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Trumpet Style in Jazz

by Geraint Ellis ...

If you are a musician, a non-musician, a jazz-fan, a social historian or a researcher of American music, then this book will prove invaluable to you, for it contains a series of entertaining face-to-face discussions between the author and leading performers of the day, from: Jimmy McPartland – who in 1924 at the age of 17 replaced Bix Beiderbecke in the Wolverines Orchestra in New York and ... Read more

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If you are a musician, a non-musician, a jazz-fan, a social historian or a researcher of American music, then this book will prove invaluable to you, for it contains a series of entertaining face-to-face discussions between the author and leading performers of the day, from: Jimmy McPartland – who in 1924 at the age of 17 replaced Bix Beiderbecke in the Wolverines Orchestra in New York and
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Let's Play Pretend

by Geraint Ellis ...

World renowned jazz trombonist Jack Threlfall helps his younger colleague (who narrates) kick the drug habit in 60's Paris, and in so doing is responsible for producing the happiness high-peak of the younger man's life; his marriage to Stella.We fast-forward about 30 years. The two musicians meet up again. It's pay-back time. But Jack is now a changed man, so paying back will be difficult … Even ... Read more

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World renowned jazz trombonist Jack Threlfall helps his younger colleague (who narrates) kick the drug habit in 60's Paris, and in so doing is responsible for producing the happiness high-peak of the younger man's life; his marriage to Stella.We fast-forward about 30 years. The two musicians meet up again. It's pay-back time. But Jack is now a changed man, so paying back will be difficult … Even
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Telling Silences

by Geraint Ellis ...

Back Cover:Sixteen and a half year old Annie has attempted suicide. We need to know why. But we also need to know why the therapist is taking such an apparently unhealthy interest in her. Annie's mother, Kim, is a dizzy, New-Age-Butterfly-Brained person who has little perception of the real world. She is frequently absent and leaves Annie and her brother Nick to fend for themselves.Meanwhile, in ... Read more

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Back Cover:Sixteen and a half year old Annie has attempted suicide. We need to know why. But we also need to know why the therapist is taking such an apparently unhealthy interest in her. Annie's mother, Kim, is a dizzy, New-Age-Butterfly-Brained person who has little perception of the real world. She is frequently absent and leaves Annie and her brother Nick to fend for themselves.Meanwhile, in
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Brief Encounters

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Eight humorous stories, many of which deal with the confusions that arise when we become over-concerned about our image – when we care too much what others will think of us. But in our over-eagerness to create that 'hip-cool-nobody's-fool' image and thereby gain the admiration of our peers, we can, all too easily, become the sport of all our passing ideas … ... Read more

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Eight humorous stories, many of which deal with the confusions that arise when we become over-concerned about our image – when we care too much what others will think of us. But in our over-eagerness to create that 'hip-cool-nobody's-fool' image and thereby gain the admiration of our peers, we can, all too easily, become the sport of all our passing ideas …
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Learning from Wind Power

Governance, Societal and Policy Perspectives on Sustainable Energy

by Joseph Szarka, Richard Cowell, Geraint Ellis, Peter A. Strachan, Charles Warren ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Bringing together contributions from leading researchers, this volume reflects on the political, institutional and social factors that have shaped the recent expansion of wind energy, and to consider what lessons this experience may provide for the future expansion of other renewable technologies. ... Read more

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Bringing together contributions from leading researchers, this volume reflects on the political, institutional and social factors that have shaped the recent expansion of wind energy, and to consider what lessons this experience may provide for the future expansion of other renewable technologies.
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The Jazz Theory Book

by SHER Music, Mark Levine ...

The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published! Over 500 pages of comprehensive, but easy to understand text covering every aspect of how jazz is constructed---chord construction, II-V-I progressions, scale theory, chord/scale relationships, the blues, reharmonization, and much more. A required text in universities world-wide, translated into five languages, endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, ... Read more

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The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published! Over 500 pages of comprehensive, but easy to understand text covering every aspect of how jazz is constructed---chord construction, II-V-I progressions, scale theory, chord/scale relationships, the blues, reharmonization, and much more. A required text in universities world-wide, translated into five languages, endorsed by Jamey Aebersold,
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The Ghost Teacher

by Tony Bradman ...

