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Tackling Tough Texts

By: Sarah M. Lupo,Dan Reynolds,Christine Hardigree

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Tackling Tough Texts

By: Sarah M. Lupo,Dan Reynolds,Christine Hardigree

Filling a crucial need, this book provides concrete ways to support all students in grades 6–12 as they engage with rigorous grade-level texts in English language arts, science, and social studies. The authors offer fresh insights into adolescent reading and what makes a given text "tough"--including knowledge demands, text structure and complexity, vocabulary, and more. Research-based, step-by-step strategies are presented for explicitly scaffolding these challenges in the context of purposeful learning activities that leverage students' individual strengths and interests. The book includes planning tips, text selection guidelines, sample text sets, and vivid case studies from culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms. Fourteen reproducible forms and handouts can be photocopied or downloaded for use with students.

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Guilford Publications

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1462555667

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9781462555666

Nocturnals Omnibus Volume 2

By: Dan Brereton

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Nocturnals Omnibus Volume 2

By: Dan Brereton

Dan Brereton’s Eisner-nominated lush, innovative, and action-packed stories of supernatural menace and gritty heroics are collected in this second volume omnibus edition, featuring weird tales of horror and crime. The Nocturnals revolves around the mysterious quest of underworld enforcer and occult figure, Doc Horror; his supernaturally-gifted daughter Evening (aka Halloween Girl) who carries a pumpkin full of haunted toys; the Gunwitch, a silent, two-gun revenant with an itch to kill monsters; the lissome wraith Polychrome, and a host of hard-boiled inhuman players battling hidden evils lurking on the outskirts of human knowledge. Collects the previously published Nocturnals volumes: The Dark Forever, Gunwitch: Outskirts of Doom, Spectres, and A Nocturnal Alphabet.

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Dark Horse Comics

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1506726224

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9781506726229

Nocturnals Vol. 2: The Darkness Forever And Other Tales

By: Dan Brereton

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Nocturnals Vol. 2: The Darkness Forever And Other Tales

By: Dan Brereton

The essential collection of Dan Brereton's groundbreaking Nocturnals graphic novels and stories continues in this second hardcover volume, presenting over 250 pages of material we couldn't fit into Volume 1! Doc Horror's inhuman crew of avengers, including his spirited daughter, Evening, and her pumpkin full of haunted toys, tackle creatures hiding in the roughest hidden towns, the depths of the Earth, even the bottom of the sea. The nighttime world is teeming with dangers the sleeping populace is dimly aware of and only the Nocturnals are equipped to fight. This handsome, must-have volume Êfor newcomers and completists alike includes two mini-series: The Dark Forever, with story and art by Dan Brereton, and Gunwitch: Outskirts of Doom, with story by Brereton with art by Ted Naifeh (Courtney Crumrin, Death Jr.), as well as the Halloween special Troll Bridge, and the stories Spectres and Beasts. Extras include an afterword by creator Dan Brereton with Nocturnals insights and inspirations.

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Image Comics

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1534305351

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9781534305359

Nocturnals: The Dark Forever And Other Tales

By: Dan Brereton

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Nocturnals: The Dark Forever And Other Tales

By: Dan Brereton

The essential collection of Dan Brereton's groundbreaking 'Nocturnals' graphic novels and stories continues in this second volume. Doc Horror's crew of inhuman avengers, including his darkly-gifted daughter, Evening, tackle creatures hiding in the roughest hidden towns, the depths of the Earth, even the bottom of the sea. The nighttime world is crawling with dangers sleeping humans are dimly aware of and only the Nocturnals stand watch. This volume includes two miniseries: 'The Dark Forever' , and 'Gunwitch: Outskirts of Doom,' story by Dan Brereton and art by Ted Naifeh (Courtney Crumrin), as well as the special 'Troll Bridge' and stories 'Spectres' and 'Beasts.' Extras includes an Introduction by Howard Chaykin, with sketches and afterword by Dan Brereton

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Image Comics

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1534305327

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Buffalo for the Broken Heart

Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch

By: Dan O'Brien

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Buffalo for the Broken Heart

Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch

By: Dan O'Brien

For twenty years Dan O’Brien struggled to make ends meet on his cattle ranch in South Dakota. But when a neighbor invited him to lend a hand at the annual buffalo roundup, O’Brien was inspired to convert his own ranch, the Broken Heart, to buffalo. Starting with thirteen calves, “short-necked, golden balls of wool,” O’Brien embarked on a journey that returned buffalo to his land for the first time in more than a century and a half. Buffalo for the Broken Heart is at once a tender account of the buffaloes’ first seasons on the ranch and an engaging lesson in wildlife ecology. Whether he’s describing the grazing pattern of the buffalo, the thrill of watching a falcon home in on its prey, or the comical spectacle of a buffalo bull wallowing in the mud, O’Brien combines a novelist’s eye for detail with a naturalist’s understanding to create an enriching, entertaining narrative.

