"A variety of approaches are brought to bear on fascinating repertoire, but with the underlying aim of better understanding some brilliant music. There’s nothing more exciting in music writing than something which entices you to listen to what’s familiar to you in a new way, and this collection brings such excitement in abundance." ---Allan Moore, author of Jethro Tull: Aqualung and Rock: The Primary Text "These essays bring together a remarkable range of tools and perspectives to such diverse topics and contexts as the behind-the-scenes collaborations of composers, performers, arrangers, producers and engineers; pop culture; narratology; and race, politics and gender. The reader continuously benefits from a complementary lineup of sensitive ears that discover novelty in the familiar, exposing the heart of many rock and pop classics through imaginative and authoritative prose." ---Walter Everett, author of The Foundations of Rock and The Beatles as Musicians The nine essays in Sounding Out Pop work together to map the myriad styles and genres of the pop-rock universe through detailed case studies that confront the music from a variety of engaging, thought-provoking perspectives---from historical to music-analytic, aesthetic to ethnographic, with several authors drawing liberally from ideas in other disciplines. The range of bands and artists covered is as vast and varied as the more than fifty-year history of pop and rock music, from the Coasters and Roy Orbison to Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Beck, Genesis, Tori Amos, and the Police. Together these diverse essays cover a broad spectrum of studies ideally suited for classroom use and for other readers interested in gaining a deeper knowledge of the way popular music works. Mark Spicer is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Music at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. His writings have appeared in Contemporary Music Review, Gamut, Music Theory Online, twentieth-century music, and other scholarly journals and essay collections. John Covach is Professor of Music at the University of Rochester and Professor of Theory at the Eastman School of Music. He is the author of the college textbook What's That Sound? An Introduction to Rock and Its History and the coeditor of Understanding Rock, American Rock and the Classical Music Tradition, and Traditions, Institutions, and American Popular Music. Cover art credit: © iStockphoto.com/Aleksandar Dickov

Sounding Out Pop: Analytical Essays in Popular Music (Tracking Pop)

Arts & Photography

Covach, John

Spicer, Mark

Music

University of Michigan Press

"A variety of approaches are brought to bear on fascinating repertoire, but with the underlying aim of better understanding some brilliant music. There’s nothing more exciting in music writing than something which entices you to listen to what’s familiar to you in a new way, and this collection brings such excitement in abundance." ---Allan Moore, author of Jethro Tull: Aqualung and Rock: The Primary Text
"These essays bring together a remarkable range of tools and perspectives to such diverse topics and contexts as the behind-the-scenes collaborations of composers, performers, arrangers, producers and engineers; pop culture; narratology; and race, politics and gender. The reader continuously benefits from a complementary lineup of sensitive ears that discover novelty in the familiar, exposing the heart of many rock and pop classics through imaginative and authoritative prose." ---Walter Everett, author of The Foundations of Rock and The Beatles as Musicians
The nine essays in Sounding Out Pop work together to map the myriad styles and genres of the pop-rock universe through detailed case studies that confront the music from a variety of engaging, thought-provoking perspectives---from historical to music-analytic, aesthetic to ethnographic, with several authors drawing liberally from ideas in other disciplines. The range of bands and artists covered is as vast and varied as the more than fifty-year history of pop and rock music, from the Coasters and Roy Orbison to Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Beck, Genesis, Tori Amos, and the Police. Together these diverse essays cover a broad spectrum of studies ideally suited for classroom use and for other readers interested in gaining a deeper knowledge of the way popular music works. 
Mark Spicer is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Music at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. His writings have appeared in Contemporary Music Review, Gamut, Music Theory Online, twentieth-century music, and other scholarly journals and essay collections.
John Covach is Professor of Music at the University of Rochester and Professor of Theory at the Eastman School of Music. He is the author of the college textbook What's That Sound? An Introduction to Rock and Its History and the coeditor of Understanding Rock, American Rock and the Classical Music Tradition, and Traditions, Institutions, and American Popular Music.
Cover art credit: © iStockphoto.com/Aleksandar Dickov

This heavily illustrated manual provides a timely, in-depth review of the art of sniping in war and anti-terrorist environments. Drawing on a vast, firsthand knowledge of sniper skills, former British Army sniper and sniper instructor Mark Spicer describes the role of the sniper in peace and in war, in reconnaissance and counter-surveillance, in cities, in vehicles, at night and by day. He presents crucial information about training and equipment, judgment and positioning, details of great relevance to professional marksmen, both military and law enforcement. This comprehensive manual will also be of interest to hunters, weapons enthusiasts, competition shooters, and paintball participants. Illustrations, diagrams, and related information throughout.

