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Little Jordan Ray's Muddy Spud 3 reviews
Gris Grimly
Baby Tattoo Books, 2005
Grimly's Muddy Spud
"Little Jordan Ray's Muddy Spud" delivers exactly what the title promises: an imaginative bizarre concoction of storytelling and illustration that brings little Jordan Ray and the other characters of Gris Grimly's world to life. Written in verse, his work has an elegance and sophistication lacking in many children's books, while still enticing the reader with his macabre sense of humor. He has ...
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Ghosthunters And The Muddy Monster Of Doom! (Ghosthunters)4 reviews
Cornelia Funke
The Chicken House, 2007
Tom's field test proves to be a load of bull
In this galvanizing addition to the "Ghosthunters" series, Tom has to identify and capture an unclassified ghost as the final step to being awarded his GhostHunting Diploma. Everybody, including Tom, thinks that this is a mere formality, because as we all know, he has already defeated ghosts in Category Six, and the field test requires capturing a mere Category Three specimen.
The thing is, ...
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Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig1 review
Stephen Krensky
Aladdin, 2002
Wonderful book!
This story is very small but also very touching. It provides a good lesson in helping people and animals and in priorities. I really look forward to reading this book to my class.
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Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters 19 reviews
Robert Gordon
Back Bay Books, 2003
Well Documented Biography
How can one document the life of someone who spent the first 30+ years of his life as a poor, peasant cotton farmer? It's not easy to get a good biography on such an individual, but blues fans and historians have for years been tracking down information on the life of Muddy Waters for decades, and in this book that information is compiled in a well written, informative biography.
This book ...
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101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Turnarounds book and CD (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)3 reviews
Larry McCabe
Red Dog Music Books, 2007
Exceptional, Authentic Blues Guitar Instruction
My students and I work from several of Larry McCabe's guitar books and find that the books produce consistently high results.
This book, like the others, is exceptionally well crafted, specific in intent, and the guitar lines are accurately written exactly as they are heard on the CD. Larry McCabe books are the work of a dedicated teacher who has achieved a high level of respect nationally in ...
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At Home in the Muddy Water: A Guide to Finding Peace Within Everyday Chaos12 reviews
Ezra Bayda
Shambhala, 2004
A great tool for anyone willing to use it
As with my dad's first book, BEING ZEN, I could read AT HOME IN THE MUDDY WATER countless times and always find it useful. There always seems to be something or someone in life that I want to change. I see repetitive patterns in the way I relate to others and to life. I watch myself react and put up defenses and strategies of control. I think I am clear, with a good analysis of the ...
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Muddy Waters - Deep Blues (Guitar Recorded Versions)3 reviews
Muddy Waters
Hal Leonard Corporation, 1995
A Fundamental Document
This collection of guitar transcriptions from the recorded works of Muddy Waters is, simply, a must have for any blues guitarist. In fact, any musician with an interest in fundamental American recorded music will find this document to be a primary text for Chicago Blues, the development of the electic guitar, and the basic beginnings of American (and Brit) rock n roll. Muddy Waters: Deep ...
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The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel15 reviews
Alexander Mccall Smith
Pantheon, 2008
A Subtle Look at Obligations to Others and How to Recover from Mistakes
If you haven't read any of the earlier books in this series, don't start with this one. Without the entire back story, many of the subtleties in the story will be lost.
Alexander McCall Smith continues his thoughtful investigation of the social contract and doing the right thing to others in a moral sense. Isabel Dalhousie, being portrayed as a mere human who knows ethics, struggles on behalf ...
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The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday (The Sunday Philosophy Club series)
Alexander McCall Smith
Recorded Books, LLC, 2008
Isabel?s incandescent curiosity is piqued when she is asked to help a professor of medicine who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud concerning a newly marketed drug. Would a doctor with a stellar reputation make such a simple but grave mistake? If not, what explains the tragic accident that resulted in the death of a patient? An investigation is in order, especially since a man?s reputation is in jeopardy, and a great deal of ...
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Muddy Boots Leadership: Real Life Stories And Personal Examples of Good, Bad, And Unexpected Results3 reviews
John Chapman
Stackpole Books, 2006
Try on These Muddy Boots!