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Random House

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0307430731

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9780307430731

Nocturnals Omnibus Volume 1

By: Dan Brereton

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Nocturnals Omnibus Volume 1

By: Dan Brereton

Dan Brereton’s lush, innovative, action-packed stories of supernatural menace and gritty heroics are finally collected in this first volume omnibus edition, starting with “Black Planet”, the Eisner-nominated graphic novel which kicked off years of captivating weird tales of horror and crime. The Nocturnals revolves around the mysterious quest of underworld enforcer and occult figure, Doc Horror; his supernaturally-gifted daughter Evening (aka Halloween Girl) who carries a pumpkin full of haunted toys; the Gunwitch, a silent, two-gun revenant with an itch to kill monsters; the lissome wraith Polychrome, and a host of hard-boiled inhuman players battling hidden evils lurking on the outskirts of human knowledge. Collects the previously published Nocturnals volumes: Black Planet, Witching Hour, Carnival of Beasts, Troll Bridge, and The Dark Forever.

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Dark Horse Comics

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1506726194

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Nocturnals: The Sinister Path

By: Dan Brereton

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Nocturnals: The Sinister Path

By: Dan Brereton

Evil is again afoot and only the Nocturnals stand watch against the darkness. The death of the powerful and mysterious Judge Hemlock opens the door to one macabre revelation after another, as Doc Horror, spooky daughter Evening, and an armed revenant called the Gunwitch, investigate a haunted house enshrouded in the occult. What the Nocturnals find in the dungeon-like basement - and the toy-filled attic - is only the beginning of a wild and deadly hunt, as the monstrous Hemlock children are once again free to roam the countryside, seeking revenge on anyone unlucky enough to cross their sinister path.

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Image Comics

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1534305343

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Nocturnals: Legend

By: Dan Brereton

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Nocturnals: Legend

By: Dan Brereton

A twenty-year retrospective celebrating Dan Brereton's Eisner-nominated series of darkly pulp heroes, the Nocturnals. Packed with never-before-published illustrations, eerily beautiful paintings and pulp-drenched drawings spanning over two decades of this influential "monster noir" series. The unique accompanying text of this volume features diary and journal excerpts, interviews and stories by and about the characters themselves. A crucial and revelatory volume for both newcomers and aficionadas of the Nocturnals saga.

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1534305335

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Dancing to the Drum Machine

How Electronic Percussion Conquered the World

By: Dan LeRoy

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Dancing to the Drum Machine

How Electronic Percussion Conquered the World

By: Dan LeRoy

Dancing to the Drum Machine is a never-before-attempted history of what is perhaps the most controversial musical instrument ever invented: the drum machine. Here, author Dan LeRoy reveals the untold story of how their mechanical pulse became the new heartbeat of popular music. The pristine snap of the LinnDrum. The bottom-heavy beats of the Roland 808. The groundbreaking samples of the E-MUSP-1200. All these machines-and their weirder, wilder-sounding cousins-changed composition, recording, and performance habits forever. Their distinctive sounds and styles helped create new genres of music, like hip hop and EDM. But they altered every musical style, from mainstream pop to heavy metal to jazz. Dan LeRoy traces the drum machine from its low-tech beginnings in the Fifties and Sixties to its evolution in the Seventies and its ubiquity in the Eighties, when seemingly overnight, it infiltrated every genre of music. Drum machines put some drummers out of work, while keeping others on their toes. They anticipated virtually every musical trend of the last five decades: sequencing, looping, sampling, and all forms of digital music creation. But the personalities beneath those perfect beats make the story of drum machines a surprisingly human one-told here for the very first time.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501367293

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9781501367298

Nocturnals: Black Planet

By: Dan Brereton

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Nocturnals: Black Planet

By: Dan Brereton

Welcome to the delightfully frightening "monster noir" world of pulp adventurer, Doc Horror, and his spooky daughter Halloween Girl. Together with fetching wraith Polychrome , the silent revenant Gunwitch and a cast of monstrous heroes, the Nocturnals keep the sleepy town of Pacific City safe from crooks, creepy-crawlies and unspeakable things from the nether realms. This collection includes the entire Eisner-nominated Black Planet graphic novel along with the bonus 32-page story, 'Witching Hour.

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1534305319

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9781534305311

Holmes on the Range

A Novel of Bad Choices, Harsh Realities and Life in the Federal Prison System

By: Dan Holmes,Sam Skinner

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Holmes on the Range

A Novel of Bad Choices, Harsh Realities and Life in the Federal Prison System

By: Dan Holmes,Sam Skinner

Demons. We all have them. They take various forms and affect us in different ways. Some are obvious like drugs and alcohol. Loneliness and depression and self-doubt are not so apparent if that is all you've known until college. In Holmes on the Range, Dan Holmes, Esquire wakes up one morning and realizes he is living his childhood dream. Wife, children, houses, cars, jewelry and cash flow from his legal practice are his. What he doesn't realize is that the demons that haunted him when he was growing up did not disappear as his career blossomed. Then life threw Dan a typical business-oriented speed-bump that he handled by building it into a mountain he could never scale. Those long silent core emotions led him, with eyes wide open, to risk his profession, his marriage, his community standing and his soul to keep things going. Lie built upon lie, larger thefts compounded smaller ones--time was purchased with ever bigger crimes against the community he served while he ignored his family life. Just live long enough for one more economic upturn and a few good deals to come along--everything will be fine. Or win the lottery. FBI agents came calling first. After pleading guilty, ex-attorney Dan Holmes entered the federal prison system for a ninety-six month stay not knowing if he could survive in a world he had seen only in the media. Penal rehabilitation turns out to be a life lived with four hundred other minimum security types in an open campus where any inmate can walk off the property. Accountants, lawyers, physicians, drug dealers, stock brokers, priests, the mentally retarded, the mentally ill, odd pranksters, clever scammers, and people more resembling barking dogs than human beings are all around him. The staff people are there in prison too, and everyone has mostly nothing to do, and a lot of time to do it in. Middle school without teachers--a way wicked wild world so few get to know close up. About the Authors: Sam Skinner was born and raised in Florida. He graduated from college and began a career in banking where he rose to Vice-President, Construction Loans. Then he changed career paths and worked as Chief Operating Officer for a real estate developer in Virginia. It was then that his life took a turn for the worse. He decided to be loyal to his employer when the employer committed bank fraud to try to secure takeout financing for his upside-down real estate portfolio. Sam did not call 911 and report the felonies as soon as he saw them, which is the letter of the law. His loyalty to an individual he liked and admired trumped his moral compass. When everything collapsed, Sam was indicted and pled guilty when the developer did not stand up and take responsibility for the frauds he alone had committed and authorized. Dan Holmes grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and went to law school after graduating college. He worked hard and became successful in his trade and was on his way to enjoying the fruits of his labor. Unfortunately, Dan wasn't prepared for the many trials that life makes you endure and, in his moment of testing, Dan failed miserably.

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1927360668

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Van Der Graaf Generator

Every Album, Every Song

By: Dan Coffey

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Van Der Graaf Generator

Every Album, Every Song

By: Dan Coffey

No progressive rock band could ever be said to be a household name, but Van der Graaf Generator, who celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in 2018, rarely enjoyed that distinction even in the households of many prog fans. VdGG, and the band’s main creative force, Peter Hammill, only really had one foot in prog – the other pivoted between more straight-ahead rock, wild experimentation, and at times, brutal noise. While VdGG’s initial run ended prematurely, the band eventually came full-circle, reforming in 2005 and still going strong. Both Hammill and VdGG have been lauded as musicians’ musicians by such luminaries as Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Julian Cope, Mark E. Smith, and Johnny Rotten. This book will explore what these musicians, and legions of dedicated fans, found so inspiring over the years: all of the VdGG albums, including Pawn Hearts and Godbluff as well as several solo Hammill albums crucial to the VdGG story, are discussed in these pages, including a handful of essential live recordings, experiments, and collaborations. Nothing like this analysis of the band has been published before, and this book will prove an invaluable guide for navigating the Van der Graaf Generator sonic labyrinth. Dan Coffey is a librarian, critic, and poet. He has written extensively on experimental and avant-garde music for Avant Music News, Stereo Embers and Perfect Sound Forever, as well as publishing numerous book reviews for Foreword Magazine. He once interviewed VdGG in an electrical storm! Coffey lives in Iowa with his wife and son, and his ever-growing record collection.

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Sonicbond Publishing Ltd

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178952122X

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The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals

By: Dan Dietz

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The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals

By: Dan Dietz

While the 1960s may have been a decade of significant upheaval in America, it was also one of the richest periods in musical theatre history. Shows produced on Broadway during this time include such classics as Bye, Bye Birdie; Cabaret; Camelot; Hello Dolly!; Fiddler on the Roof; How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying; Oliver!; and Man of La Mancha. Performers such as Dick Van Dyke, Anthony Newley, Jerry Orbach, and Barbara Streisand made their marks, and other talents—such as Bob Fosse, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Jerome Robbins, and Stephen Sondheim—also contributed to shows. In The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines every musical and revue that opened on Broadway during the 1960s. In addition to providing details on every hit and flop, Dietz includes revivals and one-man and one-woman shows that centered on stars like Jack Benny, Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich, Danny Kaye, Yves Montand, and Lena Horne. Each entry consists of: Opening and closing dates Plot summaries Cast members Number of performances Names of all important personnel, including writers, composers, directors, choreographers, producers, and musical directors Musical numbers and the names of performers who introduced the songs Production data, including information about tryouts Source material Critical commentary Tony awards and nominations Details about London and other foreign productions In addition to entries for each production, the book offers numerous appendixes: a discography, film and television versions, published scripts, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and lists of productions by the New York City Center Light Opera Company, the New York City Opera Company, and the Music Theatre of Lincoln Center. A treasure trove of information,this significant resource will be of use to scholars, historians, and casual fans of one of the greatest decades in musical theatre history.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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144223072X

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Starfist: Wings of Hell

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

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Starfist: Wings of Hell

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

Planet Haulover has been invaded by Skinks. Until now, the aliens' existence has been hushed up. But Force Recon's shocking report leaves the Confederation no choice but to mount a military campaign against these alien predators bent on human destruction. Meanwhile, back home, the Confederation's president is being denounced as a warmonger out to exterminate “harmless” aliens. If she loses the upcoming elections, the Confederation will have a lot more Skinks to worry about than the ones on Haulover. Newly promoted Lieutenant Charlie Bass and his third platoon have more pressing concerns, such as staying alive. But what would be a suicide mission for most—whether it's raiding a hidden Skinks base or destroying the enemy's most lethal weapons during a desperate firefight—is just another job for the Thirty-fourth FIST.

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Del Rey

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0345501004

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Aliens: Bug Hunt

By: Jonathan Maberry,Paul Kupperberg,Dan Abnett

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Aliens: Bug Hunt

By: Jonathan Maberry,Paul Kupperberg,Dan Abnett

The premiere short story anthology based on the movie ALIENS, featuring the Colonial Marines in deep space, doing what they do best—hunting bugs! When the Colonial Marines set out after their deadliest prey, the Xenomorphs, it's what Corporal Hicks calls a bug hunt—kill or be killed. Here are eighteen all-new stories of such "close encounters," written by many of today's most extraordinary authors. Set during the events of all four AlienTM films, sending the Marines to alien worlds, to derelict space settlements, and into the nests of the universe's most dangerous monsters, these adventures are guaranteed to send the blood racing— One way or another.

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Titan Books

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1785654454

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Tranny

Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout

By: Laura Jane Grace,Dan Ozzi

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Tranny

Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout

By: Laura Jane Grace,Dan Ozzi

ONE OF BILLBOARD'S "100 GREATEST MUSIC BOOKS OF ALL TIME": The provocative transgender advocate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! provides a searing account of her search for identity and her true self. It began in a bedroom in Naples, Florida, when a misbehaving punk teenager named Tom Gabel, armed with nothing but an acoustic guitar and a headful of anarchist politics, landed on a riff. Gabel formed Against Me! and rocketed the band from its scrappy beginnings-banging on a drum kit made of pickle buckets-to a major-label powerhouse that critics have called this generation's The Clash. Since its inception in 1997, Against Me! has been one of punk's most influential modern bands, but also one of its most divisive. With every notch the four-piece climbed in their career, they gained new fans while infuriating their old ones. They suffered legal woes, a revolving door of drummers, and a horde of angry, militant punks who called them "sellouts" and tried to sabotage their shows at every turn. But underneath the public turmoil, something much greater occupied Gabel-a secret kept for 30 years, only acknowledged in the scrawled-out pages of personal journals and hidden in lyrics. Through a troubled childhood, delinquency, and struggles with drugs, Gabel was on a punishing search for identity. Not until May of 2012 did a Rolling Stone profile finally reveal it: Gabel is a transsexual, and would from then on be living as a woman under the name Laura Jane Grace. Tranny is the intimate story of Against Me!'s enigmatic founder, weaving the narrative of the band's history, as well as Grace's, with dozens of never-before-seen entries from the piles of journals Grace kept. More than a typical music memoir about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll-although it certainly has plenty of that-Tranny is an inside look at one of the most remarkable stories in the history of rock.

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Hachette+ORM

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0316264385

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Freedom From Religion in 30 Days: A REAL Wellness Approach to Critical Thinking, Exuberance and Personal Freedoms

By: Contributors include Annie Laurie Gaylor, Dan Barker, Gerrie Paino, Carol Ardell and 109 luminaries whose work is briefly cited to support or inform the material in the book

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Freedom From Religion in 30 Days: A REAL Wellness Approach to Critical Thinking, Exuberance and Personal Freedoms

By: Contributors include Annie Laurie Gaylor, Dan Barker, Gerrie Paino, Carol Ardell and 109 luminaries whose work is briefly cited to support or inform the material in the book

This book is a 30 Day plan for gaining more freedom from religion. "Freedom From Religion in 30 Days" (FFR) is an antidote for anti-democratic tendencies, irrationality, tribalism and intolerance. It also offers relief from the mental constraints of dogmas, creeds, and superstitions. Religion, as promoted by Christian Nationalists, obstructs and threatens our wellbeing and freedoms. Christopher Hitchens best-seller, "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," seems increasingly apt. In FFR, a case is made that religions poison not quite everything, but more than enough to make it a mental health and quality of life hazard. Whether you're a believer, a devout freethinker, or someone in-between, you will find each of the 30 days meets three standards: 1) engaging; 2) entertaining; and 3) informative. My goal is that FFR will hold your attention for a solid month, and benefit you even longer. WHY IT MATTERS FFR is about breaking away from the false claims and destructive effects of religion. It's also about the positive nature of a REAL wellness way to think more critically, live more exuberantly and enjoy more personal liberties. A large number of freedoms are available for the taking, once mental constraints of creeds and dogmas are eliminated. This book promotes: 1. Science-based critical thinking, using reason to guide important decisions. Few decisions are as important as what you believe about religions, especially the one in which you were indoctrinated. 2. Happiness, joy, fun, adventure, meaning and purpose in life. These are the key elements in the REAL wellness dimension of exuberance. 3. Freedom to live the kind of life you desire. This is the liberty dimension of REAL wellness. THE 30 DAY FORMAT All 30 essays address some aspect of religion as it affects mental freedoms that shape values, commitments, beliefs, behaviors and ultimately quality of life and wellbeing. The format is inspired by Wilfred Funk's, "30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary." Within the 30 essays are four self-evaluations focused upon reason, exuberance, personal liberties and management of stress. Over 30 topics are covered in the essays, though religion is a theme throughout. The topics, besides religion in general and Christianity in particular, include politics, heroic freethinkers, mountebanks, dubious and needed holidays, ethics, prayers, play, commandments, parenting, happiness, sexuality, doubt, aging and death. In addition to informing and entertaining, FFR advances skills and awareness needed to slow the frightful trends that threaten our national interests. THE PRISON OF BELIEF Although Christianity no longer has the power it wielded in the Middle Ages, and thus no longer engages in atrocities, such as the Inquisition's auto de fé carnival-like public executions of heretics, it has another insidious liability--it imprisons the brains of adherents, thereby diminishing our democracy and crippling our personal freedoms and opportunities for exuberant lives. James Haught put it this way: When people accept supernatural claims of a religion, their lives are altered. They commit themselves to belief in miracles, prophecies and similar magic, which orients their view of reality. It confines them—hindering their ability to consider other possibilities. This narrowed lifestyle can be called 'the prison of belief.' This book will delight you if you're no longer willing to go along with pablum babble in ritual blather, such as In God we trust, so help me God or God bless America. ================== TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION PRAISE FOR FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOREWORD INTRODUCTION THE 30 DAYS FOR FREEDOM FROM RELIGION Day 1 Questions To Guide A REAL Wellness Philosophy and Lifestyle Day 2 Religion and Wellbeing Day 3 Perspectives on Radical Islam and Christian Nationalism Day 4 Doubt: A Vital Quality for Effective Decision-Making Day 5 Why Catholics Should Consider Leaving the Church Day 6 An Upgrade from 10 Commandments to 10 REAL Commitments Day 7 Use Your Mind and You Will Find Nothing Fails Like Prayer Day 8 The National Day of Prayer Or a National Day of Reason Day 9 Exceptional People, the Winter Solstice and Christmas Day 10 Self-Evaluation to Estimate Your Experience of Reason Day 11 It's Difficult to be Well but, w/a Little Bit of Luck, You Might... Day 12 A REAL Wellness Take on Ethics Day 13 Robert G. Ingersoll Day 14 Play: An Under-Utilized Element in Education and Adult Life Day 15 Self-Evaluation of Stress Awareness and Management Day 16 Exuberant Skepticism: A Safeguard Against Pleasant Illusions Day 17 Dysfunctional Belief Systems and Anxieties, Magical Thinking Day 18 Life Is Meaningless: A Liberating REAL Wellness Perspective Day 19 Nothing Is Sacred Day 20 Self-Evaluation to Estimate Your Experience of Exuberance Day 21 Sexuality From a REAL Wellness Perspective Day 22 A REAL Perspective on the Satanic Temple Day 23 Real Wellness Or Religion: Choose Freedom, Not Dogma Day 24 Guiding Children Toward Critical Thinking and Mental Freedom Day 25 Happiness: REAL Wellness Perspectives on Enjoying Life Day 26 Reason-Based Alternatives To Alcoholics Anonymous Day 27 Which Will Come First: The Rapture Or the Demise of Religion Day 28 Celebrate Those Who Promote Reason & Science, Not Superstition Day 29 How to Die Healthy Day 30 Self-Evaluation to Estimate Experience of Personal Freedoms RECOMMENDED READING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO EVERYONE, LIVING AND DEAD, WHOSE WORDS ARE QUOTED IN "FREEDOM FROM RELIGION IN 30 DAYS

