Quante volte ci è capitato di sospirare davanti a un giardino ben curato o all'allegra confusione di un orto in pieno rigoglio, come di fronte a paradisi inarrivabili? Un appartamento in città, senza neanche un'aiuola da chiamare pomposamente 'il mio angolo di verde', potrebbe non essere quell'enorme ostacolo che pensate. Con 'Il giardiniere da davanzale' familiarizzerete subito con un concetto fondamentale, ossia che 'la vostra casa è il vostro giardino'. Cosa significa? Che non avete bisogno di un giardino per sentirvi giardinieri. Con un po' di immaginazione, un pizzico di pazienza, tanti tentativi ed altrettanti errori, potete riempire il vostro davanzale, il bancone della cucina, le mensole e ogni altro ripiano a disposizione con piante coltivate da voi che potrete mangiare, usare per insaporire i vostri piatti, oppure per abbellire e rendere più rilassanti alcuni angoli della casa. Non avrete bisogno di un complicato kit di attrezzi per iniziare a seminare; basteranno un po' di entusiasmo e tutti i contenitori riciclati che avete in giro per casa. Quando il vostro davanzale inizierà a traboccare di piantine, comincerete anche a raccoglierne i benefici per la salute: dagli antiossidanti delle verdure per l'insalata, alle piante che purificano l'aria. Così, senza grandi rivoluzioni o investimenti, le piante coltivate sul davanzale trasformeranno ogni aspetto della vostra vita. Vi ricordate la tristezza nell'osservare i giardini altrui di cui si diceva sopra? Nel giro di poco tempo scomparirà, perché è incoraggiante trovare piante insolite come la combava, lo zenzero e l

Reorganized for ease of use, The Musician’s Guide to Aural Skills features chapters that correspond with The Musician’s Guide to Theory and Analysis; within each chapter, activities are carefully sequenced for an ideal pedagogical progression. Throughout, the text emphasizes connections to written theory, so that both sides of the theory curriculum are mutually reinforcing.

Reorganized for ease of use, The Musician’s Guide to Aural Skills features chapters that correspond with The Musician’s Guide to Theory and Analysis; within each chapter, activities are carefully sequenced for an ideal pedagogical progression. Throughout, the text emphasizes connections to written theory, so that both sides of the theory curriculum are mutually reinforcing.

For lower-level undergraduate music majors, Phillips (Westminster Choir College, Rider U.) et al. provide a textbook that focuses on the aural skills of sight-singing, rhythm-reading, keyboard skills, and improvisation and provides hundreds of sight-singing melodies such as exercises, etudes, and tunes from the literature in two, three, and four parts; solo, duet, and trio rhythms; 25 lessons for guided individual and group improvisation; and 21 progressive keyboard exercises. Chapters are organized from simple to advanced harmony, from the basic elements of music, to diatonic harmony, to chromatic harmony and form, to the twentieth century and beyond, which correspond to The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis. The second volume in the set addresses ear-training and composition skills. This edition has been revised and updated. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Third Edition workbook features 4–5 double-sided worksheets per chapter, more than enough for the entire theory sequence. The workbook contains a wide range of exercises, including drill-and-practice, melody harmonization, figured bass, composition, analysis, and a wealth of real-music examples.

The Musician’s Guide to Theory and Analysis is a complete package of theory and aural skills resources that covers every topic commonly taught in the undergraduate sequence. The package can be mixed and matched for every classroom, and with Norton’s new Know It? Show It! online pedagogy, students can watch video tutorials as they read the text, access formative online quizzes, and tackle workbook assignments in print or online. In its third edition, The Musician’s Guide retains the same student-friendly prose and emphasis on real music that has made it popular with professors and students alike.

The Musician’s Guide to Fundamentals teaches the basics of music—listening, writing, and performing—using real music, from Bach to the Beatles, Broadway to the Black-Eyed Peas. A unique hands-on approach invites students to listen to music from day one as they learn to interpret musical notation and, eventually, to use it to compose songs of their own. New online resources—including an ebook, online notation from Noteflight, and quizzes—offer opportunities to listen, read, and turn in assignments online.

