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|  | The Mighty Woman's Book of Buzz by Roz Warren
Women's humor champion Roz Warren's books of quotations are as much fun books as they are reference books. Comediennes, humorists, film stars and myriad others provide quips for all occasions you can think of, plus a few you'd never imagine. AUTHOR: Roz Warren
PUBLISHER: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor 
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 | Fiddler's Fake Book by David Brody
The enormous wealth of material in the Fiddler's Fakebook makes it more than a reference book to be left on the shelf. You will find it helpful in any playing situation--from a square dance to an informal gathering of friends. You can study it page by page learning those tunes that particularly strike your fancy. But perhaps most importantly, you can have a great deal of fun just sitting down and playing through these remarkable monuments to the traditional musician's art. AUTHOR: David Brody
PUBLISHER: Music Sales Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Jim Church's Essential Guide to Nikonos Systems by Jim Church
Jim Church, noted pioneer takes you beyond Nikonos V, RS owner's manuals for great underwater photos. AUTHOR: Jim Church
PUBLISHER: Aqua Quest Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Gustav Mahler by Constantin Floros, Jutta Wicker, Reinhard G. Pauly, Vernon Wicker
Gustav Mahler thought of his symphonic writing as being based on personal experience, as autobiographical, and as an expression of his philosophy of life. Thus his symphonies deal with profound existential questions and with programmatic ideas that the composer was at first willing to reveal but later preferred to keep to himself. Important references to musical meaning in Mahler's symphonies can be found in numerous sources - sketches, drafts, autograph scores, and printers' proofs. These references take the form of programmatic titles, cues, and mottos, and include literary allusions, outcries of grief, and other emotional expressions; they demonstrate that his symphonies cannot be classified as absolute music but rather as music with personal, biographical, literary, and philosophical meanings. With this thesis in mind, Constantin Floros undertakes a precise and detailed exploration of each of Mahler's ten symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde, bringing to light for the first time various aspects of the works. Professor Floros examines their history and autobiographical origins and discusses the events that profoundly influenced the composer's symphonic writing. For example, Mahler's meeting with Alma Schindler (later to become Alma Mahler) in November 1901 and the tragic events of 1907 - the death of the composer's older daughter and the diagnosis of his heart trouble - profoundly changed Mahler's attitude toward life and subsequently his music. The compositional techniques employed by Mahler in each symphony are analyzed and related to stylistic and semantic aspects to decode the composer's symbolic musical language. The author is thus able to identify certain basic qualities ofthese works: tragic irony, the sense of the grotesque, and the affirmation of Mahler's belief both in life after death and in the power of love to transcend death. Understanding this language leads to a more profound understanding of Mahler the symphonist. Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies is AUTHOR: Constantin Floros, Jutta Wicker, Reinhard G. Pauly, Vernon Wicker
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz by Barry Kernfeld, Barry D. Kernfeld
This comprehensive reference offers more than 4500 articles by acclaimed jazz experts, which comment on jazz groups, composers, instruments, styles, and record labels. It also includes in-depth biographies of eminent performers and 1800 discographies... AUTHOR: Barry Kernfeld, Barry D. Kernfeld
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | The Magic of Micah Lasher by Micah Lasher
Micah Lasher, 14 years old, is a prestidigital prodigy who presents an introduction to the basics of magic involving coins, cards, ropes, balls, and other common objects. Includes magic history, comments by Lasher, and anecdotes about other magicians such as Johnny Carson, George Bush, and Ace Greenberg. AUTHOR: Micah Lasher
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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