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Starfist: Flashfire

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

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Starfist: Flashfire

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

Packed with hard-core action written by battle-savvy combat veterans, the explosive Starfist series has become hugely popular across America. Now the saga of the courageous Marines continues in Flashfire, as the 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) ventures to the edge of Human Space to fight a number of enemies . . . some on their own side. Tensions erupt between the Confederation and several frontier worlds when civilians are shot dead at an army base on the planet Ravenette. Enraged, the Ravenette government and nine neighboring planets form a coalition, and their first act of secession is to overrun Ravenette’s Confederation garrison. With the armed forces of ten worlds seizing the brutal upper hand, the embattled troops need help—now—and they need it bad. Enter the Marines of the 34th FIST. As the nearest ready-to-deploy unit, the team is sent to Ravenette with orders to hold the line until reinforcements arrive. The upcoming operation promises to be no picnic, for while sophisticates may ridicule the backward ways of the uncouth frontier folk, no one scoffs at their fighting ability. Charlie Bass doesn’t mince words for his men in Company L’s third platoon. Two army divisions—perhaps thirty thousand soldiers—are being overwhelmed, and somebody expects a thousand Marines to save the day. As pompous Confederation generals wreak even more havoc than the enemy, there are those who call the mission suicide . . . but not the Marines. Of course it sounds hopeless, but for Marines like Charlie Bass and the rest of the 34th FIST, accomplishing the impossible comes with the territory.

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0345460553

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Starfist: First/School of Fire

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

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Starfist: First/School of Fire

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

First to Fight: Stranded in a hellish alien desert, stripped of their strategic systems, quick reaction force, and supporting arms, and carrying only a day's water ration, Marine Staff Sargeant Charlie Bass and his seven-man team faced a grim future seventy-five light-years from home. The only thing between his Marines and safety was eighty-five miles of uncharted, waterless terrain and two thousand bloodthirsty savages with state-of-the-art weapons in their hands and murder on their minds. School of Fire: Deployed to assist the oligarchs of Wanderjahr in putting down a rebellion that threatens the planet's political and economic stability, the Marines must fight two wars at the same time ... one against the resourceful, well-led guerrillas and another with the entrenched police bureaucracy.

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Camille Henrot

By: Jane Devery,Dan Fox

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Camille Henrot

By: Jane Devery,Dan Fox

Das künstlerische Spektrum der französischen Künstlerin Camille Henrot (*1978) umfasst die Bereiche Film, Malerei, Zeichnung, Skulptur und Installation. Henrots Einflüsse sind vielfältig und reichen von der Selbsthilfe über die Kulturanthropologie bis hin zu den sozialen Medien in ihrer Auseinandersetzung mit dem sich verändernden Status der Informationsverbreitung und der zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen. Henrots vielschichte Kunst stellt die Frage, was es bedeutet, gleichzeitig ein privates Individuum und ein globales Subjekt zu sein. Diese erste große Monografie über die Künstlerin zeigt Schlüsselwerke vom Beginn von Henrots Karriere bis zum Jahr 2020 und bietet einen intimen Blick auf neue Arbeiten auf Papier und immersive Ausstellungen wie The Pale Fox (2014) und Grosse Fatigue (2013). Über 200 Bilder werden von neuen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen über die Künstlerin begleitet. Die Bandbreite der versammelten Stimmen – Dan Fox, Shanay Jhaveri, Clara Meister, Jane Devery und Pip Wallis – wird dem Facettenreichtum von Henrots Werk gerecht.

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Hatje Cantz Verlag

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Starfist: Firestorm

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

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Starfist: Firestorm

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

Combat vets David Sherman and Dan Cragg know firsthand the courage, sacrifice, and hell of war—and their experiences have made the popular Starfist novels thrill rides of the highest order. Now the explosive action continues on the remote planet Ravenette, where the Marines of the Confederation’s 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) find themselves up against a full-fledged rebellion–and a lethally loose cannon of a commanding officer. Desperate to thwart unrelenting aliens and their quest to obliterate humankind, The Confederation has beefed up its defenses. But to the citizens on the outer edges of Human Space around Ravenette—unaware that a deadly enemy even exists—the government’s move seems oppressive, and ten planets have responded with a war of secession. In touch-and-go battles with the seceding planets, the 34th FIST has emerged battered but unbowed, refusing to give up . . . even while under the command of a fanatical general. The enemy determined to strike, a new mission must be carried out, though the troops will likely return in body bags. Should Ensign Charlie Bass and his Marines somehow survive the nightmarishly difficult amphibious landing, they can expect to be outmanned, outgunned, and out-armored in a fierce duel against fresh soldiers. But like any Marine worth his salt, Bass knows there’s only one way to go when facing impossible odds: on the offense with all guns firing. There’s no other choice—because if life was easy, there’d be no need to send in the Marines.

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Starfist: Double Jeopardy

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

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Starfist: Double Jeopardy

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

It may be the twenty-fifth century, but the Marines are still looking for a few good men. The Confederation has finally disclosed the existence of Skinks, fierce aliens bent on wiping out humankind. While the rest of the universe grapples with the news, the Skink-savvy Marines of the Confederation’s Thirty-fourth Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) have their own worries: they’ve just learned they can’t transfer out of the unit. Who else has the skills to fight the Skinks on their home turf when the time comes? Morale isn’t improved by a report of Skinks on the uncolonized world of Ishtar—which means that FIST must turn around and head right back into the jaws of hell with no downtime. But none of that matters to Lieutenant Charlie Bass and the third platoon of Company L. They’re Marines, they’re the best, and they’ve got a job to do.