Illustrated by Peter Kavanagh ...

Look...there by the dustbins, what do you see? A shimmering and a glimmering, and a figure forming in the darkness. It is the Ghost Teacher...Class 3 are the worst class ever. They do lots of crashing and bashing, nose-picking and flicking, fighting and fidgeting. No teacher can control Class 3. Until Miss Shade - the Ghost Teacher - pays them a visit... ... Read more

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Look...there by the dustbins, what do you see? A shimmering and a glimmering, and a figure forming in the darkness. It is the Ghost Teacher...Class 3 are the worst class ever. They do lots of crashing and bashing, nose-picking and flicking, fighting and fidgeting. No teacher can control Class 3. Until Miss Shade - the Ghost Teacher - pays them a visit...
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“Get Beethoven!”

by Paul Cassidy ...

A comic book character is born, the youngest of sixteen, into a war torn country. Facing extreme brutality at school and on the streets, not to mention the oppression of the Catholic Church, he finds music. Armed with a violin and a burning passion, he escapes the madness and sets off to pursue his dreams.“Get Beethoven!” is the inspirational story of Paul Cassidy’s life. Overcoming adversity in ... Read more

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A comic book character is born, the youngest of sixteen, into a war torn country. Facing extreme brutality at school and on the streets, not to mention the oppression of the Catholic Church, he finds music. Armed with a violin and a burning passion, he escapes the madness and sets off to pursue his dreams.“Get Beethoven!” is the inspirational story of Paul Cassidy’s life. Overcoming adversity in
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Billy's Rain

by Hugo Williams ...

The fifty poems in Billy's Rain chart the course of a love affair, now ended. Its complications, obsessions, evasions, secret joys and emotional pitfalls are explored with all the subtlety and irony of which Hugo Williams, among contemporary poets, is the acknowledged master. These are brilliant, wry and moving elegies for a love affair. ... Read more

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The fifty poems in Billy's Rain chart the course of a love affair, now ended. Its complications, obsessions, evasions, secret joys and emotional pitfalls are explored with all the subtlety and irony of which Hugo Williams, among contemporary poets, is the acknowledged master. These are brilliant, wry and moving elegies for a love affair.
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Moab Is My Washpot

by Stephen Fry ...

A number one bestseller in Britain, Stephen Fry's astonishingly frank, funny, wise memoir is the book that his fans everywhere have been waiting for. Since his PBS television debut in the Blackadder series, the American profile of this multitalented writer, actor and comedian has grown steadily, especially in the wake of his title role in the film Wilde, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination, ... Read more

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A number one bestseller in Britain, Stephen Fry's astonishingly frank, funny, wise memoir is the book that his fans everywhere have been waiting for. Since his PBS television debut in the Blackadder series, the American profile of this multitalented writer, actor and comedian has grown steadily, especially in the wake of his title role in the film Wilde, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination,
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Smithereens

by Shaun Micallef ...

Feel that War and Peace went on a bit? Wish there were more laughs in Catcher in the Rye? Very cross that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had no references to three-time world hotdog-eating champion, Joey Chestnut? Then ***Smithereens***is for you. At only 300 pages you can knock it off during one of the ad breaks on Shaun's hit show, Talkin' 'bout Your Generation.And laughs? What about them? Well ... Read more

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Feel that War and Peace went on a bit? Wish there were more laughs in Catcher in the Rye? Very cross that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had no references to three-time world hotdog-eating champion, Joey Chestnut? Then ***Smithereens***is for you. At only 300 pages you can knock it off during one of the ad breaks on Shaun's hit show, Talkin' 'bout Your Generation.And laughs? What about them? Well
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Honestly: Notes on Life

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A thought-provoking collection of columns and essays from Nikki Gemmell'Gemmell certainly knows how to be controversial' - DAILY tELEGRAPHCelebrating a year of thought-provoking and fascinating columns in tHE AUStRALIAN WEEKEND MAGAZINE, HONEStLY is a collection of writing on a diverse range of subjects such as motherhood after 40, the end of a close friendship, the joy of a handwritten letter, ... Read more

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