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Conveniently packaged in two sets of four tapes each, Electrical Wiring Residential Video Series correlates directly with the best-selling Electrical Wiring Residential, 13th Edition text by Ray C. Mullin. These videos set the stage for learning by motivating viewers and heightening their enthusiasm. Shot on various construction sites and enhanced with quality animations, each video is devoted to a specific, specialized topic including: electrical installation planning essentials, GFCIs, special-purpose outlets, and custom installation. In addition to high-quality animations, questions have also been incorporated into each tape at strategic points to promote discussion aimed at enhancing viewers' understanding and preparing them for successful attainment of all learning objectives. Available on VHS cassettes or CD-ROM, the complete set of eight tapes offers viewers a first-rate introduction to the broad spectrum of specialized knowledge essential to the residential electrician. Each tape is approximately 20 minutes in length, making it easy incorporate the Electrical Wiring - Residential Video Series into a comprehensive electrician education and training program.

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The last of Perelman¿s twenty books, this compilation contains seventeen pieces never before collected, in addition to the opening chapters of the author¿s uncompleted autobiography.

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Perelman's Genius Undimmed To The Last.......2006-07-20

This collection of Perelman's last pieces (most of which appeared in "The New Yorker") will tickle fans almost as much as his best work in his heyday (and when was his heyday? 30s? 40s? 50s? 60s? Probably all of them). The book also includes several chapters from his planned autobiography, telling amusing tales of the Marx Brothers, Nathanael West (his brother-in-law!), Dorothy Parker, and others.

Call this a fond goodbye from one of the great humorists of all time.

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necessary book

A must have for serious musicians

Quintessential Schenkerian Theory

Excellent Book!, but try rebinding it.

GREAT book, but get an older copy

Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music (Two Volumes Bound As One)
Felix Salzer
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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Extends the Schenker method to modern, medieval, renaissance music. Tonal organization, analyzes over 500 pieces, connects theory and composition.

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necessary book.......2006-04-24

i believe we are biological machines. We process stimuli from our environment in parallel processing neural nets called brains. this is done so that we have appropriate motor output for our environment.

concepts are essentially processing categories of our brains. the concepts we have reflect certain efficient ways of processing environmental stimuli, ways that WORK. the most successful concepts are the ones that work.

when it comes to music composition, the concepts in this book WORK.

though some criticize and say a host of difficulties and nuances are subsumed under some pretty broad strokes, that ultimately doesn't matter. because suspended maj 9th don't matter. music that moves matters. this book focuses on the motion in music.

the basic idea is that harmony indicates certain stopping points, like the hard bones of an organism. but the motion between these points, the flesh as it were, is counterpoint.

bones and flesh, structure and motion, crystallization and fluidity, harmony and counterpoint.

that's the idea. will change the way you hear music. very, very deep. very, very good.

these ideas are very close to an explication of how composers think.

A must have for serious musicians.......2005-08-11

Shenkerians principles in digestable form. A great approach to analysis(one that seems to be dominating todays music analysis). I was not really sold on Shenkerian analysis until I read this book. I still feel that sometimes the principles are "over-exhausted", but Shenkerian analysis is certainly better, and more meaningful than strict chordal grammar analysis. The only problem is that the examples are not placed within the text; so you constantly have to flip back and forth to look at the example that the text is referring too.

Quintessential Schenkerian Theory.......2004-11-16

For anyone interested in Tonal Theory this work is absolutely necessary. Salzer's work is a continuation & extrapolation on Heinrich Schenker's work on music theory. The only drawback is it is not fully consistent when dealing with post-Romanticism (but then Schneker's theory is not always applicable in later musical contexts, & in some cases not completely internally-consistent). However, for the foundations of music from Bach to Beethoven (& the Romantic composers afterward as well as any modern composition even remotely tonal) it is a masterwork.