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Soho

A Street Guide to Soho's History, Architecture and People

By: Dan Cruickshank

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Soho

A Street Guide to Soho's History, Architecture and People

By: Dan Cruickshank

Soho - illicit, glamorous, sordid, louche, poverty-stricken, squalid, exhilarating. One of Britain's best-loved historians, Dan Cruickshank, grants us an intimacy with centuries of rich and varied history as he guides us around the Soho of the last five hundred years. We learn of its original aspirations towards respectability, how it became London's bohemian quarter and why it was once home to its criminal underworld. The bars, clubs, theatres and their frequenters are described with detail that evokes the heart of the district. The history of Soho is written in its surviving architecture. Cruickshank points out the streets that were the stamping grounds of criminal dynasties and directs our attention towards the homes of renowned prostitutes, revealing Georgian sexual mores and surprising visitors - amongst them eighteenth-century painter Joshua Reynolds, whose peculiar 'caprice' was simply drawing the girls. Soho has been home to characters as diverse as Mrs Goadby's girls to the Maltese mafia, and Cruikshank draws these threads together with kaleidoscopic verve. Even as he mourns some of the changes, he pays testament to the district's resilience. He observes how the common denominator over the centuries is that it has always been a destination for immigrants: from French Huguenots to the East European Jewish community and recent Chinese diaspora - and that this is the foundation of its spirit and success.

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0297869337

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Scud: The Whole Shebang

By: Rob Schrab,Dan Harmon,Carter Mondy

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Scud: The Whole Shebang

By: Rob Schrab,Dan Harmon,Carter Mondy

BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END" Scud is programmed to destroy a basement monster but he will self destruct if he does, so the robotic assassin puts the wounded creature on life support and becomes a freelance assassin to pay for the hospital bills. Collects SCUD # 1-24, plus the super-sweet one-shot DRYWALL: UNZIPPED

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Image Comics

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1534310193

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Starfist: First to Fight

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

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Starfist: First to Fight

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

“Hard to put down . . . Any book written by Cragg and Sherman is bound to be addictive, and this is the first in what promises to be a great adventure series. First to Fight is rousing, rugged, and just plain fun.”—Ralph Peters, New York Times bestselling author of Red Army “Marines, we have just become a low-tech deep recon patrol . . .” Stranded in a hellish alien desert, stripped of their strategic systems, quick reaction force, and supporting arms, and carrying only a day's water ration, Marine Staff Sergeant Charlie Bass and his seven-man team faced a grim future seventy-five light-years from home. The only thing between his Marines and safety was eighty-five miles of uncharted, waterless terrain and two thousand bloodthirsty savages with state-of-the-art weapons in their hands and murder on their minds. But the enemy didn't reckon on the warrior cunning of Marines’ Marine Charlie Bass and the courage of the few good men who would follow him anywhere--even to death. . .

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0345436547

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Explorer's Guide Atlanta

A Great Destination

By: Carol Thalimer,Dan Thalimer

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Explorer's Guide Atlanta

A Great Destination

By: Carol Thalimer,Dan Thalimer

A resource for travelers features tips on dining, lodging, transportation, shopping, recreational activities, landmarks, and cultural opportunities.

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1581570864

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The Roads that Built America

The Incredible Story of the U.S. Interstate System

By: Dan McNichol

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The Roads that Built America

The Incredible Story of the U.S. Interstate System

By: Dan McNichol

The year 2006 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Interstate System, the most incredible road system in the world. Created by Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose WW II experiences taught him the necessity of a superhighway for military transport and evacuation in wartime, today's Interstate System is what connects our coasts and our borders, our cities and small towns. It's made possible our suburban lifestyle and caused the vast proliferation of businesses from HoJos to Holiday Inns. And if you order something online, most likely it's a truck barreling along an interstate that gets the product to your door. Written by bestselling author Dan McNichol, The Roads that Built America is the fascinating story of the largest engineering project the world has ever known.

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Starfist: A World of Hurt

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

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Starfist: A World of Hurt

By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg

With its down and dirty depiction of warfare written by men who know what it’s like to be under fire, the Starfist saga is a runaway success across America. Now, in the explosive new Starfist adventure, packed with fierce action and danger, Marines at war in future space find themselves pitted against a faceless, insatiable foe bent on destroying them. And that’s just for starters. How bad is the upcoming mission facing the battle-hardened Marines of 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST), the military’s unofficial alien first-contact force? Bad enough to make the brass take the unprecedented step of issuing 34th FIST replacements for combat losses before the Marines even leave their home base. In response to a series of unexplained deaths on a lonely outpost on the frontiers of human space, 34th FIST has been dispatched to investigate–and eradicate– the problem. Beyond that, the information available to Gunnery Sergeant Charlie Bass and his men is meager even by Marine standards. No one knows what awaits them, for the newly colonized world remains largely unexplored. That means 34th FIST can expect creatures they have never seen, or even heard of, much less trained for. It could be Skink acid shooters, could be anything, for the barren station has several secrets–all of them deadly. But the last thing these Marines expect to find is themselves in the middle of an invasion and a mysterious war–with none other than 34th FIST as Enemy #1. Whatever happens, they’ll deal with it, because they’re Marines, determined to be ready . . . and to give worse than they get.

