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Music Theory For Dummies

By: Michael Pilhofer,Holly Day

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Get more out of music with this essential guide Music Theory For Dummies makes music theory easy to understand, with a friendly, unintimidating overview of everything you need to know to become fluent at knocking out beats, reading musical scores, and learning to anticipate where a song should go—whether you're reading someone else's music or writing your own. Whether you're a music student or a music lover, you'll learn to read, write, and understand music with this informative guide. With expert instruction, you'll put it all together as you compose, arrange, and create original melodies, harmonies, and chords of your own, with helpful tips for performing your pieces in front of an audience. This new third edition presents the most current teaching techniques, the newest music genres and examples, and updated information on all aspects of understanding, creating, and performing music. Studies have shown that music training improves children's' verbal and spatial abilities, and it's been associated with cognitive and mathematical benefits in adults. The music job market is expected to increase over the coming years, and music theory is becoming an increasingly common part of education at all levels. Music Theory For Dummies provides the instruction you need to get more out of music than you ever thought possible. Master major and minor scales, intervals, pitches, and clefs Understand basic notation, time signals, tempo, dynamics, and navigation Employ melodies, chords, progressions, and phrases to form music Compose harmonies and accompanying melodies for voice and instruments Whether you intend to pursue a degree or career in music, or just enjoy listening to it, understanding the theory behind it gives you a whole new appreciation for the artistry and craftsmanship behind the pieces that give you goose bumps. It's a mix of technical skill, inborn talent, and plenty of practice – and now you can try your hand at it, with Music Theory For Dummies.

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1118990943

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Music Theory Note by Note

Your Guide to How Music Works—From Notes and Rhythms to Complete Compositions

By: Michael Miller

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Music Theory Note by Note

Your Guide to How Music Works—From Notes and Rhythms to Complete Compositions

By: Michael Miller

This concise and clear guide to simplified music theory teaches readers who play music by ear how to read musical notation by guiding them through the basics of reading and composing music to share with others. In this revised edition, renowned music author Michael Miller will help you learn: The basics of tones, including pitches, clefs, and major and minor keys The building blocks of rhythm, including basic notation, time signatures, and tempo How to create tunes, starting with melodies, chords, chord progressions, and phrases and form Composing and arranging your own music, including coverage of musical genres and forms, arranging for voices and instruments, working with scores, and performing your music The basics of accompaniment, including transcribing, accompanying melodies, and transposing to other keys Michael will also share online ear training and transcribing exercises to help you better understand music analysis. If your goal is to learn how to read and compose music, Music Theory Note by Note will provide just what you need to become successful.

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Dorling Kindersley Ltd

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0241667542

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The Finale in Western Instrumental Music

By: Michael Talbot

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The Finale in Western Instrumental Music

By: Michael Talbot

The knowledge that finales are by tradition (and perhaps also necessarily) 'different' from other movements has been around a long time, but this is the first time that the special nature of finales in instrumental music has been examined comprehensively and in detail. Three main types offinale, labelled 'relaxant', 'summative', and 'valedictory', are identified. Each type is studied closely, with a wealth of illustration and analytical commentary covering the entire period from the Renaissance to the present day. The history of finales in five important genres -- suite, sonata,string quartet, symphony, and concerto -- is traced, and the parallels and divergences between these traditions are identified. Several wider issues are mentioned, including narrativity, musical rounding, inter-movement relationships, and the nature of codas. The book ends with a look at thefinales of all Shostakovich's string quartets, in which examples of most of the types may be found.

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Oxford Monographs on Music

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0198166958

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The British Presidency

By: Michael Foley

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The British Presidency

By: Michael Foley

The Premiership of Tony Blair has not only reaffirmed previous trends towards leader-centered parties and governments, it has provided a decisive change in the development of a British presidency. The strategies and techniques designed to secure and expand Blair’s public outreach, together with the priority attached to the prime minister’s personal pledges and individual vision have propelled the office into new dimensions of independence. Michael Foley argues that the ascendancy of Blair is not an aberration, but rather a culmination of trends that have established vigorous leadership as a key criterion of political evaluation and governing competence. This edition is completely up-to-date, including the first convincing analysis of Tony Blair's leadership style.

