John Powell

What makes a musical note different from any other sound? How can you tell if you have perfect pitch? Why do 10 violins sound only twice as loud as one? Do your Bob Dylan albums sound better on CD or vinyl? John Powell, a scientist and musician, answers these questions and many more in HOW MUSIC WORKS, an intriguing and original guide to acoustics. In a clear, accessible, and engaging voice, Powell fascinates the reader with his delightful descriptions of the science and psychology lurking beneath the surface of music. With lively discussions of the secrets behind harmony, timbre, keys, chords, loudness, musical composition, and more, HOW MUSIC WORKS will be treasured by music lovers everywhere. The book also includes a CD of examples and exercises from the book.

The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond

How Music Works

A delightful journey through the psychology and science of music, WHY YOU LOVE MUSIC is the perfect book for anyone who loves a tune. Music plays a hugely important role in our emotional, intellectual, and even physical lives. It impacts the ways we work, relax, behave, and feel. It can make us smile or cry, it helps us bond with the people around us, and it even has the power to alleviate a range of medical conditions. The songs you love (and hate, and even the ones you feel pretty neutral about) don't just make up the soundtrack to your life--they actually help to shape it. In WHY YOU LOVE MUSIC, scientist and musician John Powell dives deep into decades of psychological and sociological studies in order to answer the question "Why does music affect us so profoundly?" With his relaxed, conversational style, Powell explores all aspects of music psychology, from how music helps babies bond with their mothers to the ways in which music can change the taste of wine or persuade you to spend more in restaurants. WHY YOU LOVE MUSIC will open your eyes (and ears) to the astounding variety of ways that music impacts the human experience.

From Mozart to Metallica--The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds

Why You Love Music

(insights on Self-awareness, Personal Growth, and Interpersonal Communication.).

Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?

Por Que Temo Decirte Quien Soy?

A New Look at Faith in God

A Reason to Live! A Reason to Die!

William Turner

James Storer

John Greig

James Dugdale

George Sheppard

Berry

James Elmes

Samuel John Neele

Rev. Richard Pryce Owen

R. L. Wright

Shury

H. Summons

Frederick Nash

Samuel Prout

James Baynes

George Arnald

Arden (Rt. Hon. Lady.)

C. John M. Whichelo

Or, a Modern Panorama of England and Wales; Exhibiting an Account, Historical, Topographical, and Statistical, of this Portion of the British Empire, Interspersed with Biographical Particulars of Eminent and Remarkable Persons

The New British Traveller

Loving Relationships Through Communication

The Secret of Staying in Love

An Analytical Exposition of the Erroneous Principles and Ruinous Consequences of the Financial and Commercial Systems of Great Britain

Batu Sener

(Piano Solo Songbook). This souvenir songbook features beautiful full-color scenes from the movie plus piano solo arrangements of ten lovely John Powell works: Exodus! * Furies in Love * The Hidden World * Legend Has It/Cliffside Playtime * New 'New Tail' * Once There Were Dragons * Third Date * Together from Afar * Toothless: Smitten. * With Love Comes a Great Waterfall.

The Hidden World - Piano Solo, Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack

How to Train Your Dragon

Alla scoperta di noi stessi

Usage Rend Maitre

Unconditional Love

La condición natural de los seres humanos es la felicidad: por tanto, si una persona es crónicamente infeliz, es que algo no marcha bien. Puede que no sea suya la culpa o que no tenga otra alternativa, pero lo cierto es que algo está fallando. Por desgracia, todos hemos experimentado en alguna ocasión la frustación de nuestro deseo innato de ser felices, y seguramente es porque pensamos que nuestra felicidad depende en gran parte de cosas externas a nosotros o incluso de otras personas. Y así nuestros sueños irreales de felicidad se ven defraudados. La verdadera formula es: F=TI (La Felicidad es una Tarea Interior). Como las mayoría de las cosas, la felicidad es fruto de una búsqueda. Por tanto, está al alcance de todos. El único problema es que, si la buscamos fuera (en la apariencia física, en el éxito, en la estima de los demás...), equivocamos el camino. John Powell nos ofrece en diez capítulos -con sus correpondientes ejercicios- el proceso gradual que él considera necesario para experimentar la verdadera felicidad. JOHN POWELL, profesor en la Loyola University de Chicago, es autor de ¿Por qué temo decirte quién soy? (14aed.): Plenamente humano, plenamente vivo (5a ed.): La felicidad es una tarea interior (5a ed.): El verdadero yo: ¡en pie! (3a ed.): El secreto para seguir amando (3a ed.): El enigma del yo (2a ed.): y Las estaciones del corazón, publicados en esta misma colección.

La felicidad es una tarea interior

Tradition has it that God's second commandment is that we should love one another. Why is it so hard? The capacity to love is in everyone. Yet so often it remains trapped and waiting to be released. In John Powell's best-selling Why Am I Afraid to Love, he carefully and sensitively confronts the barriers that restrain. He looks at the fear of rejection, the motives for love, how to truly understand the inner self and what true love looks like. He then considers the true test of love: can self be forgotten in loving others? Based on the original best-selling edition, this new book has been completely re-designed. A fitting companion to Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?, it is one of the most original and popular self help books on the market. It sits comfortably alongside other classics like I'm OK, You're OK. Why Am I Afraid to Love has sold over 100,000 copies in its original edition.

Why Am I Afraid to Love?

And His Descendants and Others, with Miscellaneous Items and Incidents of Interest

Authentic Genealogical Memorial History of Philip Powell, of Mifflin County, Pa

Under the Big Oak Tree

Salem Press's Magill's Guide to Military History presents a survey of wars, battles, people, groups, and civilizations that played an important role in worldwide military history, from ancient times to the 21st century.

Magill's Guide to Military History

The reading habits, intellectual development, and contributions of the cultural giants of the 20th century are traced.

The Twentieth Century, 1914-2000

Dictionary of Literary Influences

Presents information about weaponry, tactics, and modes of warfare worldwide, from ancient times to the present, and discusses the cultural, sociopolitical, and ethical aspects of weaponry and warfare.

Weapons & Warfare: Ancient and medieval weapons and warfare (to c. 1500)

An international reference to the weapons, tactics, and strategies that have been used from earliest history to the present.

Weapons & Warfare: Ancient and medieval weapons and warfare (to 1500)

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