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Brian Boone & Marc Schonbrun - Music Theory 101 artwork Music Theory 101
From Keys and Scales to Rhythm and Melody, an Essential Primer on the Basics of Music Theory
Brian Boone & Marc Schonbrun
Genre: Music
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: August 08, 2017
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

Learn the basics of music theory in this comprehensive and accessible guide. From classical to hard rock, and jazz to hip hop, music is constantly evolving. But its fundamental principles remain largely unchanged. Understanding these basics is key to becoming a successful musician, composer, or well-rounded music lover. Music Theory 101 covers everything novice musicians and lifelong learners need to know, including: -How to read sheet music -Understanding the construction of chords and scales -The different rhythm and time signatures -How keys are identified and organized Full of music trivia, music history, comprehensive instruction, and visual aids of scales, music symbols, and chords, Music Theory 101 is the essential guide you need for a crash course in music theory that even professional musicians would envy.



Nancy Faber & Randall Faber - PlayTime  Piano Christmas Level 1 artwork PlayTime Piano Christmas Level 1
Nancy Faber & Randall Faber
Genre: Music
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: January 01, 1988
Publisher: Faber Piano Adventures
Seller: Hal Leonard Corporation

Favorite Christmas carols and songs arranged for the beginning pianist. Contents include: Jingle Bells * O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) * When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter * Silent Night * Away in a Manger * The First Noel * Joy to the World * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * A Holly, Jolly Christmas * The Night Before Christmas Song * Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree * We Wish You a Merry Christmas.



Tracy Letts - August: Osage County (TCG Edition) artwork August: Osage County (TCG Edition)
Tracy Letts
Genre: Theatre
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: February 01, 2008
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Seller: Perseus Books, LLC

Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2008 Tony Award for Best New Play. "A tremendous achievement in American playwriting: a tragicomic populist portrait of a tough land and a tougher people." —TimeOut New York "Tracy Letts' August: Osage County is what O'Neill would be writing in 2007. Letts has recaptured the nobility of American drama's mid-century heyday while still creating something entirely original." —New York magazine “I don’t care if August: Osage County is three-and-a-half hours long. I wanted more.” –Howard Shapiro, Philadelphia Inquirer "This original and corrosive black comedy deserves a seat at the table with the great American family plays."—Time One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent history, August: Osage County is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest—and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. The three-act, three-and-a-half-hour mammoth of a play combines epic tragedy with black comedy, dramatizing three generations of unfulfilled dreams and leaving not one of its thirteen characters unscathed. August: Osage County has been produced in more than twenty countries worldwide and is now a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Dermot Mulroney, Sam Shepard, Juliette Lewis, and Ewan McGregor.



Lynn Nottage - Sweat (TCG Edition) artwork Sweat (TCG Edition)
Lynn Nottage
Genre: Theatre
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: May 22, 2017
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Seller: Perseus Books, LLC

Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Nominee for 3 Tony Awards including Best Play “Lynn Nottage’s best work. She offers a powerful critique of the American attitude toward class, and how it affects the decisions we make. Sweat has fraternity at its heart, but also the violence, and the suspicion that can result from class aspirations.” –Hilton Als, New Yorker Lynn Nottage has written one of her most exquisitely devastating tragedies to date. In one of the poorest cities in America, Reading, Pennsylvania, a group of down-and-out factory workers struggle to keep their present lives in balance, ignorant of the financial devastation looming in their near future. Based on Nottage’s extensive research and interviews with residents of Reading, Sweat is a topical reflection of the present and poignant outcome of America’s economic decline. Lynn Nottage is the recipient of two Pulitzer Prize Awards for Drama for Sweat and Ruined. She is the first woman playwright to be honored twice. Her other plays include Intimate Apparel; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine; Crumbs from the Table of Joy; and Las Meninas.