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Without You

The Tragic Story of Badfinger

By: Dan Matovina

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Without You

The Tragic Story of Badfinger

By: Dan Matovina

Book and CD. The story of Badfinger is among the most tragic in the history of rock'n'roll. They were championed by the Beatles, yet their two principal songwriters committed suicide. An expose of the music business, Without You also serves as a tribute to the band's work. This revised edition includes a CD of over 72 minutes of music and interviews, 300 photos, complete listing of studio dates and concerts, and a discography.

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A Managerial Perspective on Physical Education and Sports

By: Rocsana Bucea-Manea-Țoniș,Dan Gheorghe Păun,Veronica Mîndrescu

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A Managerial Perspective on Physical Education and Sports

By: Rocsana Bucea-Manea-Țoniș,Dan Gheorghe Păun,Veronica Mîndrescu

This book presents the theory of classical management and integrates novelties brought by technology such as agile management, neuroscience principles as applied to leadership, blockchain, IoT (Internet of Things), cloud computing, AI. The book also provides detailed methodology of training management, detailed issues of quality and financial management regarding the teaching process in physical education and sports, and a vast perspective on management and resources in national and international sport federations, management of conflict and corruption in sport, competitive balance in sport, corporate social responsibility in sport. It also includes new case studies from the physical education and sports field. The book highlights the importance of experienced managers in physical education and sport regarding the entry of students into the field.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527515044

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Guitar Chords - Major Chords

By: Dan Lupo

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Guitar Chords - Major Chords

By: Dan Lupo

74 Major Chords for the guitarist of any level. Every page is designed specially to help you better understand each chord: - Only 1 image per page makes it clear and easy to read. - At least 6 different versions of each chord to help you master the neck. - The scale from which each chord is derived is displayed at the top of each page. - Root, 3rd, and 5th notes are labelled on each chart.

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1329811674

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Finding Our Fathers

A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy

By: Dan Rottenberg

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Finding Our Fathers

A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy

By: Dan Rottenberg

In this work Dan Rottenberg shows how to successfully trace your Jewish family back for generations by probing the memories of living relatives; by examining marriage licenses, gravestones, ship passenger lists, naturalization records, birth and death certificates, and other public documents; and by looking for clues in family traditions and customs.

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0806311517

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Groove Grimoire - Beginners

By: Dan Lupo

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Groove Grimoire - Beginners

By: Dan Lupo

106 beats for the beginning drummer. Clear, concise, and easy-to-read. 4/4 time signature beats for the hi-hat, snare, and bass drum.

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Guitar Chords - Minor 7 Chords

By: Dan Lupo

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Guitar Chords - Minor 7 Chords

By: Dan Lupo

74 Minor 7 Chords for the guitarist of any level. Every page is designed specially to help you better understand each chord: - Only 1 image per page makes it clear and easy to read. - At least 6 different versions of each chord to help you master the neck. - The scale from which each chord is derived is displayed at the top of each page. - Root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th notes are labelled on each chart.

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Music Word Search

By: Dan Lupo

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Music Word Search

By: Dan Lupo

42 puzzles and over 400 words! By Encore Music Books . www.EncoreMusicBooks.com

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Piano Chords

By: Dan Lupo

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Piano Chords

By: Dan Lupo

Piano Chords by Encore Music Books is a 100 page book containing a total of 348 different piano chords for the pianist of any level. Every page in this book is specially designed to help you better understand each chord. For example, at the top of each page you will find the scale in which each chord is derived. The notes of the scale that are being used in the chord are highlighted by a grey circle. The Root, 3rd, 5th, and in some cases, 7th notes are labelled on each keyboard to give you a complete, all-around, understanding of every chord. And just so there is no guesswork involved, underneath each keyboard can be found what we feel to be the best possible finger number combination to use for each particular chord. The finger numbers for the right hand are above the finger numbers for the left hand. In addition, to help you master the entire keyboard, 3 to 4 different inversions of each chord are presented on every page.

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1329818040

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Guitar Chords - Major 7 Chords

By: Dan Lupo

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Guitar Chords - Major 7 Chords

By: Dan Lupo

74 Major 7 Chords for the guitarist of any level. Every page is designed specially to help you better understand each chord: - Only 1 image per page makes it clear and easy to read. - At least 6 different versions of each chord to help you master the neck. - The scale from which each chord is derived is displayed at the top of each page. - Root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th notes are labelled on each chart.

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