The music of Tchaikovsky remains as much loved in the twenty-first century as it was a hundred years ago. But it has so much more to offer than luscious orchestration and tuneful melodies. In Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listener’s Companion, historian and scholar David Schroeder looks beyond traditional views of Tchaikovsky to explore the dramatic impact of his music by walking readers through the remarkable range of works by this great Russian composer.Drawing on a select, but hig...

Titles in the Listener’s Companion Series provide readers with a deeper understanding of key musical genres and the work of major artists and composers. Aimed at nonspecialists, each volume clearly explains how to listen to works from particular artists, composers, and genres. Examining both the context in which the music appeared and its form, authors provide the environments in which key musical works were written and performed—from a 1950s bebop concert at the Village Vanguard to a perf...

From the Minds of Jazz Musicians, Volume II: Conversations with the Creative and Inspired is a follow-up to Volume I’s celebration of contemporary jazz artists who have toiled, struggled, and succeeded in finding their creative space. Volume II was developed through transcribing and editing selected interviews with 29 jazz artists, conducted by the author since 2011, along with a historical essay on each artist. The interviews feature musicians from a broad range of musical styles...

From the Minds of Jazz Musicians: Conversations with the Creative and Inspired celebrates contemporary jazz artists who have toiled, struggled and succeeded in finding their creative space. The volume was developed through transcribing and editing selected interviews with 35 jazz artists, conducted by the author between 2009 and 2012 in New York City, with a historical essay on each artist to provide context. The interviews feature musicians from a broad range of musical styles an...

Just Be Love begins with a moving account of a mystical experience David Schroeder had that inspired him to write this book. Just Be Love explores the many aspects of love from both our human and spiritual perspective. He reflects on love that is familiar to us and he takes us to the hidden, mysterious and paradoxical aspects of where love is often not realized. David weaves his personal and professional experience, insights and reflections on love, as well as the wisdom and teachings of t...

There is no subject more important to contemporary Christianity than the person and work of the Holy Spirit. The old saying is still true – “Christianity is hopeless without the Holy Spirit”. Dr. David Schroeder masterfully handles the subject in a way that both informs and inspires. You will be blessed by this book! Jim Cymbala, Senior Pastor, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Whenever godly leaders point us back to the Holy Spirit, the sweet communion of spiritual intimacy along with the peaceful ...

Satan is real. And so is the war he wages against the Church.Since sin corrupted the human race, a sinister drama has embattled every generation. Satan enacts his most devious strategies against and within the Church, seeking to keep believers spiritually impotent, turning believers against believers and maligning its reputation in the eyes of unbelievers. God's enemy delights in diminishing our ability to serve the Lord and in blinding us to the pure joy and love God wants in our ...

Biblical illiteracy and doctrinal ignorance are like two subtle viruses of twenty-first century America. Always only one generation away from being a pagan nation, as has been said, America needs the Christian Church to rise to the challenge of imparting true and vigorous Christian education to today's generation.Frontiers of Faith seeks to arouse the faith of young believers and to deepen the faith of veteran Christians. Theology, whichwas once called "the Queen of the sciences," ...

The universe shifts and changes: suddenly you understand, you get it, and are filled with wonder. That moment of understanding drives the greatest science-fiction stories and lies at the heart of Engineering Infinity.Whether it’s coming up hard against the speed of light – and, with it, the enormity of the universe – realising that terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you’d ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes...

The United States is grappling with a significant drug crisis that can, in large part, be traced back to chronic pain, overprescribing, and opioid dependency. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that just over twenty percent of adults in the United States (nearly half of which is considered high impact). Chronic pain has been linked to limited mobility, anxiety, depression, reduced quality of life, and opioid dependency.Even in the face of that bleak news, there is hope. Davi...

Pain Sufferers... Say Goodbye To CBD Confusion forever. That's a promise.If you are one of the 50 million Americans that the CDC says suffers from chronic pain, or one of the 20 million, they say sufferers from high-impact chronic pain, and you have little or no experience with CBD. This book is for you and only you.Here is what has been said by others:"American biologist Bruce Lipton said, 'Your perspective is limited by how mu...

Written by four leading researchers in the study of prosocial behavior, this book introduces a new perspective on prosocial behavior for the 21st century. Building on the bystander intervention work that has defined this area since the 1960s, The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior examines prosocial behavior from a multilevel perspective that explores the diverse influences that promote actions for the benefit of others and the myriad ways that prosocial actions can be manife...