Wisdom and wit--and just a hint of sass--underlie this first published collection of poetry by Ruth Maus. In Valentine, a juxtaposition of Kansas native personality and Smith College academic oozes out in poetic form. A listener will tune in to these poems like a child listening to Silverstein, filling with delight and awe as poems are discovered and savored by the ears and by the imagination.Finalist—The Birdy Poetry Prize, by Meadowlark Books, 2019.

When evil takes you by surprise, sometimes all you can do is run.Arl is a cloth merchant, far from home and stuck in the most powerful winter storm to ever strike the area. With no known shelter nearby, he willingly accepts the aid of a man who comes across him in the wilderness and offers a place to rest. Now Arl finds himself holed up in a prison made for evils long thought to be legend in the wider world, and guarded by the ancient order that hunts them down. An...

Jazz in Position is for you if: you play guitar in the first position and want to learn to read up the neck, or, you want to learn the language of jazz, or, you can play jazz already and have only modest reading skills, which you would like to improve. Each position section contains: a reference diagram of the position notes, standard notation of each scale, with complete fingering, scale warmups, jazz phrases, jazz solo based on chord changes similar to a standard tune, and a review of th...

This is the 5th edition of this book. H. Arne Maus provides valuable and practical insights into the way we think - and how we can better understand other people. Why do people behave the way they do? And how do managers and executives really differ - not only in their function, but also in their patterns of thought and behaviour? Using the concept of Cognitive Intentions, the author shows how deeply rooted thinking preferences influence professional situations - and how beneficial it can ...

Great original jazz solos reflecting the styles and techniques used by such greats as Lenny Breau, Joe Pass, Johnny Smith, Charlie Byrd and others. All solos in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio of every song in the book.

A strong criticism of Sigmund Freud's research regarding sexually abused children, from the bestselling author of The Drama of the Gifted Child.Originally published in 1984, Thou Shalt Not Be Aware explodes Freud's notions of "infantile sexuality" and helps to bring to the world's attention the brutal reality of child abuse, changing forever our thoughts of "traditional" methods of child-rearing. Dr. Alice Miller exposes the harsh truths behind chi...

Contributions by GerShun Avilez, Lola Boorman, Thomas Britt, John Brooks, Phillip James Martinez Cortes, Derek DiMatteo, Tikenya Foster-Singletary, Alexandra Glavanakova, Erica-Brittany Horhn, Matthias Klestil, Abigail Jinju Lee, Derek C. Maus, Danielle Fuentes Morgan, Derek Conrad Murray, Kinohi Nishikawa, Sarah O'Brien, Keyana Parks, and Emily Ruth RutterThe seventeen essays in Greater Atlanta: Black Satire after Obama collectively argue that in the years after the wides...

The second edition of the AACP's (American Association for Community Psychiatry) Textbook of Community Psychiatry is a welcome update of this notable work that comprehensively presents the state of the art in this field. Along with continuously evolving scientific advances and principles of clinical care, community psychiatry must respond to shifts in public policy as well as economic climate. The past decade has witnessed significant political and social changes, including climate change,...

Reviews recent advances in understanding pollination dynamics and the role of plant-pollinator relationships in agro-ecosystemsProvides a comprehensive assessment of the major threats to economically important pollinators, including the impact of climate change and pest and disease threatExplores best practices for the protection of key pollinators and the ecosystem services they deliver

During that last summer, as if in punishment for being happy, Kate was diagnosed with cervical cancer.The last time we used the wishing stone was at the hospital the morning she died.On that day, all three of us made a silent wish, certain the others had wished the same. Kate died that afternoon and I never thought about it again. It was the last time I believed in magic, in love or in the existence of God.Then, after three miserable lonely years, the unthinkable, a ...

A recent transplant to Southern California, Toby Grant has landed his dream job. He's a service tech for Handy Dandy Services—the premier handyman service in the southland.Things don't go well for Toby on the first day when he is teamed up with Ryan Burnell, a twenty year veteran of Handy Dandy. Toby quickly learns the hardships of being Ryan's partner, and finds himself in one uncomfortable situation after another.In an effort to understand his new partner, Toby accidently...

This book is more than just a catchy collection of jazz guitar licks. It presents a teaching concept which relates a great-sounding guitar phrase to a typical chord progression and also to a typical standard tune. All examples are in notation and tablature and are applicable to pick or fingerstyle jazz.