This handbook is designed to review the important recent developments in the sociology of crime and deviance. The chapters will identify and discuss the “hot topics” and the cutting edge research of the field.The work is divided into 5 major sections: - History of the Discipline, - Methodological Issues in Crime Research, - Explanations of Crime, - Theory-Based Practice,- Special Topics. The editors have organized a comprehensive treatment of the field of criminology at the turn of the 21st century.

The Musician's Guide to Aural Skills integrates all critical aural skills in a single teaching and learning program coordinated (chapter by chapter) with a companion text in theory and analysis. The two volumes, organized by skill type, contain a wide range of exercises, and a diverse repertoire of real music—classical, popular song, film and TV themes, folk songs. There is absolutely no need for supplementary materials, and students are involved in creative music-making from the very beginning.

Volume 2 develops listening and writing skills in a complete ear-training, dictation, and composition manual. Each of the 40 chapters, corresponding to chapters in The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis, Second Edition, is organized in two parts—“Inductive Listening” and “Contextual Listening.” A final “Composition” section leads students through individual and group compositions in a variety of styles. The text is packaged with a companion DVD that contains recordings for all the listening examples.

This handbook is designed to review the important recent developments in the sociology of crime and deviance. The chapters will identify and discuss the “hot topics” and the cutting edge research of the field.The work is divided into 5 major sections: - History of the Discipline, - Methodological Issues in Crime Research, - Explanations of Crime, - Theory-Based Practice,- Special Topics. The editors have organized a comprehensive treatment of the field of criminology at the turn of the 21st century.

It's no overstatement to say that the state of Texas is a republic of barbecue. Whether it's brisket, sausage, ribs, or chicken, barbecue feeds friends while they catch up, soothes tensions at political events, fuels community festivals, sustains workers of all classes, celebrates brides and grooms, and even supports churches. Recognizing just how central barbecue is to Texas's cultural life, Elizabeth Engelhardt and a team of eleven graduate students from the University of Texas at Austin set out to discover and describe what barbecue has meant to Texans ever since they first smoked a beef brisket.
Republic of Barbecue presents a fascinating, multifaceted portrait of the world of barbecue in Central Texas. The authors look at everything from legendary barbecue joints in places such as Taylor and Lockhart to feedlots, ultra-modern sausage factories, and sustainable forests growing hardwoods for barbecue pits. They talk to pit masters and proprietors, who share the secrets of barbecue in their own words. Like side dishes to the first-person stories, short essays by the authors explore a myriad of barbecue's themes - food history, manliness and meat, technology, nostalgia, civil rights, small-town Texas identity, barbecue's connection to music, favorite drinks such as Big Red, Dr. Pepper, Shiner Bock, and Lone Star beer - to mention only a few. An ode to Texas barbecue in films, a celebration of sports and barbecue, and a pie chart of the desserts that accompany brisket all find homes in the sidebars of the book, while photographic portraits of people and places bring readers face-to-face with the culture of barbecue.
Whether you have never been to Central Texas or have been following the barbecue trail here for years, this book will take you on a new journey in the food and culture of the rebellious, proud, and dynamic republic of barbecue.

An exceptional three-CD set that includes professional recordings of all Anthology pieces.

Modern musical-analytical techniques are applied to a wide range of Western music, disregarding barriers between different kinds of music. Topics discussed fall into three sections: compositional poietics (poietics being the pre-compositional activities of composer theorists); structuralist approaches, extending musical-theoretical research to new repertoires; and musical-analysis employing techniques from other disciplines. The essays in this volume present current research into a wide range of Western music, disregarding barriers between different kinds of music, and drawing on modern musical-analytical techniques to draw together the varied subjects they explore. Contributors: Jonathan D. Kramer, Robert Cogan, Robert D. Morris, Andrew Mead, Cynthia Folio, Elizabeth West Marvin, Walter Everett, Jane Piper Clendenning, Jonathan W. Bernard, Ellie M. Hisama, Dave Headlam, Richard Hermann, John Covach, Nicholas J. Cook. Elizabeth West Marvin is associate professor of music theory at the Eastman School of Music. Richard Hermann is assistant professor of music, University of New Mexico.