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The Annotated Arabian Nights: Tales from 1001 Nights

Starting in 1999 with the publication of The Definitive Annotated Alice, the Norton and Liveright annotated books have become the leading series of classic, illustrated works in the English language. The long-anticipated publication of The Annotated Arabian Nights extends this tradition with a strikingly modern translation-the first of Shahrazad's tales into English by a woman-as well as erudite notes that will illuminate the stories for both dedicated readers and newcomers. Yasmine Seale's translations from both Arabic and French capture the musicality and rhythm of the Nights' poetry and prose, while Paulo Lemos Horta's annotations wrestle with the extraordinarily complex origins and history of the stories, showing that, far from being inventions of French antiquarians or English explorers, they have clear antecedents in Arabic folklore and tradition. This stunningly illustrated edition selects core stories as well as treasured later additions such as "Aladdin" and "Ali Baba" to offer an unparalleled account of a cornerstone of world literature that can be treasured by children, students and literature-lovers alike.

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Deep Wheel Orcadia (eBook, ePUB)

Astrid is returning home from art school on Mars, looking for inspiration. Darling is fleeing a life that never fit, searching for somewhere to hide. They meet on Deep Wheel Orcadia, a distant space station struggling for survival as the pace of change threatens to leave the community behind.Deep Wheel Orcadia is a magical first: a science-fiction verse-novel written in the Orkney dialect. This unique adventure in minority language poetry comes with a parallel translation into playful and vivid English, so the reader will miss no nuance of the original. The rich and varied cast weaves a compelling, lyric and effortlessly readable story around place and belonging, work and economy, generation and gender politics, love and desire - all with the lightness of touch, fluency and musicality one might expect of one the most talented poets to have emerged from Scotland in recent years. Hailing from Orkney, Harry Josephine Giles is widely known as a fine poet and spellbindingly original performer of their own work; Deep Wheel Orcadia now strikes out into audacious new space.

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Master Your Instrument: Play Like a Pro with Subliminal Messages, Hörbuch, Digital, 70min

Master Your Instrument - Play Like a Pro with Subliminal Messages. Seven powerful recordings, each 10 minutes long, containing thousands of embedded subliminal messages designed to help you reach your goal. This recording contains the following subliminal affirmations: I love making music on my instrument I practice regularly and faithfully My instrument is a part of who I am I express myself through my instrument Playing my instrument is enjoyable and liberating My technical skills get better every day I play with feeling and musicality People admire my tone and technique Playing my instrument is completely natural to me The more I play the better I become I love performing with my instrument I'm a talented instrumentalist To use this recording, simply hit "play" and listen. You can also listen on repeat in the background if you desire. For full listening instructions, visit: http://www.subliminalguru.com/listen To learn more about this audio, look it up in our catalog at http://subliminalguru.com/catalog To learn how subliminal messages are embedded into this audio, visit http://www.subliminalguru.com/subliminalanatomy.pdf Language: English. Narrator: Subliminal Guru. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/ispr/000472/bk_ispr_000472_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Power of Music: Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 365min

The award-winning creator of the acclaimed documentary The Music Instinct: Science & Song, explores the power of music and its connection to the body, the brain, and the world of nature. Only recently has science sought in earnest to understand and explain this impact. One remarkable recent study, analyzing the cries of newborns, shows that infants' cries contain common musical intervals, and children tease each other in specific, singsong ways no matter where in the world they live. Physics experiments show that sound waves can physically change the structure of a material; musician and world-famous conductor Daniel Barenboim believes musical sound vibrations physically penetrate our bodies, shifting molecules as they do. The Power of Music follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture, to discover: how much of our musicality is learned and how much is innate? Can examining the biological foundations of music help scientists unravel the intricate web of human cognition and brain function? Why is music virtually universal across cultures and time-does it provide some evolutionary advantage? Can music make people healthier? Might music contain organizing principles of harmonic vibration that underlie the cosmos itself? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Rubinate. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009733/bk_adbl_009733_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Gathering Moss

'Kimmerer blends, with deep attentiveness and musicality, science and personal insights to tell the overlooked story of the planet's oldest plants' Guardian 'Bewitching ... a masterwork ... a glittering read in its entirety' Maria Popova, Brainpickings Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses. In these interwoven essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings. Kimmerer explains the biology of mosses clearly and artfully, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us. Drawing on her experiences as a scientist, a mother, and a Native American, Kimmerer explains the stories of mosses in scientific terms as well as within the framework of indigenous ways of knowing. In her book, the natural history and cultural relationships of mosses become a powerful metaphor for ways of living in the world.

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The Essential June Jordan

The definitive introduction to the work of 'the bravest of us . . . the universal poet' (Alice Walker)For the poet and activist June Jordan, neither poetry nor activism could easily be disentangled from the other. Her storied career came to chronicle a living, breathing history of the struggles that defined the USA in the latter half of the twentieth century; and her poetry, accordingly, put its dazzling stylistic range to use in exploring issues of gender, race, immigration, representation and much else besides.Here, above all, are sinuous, lashing and passionate lines, virtuosic in their musicality and always bearing the stamp of Jordan's irrepressible personality. Here are poems of suffusing light and profound anger: poems moved as much by political animus as by a deep love for the observation of human life in all its foibles, eccentricities, strengths and weaknesses.With a foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown, The Essential June Jordan allows new readers to discover - and old fans to rediscover - the vital work of this endlessly surprising poet who, in the words of Adrienne Rich, believed that 'genuine, up-from-the-bottom revolution must include art, laughter, sensual pleasure, and the widest possible human referentiality.'

