From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog and The Year of the Puppy , this “elegant and entertaining” (The Boston Globe) explanation of how humans perceive their environments “does more than open our eyes...opens our hearts and minds, too, gently awakening us to a world—in fact, many worlds—we’ve been missing” (USA TODAY). Alexandra Horowitz shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinary—to practice, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle put it, “the observation of trifles.” Structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes, mostly in her Manhattan neighborhood, On Looking features experts on a diverse range of subjects, including an urban sociologist, the well-known artist Maira Kalman, a geologist, a physician, and a sound designer. Horowitz also walks with a child and a dog to see the world as they perceive it. What they see, how they see it, and why most of us do not see the same things reveal the startling power of human attention and the cognitive aspects of what it means to be an expert observer. Page by page, Horowitz shows how much more there is to see—if only we would really look. Trained as a cognitive scientist, she discovers a feast of fascinating detail, all explained with her generous humor and self-deprecating tone. So turn off the phone and other electronic devices and be in the real world—where strangers communicate by geometry as they walk toward one another, where sounds reveal shadows, where posture can display humility, and the underside of a leaf unveils a Lilliputian universe—where; indeed, there are worlds within worlds within worlds.

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog, this “elegant and entertaining” (The Boston Globe) explanation of how humans perceive their environments “does more than open our eyes...opens our hearts and minds, too, gently awakening us to a world—in fact, many worlds—we've been missing” (USA TODAY). Alexandra Horowitz shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinary—to practice, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle put it, “the observation of trifles.” Structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes, mostly in her Manhattan neighborhood, On Looking features experts on a diverse range of subjects, including an urban sociologist, the well-known artist Maira Kalman, a geologist, a physician, and a sound designer. Horowitz also walks with a child and a dog to see the world as they perceive it. What they see, how they see it, and why most of us do not see the same things reveal the startling power of human attention and the cognitive aspects of what it means to be an expert observer. Page by page, Horowitz shows how much more there is to see—if only we would really look. Trained as a cognitive scientist, she discovers a feast of fascinating detail, all explained with her generous humor and self-deprecating tone. So turn off the phone and other electronic devices and be in the real world—where strangers communicate by geometry as they walk toward one another, where sounds reveal shadows, where posture can display humility, and the underside of a leaf unveils a Lilliputian universe—where, indeed, there are worlds within worlds within worlds.

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog and The Year of the Puppy , this “elegant and entertaining” (The Boston Globe) explanation of how humans perceive their environments “does more than open our eyes...opens our hearts and minds, too, gently awakening us to a world—in fact, many worlds—we’ve been missing” (USA TODAY). Alexandra Horowitz shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinary—to practice, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle put it, “the observation of trifles.” Structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes, mostly in her Manhattan neighborhood, On Looking features experts on a diverse range of subjects, including an urban sociologist, the well-known artist Maira Kalman, a geologist, a physician, and a sound designer. Horowitz also walks with a child and a dog to see the world as they perceive it. What they see, how they see it, and why most of us do not see the same things reveal the startling power of human attention and the cognitive aspects of what it means to be an expert observer. Page by page, Horowitz shows how much more there is to see—if only we would really look. Trained as a cognitive scientist, she discovers a feast of fascinating detail, all explained with her generous humor and self-deprecating tone. So turn off the phone and other electronic devices and be in the real world—where strangers communicate by geometry as they walk toward one another, where sounds reveal shadows, where posture can display humility, and the underside of a leaf unveils a Lilliputian universe—where; indeed, there are worlds within worlds within worlds.