Illustrated Manual of Sniper Skills

History

Military

Zenith Press

Although, even before firearms were available, soldiers such as archers were specially trained as elite marksmen, the focus of this book is on the history of sniping, mainly from distance, using firearms. The authors relate the fascinating and somewhat dark history of sniping and snipers through the ages, mainly military but also with some reference to police sniping (perhaps best called marksmanship). They cover sniping during all major conflicts involving all major forces during the period from America’s Revolutionary War to the conflicts in the Middle East today. Each chapter features individual incidents throughout the world during the appropriate conflict and assesses the equipment and tactics deployed, citing famous as well as lesser-known anecdotes. Sniping further describes various camouflage schemes and concealment techniques developed through the ages, the continually evolving sniper skills, weapons, and other special equipment, and the increasing use of sniping by regular and terrorist forces, particularly against vulnerable military hardware and civilian transportation systems. Full coverage is given to the heavy caliber sniper weapons of the twenty-first century such as the Barrett .50 caliber rifle and their impact on the battlefield. The highly readable text is stunningly illustrated with hundreds of photographs and diagrams.

Sniping: An Illustrated History

Farey, Pat

This heavily illustrated manual provides a timely, in-depth review of the art of sniping in war and antiterrorist environments. Drawing on a vast, firsthand knowledge of sniper skills, former British Army sniper and sniper instructor Mark Spicer describes the role of the sniper in peace and in war, in reconnaissance and counter-surveillance, in cities, in vehicles, at night and by day.He presents crucial information about training and equipment, judgment and positioning, details of great relevance to professional marksmen, both military and law enforcement. This comprehensive manual will also be of interest to hunters, weapons enthusiasts, competition shooters, and paintball participants.The book is complimented by 280 full color illustrations, diagrams, and related information.

Pen and Sword Military

Sniper : The Techniques and Equipment of the Deadly Marksman

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Salamander Books Ltd.

The Techniques and Equipment of the snipers.

Sniper: The Techniques and Equipment of the Deadly Marksman

Lewis Intl Inc

Outdance the Devil: A Sniper's Account of the Scariest Enemy He Ever Fought...

Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI) does not care if you've served. This book focuses on my life, and being a soldier for most of it, it's going to have a part of my career attached by necessity. However, I ask from the first page that you understand that this book is for anyone who has suffered traumatic stress: police officers, firefighters, parents, medical professionals, and more.\nPTSI and the associated depression are devastating. You have no idea why you do what you do. You can't remember things you did; you can't see why people don't see that you're trying to ask for help... but don't know how. You feel like there is no way out. You want a way out, you want to be happy, you don't want to hurt those closest to you, but you do, and each time pushes you further and further into the Darkness. You reach a calmness, a calmness of acceptance, a calmness that comes from knowing that you're the problem, and you have to go. Twenty-two veterans a day reach that point, as well as countless civilians; PTSI doesn't care if you served. We have to do more to recognize the signs and see the character changes that warn of a path that leads to another loss of life.\nLearn, understand and support those who fight themselves harder than they have ever fought an enemy.

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Pierucci Publishing

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Sounding Out Pop: Analytical Essays in Popular Music (Tracking Pop)

Sounding Out Pop: Analytical Essays in Popular Music (Tracking Pop)

Illustrated Manual of Sniper Skills

Sniping: An Illustrated History

Illustrated Manual of Sniper Skills

Sniper : The Techniques and Equipment of the Deadly Marksman

Sniper: The Techniques and Equipment of the Deadly Marksman

Outdance the Devil: A Sniper's Account of the Scariest Enemy He Ever Fought...

Outdance the Devil: A Sniper's Account of the Scariest Enemy He Ever Fought...