Leksikalt ordnet håndbok med biografier av nesten 2000 jazz-musikere. Med personopplysninger og diskografi med vurdering.

This guide is both a Who's Who of jazz, detailing careers and developments, and a buyer's companion to the best albums on CD and vinyl. It features A-Z critical biographies of over 2100 musicians, plus concise explanations of crucial terms and ideas.

Charlie Parker was one of the influential musicians in jazz, and was the main architect of the jazz revolution of the 1940s. Addicted to drugs and alcohol, and with a tangled private life, he died young. This biography of Charlie Parker provides a discussion of performances and recordings, with discography, notes and bibliography.

A collection of three exciting Second World War stories. Includes the stories of the Battle of Britain - when the RAF fought the German Luftwaffe for control of the skies above the English Channel and the story of D-Day and the Allied invasion of France, when 130,000 men landed on the Normandy beaches under enemy fire.

A no-nonsense, implementable handbook for taking part in the Entrepreneur Revolution We are living in revolutionary times; times with an impact as significant and far-reaching as the previous Industrial Revolution was to the Agricultural Age. Technological shifts have allowed micro-businesses to compete with large corporations. Small business can now have a global footprint, can be structured in low tax environments, move products anywhere in the world, and access unprecedented levels of support. Entrepreneur Revolution means taking the initiative to do something that you love, something that you're good at, and something that will make you money. This masterclass in gaining an entrepreneurial mindset will show how to change the way you think, the way you network, and the way you make a living.Includes new statistics, activities, case studies, and researchTakes a look at how the brain can affect the entrepreneurial mindsetOffers new ideas for entrepreneurs starting a new businessHelps you shake off old ideas and make a great, independent leap forward This inspiring and practical book shows you how to break free from The Industrial Revolution mindset, quit working so hard, follow your dream--and make a fortune along the way.

When Monsignor Thomas J. Green, professor at the School of Canon Law at The Catholic University of America, approached his seventy-fifth birthday and the fiftieth anniversary of his priestly ordination, his colleagues planned on offering him a fitting tribute in the form of a festschrift. Six people with different backgrounds, but all related to Msgr. Green on one way or another, have written a laudation-a short congratulatory letter-in honor of Monsignor Green. No less than fifteen contributions on various topics by colleagues, canon law scholars, clearly relate and reflect upon the honoree's scholarly contributions to canon law. The topics are extremely varied, and illustrate how Monsignor Green has been or is active in nearly every area of canon law. Virtually every book of the Code of Canon Law is covered, if not directly, at least indirectly. While the book is a tribute to an eminent professor, the various scholarly contributions are unique pieces of scholarship.The authors of the laudation are: John Garvey (President, The Catholic University of America); Andrew Abela (Provost, The Catholic University of America); Rev. Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield (General Secretary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops); Rev. Msgr. Ronny E. Jenkins (Dean, School of Canon Law, The Catholic University of America); Rev. Msgr. J. James Cuneo (Diocese of Bridgeport) and Sister Sharon Euart, RSM (Executive Director, Resource Center for Religious Institutes, Silver Spring, MD).

When the U.S. Army drafted Elvis Presley in 1958, it quickly set about transforming the King of Rock and Roll from a rebellious teen idol into a clean-cut GI. Trading in his gold-trimmed jacket for standard-issue fatigues, Elvis became a model soldier in an army facing the unprecedented challenge of building a fighting force for the Atomic Age.In an era that threatened Soviet-American thermonuclear annihilation, the army declared it could limit atomic warfare to the battlefield. It not only adopted a radically new way of fighting but also revamped its equipment, organization, concepts, and training practices. From massive garrisons in Germany and Korea to nuclear tests to portable atomic weapons, the army reinvented itself. Its revolution in warfare required an equal revolution in personnel: the new army needed young officers and soldiers who were highly motivated, well trained, and technologically adept. Drafting Elvis demonstrated that even this icon of youth culture was not too cool to wear the army's uniform.The army of the 1950s was America's most racially and economically egalitarian institution, providing millions with education, technical skills, athletics, and other opportunities. With the cooperation of both the army and the media, military service became a common theme in television, music, and movies, and part of this generation's identity. Brian Linn traces the origins, evolution, and ultimate failure of the army's attempt to transform itself for atomic warfare, revealing not only the army's vital role in creating Cold War America but also the experiences of its forgotten soldiers.

