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The Recorder Today
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This book is about one of the most widely played and yet least understood of instruments, the recorder. Initially revived at the turn of the century, it now has an impressive modern repertoire, much of it using innovative instrumental techniques. The aim of the present work has been to make available to players, composers, teachers and interested non-specialists the sort of practical information they need in order to approach the modern recorder repertoire with understanding. History, music, technique and the leading figures in the field are discussed and described in an informal and readable style. The scope and content of the catalogue of contemporary compositions contained in the second part of the book will come as a surprise to many. Out of about 800 works currently in print Eve O’Kelly has made a selection of some 400, classified by instrumentation which will be of tremendous use to players and teachers at all levels. As a work of reference for the specialist, or as a companion for the amateur player, this book is invaluable.
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don't make my mistake.......2007-06-13
I thought this book contained 400 recorder songs, that's what the products contents lead me to believe. Not so. It contains references to 400 songs, not the music. Buyer beware.
'The Recorder Today' still rooted in past.......2004-07-23
This is a very good reference, as far as it goes. It covers the recorder's history, physics, and comeback beginning in the 1930s. It has a good list of proponents and performers with basic bios of each, up to the date of the book's writing, 1990 (only brief Michala Petri mention). There are alternate non-standard fingering charts given, some even for the use of microtones; and some explanation of modern notation methods. A basic discussion of technique, old and new. There is a substantial listing of 400 modern classical compositions for recorder.
Yet I do find fault here. Ms.O'Kelly has the same problem as other writers of recorder books. The tone of the book is that the recorder is strictly a classical music instrument, although it is capable of use in folk, jazz, or any other music one chooses to apply it to. This is the real recorder today, not just a bunch of Carnegie Hall wannabees playing in the parlor while the butler serves tea.
I would love to find a book that explores the recorder's application to all music, with an expert's knowledge and advice on necessary transposition, and working around the recorder's limited dynamics and range. That book has yet to be written.
And, this book contains no basic fingering chart. Like a spelling book without the alphabet included.
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How to Play Recorder Today
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Title: Legislating technology: On the horizon, mandatory on-board recorders will pose a technological challenge for fleets. (Editorial).(Brief Article)
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Title: Taking control: onboard computer data recorders provide better monitoring of each trip, vehicle and driver. (Editorial).(Brief Article)
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This volume contains the extraordinary story of the prolonged battle between Bobby Fischer, perhaps the most famous chess player of all time, and the long-standing and all-dominating Soviet chess machine. For the first time readers will be able to view virtually all the secret documents on "the Fischer problem", many of which have never previously been published.
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Buen libro, entretenido e informativo........2005-12-05
El libro posee información muy interesante, pero uno espera (bueno, al menos en mi caso) encontrar más fotos. Por supuesto, es muy interesante hallar opiniones de diversos grandes maestros (frecuentemente los más fuertes de la época) sobre las probabilidades de uno u otro bando, y apreciar como la valoración de la fuerza de Fischer varía de una época a otra.
Analyzing Fischer from the Russian perspective.......2002-07-26
This book is a must-have for any fan of Fischer. It provides over 100 annotated games over Fischer's career in which he faced off with the Russians. It spans from his early tournament years to he famous title match.
Mixed in with the games is original commentary from many of the great Russian masters including Tal, Botvannik, Smyslov, Petrosian, Spassky and many more. And this commentary is priceless! I have never seen such of collection of insightful, informative and sometimes hilarious critiquing of Fischer from his adversaries.
The Russians remark on subjects varying from Fischer's strengths and weaknesses to how they loved to play practical jokes on him when they socialized. Very unique perspectives!
But as Fischer grows stronger and becomes more of a threat, the Russians' view of him becomes much more serious. "Secret documents" are revealed in this book depicting the correspondence between the best Russian players of the day in which they combine their thoughts on how they were going to destroy the "Fischer Factor"
This book is great to own because of the collection of games it contains. But it is worth buying just to read through the stories and perspectives from Fischer's truly awesome opponents.
Highly recommend to all fans of the great Bobby Fischer
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Celebrated economist Jeffrey Sachs has a plan to eliminate extreme poverty around the world by 2025. If you think that is too ambitious or wildly unrealistic, you need to read this book. His focus is on the one billion poorest individuals around the world who are caught in a poverty trap of disease, physical isolation, environmental stress, political instability, and lack of access to capital, technology, medicine, and education. The goal is to help these people reach the first rung on the "ladder of economic development" so they can rise above mere subsistence level and achieve some control over their economic futures and their lives. To do this, Sachs proposes nine specific steps, which he explains in great detail in The End of Poverty. Though his plan certainly requires the help of rich nations, the financial assistance Sachs calls for is surprisingly modest--more than is now provided, but within the bounds of what has been promised in the past. For the U.S., for instance, it would mean raising foreign aid from just 0.14 percent of GNP to 0.7 percent. Sachs does not view such help as a handout but rather an investment in global economic growth that will add to the security of all nations. In presenting his argument, he offers a comprehensive education on global economics, including why globalization should be embraced rather than fought, why international institutions such as the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank need to play a strong role in this effort, and the reasons why extreme poverty exists in the midst of great wealth. He also shatters some persistent myths about poor people and shows how developing nations can do more to help themselves.
