Improvisation is a big part of our daily lives, essential to the things we love to do and the music we love to hear. Improvising together seems natural when we’re playing a game or having a conversation, yet improvising music together is often viewed as mysterious and forbidding. Free Improvisation: A Practical Guide provides a practical way for any group of people, no matter what their style of music or level of musicianship, to learn about improvising together. With over 100 improvisatio...

The Fun and Fighting of the Rough Riders by Dr. Tom Hall is a spirited and firsthand chronicle of America's most famous volunteer regiment — the Rough Riders of the Spanish–American War. Written by one of the unit's own surgeons, this vibrant account combines the humor, camaraderie, and raw heroism of the men who rode and fought under Theodore Roosevelt in 1898.Dr. Hall captures the Rough Riders from the inside — their tra...

Tom Hall's *When Hearts Are Trumps* presents the language of the card table as a governing metaphor for emotional risk, social calculation, and romantic allegiance. Its title signals a work in which "winning" and "losing" are never merely recreational terms: the heart becomes both a suit and an ethical claim. Hall's appeal lies in the conventions of popular romance—suspense, reversals, divided loyalties, and heightened feeling—combined with the broader Victorian and Edwardian fascination w...

In "When Hearts Are Trumps," Tom Hall deftly intertwines themes of love, betrayal, and the intricacies of human relationships, creating a narrative that is both engaging and thought-provoking. Employing a rich, lyrical style reminiscent of Romantic literature, Hall immerses readers in a world where the complexities of the heart dictate the course of lives. The novel operates within a contemporary literary context, addressing societal norms and personal struggles through an innovative lens,...

Footwork is an original street-corner ethnography drawing on the themes of urban regeneration, lost space and the 24-hour city. From the rough sleeping homeless to street drinkers and sex workers, it shows how urban modernisation, development and austerity politics impact the hidden lives of people living and working on the streets.To create this anthropology of the modern British city, Footwork follows the work of a team of outreach workers in Cardiff, tasked to look out for the h...

A GREAT READ FOR THE ROMANTIC SOULS OF THIS WORLD*, especially for St. Valentine’s day!*The verse in this volume were selected from works that had appeared in various periodicals of the time, LIFE, TRUTH, TOWN TOPICS, VOGUE, and MUNSEY'S MAGAZINE during the five years 1893-1898, the 19th C’s Romantic period, and whose editors kindly gave Tom Hall permission to republish them. So popular was this collection of poetry, that it had at least six print runs.This volume is made u...

Real Men Do Cry captures the wisdom of Nehemiah for the twenty- first century.Learn how God intervened to restore a remnant of his people in Israel in the fifth century BC, a time when the nations existence had reached a desperation point. Gods ways have not changed. He still acts on behalf of those he is calling to follow him. As an absolute sovereign, he expects complete obedience to his will.See how God overruled the dominant powers of that time to fulfill his purpose in...

Return to The Summer Cottage and fall in love with the second novella in Lily Everett's heart-tugging "Billionaire Brothers" trilogy!For years, the Harrington family has dominated the business world. Gorgeous billionaire brothers Dylan, Logan and Miles Harrington command the family empire, which has given them everything they could ever want…except the one thing that matters most. Now they're about to travel to the windswept refuge of Sanctuary Island, where they'll discover that f...

THE SUNDAY TIMES-BESTSELLING BOOK BY ONE OF BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED COMIC WRITERS**Pre-order now: David Mitchell's new book Dishonesty is the Second-best Policy**There are many aspects of modern life that trouble award-winning comedian David Mitchell, such as:Why is every film or TV programme a sequel or a remake?Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing?Why do ...

Stormie Omartian's The Prayer That Changes Everything (more than 320,000 copies sold) continues to touch hundreds of thousands of readers' lives. These little prayer reminders will encourage readers to turn to God for every need and provide an easy and convenient way to help them grow in worship and praise.

You have a passion for making beautiful music, but when it comes to understanding and speaking the musical language, you need a little help. The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to Music Theory Must-Know Terms compiles dozens of the most important and commonly used terms in the musical lexicon - from notations and chords to modes and scales - explaining them all in clear, concise language.

“A rich and exuberant kaleidoscopic portrait of a great, messy, noisy, daunting, inspiring, maddening, enthralling, constantly shifting Rorschach test of a place. . . . Delightful. . . . In Taylor’s patient and sympathetic hands, regular people become poets, philosophers, orators.” -- New York Times Book ReviewLondoners is a fresh and compulsively readable view of one of the world's most fascinating cities–a vibrant narrative portrait of the London of our own time, featuring unforg...