Charris, Trinh, and Ursa have managed to work together long enough to defeat the evil Priestess and her hive-mind robot army, the Surrogate. They journey back to the village of Clifton to reunite with their guild, but once there, they discover that the Priestess may not be defeated after all, and a much larger threat may be looming. A secret from Ursa's past threatens to break the fragile trust between the three mages, but they must overcome their differences and work together if they stand a chance of surviving the coming darkness.

For one apprentice assassin, the clock is ticking ...Pyrre Lakatur doesn't like the description skullsworn. It doesn't capture the beauty of her devotion to Ananshael, God of Death. And she's not an assassin, but a priestess. Or she will be, if she can pass her final trial. The problem isn't killing, as Pyrre has spent her life training for this. The problem is love. To pass the trial, she will have fourteen days to kill seven people detailed in an ancient song, including one true love, 'who will not come again'. However, Pyrre has never been in love, time is short, and if she fails she'll be given to her god. Pyrre's not afraid to die, but she hates to fail. So a month before the trial begins, she returns to the violent city of her birth, where she once offered an abusive father to the god. Here Pyrre hopes to find love - and end it with the edge of her knife.

For over a century a vicious business war has been waged in Hollywood between studios and exhibitors. At stake, shares in what has now become a multi-billion-dollar business. Both sides were poor losers, exhibitors bringing down the wrath of law on studios via various Consent Decrees, studios fighting back by more tightly controlling output. At the heart of this battle lay distribution: how films should be released; where, when and at what speed. In the silent era few prints were made, movies running for a week or less, working their way down a hierarchial ranking of theaters, taking a year or more to get round America. This is the untold story of how the few became the many, of the contraction of the release cycle, of the maximizing of the marketing dollar, and of the democratization of consumer access, until these days instant wide release worldwide is taken for granted. The Jazz Singer (1927) was one trigger for change, another the growth of world premieres held in tiny towns in far-flung states on the back of the location filming boom in the 1930s that in turn led to the regional wide release. Sci-fi/horror pictures that would be quickly condemned by negative word-of-mouth in the 1950s spurred Hollywood to get them into as many theaters as possible as quickly as possible. As movie budgets ballooned in the 1970s and 1980s, it became necessary to stop releasing major movies in relatively small numbers of theaters, and as movies become only one part of a longer ancillary tail essential to open them in many thousands of theaters. This book explodes myths relating to wide release patterns employed for Duel in the Sun in the 1940s, Elvis Presley and Hercules in the 1950s, Jaws and Star Wars in the 1970s and shows that, contrary to current thinking, movies were instantly released in as many as 500 theaters in the 1930s and over 1,000 in the 1950s.

In 1963, it was unusual for a pop group to have a monthly magazine devoted exclusively to their career. Only Elvis Presley had been considered important enough to warrant such an honour. But then the Beatles were unusual. Within the space of that pivotal year, the Fab Four became the biggest thing in British popular culture and their worldwide fame was soon inescapable. One of the first to astutely recognise their greatness was Sean O'Mahony and the monthly magazine he launched with the full blessing of The Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein - The Beatles Book.Looking Through You presents a selection of over 300 images from the precious Beatles Book photo archive, many unpublished or unseen in their original form from the original negatives, as well as the story behind the success of the regular Beatle bulletin.With each new issue, Beatle fans worldwide would voraciously devour the contents from cover-to-cover, discovering the Fab Four's latest news and activities and most of all, savouring the exclusive B&W photographs, captured by in-house photographer, Leslie Bryce.During the magazine's six-year run only a small fraction of these photographs were printed - and then often altered in some way. The Beatles Book Monthly captured the Beatles' development from British provincial theatres - through foreign tours including their ground-breaking first American visit - and onwards to the band's withdrawal into the recording studio. It was unique in its access - as well as concert tours and television shows, the band were photographed off duty, at their homes and in the studio - locales that were generally out-of-bounds to most Beatle observers. This unique and original photographic record preserves many important moments within the Beatles' career, providing a historically important glimpse into the world's greatest ever entertainment phenomenon.

