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Bioethics
"Delve into the intriguing world of bioethics with a twist, where each ethical dilemma is introduced with a dramatic moral mystery story. Far from the usual medical case studies, these tales are crafted not just to educate but to captivate. This innovative resource presents sixty riveting topics designed to educate and captivate medical healthcare students and practitioners. Each issue focuses on high-yield content crucial for boards, licensing exams, and continuing medical education for students and practitioners. The book is an essential reference for clinical practice, ethics consultations,"--
Fauré Studies
Presents new research on Fauré by leading scholars, encompassing hermeneutics, musical analysis, aesthetic theory, critical theory, and social history.
Grainger the Modernist
Unaccountably, Percy Grainger has remained on the margins of both American music history and twentieth-century modernism. This volume reveals the well-known composer of popular gems to be a self-described ’hyper-modernist’ who composed works of uncompromising dissonance, challenged the conventions of folk song collection and adaptation, re-visioned the modern orchestra, experimented with ’ego-less’ composition and designed electronic machines intended to supersede human application. Grainger was far from being a self-sufficient maverick working in isolation. Through contact with innovators such as Ferrucio Busoni, Léon Theremin and Henry Cowell; promotion of the music of modern Fren...
Magician of Sound
French composer Maurice Ravel was described by critics as a magician, conjurer, and illusionist. Scholars have been aware of this historical curiosity, but none so far have explained why Ravel attracted such critiques or what they might tell us about how to interpret his music. Magician of Sound examines Ravel's music through the lens of illusory experience, considering how timbre, orchestral effects, figure/ground relationships, and impressions of motion and stasis might be experienced as if they were conjuring tricks. Applying concepts from music theory, psychology, philosophy, and the history of magic, Jessie Fillerup develops an approach to musical illusion that newly illuminates Ravel's...
Fantastic Fables of Foster Flat
In one mountain town, tall tales are that much taller… "I've seen a lot in my lifetime. You'd think a small mountain town like Foster Flat would be sleepy and boring. Some better adjectives might be strange, surreal, and magical. I'm Mimi Rawlins. Born and raised in Foster Flat, I've witnessed more than my share of unbelievable incidents here among the mountains. You may not believe some of these stories, but I'm a reporter. I'll tell it to you straight. And I'll promise you one thing: after listening to these stories, your life will never be the same." Fantastic Fables of Foster Flat is a collection of suspenseful fantasy tales written in the spirit of Ray Bradbury and The Twilight Zone. Inspired by the Great Smoky Mountains themselves, if you like character-driven stories, southern charm, and twists you won't see coming, you'll love Orrin Jason Bradford's assortment of twisty tales. Buy Fantastic Fables to travel deep into the unique mountain town today!
The Operas of Maurice Ravel
This first comprehensive study unites musical, literary, documentary and cultural perspectives to shed new light on Ravel's compositional practice.
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