A massively entertaining oral biography of the golden era of radio rock, when Journey, Boston, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, Toto, and more ruled the airwaves Paul Rees’ Raised on Radio is, remarkably, the first biography of AOR (“Album-Oriented Rock”); critically derided at the time but massively popular during its 1976-1986 heyday when artists such as Journey, Boston, Foreigner, Toto, REO Speedwagon, Heart, Pat Benatar, Bryan Adams, and Styx sold many millions of albums and toured stadiums. Today, those very same songs are streaming in record numbers and many of the artists continue to play to sell-out audiences around the world. They may have been dismissed at the time as terminally uncool by elitist rock critics in thrall to punk and new wave, but their music was, and is still, the soundtrack to so many people’s lives. Who hasn’t pumped their fist to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” (even before The Sopranos made it cool), played air guitar to Boston’s “More Than a Feeling”; had their heart broken to the strains of REO’s “Can’t Fight This Feeling”; or bellowed along to Toto’s “Africa” at one time or another? Truly, these songs are national–and international–anthems. The stories behind their making, and of the AOR era in general, are as eye-opening as any from the annals of rock ‘n’ roll history. For better or worse, AOR’s prime movers lived life to excess and in the fast lane. Cocaine use was rampant, egos were unchecked, and intra-band fighting became par for the course. What’s more, their influence stretches across generations and through the fabric of popular American music. AOR invented the power ballad, and the sound of it has travelled on through hair metal, pop-rock, and right up to Taylor Swift. Fittingly, Raised on Radio is a stadium-sized, massively entertaining oral and pop-cultural history in the bestselling tradition of Meet Me in the Bathroom, Nothin’ But a Good Time, and Please Kill Me, capturing a time and place that was as big, booming, and unabashed as the music that provided its soundtrack.

Dr. Isaac Israel Hayes (1832-1881) war ein US-amerikanischer Arzt und Polarforscher. Als Schiffsarzt beteiligte er sich an der 2. Grinnell-Expedition unter Elisha Kent Kane, weitere Arktisexpeditionen folgten. I.I. Hayes war beseelt von der damals gängigen Theorie unter den Polarforschern vom eisfreien Nordpolarmeer und besessen vom Ziel, diese eisfreie, schiffbare Zone des Arktischen Ozeans rund um den Nordpol zu finden. 1860 organisierte er seine eigene, gut finanzierte Expedition und verließ den Hafen von Boston an Bord seines Forschungsschiffs United States, um sich dem Nordpol über das offene Meer zu nähern, von dem er glaubte, dass es nördlich des 85. ten Breitengrads liegt. Die rauen Bedingungen und das unwegsame Gelände zwangen ihn 1861 zur Umkehr. Trotz der vielen Rückschläge gelang es ihm, Grinnell Land bis 81°35¿ zu vermessen, und er berichtete, dass er dahinter ein offenes Meer sah, was durch spätere Expeditionen widerlegt wurde. 1866 veröffentlichte er ein Buch über seine Expedition "The Open Polar Sea". Im vorliegenden Band berichtet I.I. Hayes anhand seiner Tagebuchaufzeichnungen in lebhaften, detailreichen Schilderungen über seine Expedition auf der Suche nach dem offenen Polarmeer. Begleitet von zwanzig arktiserfahrenen Inuits, dem Astronomen August Sonntag und Hans Hendrick, dem grönländischen Inuk, erkundete er die Küste der Ellesmere-Insel vom Smith Sound aus und stieß bis in unerforschte Gebiete weit im Landesinneren vor. Der Verlust zweier Drittel seiner Schlittenhunde und der tragische Unfalltod von August Sonntag hielten Hayes vor weiterem Vordringen nach Norden nicht auf. Er erreichte nach einer 46-tägigen Schlittenfahrt den nördlichsten Punkt dieser Expedition, Lady Franklin Bay auf 81°35¿ nördlicher Breite gelegen. Von dort sah Hayes den Kennedy-Kanal, den er eisfrei vorfand und als Einfahrt in das vermutete offene Polarmeer identifizierte, ohne einen eindeutigen Beweis zu haben. Sorgfältig bearbeiteter Nachdruck der in Frakturschrift verfaßten Originalausgabe von 1868, mit 3 Karten und 6 Illustrationen im Holzschnitt, übersetzt von J.E.A. Martin (1822-1892).

