Dive into the uproarious chaos of "Ten Cent Beer Night" in this gripping guide! Explore the infamous June 4, 1974 clash at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, where cheap beer - and many other factors - fueled a riot during a game between the Texas Rangers and Cleveland Indians. Unravel the perfect storm of '70s baseball, Watergate, Vietnam War hangovers, and streaking. This book offers a nostalgic journey into baseball's past, revealing how this riot paradoxically helped save the sport in Clev...

Create the next big pop hit, bang out a catchy jingle, or write an iconic film score, with music composition skillsToday's composers create music for television, film, commercials, and even video games. Music Composition For Dummies brings you up to speed with the theory and technicality of composing music. With easy-to-understand content that tracks to a typical music composition intro course, this book will teach you how to use music theory to write musi...

Verwandeln Sie die kleine Melodie in Ihrem Kopf in eine große Inszenierung! Dieses Buch hilft Ihnen dabei, Ihre musikalischen Ideen umzusetzen, egal ob Klaviersonate, vielstimmiges Orchesterstück oder mitreißende Filmmusik. Lernen Sie das Komponieren beginnend bei den Grundzügen, mit Harmonien, Rhythmen, Tempi und Akkorden. Erfahren Sie, wie Sie Ihr Stück aufbauen, wie Sie für mehrere Stimmen komponieren und verschiedene Instrumente einsetzen, um große Gefühle mit Ihrer Musik zu übermittel...

From best-selling Dutch author Tica Morgan comes the English-language debut of her bestselling thriller series, unveiling the dark underbelly of the small island towns of southern Netherlands.The Beautiful Murders bundle follows Inspector Zoë Janssen through books 1 - 4 as she fights keep her sleepy island town safe from suspicious acts that have led to a startling uptake in murders. Zoë must lean on her expertise and mysterious coded messages from a notable serial killer ...

Everyone has different ideas about wizards, but are they really all that different? Some subscribe to monthly clubs, some are brighter than they seem, some live for praise and acclaim, and others just want to protect those they love. Twenty-four stories of wizardly derring-do are found here, and all show wizards in different lights.Jonathan Langford is the wizard of Life, the Universe, & Everything and The Leading Edge. Parliament of Wizards is filled with daring and interesting ta...

In the fourth installment of the Inspector Zoë Janssen Thrillers, Zoë finds herself facing her toughest—and potentially most dangerous—case yet. Summoned to England by escaped prisoner and violent serial killer Sven van der Linde as part of his deadly, cryptic game, Zoë is forced to try to solve his puzzles as they're unveiled to prevent any new victims. As the stakes increase and the consequences become more personal than she ever imagined, Zoë's confidence begins to crumble. And even tho...

Inspector Zoë Janssen has finally solved enough prominent cases to earn her the opportunity she's always dreamed of: to work alongside a team of profilers, training to become one of them. She's brought onto a case in Rotterdam to track down a perpetrator who's drugging and mutilating prostitutes, using her skills as a profiler and a detective to bring her closer and closer to solving the case--until her determination leads to a risky decision that puts her own sister's life in danger. Mean...

While the island is still shaking from the latest high-profile case, Inspector Zoë Janssen's life is finally going in the right direction. Her co-parenting relationship with her ex has never been more amicable, and her career and love life are going well. But on the island, peace never lasts--the sexual assault of a Reformed girl breaks the calm and causes new fear for the islanders.Zoë is forced to delve into the Reformed community and uncovers suspicious activities. When the vict...

From best-selling Dutch author Tica Morgan comes the English-language debut of her bestselling thriller series, unveiling the dark underbelly of the small island towns of southern Netherlands.Most criminal investigators would prefer the gritty streets of Amsterdam to the uncomplicated small-town island life of Goeree-Overflakkee in South Holland, but Inspector Zoë Janssen has turned down every job offer that would take her to the city. The island has everything she needs: beautiful...

Combining the ethical clarity of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals with the disquieting vision of Alan Weissman’s bestseller The World Without Us, a thought-provoking, entertaining exploration of a future where animal consumption is a thing of the past.Though increasing numbers of people know that eating meat is detrimental to our planet’s health, many still can’t be convinced to give up eating meat. But how can we change behavior when common arguments and information aren’t wo...

Hogyan valósítsuk meg jobbnál jobb ötleteinket? Hogyan egyeztessük össze a technológia korának kihívásait az alkotótevékenységgel?Miként tudunk hivatásunkra fókuszálni egy merőben új környezetben? Ebben az igényesen összeállított kötetben húsz, a maga területén meghatározó vezető, többek között Scott Belsky, Stefan Sagmeister és Seth Godin mutatja be szemléletmódját, valamint világunk és munkakörnyezetünk újdonsült kihívásaira kialakított stratégiáját. Egyszerűen alkalmazható, prakt...