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For many, Scrabble is merely a board game. For others it is an intellectual pilgrimage. This title chronicles the story of how Scrabble has grown from a diversion invented by an unemployed architect during The Great Depression into the successful, challenging and beloved game of today.
Sport psychology book detailing the mental processes of PGA Tour players. Teaches readers HOW to think more effectively so that they can perform better and shoot lower scores on the course.
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Written by a composer and a musician, The Contemporary Violin offers a unique menu of avant-garde musical possibilities that both performers and composers will enjoy exploring. Allen and Patricia Strange's comprehensive study critically examines extended performance techniques found in the violin literature of the latter half of the twentieth century. Drawing from both published and private manuscripts, the authors present extended performance options for the acoustic, modified, electric, and MIDI violin, with signal processing and computer-related techniques, and include more than 400 notated examples. The authors begin with bowing techniques and proceed systematically through other aspects of string playing, including MIDI technologies. Their correspondence and research with many performers and composers, the book's extensive score and text bibliography, and the discography of more than 130 recordings make The Contemporary Violin a valuable contemporary music reference and guide. An additional benefit is its listing of Internet resources that will keep the reader up to date with recent developments in contemporary performance and composition. First published by UC Press, 2001.
This is the first book whose subject is the music, sounds and silences of Antarctica. From 2011 until 2014, Australia marked its long-standing connection with Antarctica by celebrating the centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The icy continent, with its extremes of climate and environment and unique soundscapes, offers great potential for creative achievements in the world of music and sound. This book demonstrates the intellectual and creative engagement of artists, musicians, scientists and writers. Consciousness of sounds — in particular, musical ones — has not been at the forefront of our aims in polar endeavours, but listening to and appreciating them has been as important there as elsewhere.
A history of the popular board game, from 1960s New York right through to the 2004 National Championships.
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Discografie van een eeuw Noord-Amerikaanse indiaanse volksmuziek en van populaire muziek van musici met indiaans bloed of met indiaanse thema's.
In The Last Rivers Song, Lloyd Godman presents a stunning series of black and white photographs that show the raw, natural, beauty of Clutha River (which flows from Lake Wanka) and Kawarau River (which flows from Lake Wakatiku, Queenstown) before the water was stilled with the filling of Lake Dunstan at the completion of the hydro dam at Clyde in Central Otago, New Zealand. The hydro dam was planned to provide power to an aluminium smelter at Aromana which due to protests never eventuated. In an age where rivers are increasingly under threat from development, it offers an emblematic, evocative portrait of a wild, free-flowing river that has been lost to hydro development. The publication inc...
For both the beginner and the seasoned pro, this how-to book from the National Scrabble Association offers all the keys to better play: Basic board strategies for surefire results Turn the enemy -- Q -- into your best friend: a winner's list of Q words with and without U Master the terrific "twos" -- a complete list of two-letter words that can boost your scoring average by thirty to forty points Maximize your score with bonus squares and parallel play -- including triple triples, the pinnacle of SCRABBLE scoring success Make more seven-letter plays -- and earn a fifty-point bonus Secrets to getting better tiles How to get your words' worth with high-point tiles J, X, and Z Words with no vowels How the world's greatest players win -- twenty-eight examples of outstanding SCRABBLE play Featuring a rare interview with the SCRABBLE game inventor, the late Alfred Mosher Butts, this extensively illustrated guidebook covers all facets of the game and worldwide SCRABBLE culture, including the clubs, tournaments, champions and rules, and playing SCRABBLE with children, plus a complete history of the game.Visit the Naiton Scrabble Association Web site: www.scrabble-assoc.com