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  • Music Lessons: Seven Composers and What They Taught Me

    by Stephen Johnson ...
    From the bestselling author of How Shostakovich Changed My Mind comes a new book about the cathartic power of music.For critic and composer Stephen Johnson, there have been moments when music has confronted him with life-changing insights. Some of these have been hard to accept, but once accepted they have opened up new possibilities of thinking, feeling and living. Through an exploration of seven ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • How Shostakovich Changed My Mind

    by Stephen Johnson ...
    A powerful look at the extraordinary healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness, including author Stephen Johnson's struggle with bipolar disorder.BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson explores the power of Shostakovich’s music during Stalin’s reign of terror, and writes of the extraordinary healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness. Johnson looks at neurological, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Habits Principles For Success

    Proven Strategies and Habits To Help You Become A Success and Achieve The Life You Want

    by Stephen-Jones Johnson ...
    Series series Proven Strategies and Habits To Help You Become A Success and Achieve The Life You Want
    Do you struggle with getting things done or with procrastination? Have you desperately tried to work on something you truly want, put in all the effort and time and still keep struggling to achieve it?Are you looking for something to help you turn things around, live a life of purpose and become your own success? Do you want to live a happier, healthier and more fulfilling life?Did you know that ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Released

    by Theresa Halvorsen, S. Faxon, Kevin David Anderson, Diane Arrelle, Shaun Avery, Chris Bannor, Evan Baughfman, Joe Baumann, Dennis K. Crosby, Tobin Elliott, M.S. Ewing, John M. Floyd, Douglas Ford, Christina Hoag, Stephen Johnson, Brian James Lewis, Stephen Oliver, Nicole M. Wolverton, Lara Yamada ...
    TIPS FOR HOW NOT TO END UP IN A HORROR STORYDON’TListen to the SpidersDrive in the rainBuy the dollDOSell the PuppetTake the Dr.’s AdviceLeave the Box ShutIn this thrilling horror anthology by No Bad Books Press, the characters of the following authors didn’t take this advice:Kevin David AndersonDiane ArrelleShaun AveryChris Bann... ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ruth Bell Graham

    Celebrating An Extraordinary Life

    by Jan Karon, Lady Bird Johnson, Barbara Bush ...
    Friends and family of Ruth Bell Graham share their fondest thoughts and memories about the woman they know as mother, wife, grandmother, teacher, prayer partner and friend. Reminiscent of the best-selling Footprints of a Pilgrim, Ruth Bell Graham is a tender and touching portrait of Ruth Bell Graham as seen in the lives of those who know and love her. Reflecting both her roots as the child of ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Eighth

    Mahler and the World in 1910

    by Stephen Johnson ...
    This "thrilling study of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No 8 . . . makes a strong case for its quality . . . we shall never listen to it in the same way again" ( Guardian, UK).On September 12, 1910, Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony had its world premiere at Munich's new Musik Festhalle. It was the artistic breakthrough for which the composer had yearned all his life. An array of royals and stars from the ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mahler: His Life and Music

    by Stephen Johnson ...
    Series series His Life and Music
    For Gustav Mahler, there was nothing abstract or escapist about music. The symphony must be like the world, he insisted. It must embrace everything. He lived up to that ideal spectacularly, creating works of such emotional range and imaginative power that each feels like a world in itself. Uniquely, Mahler made himself the prism through which that wealth of experience is refracted. This book ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • The Secret of Apollo

    Systems Management in American and European Space Programs

    by Stephen B. Johnson ...
    Series series New Series in NASA History
    "Skillfully interweaving technical details and fascinating personalities, Johnson tells the history of systems management in the U.S. and Europe." —Howard McCurdy, author of Space and the American ImaginationWinner of the Emme Award for Astronautical Literature from the American Astronautical SocietyHow does one go about organizing something as complicated as a strategic-missile or space ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tugga's Mob

    by Stephen Johnson ...
    What happens on tour stays on tour was the mantra for the southern hemisphere backpackers who swarmed Europe in the 1980s. Foreign countries had to be explored and devoured in every way possible.Waikato-born Judy Williams worked hard for her big OE: London, Paris, Rome, Gallipoli; and her adventures were dutifully recorded in her diary.A diary that also recorded how the obsessive Tugga Tancred and ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret of Apollo

    Systems Management in American and European Space Programs

    by Stephen B. Johnson ...
    Series series New Series in NASA History
    Winner of the Emme Award for Astronautical Literature from the American Astronautical SocietyHow does one go about organizing something as complicated as a strategic-missile or space-exploration program? Stephen B. Johnson here explores the answer—systems management—in a groundbreaking study that involves Air Force planners, scientists, technical specialists, and, eventually, bureaucrats. Taking a ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • 7 best short stories - Canada

    by E. Pauline Johnson, Stephen Leacock, Robert Barr, Frank L. Packard, L. M. Montgomery, Charles G. D. Roberts, Gilbert Parker, John George Bourinot, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 60 - 7 best short stories - specials
    Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Canadian literature. Influences on Canadian writers are broad, both geographically and historically, representing Canada's diversity in culture and region. This ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Opera Explained The Ring of the Nibelung

    by Stephen Johnson ...
    Narrated by Stephen Johnson ...
    Series series Opera Explained 

    Unabridged

    2 hours 39 min

    Wagner’s Ring cycle is the most ambitious work in the history of music: four operas that combine to tell a single epic story. Based in legend, it has become a legend in its own right: a supreme challenge for conductors, singers, opera producers, and indeed for audiences. But for all its grandeur and complexity, The Ring is far more accessible than many music lovers think. This two-CD guide ... Read more

    $16.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus