The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published! Over 500 pages of comprehensive, but easy to understand text covering every aspect of how jazz is constructed---chord construction, II-V-I progressions, scale theory, chord/scale relationships, the blues, reharmonization, and much more. A required text in universities world-wide, translated into five languages, endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, etc.

Here are the simple truths that motivate people of any age to find and accept lasting happiness, illustrated with the stories of real people, and illuminated with the observations of spiritual leaders and great philosophers.For more than three decades, attorney, financial consultant, and life coach Stephen M. Pollan has been advising clients and readers on the business of living—everything from home buying and employment contracts to marriage and parenting. He has taught his client...

Le metal, c’était vraiment le son qui correspondait parfaitement à l’agressivité qu’on ressentait en vivant dans une dictature. Et c’est ce qui nous a permis de faire sortir sainement notre colère (Sajid, Pakistan). Le metal est dans notre sang. C’est pas un divertissement, c’est notre souffrance, et aussi un antidote à l’hypocrisie de la religion qui est injectée en chacun de nous dès notre naissance (Tarantist, Iran). Quand on est palestinien, pakistanais ou même marocain et qu’on a le malh...

Nel 1993, sul prato della Casa Bianca, Ya¯sir 'Arafat e im'o¯n Peres firmarono solennemente i cosiddetti Accordi di Oslo, un articolato impegno mirato a conseguire una pace durevole in Terra Santa. Le cose tuttavia non andarono come previsto: con più di 1000 israeliani e oltre quattro volte tanti palestinesi uccisi dal 2000 a oggi, il processo di pace legato agli accordi di Oslo è ormai sostanzialmente archiviato come 'storia'. La pace impossibile fornisce una delle prime analisi complessi...

Throughout Sound Fury, poems by metaphysician Robert Herrick are refashioned into phantasmagorical oddities of likeness and difference. Figures from the fringes of popular imagination—Zane Grey, Robinson Crusoe, Porfirio Díaz—surface as cobbled-together avatars on the theme of identity. Brilliantly asserting the necessity of humane and resistant modes of speech against the vapid sounds and enforced silences of orthodoxy, Sound Fury finds the poet “Now, in our former stat...

Product Description:Introducing "Mark Levin: An Inspirational Untold Story of American Conservatism," a mesmerizing book that delves into the life and achievements of one of the foremost conservative thinkers of our time, Mark Levin. In this captivating biography, readers will be captivated by the remarkable journey of a man who has played a pivotal role in shaping American conservative ideology.Highlights:This book takes readers on a...

Art Beyond the Edge is not just a title: it's a designation, a call to action, and a means to achieve enduring impact. Reflecting over a quarter century of collaborative artistic production, research, and activism across five continents, this book is a field-breaking and era-defining exploration of art created during sociopolitical conflict and war, protests and calamities, and their aftermaths. With the goal of generating a critical theory that can meet the challenges of the twen...

In 1993 luminaries from around the world signed the 'Oslo Accords' - a pledge to achieve lasting peace in the Holy Land - on the lawn of the White House. Yet things didn't turn out quite as planned. With over 1, 000 Israelis and close to four times that number of Palestinians killed since 2000, the Oslo process is now considered 'history'.Impossible Peace provides one of the first comprehensive analyses of that history. Mark LeVine argues that Oslo was never going to bring peace or...

Money can Buy You HappinessIn Die Broke Stephen Pollan introduced a new radical new strategy for spending, saving, and investing money in today's financial market.In Live Rich, he now concentrates on the earning side--with the compelling observation that living rich has less to do with net worth and everything to do with freedom. You can live the life you want by adhering to the four tenets of the Live Rich philosophy: