Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States

Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States
Author: Guy A. Marco
Publisher: New York : Garland Pub.
Total Pages: 978
Release: 1993
Genre: Music
ISBN:

This alphabetical reference covers the entire spectrum of the recording of sound, from Edison's experimental cylinders to contemporary high technology. The major focus is on the recorded sound industry in the US, with additional material on Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The coverage is particularly strong on the earliest periods of recorded sound history--1877-1948, the 78 rpm era and 1949-1982, the LP era. In addition to performers and their work, entries also cover important commercial organizations, individuals who made significant technical contributions, societies and associations, sound archives and libraries, magazines, catalogs, award winners, technical topics, special and foreign terms, copyright laws, and other areas of interest. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Annenbergs

The Annenbergs
Author: John E. Cooney
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1982
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

"This is the colorful and dramatic biography of two of America's most controversial entrepreneurs: Moses Louis Annenberg, 'the racing wire king, ' who built his fortune in racketeering, invested it in publishing, and lost much of it in the biggest tax evasion case in United States history; and his son, Walter, launcher of TV Guide and Seventeen magazines and former ambassador to Great Britain."--Jacket.

101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher

101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher
Author: Lee Wardlaw
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Inventions
ISBN: 9780803726581

Steve "Sneeze" Wyatt attempts to thwart his parents' plan to have him skip eighth grade, but he has bigger problems when his friends disapprove of his new list and Mrs. "Fierce" Pierce threatens to keep him from the Invention Convention.

Traditional Jewish Papercuts

Traditional Jewish Papercuts
Author: Joseph Shadur
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781584651659

The definitive work on papercuts, a long-overlooked aspect of Jewish folk art.

Playway to English Level 1 Teacher's Book

Playway to English Level 1 Teacher's Book
Author: Günter Gerngross
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2009-03-12
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780521129909

Playway to English Second edition is a new version of the popular four-level course for teaching English to young children. Pupils acquire English through play, music and Total Physical Response, providing them with a fun and dynamic language learning experience. In the Teacher's Book: • Clear, comprehensive lesson plans with valuable suggestions for mixed-ability classes • Useful photocopiable resources to supplement lesson plans

The Poet of Tolstoy Park

The Poet of Tolstoy Park
Author: Sonny Brewer
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 034547631X

In 1925, Henry Stuart leaves his home and grown sons in Idaho to move to the woods on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, Alabama, where he builds a round house and lives for more than two decades on the property he names after Leo Tolstoy.