GamerGuides.com - Fallout 3: Strategy Guide artwork Fallout 3: Strategy Guide
GamerGuides.com
Genre: Games
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: February 28, 2015
Publisher: GamerGuides.com
Seller: Gamer Guides Ltd

War never changes. The Fallout franchise certainly has, however. In 2008 Bethesda revived Interplay's famous "Post Nuclear Role Playing Game", moving from third person to first person, and from the west coast to the east coast. You are the Lone Wanderer, an outcast from Vault 101 who sacrifices a relatively easy life in order to brave the terrors of the post-apocalyptic Wasteland and find your Dad, whose mysterious departure from Vault 101 sets a chain of events in motion that will change the Capital Wasteland forever... This guide is intended to be the ultimate completionist's guide to Fallout 3. The guide offers the following: - Every area in the game covered extensively including all side quests and main quests. - All the Bobbleheads, skill books and schematic locations. - A full trophy/achievement guide. - An in-depth information about character creation is also provided so you can create whatever Vault Dweller suits you best. - Good, evil and neutral alternatives to quests will be presented where applicable. Become the Last, Best Hope of Humanity... or add to the continuing sum of human misery in your selfish quest for survival. Sneak past foes, talk your way out of confrontations, shoot everything in the head, or create a character who can do it all. The Wasteland is a big, dangerous place, and this guide will help you experience as much as possible.



GamerGuides.com - Fallout: New Vegas - Strategy Guide artwork Fallout: New Vegas - Strategy Guide
GamerGuides.com
Genre: Games
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: October 10, 2015
Publisher: GamerGuides.com
Seller: Gamer Guides Ltd

The year is 2281 - two hundred years after the old world was eradicated by nuclear fire - and now the New California Republic has become powerful along the western coast of what used to be the United State of America. They've expanded east into Nevada, but across the Colorado river to the east a united army of tribals - Caesar's Legion - have been organized under the guise of ancient Rome. War never changes, and impending conflict looms between the two sides, the prize being the Hoover Dam and control over the Mojave. Stuck in the middle are the residents of Nevada and the jewel in the desert; the city of New Vegas. But the mysterious overlord of New Vegas has his own plans for the future of the Mojave... You are Courier six, an employee of the Mojave Express who has been entrusted with delivering a mysterious Platinum Chip. The delivery goes horribly awry, however, and after you are robbed and nearly killed for the package you were carrying, you must set out in pursuit of your attackers. Along the way you'll have to navigate the political struggles between factions both large and small, making friends and enemies between the various groups as your actions in the Mojave influence your reputation. Ultimately, a new overlord of the Mojave will be crowned... but will you place that crown upon the brow of Caesar, the New California Republic, the mysterious ruler of New Vegas... or yourself? This guide offers the following: - Character creation strategies including a run-down of SPECIAL attributes, Skills and Perks. - An ideal chronological order of events walkthrough that will take you through the entire Mojave. - Complete walkthrough of all the main quests and side quests, including faction quests and endings. - A power-gamey New Vegas Medical Center run, for those gamers who want to get off to a great start. - Information about factions and reputation. - The locations of stat-boosting Skill Books, unique weapons and armor and collectible Snowglobes. - A Trophy Guide including detailed information (when necessary) about how to obtain all the game's trophies. - Old World Blues DLC.



Will Eno - Middletown (TCG Edition) artwork Middletown (TCG Edition)
Will Eno
Genre: Theatre
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: October 25, 2012
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Seller: Perseus Books, LLC

"Will Eno is an original, a maverick wordsmith whose weird, wry dramas gurgle with the grim humor and pain of life."— Guardian A moving and funny new play exploring the universe of a small American town. As a friendship develops between longtime resident John Dodge and new arrival Mary Swanson, the lives of the inhabitants of Middletown intersect in strange and poignant ways in a journey that takes them from the local library to outer space and points between.



Anton Chekhov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky - Uncle Vanya artwork Uncle Vanya
Anton Chekhov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky
Genre: Theatre
Price: $20.99
Publish Date: October 23, 2018
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Seller: Perseus Books, LLC

“Spectacular…This new Vanya has a conversational smoothness that removes the cobwebs sticking to those other translations that never let you forget that the play was written in 1897… One of the most exquisite renderings of Uncle Vanya I’ve encountered.” —Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times “Quietly arresting… A canny and colloquial world-premiere translation… A beautifully rewarding exploration of stunted lives still bending toward the meager sunlight, like wildflowers sprouting from a cracked sidewalk.” —James Hebert, San Diego Union-Tribune As the sixth play in the TCG Classic Russian Drama Series, Richard Nelson and preeminent translators of Russian literature, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, continue their collaboration with Chekhov’s most intimate play. Other titles in this series include: The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov The Inspector by Nikolai Gogol Molière, or The Cabal of Hypocrites and Don Quixote by Mikhail Bulgakov A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev The Seagull by Anton Chekhov