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Manchester University Press

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0719050162

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Schubert's Song Sets

By: Michael Hall

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Schubert's Song Sets

By: Michael Hall

This title was first published in 2003. From 1821 until his death, Schubert compiled or specially composed for publication 42 song sets, yet during his own lifetime, and until now, their integrity and importance as sets have been virtually ignored. In this book, Michael Hall asserts that these songs sets are not arbitrary collections, as so often assumed, but highly integrated works in their own right. Approaching these songs as sets the book throws light on Schubert's largely undiscussed intellectual preoccupations. They reveal that he was au fait with most of the philosophical concerns of his time, especially those which touched on Romanticism. But although the sets reflect Romanticism in their topics, Hall maintains that they are the epitome of classical balance. In encouraging students and performers to approach these songs as sets, this study aims to alter perceptions of this important repertory.

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Routledge

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Newman and Carranza's Clinical Periodontology for the Dental Hygienist

By: Michael G. Newman,Gwendolyn Essex,Lory Laughter,Satheesh Elangovan

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Newman and Carranza's Clinical Periodontology for the Dental Hygienist

By: Michael G. Newman,Gwendolyn Essex,Lory Laughter,Satheesh Elangovan

**Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Most Promising New Textbook Award Winner, 2024** The complete health-focused approach makes this a must-have instructional resource to support you throughout your Dental Hygiene educational program and beyond. Based on the trusted content in Newman and Carranza's Clinical Periodontology, the most widely used periodontal textbook in the world, this resource provides the most up-to-date, complete, and essential information. The broad range of content covers everything from the biology of the periodontium – how it's structured and the functions it serves, the new classification of periodontal disease, the link between periodontal disease and systemic health, and more. An extensive clinical section contains a complete guide to everything from procedure instrumentation to patient management at the point of care. Full color photos, illustrations, radiographs show how to perform periodontal procedures. Case based practice questions and skill evaluation checklists promote board-exam readiness. The clear instruction and health-focused approach provides support throughout the Dental Hygiene program and beyond. - Online student and educator support on Evolve. - Dental hygiene emphasis and relevance provides solid foundational content. - Comprehensive topic coverage focuses on the translation of the science to evidence-based practice and clinical decision making. - Extensive full-color photos and illustrations clearly demonstrate core concepts and reinforce important principles. - Case-based clinical scenarios incorporated throughout the book mimic the patient case format used in credentialing exams. - Many new and important chapters on periimplantitis, resolving inflammation, evidence-based decision making, and critical thinking. - Robust art program of clinical images, charts, graphs, and unique illustrations enhances engagement. - The most complete atlas of periodontal pathology ever offered for the dental hygienist. - Key information and highlights presented as call out boxes.

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0323708420

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Mastering Music Fundamentals

A Guided Interactive Approach, Second Edition

By: Michael Kinney

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Mastering Music Fundamentals

A Guided Interactive Approach, Second Edition

By: Michael Kinney

Mastering Music Fundamentals is a prescriptive, hands-on introduction to the fundamentals of music theory that presents the subject in a user-friendly format so that students immediately are comfortable with the material. The organization and presentation of chapter topics revolve around essential principles explained and reinforced with numerous problems for students to solve. The book does not simply present basic theory; rather, it guides students using a visual step-by-step process that anticipates and answers their questions. Highlights of the Second Edition include an improved and streamlined approach to pedagogy, homework assignments, worksheets with answers at the end of each chapter, and an innovative hybrid methodology that addresses both traditional and programmatic learning styles.

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1478646292

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Too Little, Too Late

The Campaign in West and South Germany, June-July 1866

By: Michael Embree

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Too Little, Too Late

The Campaign in West and South Germany, June-July 1866

By: Michael Embree

In the spring of 1866, the so-called German Confederation, then a loose organization of autonomous states, was thrown into crisis by a rift between the two largest members, the Austrian Empire, and The Kingdom of Prussia. Since the founding of the Confederation, in 1815, it had been tacitly accepted that Austria was the overseeing authority. Now, however, a more belligerent Prussia sought a leading role. Under a new and ambitious Chancellor, the ruthless Prince Otto von Bismarck, Prussia would no longer accept a secondary role. This vital question of leadership naturally affected all member states, and none could ignore it. Matters, however, had moved beyond discussion, and, in June, hostilities began, with the Prussian invasion of the Kingdom of Hanover, and the Electorate of Hesse-Cassel. This volume chronicles the conflict over the unification of Germany, which actually occurred on German soil. The campaign in southern and western Germany ensured that political control of German affairs would be firmly in Prussian hands, controlled by Bismarck, in much the same way that the great battles between Prussia and Austria in the east would exclude Austria from German affairs altogether. The detailed story of this, the war of unification within Germany itself, is narrated here, compiled from numerous published and unpublished sources, including many contemporary and first-hand accounts, as well as official reports. The importance of the campaign, far too often ignored, is told here. This is an invaluable resource for any student of European military history of the mid-19th Century. Key topics include the historical background to the conflict, the political crisis of 1866 in the "German Parliament" and the build-up to war, full descriptions of all military forces involved, the various phases of the campaign. The book includes comprehensive orders of battle, informative maps, numerous illustrations (some in color) and photographs, many informative charts and diagrams. The author also presents a detailed analysis of contemporary and later sources. This is the latest title in Helion's ground-breaking series of 19th Century studies, and will appear in hardback as a strictly limited edition printing of 750 copies, each individually numbered and signed by the author on a decorative title page.

