100 tales from music history to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy. This book is an interesting look at 100 songs that cover a very wide range of history from 1400 BC to 2007 AD. Most of the stories behind the songs are unfamiliar to even the most knowledgeable researcher. The book is full of trivia such as what member of the rock group Queen has a PhD in astrophysics? and who wrote the song "Happy Birthday to You?" Each story is told in two pages and is an easy read. I would recommend this book to any music history buff that wants to know the stories behind many popular songs.
The author is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, who's work has been seen on The History Channel and A&E networks. For videos and songs related to the book visit www.greateststoriesnevertold.com/musiclinks.
The back cover states "They're so good, you can't read just one!" And once you start reading this book, it will be hard to put down.
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
King Alfred's English - Laurie J. White
Sub title - A history of the language we speak and why we should be glad we do. This book is described as a light course in the four subject areas of history, English literature, linguistics, and the English Bible. It is designed for students in grades 7-12 and curious adults. The author is a homeschooler and maintains a website www.theshorterword.com that contains worksheets, tests and research activities based on the book. Also included are complimentary websites and resources.
This book is well written, well researched, and turns the history of our language and Bible translation into an interesting topic, even for those that are not history buffs. In fact, my wife who everyone calls the "research queen" was impressed by the amount of research that went into this book. I enjoyed the combination of history and linguistics as it relates to why we use the words we do. I would recommend this book especially for homeschoolers, and for those that want to go beyond what is normally found in most textbooks.This book is available directly from the shorterword.com, and will be on my recommended homeschool books.
This book is well written, well researched, and turns the history of our language and Bible translation into an interesting topic, even for those that are not history buffs. In fact, my wife who everyone calls the "research queen" was impressed by the amount of research that went into this book. I enjoyed the combination of history and linguistics as it relates to why we use the words we do. I would recommend this book especially for homeschoolers, and for those that want to go beyond what is normally found in most textbooks.This book is available directly from the shorterword.com, and will be on my recommended homeschool books.
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