Paula Vogel - How I Learned to Drive (Stand-Alone TCG Edition) artwork How I Learned to Drive (Stand-Alone TCG Edition)
Paula Vogel
Genre: Theatre
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: April 24, 2018
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Seller: Perseus Books, LLC

“As I try to come to grips with the lack of control I have in terms of my own visibility and commercial success within the American Theater, I remain convinced that I have control in terms of how I see my identity. How I Learned to Drive gave me that gift. It felt as if the play was rewriting me, and I will always remember the sensation of lightness I had in the middle of the night as I wrote it. This is the gift of theater and of writing: a transubstantiation of pain and secrecy into light, into community, into understanding if not acceptance.” — Paula Vogel, from her Preface Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive is widely recognized as a masterpiece of contemporary drama. It is published here for the first time as a stand-alone edition. Paula Vogel is the author of Indecent, The Baltimore Waltz, The Long Christmas Ride Home, Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq and A Civil War Christmas, among many other plays. She has held a distinguished career as a teacher and mentor to young playwrights, first at Brown University and then at the Yale School of Drama.



GamerGuides.com - Fire Emblem Engage - Strategy Guide artwork Fire Emblem Engage - Strategy Guide
GamerGuides.com
Genre: Games
Price: $20.99
Publish Date: January 30, 2023
Publisher: GamerGuides.com
Seller: Gamer Guides Ltd

ake on the role of Alear, the Divine Dragon, who awakens a thousand years after a war with no memory of their past. Answer the call to arms and fight alongside your allies in to prevent the resurrection of the Fell Dragon. The guide for Fire Emblem: Engage features everything you need to know to protect Elyos. Learn what the best classes are for every character, deal with the toughest missions and a deep dive on all of the Emblems. - In-depth builds for characters - Walkthrough on the toughest Chapters and Paralogues - How to recruit every character - Learn what every character's favorite gifts and food is - Information on how to make the most our of Skirmishes for EXP and SP - Details on every weapon in the game - Everything there is to know about the Somniel



Anton Chekhov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky - The Cherry Orchard artwork The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky
Genre: Theatre
Price: $22.99
Publish Date: August 03, 2015
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Seller: Perseus Books, LLC

"Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English."— The New Yorker There have always been two versions of Chekhov’s heartrending and humorous masterwork: the one with which we are all familiar, staged by Konstatine Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, and the one Chekhov had originally envisioned. Now, for the first time, both are available and published here in a single volume in translations by the renowned playwright Richard Nelson and Richard Peavar and Larissa Volokhonsky, the foremost contemporary translators of classic Russian literature. Shedding new light on this most revered play, the translators reconstructed the script Chekhov first submitted and all of the changes he made prior to rehearsal. The result is a major event in the publishing of Chekhov’s canon. Richard Nelson 's many plays include Rodney's Wife , Goodnight Children Everywhere , Drama Desk-nominated Franny's Way and Some Americans Abroad , Tony Award-nominated Two Shakespearean Actors and James Joyce's The Dead (with Shaun Davey), for which he won a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and the critically acclaimed, searing play cycle, The Apple Family Plays . Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have produced acclaimed translations of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov, and Mikhail Bulgakov. Their translations of The Brothers Karamazov and Anna Karenina won the 1991 and 2002 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prizes. Pevvear, a native of Boston, and Volokhonsjky, of St. Petersburg, are married to each other and live in Paris.



Casey Griffin, Nina Nesseth, Cosima Herter & Graeme Manson - The Science of Orphan Black artwork The Science of Orphan Black
The Official Companion
Casey Griffin, Nina Nesseth, Cosima Herter & Graeme Manson
Genre: TV
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: August 22, 2017
Publisher: ECW Press
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

An official guide to the crazy science of  Orphan Black —from cloning to chimerism and much more. Delve deeper into the scientific terms and theories at the core of the Peabody-winning cult-favorite show. With exclusive insights from the show’s co-creator Graeme Manson and science consultant Cosima Herter,  The Science of Orphan Black takes you behind the closed doors of the Dyad Institute and inside Neolution, with color photos included.  Authors Casey Griffin and Nina Nesseth decode the mysteries of  Orphan Black —from the history of cloning, epigenetics, synthetic biology, chimerism, the real diseases on which the clone disease is based, and the transhumanist philosophies of Neolution, to what exactly happens when a projectile pencil is shot through a person’s eye and into their brain.



