Reference, Special Needs

Illustrations and clear explanations of the science of sounds.

Soundtrack from Paradise Road movie using the music written down by the WWII POW women interned in Sumatra.

Packs a wealth of material into little space and does it in an attractive, colorful, useful format. 

My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

by Helen Colijn.  Music overcame despair for the women imprisoned on Japanese-held Sumatra for over 3 years in WWII.

Awakening Your Child's Mind, Health, and Creativity with Music by Don Campbell. 

Classic texts on music and nature and a CD of natural sounds.

Did you know you can "see" with sound?—an intro to bioacoustics and the music of nature for ages 9 and up.

A fast-paced revel of insights and oddities by Stuart Issacoff.

Written with wit by a former NY Times music critic, with the useful addition of  a Naxos website of 500 listening examples.

Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places by Bernie Krause.

My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

by David Hendy.

Barber's Music History as it Ought to be Taught, Musician's Dictionary, and Messiah Handel--for laughing out loud!

More Music History as it Ought to be Taught by David Barber.

Set includes: MUSIC: The Definitive Visual History from the Smithsonian and ART That Changed the World