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1912174707

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An Introduction to Criticism

Literature - Film - Culture

By: Michael Ryan

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An Introduction to Criticism

Literature - Film - Culture

By: Michael Ryan

An accessible and thorough introduction to literary theory and contemporary critical practice, this book is an essential resource for beginning students of literary criticism. Covers traditional approaches such as formalism and structuralism, as well as more recent developments in criticism such as evolutionary theory, cognitive studies, ethical criticism, and ecocriticism Offers explanations of key works and major ideas in literary criticism and suggests key elements to look for in a literary text Also applies critical approaches to various examples from film studies Helps students to build a critical framework and write analytically

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1444357050

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Music Theory, 3E

By: Michael Miller

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Music Theory, 3E

By: Michael Miller

Music theory doesn’t need to be complicated, and this guide will show you how to make it simple. Idiot's Guides: Music Theory, Third Edition, is a concise and clear guide that teaches any budding musician or experienced musician how to read musical notation by navigating the basics of reading and composing music. Here’s what you’ll find: • The basics of tones, including pitches, clefs, scales, intervals, and major and minor keys • The building blocks of rhythm, including note values, basic notation, time signatures, and tempo, dynamics, and navigation • How tunes are created, starting with melodies, chords, chord progressions, and phrases and forms • The basics of accompaniment, including transcribing, accompanying melodies, and transposing to other keys • Composing and arranging, including coverage of musical genres and forms, how to compose your own music, arranging for voices and instruments, working with lead sheets and scores, and performing your music • Helpful reference appendixes, including a glossary, chord charts, and instrument ranges • Expanded online ear-training and transcribing exercise content, including exercises at the end of each chapter and an answer key appendix

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Collaborative Governance for Urban Revitalization

Lessons from Empowerment Zones

By: Michael J. Rich,Robert P. Stoker

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Collaborative Governance for Urban Revitalization

Lessons from Empowerment Zones

By: Michael J. Rich,Robert P. Stoker

For more than one hundred years, governments have grappled with the complex problem of how to revitalize distressed urban areas. In 1995, the original urban Empowerment Zones (Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia) each received a $100 million federal block grant and access to a variety of market-oriented policy tools to support the implementation of a ten-year strategic plan to increase economic opportunities and promote sustainable community development in high-poverty neighborhoods. In Collaborative Governance for Urban Revitalization, Michael J. Rich and Robert P. Stoker confront the puzzle of why the outcomes achieved by the original Empowerment Zones varied so widely given that each city had the same set of federal policy tools and resources and comparable neighborhood characteristics.The authors' analysis, based on more than ten years of field research in Atlanta and Baltimore and extensive empirical analysis of EZ processes and outcomes in all six cities shows that revitalization outcomes are best explained by the quality of local governance. Good local governance makes positive contributions to revitalization efforts, while poor local governance retards progress. While policy design and contextual factors are important, how cities craft and carry out their strategies are critical determinants of successful revitalization. Rich and Stoker find that good governance is often founded on public-private cooperation, a stance that argues against both the strongest critics of neoliberalism (who see private enterprise as dangerous in principle) and the strongest opponents of liberalism (who would like to reduce the role of government).

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Internet Privacy

Agencies' Efforts to Implement Omb's Privacy Policy

By: Michael Brostek,Linda J. Libician

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Internet Privacy

Agencies' Efforts to Implement Omb's Privacy Policy

By: Michael Brostek,Linda J. Libician

To ensure that individuals have notice about how their personal info. is handled when they visit Fed. Web sites, the OMB issued a memo requiring Fed. agencies to post privacy policies on their Internet Web sites and provided guidance. It requires agencies to post privacy policies that: clearly and concisely inform visitors to the Web sites what info. the agency collects, why it is collected, and how it will be used; and are clearly labeled and easily accessed when someone visits a Web site. This report provides info. on whether agencies were adhering to the OMB guidance. Compares OMB1s memo and its guidance with statutory require. that are applicable to agencies.

