BOOKS by Dave Donald

Bach, Beethoven and the Boys - Tenth Anniversary Edition!: Music History as It Ought to Be Taught more books like this

by David W Barber, Dave Donald (Illustrator), Anthony Burgess (Preface by)

To celebrate its 10th aniversary, Sound and Vision has prepared a special new edition, totally reformatted and updated by the author. Since its first publication a decade ago, this irreverent yet factual account of music history has become an internationally bestselling classic in the field of musical humor. Includes 35 illustrations.

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If It Ain't Baroque: More Music History as It Ought to Be Taught more books like this

by David W. Barber, Dave Donald (Illustrator), Anthony Burgess (Photographer)

David Barber teaches the general public the historical truth of music with laughter.

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Tutus, Tights and Tiptoes: Ballet History as It Ought to Be Taught more books like this

by David W Barber, Dave Donald (Illustrator), Karen Kain (Preface by)

Popular music historian and humorist David W. Barber casts a wicked, witty and insightful eye at the history of ballet from its earliest beginnings to its recent scandals.

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Tenors, Tantrums and Trills: An Opera Dictionary from Aida to Zzzz more books like this

by David Barber, Dave Donald (Illustrator)

Here's the lowdown on the highbrow world of operatic success and excess. Sometimes kooky, sometimes caustic, always clever, the definitions cover the whole gamut of operatic performances.

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Getting a Handel on Messiah more books like this

by David W. Barber, Dave Donald (Illustrator)

Most everyone has heard Handel's MESSIAH. Maybe you've actually performed it. But if you thought you knew all about the great composer's famous oratorio, it may surprise you to learn that Handel composed the work solely for money; its first performance was in London; the "Hallelujah" chorus originally had a different name. These and many more ...

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The Schoolchildren's Blizzard more books like this

by Donald B Lemke, Dave Hoover (Illustrator), Richard Dominguez (Illustrator)

Graphic novel format paired with gripping stories of historys most compelling disasters make these books true page-turners. Dramatic illustrations and fast-paced text provide a you-are-there experience. An additional information section provides key facts and further understanding.

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Oracle Utilities: Using Hidden Programs, Import/Export, SQL*Loader, Oradebug, Dbverify, Tkprof and More more books like this

by Dave Moore, Donald K Burleson

Targeted at seasoned Oracle professionals who need to perform powerful system-wide operating system internal operations on their Oracle databases, this book provides help on how to use the hidden utilities of the OS. Explained are secrets for database migration with export/import and SQL*Loader utilities as well as OS utilities such as dbverify, ...

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Li'l Abner Dailies 1943 more books like this

by Al Capp, Dave Schreiner (Editor), Donald Thomspon (Designer)

A complete anthology of the Li'l Abner cartoon strips that were run in newspapers through the King Features Syndicate during 1949.

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