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Covering the whole preparation process for your consultant interview, this is the        only book you will need to succeed. Becoming a consultant is the key moment of your        career and getting a position can be a difficult, competitive and stressful process.          This book presents a medically focused guide on how to prepare for the...

How Rock &'n&' Roll Changed AmericaThe birth of rock &'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it "e;musical riots put to a switchblade beat"e;--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify?     As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock &'n roll--and the outraged...

Tragedy, Evolution, and the BrainHuman beings are the only species to have evolved the trait of emotional crying. We even create music, fiction, film, and theatre - 'Tragedy' - to encourage crying. Michael Trimble looks at the physiology and evolution of this unique human behaviour, exploring its links with language, consciousness, empathy, and...

A world-renowned conductor and composer who has lead most of the major orchestras in North America and Europe, a talented musician who has played under the batons of such luminaries as Toscanini and Walter, and an esteemed arranger, scholar, author, and educator, Gunther Schuller is without doubt a major figure in the music world. Now, in The...