Music therapists are trained to use their first study instrument in clinical practice, yet existing literature focuses almost exclusively on the use of piano, basic percussion and voice.This illuminating book brings together international music therapists who use a diverse range of musical instruments in their clinical work: the clarinet, the piano accordion, the flute, the cello, the trumpet and flugelhorn, the bassoon, the violin, the viola, the harp, the guitar, lower brass instr...

There is a rapidly emerging and developing area of music therapy practice that uses electronic music technologies in a range of therapeutic and clinical settings to help clients with complex needs. This edited volume explains cutting edge technologies and how to apply these tools in practice.With contributions from leading experts in the field, the book takes the reader through the equipment that is available including computer-based software; electronic devices which produce music...

Jede*r verbirgt ein Geheimnis. Aber manche töten dafür.In dem historischen Kriminalroman »Das Haus in der Half Moon Street« jagt der junge Leo Stanhope den Mörder seiner großen Liebe - und riskiert damit sein Leben.London 1880. Leo Stanhope, Assistent der Gerichtsmedizin, macht eine merkwürdige Entdeckung: In der Jackentasche eines angeblich in der Themse ertrunkenen Mannes findet er eine Ale-Flasche, in deren Etikett das Wort »Mercy« eingeritzt ist.Kurz darauf landet ...

Atmosphärische Mörder-Suche im viktorianischen London: In »Der Mord in der Rose Street«, dem 2. Band der historischen Krimi-Reihe, ermittelt Leo Stanhope in einem Mord-Fall unter Adligen und Anarchisten.London, 1881: Ein Jahr ist vergangen, seit Leo Stanhope nicht nur die Frau verloren hat, die er liebte, sondern beinahe auch sein eigenes Leben. Eigentlich möchte er nur ein ruhiges Leben führen – d...

Travel into the darkness and the nightmares will never end…Scare Street is proud to present a diabolical new collection of seventeen ghastly stories. Each spine-tingling tale is a portal to a new world, the beginning of a seemingly endless voyage into fear and dread. An infinite horizon beckons, as the sun sets behind overcast, craggy mountains.But be warned: Not every journey is worth taking. Some roads lead where you might not expect. And some nightmares are to...

A transgender man in Victorian London investigates the murder of the prostitute he loved in this "intriguing debut" historical mystery (Historical Novel Society).Like half the young men in London, Leo Stanhope is rich in dreams but poor of pocket. He dreams of taking his beloved Maria away from the brothel and making a home with her. He dreams of a life far from the blood and stink of the morgue where he works. And he dreams of a world where no one cares what is tuc...

**“Ben Sasse is dying in plain sight… He has spoken to the world about his impending demise like a Christian philosopher of death—frank, unafraid, sometimes folksy, always graceful.” —**The Wall Street JournalIn this extraordinary book for anyone grappling with life’s biggest questions, former senator and New York Times bestselling author Ben Sasse offers deep reflections on faith, family and what it means...

'Enthralling, exciting, extraordinary and utterly convincing. Everything a great book should be' Sarah Hilary'Wonderfully atmospheric, each page carries the whiff of sulphur and gaslight'RedEveryone has a secret... Only some lead to murder. Introducing Leo Stanhope: a Victorian coroner's assistant who must uncover a killer without risking his own futureWhen the body of a young woman is wheeled into t...

Today power is in the hands of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. How do we understand this transformation in power? And what can we do about it?We cannot change anything until we have a better understanding of how power works, who holds it, and why that matters. Through upgrading the concept of hegemony-understanding the importance of passive consent; the complexity of political interests; and the structural force of technology-Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams offer us an updated the...

A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the claws of death. These are the shadowed, liminal spaces where the curses and monsters lurk, refusing to be forgotten.Hauntings, and a variety of horrifying secrets, lurk in the p...

This book is the first in-depth study of the classical Athenian public sphere. It examines how public opinion was created by impromptu theatrics and by gossip, and how it flowed into and out of the civic institutions. Athenians did not have hookah bars or coffee shops but they did socialize in symposia, gymnasia and workshops, and above all in the Agora. These represented the Athenian 'street', an informal political space that was seen as qualitatively different from the institutional spac...

In this commanding big-picture analysis of what went wrong in corporate America, Alex Berenson, a top financial investigative reporter for The New York Times, examines the common thread connecting Enron, Worldcom, Halliburton, Computer Associates, Tyco, and other recent corporate scandals: the cult of the number.Every three months, 14,000 publicly traded companies report sales and profits to their shareholders. Nothing is more important in these quarterly announcements tha...