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'A clarion call to get up on the dance floor.' FINANCIAL TIMESWhy do we dance together? What does dancing tell us about ourselves, individually and collectively? Whether at home, in '80s club nights, Irish dancehalls or youth centres, Emma Warren has...

This book brings together, for the first time, nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 3 Guitar syllabus from 2019. The pieces - two solos and one duet chosen from each of lists A, B and C - have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of...

In 2010, Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the Guardian, set himself an almost impossible task: to learn, in the space of a year, Chopin's Ballade No. 1 - a piece that inspires dread in many professional pianists. His timing could have been better. The next...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785581694Author Hugh BenhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Rhinegold EducationPublisher Hal Leonard Europe LimitedDimensions(mm) 265mm * 195mm *...

Long before Elvis Presley entered Sam Phillips's Sun Records studio in 1954, rock'n' roll was being performed and recorded by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, the Clovers, the Dominoes, the Midnighters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins,...

**A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022** **INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH** **GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY** **FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK** 'Incredibly moving.' - Guardian'Entertaining.' - Telegraph'Most books...

If the story of Wales in the 1990s was a movie plot, it would all seem so far-fetched. Thankfully, it was all true. The 1970s and '80s were a bleak time for much of Wales: the closure of steel works and coal mines led to mass unemployment while the...

A guitar-playing practice guide with hundreds of warm-up and technique-building exercises If you already play some guitar but need some practice, you're in the right place. Guitar Exercises For Dummies is a friendly guide that provides just enough...

This is an A-Z collection of some of Liverpool FC's fans' favourite chants. Including timeless tunes and clever or funny lyrics, this book will gladden the hearts of Reds fans of any age.Book InformationISBN 9781910335635Author Liverpool FCFormat...

Over ten years after WHEN GIANTS WALKED THE EARTH, Mick Wall's seminal biography of the band, comes this major and extensively researched revision, which provides an unflinching look at life inside one of the biggest-selling rock bands of all time,...

Born in 1953 to Anglo-Jewish/Nigerian parents, Pauline Black was subsequently adopted by a white, working class family in Romford. Never quite at home there, she escaped her small town background and discovered a different way of life - making music. ...

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 7 Piano syllabus for 2023 & 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857366757Page Count 80Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 285g

This book contains valuable material to help players strengthen their sight-reading skills in preparation for the ABRSM Grade 6 exam. Featuring preparatory exercises that gradually introduce key new elements encountered at Grade 6, along with a...

*Includes an exclusive new chapter*'Excellent' Guardian'Hugely enjoyable' Irish Times'Dazzling' LRB 'Fascinating' New Statesman 'An absolute must-read' GQAn NME and BBC Culture Book of the Year 2020For a while, Sweet Dreams were made of this.From the...

This book contains nine pieces selected from ABRSM's Grade 7 Flute syllabus from 2022. Key features: Nine pieces in a range of styles, chosen from Lists A, B and C - Includes flute part and piano accompaniment -Ideal for both Practical and Performance...

Shorlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2022 Non-Fiction Prize'There are moments in life that are pure, and which seem to hang in the air, unhitched from the everyday world as we know it. Suspended for a few seconds, they float in their own space...

Model answers for practice papers for ABRSM's Grade 3 Theory examsBook InformationISBN 9781786015402Author ABRSMPage Count 24Imprint Associated Board of the Royal Schools of MusicPublisher Associated Board of the Royal Schools of MusicWeight(grams)...

This book contains valuable practice material for candidates preparing for ABRSM's Clarinet exams at Grades 6-8. It features sample sight-reading tests for the new requirements from 2018, written in attractive and approachable styles.Book InformationISBN...

Why study music? How much practical use is it in the modern world? This introduction proves how studying music is of great value both in its own terms and also in the post-university careers marketplace. The book explains the basic concepts and issues...

This book brings together, for the first time, nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 5 Guitar syllabus from 2019. The pieces - two solos and one duet chosen from each of lists A, B and C - have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of...

In 1994 punk rock trio Green Day were on top of the world with DOOKIE, their massive hit album. They were loud, fast, bratty, pissed off, hopeless, truthful, drunk, maybe high, and somehow, absolutely massive. It was glorious. But by 2004, the hoopla...

This book contains nine pieces selected from ABRSM's Grade 1 Flute syllabus from 2022. Key features: Nine pieces in a range of styles, chosen from Lists A, B and C - Includes flute part and piano accompaniment -Ideal for both Practical and Performance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857366689Page Count 56Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 207g

Paul Harris's Basics Series is widely regarded as the leading method for beginner players and their teachers. Clarinet Basics Teacher's book contains piano and clarinet accompaniments for the pieces in Clarinet Basics Pupil's book along with a...

The definitive chronicle of underground music in the 1980s tells the stories of Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Replacements, and other seminal bands whose DIY revolution changed American music forever. Our Band Could Be Your Life is the never-before-told...

Evening Standard Book of the Year. Observer Book of the Year. Guardian Book of the Year. Sunday Times Book of the Year. Telegraph Book of the Year. New Statesman Book of the Year. Herald Book of the Year. Mojo Book of the Year.Brett Anderson came from a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857360038Author Trinity College LondonFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451207357Author Peter BrownPage Count 464Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Technique Takes Off! Viola presents fourteen original, imaginative studies for solo viola, specially written with the timbre and register of the instrument in mind and designed to lead on from elementary studies for younger players to those of Mazas and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525573883Author Vikki TobakFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERA GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, THE TIMES, IRISH TIMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS, ROUGH TRADE, MOJO, CLASH, ROLLING STONE, UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEARFrom award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a...

Black Tooth Grin is the first biography of Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, the Texas-bred guitarist of the heavy metal band Pantera, who was murdered onstage in 2004 by a deranged fan,24 years to the day after John Lennon met a similar fate. Darrell Abbott...

Violin Mix is an original series of new arrangements for violin. Book 3 offers attractive repertoire at Grade 3 in a wide variety of styles. Well-known music includes 'Jupiter' from The Planets and the African-American spiritual 'Deep River'. There are...

Nightclubs and music venues are often the source of a lifetime's music taste, best friends and vivid memories. They can define a town, a city or a generation, and breed scenes and bands that change music history. In Life After Dark Dave Haslam reveals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360914Author Ged DuffyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 455g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683834502Author Richard BienstockFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637610008Author Bruce SpizerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Imagine & WonderPublisher Imagine & Wonder

Beginning in 1994 and closing in the first months of 1998, the UK passed through a cultural moment as distinct and as celebrated as any since the war. Founded on rock music, celebrity, boom-time economics, and fleeting political optimism, this was "Cool...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857361905Page Count 36Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 144g