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  • Writing High-Performance .NET Code, 2nd Edition

    by Ben Watson ...
    Take performance to the next level!This book does not just teach you how the CLR works---it teaches you exactly what you need to do now to obtain the best performance today. It will expertly guide you through the nuts and bolts of extreme performance optimization in .NET, complete with in-depth examinations of CLR functionality, free tool recommendations and tutorials, useful anecdotes, and step ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to his Music

    by Ben Watson ...
    The indispensable consumers' guide to the music of Frank Zappa - the genius of the absurd, and one of the most prolific and unpredictable characters of 20th century music.A thorough analysis of Zappa's complete recorded output, from the early days of the Mothers Of Invention, through his more avant-garde compositions and classical projects to the most recent posthumous releases. The guide features ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Derek Bailey and the Story of Free Improvisation

    by Ben Watson ...
    This brilliant biography of the cult guitar player will likely cause you to abandon everything you thought you knew about jazz improvisation, post-punk and the avant-garde. Derek Bailey was at the top of his profession as a dance band and recordsession guitarist when, in the early 1960s, he began playing an uncompromisingly abstract form of music. Today his anti-idiom of "Free Improvisation" has ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Big Book of Cidermaking

    Expert Techniques for Fermenting and Flavoring Your Favorite Hard Cider

    Best-selling authors and acclaimed fermentation teachers Christopher Shockey and Kirsten K. Shockey share their expertise in the world of fermented beverages with the most comprehensive guide to home cidermaking available.With expert advice and clear, step-by-step instructions, The Big Book of Cidermaking equips readers with the skills they need to make the cider they want: sweet, dry, fruity, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Chelsea Green Reader

    Selections from 30 Years of Independent Publishing, 1984-2014

    Edited by Ben Watson ...
    Chelsea Green, the Vermont-based independent publisher, has always had a nose for authors and subjects that are way ahead of the cultural curve, as is evident in this new anthology celebrating the company’s first thirty years in publishing.The more than one hundred books represented in this collection reflect the many distinct areas in which we have published–from literature and memoirs to ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Cider, Hard and Sweet

    History, Traditions, and Making Your Own

    by Ben Watson ...
    In this richly informative and entertaining book, Ben Watson explores the cultural and historical roots of cider. He introduces us to its different styles—draft, farmhouse, French, New England, and sparkling—and also covers other apple products, like apple wine, apple juice, cider vinegar, and Calvados.Cider is the new thing in today’s drinking world, even though it’s been around for centuries. In ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • C# 4.0 How-To

    by Ben Watson ...
    Series Book 4.0 - How-To
    Real Solutions for C# 4.0 ProgrammersNeed fast, robust, efficient code solutions for Microsoft C# 4.0? This book delivers exactly what you’re looking for. You’ll find more than 200 solutions, best-practice techniques, and tested code samples for everything from classes to exceptions, networking to XML, LINQ to Silverlight. Completely up-to-date, this book fully reflects major language enhancements ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

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  • Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa

    by Neil Slaven ...
    Frank Zappa's reputation as one of rock's maverick geniuses has continued to grow since his death in 1993. Revised and updated, Electric Don Quixote is still the most comprehensive chronicle of his extraordinary life and career.Author, Neil Slaven, brings together the complex strands of Zappa's life and work in a book that will please not just Zappa fans but anyone interested in the history of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Freak Out!

    My Life With Frank Zappa

    In 1967, 21-year-old Pauline Butcher was working for a London secretarial agency when a call came through from a Mr Frank Zappa asking for a typist.The assignment would change her life forever. For three years, Pauline served as Zappa's PA, moving with him, his family and the Mothers of Invention, to a log cabin in the Hollywood Hills, where the 'straight' young English girl mixed with Oscar ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Deep Purple - Uncensored On the Record

    by Jerry Bloom ...
    This is a comprehensive in-depth exploration of the career and work of one of the worlds greatest hard rock bands.With the likes of Richie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and David Coverdale passing through their ranks, Deep Purple was always destined to produce extraordinary music - what was less predictable was in the incredible story of the bands formation, rise to fame and struggle to cope with the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Penguin Jazz Guide

    The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums

    The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the world's leading guide to recorded jazz, a mine of fascinating information and a source of insightful - often wittily trenchant - criticism. This is something rather different: Brian Morton (who taught American history at UEA) has picked out the 1000 best recordings that all jazz fans should have and shows how they tell the history ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Serviceberry

    Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

    An Instant New York Times BestsellerFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD