The role of the commercial composer has grown to include a wide range of new responsibilities. Modern composers not only write music, but often, they also need to record, and market their own works. The Craft of Contemporary Commercial Music prepares today’s music students for their careers by teaching them to compose their own music, produce it professionally, and sell it successfully. The textbook integrates three areas of concentration—music theory and composition, audio engine...

Stylistics is the linguistic study of style in language. It aims to account for how texts project meaning, how readers construct meaning and why readers respond to texts in the way that they do. This book is an introduction to stylistics that locates it firmly within the traditions of linguistics. Organised to reflect the historical development of stylistics from its origins in Russian formalism, the book covers key principles such as foregrounding theory, as well as more recent developmen...

In the contemporary world, the role of the commercial composer has grown to include a wide range of new responsibilities. Modern composers not only write music, but also often need to perform, record, and market their own works. The Craft of Contemporary Commercial Music prepares today’s music students for their careers by teaching them to compose their own music, produce it professionally, and sell it successfully.The textbook integrates three areas of concentration—music...

In the first half of the twentieth century, the rationalist tide had reached its high mark in the arts, politics, and work. But the Holocaust, the Gulag, and other failures have dimmed the popularity of rationalism. However, the evidence of those practical failures would not have been as convincing as it was if not for the existence of a theoretical diagnosis of the malady. This book compares and contrasts the ideas of some of the leading twentieth-century critics of rationalism: Hans-Geor...

In his evocative work, 'In Kentucky with Daniel Boone,' John T. McIntyre masterfully illuminates the life and adventures of one of America'Äôs most iconic frontiersmen. Blending meticulously researched historical facts with a lyrical prose style, McIntyre transports readers to 18th-century Kentucky, vividly portraying the challenges and triumphs faced by Boone amidst the expansive wilderness. Employing a narrative that captures the essence of early American pioneer life, McIntyre crafts a ...

Désormais, l’humanité peut mener des vaisseaux au-delà de la vitesse de la lumière.Afin de rejoindre le prestigieux corps des pilotes interstellaires, Laenea n’hésite pas à sacrifier son cœur humain pour une machine sophistiquée.Mais pour aller encore plus loin, vers de nouveaux mondes distants ou d’autres dimensions, devra-t-elle renoncer à tout jamais à sa nature humaine ou pire, à aimer ?Avec Superluminal, Vonda N...

Exploration and Adventure: "In Kentucky with Daniel Boone" likely immerses readers in the excitement and dangers of frontier exploration. The novel may depict Boone's expeditions into the untamed wilderness, his encounters with wildlife, and his efforts to chart new territories.Interaction with Native Americans: Boone's interactions with Native American tribes, such as the Shawnee and Cherokee, are likely central to the narrative. The novel may explore the complexities of these relationshi...

La ciudad del pecadoKayla PerrinAnnelise estaba disfrutando como nunca con su nuevo amante, pero se sentía muy mal por sus dos mejores amigas y su hermana, quienes acababan de sufrir una humillante y pública ruptura con sus respectivas parejas. Decidida a levantarles el ánimo, hizo lo que cualquier buena amiga haría en su situación: regalarles un largo fin de semana en Las Vegas. En la Ciudad del Pecado, Lishelle no pudo resistirse a los ma...

Along the trail which wound along the banks of the Yadkin, in North Carolina, rode a tall, sinewy man; he had a bronzed, resolute face, wore the hunting shirt, leggins and moccasins of the backwoods, and had hanging from one shoulder a long flint-locked rifle. A small buck, which this unerring weapon of the hunter had lately brought down, lay across his saddle bow. Away along the trail, at a place where the river bent sharply, a cloud of dust arose in the trail; and as the hunter rode forw...

Especial. Es cierto que sólo soy una sirvienta en una mansión de ricos, y que antes de eso vivía en la indigencia y la miseria en las calles de Londres. Pero el verdadero placer no entiende de clases sociales, y mi insaciable apetito sexual me ha permitido vivir las aventuras más excitantes con nobles y distinguidos caballeros de la aristocracia británica. A mis veinte años, no estoy comprometida con ningún hombre, lo que me convierte en una solterona a ojos de la mayoría....

Modernism and the Anthropocene explores twentieth-century literature as it engages with the non-human world across a range of contexts. From familiar modernist works by D.H. Lawrence and Hart Crane to still-emergent genres like comics and speculative fiction, this volume tackles a series of related questions regarding how best to understand humanity’s increasing domination of the natural world.

As one of the most prolific historians of his generation, Allan I. Macinnes, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Strathclyde, has been foremost in promoting an international rather than insular approach to the study of Scotland. In a distinguished career he has written extensively on the Scottish Highlands, the British revolutions, the formation of the United Kingdom, the Jacobite movement, and Scottish involvement in the British Empire. The chapters collected here reflect t...