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How to Read Music
Fundamentals of Music Notation Made Easy
Written by Roger Evans
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: April 25, 1995
Price: $11.95
A basic primer for anyone without musical training who wishes to learn to read musical scores when singing or taking up an instrument. The book explains how notes are named and written; how to read melody, interpret time signatures, keys, sharps, flats, and naturals; how to read tempo; and how to... Read more >
Fundamentals of Music Notation Made Easy
Written by Roger Evans
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: April 25, 1995
Price: $11.95
A basic primer for anyone without musical training who wishes to learn to read musical scores when singing or taking up an instrument. The book explains how notes are named and written; how to read melody, interpret time signatures, keys, sharps, flats, and naturals; how to read tempo; and how to... Read more >
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Dean and Me
(A Love Story)
Written by Jerry Lewis and James Kaplan
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99
They were the unlikeliest of pairs—a handsome crooner and a skinny monkey, an Italian from Steubenville, Ohio, and a Jew from Newark, N.J.. Before they teamed up, Dean Martin seemed destined for a mediocre career as a nightclub singer, and Jerry Lewis was dressing up as Carmen Miranda and miming records... Read more >
(A Love Story)
Written by Jerry Lewis and James Kaplan
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99
They were the unlikeliest of pairs—a handsome crooner and a skinny monkey, an Italian from Steubenville, Ohio, and a Jew from Newark, N.J.. Before they teamed up, Dean Martin seemed destined for a mediocre career as a nightclub singer, and Jerry Lewis was dressing up as Carmen Miranda and miming records... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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A Practical Handbook for the Actor
Written by Melissa Bruder
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: April 12, 1986
Price: $12.95
6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. Read more >
Written by Melissa Bruder
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: April 12, 1986
Price: $12.95
6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Inner Game of Music
Written by Barry Green and W. Timothy Gallwey
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: February 21, 1986
Price: $25.95
By the best-selling co-author of Inner Tennis, here's a book designed to help musicians overcome obstacles, help improve concentration, and reduce nervousness, allowing them to reach new levels of performing excellence and musical artistry. Read more >
Written by Barry Green and W. Timothy Gallwey
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: February 21, 1986
Price: $25.95
By the best-selling co-author of Inner Tennis, here's a book designed to help musicians overcome obstacles, help improve concentration, and reduce nervousness, allowing them to reach new levels of performing excellence and musical artistry. Read more >
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The Art of Practicing
A Guide to Making Music from the Heart
Written by Madeline Bruser
Foreword by Yehudi Menuhin
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 2, 1999
Price: $14.95
This landmark book enlightens amateur and professional musicians about a way of practicing that transforms a sometimes frustrating, monotonous, and overly strenuous labor into an exhilarating and rewarding experience. Acclaimed pianist and teacher Madeline Bruser combines physiological and meditative principles to help musicians release physical and mental tension and unleash their... Read more >
A Guide to Making Music from the Heart
Written by Madeline Bruser
Foreword by Yehudi Menuhin
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 2, 1999
Price: $14.95
This landmark book enlightens amateur and professional musicians about a way of practicing that transforms a sometimes frustrating, monotonous, and overly strenuous labor into an exhilarating and rewarding experience. Acclaimed pianist and teacher Madeline Bruser combines physiological and meditative principles to help musicians release physical and mental tension and unleash their... Read more >
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My Happy Days in Hollywood
A Memoir
Written by Garry Marshall
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $12.99
With the television hits The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy, and movies like The Flamingo Kid, Beaches, Pretty Woman, and The Princess Diaries under his belt, Garry Marshall has been among the most successful writers, directors, and producers in America for more than five decades... Read more >
A Memoir
Written by Garry Marshall
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $12.99
With the television hits The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy, and movies like The Flamingo Kid, Beaches, Pretty Woman, and The Princess Diaries under his belt, Garry Marshall has been among the most successful writers, directors, and producers in America for more than five decades... Read more >
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The Mastery of Music
Ten Pathways to True Artistry
Written by Barry Green
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $15.95
The Inner Game of Music, the breakout hit that became a standard primer in the music world, has taught thousands of musicians—professionals and amateurs alike—how to overcome self-consciousness and stage fright and to recapture a youthful, almost effortless capacity to learn. Now, in his follow-up book, The Mastery of Music, Barry... Read more >
Ten Pathways to True Artistry
Written by Barry Green
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $15.95
The Inner Game of Music, the breakout hit that became a standard primer in the music world, has taught thousands of musicians—professionals and amateurs alike—how to overcome self-consciousness and stage fright and to recapture a youthful, almost effortless capacity to learn. Now, in his follow-up book, The Mastery of Music, Barry... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Writing Short Films
Structure and Content for Screenwriters
Written by Linda J. Cowgill
Format: Trade Paperback, 275 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
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Structure and Content for Screenwriters
Written by Linda J. Cowgill
Format: Trade Paperback, 275 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Like Me
Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer
Written by Chely Wright
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $16.99
Chely Wright, singer, songwriter, country music star, writes in this moving, telling memoir about her life and her career; about growing up in America’s heartland, the youngest of three children; about barely remembering a time when she didn’t know she was different.
She writes about her parents, putting down roots in their... Read more >
Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer
Written by Chely Wright
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $16.99
Chely Wright, singer, songwriter, country music star, writes in this moving, telling memoir about her life and her career; about growing up in America’s heartland, the youngest of three children; about barely remembering a time when she didn’t know she was different.
She writes about her parents, putting down roots in their... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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A Natural History of the Piano
The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
Written by Stuart Isacoff
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $17.95
The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
Written by Stuart Isacoff
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $17.95
A fascinating celebration of the piano, including tales of its masters from Mozart and Beethoven to Oscar Peterson and Jerry Lee Lewis, told with the expertise of composer and author of Temperament, Stuart Isacoff.
This history takes us back to the piano's humble genesis as a simple keyboard, and shows how...
