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  Piano Scales FOR KIDS - Tips and...

  Jessica Gilbert

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  Learning to play the piano, especially piano scales, is an essential part of becoming a professional pianist, and as a parent, teacher, or piano instructor, you may have been wondering about the best ways to help your child or student learn and play scales with ease. 
  Luckily for you, there are many tips and tricks that you can use to teach the piano to your child or student and make the learning experience an enjoyable one for them. 
  In this book, we’ll explore different techniques and topics that’ll help your child learn and play piano effectively and in real-time, including musical notation, musical theory, and chord progressions, to mention a few. 
  But it’s not just about scales and playing the piano! 
  This book will also show you how to apply what your child learns to play their favorite songs. We’ll cover chords, arpeggios, and other techniques that will help your child easily play their favorite tunes. 
  We’ll also discuss tips on how to develop speed and accuracy, as well as the importance of collaboration with other musicians and the necessary supplies needed for learning the piano. 
  By the end of this book, you’ll have the knowledge and tools necessary to help your child master piano scales and begin playing their favorite songs, and with our step-by-step approach, your child will soon be playing piano like a pro.

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  Paul Cézanne

  Élie Faure

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  Cézanne was perhaps the most complex artist of the 19th century. One of the greatest of the Postimpressionists, his works and ideas were crucial to the aesthetic development of many 20th-century artists and art movements, especially Cubism. 
  Cézanne’s ambition, in his own words, was "to make out of Impressionism something as solid and durable as the paintings of the museums". He aimed to achieve the monumental in a modern language of glowing, vibrating tones. Cézanne wanted to retain the natural colour of an object and to harmonize it with the various influences of light and shade trying to destroy it; to work out a scale of tones expressing the mass and character of the form.

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  The Psychology of a Meatflake

  Jemmy Borden

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  Discover the hidden biases that shape meatflake behavior. Have you ever been ridiculed for sticking up for animals? Or maybe some meatflake thought he was being clever by posting a picture of a steak. Have you ever wondered what causes this cringeworthy behavior? Meatflakes are a special type of snowflake. They're known to be insecure and highly threatened by vegans and vegan food. 
  Here's some fun facts about meatflakes:Meatflakes often claim they would rather die than give up meat.Meatflakes instantly turn into a "nutrition expert" whenever the subject of meat comes up.Meatflakes get easily offended when they hear anything negative about meat.Meatflakes are known to be very dismissive of plant-based food without even trying it.Meatflakes think it's clever to post a picture of a steak when someone is raising awareness about animal abuse.Male meatflakes are often insecure about their masculinity and will eat even more meat to feel more manly. 
  Chances are you have a meatflake in your life. A little psychology goes a long way in explaining a lot of the cringeworthy behavior that meatflakes are known for. This book explores the hidden biases that cloud the way they think.

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  Quantum Criminals - Ramblers...

  Joan LeMay, Alex Pappademas

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  Steely Dan's songs are exercises in fictional world-building. No one else in the classic-rock canon has conjured a more vivid cast of rogues and heroes, creeps and schmucks, lovers and dreamers and cold-blooded operators—or imbued their characters with so much humanity. 
   
   
   
  Pulling from history, lived experience, pulp fiction, the lore of the counterculture, and their own darkly comic imaginations, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker summoned protagonists who seemed like fully formed people with complicated pasts, scars they don't talk about, delusions and desires and memories they can't shake. Every name is a locked-room mystery, beguiling listeners and earning the band an exceptionally passionate and growing cult fandom. 
   
   
   
  Quantum Criminals presents the world of Steely Dan as it has never been seen, much less heard. Artist Joan LeMay has crafted lively, color-saturated images of her favorite characters from the Daniverse to accompany writer Alex Pappademas's explorations of the famous and obscure songs that inspired each painting, in short essays full of cultural context, wild speculation, inspired dot-connecting, and the occasional conspiracy theory. All of it is refracted through the perspectives of the characters, making for a musical companion unlike any other. Quantum Criminals is a singular celebration of Steely Dan's musical cosmos.

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  Meeting of Minds - Volume IX

  Steve Allen

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  By " assembling" some of the most fascinating figures in world history, Meeting of Minds provided a groundbreaking opportunity for audiences to be exposed to ideas by way of a medium not normally known for its intellectual vigor. Portrayed by actors, panelists engage in stimulating round-table discussions that were conducted like any other talk show but featured prominent influencers from bygone generations— not just philosophers and politicians, but poets, playwrights, and presidents. From activists and artists to international leaders— both famous and infamous— these conversations are unfailingly witty, thought-provoking, and genuinely entertaining.
  An innovative series, Meeting of Minds remains one of the most delightful ways of gaining historical perspective ever devised, and these original soundtrack recordings capture the intellectual and spirited debates of the episodes hosted by Steve Allen.
  This installment breaks the pattern of other episodes by featuring playwright William Shakespeare surrounded not by other illustrious historical figures, but with the fruits of his own imagination. Following a brief discussion of his early life, Shakespeare is joined by the Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Hamlet, Romeo, Othello, and the Ghost of Hamlet's Father. Expounding on the theme of love, the most enigmatic and compelling of Shakespeare's characters challenge each other and their mutual creator to resolve long-standing controversies about their identities and inner conflicts.

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  He Tau Makuru - 50 Years Of Te...

  Contributors Many

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  "Mā tini, mā mano ka rangatira a kapa haka" Kapa haka flourishes through the efforts of many. Embrace the joy and wonder that is kapa haka through the experiences, people and triumphs of the past 24 festivals, and relive memories that will stir, ignite and uplift the soul.  He Tau Makuru: 50 Years of Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival showcases and exemplifies the pursuit of kapa haka excellence. It is a rich history as shared by those who have lived it. At the heart of Te Matatini are the people. We hear their stories of innovation and inspiration, about the groups, the compositions and the performances. And there are tributes to generations of kapa haka exponents and their legacies. This is a celebration of our language, our culture and our identity as Māori on a national and global stage. This is the story of Te Matatini so far.

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