Early Art

Maximum Volume offers a glimpse into the mind, the music, and the man behind the sound of the Beatles. George Martin's working-class childhood and musical influences profoundly shaped his early career in the BBC's Classical Music department and as head of the EMI Group's Parlophone Records. Out of them flowed the genius behind his seven years producing the Beatles' incredible body of work, including such albums as Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Abbey Road.

Louisa first met Robert Lockhart when they were both 17. Their stop-start romance lasted decades, in which time he became a celebrated composer and she an acclaimed novelist. Always snapping at their heels was Robert’s alcoholism, a helpless, ferocious dependency that affected his personality before crippling and finally, despite five years of hard-won sobriety, killing him. There are a million love stories and a million stories of addiction. This one is truly transcendent.

i>39 Years of Short-Term Memory Loss is a seriously funny, offbeat, and irreverent memoir that chronicles the early days of Saturday Night Live and features some of its greatest personalities---Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Michael O'Donoghue, and Chris Farley.

The Dīghanikāya or Long Discourses of the Buddha is one of the four major collections of teachings from the early period of Buddhism. Its 34 suttas (in Sanskrit, sutras) demonstrate remarkable breadth in both content and style, forming a comprehensive collection. The Art of Listening gives an introduction to the Dīghanikāya and demonstrates the historical, cultural, and spiritual insights that emerge when we view the Buddhist suttas as oral literature.

The saga of Sword Art Online continues with three side stories set during the Aincrad and Alfheim eras. The game of death took its toll on every player in a different way—when one turns up dead on the fifty-seventh floor, the game's afoot, and it's up to Asuna and Kirito to crack the case. There's also the story of how Kirito got his Excalibur sword in Alfheim (with a little help from his friends). And when the game of death first began, Kirito learned a difficult lesson—one he would never forget.

In this book, C.S. Lewis tells of his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from the Christianity of his early youth into atheism and then back to Christianity.

Almost everything you know about Mickey Mouse is wrong: He wasn’t Disney’s first star; Steamboat Willie wasn’t his first movie; Mickey wasn’t a nice guy - and Walt Disney didn’t invent him. In 1928, two very different best friends invented Mickey Mouse. And the success tore them apart. Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks’ friendship is a story of betrayal, love, war, money, power, tragedy, intrigue, humor, despair, and hope. You’ll love them both - when you don’t want to drop anvils on their heads.

There have been few times in modern music history that an instant shift in how we listen to - and view - music has occurred. However, the launch of MTV on August 1, 1981, was certainly one such occurrence. Instantly, music fans were now “listening with their eyes” rather than relying solely on their ears.

Explore the true beauty of child development and learn how to help your child grow. In the first book of the series, Supertot Smart Art escapes from the newborn nursery as he tries to help the other babies learn right from the start! He will make you smile, laugh, and open up your heart to the amazing possibility and pure bliss.

Almost everyone yearns to know their parents more thoroughly before they die, to solve some of those lifelong mysteries. Maybe, just maybe, those answers will help you live your own life. But life doesn’t stop to wait. In his fifties, New Yorker writer Tad Friend is grappling with being a husband and a father as he tries to grasp who he is as a son. Torn between two families, he careens between two stages in life. On some days he feels vigorous, on the brink of greatness when he plays tournament squash.

Supertot Smart Art is going to the circus. He loves to point to the animals in his circus book when Poppa reads to him, but today he will be able to point to the real circus animals. If you know Smart Art, things don't always go as intended, but don't worry, Smart Art has a plan. Will it work or will things get a little bit out of hand? You will find out when you listen to this book. The Broken Cart is entertaining for all ages and includes age-related developmental milestones for 30-month-old children.

Explore the true beauty of child development and learn how to help your child grow! The Lemon Tart is book three in The Art of Early Learning series. Supertot Smart Art is at it again! It is his first day at nursery school! Supertot Smart Art uses his advanced skills to help the other children while creating a little bit of silly mischief along the way. The Lemon Tart is entertaining for all ages and includes age-related developmental milestones for 13-month-old children.

Explore the true beauty of child development and learn how to help your child grow. A Fish Named Bart is book two in The Art of Early Learning Series. Supertot Smart Art is at it again! After hearing Grandpa read a bedtime story, Bart the fish has a wish. Supertot Smart Art uses his advanced skills to help Bart get his wish....

Don't Touch That Dart is book four in The Art of Early Learning series. Supertot Smart Art is starting to get into everything and Momma wants to keep him safe. Will that be possible when Aunt Kaye comes to visit? Smart Art tries to help while creating a little bit of silly mischief along the way! Don’t Touch That Dart is entertaining for all ages and includes age-related developmental milestones for 18-month-old children.

Part memoir, part manifesto, NFTs Are a Scam is the story of Bobby Hundreds’s journey into NFTs, Web3, and the Metaverse from 2020 to 2022. Hundreds’s first memoir, This is Not a T-Shirt, told his streetwear brand’s story of community, commerce, and style. Now, he wants to tell the story of when a community itself builds the brand. In NFTs Are a Scam, Hundreds’s shares his thoughts and philosophy around a decentralized digital revolution. Are NFTs a cult or a religion? And who do their followers pray to?

In Detestable and Wicked Arts, Paul B. Moyer places early New England's battle against black magic in a transatlantic perspective. Moyer provides an accessible and comprehensive examination of witch prosecutions in the Puritan colonies that discusses how their English inhabitants understood the crime of witchcraft, why some people ran a greater risk of being accused of occult misdeeds, and how gender intersected with witch-hunting.

The Art of Early Learning series offers you a fun way to familiarize yourself with age-related developmental milestones in the life of your child. Consisting of a milestone and activity list at the end of each audiobook, this series follows Supertot Smart Art, as he navigates his first three years of life. In the Art of Early Learning series, we bring you an effective way to nurture pre-literacy skills, growth, development, and fun!

This haunting Porter Wagoner hit makes a wonderful piano arrangement and you can learn this one completely “by ear”! The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed note-by-note description of how to play the song, including the fingering.

Das Hörbuch, empfohlen für Kinder ab 5 Jahren, hilft auf spielerische Weise beim Einschlafen. Kindern wird durch das tägliche Ritual, die wohltuende Wirkung der stimmungsvollen Musik, bildhaften Texte und vertrauensvollen Sprecher Stimme dabei geholfen, schneller und tiefer zu schlafen. Das Ziel ist, mehr innere Ruhe, Selbstbewusstsein und mehr Vertrauen in die eigenen Fähigkeiten zu entwickeln.

The television series Hill Street Blues was a first in many areas but none as impacting as this unforgettable theme song by Mike Post. This lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson demonstrating and explaining every phrase and note of the song. This is a fast way to learn this landmark piano piece and memorize it at the same time.