This book provides the aspiring jazz guitarist with a comprehensive knowledge of the compositional and performance techniques of jazz through an understanding of key-center music, improvisation, and the visual-tactile relationship with the guitar. Writing in a casual, conversational style, Jackie takes you through examples, etudes, and exercises combining the use of chromaticism, arpeggios, scales, and modes. You will explore effective, new concepts that will surprise and inspire you. The ...

Dr Jackie King has spent the last 20 years trying to find a way to understand herself and how her life turned out the way it has.As the primary carer for three children and stretched by competing identities, her sense of otherness was first created by her gender. Like many professional women struggling to fulfil their potential, after her divorce Jackie began rebuilding her identity and trying to understand her internal narrative. And then the thread that had been there the whole t...

Make the Best Bread at Home with Just Your HandsNothing beats the intoxicating smell of freshly baked bread. But what if you could create those beautiful artisan loaves in the most traditional way possible: with just your own two hands?Baking by Hand shows you how to do just that. Keep your mixer in the closet as Andy and Jackie King teach you long-forgotten methods that are the hallmarks of their exceptional bakery. Theyll take you through all of the steps of making amazing bread, from de...

The only current field guide to sharks and rays of the West Coast of British Columbia.Sharks! The very mention of the word conjures up images of dangerous creatures with a voracious appetite. This public image couldn't be farther from the truth for a vast majority of shark species: most are cautious and placid, and many inhabit waters that exclude them from human contact. Much fear of sharks is driven by media reports or films that sensationalize shark att...

A woman agrees to a marriage of convenience with a royal sheikh in this sexy international romance.The borders of Sheikh Tariq's kingdom are permanently closed—just like his ironclad heart. After rescuing lost archaeologist Charlotte from the desert, he can't let her go. And when he requires a bride, their mutual desire compels Tariq to crown Charlotte as his queen!Innocent dreamer Charlotte thought passion was for other people—until Tariq proves how delici...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“I loved this book.... I looked forward to [it] more than any other in a long time, and Howard Bryant exceeded my great expectations. Kings and Pawns is brilliantly conceived and powerfully written.” — David Maraniss, author of Path Lit by LightningA path-breaking work of biography of two American giants, Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson, whose lives would forever be altered by the Cold War, and ...

Renowned author and historian Jackie French takes us back in time to Greece and Rome and explores young heroes in ancient myths and legends whose stories will now be told.Forget what you know about Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen with a fantastic hairstyle. That's only part of the story. Before she was a ruler, Cleopatra was a girl with a fierce ambition: to become pharaoh.When twelve-year-old Cleopatra and her father, Pharaoh Ptolemy XII, flee to ancient Rome in 59 BCE after...

Kings of Sydney TOME 1Leon n’a pas le choix : s’il veut sauver son entreprise de la faillite, il doit redorer le blason de sa famille, entaché par la mauvaise réputation de son père, ancien ponte de la mafia. Pour ce faire, quoi de mieux qu’un mariage de convenance avec la fille d’un célèbre philanthrope ? Avec Vita à son bras – si belle et si pure –, il sera intouchable. À condition que celle-ci n’ait pas de secret à cacher…

Kings of Sydney TOME 2Lorsqu’il a embauché Poppy Valentine, Xander ne s’attendait pas à ce que la petite fille rebelle dont il gardait le souvenir soit devenue une femme aussi ravissante. Et encore moins à ce que celle-ci lui fasse des avances. Un numéro de charme auquel il céderait sans mal, s’il ne cachait pas un terrible secret au sujet de la mort du père de Poppy. Un secret qui, si elle l’apprenait, lui briserait le cœur…

She longed for freedom and adventure...but was she truly ready?Twenty-year old Jacqueline Bouvier is anxious to leave her overbearing family for the chance to study in Paris. Aching for freedom from difficult family relationships--and the constant pressure to find a husband--she wants to submerge herself in academics, the arts, and all Paris has to offer. As she sets sail, she has no interest in falling in love. However, her striking beauty catches the eye...

Les frères King règnent en maîtres sur Sydney. Seule une reine manque à leurs côtés...Leon, Xander et Ajax King ont hérité de l’empire fondé par leur père, un terrible parrain de la mafia australienne. Leur objectif : redorer leur image en cessant toute activité frauduleuse. Mais rien n’est simple dans le monde de la mafia… et ils auront besoin de femmes de caractère pour les aider à parvenir à leurs fins.Retrouvez l’intégrale de la série Kings of Sy...

Kings of Sydney TOME 3Ajax est prêt à tout pour libérer l’entreprise familiale des mains de la mafia. Y compris à enlever Imogen White, la fille de son ennemi juré. En revanche, il n’aurait jamais imaginé que la ravissante Imogen ne se montre pas aussi docile que prévu… et qu’elle entende bien tirer profit de leur cohabitation forcée. Un nouveau défi qu’Ajax brûle de relever, quitte à risquer de perdre la partie…