In 1963, it was unusual for a pop group to have a monthly magazine devoted exclusively to their career. Only Elvis Presley had been considered important enough to warrant such an honour. But then the Beatles were unusual. Within the space of that pivotal year, the Fab Four became the biggest thing in British popular culture and their worldwide fame was soon inescapable. One of the first to astutely recognise their greatness was Sean O'Mahony and the monthly magazine he launched with the full blessing of The Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein - The Beatles Book.Looking Through You presents a selection of over 300 images from the precious Beatles Book photo archive, many unpublished or unseen in their original form from the original negatives, as well as the story behind the success of the regular Beatle bulletin.With each new issue, Beatle fans worldwide would voraciously devour the contents from cover-to-cover, discovering the Fab Four's latest news and activities and most of all, savouring the exclusive B&W photographs, captured by in-house photographer, Leslie Bryce.During the magazine's six-year run only a small fraction of these photographs were printed - and then often altered in some way.The Beatles Book Monthly captured the Beatles' development from British provincial theatres - through foreign tours including their ground-breaking first American visit - and onwards to the band's withdrawal into the recording studio. It was unique in its access - as well as concert tours and television shows, the band were photographed off duty, at their homes and in the studio - locales that were generally out-of-bounds to most Beatle observers. This unique and original photographic record preserves many important moments within the Beatles' career, providing a historically important glimpse into the world's greatest ever entertainment phenomenon.

De bästa låtarna från 60-talet, med melodistämma, text och ackordanalys. Innehåll: * All My Loving (The Beatles) * Anyone Who Had A Heart (Cilla Black) * As Tears Go By (Rolling Stones/Marianne Faithful) * A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procul Harum) * Bad To Me (Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas) * Balladen Om Herr Fredrik Åkare Och Den Söta... (Cornelis Vreeswijk) * Blackberry Way (The Move) * Blowin' In The Wind (Bob Dylan) * Blue Bayou (Roy Orbison) * Bottle Of Wine (Fireballs) * Brev Från Kolonien (Cornelis Vreeswijk) * Bus Stop (The Hollies) * Cadillac (Hep Stars) * Californina Dreamin' (The Mamas & The Papas) * California Girls (The Beach Boys) * Californina Sun (The Rivieras) * Can't Buy Me Love (Teh Beatles) * Cotton Fields (The Beach Boys) * Daydream (The Lovin' Spoonful) * Do You Love Me (Contours/Brian Poole & The Tremeloes/Dave Clark Five) * Do You Want To Dance (Cliff Richard) * Do You Want To Know A Secret (The Beatles) * Du Är Den Ende (Lill Lindfors) * Eve Of Destruction (Barry McGuire) * Everlasting Love (Love Affair) * Every Day I Have To Cry (Steve Alaimo/Arhur Alexander/The Gentrys) * Friday On My Mind (Easy Beats) * From Me To You (The Beatles) * Glad All Over (Dave Clark Five) * Good Luck Charm (Elvis Presley) * Gotta Travel On/Jag Måste Ge Mig Av (Towa Carson) * Hey Jude (The Beatles) * Hippy Hippy Shake (The Swinging Blue Jeans) * Hit The Road Jack (Ray Charles) * (The) House Of The Rising Sun (Animals) * How Do You Do It (Gerry & The Pacemakers) * I Am A Rock (Simon & Garfunkel) * I Got You (James Brown) * In The Ghetto (Elvis Presley) * Tn The Year 2525 (Zager & Evans) * It's Now Or Never (Oh Sole Mio) (Elvis Presley) * It's The Same Old Song (The Four Tops) * Just Like A Woman/Precis som en kvinna (Bob Dylan/Ulf Lundell) * Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream/I Natt Jag Drömde (Hep Stars) * Last Thing On My Mind/Det Var Inte Menat Så (Family Four) * Lemon Tree (Trini Lopez) * Let's Dance (Ola& The Jangelrs/Chris Montez) * Let's Twist Again (Chubby Checker) * Let It Be (The Beatlest) * Light My Fire (The Doors) * Lucky Lips (Dliff Richard) * Malaika (Hep Stars) * Massachusetts (Bee Gees) * Money (Barrett Strong/The Beatles) * Mrs Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel) * My Generation (The Who) * Needles and Pins (The Searchers) * Nights In White Satin/Nätter Av Saknad (The Moody Blues) * No Milk Today (Herman's Hermits) * Not Fade Away (Rolling Stones) * Oh Carol (Neil Sedaka) * Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White) * Rag Doll (Four Seasons) * Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (B. J. Thomas) * Reach Out, I'll Be There (Four Tops) * Runaway (Del Shannon) * Sealed With A Kiss (Brian Hyland) * She Loves You (The Beatles) * Silence Is Golden (The Tremeloes) * Single Girl (Sandy Posey) * Sleep Little Girl (Tages) * Space Oddity (David Bowie) * Speedy Gonzales (Pat Boone) * Stewball (The Hollies) * Stop In The Name Of Love (The Supremes) * Substitute (The Who) * Sukiyaki (Kuy Sakamoto) * Summer In The City (The Lovin' Spoonful) * Sunny Afternoon (The Kinks) * Sån't Är Livet (You Can Have Her) Anita Lindblom) * Take Good Care Of My Baby (Booby Vee) * The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel) * (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding) * The Kids Are Alright (The Who) * The Letter (Box Tops) * The Lion Sleeps Tonight (The Tokens) * The Loco-Motion (Little Eva) * These Boots Are Made For Walkin'... (Nancy Sinatra) * This Guy's In Love With You (Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass) * This Land Is Your Land (Peter Paul & Mary) * Those Were The Days/Ja, Det Var Då.. (Mary Hopkin) * Time Is On My Side (Rolling Stones) * Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa (Gene Pitney) * We Shall Overcome (Joan Baez) * What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong) * Where Have All The Flowers Gone (The Kingston Trio) * Wild Thing (The Troggs) * World Without Love (Peter & Gordon) * Yesterday (The Beatles) * You've Made Me So Very Happy (Blood, Sweat & Tears) * You've Really Got A Hold On Me (The Miracles) * You Keep Me Hangin' On (The Supremes) * You Really Got Me (The Kinks)

