A must-read for any man going through the pain of divorce or bringing up their children as a single father. When Mark Tucker's marriage ended suddenly he feared that his life would fall apart. His family as he knew it would never be the same... he became the prime parent of his two daughters. Searching for books to help him through his trauma he found nothing. So he wrote one himself. What happens to Tucker is surprising and uplifting: through the darkness and despair of divorce he finds a...

An historical survey of jazz. This ebook is a static version of an article from Grove Music Online, a continuously updated online resource, offering comprehensive coverage of the world’s music written by leading scholars. For more information, visit www.oxfordmusiconline.com.

This second volume of Music in Black American Life offers research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and Black Music Research Journal, and in two book series published by the University of Illinois Press: Music in American Life, and African American Music in Global Perspective. In this collection, a group of predominately Black scholars explores a variety of topics with works that pioneered new methodologies and modes of inquiry for hear...

Fruit ripening is an important aspect of fruit production. The timing of it affects supply chains and buying behaviour, and for consumers ripeness not only affects perceptions of health but has nutritional effects too. Ripeness is closely related to spoilage which has a major financial impact on agricultural industries. Currently there are fast moving developments in knowledge of the factors affecting fruit ripeness, and this up-to-date monograph seeks to draw together the disparate resear...

In Rethinking American Music, Tara Browner and Thomas L. Riis curate essays that offer an eclectic survey of current music scholarship. Ranging from Tin Pan Alley to Thelonious Monk to hip hop, the contributors go beyond repertory and biography to explore four critical yet overlooked areas: the impact of performance; patronage's role in creating music and finding a place to play it; personal identity; and the ways cultural and ethnographic circumstances determine the music that emerges fro...

From a philosopher and a neuropsychologist, a radical rethinking of certain traditional views about human cognition and behavior.Plato's Allegory of the Cave trapped us in the illusion that mind is separate from body and from the natural and physical world. Knowledge had to be eternal and absolute. Recent scientific advances, however, show that our bodies shape mind, thought, and language in a deep and pervasive way. In Out of the Cave, Mark Johnson and Don Tucker-...

International trade in services is emerging as an important area of study. Governments are becoming increasingly aware of the significance of services in both trade and investmnet relationships. This book is based om researh carred out as part of the ASEAN- Australia Joint Rsearch Project, Its is of relevance internationally as well as to the Paficic Rim countries for its consideration of both theoretical and policy aspects. Case studies are presented for each country of the origonal ASEAN...

Everything you think you know...is a lie.The Doctor and the Master; their conflict of light and dark has spanned many times and faces across the universe. This collection - of five short stories and a novella - explores the depths of darkness in the Master’s hearts; the arch-schemer’s secrets and sinister ambitions revealed through brand new adventures and encounters.Join six incarnations of evil for undreamed of adventures: a quest to free alien warlords.....

HEALTHCARE DESIGN BASICSAn approachable and robust treatment of designing and planning spaces for use in healthcare settingsIn Healthcare Design Basics, a team of distinguished interior architecture practitioners and educators delivers an up-to-date text covering the critical aspects of healthcare design, preparing students for a specialty rapidly growing in importance and size. The book adopts an approach designed to crystalize th...

This inspiring picture book tells the story of the friendship between Ringo, Paul, George, and John, and how their unique talents came together to make something brilliant.In 1957, a boy named Paul met a boy named John. John was funny and confident, while Paul was quiet and steady, but one thing they had in common was a love and talent for songwriting.When they were joined by George and Ringo

In the labyrinthine streets of Victorian London, where shadows dance and secrets whisper, a tale of intrigue and danger unfolds. "The Mysteries of London Vol. IV" by George W. M. Reynolds plunges us into a world of hidden identities, forbidden desires, and deadly plots. As the city's underbelly stirs, a web of deceit ensnares the lives of its inhabitants. From the opulent mansions of Mayfair to the squalid slums of Whitechapel, no one is safe from the machinations of a shadowy organization...

This book advances the belief that the library--more than any other cultural institution--collects, curates and distributes the results of human thought. Essays broaden the debate about academic libraries beyond only professional circles, promoting the library as a vital resource for the whole of higher education. Topics range from library histories to explorations of changing media. Essayists connect modern libraries to the remarkable dream of Alexandria's ancient library--facilitating gr...