A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice (Oxford Studies in Music Theory)
By: Dmitri Tymoczko
4.10
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
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1. Four Musical Minimalists: La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass (Music in the Twentieth Century, Series Number 11)
By: Keith Potter
4.00
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
This book offers the most detailed account so far of the early works of these four minimalist compo… read more
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2. Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved
By: Stephen Macedo , Frans de Waal , Josiah Ober
3.82
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
"It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates a… read more
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"It is said that man is wolf to man. I find this very unfair to wolves."-Stephen Macedo, Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved
3. Tao Te Ching
By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe
4.30
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more
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"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
4. The Idea of Europe: An Essay
By: George Steiner , Rob Riemen
4.50
Format: 532 pages, Hardcover
In this remarkable short book, the foremost intellectual of our age brings a lifetime of erudition … read more
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5. The Myth of Sisyphus
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien
4.18
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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"A fate is not a punishment."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"there are truths but no truth"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"To will is to stir up paradoxes"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
6. The Human Condition
By: Hannah Arendt , Margaret Canovan
3.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Conditionis a in many r… read more
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7. Refugee Tales: Volume II
By: Kamila Shamsie , Jackie Kay , Marina Warner , Helen Macdonald , Olivia Laing , Josh Cohen , David Herd , Neel Mukherjee , Rachel Holmes , Vahni Capildeo , Ian Duhig , None
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Upon changing his religion, a young man is denounced as an apostate and flees his country hiding in… read more
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8. Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
By: Lisa Dickey , Herbie Hancock
4.13
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time In Herbie … read more
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9. Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures
By: Mark Fisher
3.72
Format: None pages, Paperback
This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of the acclaimed Capitalist Realism, argues that… read more
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10. Room
By: Emma Donoghue
3.50
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he… read more
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11. A Generative Theory of Tonal Music
By: Ray S. Jackendoff , Fred Lerdahl
4.10
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
This work, which has become a classic in music theory since its publication in 1983, models music u… read more
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12. The Garden of Forking Paths
By: George Guidall , Jorge Luis Borges
3.31
Format: None pages, Audiobook
"The Garden of Forking Paths" (original Spanish title: "El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan") is … read more
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13. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
By: Mark Fisher
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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14. Principles of Orchestration
By: None
4.12
Format: 652 pages, Paperback
"To orchestrate is to create, and this cannot be taught," wrote Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, the great … read more
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15. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
By: None
4.27
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
A pioneering researcher and one of the world's foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold n… read more
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16. Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond
By: Michael Nyman , Brian Eno
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
Michael Nyman's book is a first-hand account of experimental music from 1950 to 1970. First publish… read more
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17. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
By: Aldous Huxley
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more
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18. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
By: Rick Rubin
4.04
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more
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"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
19. Wir Flüchtlinge
By: Hannah Arendt
4.21
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Hannah Arendts 1943 erschienener Essay wurde lange Zeit ignoriert, erst 1986 übersetzt - und zeigt … read more
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20. A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice (Oxford Studies in Music Theory)
By: Dmitri Tymoczko
4.10
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
How is the Beatles' "Help!" similar to Stravinsky's "Dance of the Adolescents?" How does Radiohead'… read more
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21. Public Health in Crisis: Confined in the Aegean Archipelago
By: Dimitra Kondylatou
4.67
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Epidemics and pandemics undermine societies and highlight the vulnerability of relations people hav… read more
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22. Hermeneutics: Facts and Interpretation in the Age of Information
By: John D. Caputo
4.20
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
Is anything ever not an interpretation? Does interpretation go all the way down? Is there such a th… read more
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23. Kinderen van Apate - Over leugens en waarachtigheid
By: Alicja Gescinska
3.70
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
Toen Pandora haar beruchte doos opende en de godin Apate ontsnapte, kwamen de misleiding en het bed… read more
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24. The Despot's Apprentice: Donald Trump's Attack on Democracy
By: Brian Klaas
4.16
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
An ex-US campaign advisor who has sat with the world’s dictators explains Donald Trump’s increasing… read more
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25. How to Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance
By: Paul Mason
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The far right is on the rise across the world. From Modi's India to Bolsonaro's Brazil and Erdogan'… read more
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26. Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression
By: William Allaudin Mathieu
4.73
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of musical harmony from its ancient fundamentals to its most complex modern progress… read more
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27. Musical Composition: Craft and Art
By: Alan Belkin
4.21
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
An invaluable introduction to the art and craft of musical composition from a distinguished teacher… read more
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28. Hollywood Harmony: Musical Wonder and the Sound of Cinema (Oxford Music/Media Series)
By: Frank Lehman
4.38
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Film music often tells us how to feel, but it also guides us how to hear. Filmgoing is an intensely… read more
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29. The Arithmetic of Listening: Tuning Theory and History for the Impractical Musician
By: Kyle Gann
4.50
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
"Tuning is the secret lens through which the history of music falls into focus," says Kyle Gann. Ye… read more
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30. Audacious Euphony: Chromatic Harmony and the Triad's Second Nature (Oxford Studies in Music Theory)
By: Richard Cohn
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Music theorists have long believed that 19th-century triadic progressions idiomatically extend the … read more
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31. Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization for Improvisation
By: George Russell
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Composer, theoretician, band leader, George Russell, first published the Lydian Chromatic Concept i… read more
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