Dr. Isaac Israel Hayes (1832-1881) war ein US-amerikanischer Arzt und Polarforscher. Als Schiffsarzt beteiligte er sich an der 2. Grinnell-Expedition unter Elisha Kent Kane, weitere Arktisexpeditionen folgten. I.I. Hayes war beseelt von der damals gängigen Theorie unter den Polarforschern vom eisfreien Nordpolarmeer und besessen vom Ziel, diese eisfreie, schiffbare Zone des Arktischen Ozeans rund um den Nordpol zu finden. 1860 organisierte er seine eigene, gut finanzierte Expedition und verließ den Hafen von Boston an Bord seines Forschungsschiffs United States, um sich dem Nordpol über das offene Meer zu nähern, von dem er glaubte, dass es nördlich des 85. ten Breitengrads liegt. Die rauen Bedingungen und das unwegsame Gelände zwangen ihn 1861 zur Umkehr. Trotz der vielen Rückschläge gelang es ihm, Grinnell Land bis 81°35¿ zu vermessen, und er berichtete, dass er dahinter ein offenes Meer sah, was durch spätere Expeditionen widerlegt wurde. 1866 veröffentlichte er ein Buch über seine Expedition "The Open Polar Sea". Im vorliegenden Band berichtet I.I. Hayes anhand seiner Tagebuchaufzeichnungen in lebhaften, detailreichen Schilderungen über seine Expedition auf der Suche nach dem offenen Polarmeer. Begleitet von zwanzig arktiserfahrenen Inuits, dem Astronomen August Sonntag und Hans Hendrick, dem grönländischen Inuk, erkundete er die Küste der Ellesmere-Insel vom Smith Sound aus und stieß bis in unerforschte Gebiete weit im Landesinneren vor. Der Verlust zweier Drittel seiner Schlittenhunde und der tragische Unfalltod von August Sonntag hielten Hayes vor weiterem Vordringen nach Norden nicht auf. Er erreichte nach einer 46-tägigen Schlittenfahrt den nördlichsten Punkt dieser Expedition, Lady Franklin Bay auf 81°35¿ nördlicher Breite gelegen. Von dort sah Hayes den Kennedy-Kanal, den er eisfrei vorfand und als Einfahrt in das vermutete offene Polarmeer identifizierte, ohne einen eindeutigen Beweis zu haben. Sorgfältig bearbeiteter Nachdruck der in Frakturschrift verfaßten Originalausgabe von 1868, mit 3 Karten und 6 Illustrationen im Holzschnitt, übersetzt von J.E.A. Martin (1822-1892).

"The Hollywood memoir that tells all . . . Sex. Drugs. Greed. Why, it sounds just like a movie."-The New York Times Every memoir claims to bare it all, but Julia Phillips's actually does. This is an addictive, gloves-off exposé from the producer of the classic films The Sting, Taxi Driver, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind-and the first woman ever to win an Academy Award for Best Picture-who made her name in Hollywood during the halcyon seventies and the yuppie-infested eighties and lived to tell the tale. Wickedly funny and surprisingly moving, You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again takes you on a trip through the dream-manufacturing capital of the world and into the vortex of drug addiction and rehab on the arm of one who saw it all, did it all, and took her leave. Praise for You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again "One of the most honest books ever written about one of the most dishonest towns ever created."-The Boston Globe "Gossip too hot for even the National Enquirer . . . Julia Phillips is not so much Hollywood's Boswell as its Dante."-Los Angeles Magazine "A blistering look at La La Land."-USA Today "One of the nastiest, tastiest tell-alls in showbiz history."-People

From the celebrated Ursula K. Le Guin, "a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller" (Boston Globe), the revised and updated edition of her classic guide to the essentials of a writer's craft. Completely revised and rewritten to address modern challenges and opportunities, this essential creative writing handbook is a short, deceptively simple guide to the craft of writing. Le Guin lays out ten chapters that address the most fundamental components of narrative writing, from the sound of language to sentence construction to point of view. Each chapter combines illustrative examples from the global canon with Le Guin’s own witty commentary and an exercise that the writer can do solo or in a group. She also offers a comprehensive guide to working in writing groups, both actual and online. Masterly and concise, Steering the Craft deserves a place on every writer's shelf. This celebrated guide to the art of storytelling focuses on the essentials: The Elements of Craft: Ten focused chapters on the essential tools of narrative, from the music of language and sentence construction to the strategic use of adjectives and adverbs. Point of View and Voice: A masterclass in choosing and maintaining a point of view, with witty commentary and clear examples that demystify narrative voice. Practical Writing Exercises: Engaging exercises at the end of each chapter, designed to sharpen your skills whether you work alone or with a group. Guidance for Writing Groups: An invaluable guide to participating in—and benefiting from—peer group workshops, both in-person and online.

