books about: appreciation

books about: appreciation

books:

Appreciation

Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon

Melissa Anelli

Pocket, 2008

Melissa's Memoirs of the Harry Potter Experience Delightful!
This is a wonderful book for those who enjoyed watching the Harry Potter appreciation grow over the past decade, and for those who want to know how it all unfolded. For future readers, having a strong piece on how it all began will be significant. My daughter loves ...

High Voltage Tattoo
Kat Von D.

Collins Design, 2009

High Voltage Tattoo is a graphic perspective on today's global tattoo culture by Kat Von D, star of The Learning Channel's L.A. Ink and one of the most talented and popular artists working today. Designed in a style that is reminiscent of a handmade Gothic journal with its red padded cover, ornate typography, and parchmentlike pages, it throws ...

30,000 Years of Art

Editors of Phaidon

Phaidon Press Inc., 2007

Don't Miss This One!
A superlative review of human accomplishment in the visual arts. Intelligent, well designed. Beautifully printed and bound. Unbelieve bargain- without a doubt the single best buy of recent times!

The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature

Daniel J. Levitin

Dutton Adult, 2008

An entertaining and informative examination of the human brain and culture as revealed by music
Daniel Levitin is both a rock musician and a cognitive scientist. That is, he looks at how the brain behaves as you perceive things. Music is one of those interesting puzzles that allows people like Levitin to see the brain behave in ways different than our other ...

1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (1,000 Before You Die)

Tom Moon

Workman Publishing Company, 2008

Useful and Fun
Let's agree not to quibble about whether our favorite recordings made it into the list. Just the sheer scope and breadth of this book would make it a useful resource. But Moon goes well beyond scope and provides a means of discovering great music that most of us would ...

The Bartender's Black Book, Eighth Edition: 2,800 New and Classic Recipes

Stephen Kittredge Cunningham

Wine Appreciation Guild, 2006

absolutely stunning
this book is absolutely great! I have these books, Original Guide to American Cocktails by Robert Plotkin, Maran Illustrated Bartending, Craft of Cocktails Dale DeGroff, Joy of Mixology By GAry regan and Bartenders Black Book!!! out of these six books Stephen ...

Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, With Recipes

Jennifer Mclagan

Ten Speed Press, 2008

Great reading,Fun cooking
I love this book and it could be my cookbook of the year. I have a library and I have been cooking long enough that I do not really need a cookbook unless it is very good. I bought the book primarily for reading about fats and why they could be good for you. ...

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition

Oliver Sacks

Vintage, 2008

Man, the musical animal
Sacks does it again, merging clinical precision with insight and real affection for his patients. This time, he explores the biological foundations of music as a human experience. It turns out that music runs deep in the human brain and mind, as it does in possibly no ...

Music Quickens Time

Daniel Barenboim

Verso, 2008

Everything is Connected: The Power of Music or Music Quickens Time
As in: The NEW YORK TIMES, dated November 24, 2008 offered an overview of a new book entitled "Music Quickens Time" Verso Books) by Daniel Barenboim. I recently read a book by Daniel Barenboim entitled "Everything is Connected: The Power of Music" (published by ...

The Jazz Ear: Conversations over Music

Ben Ratliff

Times Books, 2008

The Mysteries of Jazz
As with any rewarding relationship, listening is central to creating a genuine friendship with jazz. Ben Ratliff's conversations with some of the living masters of the music suggest paths you may take. Ultimately, it is the music that matters most, and each of us will ...

Sounds Like Teen Spirit: Stolen Melodies, Ripped-Off Riffs, and the Secret History of Rock and Roll

Tim English

iUniverse Star, 2007

Sounds Like is a Behind The Hits winner
As a music author (Behind The Hits) and a radio dj/musicologist, I was very excited to learn of Timothy's book. Smells Like Teen Spirit has put together many of the songs I have chronicled over the years that sound suspiciously like others. On my radio shows I have ...

Touch the Art: Brush Mona Lisa's Hair (Touch the Art)

Julie Appel, Amy Guglielmo

Sterling, 2006

great touch and feel art book!
We love this book! Brush Mona Lisa's hair has works of art that remind me of an art history class I took in college, but with touch and feel! My daughters (3 yrs old and 18 months old) love books so we have alot of them, and this one is a winner! This book includes: ...

The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music

Victor L. Wooten

Berkley Trade, 2008

Soul Pleasing & Mind Opening
This book is a must read for the musician-old and new alike. Mr. Wooten has given musicians, not bass players, away of accessing something that many of us seemingly take for granted. The power of music is formidable! I, for one, thank him for writing the text.

1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die

Universe, 2007

Beautiful compilation for all levels of interest
An enormous, beautifully compiled collection of artwork whose title I couldn't agree with more. Filled with easily digested insights into some of the greatest artwork in history, this almost 1000-page book is great for people only mildly interested in art or for ...

Can You Hear It?

Dr. William Lach, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2006

An Armchair Cultural Experience
This elegant picture book and Cd combo provide adult and child partners at any level of maturity with a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the symphony concert hall at the same time. Page after page provide opportunites for delight,discussion and description. ...