Is the cinema, as writers from David Denby to Susan Sontag have claimed, really dead? Contrary to what we have been led to believe, films are better than everâwe just canât see the good ones. Movie Wars cogently explains how movies are packaged, distributed, and promoted, and how, at every[...]
(Guitar Educational). With note-for-note transcriptions of Randy Rhoads' searing guitar work, gear set-ups, performance notes, historical retrospective and a play-along CD, this info-packed book will teach you to play 72 licks from 11 of Ozzy's most recognizable songs: Crazy Train * Dee * Diary of a[...]
In the midst of our busy activity, people often feel fragmented. We experience conflicting demands from our work, our personal relationships, our families, and our spiritual practice. In this book, the author, a practicing psychotherapist, explores the challenges and joys of making our life into a c[...]
The purpose of Kata training is not to become bound by the form, but to transcend the form itself. This book explains how the use of Kata and prarranged training rituals evolved. It examines the relationship and similarities between Kata, dance and poetry and how these mediums were used to transmit [...]
"A delightful book . . . a glimpse of what enlightened drug education could be."--Andrew Weil, MD"Funny . . . offbeat . . . a riot, with a series of characters explaining the glory of cannabis to a young girl and her mother."--"New York Post" (3.5 out of 4 stars)"It's Just a Plant" is an illustrated[...]
"Raise Some Shell" critically and cleverly examines the origins, evolution, and impact of the Ninja Turtles phenomenon -- from its beginning as a self-published black-and-white comic book in 1984, through its transformation into a worldwide transmedia phenomenon by the middle of the 1990s, and up to[...]
An anthology, this book's title poem, "Wild Geese", opened "Staying Alive".
In the martial arts, facts are often a scarce commodity. Histories are often confused or inaccurate, lineages are muddled and murky, forms get changed and no one ever finds out why. These problems can present major obstacles along your path to the understanding and practice of your chosen art. Well,[...]
The completely revised and largely new User's Manual to GMFM-66 Improved through Rasch analysis Transforms the standard GMFM into an interval measure Provides an 'item map' of the relative difficulty among items Includes a user-friendly, computer-assisted software program to aid in scoring and inter[...]
The book has been designed to provide readers with an understanding of cerebral palsy (CP) as a developmental as well as a neurological condition. It details the nature of CP, its causes and its clinical manifestations. Using clear, accessible language (supported by an extensive glossary) the author[...]
The earliest entirely extant city plan of London, this map of the Elizabethan capital was first printed in 1572. As well as being a beautiful decorative piece, it also offers an invaluable insight into the geography of London and lives of its inhabitants. It features the infamous Tower of London, a [...]
Dieses Lehrbuch prasentiert projektive Geometrie, ein wichtiges klassisches Gebiet der Mathematik, im neuen Gewand: So liegt ein Akzent auf uberraschenden und wichtigen Anwendungen. Die 2. Auflage beinhaltet WOM-Codes, Perspektive, Bewegliche Fachwerke und Polarraume als zusatzliche Themen.[...]
Psykoanalysens ord og begreber er en del af vores kulturarv og hverdagssprog. Vi bruger ord som fortrængning og det ubevidste, og vi forholder os langt mere åbent til den seksualitet, Freud for mere end hundrede år siden, anede bag de neurotiske symptomer.
En række eksperter, som alle[...]