From the celebrated Ursula K. Le Guin, "a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller" (Boston Globe), the revised and updated edition of her classic guide to the essentials of a writer's craft. Completely revised and rewritten to address modern challenges and opportunities, this essential creative writing handbook is a short, deceptively simple guide to the craft of writing. Le Guin lays out ten chapters that address the most fundamental components of narrative writing, from the sound of language to sentence construction to point of view. Each chapter combines illustrative examples from the global canon with Le Guin’s own witty commentary and an exercise that the writer can do solo or in a group. She also offers a comprehensive guide to working in writing groups, both actual and online. Masterly and concise, Steering the Craft deserves a place on every writer's shelf. This celebrated guide to the art of storytelling focuses on the essentials: The Elements of Craft: Ten focused chapters on the essential tools of narrative, from the music of language and sentence construction to the strategic use of adjectives and adverbs. Point of View and Voice: A masterclass in choosing and maintaining a point of view, with witty commentary and clear examples that demystify narrative voice. Practical Writing Exercises: Engaging exercises at the end of each chapter, designed to sharpen your skills whether you work alone or with a group. Guidance for Writing Groups: An invaluable guide to participating in—and benefiting from—peer group workshops, both in-person and online.

Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner A New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year What if words got stuck in the back of your mouth whenever you tried to speak? What if they never came out the way you wanted them to? Sometimes it takes a change of perspective to get the words flowing. I wake up each morning with the sounds of words all around me. And I can't say them all . . . When a boy who stutters feels isolated, alone, and incapable of communicating in the way he'd like, it takes a kindly father and a walk by the river to help him find his voice. Compassionate parents everywhere will instantly recognize a father's ability to reconnect a child with the world around him. Poet Jordan Scott writes movingly in this powerful and ultimately uplifting book, based on his own experience, and masterfully illustrated by Sydney Smith, winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international distinction given to author and illustrators of children's books. A book for any child who feels lost, lonely, or unable to fit in. Finalist for the BC and Yukon Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize A Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book ILA Primary Fiction Honoree Named a Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Shelf Awareness, Bookpage, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Publishers Lunch, and more! A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A Bank Street Best Childrens Book of the Year! A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year A CBC Best Picture Book of the Year A Kids' Book Choice Award Finalist

Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner A New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year What if words got stuck in the back of your mouth whenever you tried to speak? What if they never came out the way you wanted them to? Sometimes it takes a change of perspective to get the words flowing. I wake up each morning with the sounds of words all around me. And I can't say them all . . . When a boy who stutters feels isolated, alone, and incapable of communicating in the way he'd like, it takes a kindly father and a walk by the river to help him find his voice. Compassionate parents everywhere will instantly recognize a father's ability to reconnect a child with the world around him. Poet Jordan Scott writes movingly in this powerful and ultimately uplifting book, based on his own experience, and masterfully illustrated by Sydney Smith, winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international distinction given to author and illustrators of children's books. A book for any child who feels lost, lonely, or unable to fit in. Finalist for the BC and Yukon Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize A Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book ILA Primary Fiction Honoree Named a Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Shelf Awareness, Bookpage, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Publishers Lunch, and more! A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A Bank Street Best Childrens Book of the Year! A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year A CBC Best Picture Book of the Year A Kids' Book Choice Award Finalist

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"Mix in one part Diane Mott ­Davidson’s delightful culinary adventures with several tablespoons of Jan Karon’s country living and quirky characters, bake at 350 degrees for one rich and warm romance." --Library Journal A full-hearted novel about a big-city baker who discovers the true meaning of home—and that sometimes the best things are found when you didn’t even know you were looking When Olivia Rawlings—pastry chef extraordinaire for an exclusive Boston dinner club—sets not just her flambéed dessert but the entire building alight, she escapes to the most comforting place she can think of—the idyllic town of Guthrie, Vermont, home of Bag Balm, the country’s longest-running contra dance, and her best friend Hannah. But the getaway turns into something more lasting when Margaret Hurley, the cantankerous, sweater-set-wearing owner of the Sugar Maple Inn, offers Livvy a job. Broke and knowing that her days at the club are numbered, Livvy accepts. Livvy moves with her larger-than-life, uberenthusiastic dog, Salty, into a sugarhouse on the inn’s property and begins creating her mouthwatering desserts for the residents of Guthrie. She soon uncovers the real reason she has been hired—to help Margaret reclaim the inn’s blue ribbon status at the annual county fair apple pie contest. With the joys of a fragrant kitchen, the sound of banjos and fiddles being tuned in a barn, and the crisp scent of the orchard just outside the front door, Livvy soon finds herself immersed in small town life. And when she meets Martin McCracken, the Guthrie native who has returned from Seattle to tend his ailing father, Livvy comes to understand that she may not be as alone in this world as she once thought. But then another new arrival takes the community by surprise, and Livvy must decide whether to do what she does best and flee—or stay and finally discover what it means to belong. Olivia Rawlings may finally find out that the life you want may not be the one you expected—it could be even better.