Despite some crushing statistics, The End of Poverty is a hopeful book. Based on a tremendous amount of data and his own experiences working as an economic advisor to the UN and several individual nations, Sachs makes a strong moral, economic, and political case for why countries and individuals should battle poverty with the same commitment and focus normally reserved for waging war. This important book not only makes the end of poverty seem realistic, but in the best interest of everyone on the planet, rich and poor alike. --Shawn Carkonen
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A landmark exploration of the way out of extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens
Among the most eagerly anticipated books of any year, this landmark exploration of prosperity and poverty distills the life work of an economist Time calls one of the world's 100 most influential people. Sachs's aim is nothing less than to deliver a big picture of how societies emerge from poverty. To do so he takes readers in his footsteps, explaining his work in Bolivia, Russia, India, China, and Africa, while offering an integrated set of solutions for the interwoven economic, political, environmental, and social problems that challenge the poorest countries. Marrying passionate storytelling with rigorous analysis and a vision as pragmatic as it is fiercely moral, The End of Poverty is a truly indispensable work.
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Read with a grain of salt. .......2007-10-05
This book covers some concepts that at face value and first read - especially people like me who are not economists - seem quite enlightening. But the more you read, the more you have to question how it seems that the view he presents is a seemingly simplistic solution to what is in reality a complex problem. One of the reviews on here talked about how it is not "infrastructure" that is key to solving the problems, but rather an access to market. I'd have to agree. Companies are not flocking to sub-Saharan Africa to utilize the labor there. Companies are moving to China and India. This is not a simple matter of infrastructure, but a matter of economic policy and much more.
The book points to some villages in rural Africa where things appear to be improving - a choice village or two where Jeffrey Sachs and the Earth Institute at Columbia pour in their resources (these are subsequently called Millennium Villages to coincide with the Millennium Development Goals) - and it makes you think that he might possibly be making some sense. However, what about generalization to a whole country? Of course if you take all your resources, all the scientific knowledge accessible to you from the Earth Institute, and then some, and pour these into a village, what village will not transform? But is it sustainable? Is it generalizable to the whole country? Change needs to occur at the policy/governmental level concurrently, in order for real success and improvement.
While this book may be interesting, it is important to remember that it is not THE way; it is A way, and along with it, it has its flaws. Ask some other economist what they think - I did, and got an earful. The opinion was that Jeffrey Sachs is just recycling his ideas that he used decades back during the 80s, and that to counter this viewpoint, I must read William Easterly. I'm sure there are others out there to read. But again, one good read does not solve all the world's ills. If you don't have access to an economist, read ALL the reviews on here because there are some other points that need to be considered. And I don't appreciate the impression I get that ideas for solving poverty in places like sub-Saharan Africa comes from a simplistic seemingly-enlightened Westernized view of "this is what is wrong with Africa".
We need to end poverty.......2007-09-28
The book is great. It puts the poverty of the world, including America into light. It lets the reader know that poverty can be ended in our lifetime. It is very serious topic and book. We have the opportunity to end poverty, but will we be the generation that sits by and watches our fellow humans starve and die of disease or not?
The book got to me in a very timely manner and was inexpensive.
Using American Wealth to End Poverty.......2007-09-18
Eradicating global poverty is a concern that Christian missionaries and activists now share with a growing number of global economists and even rock stars like Bono. The gulf between incomes in the West and developing countries complicates the missionary task, yet missionaries often have little understanding of how the global economy works.
Jeffrey Sachs is well qualified to interpret globalization since he has worked in over a hundred nations, analyzing and offering advice on national economies. He was an economics professor at Harvard University and is now Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He was an economic advisor to Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and to Bono.
In The End of Poverty, Sachs outlines a plan to end global poverty by 2025. He is not only a visionary but also an excellent teacher on the fundamentals of global economics. He distinguishes between three degrees of poverty: extreme poverty, representing one billion people who literally struggle for survival every day; moderate poverty, representing 1.5 billion people who live just above subsistence level; and relative poverty, representing 2.5 billion people. Sachs shows how the world economy has changed dramatically since 1980, with over half the world making economic progress. Only Africa has experienced a general increase in extreme poverty in the past 25 years. When Sachs speaks of eradicating poverty, he means primarily ending only extreme poverty by 2025.
Sachs criticizes the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for failing to represent the interests of the poor and advocates "clinical economics" which gives a scientific diagnosis of each nation's economic problems with a prescription for improvement. He believes that if every wealthy nation committed just 0.7 percent of Gross National Product (GNP) to foreign direct assistance, global poverty would end. The United States currently gives only 0.15 percent of GNP in such aid, far below all other wealthy nations.
Sachs offers deep insights into globalization. He states that his worldview is from the Enlightenment, so he advocates "Enlightened Globalization," meaning that he believes scientific rationalism combined with compassion can solve humanity's problems. He also sees American wealth as the key to ending global poverty and discounts the effects of differing cultures as being part of the problem. Sachs does not answer all questions about the sources and solution of poverty, but he sheds some needed light on the subject.
Another impartial diagnosis of poverty.......2007-06-21
For some populist reasons, many pundits think that poverty in poor countries, notaby in Africa, is the result of the lack of investment or commitment of western nations. Unfortunately, Dr. Sachs is one of them. In this book, he only stresses the external factors deepening extreme poverty in Third World countries, not the significance of domestic variables like the obvious lack of commitment and weak incentives to eradicate poverty. The latter is a confluence of factors, both indigenous and external. Using history as our guide, one can almost certainly say that growth has failed because of weak domestic incentives. Failing to recognize that and calling for a large-scale investment in poor countries is an unadulterated promotion of utopianism. Without prior government commitments( not those based on short-term policy reforms but historical performance), all prescriptions will be worse than the desease.
i really do like it.......2007-06-16
if you think about how stinjy (stingy) the 1st world is, it makes you sad. but if you read this book, you'll at least realize that something can be done. hopefully it'll make you feel a little bit better ^_^
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Title: Ending world poverty is achievable.(End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time)(Book review)
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Title: Schlock therapy: this week's plan to end world poverty.(The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time)(Book Review)
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