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DIANE Publishing

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Employment Discrimination

Selected Cases and Statutes 2020 Supplement

By: Michael Zimmer,Charles A. Sullivan,White, Rebecca Hanner

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Employment Discrimination

Selected Cases and Statutes 2020 Supplement

By: Michael Zimmer,Charles A. Sullivan,White, Rebecca Hanner

Employment Discrimination: Selected Cases and Statutes, 2018 Supplement

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Irrigation Theory And Practice - 2Nd Edn

Theory and Practice

By: A M Michael

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Irrigation Theory And Practice - 2Nd Edn

Theory and Practice

By: A M Michael

It is a comprehensive treatise on Water Resources Development and Irrigation Management. For the last 30 years the book has enjoyed the status of an definitive textbook on the subject. It has now been thoroughly revised and updated, and thus substantially enlarged. In addition to the wholesale revision of the existing chapters, three new chapters have been added to the book, namely, Lift Irrigation Systems and their Design, Water Requirement of Crops and Irrigation Management, and Economic Evaluation of Irrigation Projects and Water Pricing Policy.

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Vikas Publishing House

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8125918671

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The Music of Brahms

By: Michael Musgrave

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The Music of Brahms

By: Michael Musgrave

Michael Musgrave presents a contemporary view of Brahms 150 years after his birth, seeing him not simply as the "conservative" figure so often stressed in the past, but as one who creatively reinterpreted a wider range of historical elements than any composer of his time. Brahms absorbed his studies directly into his music making and composition and in so doing helped to evolve not merely a personal language which was regarded as progressive and sometimes difficult by a range of contemporaries and successors, but also helped to establish an ethos of historical reference which anticipates the twentieth century. The Music of Brahms concentrates on the music, with Brahms's life discussed briefly in the introduction. The works are considered in four phases according to genre, with an emphasis on connection and on the development and elaboration of a unified language. The list of works includes recent discoveries and a calendar outlines the pattern of his musical life, including relevant information concerning performances.

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Oxford University Press

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0198164017

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory

By: Michael Miller

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory

By: Michael Miller

Published in 1992, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theoryhas proven itself as one of Alpha's best-selling books and perhaps the best-selling trade music theory book ever published. In the new updated and expanded second edition, the book includes a special CD and book section on ear training. The hour-long ear-training course reinforces the basic content of the book with musical examples of intervals, scales, chords, and rhythms. Also provided are aural exercises students can use to test their ear training and transcription skills. The CD is accompanied by a 20-page section of exercises and examples.

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1592574378

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Study Guide to DSM-IV-TR

By: Michael A. Fauman

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Study Guide to DSM-IV-TR

By: Michael A. Fauman

Study Guide to DSM-IV-TR® demonstrates the fundamental features of DSM-IV-TR disorders through brief clinical vignettes, and questions and answers. These vignettes help beginning students and experienced clinicians visualize a disorder in the context of a multidimensional patient who is characterized by more than just the fulfillment of individual diagnostic criteria. Study Guide to DSM-IV-TR® • Describes common problems in diagnosis• Provides guidelines for resolving issues of diagnostic uncertainty• Summarizes the core concepts of the diagnostic group discussed in each chapter• Presents interesting case examples that provide "diagnostic prototypes" of the individual disorders included in DSM-IV-TR• Includes self-assessment questions that allow the reader to test their understanding of DSM-IV-TR Several new sections have been added • Boundary Between Normality and Abnormality• Dimensional vs. Categorical Classification Study Guide to DSM-IV-TR® is an indispensable companion designed to help students, residents, and clinicians conceptualize how DSM-IV-TR can be used in everyday practice.

