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Bad singer: the surprising science of tone deafness and how we hear music
By Tim Falconer. 2016
The author is part of only 2.5 percent of the population afflicted with amusia -- tone-deafness. The book chronicles his…
quest to understand human evolution and music, the brain science behind tone-deafness, his search for ways to retrain the adult brain, and his investigation into what we really hear when we listen to music. 2016.Filthy lucre: economics for people who hate capitalism
By Joseph Heath. 2009
Heath wants to raise our economic literacy and empower us with new ideas. He draws on everyday examples to skewer…
the six favourite economic fallacies of the right, followed by impaling the six favourite fallacies of the left. Heath leaves no sacred cows untipped as he breaks down complex arguments and shows how the world really works. c2009.Boom, bust & echo 2000: profiting from the demographic shift in the new millennium
By David K Foot. 1998
This revised version of "Boom, bust & echo" focuses on the demographic trends of the Canadian baby boomer generation. As…
a result, we learn some profound lessons about how social and educational programs should be developed and delivered. 1998.Fear, greed and the end of the rainbow: how to survive the coming stock market crash
By Andrew Sarlos, Patricia Best. 1997
Andrew Sarlos sounds an alarm against the frenzied activity of the stock markets of the mid-1990s. Using statistical data on…
market trends and the evidence from previous market crashes, he argues that a market correction of immense proportions is due to occur. He also believes that this bear market will last into the next millennium. 1997.Collu$ion: how central bankers rigged the world
By Nomi Prins. 2018
Exposes the collusion between central banks as they control the global markets and dictate economic policy, casting an unflinching spotlight…
on the dark conspiracies and unsavory connections within the halls of power. 2018.Crate digger: an obsession with punk records
By Bob Suren. 2018
A small-town Florida teenager discovers punk rock through a loaned mix tape, and punk music and culture slowly takes over…
all aspects of his life. His new passion causes him to form a band, track down out-of-print records he loves and reissue them, open a record store, start a record distribution operation as a public service, mentor a host of young musicians, and befriend all manner of punk luminaries along the way. Slowly his life's pursuit pushes him to the point of personal ruination and, ultimately, redemption. 2018.Wolff braids three disparate strands--Calumet, Michigan; Woody Guthrie; and Bob Dylan--together to create a revisionist history of twentieth-century America. This…
book chronicles the struggles between the haves and have-nots, the impact changing labour relations had on industrial America, and the way two musicians used their fury to illuminate economic injustice and inspire change. 2017.How music works
By David Byrne. 2012
A celebration of music offers insight into the roles of time, place, and recording technology, discussing how evolutionary patterns and…
responses to cultural and physical contexts have influenced music expression throughout history. 2012.Happy customers everywhere: how your business can profit from the insights of positive psychology (Your coach in a box)
By Bernd Schmitt, Glenn Van Zutphen. 2012
Schmitt combines his extensive business knowledge with the latest discoveries in positive psychology to create three unique approaches sure to…
turn casual buyers into devoted fans. Using these methods, marketers, brand managers, and entrepreneurs alike can harness and sustain immense customer goodwill. 2012.Learn how to make even the noisiest gear dead quiet, getting instruments to sound crisp and distinct in a mix,…
making drum programs and sequences sound like they were played live, getting the most out of a limited number of tracks or mixer channels, blending tracks together into a professional-sounding mix, and how to avoid the most common mistakes amateur recordists make. Some descriptions of sex. 2005.How to enjoy opera (Melvyn Bragg's arts series)
By Charles Osborne. 1987
Written concisely for the non-opera goer, the author covers the development of opera to the present century and lists 100…
popular operas with their stories, from Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" in 1689 to "Sweeney Todd" by Stephen Sondheim in 1978. 1987.How Nashville became Music City, U.S.A: 50 years of Music Row
By Michael Kosser. 2006
How a single studio in a tiny house in Nashville became Music Row, a ten-block area populated by hundreds of…
talented people whose job is to simply make music. It's the place where Elvis ushered in rock 'n' roll with "Heartbreak Hotel," Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, and Willie Nelson taught America to love soulful ballads, and Bob Dylan recorded three of his most important albums. Features stories from publishers, songwriters and others who describe the evolution of this fabled centre of music. 2006.Hear the wind blow: American folk songs
By Scott R Sanders. 1985
Handel's Messiah: a celebration
By Richard Luckett. 1992
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the first performance of this popular oratorio, Lucket has drawn on a variety…
of scholarly sources to piece together a picture of what took place in Dublin in 1742. He describes Handel's eager acceptance of the invitation to Ireland, his problems with a crotchety librettist, the original soloists, the initial audience, and the appreciation that surrounds the work to this day. 1992.From free trade to forced trade: Canada in the global economy
By Peter Urmetzer. 2003
In 1988, the federal election effectively served as a plebiscite for a free trade agreement with the United States. Since…
then, free trade has become an increasingly divisive issue in Canada as well as around the world. The author attempts to show both sides of the issue, including that the evidence shows neither great advantages nor disadvantages to free trade. 2003.Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
By Steven D Levitt, Stephen J Dubner. 2005
The author offers his view of how the economy really works; examining issues from cheating and crime, to sports and…
child-rearing. He offers a very different view on what drives the economy. 2005.Free to choose: a personal statement
By Milton Friedman, Rose D Friedman. 1980
The Nobel laureate economist and his wife discuss the relationship of government and the economy. They describe how freedom has…
been eroded and prosperity undermined through the explosion of laws, regulations, agencies, and spending in Washington. Bestseller. 1980.For the love of music: interviews with Ulla Colgrass
By Ulla Colgrass. 1988
In interviews with 22 of the world's finest musicians, Pinchas Zukerman discusses conducting, Yo-Yo Ma reminisces about his musical training,…
Teresa Stratas reflects on artistic temperament, and Glenn Gould defends Muzak. 1988.Based on commentaries originally presented during the first intermissions of Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. Father Lee, a professor of…
classics, analyzes and interprets works by Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, and Strauss. 1995.Fences and windows: dispatches from the front lines of the globalization debate
By Naomi Klein, Debra Ann Levy. 2002