It is reasonable to expect that a musician shall be at least an accurate and legible writer as well as a reader of the language of his Art. The immense increase in the amount of music published, and its cheapness, seem rather to have increased than decreased this necessity, for they have vastly multiplied activity in the Art. If they have not intensified the necessity for music-writing, they have increased the number of those by whom the necessity is felt.Intelligent knowledge of No...

In "How to Write Music: Musical Orthography," Clement A. Harris delivers a comprehensive guide to the intricacies of musical notation, exploring the theoretical underpinnings that govern the written representation of music. Harris adopts a clear and systematic literary style, breaking down complex concepts into accessible segments that engage both novice composers and seasoned musicians. This book not only serves as a practical manual for musical transcription and composition but also plac...

In "How to Write Music: Musical Orthography," Clement A. Harris delves into the intricacies of musical notation, providing an insightful guide for both budding and seasoned composers. The book employs a didactic and accessible style, blending theoretical principles with practical exercises to establish a comprehensive understanding of the symbols and structures that form the foundation of music writing. Harris meticulously explores diverse musical forms and the nuances of contemporary comp...

This is a guide to 'true' finches and sparrows illustrating all the species, many races and most sex and age variations, with almost 950 portraits.The maps accompanying the illustrations show breeding and wintering ranges for all species. Although the guide is not primarily intended for cagebird enthusiasts, it will also be useful for those wishing to know more about the species encountered in captivity.

The second instalment in the thrilling WW2 Joseph Gunner series, from the award-winning author of the Harry McCoy booksNew York, December 1941.Joseph Gunner, former soldier, is off the front lines and on the streets of New York, tasked with helping tip America into the Second World War.Working for a section of the British Secret Service, Gunner spends his days covertly encouraging pro-war sentiment through planted news stories, radio broadcasts and ...

The book investigates the use of bottom-up, community based healing and peacebuilding approaches, focusing on their strengths and suggesting how they can be enhanced. The main contribution of the book is an ethnographic investigation of how post-conflict communities in parts of Southern Africa use their local resources to forge a future after mass violence. The way in which Namibia’s Herero and Zimbabwe’s Ndebele dealt with their respective genocides is a major contribution of the book.

'The perfect setting for a dark, nerve-shredding thriller'Rory Clements, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Cold Wind From Moscow'An absolute page-turner: gritty, atmospheric and gripping'James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of NomadTHE WALL MAY HAVE FALLEN.BUT THERE ARE STILL NAZIS IN BERLIN.

Science Fiction Grand Masters 6 - The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have voted since 1975 to name the best science fiction writers and recognize them as, the best of the best, Grand Masters. This vintage sci-fi anthology contains 21 short stories by the greatest writers in the history of science fiction. All of these short stories are written by Science Fiction Grand Masters.Lancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate by Nelson S. BondGr...

What if HIV started spreading in the early 1500s rather than the late 1900s? Without modern medicine, anybody who catches HIV is going to die. A patriarchal society reacts to this devastating disease in the only way it knows how: it sequesters women as much as possible, limiting contacts between the sexes except for married couples. While imperfect, such drastic actions do limit the spread of the disease.The 'Wasting' (HIV) has caused devastating destruction throughout the known wo...

Wealth, Health, and Hope in African Christian Religion offers a portrait of how contending narratives of modernity in both church and society play out in Africa today through the agency of African Christian religion. It explores the identity and features of African Christian religion and the cultural forces driving the momentum of Christian expansion in Africa, as well as how these factors are shaping a new African social imagination, especially in providing answers to the most challenging...

A “cool, humorous, and affectionate” book of vignettes about a practice that is universal and universally taboo: masturbation.In sixty-one vignettes, Harry Mathews records the imaginative varieties of this solitary activity in prose that is playful, intimate, and humane. The soloists range in age from nine to eighty; the locales from Australia to Zaire; the means from the commonplace to the bizarre. There is the young man in Gaza with his hair dryers, the woman in ...

50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. More than 31 hours of vintage science fiction. These science fiction short stories were written by some of the most acclaimed, successful and influential authors of the time including, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, H. P. Lovecraft, Jack London, Clifford D. Simak, Robert Silverberg, John Wyndham, Frederik Pohl, Fritz Leiber, Fredric Brown, Edmond ...