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Photographs from around the world celebrate the universal joy that kids get from making music, whether they're playing instruments, clapping their hands, stomping their feet, or singing. Music can help express one child's feelings--or it can bring a whole community together.

In Experiencing Jazz: A Listener's Companion, writer, teacher, and renowned jazz drummer Michael Stephans offers a much-needed survey in the art of listening to and enjoying this dynamic, ever-changing art form. More than mere entertainment, jazz provides a pleasurable and sometimes dizzying listening experience with an extensive range in structure and form, from the syncopated swing of big bands to the musical experimentalism of small combos. As...

Austen scholar Deresiewicz turns to the author's novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humor and candor, Deresiewicz employs his own experiences to demonstrate the enduring power of Austen's teachings.

Introduces readers to classical music and includes activities that will immerse children in musical tradition.

A children's guide to the collection of the National Gallery, London.

Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism....

"From the chief architect of Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love" -- From book jacket.

This compilation of short excerpts from famous pieces introduces the music of composers from the Baroque Period through music of today in a fun educational format all ages can enjoy. Companion to the book of the same title.

Includes beautiful crochet designs inspired by the world of Jane Austen. This title presents Jane Austen fans with an opportunity to step into the scarf, skirt, or chemise of Elizabeth Bennet, Emma Woodhouse, and a host of other favorite Austen characters. It features thirty-two crochet projects inspired by Austen novels.