A Legacy of Preaching, Volume One--Apostles to the Revivalists explores the history and development of preaching through a biographical and theological examination of its most important preachers. Instead of teaching the history of preaching from the perspective of movements and eras, each contributor tells the story of a particular preacher in history, allowing the preachers from the past to come alive and instruct us through their lives, theologies, and methods of preaching.Each chapter introduces readers to a key figure in the history of preaching, followed by an analysis of the theological views that shaped their preaching, their methodology of sermon preparation and delivery, and an appraisal of the significant contributions they have made to the history of preaching. This diverse collection of familiar and lesser-known individuals provides a detailed and fascinating look at what it has meant to communicate the gospel over the past two thousand years. By looking at how the gospel has been communicated over time and across different cultures, pastors, scholars, and homiletics students can enrich their own understanding and practice of preaching for application today. Volume One covers the period from the apostles to the revivalists and profiles thirty preachers including:Paul by Eric RowePeter by David R. BeckMelito of Sardis by Paul A. HartogOrigen of Alexandria by Stephen O. PresleyEphrem the Syrian by Jonathan J. ArmstrongBasil of Caesarea by Jonathan MorganJohn Chrysostom by Paul A. HartogAugustine of Hippo by Edward L. SmitherGregory the Great by W. Brian SheltonBernard of Clairvaux by Elizabeth HoareFrancis of Assisi by Timothy D. HolderSaint Bonaventure by G. R. EvansMeister Eckhart by Daniel Farca?Johannes Tauler by Byard BennettJohn Huss by Mark A. HowellGirolamo Savonarola by W. Brian SheltonMartin Luther by Robert KolbUlrich Zwingli by Kevin L. KingBalthasar Hubmaier by Corneliu C. Simu?William Tyndale by Scott A. WenigJohn Calvin by Anthony N. S. LaneWilliam Perkins by Dwayne MilioniRichard Baxter by Simon VibertJohn Owen by Henry M. KnappJohn Bunyan by Larry Steven McDonaldMatthew Henry by William C. Watson and W. Ross HastingsFrancois Fenelon by Martin I. KlauberJonathan Edwards by Gerald R. McDermottJohn Wesley by Michael Pasquarello IIIGeorge Whitefield by Bill Curtis and Timothy McKnightVolume Two, available separately, covers the period from the Enlightenment to the present day and profiles thirty-one preachers including Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Karl Barth, John Stott, Martin Luther King Jr., Billy Graham, and more.