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Political Leadership

Themes, Contexts, and Critiques

By: Michael Foley

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Political Leadership

Themes, Contexts, and Critiques

By: Michael Foley

Despite its recognized significance in social life, leadership is a notoriously elusive subject that generates a host of different points of explanatory focus. This is particularly so in the field of political leadership, which has been afflicted by an enduring split between the biographical idiosyncrasies of individual leaders and the specialist contributions from an array of social science disciplines. This new study is designed to establish an improved balance between this often myopic and confusing bifurcation of approaches. It engages with an expansive range of empirical, theoretical, and interpretive research into the issue of leadership but does so in a way that ensures that the political character of the subject is kept securely in the foreground. The project is therefore designed to maintain a clear emphasis upon leaders embedded in their political contexts and viscerally connected to high level issues of political location and status, political power and legitimacy, and political functions and contingencies. The book has a cumulative design that moves from an in-depth analysis of the basic components of political leadership to an examination of a series of key dimensions relating to leadership activity and development—namely the themes of representation, communication, marketing, business practice, and the issue of women leaders. It goes on to survey the developmental properties of the international sphere before concluding with a substantive review of the changing landscapes of contemporary leadership activity and the different ways that we come to terms with the theme of political leadership in an increasingly complex world.

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OUP Oxford

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0191509353

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The Symphony

A Listener's Guide

By: Michael Steinberg

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The Symphony

A Listener's Guide

By: Michael Steinberg

A guide to the symphony, with commentary on 118 works by 36 composers.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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Building Better Applications

A Theory of Efficient Software Development

By: Michael R. Dunlavey

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Building Better Applications

A Theory of Efficient Software Development

By: Michael R. Dunlavey

As computer software has grown more capable and sophisticated, the underlying operating code has expanded. Now an experienced software developer proposes a new set of theoretical ideas and practical techniques for writing simpler, more efficient programs. Dunlavey analyzes programmers and the work they produce, offering a strategy for making both perform better.

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0442017405

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The Edmonton Oilers

By: K. Michael Gaschnitz

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The Edmonton Oilers

By: K. Michael Gaschnitz

The Edmonton Oilers have been one of the most successful and exciting hockey teams during the last twenty years. Led in their glory days by Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Paul Coffey, Jari Kurri, Glenn Anderson, and Grant Fuhr, it is not surprising that the Oilers won five Stanley Cups in seven years. This work is a history of the Edmonton Oilers from 1979, the year the team joined the National Hockey League, through the 2000-2001 season. The first part details each of the Oilers' seasons and provides complete regular and postseason scoring and goal-tending statistics for each season. The second part presents an alphabetical listing of every player to wear an Oilers uniform and his statistics while playing for the team. There are also sections on the Oilers' seven years in the World Hockey Association before joining the NHL, team transactions, drafts, player awards, team milestones and records, summaries of all five of the Stanley Cup-winning games, and the Sky Reach Center, home of the Oilers.

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McFarland

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0786412526

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An Introduction to the Law of Employment Discrimination

By: Michael Evan Gold

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An Introduction to the Law of Employment Discrimination

By: Michael Evan Gold

This new edition of An Introduction to the Law of Employment Discrimination summarizes the federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, age, and disability. Several major statutes, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Equal Pay Act, protect American workers from discrimination. In this handy reference guide, Michael Evan Gold discusses complex legislation in lucid, understandable terms. In his discussion of each statute, the author provides such information as: who is protected by the statute; who must obey the statute; principal definitions of discrimination together with numerous examples; ways of proving discrimination; reasonable accommodation; defenses to discrimination; retaliation; remedies; and procedures for bringing a claim.

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Cornell University Press

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Designing Geodatabases

Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling

By: David Arctur,Michael Zeiler

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Designing Geodatabases

Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling

By: David Arctur,Michael Zeiler

Building accurate geodatabases is the foundation for meaningful and reliable GIS. By documenting actual case studies of successful ArcGIS implementations, Designing Geodatabases makes it easier to envision your own database plan."--Jacket.

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158948021X

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The Korean War

The West Confronts Communism

By: Michael Hickey

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The Korean War

The West Confronts Communism

By: Michael Hickey

An authoritative account by the historian and Korean War vet offers “a comprehensive picture of the war . . . and riveting tales of heroics . . . Gripping” (The Washington Post Book World). Winner of the Westminster Medal for Military Literature On June 25, 1950, the North Korean People’s Army shocked American troops by crossing the 38th parallel into South Korea. After five years of relative quiet following the close of World War II, the US Army was unprepared to face a battle-ready enemy. After an initial defeat, General MacArthur turned the tides along with significant contributions from UN allies. Joining the Americans were troops from Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Turkey, and elsewhere, working together despite problems of culture and logistics. In The Korean War, Michael Hickey frames the conflict in the larger context of international power politics. A veteran of the war himself, he recounts such masterstrokes as MacArthur’s landing behind the enemy lines at Inchon, the drama of the glorious Glosters episode, and both collaboration and mutiny in the prisoner-of-war camps of either side. Drawing on many previously unexamined sources from several countries, including recently declassified documents, regimental archives, diaries, and interviews, Hickey adds extensively to our knowledge of one of the most significant conflicts of modern times. “[A] fine, opinionated contribution to Korean War literature . . . Not to be missed.” —Publishers Weekly

