(Fast Track Music Instruction). FastTrack is (you guessed it!) a fast way to learn to play violin! Skeptical of method books? (Yeah, we think they're kind of boring, too.) That's why we've tried to make FastTrack different from the rest: user-friendly, plenty of cool songs, and a lot more fun. In addition to teaching you what you need to know about the violin, we've included lots of stuff you want to know the parts of the violin, bowings, fingerings, articulation, and much more. So, open t...

The ice cover in the Arctic is disappearing at an alarming rate and the race is on for strategic dominance in the northern waterway. The Russians leap ahead of the United States by taking advantage of new routes into the area caused by these environmental issues. A Russian Navy Captain, who is disaffected with the Putin regime, notifies the US he has access to the Russian's Arctic plans and wants to defect. CIA Director Ramburt selects and directs retired agent Cole Draper to make it happe...

Deep inside the United States Government lurks a covert agency and one very talented and dangerous operative known to only a few members of the administration. Aaron Monroe is the President's precision-guided weapon seeking out terrorists and their sophisticated recruiting networks. But he's been betrayed and has gone off the grid to learn what happened and to extract revenge on who has betrayed him — and no one is above suspicion

"It's actually very easy to time travel; you just have to go fast enough."What good is a time machine if human beings can't survive time travel? Evidently, there is one answer; it becomes the most effective way in history to dispose of a dead body. I mean, what could be better for a criminal than dumping their latest victim two dozen years or so into the future?PORTERS follows forty-nine-year-old Detective Steven Wilson in the dystopian future of 2069, forty years after the...

Far from being a tourist guide, this book is primarily for lovers of Paris. In fact, « a love story » is the exact term Patrick Clark uses to describe his relationship with Paris.Passionate about drawing since ever and particularly sketching in black pencil and Chinese ink, it's through black and white photography that he has found his way to express his sensitivity to the world around us. Of all his artworks, it’s particularly the shots with reflections t...

Loin d'être un guide touristique, cet ouvrage est avant tout pour les amoureux de Paris. D'ailleurs, « une histoire d’amour », c’est le terme exact que Patrick Clark utilise pour exprimer sa relation avec Paris.Passionné depuis toujours par le dessin et plus particulièrement par l’esquisse au crayon noir et à l’encre de chine, c’est avec la photographie noir et blanc qu'il a trouvé sa voie pour exprimer sa sensibilité sur le monde qui nous entoure....

A rich and revealing examination of the legendary pop duo Soft Cell.Soft Cell are not your average pop band. Marc Almond and Dave Ball may be best known for the string of hits they released in 1981, but the powerful first phase of their collaboration embraced a staggering array of sounds, influences and innovations that would change the face of music to come.In Bedsit land, Patrick Clarke plunges into the archives ...

La déportation du peuple acadien occupe une place singulière dans l’imaginaire collectif : érigée en mythe fondateur, elle façonne depuis plus de deux siècles et demi les origines, la mémoire et la destinée de l’Acadie. Portée par la culture populaire, magnifiée par la littérature et consacrée par l’histoire savante, cette tragédie s’est peu à peu imposée comme une vérité indiscutable, réinterprétée et renforcée au gré des contextes intellectuels, politiques et culturels.Dans P...

Trade Fetishism argues that “trade” not only meets material goals, but also simultaneously works as a fantasy that seeks to satisfy and soothe our unconscious desires and anxieties. Countering the idea that trade is driven ultimately by rational economic, political, and strategic logics, it argues that non-rational beliefs and unconscious desires are equally motivating in our obsession with trade and its promises of enjoyment.Reassessing trade and trade politics, Fridell a...

Danny doesn't have much going for him. He's a loser, unemployed, broke and nearly friendless. He spends his life alone in his room, playing guitar and hiding from his Dad's violent outbursts. His world is small and blue-collar conservative, his anxiety is getting worse, he's slipping beneath an ocean of shit and he's drowning…With rock bottom looming, a lifeline appears in the form of three garage-band hobos and a girl who's one of the boys. They roar onto the scene in a clapped-ou...

A cover up of one of the worst environmental disasters in the history of the United States took place at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina from 1957 to 1987. An estimated one million Marines and families were exposed to multiple sources of unregulated chemicals discovered in base drinking water systems. One specific chemical was benzene, a gasoline additive, which is a carcinogen known to cause cancer. One point one million gallons of gasoline leaked into the drinking water. This has been the s...

In the quaint town of Leonia, a chilling discovery sends shockwaves through the community. The lifeless body of a young woman, known only as "K," is found in a secluded spot. As the investigation unfolds, a web of secrets and lies entangles the lives of the town's elite. Enter Inspector Kane, a seasoned detective with a keen eye for detail. Determined to uncover the truth, he delves into the lives of the suspects, each with their own motives and hidden agendas. As Kane digs deeper, he unco...