Solitary Refinement
Solitary Refinement

Author: Nadina Mackie Jackson

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2020-12-09

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 152557566X

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A musician’s journey never ends, and the work is often solitary. Fortunately for bassoonists, Solitary Refinement can be a trusted companion throughout their musical career, replete with exercises adaptable by bassoon students who are still developing their skills, all the way to virtuosi seeking to perfect their craft. Drawing on her extensive career as a professional bassoonist and teacher, Nadina Mackie Jackson has assembled a comprehensive volume of technical exercises for the serious bassoonist. This book covers chromatic scales in many permutations and intervals, diatonic scales and chords, and exercises designed to strengthen fundamental basics, such as fingering, embouchure, double tonguing, vibrato, tuning and tone quality. In elegant, accessible prose, Nadina Mackie Jackson also shares her wisdom on the importance and philosophy of technical practice, with sensible advice on how to build good habits. Beyond the exercises, this book also serves as a guide for bassoonists on how to set personal goals and develop a sustained practice that will nurture their musical growth over a lifetime. Solitary Refinement is designed for the seriously committed bassoonist of any age to maintain, develop and expand their command of the bassoon, and will inspire players to see themselves in a world that combines musical passion and fundamental discipline.

Hell Can’t Wait
Hell Can’t Wait

Author: Robert Cybulski, Jr.

Publisher: Glowing Light, Inc.

Published: 2017-06-25

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1944187189

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After a group of upstart humans are sentenced to hell, they develop a 100 year master plan to get more humans to hell. Their plan conceived in the late 1800's consists of a series of inventions that will provide Satan with unbelievable reach to humans. Unfortunately, the plan does not receive a warm reception in hell. "Year - 1890 - Satan stood in his office surveying hell through the window. His concern grew as he analyzed his market reports on the number of souls arriving in hell. The results looked worse than ever...his regime was at a critical juncture at this point in history. If this flat growth in soul acquisition continued, good would reign over evil.” In frustration, Satan glanced at his desk, spying the two strategic plans to boost his soul-a-meter. One plan, the safest choice, recommended continuing with the current strategies. The other plan, presented by a new addition to hell, Sal, not only had him quite confused, but the old guard of hell despised it. He contemplated his options and just wasn’t sure what to do...Satan read the title of the plan, “Satan’s One Hundred-Year Master Plan.” He was aghast! One hundred years—wow—“Why should I wait one hundred years?” What happens to the master plan? Can Sal "win" in hell? Can Sal and Barb be together? All these questions will be answered through this unprecedented emotional ride through life in the most terrorizing existence. With the answer to the ultimate question, “what if our world is really not an accident, but rather crafted by the king of evil over 100 years ago?” Imagine the past as our future

Live Alone and Like It
Live Alone and Like It

Author: Marjorie Hillis

Publisher: 5 Spot

Published: 2009-11-29

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 0446571172

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In this witty, engaging guide, a renowned Vogue editor takes readers through the fundamentals of living alone by showing them how to create a welcoming environment and cultivate home-friendly hobbies, "for no woman can accept an invitation every night without coming to grief." "Whether you view your one-woman ménage as Doom or Adventure, you need a plan, if you are going to make the best of it." Thus begins Marjorie Hillis' archly funny, gently prescriptive manifesto for single women. Though it was 1936 when the Vogue editor first shared her wisdom with her fellow singletons, the tome has been passed lovingly through the generations, and is even more apt today than when it was first published. Hillis, a true bon vivant, was sick and tired of hearing single women carping about their living arrangements and lonely lives; this book is her invaluable wake-up call for single women to take control and enjoy their circumstances. With engaging chapter titles like "A Lady and Her Liquor" and "The Pleasures of a Single Bed," along with a new preface by author Laurie Graff (You Have to Kiss A Lot of Frogs), Live Alone and Like It is sure to appeal to live-aloners—and those considering taking the plunge.