I have been reading Muddy Boots Leadership by John Chapman, Major, USA (Ret.). This is an excellent little book. And I say little, because it is only 167 pages. That's because Mr. Chapman does not mess around. In quick, striking paragraphs he distills and dispenses leadership tips and tricks. He discusses expectations and disappointments from the perspective of those leading and those led. ...
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The Blues Line: Blues Lyrics from Leadbelly to Muddy Waters2 reviews
Da Capo Press, 2003
WHY IS THIS WONDERFUL BOOK OUT OF PRINT???
I've been trying to buy this book for the last 5 years but I can't find a copy of it to buy. I finally found a copy to borrow from a local library. The book is wonderful and any blues lover will enjoy it. So if anyone who reads this can do anything to get this book back into print, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!
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Muddy Tracks: Exploring an Unsuspected Reality: Exploring an Unsuspected Reality7 reviews
Frank DeMarco
Hampton Roads Publishing, 2003
Muddy Tracks
Frank DeMarco has spent years searching for the meaning of life and sorting reality from illusion. Muddy Tracks is the chronicle of his quest for answers and self-discovery. One day he asked the universe, "Who am I?" and received "Muddy footprints in the grass" as an answer. He interpreted this to mean that his experiences could show others the path he'd taken, that he was "here to show you ...
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MUDDY CUP: A Dominican Family Comes of Age in a New America4 reviews
Barbara Fischkin
Scribner, 1997
An engrossing and important story
Barbara Fischkin tells a universal story in her chronicle of the Almonte family's coming to America, the painful choices and formidable obstacles they face, their setbacks and successes as they leave behind their beloved Dominican Republic. Muddy Cup is full of rich detail, compassion, and a narrative focus that makes it read like a novel. Treating a little-covered topic with depth and ...
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25 Razor-Sharp Blues and Boogie Guitar Solos (Book and CD) (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar ...3 reviews
Larry McCabe
Red Dog Music Books, 2007
Back in print
The author of this book, Larry McCabe, is re-releasing books that have gone out of print for one reason or another. This particular book is an old friend. After I received it, I went into my library and found a copy. It has been in print in one form or another for 25 years. Most instruction books don't last anywhere near that long. First, this book (as the author warns) is not for beginners. ...
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Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music (Cultural Studies of the United States)3 reviews
Benjamin Filene
The University of North Carolina Press, 2000
The Roots Behind Roots Music
Most books about popular music fall into one of two categories. You have your pretentious rock n' roll critic who writes in impenetrable and cryptic prose (Hello Anthony DeCurtis and Robert Christgau) or you have purely academic writings that miss the heart of what is often music felt at a gut level. Then along comes Benjamin Filene. Filene offers up a brilliant discussion of the ways in ...
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Muddy Branch: Memories of an Eastern Kentucky Coal Camp
Clyde Roy Pack
Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2002
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101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Fill-In Licks (Book and CD) (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)3 reviews
Larry McCabe
Red Dog Music Books, 2007
Good as it gets
(101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Fill-In Licks)
Leading Book of Its Type
This is undoubtedly the leading book of its type on the market today. 101 authentic urban blues guitar fill-ins in the Chicago blues style, each accurately transcribed in notation and tablature. Each lick is recorded note-for-note on the companion CD and accompanied by a professional blues band (complete with singer ...
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Who's Walking Around in Your Head with Muddy Boots?: New Tools for Self-Discovery and Self-Healing1 review
Sabra J. House LCSW
AuthorHouse, 2006
No More Muddy Boots!
Fabulous!
Besides being wonderfully written, it becomes crystal clear that the author's goal in writing "Who's Walking Around in Your Head with Muddy Boots" is to give a healing gift to anyone who reads it. Very easy to read, with concepts that are easy to embrace. I am eager to read this author's next book!
Oh, and did I mention it was fabulous?
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Muddy Waters: The Mojo Man11 reviews
Sandra B. Tooze
ECW Press, 1996
Very Informative and a must for every blues fan.
I found this book hard to put down. Ms Tooze does an excellent job of portraying Muddy through a series of interviews with his bandmates. All of Muddy's former bandmates are full of praise for Muddy with the exception of the brilliant drummer Francis Clay who did not really get along very well with Muddy. What I particularly liked about the style of the book is the way Ms Tooze introduces ...
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