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THE 30-30 Career is the #1 MOST COMPREHENSIVE BOOK SERIES ON MUSIC AND ADVERTISING! YOU MAY NOT SELL A MILLION RECORDS, but you can MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS in the world of music and advertising. VOLUME 3 of THE 30-30 CAREER: BECOMING A PLATINUM COMPOSER! Making Music For Commercials" shows you how to break big into a music industry full of competition using the decisions and actions of Award-Winning Commercial Composer Wendell Hanes as a blueprint...
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The 50 most important structures and systems in the human body, each explained in half a minute. The bestselling 30-Second series offers a new approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Every title takes a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained using a mere two pages, 300 words, and one picture: all easily digested in only half...
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Perfect for inquisitive cosmic kids aged 8-12, this succinct, entertaining look at what really happens in space takes a rapid-fire approach, offering 30 key topics, each one explained in neat 30-second soundbites and supported by 3-second flash summaries and cool, cartoon-style artwork. 3-minute active missions throughout will challenge lively young minds to test facts or go further and find out more. The attention-grabbing format is perfect for space....
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In the West, the story of Ancient China is less familiar to us than that of Ancient Egypt or Rome, but it is no less absorbing, and its rollcall of achievements is easily as impressive. 30-Second Ancient China unlocks the secrets of its Bronze Age glories and offers summaries of everything from the lost cities of the Zhou kings and the elaborate oracle-bone rituals that were practiced at their courts to the exquisite bronze vessels that gave the age...
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Weve all heard of pyramids, hieroglyphs and Cleopatra, but how much do you really know about ancient Egypt? Why was the Nile integral to the unification of Egypt? What is the mystery surrounding Queen Hetepheres tomb? What did the Amarna Letters reveal? What did the ancient Egyptians eat and drink? 30-Second Ancient Egypt presents a unique insight into one of the most brilliant and beguiling civilizations, where technological innovations and architectural...
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You know that Rome wasn’t built in a day, but just how did a cluster of small hilltop villages expand to become one of the greatest empires in history? Why did Romulus kill his brother Remus? How was a legion organized? Did people really speak Latin? What entertainment could you see at the Colosseum? And what was daily life like for a Roman citizen? This book takes a novel approach to answering all these questions and more. 30-Second Ancient Rome...
7) 30-Second Leonardo Da Vinci: His 50 Greatest Ideas and Inventions, each Explained in Half a Minute
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The bestselling “30-Second” series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one picture, all digestible in 30 seconds. “30-Second Leonardo da Vinci” uses this unique approach to grapple with the truly diverse thoughts...
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160 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"30-Second Quantum Theory tackles a mindbendingly mysterious area of physics, introducing the 50 most significant quantum quandaries and ideas. At a time when the quantum physics of electronics is an everyday essential and new quantum developments make headline news, you will visit parallel worlds, ride wave theory and learn enough to talk with certainty about Uncertainty Principle and to untagle the mysteries of quantum entanglement"--
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Who invented photography first, Fox Talbot or Louis Daguerre? Who got the patent? Who made the most money? Who are the greatest photographers and what have their contributions been?
This book takes the 50 most important aspects of photography—both the major styles and the key technical aspects that make them possible—and explains each in two pages, 300 words and one picture. The book also includes six profiles of the greatest names in the history...
10) 30-Second Shakespeare: 50 Key Aspects of his Works, Life and Legacy, each explained in Half a Minute
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The bestselling “30-Second” series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one image, all digestible in just 30 seconds. “30-Second Shakespeare” uses this unique approach to grapple with the world’s most famous playwright....
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The bestselling “30-Second” series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one image, all digestible in just 30 seconds. “30-Second Wine” uses this unique approach to decant the subject for everyone. Compiled by wine...
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Blake Herro is a cop in the Cleveland Police Force. Ever since he was a child, he wanted to do right by the city he loved by cleaning up the streets and protecting its citizens. Red, a notorious mobster, has other plans. On a bitter December night, ten police officers are drawn into a trap and killed by Red's followers. Blake wants to bring down the Mob to avenge his fallen brothers and to prevent other cops from being murdered. Except the only way...
13) 30-Second Meteorology: The 50 Most Significant Events and Phenomena, each explained in Half a Minute
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If you only have 30 seconds, there is time using this book to make sense of the science behind the seeming vagaries of the weather, the controversies, predictions and forecasts for climate change that shape our day-to-day experiences of the great outdoors. Ever since Aristotle first tried to explain the forces that seem to fall from the heavens, meteorology has opened up the study of weather, and caused disputes over the reasons why seasons change,...
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The successful “30-Second” series tackles biochemistry, the science of the chemical processes which underpin the workings of all organic life.
30-Second Biochemistry takes 50 of the most significant ideas relating to the study of the chemical processes connected to living organisms, simplifying each concept using just 300 words and one picture.
By using chemical procedures to tackle biological challenges, biochemistry reveals the behaviour of...
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The successful “30-Second” series tackles coding, the science of programming the technology which operates in almost every aspect of modern life.
Computer code operates behind nearly everything we do—from small calculations in the home to complex executions that drive the global economy. It influences who we see, follow, and like online and describes the websites we visit, the connections between them, the sounds heard on Spotify and videos...
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