Anton Chekhov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky - Three Sisters artwork Three Sisters
Anton Chekhov, Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky
Genre: Theatre
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: June 23, 2020
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Seller: Perseus Books, LLC

After their father’s death, Olga, Masha, and Irina find life in their small Russian town stifling and hopeless. They long to return to Moscow, the bustling metropolis they left eleven years ago, but their brother Andrei’s gambling habits have trapped them in their small provincial lives. As the seventh play in the TCG Classic Russian Drama Series, playwright Richard Nelson and translators of Russian literature Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky continue their collaboration with a masterful new translation of Chekhov’s exploration of yearning and disillusionment.



Jessica Fellowes - Downton Abbey: A Celebration artwork Downton Abbey: A Celebration
The Official Companion to All Six Seasons
Jessica Fellowes
Genre: TV
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: November 10, 2015
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

This essential companion to the acclaimed series offers an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at its unforgettable characters, opulent settings, and more. When Downton Abbey first opened its doors, fans were immediately swept away by Julian Fellowes’s evocative world of romance, intrigue, drama, and tradition. As the show entered its sixth and final season, Jessica Fellowes delivered the ultimate series companion. In Downton Abby: A Celebration , she leads us through the house and estate, reliving the iconic moments of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants as they navigate the emerging modern age. Travelling from Great Hall to servants’ hall, bedroom to boot room, we glimpse as we go Matthew and Isobel Crawley arriving for the first time, the death of Kemal Pamuk, Cora’s tragic miscarriage, Edith’s affair with Michael Gregson, Mary’s new haircut, Thomas and O’Brien’s scheming, Anna and Bates’s troubles with the law, and Carson’s marriage to Mrs. Hughes. Alongside are in-depth interviews with the cast, as well as a complete episode guide for the first five seasons and a teaser for the sixth. Packed full of stunning location shots and stills from all six seasons of the show including exclusive behind-the-scenes photography, this celebratory book is essential reading for Downton Abbey fans the world over.



Michel Rochon - Le cerveau et la musique artwork Le cerveau et la musique
Michel Rochon
Genre: Music
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: September 26, 2018
Publisher: Éditions MultiMondes
Seller: De Marque, Inc.

Un son, une note, une mélodie et voilà… le cerveau en effervescence. Mais pourquoi certains airs arrivent-ils à nous tirer des larmes, à nous donner la chair de poule, à nous enthousiasmer ou à nous faire danser ? Pourquoi sommes-nous touchés par les symphonies de Beethoven, par les performances vocales de Céline Dion, par les reels endiablés de Ti-Jean Carignan ou encore par les concerts d’Arcade Fire ? Bien sûr, tout commence par l’oreille. Les ondes sonores produites par un piano, une flûte ou un violon s’y engouffrent et sont transformées en influx nerveux pour rejoindre diverses régions du cerveau. Journaliste scientifique aguerri, Michel Rochon nous entraîne dans une exploration fascinante du cerveau musical. Il nous révèle les plus récentes découvertes en intelligence artificielle, en neuropsychologie, en linguistique et même en mathématiques qui nous font comprendre autrement les harmonies sonores. Nous ne sommes d’ailleurs pas au bout de nos surprises, car les chercheurs cernent de mieux en mieux les bienfaits cliniques et thérapeutiques de la musique. En fermant ce livre, vous ne pourrez plus entendre du rock, du jazz, du classique, de l’opéra, du traditionnel, du rap ou de la techno de la même manière. Et il n’y a aucun doute : c’est la musique qui nous a rendus plus humains.



Royal Academy of Dance - Grade 4 Ballet artwork Grade 4 Ballet
Male/Female: Set Exercises and Dances including Benesh Movement Notation
Royal Academy of Dance
Genre: Dance
Price: $21.99
Publish Date: March 14, 2016
Publisher: Royal Academy of Dance Enterprises Ltd
Seller: Mint Associates Limited

This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Grade 4 Examination, Class Award and Solo Performance Award offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers, and contains detailed descriptions in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the set exercises required for the Examination and Class Award, and the dances required for the Examination, Class Award and Solo Performance Award. Features include annotation, highlighting, image zoom, bookmarking and easy-to-use navigation.



