All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Fifth Edition
An entertainment lawyer whose clients include many from the top of the music charts, Passman has written a book that sets out to give musicians, performers, and songwriters the tools to hire advisers, market their careers, protect their creative works, and generally cope with a complex industry in a state of flux. Passman explains boilerplate language, the complexities of royalties and advances, and label and distribution deals
In MBA Fundamentals in Statistics, readers learn to decipher and critically examine the information that is presented to them on a daily basis through polls, surveys, scientific studies, and more. Through real-life situations and simple exercises, anyone can learn to be a critical consumer of information and to make better business decisions.
The Plane Truth for Golfers: Breaking Down the One-plane Swing and the Two-Plane Swing and Finding the One That's Right for You
Voted one of "America's 50 Greatest Teachers" by Golf Digest and ranked in the "Top 100 Teachers" list of Golf magazine, Jim Hardy is a veritable scholar of swing. He's been fixing the swings of professional and amateur golfers since 1977, and in The Plane Truth for Golfers, he makes his groundbreaking concepts available to you for the first time.
If you've ever wondered why Queen Elizabeth has two birthdays, what a whip does in the Houses of Parliament, where you can find the rules of cricket or just what makes that famous British sense of humour, look no further! Here are the answers to 100 of the most common and some of the more interesting questions asked about Britain around the world.
Good Wine: The New BasicsAlthough people love to drink wine, many feel intimidated by the amount of information and training it takes to become even partly knowledgeable. Young professionals and boomers alike demand a basic wine book, but not a "dummies" book that sacrifices sophistication or detail.
"Good Wine, the New Basics" removes the intimidation factor, and presents the information in an intelligent, tasteful and accessible format that includes all aspects of wine knowledge. A perfect gift for friends and family planning to travel to various wine regions the world over.
