Written for both beginners and more experienced players, Essential Skills for the Guitarist presents a set of core techniques every guitarist needs to know to play in almost any musical situation.Instead of focusing on a particular style of music, the focus is on learning a set of fundamental skills for playing the guitar and for music in general. While it's not a blues or rock guitar book, the skills gleaned from this book will greatly help you to play music in these styles, or an...

The true story of a 16 year trying survive rejection, violence and abuse."And just like that it happened. This one act of defiance, combined with my disrespect, was more than the monster could take. I had barely gotten the words out when I found myself lying on the bed staring at the ceiling. He jumped on top of me, choking me with his right hand and punching me with his fully closed left fist."

"That night, I broke. I broke emotionally like no ten-year-old should and a horrific thought occurred to me... Once again I pulled the Buck knife out of its case. I opened it properly, just like the monster had shown me, and I slowly walked to the master bedroom. I could end all of it there and then—all the pain, the abuse and the fear. I could end it not just for me, but for my mother and my sister...

Toby Dorr's memoir exemplifies a story of redemption through her recounting the events that led to aiding a convicted murderer's escape from prison. Her story is a testament to the power of transformation and personal growth in a most unexpected way.The headline-grabbing escape excites readers, but Dorr's prison experiences offer a unique perspective on the criminal justice system. Her story delves deeply into the psychological and emotional challenges of incarceration, as well as ...

Feeling lost in the noise of daily life? Yearning for clarity, calm, and deeper self-understanding? Your most valuable insights already live within you—waiting to be unlocked.Unlock Your Inner World by Dana Wright is more than a journal. It is a guided journey inward, designed to help you slow down, reflect, and reconnect with your authentic inner voice. Through thoughtfully crafted prompts and exercises, this book blends the art of self-expression with practical t...

While many educators acknowledge the challenges of a curriculum shaped by test preparation, implementing meaningful new teaching strategies can be difficult. Active Learning presents an examination of innovative, interactive teaching strategies that were successful in engaging urban students who struggled with classroom learning. Drawing on rich ethnographic data, the book proposes participatory action research as a viable approach to teaching and learning that supports the develo...

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith.This box set includes:HUNTING THE AMISH WITNESS (An Amish Country Justice novel)by USA TODAY bestselling author Dana R. LynnAfter discovering her best friend’s dead body, Miriam Troyer knows two things: the killer is the same man who murdered her husband…and he wants her dead. With the culprit in pursuit, ...

"Mr. Hoffmann's magisterial command of the vast Wright literature is matched by his gift for placing the architect in the broader cultural crosscurrents of his time … long a respected Wright authority, [he is in] the very forefront of his peers."—The New York TimesBuilt in Springfield, Illinois, in 1902–04 for socialite Susan Lawrence Dana, the lavish home known as the Dana House was designed for extensive entertaining and for housing the owner's art collection. The house w...

We are overly busy helicopter parents, control freaks, perfectionists, intolerants, over-consumers and social media junkies--who worry, fear, laugh less and always want more. In the midst of it, we wonder what it would feel like to open our hands and turn loose of all of it.In HOLDING ON LOOSELY: Opening My Hands, Lightening My Load, and Living Unbound, author Dana Knox Wright tells stories of one who is hardwired to cling. To her children when they asked ...

Very strong focus on key advances in understanding chicken behaviour, including sensory perception, pain and stress responses, learning and cognition as well as social behaviourCoverage of latest wearable, video and acoustic technologies to monitor chicken welfareComprehensive coverage of welfare issues across the value chain, from hatcheries to catching, transport and slaughter

Most moviegoers think of editing and special effects as distinct components of the filmmaking process. We might even conceive of them as polar opposites, since effective film editing is often subtle and almost invisible, whereas special effects frequently call attention to themselves. Yet, film editors and visual effects artists have worked hand-in-hand from the dawn of cinema to the present day.Editing and Special/Visual Effects brings together a diverse range of film sch...

The second edition of The Sociology of Katrina brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to deepen our understanding of the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. Five years after the storm, its profound impact continues to be felt.This new edition explores emerging themes, as well as ongoing issues that continue to besiege survivors. The book has been updated and revised throughout-from data about recovery efforts and environmental cond...