Bill Bryson - At Home artwork At Home
A Short History of Private Life
Bill Bryson
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: October 05, 2010
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

From the author of that classic of modern science writing, A Short History of Nearly Everything , comes a work of what you might call domestic science: our homes, how they work, and the fascinating history of how they got that way. Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as found in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he formed the idea of journeying about his house from room to room to "write a history of the world without leaving home." The bathroom provides the occasion for a history of hygiene; the bedroom, sex, death, and sleep; the kitchen, nutrition and the spice trade; and so on, as Bryson shows how each has figured in the evolution of private life. Whatever happens in the world, he demostrates, ends up in our house, in the paint and the pipes and the pillows and every item of furniture.



Levy Rozman - How to Win at Chess artwork How to Win at Chess
The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond
Levy Rozman
Genre: Games
Price: $16.99
Publish Date: October 24, 2023
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Learn chess from International Master and YouTube’s top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) in this refreshing and fun guide for beginner and intermediate players. Clever and informative, How to Win at Chess teaches you everything you need to know about the game, including all the important moves and strategies to start off strong and keep you thinking several steps ahead. Full of Levy Rozman's signature charm and humor that have made him beloved by millions of fans, the first half of this unique guide introduces rising players (0-800 Elo rating) to the four key areas to consider when playing chess—openings, endings, tactics, and strategy—and the second half builds upon these core skills for more experienced players (800-1300 Elo rating). Brimming with practical and easy-to-follow tips for improving your game, How to Win at Chess includes over 500 instructional gameplay illustrations to help you better visualize the board, as well as chapter-specific QR codes for exclusive bonus content on Chessly, Rozman’s teaching platform. Whether you want to become a recreational chess player or are training to be a Grandmaster, How to Win at Chess is the perfect interactive introduction to the world of chess!



William Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice artwork The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
Genre: Theatre
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: January 01, 2010
Publisher: MobileReference
Seller: MobileReference

The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Although classified as a comedy in the First Folio, and while it shares certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps more remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for the character of Shylock. The title character is the merchant Antonio, not the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who is the play's most prominent and more famous villain. Though Shylock is a tormented character, he is also a tormentor, so whether he is to be viewed with disdain or sympathy is up to the audience (as influenced by the interpretation of the play's director and lead actors). As a result, The Merchant of Venice is often classified as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. — Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.



Royal Academy of Dance - Primary in Dance: Examination and Class Award artwork Primary in Dance: Examination and Class Award
Male/Female: Exercises and Dances including Benesh Movement Notation
Royal Academy of Dance
Genre: Dance
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: March 14, 2016
Publisher: Royal Academy of Dance Enterprises Ltd
Seller: Mint Associates Limited

This ebook is an authorised digitisation of its printed counterpart from the Royal Academy of Dance. It is one of a series of products related to the Primary in Dance Examination and Class Award offered by the Royal Academy of Dance. It is primarily intended for use by teachers and contains detailed descriptions in words and Benesh Movement Notation of the exercises and dances required for the Primary in Dance Examination and Class Award. Features include annotation, highlighting, image zoom, bookmarking and easy-to-use navigation.



Will Schmid - Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1 artwork Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1
Second Edition
Will Schmid
Genre: Music
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: January 01, 1970
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Seller: Hal Leonard Corporation

The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and it also reflects some of the best guitar teaching ideas from around the world. Book 1 includes tuning; playing position; musical symbols; notes in first position; C, G, G7, D, D7, A7, and Em chords; rhythms through eighth notes; strumming and picking; over 80 great songs, riffs, and examples.



Robin Williams - The Non-Designer's Design Book, 4/e artwork The Non-Designer's Design Book, 4/e
Robin Williams
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $41.99
Publish Date: November 20, 2014
Publisher: Pearson Education
Seller: Pearson Education Inc.

For nearly 20 years, designers and non-designers alike have been introduced to the fundamental principles of great design by author Robin Williams. Through her straightforward and light-hearted style, Robin has taught hundreds of thousands of people how to make their designs look professional using four surprisingly simple principles. Now in its fourth edition, The Non-Designer’s Design Book offers even more practical design advice, including a new chapter on the fundamentals of typography, more quizzes and exercises to train your Designer Eye, updated projects for you to try, and new visual and typographic examples to inspire your creativity. Whether you’re a Mac user or a Windows user, a type novice, or an aspiring graphic designer, you will find the instruction and inspiration to approach any design project with confidence. THIS ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO DESIGN WILL TEACH YOU The four principles of design that underlie  every design project How to design with color How to design with type How to combine typefaces for maximum effect How to see and think like a professional designer Specific tips on designing newsletters, brochures, flyers, and other projects



