' Wonderfully written & characteristically brilliant' Peter Frankopan author of The Silk Roads' Elegant readable an impressive synthesis Not many historians could have done it'
- Jonathan Sumption Spectator' Tyerman's book is fascinating not just for what it has to tell us about the Crusades but for the mirror it holds up to today's religious extremism'
- Tom Holland Spectator Thousands left their homelands in the Middle Ages to fight wars abroad But how did the Crusades actually happen? From recruitment propaganda to raising money ships to siege engines medicine to the power of prayer this vivid surprising history shows holy war
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Follow the easy steps to grandmaster greatness with How To Play Chess From the opening move to checkmate How To Play Chess will help your child play chess like a champion With plenty of master tips & cool 3D images How To Play Chess is the perfect introduction to chess for beginners as well as kids Start with basic chess techniques & move up to more difficult challenges guided step-by-step the whole way How To Play Chess

Includes:: a handy press out chess board & pieces to get you practising straight away Learn chess the fun way & add firepower to your chess tactics with this wonderful companion to the world's most popular game of skill Previous edition ISBN 9781405331920

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No band would be complete without some kick-ass electric guitar How to Play Electric Guitar contains everything the new or intermediate electric player needs to perfect their playing of this vital instrument More than a simple how-to-play guitar book this great new addition to a best-selling series also shows you how to use effects how to adapt to stage & rehearsal amps how to record the electric guitar at home on your computer & how to cope with cables feedback & dodgy microphones while playing live on stage The clear text is accompanied by illustrative photos & diagrams & is complemented by some how-to-play basics selected scales & modes & useful barre & power chords ...

Learn to play one of Bach's most exquisite preludes in just 6 weeks even if you have never played the piano before An accessible & inspiring book by the pianist & international bestselling writer James Rhodes who promises that it gives anyone with two hands a piano or an electric keyboard & just 45 minutes a day the tools they need to learn to play Bach's Prelude No 1 in C Major in 6 weeks even if they know nothing about music & have never even touched a piano before How often do we convince ourselves that it's just too late
- too late to learn how to ride a bike too late to know how to meditate too late to travel the world As we get older & time slips through our fingers like water we become resigned almost defeatist about abandoning our dreams For James Rhodes after the inevitable How many hours a day do you practice? & Show me your hands the most common thing people say to him when they hear he's a pianist is I used to play the piano as a kid I really regret giving it up Where does this mourned & misplaced creativity go? For Rhodes it's still there to be tapped into by all of us at any point This inspirational book gives us the means to do this by breaking up Bach's seminal Prelude No 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier into manageable segments teaching us the basics of piano playing
- how to read music the difference between the treble & the bass clef sharp & flat notes how to practice etc
- & encouraging personal interpretation in a way that is guaranteed to soothe the mind feed the soul & unleash creative powers we didn't know we still had All of this will culminate in an ability to perform one of Bach's masterpieces If listening to music is soothing for the soul then playing music is achieving enlightenment It's going from kicking a ball around with a few pals to playing alongside Ronaldo


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The surprising exciting & playful world of contemporary letter art is brought to life in this book Berlin street artist RYLSEE takes us on a journey through the creative potential of lettering showing the many facets of this fresh & powerful art form This book is an ideal guide for anyone with an interest in cutting edge art & design ...

Many students have trouble the first time they take a mathematics course in which proofs play a significant role This new edition of Velleman's successful text will prepare students to make the transition from solving problems to proving theorems by teaching them the techniques needed to read & write proofs The book begins with the basic concepts of logic & set theory to familiarize students with the language of mathematics & how it is interpreted These concepts are used as the basis for a step-by-step breakdown of the most important techniques used in constructing proofs The author shows how complex proofs are built up from these smaller steps using detailed 'scratch work' sections to expose the machinery of proofs about the natural numbers relations functions & infinite sets To give students the opportunity to construct their own proofs this new edition contains over 200 new exercises selected solutions & an introduction to Proof Designer software No background beyond standard high school mathematics is assumed This book will be useful to anyone interested in logic & proofs computer scientists philosophers linguists & of course mathematicians ...

This is the ultimate go-to quilting guide for the complete beginner
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En route to school one spring day Tomoya Aki meets the girl of his dreams amid the dancing cherry blossom petals But his bliss is soon crushed with the realization that the girl on the other end of his fateful encounter is none other than his boring bland wallflower of a classmate! Now Tomoya an aspiring video game developer is on a mission turn this dull damsel into the heroine of a dating simor bust! About the Author Takeshi Moriki is the artist behind the manga adaptation of the popular light novel series How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Kurehito Misaki is the illustrator of the popular light novel series How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Maruto Fumiaki is the author behind the popular light novel series How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend ...

It hasn&t been easy for Tomoya to get his game off the ground It&s tough enough that his heroine hopeful Megumi has a long way to go to become main love interest material But just as he manages to get his production team together & things finally appear to be moving progress comes to a crashing halt! With Tomoya & his lead writer Utaha butting heads over the plot will creative differences spell a bad end for his dating sim dreams?! About the Author Takeshi Moriki is the artist behind the manga adaptation of the popular light novel series How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Kurehito Misaki is the illustrator of the popular light novel series How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Maruto Fumiaki is the author behind the popular light novel series How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend ...

Game script aside Aki&s dating sim is getting nowhere & in a fix like this who has time to think about stuff like background music?!!! With the finished product but a dream the usual chaos continues But when Aki&s beautiful runaway cousin the guitarist Michiru Hyoudou suddenly joins the fray the surprise appearance of a new rival forcing her way into Aki&s life throws the other girls for a loop! Is she the solution to the game&s soundtrack troubles? Or will Aki&s otaku tendencies send her running for the hills? About the Author Takeshi Moriki is the artist behind the manga adaptation of the popular light novel series How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Kurehito Misaki is the illustrator of the popular light novel series How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Maruto Fumiaki is the author behind the popular light novel series How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend ...