Describes what brass instruments are, the various types, and what makes each one unique.

Introduces string instruments, including the violin, double bass, and harp.

A detailed and timely examination of the complex relationships between China and the nations of the Middle East, from a Chinese perspective. The Editor-in-Chief, Yang Guang is Director of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; President of the Chinese Society of the Middle East. Published by China specialists Paths International in association with Social Sciences Academic Press (China).

With a foreword by quiz royalty Sandi Toksvig. Get ready for the ULTIMATE family face-off this Christmas with Kids vs Adults, the brilliant brain-busting quiz book where kids go head-to-head with the grown-ups to decide who REALLY knows it all! What's the national animal of the USA? Who was the Greek goddess of wisdom? New-born babies can't see colours. True or false? Can you beat the grown-ups? This is the perfect Christmas quizzing book for all the family – packed with trivia questions for kids and adults, fun facts and games that will provide hours of fun and keep you reaching for this book year after year. With 12 rounds featuring everything from music, TV and film to science, sport and celebrations, there's something for everyone in this quizz-tastic game book! Each page has extra ideas to improve your gameplay and off-book challenges that mean the experience will be different, and fun, every time you play. This book is sure to be a family favourite!

Last Post, the fourth and final volume of Parade's End, is set on a single post-war summer's day. Valentine Wannop and Christopher Tietjens share a cottage in Sussex with Tietjens' brother and sister-in-law. Through their differing perspectives, Ford explores the tensions between his characters in a changing world, haunted by the experience of war, facing an insecure future for themselves and for England. The Tietjens' ancestral home has been let to an American, its great tree felled; those like Tietjens who have served in the war find there is no place for them in a demoralised civilian society. The celebrations of Armistice Day have been replaced by the uncertainties of peacetime. 'How are we to live?' asks Valentine, as a death and an imminent birth bring Ford's great sequence to a close.Last Post includes:-- the first reliable text based on the hand-corrected typescript of first editions-- a major critical introduction by Paul Skinner, editor of Ford's novel No Enemy and of Ford Madox Ford: Literary Contacts (International Ford Madox Ford Studies 6)-- an account of the novel's composition and reception-- annotations explaining historical references and literary and topical allusions-- a full textual apparatus including transcriptions of significant deletions and revisions-- a bibliography of further reading

Examines the century's most unique musician and teacher, explaining clearly the joy of music in a way that grasps the attention of all.

Jazz is a music born in the United States and formed by a combination of influences. In its infancy, jazz was a melting pot of military brass bands, work songs and field hollers of the United States slaves during the 19th century, European harmonies and forms, and the rhythms of Africa and the Caribbean. Later, the blues and the influence of Spanish and French Creoles with European classical training nudged jazz further along in its development. As it moved through the swing era of the 1930s, bebop of the 1940s, and cool jazz of the 1950s, jazz continued to serve as a reflection of societal changes. During the turbulent 1960s, freedom and unrest were expressed through Free Jazz and the Avant Garde. Popular and world music have been incorporated and continue to expand the impact and reach of jazz. Today, jazz is truly an international art form. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Jazz contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,500 cross-referenced entries on musicians, styles of jazz, instruments, recording labels, bands and band leaders, and more. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Jazz.

The Poet Who Watched the Whole Parade, the personal memoirs of Jay Floyd, digs deep into his childhood with chapters of spiritual reflection between each shared memory. The author dissects the people and moments that crafted his psyche within its pages (39,466 words). This book explodes with laughs and tears, family, friends, pimps and the occasional psychological diagnosis. Every character has their own chapter, with poetic personal reflections sandwiched between. Born Jason Edward Floyd in Cleveland, OH in 1976, Jay Floyd was the younger of two brothers, raised by a mother nearly forty years old at his birth; he absorbed a unique blend of generational perspectives, as well as intense tragedies. From his uncle's cocaine overdose, his brother's murder, finding his mother's dead body alone in her apartment, even reconciling with his father and then losing him again to a stomach ulcer, he was diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), but still believes there is hope for the future. Jay explains that although he has gone through so many devastating losses, he is finding a way to wrap himself in the love and lessons he has received throughout his life, as well as liberating from the emotional threads that kept him bound to his past. The Poet Who Watched the Whole Parade is based on a concept that life, for each of us, is a parade and we all witness figures coming into our lives, large and colorful and then we see them pass by, realizing how human and frail they always were. Jay wrote this book not only for himself, but for the ones he has lost. He tells their story to honor their memories and to stress the importance of what comes from these losses. His message is that love is how we heal and who we are, because to give love is to be human. We are all one and we are all participants in this parade called life. This book allows readers to not only walk with Jay Floyd through his spiritual journey, but also explore the lessons of their own parade. Readers of all ages will relate to this book because we all have had losses in our lives, but it is through healing that we grow.

"How do brass instruments toot their tunes? With tight lips and Buzzing Breath! Includes glossary, critical thinking questions, and sheet music"--

An introduction to percussion instruments.