Authors:Bruce Johnson and Martin Cloonan, Bruce Johnson, Mar
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: popular, music, folk, ashgate, violence, tune
Number of Pages: 254
Published: 2009-09-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1409400492
ISBN-13: 9781409400493
Written against the academically dominant but simplistic romanticization of popular music as a positive force, this book focuses on the ’dark side’ of the subject. It is a pioneering examination of the ways in which popular music has been deployed in association with violence, ranging from what appears to be an incidental relationship, to one in which music is explicitly applied as an instrument of violence. A preliminary overview of the physiological and cognitive foundations of sounding/hearing which are distinctive within the sensorium, discloses in particular their potential fo
Authors:Lonnie Johnson, Stefan Grossman,
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Keywords: masters, american, blues, guitar, grossman, stefan, johnson, book, amp, lonnie
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 2007-03-08
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0739043323
ISBN-13: 9780739043325
One of the most influential blues artists of the 20th century, Lonnie Johnson began his 50-year music career in the early 1920s, and continued to perform and record until his passing in 1970. Recording both as a soloist and with legends like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Eddie Lang, Lonnie Johnson’s influence can still be heard today, from the work of blues guitar greats like T-Bone Walker and B.B. King, to a whole new generation of blues players. Includes a CD containing the original recordings of Lonnie Johnson so you can hear the music as he performed it. Contents: Mr. Johnson&
Author: James Weldon Johnson
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Keywords: penguin, classics, johnson, weldon, autobiography, james, way
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2008-01-29
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0143105175
ISBN-13: 9780143105176
The autobiography of the celebrated African American writer and civil rights activist Published just four years before his death in 1938, James Weldon Johnson’s autobiography is a fascinating portrait of an African American who broke the racial divide at a time when the Harlem Renaissance had not yet begun to usher in the civil rights movement. Not only an educator, lawyer, and diplomat, Johnson was also one of the most revered leaders of his time, going on to serve as the first black president of the NAACP (which had previously been run only by whites), as well as write the groundbreak
Author: Robert Johnson
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Keywords: transcriptions, new, johnson, robert
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 1999-04-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0793589193
ISBN-13: 9780793589197
A must-have for all blues guitarists, this exciting publication is the most complete Robert Johnson collection ever! It includes note-for-note transcriptions in notes and tab for all 29 songs ever recorded by this elusive legend, plus two alternate takes. Newly discovered authentic tunings and capo placements are also part of the package. Songs include: Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) * Dead Shrimp Blues * Drunken Hearted Man * Hell Hound on My Trail * Honeymoon Blues * I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom * Kind Hearted Woman Blues * Love in Vain Blues * Malted Milk * Milkcow’s Calf Blues *
Authors:Brian Johnson, Brian R. Johnson,
Publisher: Looseleaf Law Publications
Keywords: training, firearms, skills, effectiveness, refine, elements, crucial, police
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2007-09-17
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 193277730X
ISBN-13: 9781932777307
Includes practical photos, examples and diagrams for enhanced understanding and comprehension. Includes expert information on: -Training Tips -Psychological Prep. for Using Deadly Force -Legalities of Deadly Force -Firearms Nomenclature -Improving Reaction Time -Deadly Force Decision-Making -Effective Use of Cover/Concealment -Grip -Stance -Sight Alignment -Ammo Selection...and more!
Authors:Michael Dalton Johnson, Michael Dalton Johnson,
Publisher: Penny Union Corporation
Keywords: top, sales, ways, skyrocket, proven, experts, secrets, show
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2007-06-20
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1934346144
ISBN-13: 9781934346143
"It’s like reading the best ideas from 50 sales books all in one book," says Michelle Nichols of Savvy Selling International. Readers learn proven sales techniques from 50 of America’s most renowned sales experts. Selected by the editors of SalesDog.com, the book covers 80 valuable sales-skills lessons covering prospecting, cold calling, negotiating, deflecting stalls, sales scripts that work, closing strategies, getting calls returned, and many other invaluable sales secrets the pros know. Big companies happily pay thousands for this advice. Collectively, these experts have
Author: Rich Johnson
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: avoid, trouble, live, survival, wilderness, johnson, guide, rich
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-09-12
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0071588337
ISBN-13: 9780071588331
Expert advice on staying safe in the outdoors from one of America’s best-known survival writers The best way to survive an extreme situation in the wilderness is to avoid it in the first place, says Rich Johnson in this refreshing new guide to outdoor survival skills. Avoiding both the rigid "primitive skills" ideology and macho, military/survivalist posturing, Johnson focuses on proven, easily implemented methods to handle emergency situations in an easy, low-stress manner.
