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The Great Courses
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English
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Take the measure of guitarist Charlie Christian and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, each of whom transformed jazz and their instruments. Grasp how to work for greater speed and accuracy when playing melodies. Learn "movable" chord shapes for major and minor seventh chords, practice the Dorian modal scale, and use them in a minor blues tune.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Language
English
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Revisit the expressive quality of music and how you can use the techniques you are learning to better convey expression. Professor Pike offers a few tips for where amateurs tend to get distracted with anticipation. Reflect on how musical dynamics are related to the musical line, form, and harmonic progression.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Language
English
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Examine how World War I encroached upon the comparatively tranquil national pastime. You’ll discover the talents of baseball-playing military companies, including one group of “Buffalo soldiers,” as well as a growing emphasis on physical fitness on the field and patriotism in the stands (exemplified by the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner”).
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Cut from the Cleveland Browns after the worst performance in the history of the NFL, Rick Dockery, desperate to play football, is hired by the Panthers of Parma, Italy, and finds himself confronted by the confusing diversity of Italian culture, language,and romance.
6) 22 seconds
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Women's murder club volume 22
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English
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Publisher Annotation: SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There's buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly close to home. Former cops. Professional hits. All with the same warning scrawled on their bodies: You talk, you die. Now it's Lindsay's turn to choose. Women's murder club...
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"Something big is brewing in Trenton, N.J., and it could blow at any minute. Stephanie Plum might not be the world's greatest bounty hunter, but she knows when she's being played. Ken Globovic (aka Gobbles), hailed as the Supreme Exalted Zookeeper of the animal house known as Zeta fraternity, has been arrested for beating up the dean of students at Kiltman College. Gobbles has missed his court date and gone into hiding. People have seen him on...
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Junie B. Jones volume 22
Publisher
Random House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Junie B. cannot play in the school kickball tournament because of a sore toe, she brings her unique talents to the halftime show.
11) Heir apparent
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Rasmussem Corporation volume 2
Publisher
Harcourt
Language
English
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While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.
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Jack Reacher novels volume 22
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English
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child returns with a gripping new powerhouse thriller featuring Jack Reacher, "one of this century's most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes" (The Washington Post). Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a class ring in a pawn shop window: West Point 2005.A tough year to graduate: Iraq, then Afghanistan.The ring is tiny, for a woman, and it has her initials engraved on the inside.Reacher...
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It's a zoo, it's a circus, it's a party, it's a big parade of knock-knock jokes! Knock-Knock. Who's there? Abner. Abner who? Abner cadabra. Knock-Knock. Who's there? Digital. Digital who? Digital anyone I was coming? Hundreds more yuks and groaners play with songs, food, animals, and most of all, names. There's great fun ahead, if your name is...Carlos. Carlos who? Carlos its fender. Misha. Misha who? Misha since you've been away. Or, if you want...
15) The bone hacker
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Young men-tourists-have been disappearing on the islands of Turks and Caicos for years. Seven years ago, the first victim was found in a strange location with both hands cut off; the other visitors vanished without a trace. But, recently, tantalizing leads have emerged and only Tempe can unravel them. Maddeningly, the victims seem to have nothing in common-other than the strange locations where their bodies are eventually found, and the fact that...
17) Hamlet
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English
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Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.
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World according to Humphrey volume 1
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English
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Humphrey, pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns that he has an important role to play in helping his classmates and teacher.
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How to catch volume 7
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English
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Thanksgiving time is here again, but there's a turkey on the run! Can you catch this tricky bird before the school play has begun?
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