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Book Happy Go Local

    Book Details:
  • Author : Linsly Donnelly
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2010-02-18
  • ISBN : 1440506825
  • Pages : 218 pages

Download or read book Happy Go Local written by Linsly Donnelly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-02-18 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CSAs or farmers' markets? Upcycling or freecycling? Carpools or staycations? All of the above? They're all great choices - but how do you decide where your family's time and energy is best spent? In Happy-Go-Local, Linsly Donnelly shares countless ideas from her own experience in living locally to help you raise a happy and sustainable family. From community swaps to cooking co-ops, her approachable, step-by-step style will inspire you to make changes that bring your family, neighborhood, and town together - one compost pile at a time. Featuring interviews and tips from professionals in the sustainable movement, this all-in-one guide takes the guesswork out of living locally - and is one item you won't want to recycle!

Book Happy Go Lucky

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Sedaris
  • Publisher : Hachette UK
  • Release : 2022-05-31
  • ISBN : 0316392448
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book Happy Go Lucky written by David Sedaris and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Sedaris, the “champion storyteller,” (Los Angeles Times) returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to feed to ants, and telling his nonagenarian father wheelchair jokes. But then the pandemic hits, and like so many others, he’s stuck in lockdown, unable to tour and read for audiences, the part of his work he loves most. To cope, he walks for miles through a nearly deserted city, smelling only his own breath. He vacuums his apartment twice a day, fails to hoard anything, and contemplates how sex workers and acupuncturists might be getting by during quarantine. As the world gradually settles into a new reality, Sedaris too finds himself changed. His offer to fix a stranger’s teeth rebuffed, he straightens his own, and ventures into the world with new confidence. Newly orphaned, he considers what it means, in his seventh decade, no longer to be someone’s son. And back on the road, he discovers a battle-scarred America: people weary, storefronts empty or festooned with Help Wanted signs, walls painted with graffiti reflecting the contradictory messages of our time: Eat the Rich. Trump 2024. Black Lives Matter. In Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about these recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all. If we must live in interesting times, there is no one better to chronicle them than the incomparable David Sedaris.

Book Something to Live For

Download or read book Something to Live For written by Walter van de Leur and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-31 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duke Ellington was one of jazz's greatest figures, a composer and bandleader of unparalleled importance and influence. But little attention has been given to his chief musical collaborator, Billy Strayhorn, who created hundreds of compositions and arrangements for his musical partner, and without whom the sound of Ellington's orchestra would have been very different. Now, in Walter van de Leur's provocative new book, Something To Live For, Billy Strayhorn steps out from Ellington's shadow and into the spotlight. Van de Leur argues that far from being merely a follower of Ellington or his alter ego, Strayhorn brought a radically new and visionary way of writing to the Ellington orchestra. Making extensive use, for the first time, of over 3,000 autograph scores, Van de Leur separates Strayhorn from Ellington, establishes who wrote what, and clearly distinguishes between their distinctive musical styles. "Both Strayhorn's and Ellington's oeuvres," writes Van de Leur, "though historically intertwined, nevertheless form coherent, separate musical entities, especially in terms of harmonic, melodic, and structural design." Indeed, Something to Live For allows us to see the characteristic features of Strayhorn's compositions and arrangements, his "musical fingerprints," and to analyze and evaluate his music on its own terms. The book also makes clear that Strayhorn's contribution to the band was much larger, and more original, than has been previously acknowledged. Based on a decade of research and offering detailed analyses of over 70 musical examples, Something to Live For casts new light--and will surely arouse intense debate--on two of the most important composers in the history of jazz.

Book The Happy Book

Download or read book The Happy Book written by Andy Rash and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of ARCHIE THE DAREDEVIL PENGUIN comes the unique story of two friends who can't escape all the feels. Camper is happy as a clam and Clam is a happy camper. When you live in The Happy Book, the world is full of daisies and sunshine and friendship cakes . . . until your best friend eats the whole cake and doesn't save you one bite. Moving from happiness to sadness and everything in between, Camper and Clam have a hard time finding their way back to happy. But maybe happy isn't the goal--being a good friend is about supporting each other and feeling all the feels together. At once funny and thoughtful, The Happy Book supports social-emotional learning. It's a book to keep young readers company no matter how they're feeling!