Excellent Book!, but try rebinding it........2003-07-04

This is a great book for those interested in exploring the many and varied aspects and ramifications of Schenkerian theory. I first bought this book in its hardback-two-separate-volume edition in 1972 or 1973, when, as an undergraduate music student, I was looking for answers to how music "works." This was while studying at a university where the music theory department had been commandeered by a couple of "avant-gardiste" professors who, after eliminating all traditional harmony classes,further insisted that all students should compose, regardless of interest or ability, and that atonality, interminable dissonance, and "originality" for its own sake be the ideals which one should be forced to uphold. It was in this environment that I began my search for musical understanding, and started researching the theoretical, harmonic, contrapuntal, and formal aspects of music that were so sorely neglected in my university education. It was at this time that I became aware of the book "Structural Hearing." In fact, one friend of mine told me, that this was the best book on theory that he had ever read.
There are three things I would recommend to anyone interested in studying this book:
1. First, understand the basics of 4-part harmony, and become proficient at reading figured bass notation. This will help you understand the sections of the book that deal with what the author refers to as "chord grammar."
2. Second, get a copy of "The Study of Counterpoint," by J. J. Fux. This is the Norton edition of the translation of the famous "Gradus ad Parnassum." Work through the exercises in this book. In addition to being a lot of fun, these exercises will teach you a ton about the origins of harmony, voice leading, etc., and will provide some amazing practical solutions to problems you may encounter later, in composing original music, and/or arranging. I have always been happy for the work I did in this book. Trust me, you won't regret it!
3. Go to the nearest print shop that does book binding. They can split your book into two volumes, laminate the covers of them, and spiral bind each section. This will allow you to have the text and the examples side by side, and, as they are spiral bound, will allow you to lay them out flat. I do this with almost all of the scores, or music books with which I work. I recommend this to the reviewer above who expressed regret that the book was bound as a single volume, as well as all others who study this book.
I am delighted to get this book in the paperback edition, and I hope my recommendations are helpful.

GREAT book, but get an older copy.......2001-05-05

This comment has more to do with the format of the Dover reprint than it does with the actual text. In the older edition of "Structural Hearing" the text was in volume one and the examples were in volume two. This allowed the reader to have the examples in front of them to refer to while they read the text. The Dover reprint is essentially both volumes bound into one book. This causes the book to be very cumbersome, although it probably significantly lowers the production cost. When I read "Structural Hearing" I finally had to check out volume two from the university library. I sincerely hope that the new Longman edition of "Der Frei Satz" maintains the original format.

Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music (Two Volume Set)

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Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music (Two Volume Set)
Felix Salzer
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Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music [2 volumes]

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Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music [2 volumes]
Felix Salzer
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Structural Hearing Tonal Coherence in Music, Two Volumes Bound as One

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Structural Hearing Tonal Coherence in Music, Two Volumes Bound as One
Felix Salzer
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Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music (complete in 2 volumes)

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Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music (complete in 2 volumes)
Felix Salzer
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Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music: Two Volumes Bound as One
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History Drawn Through The Eye Of Culture

No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics in Postwar America (The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures)
Waldo E., Jr. Martin
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
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In a vibrant and passionate exploration of the twentieth-century civil rights and black power eras in American history, Waldo Martin uses cultural politics as a lens through which to understand the African-American freedom struggle.

In black culture, argues Martin, we see the debate over the profound tension at the core of black identity: the duality of being at once both American and African. And in the transformative postwar period, the intersection between culture and politics became increasingly central to the African-American fight for equality. In freedom songs, in the exuberance of an Aretha Franklin concert, in Faith Ringgold's exploration of race and sexuality, the personal and social became the political.

Martin explores the place of black culture in this vision and examines the multiple ways in which various forms of expressive culture and African-American cultural figures influenced consciousness and helped effect social action. From the music of John Coltrane and James Brown to the visual art of Jacob Lawrence and Betye Saar to the dance movements of Alvin Ailey and Arthur Mitchell, Martin discusses how, why, and with what consequences culture became a critical battle site in the freedom struggle. And in a fascinating epilogue, he draws the thread of black cultural politics into today's hip-hop culture.

