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Up to & including the Age of Discoveries, the wealth of the East was thought in Europe to consist primarily of spices & aromatics. Cloves, nutmeg, mace, & sandalwood all were thought to come from a few small islands in easternmost Indonesia, which no European reached before 1500. Yet supplies of these luxury products were reaching China, India, western Asia, & the Mediterranean lands more than a thousand years earlier. This study of Moluccan s...

The Curatorial Department of the American Philosophical Society presents a catalogue of the exhibition held in Philosophical Hall from June 2003 through December 2004. The exhibit focuses on the blending of art and science in the study of natural history in North America. It explores the cultural assumptions that governed the practice of natural history on the North American continent in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Focusing on the study...

Thomas Thistlewood is known for his daily records of life on a slave plantation in eighteenth-century Jamaica. Thistlewood's previously unexamined weather journal is shown here to be the most important written record from the Earth's tropical regions available. His observation methods are superior to most of his contemporaries & provide a high-quality daily record of more than 35 years. Comparison of his records with modern weather records ind...

A history of the early years of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, & the life & career of James Bowdoin, the Academy's first president. The strength of the work rests in a combination of its subject matter & execution. The subject matter is both intrinsically interesting & simultaneously neglected. Neither the accomplishments of Bowdoin nor the contributions of the members of the Academy have been adequately studied, & the Manuel's caref...

Iris Murdoch's first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookles, and film stariets with frantic philosophers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a drifting, clever, likeable young man, who makes a living out of translation work and sponging off his friends. However, a meeting with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures.

Colored Pencil Step by Step, from the acclaimed Walter Foster Artist's Library Series, is filled with information that will help artists of all levels learn all about drawing with colored pencil. This colorful, comprehensive guidebook explores drawing and layering colors, plus a range of styles and techniques for creating your own works of art in colored pencil. Three renowned colored pencil artists guide you step by step through 11 vibrant le...

These exciting, easy arrangements of John Williams' motion picture score capture the sounds and characters from the thrilling movie. It's perfect for the beginning player with only one to two years of experience. This special collector's edition includes color photos and a souvenir poster. Selected themes include: The Chamber of Secrets * Dobby the House Elf * Fawkes the Phoenix * The Flying Car * Gilderoy Lockhart * Harry's Wondrous World * M...

Edition adapted for British and Australian students. "The Music Tree" series continues the development of complete musicianship by providing the beginner with delightful and varied repertoire. The pupil learns a variety of idioms encompassing folk, jazz and pop. The creativity of the students is emphasized since they are given musical segments to rearrange, transpose, complete or to use as the basis for a new composition. Technical aspects are...

The Belwin Student Instrumental Course is a course for individual instruction and class instruction of like instruments, at three levels, for all band instruments. Each book is complete in itself, but all books are correlated with each other. Although each book can be used separately, all supplementary books should be used as companion books with the method.

Edition adapted for British and Australian students. The Music Tree series continues the development of complete musicianship by providing the beginner with delightful and varied repertoire. The pupil learns a variety of idioms encompassing folk, jazz and pop. The creativity of the students is emphasized since they are given musical segments to rearrange, transpose, complete or to use as the basis for a new composition. Technical aspects are a...

Popular leadership speaker Maxwell incorporates all his best teachings into this easy-to-read primer for developing the right attitude. He addresses the common feeling of failure and shows how to overcome obstacles. Understanding success as a journey rather than a destination, he explains, is the key to good leadership. He concludes "Attitude 101" with practical ways readers can take their attitude to the next level.

(Willis). Each book in this series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of the student's practice session. Performing these technical exercises will help develop strong hands and flexible fingers.

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Dieses Wörterbuch umfasst die wichtigsten und gebräuchlichsten Termini (rund 25.000 Lemmata) aus den Bereichen Philosophie, Wissenschaft und Technik. Für jeden deutschen Begriff wird mindestens eine hebräische Entsprechung aufgeführt, meistens werden aber mehr als zwei hebräische Begriffe aus verschiedenen Quellen und Epochen genannt. Die Bedeutung wird teils in Form einer semantischen Definition, einer Begriffs- oder Sachbeschreibung oder in ...

Book and CD for B , E , and C instruments.

Twenty-nine classical favorites in miniature, arranged for easy/intermediate classical guitar. Tablature and CD included! Titles include: Arabesque * Ave Maria * Clair de Lune * Moonlight Sonata * My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice * Pavane (Pour Une Infante Defunte) * Prelude No. 1 * Romance * Sarabanda * The Swan * Two Guitars and many more. Composers include: Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Destouches, Faur, Gluck, Lully, Miaskovsky, Rachmaninoff, Ravel...

This DVD is the ultimate source for learning the secrets of funk bass, in a player-friendly menu format. Covers: instruction on slapping, popping, left-hand integration, dead notes, and more dangerous techniques, a dedicated groove for each new technique, grooving with a drum machine, funk history - the hallowed grooves of the Funk Triumvirate, slow demos, tips on sound, and creating your own grooves, and much more! Includes a booklet with not...

Ten fabulous hits from the greatest shows of all time, arranged for solo instrument with piano accompaniment. Includes: What Kind of Fool Am I? * Memory * Love Unspoken * Younger Than Springtime * I Don't Know How to Love Him * Maria * Music of the Night * Hey There * I Could Have Danced All Night * On My Own.

The Unbeaten Tracks series has made a profound mark on the music world with its volumes of specially commissioned pieces for intermediate-level players. This new volume for organ continues in the same vein with a kaleidoscopic mix of pieces and styles. In addition small 'biopics' have been collected for each composer giving nuggets of information regarding inspiration, these are designed to give players a greater insight into the pieces. Unbea...

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