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Simon Cowellby Chas Newkey-Burden
Michael O' Mara Books 2009; US$ 9.99Simon Cowell is arguably the most influential player in the British entertainment industry and one of Britain's most successful exports. This book features the professional and private life of Cowell. more...
This Is Your Brain on Musicby Daniel J. Levitin
Penguin Group Inc. 2006; US$ 12.99In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music?its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it?and the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals: ? How composers produce some of the most pleasurable effects of listening to music by exploiting the way our brains make sense of the world ? Why we are so emotionally attached to the music we listened to as teenagers, whether it was Fleetwood Mac, U2, or Dr. Dre ? That practice, rather than talent, is the driving force behind musical expertise ? How those insidious little jingles (called earworms... more...
Puccini's TURANDOTby Burton D. Fisher
Opera Journeys Publishing 2002; US$ 19.95A comprehensive guide to Puccini's TURANDOT, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian/English side-by side, and over 20 music highlight examples. more...
Bruckner's Symphoniesby Julian Horton
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 33.00This important new study of Bruckner's symphonies isolates problematic issues of interpretation, analysis, reception, and historical location, and offers potential solutions through case studies of individual works. more...
Our Place, Our Musicby Marcus Breen
Aboriginal Studies Press 1989; US$ 17.50Here is the inside story of Aboriginal music in Australia, from its beginnings in tribal music, to the high volume and energy of contemporary rock and reggae. Our Place Our Music surveys developments in Aboriginal music across Australia and traces some of the historical influences which have shaped it. It show how dynamic Aboriginal culture is, and how music maintains many of the essential values of Aboriginal life. A must-read for specialists in ethnomusicology. more...
Building Valve Amplifiersby Morgan Jones
Elsevier 2004; US$ 45.95Building Valve Amplifiers is a unique hands-on guide for anyone working with tube audio equipment - as an electronics experimenter, audiophile or audio engineer. Particular attention has been paid to answering questions commonly asked by newcomers to the world of the vacuum tube, whether audio enthusiasts tackling their first build, or more experienced amplifier designers seeking to learn the ropes of working with valves. The practical side of this book is reinforced by numerous clear illustrations throughout. As well as the design and build of new valve amplifiers, complete with constructional projects, Morgan Jones introduces the modification, fault-finding and repair of new and classic equipment. The companion volume to Building Valve... more...
Wagner's The Rhinegold (Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series) by Burton D. Fisher
Opera Journeys Publishing 2006; US$ 9.75A comprehensive guide to Wagner's THE RHINEGOLD (Das Rheingold), featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer. more...
Musicophiliaby Oliver Sacks
Knopf Publishing Group 2008; US$ 12.99Revised and Expanded With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat , Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia , he shows us a variety of what he calls “musical misalignments.” Among them: a man struck by lightning who suddenly desires to become a pianist at the age of forty-two; an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; people with “amusia,” to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans; and a man whose memory spans only seven seconds-for everything but music. Illuminating, inspiring, and utterly unforgettable, Musicophilia... more...
The Heroin Diariesby Nikki Sixx
Simon & Schuster 2007; US$ 14.99In one of the most unique memoirs of addiction ever published, MÖtley CrÜe's Nikki Sixx shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiraled out of control in a haze of heroin and cocaine, presented alongside riveting commentary from people who were there at the time, and from Nikki himself. When MÖtley CrÜe was at the height of its fame, there wasn't any drug Nikki Sixx wouldn't do. He spent days -- sometimes alone, sometimes with other addicts, friends, and lovers -- in a coke and heroin-fueled daze. The highs were high, and Nikki's journal entries reveal some euphoria and joy. But the lows were lower, often ending with Nikki in his closet, surrounded by drug paraphernalia and wrapped in paranoid delusions. ... more...
Pitch Perfectby Mickey Rapkin
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 12.99High notes, high drama, and high jinks collide as elite collegiate a cappella groups compete to be the best in the nation Journalist Mickey Rapkin follows a season in collegiate a cappella, covering the breathtaking displays of vocal talent, the groupies (yes, a cappella singers have groupies), the rock-star partying (and run-ins with the law), and all the bitter rivalries. Along the way are encounters with a cappella alums like John Legend and Diane Sawyer and fans from Prince to presidents. Bringing a lively new twist to America's fascination with talent showdowns, Pitch Perfect is sure to strike a chord with readers. more...