120 Paragraphs
120 Paragraphs

Author: Bruce Hamilton

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2004-12

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 0595341306

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120 Paragraphs may seem to jape at the question of what a valid paragraph really might be. As if stuck in a jazzy or surrealistic world of horsing around, each 'paragraph' moves both nonchalantly and somewhat skittishly, at least in many instances. The real possible pleasure of the entire collection must be decidedly verbal, since verbal style definitely may seem to be prevailing over 'meaning'. Even so, traditional grammar remains both paramount and never to be at all disrespected. The author's main Literary Theorizing might include and re-include a strong likelihood that many time-honored versions of traditional logic and rhetoric perhaps have overly depended on very phony connectivity and on people's abilities to do anything like real remembering. The first Proffered "Paragraph" (rather typical?) goes thus: Defined as "a monkey," the lost crowd's mascot begins turning around and around. Aping himself, that "monkey" grows about as aboriginal as waxed skis on which the welkin formed a sure way of coping with several problems. Softly gnawing the bones nearby is the cure for so much. As a brackish practice what would be simpler than the taking into mouth and other mouth several of the midway-found fronds from ages now and long since apparently all but left? Tiny elements of hinting get along and reach a road of lit varnishes.

But I Didn't Want a Divorce
But I Didn't Want a Divorce

Author: Andre Bustanoby

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 0310221714

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'You must be willing to be a healed single person rather than an ever-grieving divorcee, ' says the author. This book answers the questions for those who 'didn't want a divorce, ' but now have to face the reality of i

Leading on Empty
Leading on Empty

Author: Wayne Cordeiro

Publisher: Bethany House

Published: 2010-04-01

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1441207422

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Wayne Cordeiro found himself paralyzed by burnout. He had been in ministry for 30 years, and 10 years after founding what is now the largest church in Hawaii, he found himself depleted. Wayne took a season out of his growing ministry to recharge and refocus on the truly important. He was able to get back in touch with his life, get back in proper balance, and re-energize his spirit through Christ in a way that propelled him forward to greater levels of service. Wayne first gave this message at a recent Willow Creek Leadership Summit, where it was the highest-rated presentation by those in attendance. Pulling no punches, Wayne talks about the walls leaders must break through and how to move on with integrity. Included are ways to care for oneself physically and emotionally as well as spiritually.

No Longer Confined
No Longer Confined

Author: Christopher D. Coleman

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2014-03-31

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1491728779

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At birth, he was not breathing and was therefore pronounced dead. Fifteen minutes later he filled the room with wailing, declaring himself ready to take on the world. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and doctors told his mother he would never walk, never read, and never even know he was himself. Christopher, however, had other plans for his life. No Longer Confined is the story of one mans fight for freedom. It began with physical and emotional imprisonment. From his wheelchair, Christopher shares his story of pursuing an unconfined life. His is a tale filled with joy and pain, victory and defeat, and yet he models for us how a life of adversities can be transformed into a journey toward freedom. Christophers life story makes it clear that even if you have to start out crawling, you can live a life above the circumstances to which you were born. Success is born of transcending the expectations of others and growing into your God-given potential. Whats in the wheelchair on the book cover? Be the first to solve the mystery and you will win a $250 cash prize! Here is the first clue: The object is mentioned towards the end of the book. Additional clues will be given on Christophers Unconfined Conversations video blog. If you are not currently on our email list, go to unconfinedlife.com/contact and sign up for notifications of recent & upcoming blogs.

Cultures of Consumption
Cultures of Consumption

Author: Frank Mort

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1135079994

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Examines the construction of images of masculinity and the effect they have on identity, sexuality and sexual politics. Influences from black and white culture are explored as well as the ironies of class, colour and sexuality.

New Asian Style
New Asian Style

Author: Jane Doughty Marsden

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2012-11-27

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1462906613

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More than ever before, interior design is a global affair. And more than ever, Westerners are eager to try out elements of Asian design. This book is the ultimate resource for professional and amateur designers seeking to recreate the mysterious elegance, balance, and beauty of Asian design. Through the magic of Masano Kawana's beautiful full-color photography, New Asian Style explores more than 30 stunning contemporary houses and homes from Singapore, all of which stand as examples of decorating and style that transcend their Eastern origins. In an effort to help designers pick up Asian ideas for their own settings, Jane Marsden's essays examine what elements make Asian style and how they might be captured in new settings anywhere in the world.