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  The Christmas Companion -...

  Garrison Keillor

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  The first new Prairie Home Christmas collection in ten years is a warm and wonderful celebration of storytelling, music, and the holiday spirit.  
  It’s Christmas in Lake Wobegon, Christmas at the old radio show, Christmas at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Christmas wherever friends and families gather to rejoice, reminisce, and share the holiday spirit.Contents:1. Wise Men Blues—Pat Donohue2. Rhubarb—Tim Russell and others3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies—Sonos Handbell Ensemble4. A Child Is Born (In Bethlehem)—Garrison Keillor and Musica Sacra5. Count Your Blessings—John McDonough6. Away in a Manger—Renée Fleming and Emanuel Ax with Fred Hersch7. The Twelve Days of Christmas—Garrison Keillor and Tom Keith8. Christmas Eve Blues—Pat Donohue with the Guys All-Star Shoe Band (Richard Dworsky, Andy Stein, Gary Raynor, Arnie Kinsella)9. Guy Noir—Garrison Keillor and cast10. Christmastime (Just In Time)—Inga Swearingen11. The Christmas Fire—Garrison Keillor12. Silent Night—Butch Thompson13. Christmas Time’s A-Coming—Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (Mark Fain, bass; Jim Mills, banjo; Paul Brewster, guitar; Darrin Vincent, guitar; Clay Hess, guitar; and Bobby Hicks, fiddle.)14. T’was the Night Before Christmas—Garrison Keillor and Richard Dworsky15. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas—Diana Krall16. Santa, CEO17. The Christmas Song—Sarah Jessica Parker18. The Christ Child’s Lullaby—The Boys of the Lough [Aly Bain (fiddle), Dave Richardson (mandolin, cittern, English concertina, and button accordion), Christy O'Leary (tin whistle, pipes, vocals), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle, vocals), and Chris Newman (guitar)]19. The Carolers at My Door—The Oriana Choir20. Green21. December Waltz—Pat Donohue National Steel22. In the Bleak Midwinter—Musica Sacra23. Ave Maria - Renée Fleming with Fred Hersch24. Four Christmases—Garrison Keillor25. Let It Snow—April Verch, fiddle26. Silent Night

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  Bowie Cambo & All the Hype

  John Cambridge

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  In Bowie, Cambo & All the Hype we get a backstage pass to key people and events during those crucial early years. This is a heartfelt story of a unique friendship.
  Drummer, musician and friend John 'Cambo' Cambridge lived with Bowie at Haddon Hall when he had his first hit record 'Space Oddity' and toured with him in Junior's Eyes. He was there for him at many key moments – when Bowie lost his father, passed his driving test, played his first Glam Rock gig with Hype, even acting as best man when Bowie married Angela Barnett in 1970. And if John had not persuaded his former Rats colleague Mick Ronson to join Bowie in February 1970, there might never have been a Ziggy Stardust or the stellar career which followed.

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  5 Elements of Sound Healing -...

  Bodhi Starwater

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  What is Sound? What is Healing? Do you love the magical and mystical feelings that arise during a sound healing experience? Would you like to include a sonic healing component to an existing practice? Do you have a vision to create your own ceremonial journeys using sound as vibrational medicine? 
  Using the five elements of nature as our guide, we will explore the techniques of intuitive sound healing and how to apply these in a practical way. Our body has a natural capacity to regenerate itself. With the right nurturing environments, rest and nutrition, our body repairs itself. The healing comes from within. All medicine, including sound, simply facilitates this process. 
  In this book You will learn: The nature of the elementsKey sound healing principlesWhat are the sound healing instruments and how to use themA brief history of sound healing instrumentsHow to create a sound healing journey 
  Through years of experience as a musician and sound healer, having studied many different schools and styles of music, I discovered my own method for achieving balance and harmony with the power of sound. I have synthesized my own practice, blending music with sound healing principles. This book is a guide for understanding the different elements and how to use them effectively in your sound healing practice. These ideas can be used by anyone, whether you are new to sound healing or an experienced practitioner.

