"A broad and deep look at how electronic media are changing storytelling . . . . Completely fascinating." —Booklist, starred reviewNot long ago we were spectators, passive consumers of mass media. Now, on YouTube and blogs and Facebook and Twitter, we are media. No longer content in our traditional role as couch potatoes, we approach television shows, movies, even advertising as invitations to participate—as experiences to immerse ourselves in at will. Frank Rose ...

Flying dragons, three eared rabbits and a tick,tick,tocking clock will all help Emma Truffle defeat the evil and dangerous Baron von Stinkbomb. First she must work out the meaning of clues hidden in her nightmare dream to rescue her best friends from certain death. Her magical cat Ginger is on hand to guide her every move. She also needs to deploy the latest spy technology on hand to bring the Baron to his knees. But she must also try and control herself when the boy she has a crush on tri...

Frank Rose has hiked thousands of miles in Arizona, most of them in the Santa Catalina Mountains over a period of thirty-six years. Here the author of “Mountain Wildflowers” and “Mountain Trees” uses 180 original watercolors to take readers on a guided tour up and down his beloved mountain. Along the way he gives readers insights into the local landscape, the history, the natural beauty, and magical places he has found over the years. The book includes landscape paintings...

Welcome to the School of the Blues Lesson Series! This book and recording were created to help give you context for all the music you worked so hard to learn. The recorded Play-Along Trax has no bass. This allows you to work on your blues bass patterns. I have used several different keys and tempos throughout these Play-Along Trax. The Play-Along Trax provides a very realistic example of how you would play live with a band.Music examples are kept simple to be accessible to...

Blues Bass Level 1, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is an exciting method that contains the most common grooves used in blues bands today. Areas covered are: Tuning, Achieving Good Tone, Major & Minor Scales & Movable Scale Forms, 12 Bar Blues Progression, Major Blues Bass Lines, Jump Blues, Swing Blues, Box Patterns, Slow Blues, Chicago Shuffles, Two Beat, Rumba Beat, Tramp Beat, Minor Blues, Introductions, Turnarounds & Endings.This series is designed for students o...

This book provides all the knowledge needed to treat injuries to the pediatric extremities, spine, and pelvis. It aims to enable age-appropriate diagnosis and optimal treatment selection, with particular consideration of the current developmental age of an injured child. A general overview section presents the features of skeletal growth, growth plate fusion, and the concept of non-growth-damaging treatment of pediatric fractures.The well-structured specialized chapters detail the ...

4 stories of resilience, mutual aid, and radical rebellion that will transform how we understand the Great DepressionDrawing on little-known stories of working people, What Can We Learn from the Great Depression? amplifies voices that have been long omitted from standard histories of the Depression era.In four tales, Professor Dana Frank explores how ordinary working people in the US turned to collective action to meet the crisis of the Great Depre...

Following the loss of most of his colleagues in a violent ambush, Kenton has become Lord Mastrell of the few remaining Sand Masters, magicians who can manipulate sand to do their bidding. With the ruling council poised against him, the hot-headed Kenton must become a diplomat to have any hope of preventing the eradication of his people forever. However, there's another complication: assassins are coming for him from all directions, and Kenton's only true ally is Khriss, a visitor from the ...

Dagger throwing clowns, ghostly granmas and a fortune teller predicting the death of your friend are all encountered as Emma Truffle tries to stop the evil plans of Baron von Stinkbomb once again. The circus has come to town, but it's not all fun and games. Emma and her best friends must out smart the cruel circus owner and the Baron just to stay alive, but also to stop them completing their illegal deal. Ginger, her horse riding, lion taming cat is there to guide her to safety. The latest...

Essential Blues Bass Grooves, within the School of the Blues- Lesson Series, presents 46 bass patterns essential to the gigging Blues bass player. Material is presented in standard music notation and TAB. This book is accompanied by audio available for download online of all examples (played by author Frank De Rose) along with the background music. This method is for all skill level players.This series is designed for students of other instruments to play together. If you have frie...

This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that surrounds Santa Claus's life. Orphaned as an infant he is found by the nymph Necile, who raises Claus for her own in a world of Rhyls and Agwas. As he grows older he meets his fellow humans, and sees the neglect of children. This sets him on the path to making toys and becoming the beloved Saint Nicholas we are familiar with today. Brian Holland reads ...

A practical guide to "narrative thinking," and why it matters in a world defined by data.In The Sea We Swim In, Frank Rose leads us to a new understanding of stories and their role in our lives. For decades, experts from many fields—psychologists, economists, advertising and marketing executives—failed to register the power of narrative. Scientists thought stories were frivolous. Economists were knee-deep in theory. Marketers just wanted to cut to the sale...