Author: Timothy E. Scheurer
Publisher: Popular Press 1
Keywords: popular, press, readings, series, rock, volume, music, american
Number of Pages: 278
Published: 1989-01-01
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0879724684
ISBN-13: 9780879724689
Beginning with the emergence of commercial American music in the nineteenth century, Volume 1 includes essays on the major performers, composers, media, and movements that shaped our musical culture before rock and roll. Articles explore the theoretical dimensions of popular music studies; the music of the nineteenth century; and the role of black Americans in the evolution of popular music. Also includedthe music of Tin Pan Alley, ragtime, swing, the blues, the influences of W. S. Gilbert and Rodgers and Hammerstein, and changes in lyric writing styles from the nineteenth century to the rock
Author: The Editors of Popular Mechanic
Publisher: Hearst
Keywords: care, manual, car, complete, mechanics, popular
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2008-04-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1588167232
ISBN-13: 9781588167231
For more than 100 years, the editors of Popular Mechanics have been providing car enthusiasts with the skills and confidence they need to keep their vehicles running right and looking great. This manual is crucial for anyone who wants to know the automobiles basic components, from the engine to the electronic systems, and to understand how they work, what can go wrong, and how to make repairs. Find out how to maintain and replace windshield washers, fix steering wander and faulty cruise control, and purge bad smells from the interior. Get smart advice on how to pass emission inspection and fi
Author: Various
Publisher: Casa Bautista Of Pubns
Keywords: popular, spanish, hymnal, new, nuevo, himnario
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2000-05-01
List price: $8.50
ISBN-10: 0311320112
ISBN-13: 9780311320110
Author: The Editors of Popular Mechanic
Publisher: Hearst
Keywords: manual, updated, expanded, care, car, mechanics, complete, popular
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2005-10-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 158816439X
ISBN-13: 9781588164391
One of Popular Mechanics’ most successful books gets a complete tune-up, with 64 extra pages and more than 90 projects, all clearly marked by level. So now owners will be able to hush those squeaks, replace the U-joints, and change their own oil and filter. For more than 100 years, the editors of Popular Mechanics have been providing car enthusiasts with the skills and confidence they need to keep their vehicles running right and looking great. And this update to the magazine’s popular car care manual gives owners more essential information than ever. It’s absolutely crucial
Authors:Frank Krutnik, STEVE NEALE,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: popular, series, fictions, television, film, comedy
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1990-06-14
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0415046920
ISBN-13: 9780415046923
How is comedy related to its institutional context? Neale and Krutnik, in this wide-ranging discussion of the genre, propose that comedy always involves deviation from aesthetic and cultural conventions and norms.
Author: Lucy Gree
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: popular, music, ashgate, folk, series, education, ahead, musicians, learn, way
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2002-08-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0754632261
ISBN-13: 9780754632269
During the last 150 years or so, many societies all over the world have developed complex systems of formal music education based on Western models. Common to most are one or more of the following: educational institutions, from primary schools to conservatories, partly involving or entirely dedicated to the teaching and learning of music; written curricula, syllabuses or explicit teaching traditions; professional teachers, lecturers or "master musicians"; systematic assessment mechanisms such as grade exams, national school exams or university exams; music notation; and a body of literature,
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: popular, authors, series, bibliographies, biographical, adult, sketches
Number of Pages: 500
Published: 2002-11-30
List price: $68.00
ISBN-10: 1563089203
ISBN-13: 9781563089206
This new companion title to 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors, features another 100 biographical sketches and biographies of popular young adult authors. In addition to authors that did not appear in the first volume, dozens of fresh voices that have emerged in the field of young adult literature have been included. Carefully reviewed by a number of distinguished young adult literature experts, this book presents a treasure trove of information, a wealth of different genres, and is a one-stop guide to some of the best-loved authors in today’s teen literature.