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  Josephine Baker's Cinematic Prism

  Terri Simone Francis

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  A history and in-depth analysis of the film career of the iconic Black star, activist, and French military intelligence agent. Josephine Baker, the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, was both liberated and delightfully undignified, playfully vacillating between allure and colonialist stereotyping. Nicknamed the “Black Venus,” “Black Pearl,” and “Creole Goddess,” Baker blended the sensual and the comedic when taking 1920s Europe by storm. Back home in the United States, Baker’s film career brought hope to the Black press that a new cinema centered on Black glamour would come to fruition. In Josephine Baker’s Cinematic Prism, Terri Simone Francis examines how Baker fashioned her celebrity through cinematic reflexivity, an authorial strategy in which she placed herself, her persona, and her character into visual dialogue. Francis contends that though Baker was an African American actress who lived and worked in France exclusively with a white film company, white costars, white writers, and white directors, she holds monumental significance for African American cinema as the first truly global Black woman film star. Francis also examines the double-talk between Baker and her characters in Le Pompier de Folies Bergère, La Sirène des Tropiques, Zou Zou, Princesse Tam Tam, and The French Way, whose narratives seem to undermine the very stardom they offered. In doing so, Francis illuminates the most resonant links between emergent African American cinephilia, the diverse opinions of Baker in the popular press, and African Americans’ broader aspirations for progress toward racial equality. Examining an unexplored aspect of Baker’s career, Josephine Baker’s Cinematic Prism deepens the ongoing conversation about race, gender, and performance in the African diaspora.

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  Minimalism - Minimalism for...

  Ito Watanabe

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  Imagine having more time and energy to do what you love. Minimalism will help you reduce your stress levels, pointless distractions and even improve your overall mental health, well-being and happiness.  
  Do you want to live a simpler way of life? 
  Are you tired of all the clutter around you? 
  Are you finally realizing that owning more stuff does not equate to happiness? 
  With minimalism, the less you have, the better! 
  Here is a fraction of what you will learn in this book:- 
  •   The one thing that could ruin your journey to Minimalism 
  •   The Advantages of Using Minimalism in Your Life 
  •   Easy Ways to Start Using Minimalism In Your Life 
  •   The Secret to applying Minimalism without losing your friends  
  •   Money management tips for a successful Minimalist lifestyle 
  •   Can Managing Technology Help You on Your Minimalist Lifestyle? 
  •   Different Methods of Organizing and Decluttering 
  •   Tips to Help You Implement Minimalism Daily and Longterm 
  •   The only thing you need to do daily for your Minimalism lifestyle to be a success long term! 
  Edward Norton, Leonardo DiCaprio and Meg Ryan are just a few on the celebrities who have publicly announced their love for the minimalism lifestyle and décor.In fact research has shown that the average person spends 12 days per year looking for things they can’t find around their own house. 
  So if you want to decrease your stress levels and improve your overall well-being and happiness while saving money then click “add to cart” and start your Minimalism journey today!

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  Creative Photography Ideas:...

  Tony Worobiec

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  Composites and further special effects is an excerpt from Creative Photography Ideas Using Photoshop which presents 75 comprehensive workshops that have been specifically designed for photographers; each offers a clever and creative technique that can be immediately applied.Composites and further special effects workshops focus specifically on creating composites; from dropping in a sky to producing sunbeams, using multiple files, blending mode, refine edge, the gradient tool, multiple layers. There are plenty of creative ideas that will take your photography that little bit further from creating a 'joiner' or 'still movie' to joining two landscapes and creating a mirror image.Each workshop offers ingenious creative techniques to immediately enhance images in Adobe Photoshop.From basic techniques to more advanced, all guidance is ‘best practice’ and shown via clear explanatory texts, photographs, ‘before, during and after’ manipulations and screen grabs.

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