"Mix in one part Diane Mott ­Davidson’s delightful culinary adventures with several tablespoons of Jan Karon’s country living and quirky characters, bake at 350 degrees for one rich and warm romance." --Library Journal A full-hearted novel about a big-city baker who discovers the true meaning of home—and that sometimes the best things are found when you didn’t even know you were looking When Olivia Rawlings—pastry chef extraordinaire for an exclusive Boston dinner club—sets not just her flambéed dessert but the entire building alight, she escapes to the most comforting place she can think of—the idyllic town of Guthrie, Vermont, home of Bag Balm, the country’s longest-running contra dance, and her best friend Hannah. But the getaway turns into something more lasting when Margaret Hurley, the cantankerous, sweater-set-wearing owner of the Sugar Maple Inn, offers Livvy a job. Broke and knowing that her days at the club are numbered, Livvy accepts. Livvy moves with her larger-than-life, uberenthusiastic dog, Salty, into a sugarhouse on the inn’s property and begins creating her mouthwatering desserts for the residents of Guthrie. She soon uncovers the real reason she has been hired—to help Margaret reclaim the inn’s blue ribbon status at the annual county fair apple pie contest. With the joys of a fragrant kitchen, the sound of banjos and fiddles being tuned in a barn, and the crisp scent of the orchard just outside the front door, Livvy soon finds herself immersed in small town life. And when she meets Martin McCracken, the Guthrie native who has returned from Seattle to tend his ailing father, Livvy comes to understand that she may not be as alone in this world as she once thought. But then another new arrival takes the community by surprise, and Livvy must decide whether to do what she does best and flee—or stay and finally discover what it means to belong. Olivia Rawlings may finally find out that the life you want may not be the one you expected—it could be even better.

Hinter dem Titel "Reading Key Jazz Rhythms" verbirgt sich eine Sammlung von 24 melodischen Jazz-Etüden, sowie 24 vereinfachten Guide Tone Etüden zum Erlernen oder Verbessern von Rhythmik, Swing-Phrasierung und Stilistik. Sie eignen sich hervorragend für die Vorbereitung auf das Spiel in einer Big Band oder Combo und für das Erlernen von Jazz und Swing orientierten Stücken im Sinfonie-oder Blasorchester - als Ergänzung des Unterrichts oder zum Selbststudium. Der Solist spielt die 24 melodischen Jazz-Etüden auf der CD zusammen mit einer professionellen Rhythmusgruppe, sodass anhand der Noten genau verfolgt werden kann, wie ein erfahrener Jazzmusiker phrasiert und rhythmisch/stilistisch interpretiert. Zusätzlich enthält die CD 24 Play-Along Tracks, zu denen die 48 Etüden gespielt werden können. Sämtliche Etüden basieren auf den Akkordfolgen zu bekannten und häufig gespielten Standards, sowie Blues in Dur und Moll und Rhythm Changes. Die Akkordsymbole sind über den Noten notiert, sodass sich zusätzliche Anwendungsmöglichkeiten im Bereich der Improvisation ergeben. Das Guide Tone System wird seit Jahrzehnten u .a. am Berklee College of Music in Boston unterrichtet und hat sich bestens bewährt. Die Guide Tone Etüden eignen sich sehr gut als vorbereitende Übungen, da sie einen kleineren Tonumfang verwenden und auch technisch etwas "entschärft" sind. Guide Tone und melodische Etüden lassen sich zudem als Duos kombinieren. Ist kein Duo-Partner zur Hand, können die Guide Tone Etüden zu den Hörversionen der CD gespielt werden. With this book/CD set you will learn essential jazz rhythms first-hand from world-class professionals ! "Reading Key Jazz Rhythms" is a collection of 24 easy to medium level jazz etudes, and 24 simplified guide tone versions of the etudes. They are ideal for learning the basic language of jazz, swing phrasing, and articulation. A perfect tool for preparing for the jazz ensemble or for any other ensemble/orchestra which performs jazz related music (f.i., pops orchestras, musical, studio, movie scores, concert and marching bands, etc.). Each etude is based on a specific rhythm or a combination of rhythmic figures. Some etudes sound like very lyrical improvised jazz solos, while others are more like a melody to a standard. On the accompanying CD the soloist demonstrates the 24 melodious etudes together with a professional rhythm section. You can also improvise along with the play-along tracks using the chord symbols. The guide tones are the essential or defining notes for each given chord type. So if improvising is new to you and you find yourself getting lost, you can always return to a guide tone and play ryhthmically around it. Any etude and its corresponding simplified guide tone version can be played together as a duet (with or without the CD accompaniment) with your teacher or a friend. Instrumentation: alto & baritone saxophone (Eb)

