Buz and Stif Go to College

Buz and Stif Go to College
Author: Michael Johnson
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2020-10-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1663204535

Buz and Stif barely squeaked through high school. Still, with diplomas in hand, thanks to Drakesville High’s lax grading policies, they’re in a mood to open a few cans of beer. What now? Stif, a high school league basketball star who didn’t make it into the majors, doesn’t think much about the future. He figures he already had one. Buz, though, the thoughtfull one, has put his brain power to work. There aren’t many job opening in Drakesville that don’t involve hamburger flipping, and it would be even worse in N.O., so why not go to college like everyone else? At nearby Peabody State University, admission is easy and everything is paid by your student loan. With a college degree in hand, their job prospects would be fantastic! After only four years tons of girl friends would be totally impressed! So why not go for it?

Pop Music Theory

Pop Music Theory
Author: Michael Johnson
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2007-12-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0578035391

The study of popular music composition is a new field in which the standard rules of traditional music theory do not apply. Learn how to write top 40 hits in every style from alternative rock to country pop. Discover the way chords are constructed and used in pop music, the Nashville numbers system and the role of scales in pop music harmony. Learn how to arrange a lead-sheet chart for a small ensemble so your entire band can learn a song in minutes. No more listening to a cd over and over to figure out a guitar riff when you can learn to recognize chord progressions and easily transcribe music from recordings. You will master the ability to play chord changes for self-accompaniment as well as composition. Finally you will learn how to use the scales for improvisation and "ad libbing" so you can become a soloist with your own unique sound.

Beyond Words

Beyond Words
Author: Jeffrey F. Hamburger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Collectors and collecting
ISBN: 9781892850263

Featuring illuminated manuscripts from nineteen Boston-area institutions, Beyond Words provides a sweeping overview of the history of the book in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, as well as a guide to its production, illumination, functions, and readership. With over 150 manuscripts on display, Manuscripts for Pleasure & Piety at the McMullen Museum focuses on lay readership and the place of books in medieval society. The High Middle Ages witnessed an affirmation of the visual and, with it, empirical experience. There was an explosion of illumination. Various types of images, whether in prayer or professional books, attest to the newfound importance of visual demonstration in matters of faith and science alike."--

The River Flows North

The River Flows North
Author: Graciela Limón
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2009
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1558855858

A group of would-be immigrants follows smuggler Leonardo Cerda in an attempt to cross the desert border between Mexico and the United States. The grueling and desperate trip will mark their lives forever.

Son of a Whore

Son of a Whore
Author: Michael Johnson
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2020-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1532089740

Marcus/Marsha, an 18 year old transsexual, can see no other future than street-walking in the footsteps of his prostitute mother when he meets a fantastic bisexual teenager called Gavin. Gavin moves in, becomes the lover of both mother and son/daughter and re-arranges their lives at least temporarily for the maximum convenience of all three. Things can’t last and when Gavin decrees a ban on sex-for-cash all three are caught up in a desperate pursuit of alternate sources of income. Son of a Whore breaks with current tendencies toward conformism and correctness to renew with the movement of innovation and liberation that characterized American literature in past decades.

To the Chicago Abyss

To the Chicago Abyss
Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1989
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781583425145

Words to Rhyme with

Words to Rhyme with
Author: Willard R. Espy
Publisher: Checkmark Books
Total Pages: 692
Release: 2001
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780816043132

An easy-to-use dictionary of over 80,000 rhyming words.

The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language

The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language
Author: Rodney D. Huddleston
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1860
Release: 2002-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780521527613

This grammar for the 21st century combines clear grammatical principles with non-technical explanations of all terms and concepts used.