1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462955603321

Autore

Kienzle Richard

Titolo

Southwest shuffle : pioneers of honky tonk, Western swing, and country jazz / / Rich Kienzle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-71889-3

0-415-94103-2

1-315-02403-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Disciplina

781.642/09

Soggetti

Country musicians

Country music - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]) and index.

Includes discography: p. [265]-271.

Nota di contenuto

Western swingers -- Capitol chronicles -- Honky tonkers -- Flaming guitars -- Against the grain.

Sommario/riassunto

Southwest Shuffle documents an important period in country music history.  During the '30s and early '40s, hundreds of thousands of ""Okies,"" ""Arkies,"" and other rural folks from around the Southwest resettled in California, in search of work.  A country music scene quickly blossomed there, with performers playing Western Swing, Cowboy, and Honky Tonk country.  After World War II, these styles rocked country music, leading to the innovations of '60s performers like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard in creating the so-called ""Bakersfield Sound."" These stories are based on original interviews an



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910136834903321

Autore

Coldwell Lamar

Titolo

The library in my town / / Lamar Coldwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Rosen Classroom, , 2017

ISBN

1-5081-2262-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (12 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Rosen real readers

Disciplina

027

Soggetti

Libraries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782585203321

Autore

Kosslyn Stephen Michael <1948->

Titolo

Clear and to the point : 8 psychological principles for compelling PowerPoint presentations / / Stephen M. Kosslyn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007

ISBN

9780198043270

0198043279

9780199886456

0199886458

9781281165268

1281165263

9786611165260

6611165266

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

006.6/869

Soggetti

Presentation graphics software

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to articulate presentations -- The big picture -- Legible text -- Color, texture, , and sound -- Communicating quantitative information : graphs -- Communicating qualitative information : charts, diagrams, maps, photographs, and clipart -- The good, the bad, and the incomprehensible -- Appendix : Psychological principles and their specific aspects.

Sommario/riassunto

True or False?. Most PowerPoint presentations are:. compelling illuminating informative clear and to the point. Answer: False. Make a change following the principles of Stephen Kosslyn:. a world authority on the visual brain a clear and engaging writer. Making PowerPoint presentations that are clear, compelling, memorable, and even enjoyable is not an obscure art. In this book, Stephen Kosslyn, a renowned cognitive neuroscientist, presents eight simple principles for constructing a presentation that takes advantage of the information modern science has discovered about perception, memory, and