Hinter dem Titel "Reading Key Jazz Rhythms" verbirgt sich eine Sammlung von 24 melodischen Jazz-Etüden, sowie 24 vereinfachten Guide Tone Etüden zum Erlernen oder Verbessern von Rhythmik, Swing-Phrasierung und Stilistik. Sie eignen sich hervorragend für die Vorbereitung auf das Spiel in einer Big Band oder Combo und für das Erlernen von Jazz und Swing orientierten Stücken im Sinfonie-oder Blasorchester - als Ergänzung des Unterrichts oder zum Selbststudium. Der Solist spielt die 24 melodischen Jazz-Etüden auf der CD zusammen mit einer professionellen Rhythmusgruppe, sodass anhand der Noten genau verfolgt werden kann, wie ein erfahrener Jazzmusiker phrasiert und rhythmisch/stilistisch interpretiert. Zusätzlich enthält die CD 24 Play-Along Tracks, zu denen die 48 Etüden gespielt werden können. Sämtliche Etüden basieren auf den Akkordfolgen zu bekannten und häufig gespielten Standards, sowie Blues in Dur und Moll und Rhythm Changes. Die Akkordsymbole sind über den Noten notiert, sodass sich zusätzliche Anwendungsmöglichkeiten im Bereich der Improvisation ergeben. Das Guide Tone System wird seit Jahrzehnten u .a. am Berklee College of Music in Boston unterrichtet und hat sich bestens bewährt. Die Guide Tone Etüden eignen sich sehr gut als vorbereitende Übungen, da sie einen kleineren Tonumfang verwenden und auch technisch etwas "entschärft" sind. Guide Tone und melodische Etüden lassen sich zudem als Duos kombinieren. Ist kein Duo-Partner zur Hand, können die Guide Tone Etüden zu den Hörversionen der CD gespielt werden. With this book/CD set you will learn essential jazz rhythms first-hand from world-class professionals ! "Reading Key Jazz Rhythms" is a collection of 24 easy to medium level jazz etudes, and 24 simplified guide tone versions of the etudes. They are ideal for learning the basic language of jazz, swing phrasing, and articulation. A perfect tool for preparing for the jazz ensemble or for any other ensemble/orchestra which performs jazz related music (f.i., pops orchestras, musical, studio, movie scores, concert and marching bands, etc.). Each etude is based on a specific rhythm or a combination of rhythmic figures. Some etudes sound like very lyrical improvised jazz solos, while others are more like a melody to a standard. On the accompanying CD the soloist demonstrates the 24 melodious etudes together with a professional rhythm section. You can also improvise along with the play-along tracks using the chord symbols. The guide tones are the essential or defining notes for each given chord type. So if improvising is new to you and you find yourself getting lost, you can always return to a guide tone and play ryhthmically around it. Any etude and its corresponding simplified guide tone version can be played together as a duet (with or without the CD accompaniment) with your teacher or a friend. Instrumentation: alto & baritone saxophone (Eb)

