John Banville, the Man Booker Prize–winning author of The Sea and Ancient Light, now gives us a new novel—at once trenchant, witty, and shattering—about the intricacies of artistic creation, about theft, and about the ways in which we learn to possess one another, and to hold on to ourselves. Equally self-aggrandizing and self-deprecating, our narrator, Oliver Otway Orme (“O O ...(展开全部)

From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea and Ancient Light, a new novel--at once trenchant, witty, and shattering--about the intricacies of artistic creation and theft, and about the ways in which we learn to possess one another, and to hold on to ourselves. Equally self-aggrandizing and self-deprecating, our narrator, Oliver Otway Orme, is a painter of some renown, ...(展开全部)

On the eve of his fortieth birthday, a professor of no discernible musical talent learns to play the guitar and investigates how anyone of any age might master a new skill. Just about every human being knows how to listen to music, but what does it take to make music? Is musicality something we are born with? Or a skill that anyone can develop at any time? If you don't start pi...(展开全部)

This book is great for the musician who knows the basics of blues guitar and is ready to take the next step. After a quick review of the fundamentals, the topics include blues fills and phrasing techniques, non-scale tones, chord extensions and substit

On the eve of his fortieth birthday, a professor of no discernible musical talent learns to play the guitar and investigates how anyone of any age might master a new skill. Just about every human being knows how to listen to music, but what does it take to make music? Is musicality something we are born with? Or a skill that anyone can develop at any time? If you don't start pi...(展开全部)

This album-matching folio includes: Burnout * Having a Blast * Chump * Longview * Welcome to Paradise * Pulling Teeth * Basket Case * She * Sassafras Roots * In the End * F.O.D. and more.

This album-matching folio includes: Burnout * Having a Blast * Chump * Longview * Welcome to Paradise * Pulling Teeth * Basket Case * She * Sassafras Roots * In the End * F.O.D. and more.

特里·布劳斯（Terry Burrows）身兼撰稿人、音乐人、大学讲师多重身份，是全世界吉他与音乐教育领域的畅销书作家之一。他的著作销量已超过四百万册，其中至少包含十二种语言版本——题材方面也十分广泛，除了音乐外，还涉及历史、科技和大众心理学。他曾以音乐人的身份，先后使用多个化名，录制多种类型的音乐专辑达四十余张。世界各地的听众均可在多部电影或BBC出品的纪录片中听到他的音乐。他近期的演出活动包括赫赫有名的奥尔德堡古典音乐节等。他目前居于伦敦。

It whispers, it sings, it rocks, and it howls. It expresses the voice of the folk—the open road, freedom, protest and rebellion, youth and love. It is the acoustic guitar. And over the last five decades it has become a quintessential American icon. Because this musical instrument is significant to so many—in ways that are emotional, cultural, and economic—guitar making has expe...(展开全部)