The compilation of credentials is impressive.
595510
The people who need to be beaten over the head with this book will never read it.  I've accepted this.
980142
Fantastic coverage, with citations to a ton of current research, and credit given to those who's shoulders are being stood upon.
320036
The selection is amazing, and the performances are top notch.
3484746
This was a great compilation from a wide range of authoritative writers and timely subjects.
3218439
Happy with the amount of good material in this book.
4664188
Xiayin Wang's credentials and experience, described in the booklet accompanying the CD "Enchanted Garden", alert us to the treat of hearing her beautiful control and rounded sounds; then the performance lifts us to an adventure on a flying carpet of melodic fantasy.  Her technical prowess and elegant performance live up to the praise in the booklet text.

Composer Richard Danielpour explains well the twelve preludes, making sense of their titles. The descriptions provide a basis for understanding themes based on his personal dreams. These "experiences and memories" are captured in five Preludes in Book 1 from 1992 and seven Preludes in Book 2 from 2009. Danielpour has a rich career in many musical venues and his own following in the world of performance.

The playlist, performer, and composer are listed in Chinese on the Media Player; fortunately the jacket is in English. Are there so many Chinese readers in the American market that this is the preferred way of listing the preludes? It is especially puzzling since the disc was supposedly made in Canada and put together in the U.S.--with an American flag as background. The Arabic numerals correspond to the items within each Book, not the numbers of the tracks. Anything less would have English speakers numbering the preludes as they listen.

While some selections are peaceful and others are gritty, Item #2 in Book 1 and #4 of Book 2 are especially appealing----Ms. Wang really takes us to ragtime and the Gershwin world! She understands the music completely, and shares that appreciation with the audience.  "The Enchanted Garden" is a welcome addition to the collection of modern piano music, and displays the skills of both Danielpour and Wang.
859143
The many skills provided in the book are very helpful in prepararing the students to take their tests.
50542
well done and useful with just the right amount of background
4013463
This is great. The selections are fantastic.
934446
As one who has been acquainted for several years with Ms. Bartoli's prowess as a technician, I was not surprised to hear on this disc that the selections exhibit that side of her impressive talent. What I was not prepared for, however, was the uniqueness of this unfamiliar repertoire in its extreme demands of range, breath control, drama, and velocity, all of which the performer takes to new heights of convincing excellence, as do her accompanying forces. The tours de force are contrasted at times with exceptionally tender arias intoned with aching beauty. When coupled with the informative liner notes regarding the tragic sacrifices made for a time to produce the occasional castrati capable of performing such marvels of musical performance art, the listener is caught up in the desire to be taken back 250 years for the chance of hearing such voices personally. But to own this CD is to experience with rapture extraordinary music presented in exemplary fashion. Not background music. Revel in it.
477087
Wow!  This is impressive.  Lance Martin's new cartoon collection is a massive compilation of a half-century's worth of work from this very accomplished cartoonist.  There are not just cartoons here but reminiscences, stories, photos, life experiences, that add up to an autobiography of a very talented man, all offered up with a dose of self-deprecating humor from a wonderfully comic mind.  Certainly most of his cartoons, including those rejected, are better than you'll find in most publications nowadays, including the New Yorker.  Along with some vital life lessons: don't quit your day job but never give up your dreams.  Highly recommended.
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The subtitle says it all, except that not all the professions are prized - silver mining, for instance, done by slaves who spent their days on their backs in a "coffin-sized hole" and had a life span of three months, or the hordes of free-born laborers needed for everything from carrying stones to loading ships who earned their daily bread and little else.

But Leon manages to cover a broad range of professions from slave-driver and gladiator to dream incubators and sycophants (who informed on fig smugglers) who have no counterpart in today's world as well as many others that will be around forever in one form or another.

Entries are brief and breezy, but very informative. Leon organizes her jobs and avocations in categories - Slave jobs (the best ones are in aristocratic homes), temple and entertainment jobs, food professions, law and order, entertainment and the arts, etc., giving her sections such titles as "Small-time Operators, Corporate Rackets," and "Doomed Careers and Deathless Pursuits."

There are also brief profiles throughout of people who excelled in one way or another at their posts.

Leon's relentlessly droll style grows a little wearing but she does pack an amazing amount of information in this well-organized, broad-ranging collection, giving a lively, detailed picture of teeming life in the ancient world.
4066322
The book shows the wealth of information that the military experience of the author has.  The work is almost prophetic in many ways.
466381
I actually like this publication more than Die deutsche Schrift. The author provides an amazing number of writing styles.  For instance, she demonstrated over 30 ways the capital A was formed.  The same can be said of all letters, numerous examples were provided. Words pertaining to genealogy, family relationships, occupations and titles, and illnesses were in old script with Latin, English, and Danish translations.
2028702
I got a great deal of knowledge from the academic preface and end-notes.
3444149
The content covers many interesting topics. What is more, it is full of photos which show good practices in terms of WCAG 2.0.
3588804
This book is a compilation of knowledge from eminent experts and scholars in soft skills and leadership. It also outlines employability skills needed for global workforce. Each sentence in this book is a pearl. It is an authenticated resource for soft skills and leadership. It is useful for students, educators, learners and leadership scholars and practitioners. It is worth investing your time. I strongly recommend reading this book.