This engaging book brings a new perspective to the civil rights and black power eras, while illuminating the broader history of American and global freedom struggles.

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History Drawn Through The Eye Of Culture.......2005-04-18

No Coward Soldiers would be worth buying and savoring if it only inclided Martin's extended discussion of the art of Elizabeth Catlett, a painter and multimedia artist whose work is comparatively little known, most pointedly in comparison to her male colleagues Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence. Martin astutely pins the disparity in critical reception (itself a matter of "cultural politics" at their most palpable) to the fact that Catlett is an overtly political artists whereas Bearden and Lawrence were "transcendent," to quote Professor Martin. That is, their themes and executions ran beyond the reality-based limitations of the moment and sought out the eternals. When it comes to the case of Roy De Carava, he falls somewhere in the middle, perhaps due to his status as a photographer, so that reality is always somewhere hovering about.

Martin is also good at showing how young Cassius Clay became a bellwether for his age and how he (as both Clay and Ali) brought politics openly into the ring, whereas previous heavweight champions had merely let the simmer, boxing in a ring of unspoken racial assumptions. Martin has a nice easygoing style and, I imagine, is a marvelous lecturer.

Professor Martin knows a lot about pop, jazz, blues, writing, and many kinds of cultural discourse, but in this slim book he tries to cram in too many topics. Hopefully the print edition will avoid the errors of the Advanced Reading Copy they sent me, mis-spelling Allen Ginsberg's first name AND last name, and adding an extra "n" to the name of the poet Bob Kaufman (thus three typos in one sentence).

No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics and Postwar America.(Book review): An article from: Journal of Southern History

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No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics and Postwar America.(Book review): An article from: Journal of Southern History
Clarence Taylor
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Release Date: 2007-09-05

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In Survival Guide for Chess Parents, Tanya Jones concentrates on the numerous aspects of being a "chess parent" and answers the many questions facing those with chess-playing children. There's certainly more to this than meets the eye. Problems are as diverse as 'How can I help in the very early stages?', 'How do I find suitable clubs and tournaments?', 'Should I watch when he or she is playing?' and 'How do I find a good chess coach?' Jones also tackles aspects such as chess and education, plus the ever-increasing role of computers and the Internet. Whether a child is just starting out in the game or is a budding prodigy, this book is essential reading.

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Aimed at the working Delphi developer, Delphi in a Nutshell is an effective desktop reference to this popular programming tool. Besides listing all core classes and methods, this book also provides a host of expert dos and don'ts for mastering the newest features in Delphi's Object Pascal.

The heart of this book is its reference sections on built-in Delphi language features and other useful information on this development tool. Each entry has a guide to syntax, a description of all parameters and return values, and code samples, plus many entries feature "tricks and tips" with additional information. While this title concentrates on the "core" language (instead of Delphi's extensive support for visual components), there's little doubt that it will be useful if you work with the tool on a daily basis.

The book also delivers an advanced guide to ramping up on the latest and greatest in new language features in Object Pascal. Material on using classes, and the type of information features available in today's Delphi, are particularly effective. There are a lot of smart tips on proper class design techniques, including using properties, constructors, and destructors. (Delphi has its own conventions here, and this book will fill you in if you are coming to Object Pascal from another programming language.) Along the way, the author offers numerous expert nuggets on when to use (and when to avoid) using certain features. Whether you are a novice or a more experienced developer, this tutorial and reference is all you need to be productive with the latest and greatest in object-oriented programming with Delphi. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered: Overview of Delphi Object Pascal, units and libraries, data and string types, exception handling, file I/O, classes and objects, inheritance, constructors and destructors, interfaces, reference counting, Windows messages, memory management strategies, virtual method tables (VMTs), properties, using TypInfo, virtual and dynamic methods, automated methods and COM, Delphi type information and RTTI, concurrent programming with threads, synchronization, thread local storage techniques, Delphi language reference, system constants, operator reference, compiler directives, code samples, and programming tips.

