"Write the songs that make the whole world sing." A step-by-step guide to writing music, this book shows musicians how to compose simple chord progressions and melodies, and leads them through more advanced compositional techniques and musical forms. Designed for composers of all types of music, it [...]

A beautifully composed journey through music history
Music history is a required course for all music students. Unfortunately, the typical music history book is dry and academic, focusing on rote memorization of important composers and works. This leads many to think that the topic is boring, [...]

An authoritative guide to the epidemiology, incidence, testing and diagnosis and management of HIV and AIDS.From an international expert editor and contributor team, this new sixth edition includes expanded coverage of HIV testing, assessment and routine follow up and new chapters outlining problema[...]

This new reference work improves on earlier works and, in canonical order, lists all words occurring fewer than 50 times. In addition to providing the word's definition, this indispensable tool includes the number of times a word occurs in a particular author's writings alongside the number of times[...]

The work of Jacques Lacan is associated more with literature and philosophy than mainstream American psychology, due in large part to the dense language he employs in articulating his theory - including often at the expense of clinical illustration. As a result, his contributions are frequently fas[...]

Helps readers see how inventors, scientists and businesspeople have shaped the world.

Europe and the Maritime World: A Twentieth-Century History offers a new framework for understanding globalisation over the past century. Through a detailed analysis of ports, shipping and trading companies whose networks spanned the world, Michael B. Miller shows how a European maritime infrastructu[...]

Value-priced kit helps you study, practice, and review for the new Security+ examThis three-book, value-priced kit helps candidates prepare for the new version of the CompTIA Security+ exam (SY0-301). Offering 100% coverage of all exam objectives, exercises to hone critical skills, and tools for tha[...]