A Parade Magazine 101 Best Mystery Books of All Time 2019 American Library Association Reading List for Mystery: Winner and Top Pick Winner of the 2019 Mary Higgins Clark Award Winner of the 2019 Lefty Award for Best Historical Novel Winner of the the 2018 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel Winner of the 2019 Sue Feder Macavity Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery Finalist for the 2019 Shamus Award A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018 An ABA IndieNext Selection A Washington Post Best Audiobook of 2018 A WBUR On Point Best Book of 2018 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2018 A Times of India Best Book of 2018 An Apple iTunes Most Anticipated Book of 2018 #2 on Cosmopolitan’s 33 Books to Get Excited About in 2018 The Bookseller (UK) Editor’s Pick for Mystery Maryland Humanities Route 1 Reads Selection for 2020 Praise for The Widows of Malabar Hill “These India-set stories put [Massey's] concerns with fairness and equality into a sparkling setting that shows how universal the fight for justice must be.” —Parade Magazine “ The Widows of Malabar Hill, with its deft prose and well-wrought characters, is a splendid first installment in what promises to be a memorable series." —Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal "Marvelously plotted, richly detailed . . . This is a first-rate performance inaugurating a most promising series." —The Washington Post "Perveen Mistry has all the pluck you want in a sleuthing lawyer, as well as a not-so-surprising—but decidedly welcome—proclivity for poking her nose into the business of others. The pages do indeed fly." —Marissa Stapley, The Globe and Mail " The Widows of Malabar Hill contains multitudes, tackling women’s history and rights, while treating readers to a riveting story." —The National Post "Perveen’s dogged pursuit of truth and justice for her clients is reminiscent of the debuts of Anne Perry’s Charlotte Ellison Pitt and Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs. But the multicultural, multi-faith milieu in which Perveen lives, works and attempts to find love both illuminates a bygone era and offers a thoughtful perspective relevant to today’s focus on women’s rights and equality." —Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times "Cool and cunning." —The Boston Globe "A fascinating setting, an extraordinary new sleuth, and a story that enthralls you— The Widows of Malabar Hill has all three and more. Sujata Massey's new historical series is absolutely terrific, and you are just going to love Perveen Mistry, India's first female lawyer." —Charles Todd, bestselling author of the Ian Rutledge series and the Bess Crawford series "Perveen Mistry is an extraordinary heroine—one of the first female lawyers in India, she’s whip smart, strong-willed, and, most importantly, compassionate. Defying convention while draped in a sari, Perveen is sure to join the leads of great mystery fiction." —Susan Elia MacNeal, New York Times bestselling author of the Maggie Hope mysteries "You get a mystery but you also get all the cultural details. I like that." —NBC New Day Northwest "I've been complaining for several years now that we don't have enough competent female leads in mystery series, and Sujata Massey has delivered with The Widows of Malabar Hill. I was taken in by this Law and Order-esque tale set in lush, swing-era Bombay, and I loved seeing Perveen proceed with a cool head and a fiery heart. Readers looking for a strong female heroine, a vivid setting and a strange mystery will find it here." —The News Tribune "There’s so much to admire in Massey’s writing: sumptuous details, attention to the senses and a tightly-plotted mystery that explores domains beyond normal trials and tribulations. It’s writing that’s easy to take for granted, but as we know, anything that easy is deceptively hard." —Baltimore Fishbowl "Massey deftly evokes the sights, the sounds, and the heat of Bombay as her clever and determined heroine, aided by a large supporting cast of sharply-drawn characters, sidesteps both custom and danger to deliver