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How to Play Saxophone: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Playing Saxophone , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 134min

If you are looking for a quick, straightforward explanation to the art of playing saxophone, look no further. The How to Play Saxophone guide will give you all of the tools you need to jump into the exciting world of music and performance. This guide will provide you with knowledge of: What the saxophone is and how it works How to maintain and care for your instrument What music really is and how to create it How to read music, in both sheet and "skeleton" versions How to interpret the true intent of the composer Every aspect of playing the saxophone, from mouth position to posture How to identify and reciprocate style in music How to take pieces and put your own life into them How to play "on the spot" without composed sheet music or memorization And overall musicality This guide is the manual for saxophone playing, taken from its lofty place and brought to words, thoughts, and processes for the ordinary person. The step from listener to musician is a large one and will take a lot of knowledge and work. This guide will give you the knowledge and basis needed to undertake the task; all you have to supply is the practice. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Angelo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/084825/bk_acx0_084825_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Michelle de Kretser on Shirley Hazzard , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 107min

On Shirley Hazzard is a vibrant and personal tribute in which the Miles Franklin Award-winning novelist Michelle de Kretser offers a masterclass in writing and reading. She celebrates the precision and musicality of Hazzard’s prose and illuminates the humour and humanity in her work. This exhilarating book is both a brilliant introduction to Hazzard and a gift for her longtime readers. On Shirley Hazzard reveals Michelle de Kretser’s lively intelligence at work and her distinctive wit. This testament to her sustained engagement with Hazzard’s work is, at its core, an appreciation of the significance and joy of good fiction. Receptiveness when reading is a prerequisite for perceptive analysis, according to both de Kretser and Hazzard. And for prose, the “simple and precise,” the “transient and insignificant” are key qualities: “Not moonlight but the glitter of broken glass,” for de Kretser as for Chekhov. Selective biographical details about Hazzard are relayed, too - her leaving Australia and formal education at the age of 16, her working, unhappily, at the United Nations in Manhattan, her long friendship with Graham Greene. Hazzard’s morality is also invoked - “solidarity with the vulnerable” and pacifism being of prime importance. Shirley Hazzard (1931-2016) published her first short story in The New Yorker in 1961. The magazine continued to publish her work in the decades thereafter, including excerpts from her most successful and beloved novel, the best-seller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner, The Transit of Venus (1980). Michelle de Kretser’s insightful and provocative appreciation does Hazzard fine justice. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/031377/bk_adbl_031377_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Æroreh : The Ealdspell Cycle, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 469min

DREAMS ARE DANGEROUSUnless she unlocks the powers of her mind.He fights his Otherworld shadow self.And with only fae magic to re-spin their tales.Princess Æroreh Rosen was faerie blessed before her birth. To promote the New Dawn Era, the Queen coded her daughter with every feminine perfection.Beauty. Gentleness. Obedience. Musicality. Kindness. Grace. Good cheer. Hunger and lung sickness plague the kingdom of Ealdspell. But Æroreh is plugged into the Dream, a program created by a sect of faeries to control the realms through illusions of beauty and contentment. All Æroreh has ever known is blissful servitude to a cursed system, and she believes her realm is prospering. Until a different faerie sect decides to wake her sleeping mind and set her true magic free.Meanwhile, Félip Batten MacKinley holds a dangerous secret. One made more threatening by the frostbite scar across his cheek. He’s spit on, beaten, and demonized by a community that values a pretty face over all else. With no easy future in sight, he accepts that he’ll die a burden to his foster parents, his true history erased. But a tempting offer from the faerie’s Fate Maker leads Félip to cross paths with the hauntingly beautiful Æroreh - a young woman who represents all he loathes.Yet only she has the power to awaken a new Dream.Æroreh is a gritty spin on the romantic tale of Sleeping Beauty and blends faerie magic and pagan ritual with high technology. For fans of Margaret Rogerson, Holly Black, fairy tales, and young adult dystopian fantasy.Can be heard as a stand-alone.Name pronounced like Aurora. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Olivia King. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/217032/bk_acx0_217032_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Reflections in the Key of Life: The Autobiography of Steve Madaio , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 326min

Prolific trumpeter Steve Madaio's influence on popular music is profound. From his early days performing with the Butterfield Blues Band at Woodstock to decades of recording and touring with artists like Stevie Wonder, the Rolling Stones, and John Lennon, his signature trumpet sound and iconic arrangements left an indelible mark. His story begins in the drug-fueled counterculture of the 1960s, and this book chronicles his incredible journey through legendary tours and recording sessions with the best of the best.During the 20th and early 21st centuries, many notable trumpet players made their influence in popular music. From Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie to Herp Alpert, Wynton Marsalis to Chuck Mangione, the list goes on. But it can be argued that of all the great trumpet players, the one person missing from most of the top ten lists is the one who might have had the greatest influence on popular music as we know it. If you've lived in the free world any time during the last 50 years and you've had access to music by any medium, you've heard and enjoyed the arrangements and musicality of multi-platinum recording artist, producer, and arranger Steve Madaio.If you want to attempt to feel the magnitude of Steve Madaio's contribution to the industry, take a few minutes and study his discography. Put yourself, album by album, into his environment as he arranged and performed with the finest producers, recording artists, songwriters, lyricists, and engineers of this time period. Close your eyes and imagine the tours and performances he experienced in huge venues all over the world. Only then will you begin to get an idea of the scope of Steve Madaio's reach into our musical history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Madaio, Wendy Fitzgerald, Jimi Fitzgerald, Tad Sisler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/152300/bk_acx0_152300_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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