A Legacy of Preaching, Two-Volume Set--Apostles to the Present Day explores the history and development of preaching through a biographical and theological examination of its most important preachers. Instead of teaching the history of preaching from the perspective of movements and eras, each contributor tells the story of a particular preacher in history, allowing these preachers from the past to come alive and instruct us through their lives, theologies, and methods of preaching.Each chapter introduces readers to a key figure in the history of preaching, followed by an analysis of the theological views that shaped their preaching, their methodology of sermon preparation and delivery, and an appraisal of the significant contributions they have made to the history of preaching. This diverse collection of familiar and lesser-known individuals provides a detailed and fascinating look at what it has meant to communicate the gospel over the past two thousand years. By looking at how the gospel has been communicated over time and across different cultures, pastors, scholars, and homiletics students can enrich their own understanding and practice of preaching for application today.Volume One covers the period from the apostles to the Puritans and profiles thirty preachers including:Origen of Alexandria by Stephen O. PresleyJohn Chrysostom by Paul A. HartogAugustine of Hippo by Edward L. SmitherGregory the Great by W. Brian SheltonBernard of Clairvaux by Elizabeth HoareFrancis of Assisi by Timothy D. HolderSaint Bonaventure by G. R. EvansMeister Eckhart by Daniel Farca?John Huss by Mark A. HowellMartin Luther by Robert KolbJohn Calvin by Anthony N. S. LaneJonathan Edwards by Gerald R. McDermottJohn Wesley by Michael Pasquarello IIIGeorge Whitefield by Bill Curtis and Timothy McKnightand many moreVolume Two covers the period from the Enlightenment to the present day and profiles thirty-one preachers including: Catherine Booth by Roger J. GreenCharles Haddon Spurgeon by Thomas J. NettlesHenry Ward Beecher by Michael DuduitJohn Albert Broadus by Hershael W. YorkD. L. Moody by Gregg L. QuiggleBilly Sunday by Kristopher K. BarnettKarl Barth by William H. WillimonDietrich Bonhoeffer by Keith W. ClementsD. Martyn Lloyd-Jones by Carl TruemanJohn Stott by Greg R. ScharfHarry Emerson Fosdick by Dwayne MilioniAimee Semple McPherson by Aaron FriesenGardner C. Taylor by Alfonza W. Fulwood and Robert Smith Jr.Billy Graham by John N. AkersMartin Luther King Jr. by Alfonza W. Fulwood, Dennis R. McDonald, and Anil Sook DeoJ. I. Packer by Leland Ryken and Benjamin Hernandezand many more

In ancient Rome parents would consult the priestess Carmentis shortly after birth to obtain prophecies of the future of their newborn infant. Today, parents and doctors of critically ill children consult a different oracle. Neuroimaging provides a vision of the child's future, particularly of the nature and severity of any disability. Based on the results of brain scans and other tests doctors and parents face heart-breaking decisions about whether or not to continueintensive treatment or to allow the child to die. Paediatrician and ethicist Dominic Wilkinson looks at the profound and contentious ethical issues facing those who work in intensive care caring for critically ill children and infants. When should infants or children be allowed to die? How accurate are predictions of future quality of life? How much say should parents have in these decisions? How should they deal with uncertainty about the future? He combines philosophy, medicine and science to shed light on current and futuredilemmas.

For å kunne legge til rette for god undervisning, må vi forstå hvilke mekanismer som er involvert i læringsprosessen. Denne boka forklarer utvikling og læring i et biologisk perspektiv, samt utvikling av ferdigheter og atferd på psykologisk/pedagogisk nivå. Flere av bidragsyterne er anerkjente forskere innen læring og ferdighetsutvikling. Boka er aktuell som pensum i høyskole- og universitetsfag relatert til læring og ferdighetsutvikling. Bidragsytere: - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Brian Hopkins - Timothy D. Johnston - Øyvind Kvello - Arve Vorland Pedersen - Hermundur Sigmundsson - Ann-Katrin Stensdotter - Jan Erik Wiedemann.

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Barns lek er viktig og må tas på alvor. Boken presenterer et variert utvalg av lekteori som belyser lekens mangfoldige karakter. Forfatter legger spesielt vekt på lekens betydning for læring. Læring gjennom lek er forbundet med barns følelse av kompetanse, inspirasjon og engasjement, og ikke minst tilhørighetsfølelse til barnegruppen i leke- og læringsmiljøet. Barnehagen som læringsarena blir nærmere beskrevet i lys av et helhetlig perspektiv på lek, læring og danning, som samlet gir grunnlag for allsidig utvikling. Denne 4. utgaven er gjennomgående ajourført i tråd med relevant forskning og litteratur på området. I tillegg er perspektivet på lek videreutviklet og utvidet, i samsvar med det viktige og mangeårige grunnlagsarbeidet til Brian Sutton-Smith. Videre er lekens flertydighet og mangfold, samt den krevende sammenhengen mellom lek og læring som grunnlag for danning, grundigere drøftet i denne utgaven. Boken er skrevet for studenter i barnehagelærerutdanningen. Den vil i tillegg være av interesse for andre pedagogikkstudenter og forskere innenfor fagfeltet, samt foreldre eller andre som er opptatt av barns lek, læring og danning.

A brand new edition of the popular introductory textbook that explores how computer hardware, software, and networks work