A unique guide to practical mechanical design principles and their applications
In Making Things Move, you'll learn how to build moving mechanisms through non-technical explanations, examples, and do-it-yourself projects–from art installations to toys to labor-saving devices. The projects include a drawing machine, a mini wind turbine, a mousetrap powered car, and more, but the applications of the examples are limited only by your imagination. A breadth of topics is covered ranging from how to attach couplers and shafts to a motor, to converting between rotary and linear motion.

Gerard Brophy is Australian by birth and studied in Germany with Mauricio Kagel. His sensual creations travel from Brazil to the Middle East and beyond.

Noted as an influence on Grainger, Vaughan Williams, and other contemporaries, Cyril Scott was possibly the most experimental of English composers in the early twentieth century. His chromatically ambiguous and highly atmospheric music was considered daring for its time, but today it seems no harder to grasp than, say, late Strauss or early Bartók. Indeed, Scott's String Quartet No. 1 may remind the listener of Bartók's first quartet, for both composers shared an uncanny affinity for enharmonically modulating counterpoint, elegiac ……

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The nostalgic journey to the golden era of the italian music is continued with 3 more CD, full of unforgettable oldies. Enjoy the 2nd volume of the "Ti Amo" collection with 45 more great songs in lossless.

Album published during the '60s and directed by Bob Shad, a direct competitor of the label Command led by Enoch Light. The recording is performed by the Hal Mooney orchestra. Although in his early years Mooney played piano in orchestras likethe one of Jimmy Dorsey, after the WWII began making musical arrangements and gain fame at Universal Studios of Hollywood, where arranged topics for Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland Billy Eckstine and others. Later, between 1956 and the late 60s, he joined Mercury Records, where he developed much of his most recognized career, composing for singers like Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington and Nina Simone. During 70's he moved to Universal Studios until 1977 where he became a director and musical supervisor, in many films and TV series.

Album performed by the Italian American accordionist and arranger Angelo DiPippo, still active in New York. He began playing the accordion at the age of 8 years and during his long career he has collaborated and recorded with numerous artists such as Billy Eckstein, Harry Belafonte, Debbye Reynolds, Randy Newman, Peggy Lee, Gilbert Becaud, etc. and even for the baritone Robert Merrill, for over 20 years. He has participated in numerous television shows, has intervened with his accordion in various films (as in 'The Godfather (I)'-wedding-scene-, 'The fiddler on the Roof ',' Irma La Douce' and others) and has been recognized as the best accordionist in the prestigious American 'Keyborad Magazine Poll '. This CD includes Italian music in styles like tarantelas, polkas or waltzes.

Insightful, well organized, and clearly written, Nutrition for Sport and Exercise integrates nutrition and exercise physiology principles, emphasizing scientific reasoning and examining research studies to illuminate the evidence for current nutritional recommendations. Dunford and Doyle carefully illustrate the links between training, the increased demand for nutrients as a result of training, the translation of nutrient goals to the intake of an appropriate amount and type of foods, beverages and/or supplements, and, the ultimate goal, excellent performance.

The Blond Ambition World Tour was the third concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna. The tour was launched in support of her fourth studio album, Like A Prayer, and the soundtrack, I'm Breathless. The tour reached North America, Europe and Asia. It was a highly controversial tour, mainly for its juxtaposition of Catholic iconography and sexuality. The tour was named the Greatest Concert of the 1990s by Rolling Stone. The tour grossed over $60 million.