the way, Saevus Corax has had enough.There are two things he has to do before he can enjoy his retirement: get away with one last score, and...

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George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois

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Patrick Lawlor, Christina Traister

George R. R. Martin, from his introduction to Warriors:“People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascinated us; they are a part of every culture, every literary tradition, every genre. All Quiet on the Western Front, From Here to Eternity, and The Red Badge...

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Amal El-Mohtar

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Rachel Elizabeth Smith

**Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar."Narrator Rachel Elizabeth Smith’s absorbing performance makes each story unforgettable.” — Kirkus Reviews**"Rachel Elizabeth Smith narrates so crisply that listeners won't miss a single word...and delivers with a straightforward clarity that gives each piece its place in the spotli...

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John M. Ford

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John Skelley

Matthias Ronay has grown up in the low gravity and great glass citadels of independent Luna—and in the considerable shadow of his father, a member of the council that governs Luna’s increasingly complex society. But Matt feelsweighed down on the world where he was born, where there is no more need for exploration, for innovation, for radical ideas—and where his every movement can be tracked by his father on the infonets.Matt and five of his friends, equally brilliant and res...