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A companion volume to Overman: The Intermediary between the Human and the Supramental Being by the same author, Patterns of the Present is a profound, enjoyable read on the present situation of mankind and the world it lives in. On the threshold of the new millennium, countless pages have been writt... More

'Good to Great is about turning good results into great results; Built to Last is about turning great results into an enduring great company' Jim Collins ‘This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market in... More

The Great Masters highlight the life and work of some of the leading vocal artistes of Hindustani music. It puts into perspective their valuable contribution to this field and fills a lacuna in the area of musical biographies.Mohan Nadkarni's narration combines biographical information with intervie... More

* Guides the professional from basic drawing exercises to the understanding and design of electrical system wiring designs* * Illustrates how to create wiring designs, increase troubleshooting skills, select design components, and expertly read and analyze wiring diagrams *Includes junction boxes an... More

Acknowledgement, Introduction,Evening songs(1882),Morning Songs(1883), Picture & song (1883), Sharps & Flats(1886), She who is in the mind(1890), The Golden Boat (1894), The Multi-Coloured (1896), Chaitra Harvest (1898), Particles(1899), The Flitting one(1900), Imagination(1900), Offerings to god(19... More

Rarely do we come across books on musical instruments. And one covering the whole gamut of Indian Classical musical instruments is practically unheard of. This book by Dr. Suneera Kasliwal covers almost all instruments in vogue in the classical music scenerio of southern and northern India. Apart fr... More

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi has always lived for music. As a boy of eleven, he ran away from home in search of a guru. In later years, he underwent unimaginable hardships to emerge as one of the foremost classical vocalists of all times. Even today he calls himself a shagird, for his quest still continues.... More

Following the author's successful "Acoustic Guitar Styles" (Routledge, April 2002), this book introduces the readers to the basics of finger-style acoustic guitar blues. Most would-be blues guitarists today learn primarily from books, using notation or guitar tablature, reinforced by CDs, videos, or... More

You've got rhythm... now learn how to use it Drumming is universal; every musical culture in the world incorporates percussion. From just tapping a straight 4/4 beat with your foot to follow the radio, to the intricate polyrhythms of a West African ensemble, the possibilities of keeping time are li... More

This text reflects the current state of computer technology and music composition. The authors offer clear, practical overviews of program languages, real-time synthesizers, digital filtering, artificial intelligence, and much more.This text reflects the current state of computer technology and musi... More

This account of Beethoven reveals the life and times of a creative musician in Bonn and Vienna in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. While paying due regard to the image of Beethoven as one of the most single-minded composers in the history of music, this biography places his work i... More

This is the first comprehensive guide to the saxophone, its history, technical development and repertoire. Extensively researched and including much new information, the volume is written by some of the finest performers and experts on the instrument. The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone incorpo... More

Sales of Christian music have skyrocketed. More and more Christian artists have crossed over into mainstream markets, and the national media has taken notice -- Entertainment Weekly, News-week, and The Wall Street Journal have all devoted in-depth features to the Christian music phenomenon.The Billb... More

Described by Aaron Copland as "among the finest creations of the modern repertoire," Berg's Violin Concerto has become a twentieth-century classic. In this authoritative and highly readable guide the reader is introduced not only to the concerto itself but to all that surrounded and determined its c... More