Miles: 1303 books

Miles Krassen has gathered and re-edited more than 900 tunes, bringing up to date Capt. Francis O'Neill's famed collection of Irish dance music, airs, jigs, reels, hornpipes, and marches.

More than 500 people are involved in the creation of just one of the world's greatest pianos, the Steinway. From the selection and aging of wood to the delicate voicing of the finished instrument, this special reissue of 88 Keys – The Making of a Steinway Piano relates the story behind the instrument's...

A celebrity biography about the singer Rebecca Black, who shot to fame in 2011 with her song 'Friday'. The book examines Rebecca's childhood interest in performance and gives a detailed insight into 2011, a rollercoaster year of success and notoriety for the 14 year old. The book aims to give a balanced...

A bittersweet suburban comedy When her husband drives to work in the city each morning, Holly Walker feels trapped in their house in the sleepy suburb of Meadow Bank. She is overweight, underappreciated and lonely. But when she starts slimming down, things begin to change alarmingly. Her husband...

You’ve spent a lot of time learning how to use the features of your video camera to take amazing pictures, but chances are the audio always gives you trouble! Today, with production budgets shrinking, many are being asked to go-it-alone and sound is a frequent pain point that can drag production...

Miles Gibson's cult novel from 1984 returns to print with a new preface by the author.Growing up in a small hotel in a shabby seaside town, lonely William 'Mackerel' Burton amuses himself by perfecting his conjuring tricks. In adult life his magic turns lethal as he stalks the streets of London...

This book shows you: (1) How to quickly boost your confidence,  (2) How to develop a long term confidence, (3) How to become a student of confidence, and  (4) The connection between happiness and confidence. 

A brief, beautiful invitation to the study of religion from a Pulitzer Prize winner. How did our forebears begin to think about religion as a distinct domain, separate from other activities that were once inseparable from it? Starting at the birth of Christianity—a religion inextricably bound...

From Chicago to Toronto to Shanghai, cities around the world have sprouted “iconic” buildings by celebrity architects like Frank Gehry and Daniel Libeskind that compete for attention both on the skyline and in the media. But in recent years, criticism of these extreme “gestural” structures,...

This is a true story. It is an account of the journey of three generations, from the dark days of the Second World War, to the freedom of peace time. Into the family history is woven the bravery of the soldier and the dilemma of the conscientious objector. The story then travels to North Wales, to...

Contemplations on life, the nature of friendship and the various aspects of love and grief counterpoint verses reflecting on my pagan faith: a peek at the wheel of the year, interaction with the forces that share our world and the magic that is all around us. Fantastical pieces that embroider...

Once associated only with the wealthy and privileged in Latin America, lifelong illnesses are now emerging among a wider cross section of the population as an unfortunate consequence of growing urbanization and increased life expectancy. One of these diseases is the chronic autoimmune disorder lupus...

How can we unmask the vested interests behind capital’s ‘cultural’ urban agenda? Limits to Culture pits grass-roots cultural dissent against capital's continuing project of control via urban planning. Limits to Culture starts by outlining the cultural turn in urban policy which happened...

RADIOACTIVE CLOUDS OF DEATH OVER UTAH From 1950 to the 1958 moratorium on atmospheric testing, the Atomic Energy Commission detonated over 100 atomic bombs at the Nevada Test Site. The inhabitants of St. George, Utah--the so-called downwinders--were repeatedly in the fly zone of these toxic,...