A Parade Magazine 101 Best Mystery Books of All Time 2019 American Library Association Reading List for Mystery: Winner and Top Pick Winner of the 2019 Mary Higgins Clark Award Winner of the 2019 Lefty Award for Best Historical Novel Winner of the the 2018 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel Winner of the 2019 Sue Feder Macavity Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery Finalist for the 2019 Shamus Award A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018 An ABA IndieNext Selection A Washington Post Best Audiobook of 2018 A WBUR On Point Best Book of 2018 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2018 A Times of India Best Book of 2018 An Apple iTunes Most Anticipated Book of 2018 #2 on Cosmopolitan’s 33 Books to Get Excited About in 2018 The Bookseller (UK) Editor’s Pick for Mystery Maryland Humanities Route 1 Reads Selection for 2020 Praise for The Widows of Malabar Hill “These India-set stories put [Massey's] concerns with fairness and equality into a sparkling setting that shows how universal the fight for justice must be.” —Parade Magazine “ The Widows of Malabar Hill, with its deft prose and well-wrought characters, is a splendid first installment in what promises to be a memorable series." —Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal "Marvelously plotted, richly detailed . . . This is a first-rate performance inaugurating a most promising series." —The Washington Post "Perveen Mistry has all the pluck you want in a sleuthing lawyer, as well as a not-so-surprising—but decidedly welcome—proclivity for poking her nose into the business of others. The pages do indeed fly." —Marissa Stapley, The Globe and Mail " The Widows of Malabar Hill contains multitudes, tackling women’s history and rights, while treating readers to a riveting story." —The National Post "Perveen’s dogged pursuit of truth and justice for her clients is reminiscent of the debuts of Anne Perry’s Charlotte Ellison Pitt and Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs. But the multicultural, multi-faith milieu in which Perveen lives, works and attempts to find love both illuminates a bygone era and offers a thoughtful perspective relevant to today’s focus on women’s rights and equality." —Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times "Cool and cunning." —The Boston Globe "A fascinating setting, an extraordinary new sleuth, and a story that enthralls you— The Widows of Malabar Hill has all three and more. Sujata Massey's new historical series is absolutely terrific, and you are just going to love Perveen Mistry, India's first female lawyer." —Charles Todd, bestselling author of the Ian Rutledge series and the Bess Crawford series "Perveen Mistry is an extraordinary heroine—one of the first female lawyers in India, she’s whip smart, strong-willed, and, most importantly, compassionate. Defying convention while draped in a sari, Perveen is sure to join the leads of great mystery fiction." —Susan Elia MacNeal, New York Times bestselling author of the Maggie Hope mysteries "You get a mystery but you also get all the cultural details. I like that." —NBC New Day Northwest "I've been complaining for several years now that we don't have enough competent female leads in mystery series, and Sujata Massey has delivered with The Widows of Malabar Hill. I was taken in by this Law and Order-esque tale set in lush, swing-era Bombay, and I loved seeing Perveen proceed with a cool head and a fiery heart. Readers looking for a strong female heroine, a vivid setting and a strange mystery will find it here." —The News Tribune "There’s so much to admire in Massey’s writing: sumptuous details, attention to the senses and a tightly-plotted mystery that explores domains beyond normal trials and tribulations. It’s writing that’s easy to take for granted, but as we know, anything that easy is deceptively hard." —Baltimore Fishbowl "Massey deftly evokes the sights, the sounds, and the heat of Bombay as her clever and determined heroine, aided by a large supporting cast of sharply-drawn characters, sidesteps both custom and danger to deliver

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024 • TIME’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 • New York Magazine’s 10 Best Books of the Year • Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 • Smithsonian’s 10 Best Science Books of the Year • A Best Book of the Year: Boston Globe, Scientific American, New York Public Library, Christian Science Monitor, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly • An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction Prize • Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize • Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History “A masterpiece of science writing.” —Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass “Mesmerizing; world-expanding, and achingly beautiful.” —Ed Yong, author of An Immense World “Rich; vital, and full of surprises. Read it!” — Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White Sky and The Sixth Extinction Award-winning Atlantic staff writer Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of natural history and popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom, “destabilizing not just how we see the green things of the world but also our place in the hierarchy of beings, and maybe the notion of that hierarchy itself.” (The New Yorker) It takes tremendous biological creativity to be a plant. To survive and thrive while rooted in a single spot, plants have adapted ingenious methods of survival. In recent years, scientists have learned about their ability to communicate, recognize their kin and behave socially, hear sounds, morph their bodies to blend into their surroundings, store useful memories that inform their life cycle, and trick animals into behaving to their benefit—a fascinating display of plant behavior and sensory abilities, to name just a few remarkable talents. The Light Eaters is a deep immersion into the drama of green life and the complexity of this wild and awe-inspiring world that challenges our very understanding of agency, consciousness, and intelligence. In this captivating exploration of plant intelligence, we see that plants, rather than imitate human intelligence, have perhaps formed a parallel system. What is intelligent life if not a vine that grows leaves to blend into the shrub on which it climbs, a flower that shapes its bloom to fit exactly the beak of its pollinator, a pea seedling that can hear water flowing and make its way toward it? Zoë Schlanger takes us across the globe, digging into her own memories and into the soil with the scientists who have spent their waking days studying these amazing entities up close. What can we learn about life on Earth from the living things that thrive, adapt, consume, and accommodate simultaneously? More important, what do we owe these life forms once we come to understand their rich and varied abilities? Examining the latest epiphanies in botanical research, Schlanger spotlights the intellectual struggles among the researchers conceiving a wholly new view of their subject, offering a glimpse of a field in turmoil as plant scientists debate the tenets of ongoing discoveries and how insights into plant communication influence our understanding of what a plant is. We need plants to survive. But what do they need us for—if at all? An eye-opening and informative look at the ecosystem we live in, this book challenges us to rethink the role of plants—and our own place—in the natural world, tackling the enthralling question of plant consciousness along the way.

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