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ABRAMS

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1468305573

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The Concerto

A Listener's Guide

By: Michael Steinberg

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The Concerto

A Listener's Guide

By: Michael Steinberg

Michael Steinberg's 1996 volume The Symphony: A Reader's Guide received glowing reviews across America. It was hailed as "wonderfully clear...recommended warmly to music lovers on all levels" (Washington Post), "informed and thoughtful" (Chicago Tribune), and "composed by a master stylist" (San Francisco Chronicle). Seiji Ozawa wrote that "his beautiful and effortless prose speaks from the heart." Michael Tilson Thomas called The Symphony "an essential book for any concertgoer." Now comes the companion volume--The Concerto: A Listener's Guide. In this marvelous book, Steinberg discusses over 120 works, ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach in the 1720s to John Adams in 1994. Readers will find here the heart of the standard repertory, among them Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, eighteen of Mozart's piano concertos, all the concertos of Beethoven and Brahms, and major works by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Bruch, Dvora'k, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Elgar, Sibelius, Strauss, and Rachmaninoff. The book also provides luminous introductions to the achievement of twentieth-century masters such as Arnold Schoenberg, Be'la Barto'k, Igor Stravinsky, Alban Berg, Paul Hindemith, Sergei Prokofiev, Aaron Copland, and Elliott Carter. Steinberg examines the work of these musical giants with unflagging enthusiasm and bright style. He is a master of capturing the expressive, dramatic, and emotional values of the music and of conveying the historical and personal context in which these wondrous works were composed. His writing blends impeccable scholarship, deeply felt love of music, and entertaining whimsy. Here then is a superb journey through one of music's richest and most diverse forms, with Michael Steinberg along as host, guide, and the best of companions.

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019802634X

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A History of the Concerto

By: Michael Thomas Roeder

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A History of the Concerto

By: Michael Thomas Roeder

A History of the Concerto may be read from cover to cover, but readers may also use the extensive index to focus on specific concertos and their composers. Numerous musical examples illuminate critical points. While some readers may want to study the more detailed analyses with scores in hand, this is not essential for an understanding of the text.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0931340616

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9780931340611

Biological Psychology

By: Stephen B. Klein,B. Michael Thorne

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Biological Psychology

By: Stephen B. Klein,B. Michael Thorne

This is a comprehensive and up-to-date presentation of the processes by which biological systems, most notably the nervous system, affect behaviour. A fantastic art program, an applauded accessible writing style and a host of pedagogical features make the text relevant to the lives of the students taking biological psychology.

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Macmillan

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0716799227

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Saudi Arabia Labor Law Outline

By: Michael O'Kane

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Saudi Arabia Labor Law Outline

By: Michael O'Kane

Completely rewritten for 2018! If you are thinking of working in Saudi Arabia or if you hire workers in the Kingdom, you need this book. No other book like this is available on the market, either in English or Arabic. Working and living in Saudi Arabia is unlike working anywhere else on the planet. This helpful text orients the new employee to a singular legal environment. It is also a handy reference for companies that employ workers in Saudi Arabia or anyone interested in examining the labor rules of one of the world's strongest economies. Fully indexed, this is the only book that annotates each article of the labor law, contains the hard to find implementing regulations as well as the current nitaqat ("ranges") table with an explanation. You'll find for the first time in English--both the new Domestic Servants law as well as the visa enforcement rules distributed to foreign embassies. The new Implementing Regulations are fully integrated into the text as well. Every business should have a copy to use as a handy desk reference. Personnel officers in the Kingdom will find it similarly useful. Employees can use the book to learn their rights under the law. Learn about the End of Service Benefit, vacation pay, the importance of the labor contract, Saudiization and more. Explore visa and immigration issues, sponsorship, and what qualifies as a breach of a Saudi employment contract. This best-selling handbook on Saudi labor law is full of critical information for the new Saudi employee or the employer who seeks to recruit staff for the Kingdom.

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Michael OKane

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0615427057

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