Tony Horgan - Korg Volca Modular - The Expert Guide artwork Korg Volca Modular - The Expert Guide
Tony Horgan
Genre: Music
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: October 04, 2019
Publisher: Tony Horgan
Seller: Tony Horgan

Korg Volca Modular - The Expert Guide is a goldmine of patches, tutorials, information and inspiration . World-renowned Volca expert Tony Horgan unravels the mysteries of the Volca Modular with mind-blowing patches, clear concept visuals and straight-talking text. Across more than 200 pages , every patch point, module, button and feature is explored and explained in detail, with the help of over 60 patches for you to recreate and adapt yourself. Learn how to create musical sounds, sound effects, drones, rhythms, process other instruments with the Volca Modular reverb effect, pass another instrument through the Volca Modular, control the Volca Modular from other instruments, create random self-generating sounds, connect to audio devices, add swing effects, master the sequencer, transpose patterns, play in different scales and so much more. 218 Pages, 61 patches Contents 01 About this book * About the author, ways to make contact 02 About the Volca Modular * About the Volca Modular * Patch cables * Front panel patch point inputs and outputs * Front panel connecting lines * What is CV (Control Voltage)? 03 Patches and sounds * Talking Droid * Space Out Feedback Loop * Correct Answer * Low Frequency Sweep * Buzz Bass * Automatic Bassline * Automatic Player * Tuned Kick Bass * Brain 04 Quick-start guides * Tips and hacks * Make a "patch" * Select and play a pattern * Select and play a pattern chain * Keyboard notes * Record a pattern * Save a pattern * Record a motion sequence * Synchronise timing with other Volcas * Connect to audio devices 05 Source * About the Source module * Source Pitch Input * Trampoline Bounce - Source Pitch Input example * Source Ratio Input * 2-Tone Hooter - Source Ratio Input example * Source Fold Input * Throb - Source Fold Input example * Source Mod Input * Space Oboe - Source Mod Input example 1 * Simple Drone - Source Mod Input example 2 * Source Modulator Wave Output * Sub-bass - Source Modulator Wave Output example * Source Carrier Output * Throat Singing - Source Carrier Output example 06 Functions * About the Functions * Function 1: Attack, Hold, Release generator * Function 1 Gate Input * Self-generating Random Gate - Function 1 Gate Input example * Function 1 Attack Input * Function 1 Release Input * Function 1 Positive Output * Brass Bugle - Function 1 Positive Output example * Function 1 Inverted Output * Slow, Fast, Slow - Function 1 Inverted Output example * Function 1 End Trigger Output * Bounce Back - Function 1 End Trigger Output example * Function 2: Rise, Fall generator * Function 2: Rise, Fall generator "LFO" * Function 2 Trigger Input * Function 2 Shape Input * Release Shape-Shifter - Function 2 Shape Input example * Function 2 Time Input * Alien Visit - Function 2 Time Input example * Function 2 Positive Output * Metallic Bounce - Function 2 Positive Output example * Function 2 Inverted Output * Function 2 End Trigger Output * Computer Processing - Function 2 End Trigger Output example 07 Clock / Sequences * Clock and Sequences * Slow, Faster, Slower - Clock Offset Input example * Sequences 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 Gate Output * Accents and Polyrhythms - Sequences 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 Gate Output example * Sequences Gate Output * Sequences Gate Output example * Sequences Pitch Output * Reverb On High Notes - Sequences Pitch Output example * Portamento - Sequences Pitch Output example 2 08 Dual LPG * Dual LPG explained * LPG 1 Signal Input * Easy sub-bass - LPG 1 Signal Input example * LPG 1 Level Input * Amplitude Modulation - LPG 1 Level Input example * LPG 1 Signal Output * Pitch Explosion - LPG 1 Signal Output example * Play It Louder - LPG 1 Signal Output example 2 * LPG 2 Signal Input * Organ Bass - LPG 2 Signal Input example * LPG 2 Level Input * Time Machine - LPG 2 Level Input example * LPG 2 Signal Output * Fuzz Bass - LPG 2 Signal Output example * Cutoff 09 Split * About the Split module * Split Input 1 / Output 1-A, Output 1-B * Split Input 2 / Output 2-A, Output 2-B * Power Station - Split example * Split mixer * Lift Off - Split mixer example * Lift Off (Extra Bass) - Split mixer example 10 Utility a, b, c * Utility a, b, c * Signal Input a * Signal Input b * Signal Input c * c knob * Intensity Control - c knob example * Volume Fluctuation - Utility a, b, c example * a+bxc Output * Self-generating Sound - a+bxc Output example 1 * Basic Wave Mixer - a+bxc Output example 2 * a-bxc Output * Pulse Width Modulation - a-bxc Output example 1 * If I Was A Pitch Man - a-bxc Output example 2 11 Woggle * About the Woggle * Woggle Sample Input * Video Game Jump - Woggle Sample Input example * Noisy Reverb - Woggle Sample Output example * Woggle Trigger Input * Simple 4th Note Trigger - Woggle Trigger Input * Woggle Stepped Output * Random Release - Woggle Stepped Output example * Woggle Smooth Output * Space Bee - Woggle Smooth Output example 12 Space Out, Microtune * About the Space Out module * Space Out Signal Input * Add reverb to an external sound source * Carrier Wave Always Audible - Space Out Signal Input example * Space Out Amount knob * Space Out Amount Input * Dry / Wet Foghorn - Space Out Amount Input example * Space Out Signal Output * Rocket Explode - Space Out Signal Output example * Microtune 13 CV In, Gate In, Sync * CV Input, Gate Input * Using CV and Gate to play notes * Calibrating (tuning) the CV Input * CV Output 1 * CV Output 2 * CV Input mixer example * Sync In / Out * Sync connections * Receive swing from another Volca * Sync problems 14 Volume, audio out, headphones * Volume * Headphones Output (audio output) 15 Buttons * Play, Active Step * Record (live recording) * Step Record * Memory, Write * Func 16 Keyboard * About the keyboard * Scale * Tonic * Microtuning * Microtuning keys * Octave keys * Randomize keys * Gate * Sequencer mode: Bounce * Sequence mode: Stoch. * Motion sequence keys * Clear keys 17 Power * Power options 18 Global parameters * Global parameters * System update (firmware update) 19 Module circuit diagrams * Source circuit diagram * Clock / Sequences circuit diagram * Functions circuit diagram * Split circuit diagram * LGP circuit diagram * Utility a, b, c circuit diagram * Woggle circuit diagram * Space Out circuit diagram