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With a new name and a new focus on CORBA, database drivers, and Microsoft Back Office applications, Inprise/Borland Delphi is enjoying a resurgence, with a growing user base of programmers who use Delphi for rapid development of enterprise computing applications. Not to rest on success, the latest version of Delphi, Version 5, includes further expansion and refinement of the 3-tier application framework introduced in Delphi 4 and has resulted in a prize-winning product. Delphi in a Nutshell is the first concise reference to Borland/Inprise Delphi available. It succinctly collects all the information you need in one easy-to-use, complete, and accurate volume that goes beyond the product documentation itself. Delphi in a Nutshell starts with the Delphi object model and how to use RTTI (Run Time Type Information) for efficient programming. The rest of the book is the most complete Delphi Pascal language reference available in print, detailing every language element with complete syntax, examples, and methods for use. The book concludes with a look at the compiler, discussing compiler directives in depth.

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Too Much Work.......2006-02-17

Material is presented out of order and not readable to anyone who has not already mastered the subject.

Oldie but Goodie.......2005-08-21

This book is a fair reference for the intermediate programmer. However, it stops at Delphi 5, so it's use for those using later versions of Delphi will find a lot missing. The book is organized fairly well and it is easy to find answers to questions that are pertinent up through Delphi 5. It does have some tutorial content, but that is limited and for those seeking programming with Delphi education would be better off with other books. This book is best used as a supplement to an instructional book, like the Cantu books.

Keep this on my bookshelf.......2002-11-28

Ray has written an excellent desktop reference for Delphi. I really liked the explanation of the SysUtils unit. I found that there were functions in there that I had written myself, if I had only known I would have saved myself some time. The Language reference with the Tips and Tricks is excellent, helps make more sense of the sometimes archaic online help. My only complaint is that this is the ONLY Delphi book published by O'Reilly, I would love to see a Learning, Programming, or Mastering book!

Good book, shame about the binding........2002-07-10

This is a useful book that provides a good reference to Object Pascal as well as the System unit. The problem I have with it is that my copy and that of my colleague completely broke off. The publisher should pay better attention to the production of this book. I have managed to glue it back on.

A very useful book.......2001-11-15

This is a book that each Delphi coder must have in his collection. The book covers all the most important feature of object pascal, thread, interfaces and so on...
You must buy it if u need of a reference boook.

Delphi Newbie keep away.

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The key articles reprinted in this set provide a complex, nuanced and up-to-date reading of 19th and early 20th-century Japanese history. The work includes valuable new material in the form of a major new introduction and bibliography.

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Only such compendium; useful for research, & grant-swingers.......1997-06-09

2nd edition, late 1995, data has been updated by 1990 census and other materials. This presents current and historical statistical data of all types on indigenous peoples of the U.S. and Canada. Historical data includes population estimates, migrations, removals, epidemics, demographics. Current coverage encompasses individual tribes, families of tribes, and native groups as a whole, including statistics on population demographics, land ownership and use, economy, social conditions, education, literacy, environment, legal matters, and more.

Data is presented in tabular and graphic form, 1000 charts and tables, 200 tribes covered. It is necessary to skip around a lot where tribal data is separated, across years, by many pages. The whole would be far more useful on a CDROM.

Before the first edition, there was little readily available in statistical information on Native Americans. This book fills that gap. The "Statistical Record" is a comprehensive encyclopedia of tables containing the latest generally available information on Native Americans in the United States and (to a very limited extent), Canada.

Good purchase for university libraries, specialist scholars, and tribal governments. Too costly and specialized for most individuals. Becuase it is not in computerized form, real users of statistics about Native Americans will probably continue to make do with the much more limited datasets that are. To transcribe this kind of thing to your own database is impossible. Still, there is the practical possibility of photocopying a few relevant pages of tables and sticking them into the appendix of some grant proposal, to justify whatever you said you wanted the money for.

--Reviewed by Paula Giese, Editor, Native American Books website, http://www.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/books/bookmenu.html

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Statistical Record of Native North Americans

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