For nearly 300 years, oboe players have painstakingly evolved the individualized skill of reedmaking. This study of techniques for styling oboe reeds analyzes 166 examples of reeds by 80 artists from 14 countries. It also documents musicians such as Robert Bloom, Henri de Busscher, Janet Craxton, Peter Graeme, Harold Gomberg, & John Mack. ...

Documentary biography of Barney Rosset, owner of influential alternative publishing company Grove Press & editor of the literary magazine Evergreen Review. Often publishing highly controversial books that had been banned under obscenity laws including ' Lady Chatterley's Lover', ' Tropic of Cancer' & ' Naked Lunch' as well as works by Samuel Beckett, Kenzaburo Oe, Tom Stoppard, Che Guevara, & Malcolm X, Rosset was a passionate defender of free expression & endured lawsuits, death-threats, grenade attacks, government surveillance & the occupation of his premises by enraged feminists in his struggle against censorship & state control. ...

Obscure Locks offers a detailed annotation of Samuel Beckett's most enigmatic novel, Watt. It provides a page by page account of the demented details (literary, philosophical, theological, biographical & other) that went into the making of this encyclopaedic novel. ...

An exploration of the theory of observation & its application to social work education & practice. The contributors discuss the application of ideas to social work education & practice, along with the place & value of observation within social work. Focuses on power in relation to the process of observation. ...

Presents the mathematics & techniques underlying the Observation Oriented Modeling (OOM) method, discussing causality, modelling, & logical hypothesis testing. This book also presents examples of how to approach & interpret data using OOM, including analysis of several classic studies in psychology. ...

This is the revised & expanded third edition of Lena et al.'s successful work Observational Astrophysics. It presents a synthesis on tools & methods of observational astrophysics of the early 21st century, & touches upon new windows of astronomy. ...