Book Wag

    Wag

    Book Details:
  • Author : Zazie Todd
  • Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
  • Release : 2020-03-10
  • ISBN : 1771643803
  • Pages : 254 pages

Download or read book Wag written by Zazie Todd and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect holiday gift for dog owners: [a] must-have guide to improving your dog's life (Modern Dog Magazine). As seen in The New York Times, People, SLATE, Psychology Today "[A] must-have guide to improving your dog's life." -Modern Dog Magazine Whether you are training a new puppy, considering adopting a dog, researching dog breeds, or simply curious about your own dog's happiness and behavior, Wag has all the answers-and then some. Respected dog trainer and social psychologist, Zazie Todd, demystifies the inner life of canines and shares recommendations from leading veterinarians, researchers, and trainers to help you cultivate a rewarding and respectful relationship with your dog-which offers many benefits for you, your family, and your four-legged friend. "Inside this engaging, practical book, readers will find: -A Check List for a Happy Dog -Enrichment exercises - How to socialize and train a new puppy -How to reduce fear and anxiety in dogs -Tips for visiting the vet -Information on aging dogs -Expert interviews with vets and psychologists -And so much more! "Dog owners and those considering becoming one should appreciate Todd's substantial insight into how dogs and humans relate to one another"-Publishers Weekly

Book We Want to Go to School

Download or read book We Want to Go to School written by Maryann Cocca-Leffler and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Junior Library Guild Selection February 2022 The true story of the people who helped make every public school a more inclusive place. There was a time in the United States when millions of children with disabilities weren't allowed to go to public school. But in 1971, seven kids and their families wanted to do something about it. They knew that every child had a right to an equal education, so they went to court to fight for that right. The case Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia led to laws ensuring children with disabilities would receive a free, appropriate public education. Told in the voice of Janine Leffler, one of the millions of kids who went to school because of these laws, this book shares the true story of this landmark case.

Book Duke Ellington Studies

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Howland
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2017-05-11
  • ISBN : 1108239072
  • Pages : 333 pages

Download or read book Duke Ellington Studies written by John Howland and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duke Ellington (1899–1974) is widely considered the jazz tradition's most celebrated composer. This engaging yet scholarly volume explores his long career and his rich cultural legacy from a broad range of in-depth perspectives, from the musical and historical to the political and international. World-renowned scholars and musicians examine Ellington's influence on jazz music, its criticism, and its historiography. The chronological structure of the volume allows a clear understanding of the development of key themes, with chapters surveying his work and his reception in America and abroad. By both expanding and reconsidering the contexts in which Ellington, his orchestra, and his music are discussed, Duke Ellington Studies reflects a wealth of new directions that have emerged in jazz studies, including focuses on music in media, class hierarchy discourse, globalization, cross-cultural reception, and the role of marketing, as well as manuscript score studies and performance studies.

Book James Brown s Live at the Apollo

Download or read book James Brown s Live at the Apollo written by Douglas Wolk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-08-10 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable book, Douglas Wolk brings to life an October evening in 1962, at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem – an evening at the height of Cold War tensions. In great detail, Wolk pieces together what took place (and what was recorded) that night, and illustrates beautifully the enduring power of one of James Brown's – and popular music's – defining moments: Live at the Apollo.

Book Mobile Social Networking

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alvin Chin
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2013-10-30
  • ISBN : 1461485797
  • Pages : 253 pages

Download or read book Mobile Social Networking written by Alvin Chin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of contextually aware, pervasive, distributed computing, and sensor networks to bridge the gap between the physical and online worlds is the basis of mobile social networking. This book shows how applications can be built to provide mobile social networking, the research issues that need to be solved to enable this vision, and how mobile social networking can be used to provide computational intelligence that will improve daily life. With contributions from the fields of sociology, computer science, human-computer interaction and design, this book demonstrates how mobile social networks can be inferred from users' physical interactions both with the environment and with others, as well as how users behave around them and how their behavior differs on mobile vs. traditional online social networks.

Book Dynamics of Industrial Revolution 4 0  Digital Technology Transformation and Cultural Evolution

Download or read book Dynamics of Industrial Revolution 4 0 Digital Technology Transformation and Cultural Evolution written by Ratri Wulandari and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-25 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 7th Bandung Creative Movement conference presented the theme "Dynamics of Industrial Revolution 4.0" which discussed how the digital world and connectivity changed human culture in various aspects of life, and transformed in accordance to human needs and social culture. Digital technology has transformed society to serve people from manufacturing needs to smart cities, from network connectivity to people connectivity. The application of information technology has helped in improving live quality and environmental sustainability. Digital transformation is revolutionizing how businesses and workers interconnect to be more productive and efficient. The result is improved collaboration, faster processes and time-to-market, lower costs and better products. Devices are getting smarter, meaning they are able to perform more and more tasks without human intervention; moreover, these devices generate data that provide insights to further improve processes and gain greater efficiencies. Moreover, with the Internet of Things (IoT), all these smart devices are interconnected in ways that not only help make them even smarter, but also enhances the intelligence of the overall system. Digital technology is a formidable driver for the transformation of a highly carbon-dependent world into one that is more ecologically ‘smart.’ We are entering a new era of environmental innovation that is driving better alignment between technology and environmental goals. Since its first announcement in 2011, industrial revolution 4.0 has dynamically changed and transformed to adjust itself to the human needs and to serve more efficiency and effectiveness of everyday life as well as environmental enhancement. The 7th Bandung Creative Movement has brought forward discussions on dynamic changes, ups and downs, innovations, relations of industrial revolution of the internet of thing, data, automation, to human physical world, new art and aesthetic, business, product innovation, built environment, and education.

