In a delightfully self-conscious philosophical \"mash-up,\" Randall Everett Allsup provides alternatives for the traditional master-apprentice teaching model that has characterized music education. By providing examples across the arts and humanities, Allsup promotes a vision of education that is open, changing, and adventurous at heart. He contends that the imperative of growth at the core of all

A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other species The Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, presenting a bold and provocative new account of how animals and humans have followed two powerful yet very different evolutionary paths to intelligence. This incisive book shows how animals rely on robust associative mechanisms that

The champions of BioWare\'s award winning series embark on thrilling interstellar expeditions through alien war and existential crisis, struggling for peace and fighting for the right to survive. Mass Effect\'s vibrant world is teeming with conflict, and always on the edge of tipping into despair--but there are some who still struggle to maintain order in the chaos and secure the future of the galaxy.

Barbara Nicholls: Sedimentary Flow is the first substantial publication on the British artist Barbara Nicholls, who has been producing work for over 30 years. The title focusing on Nicholls\' monumental watercolour works.These paintings emerged by manipulating the behaviour of pigment in ever-increasing quantities of water. As such their production remains consistent with Nicholls\' approach to art

Forty influential and diverse Canadians with expertise in subjects such as Indigenous rights, climate change, social justice and race, gun control, higher education and poetry reflect on everything Canada is getting right--and what still needs to change to make the country even better. Acclaimed journalist Mark Bulgutch collects inspiring stories and ideas from multifaceted Canadians whose love for

An inspirational and practical guide to San Francisco\'s finest and most interesting places, buildings, restaurants, shops, museums, galleries, neighbourhoods, gardens and

Dennis Prager, author of The Rational Bible--which, upon its first publication, was the number one bestselling non-fiction book in America--turns his attention to the Haggadah, the book used for the most widely celebrated Jewish ritual, the Passover Seder. As with Prager\'s multi-volume commentary on the Torah, the explanations included with this Haggadah are equally valuable for religious and non-religious

A young warrior who wields both the power of her music and the strength of her sword faces a grave threat in this enthralling historical fantasy. Bard and fighter Liobhan is always ready for a challenge. So when news arrives at Swan Island that the prince of Dalriada has gone missing after an assault by both masked men and the sinister Crow Folk, she\'s eager to act. While Liobhan and her fellow Swan

A definitive resource, full of fresh insights and new revelations, on one of the most influential interwar artists This richly illustrated book offers a definitive new assessment of the oeuvre of Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948), a central figure of the interwar European avant-garde. Active as an artist, designer, publisher, performer, critic, poet, and playwright, Schwitters is best known for intimately

Why must critics unmask and demystify literary works? Why do they believe that language is always withholding some truth, that the critic\'s task is to reveal the unsaid or repressed? In this book, Rita Felski examines critique, the dominant form of interpretation in literary studies, and situates it as but one method among many, a method with strong allure-but also definite limits. Felski argues

Discover a lyrical ode to love from bestselling Giraffes Can\'t Dance Listen to the swaying grass, and listen to the trees.To me, the sweetest music, is the branches in the breeze.Celebrate love with Giraffes Can\'t Dance Featuring modified art and text from the bestselling picture book, and a fresh trim size, Love from Giraffes Can\'t Dance is sure to delight readers of all ages. The perfect purchase

The Wisdom of Compassion offers rare insights into the Dalai Lama\'s life as he interacts with remarkable people from all walks of

Compelling stories from female Afghan voices. Using extracts from diaries kept in real timeduring and following the fall of Kabul in 2021,this book gives children personal and compelling snapshotsfrom a woman\'s

Over ten seasons since 2011, the television series American Horror Story (AHS), created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, has continued to push the boundaries of the televisual form in new and exciting ways. Emerging in a context which has seen a boom in popularity for horror series on television, AHS has distinguished itself from its \'rivals\' such as The Walking Dead, Bates Motel or Penny Dreadful

In this major revision of his investment classic, one of the premier investment managers introduces vitally important new findings in psychology that show why most investment strategies are fatally flawed and his contrarian strategies are the best way to beat the market. The need to switch to a new approach for investing has never been more urgent. The Crash of 2007 revealed in dramatic fashion that