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Michel Rochon
Genre: Music
Price: $18.99
Publish Date: October 11, 2023
Publisher: Éditions MultiMondes
Seller: De Marque, Inc.

On ne peut pas vivre sans musique. Dès les premiers instants de la vie intra-utérine jusqu’aux grands moments qui traversent l’existence de tout un chacun, la musique a des effets, encore mal compris, sur notre développement. Notre relation avec la musique n’est pas sans mystère. Et les questions fusent de toutes parts à ce propos. D’où vient notre besoin de musique ? A-t-elle des effets sur la santé mentale ? Le cerveau fait-il une différence entre le jazz, le rock et la musique classique ? Comment expliquer les vers d’oreille ? Pourquoi certains enfants sont-ils des musiciens prodiges ? Pourquoi certaines drogues modifient-elles notre perception de la musique ? Voilà de quoi motiver de nombreux scientifiques à tenter de percer les secrets de ce qui n’est ni plus ni moins que notre langage universel !



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Jeanine Basinger & Sam Wasson
Genre: Movie
Price: $15.99
Publish Date: November 08, 2022
Publisher: Harper
Seller: Harper Collins Canada Limited

The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Harold Lloyd, and nearly four hundred others, assembled from the American Film Institute’s treasure trove of interviews, reveals a fresh history of the American movie industry from its beginnings to today.  From the archives of the American Film Institute comes a unique picture of what it was like to work in Hollywood from its beginnings to its present day. Gleaned from nearly three thousand interviews, involving four hundred voices from the industry, Hollywood: The Oral History, lets a reader “listen in” on candid remarks from the biggest names in front of the camera—Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Harold Lloyd—to the biggest behind it—Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Jordan Peele, as well as the lesser known individuals that shaped what was heard and seen on screen: musicians, costumers, art directors, cinematographers, writers, sound men, editors, make-up artists, and even script timers, messengers, and publicists. The result is like a conversation among the gods and goddesses of film: lively, funny, insightful, historically accurate and, for the first time, authentically honest in its portrait of Hollywood. It’s the insider’s story.   Legendary film scholar Jeanine Basinger and New York Times bestselling author Sam Wasson, both acclaimed storytellers in their own right, have undertaken the monumental task of digesting these tens of thousands of hours of talk and weaving it into a definitive portrait of workaday Hollywood.