Book Stone Cutters  Journal

Download or read book Stone Cutters Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Stone Cutters  Journal

Download or read book The Stone Cutters Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Astronomical

    Book Details:
  • Author : K.G. Bethlehem
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2014-05-02
  • ISBN : 1312160934
  • Pages : 392 pages

Download or read book Astronomical written by K.G. Bethlehem and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2025; Colonel Harrison is given a simple mission to discover potential allies to aid against a potential war from the Nexus Jor and to find the missing vessel of Captain Delcid that was sent out years ago on the exact same mission. But what Colonel Harrison does not know is that this mission will encounter life forms and technologies that are well beyond his comprehension. The entire world is section off into two major provinces; the first being the United States of Western Lands (USW). Consequently, as Colonel Harrison is dealing with the impending war in outer space and an underground resistance movement on Earth is taking place led by a former X-Policeman named Mury Te. As his plight was shown by a mission too guided by gaining allies in different cities across the mainland, his mission for the TRUTH will have an eerie similar fate like Colonel Harrison with unknown results.

Book The Real Book   Volume IV

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hal Leonard Corp.
  • Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
  • Release : 2014-07-01
  • ISBN : 1480397865
  • Pages : 1021 pages

Download or read book The Real Book Volume IV written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 1021 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Fake Book). Since the 1970s, The Real Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Hal Leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes as well as exciting new volumes to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in all styles of music! All the Real Books feature hundreds of time-tested songs in accurate arrangements in the famous easy-to-read, hand-written notation. This all-new 4th volume presents 400 more songs, not previously available in any other volume! Includes: Ashes to Ashes * Button up Your Overcoat * Cocktails for Two * Days of Wine and Roses * Down with Love * A Foggy Day (In London Town) * The Good Life * Home * I Got Rhythm * I Hadn't Anyone Till You * If You Could See Me Now * Just Friends * Kansas City * Linus and Lucy * Lonely Girl * Maybe This Time * My Bells * Night and Day * On Broadway * On Green Dolphin Street * Only the Lonely * The Pink Panther * Puttin' on the Ritz * Relaxin' at the Camarillo * Reunion Blues * The Sermon * The Shadow of Your Smile * Side by Side * Smile * Summertime * Sunny * Them There Eyes * and many more.

Book Ellingtonia

    Book Details:
  • Author : W. E. Timner
  • Publisher : Scarecrow Press
  • Release : 2000-01-01
  • ISBN : 0585040842
  • Pages : 684 pages

Download or read book Ellingtonia written by W. E. Timner and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a discography, this book compiles the complete recorded music of Duke Ellington and his sidemen, including studio recordings, movie soundtracks, concerts, dance dates, radio broadcasts, telecasts, and private recordings, creating an easy to use reference source for Jazz collectors and scholars.

Book Blues  Best  Songbook

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hal Leonard Corp.
  • Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
  • Release : 2005-01-01
  • ISBN : 1480309907
  • Pages : 129 pages

Download or read book Blues Best Songbook written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Jazz Play Along). For use with all Bb, Eb and C instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues and audio, this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before. For study, each tune includes audio with: * Melody cue with proper style and inflection * Professional rhythm tracks * Choruses for soloing * Removable bass part * Removable piano part. For performance, each tune also has: * An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody) * Additional choruses for soloing. This volume includes 10 songs: Basin Street Blues * Bloomdido * D Natural Blues * Everyday I Have the Blues * Happy Go Lucky Local * Sonnymoon for Two * The Swingin' Shepherd Blues * Take the Coltrane * Turnaround * Twisted.

Book Locally Grown

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anna H. Blessing
  • Publisher : Agate Publishing
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 157284129X
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book Locally Grown written by Anna H. Blessing and published by Agate Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the "locally grown" movement, highlighting twenty-five Midwestern farms that maintain sustainable practices and partnerships with chefs and dining establishments and describes each location's production and inner workings.