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The Waffen SS in Combat: A photographic history

This is the photographic history of the Waffen-SS in combat on all fronts. The short six year history of the Waffen SS spanned triumph and disaster, and their story can be traced through these powerful images, which clearly document the reality of combat from 1940 to 1945.

These rare images span the combat history of the Waffen-SS from the optimism of the opening phases of the war in the west through the challenges of Barbarossa and the long and bloody retreat against a numerically far superior enemy in both the east and the west. This powerful photographic record is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the course of the war from the German perspective and clearly demonstrates the scale of the task undertaken by the Waffen-SS on all fronts.

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Algebraic Topology

This book surveys the fundamental ideas of algebraic topology. The first part covers the fundamental group, its definition and application in the study of covering spaces. The second part turns to homology theory including cohomology, cup products, cohomology operations and topological manifolds. The final part is devoted to Homotropy theory, including basic facts about homotropy groups and applications to obstruction theory.

Reader's review:

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This book is terrific as a reference for those who already know the subject, but if you teach algebraic topology it would be dangerous to use it as a graduate text (unless you're willing to supplement it extensively). The basic problem is that Spanier does not teach students how to compute effectively because his abstract, high-powered algebraic approach obscures the underlying geometry, which is not developed at all. Here I'd recommend the books by Munkres, or Greenberg; even the old-fashioned treatment of Lefschetz, with its explicit and rather cumbersome treatment of cohomology, could serve as an antidote to Spanier. Somewhere, the student has to acquire a good intuitive feeling for the geometry underlying the subject (the same can be said of algebraic geometry — here earlier work (e.g., of the Italian school, Weil's old book on intersection theory, …) should not be neglected entirely in favor of Grothendieck et al., for something essential is lost)

That said, if you already know the subject Spanier's book is an excellent reference. Even here, though, you'll need to provide some details toward the ends of the later chapters. Each chapter starts out relatively easily and works up to a crescendo, the treatment becoming terser and more advanced.

I give it four stars (5 for mathematical quality, 3 for usefulness as a text). The first three chapters deal with covering spaces and fibrations; the middle three with (co)homology and duality; the last three with general homotopy theory, obstruction theory, and spectral sequences. Some of Serre's classical results on finiteness theorems for homotopy groups are presented.

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Chris Buono - Modes That Matter (2010)

Not a clue what a mode is? Or maybe you've studied modes and scales all your life? Either way, if your solos are sounding monochromatic and flat, consider this course of study mandatory. Seriously. But don't freak. This is NOT a theory or music history course. There won't be any lectures about the "Musica disciplina" by Aurelian of Réôme. Pronouncing 'Aeolian' correctly is likewise not a requirement. The only prereq is desire to expand your tonal palette and the discipline to play your way through the Modes That Matter curriculum from beginning to end.

You'll learn just 13 scales and modes. You'll learn how and when to apply them. You'll learn how to shape, color and texture your solos across a variety of styles with them. You'll learn where to find, and how to finger, these 13 scales and modes all over the fretboard. Straight up, get a solid grip on these 13 and your soloing prowess will grow quicker and further than you would have ever imagined.

Don't be thrown by the seemingly few number of scales and modes covered herein. Yes, we know you've seen (and probably own) one of those telephone book-sized encyclopedias of scales and modes. But here's the deal; odds are real good that 99% of the guitar solos that you'd sell your soul to be able to play yourself, only use one or more of the 13 scales and modes covered in Modes That Matter (Disclaimer: unless you're a heavy jazzer, outside modern classical genius, or just happen to really dig quarter-tone-indo-Asian world music).

You likely already know a few of these 13 scales and modes; Ionian mode (commonly referred to as a Major scale), Dorian mode (commonly referred to as a minor 7th scale), Phrygian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode (commonly referred to as a Dominant 7th scale), Aeolian mode, Melodic Minor scale, Lydian b7 scale, Altered scale, Harmonic Minor scale, Phrygian Major mode, Whole Tone scale and Symmetrical Diminished scale.

Your Modes Maestro could only be our resident Professor of the Deep and Revealing, Chris Buono. "As an academic, I've studied and taught hundreds of scales and modes in thousands of guitar lessons. The most common misconception students have about scales and modes is that you have to master all of them. And that's fine for fellow academics and theory freaks, but in the practical real world, if you're playing blues, rock, metal, country, pop, funk and even jazz, you're playing one of the thirteen scales and modes covered in Modes That Matter."

Buono's format is straight-forward and interactive. You'll play through 13 video lesson sets, one for each scale and mode. You'll first learn how to spell the scale or mode in simple "scale degree" language – no fancy theory math. Chris then demonstrates the scale or mode over distinctively styled jam tracks, emphasizing the tonal qualities and key notes to target while soloing. Now it's your turn: Roll the practice rhythm track and work it until you've captured the sound and feel of that mode or scale in a musical context. Once you can "hear" it under your hands (the easy part), you'll also need to learn that scale and mode in as many places as possible across the fretboard (the hard part).

All of the scales and modes work in multiple styles such as blues, alt-country, rock, funk, jazz, fusion, bossa, metal, surf and even Klezmer. Buono will demonstrate each scale or mode across at least two different styles although endless style variations are virtually unlimited. Lesson Sets & Rhythm Tracks:

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Ionian: Alt-Country-Rock, Jazz & Rock

Dorian: Funk, Jazz & Minor Blues

Phrygian: Metal & Latin Rock

Lydian: Modern Rock, Fusion & Jazz

Mixolydian: Funk, Jazz, Blues & Southern Rock

Aeolian: Rock, Metal & Slow Jam

Melodic Minor: Funk & Fusion

Lydian b7: Funk & Jazz

Altered: Funk & Jazz

Harmonic Minor: Metal, Bossa & Surf

Phrygian Major: Jazz, Surf & Klezmer

Whole Tone: Jazz & Fusion

Symmetrical Diminished: Funk & Jazz

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As previously mentioned, you will need to learn how to play these 13 scales and modes all over the fretboard for maximum firepower. That's where the shed time and discipline come into play. But fear not; Buono prepared a 1,872-page manual of charts (no typo; that's one thousand, eight hundred and seventy two pages) of alternative fingerings all over the neck for these 13 scales and modes.

1,872 page PDF "I've prepared a chart to end all charts of fingering possibilities. Starting with a single scale the options go all of the way up to four-note-per-string variations. What's more, every scale and mode is also broken down into a unique pentatonic scale whose five-note formula is made up of the core components ensuring the correct sound and vibe with a two-note-per-string pentatonic feel." Chris also prepared 34 practice rhythm tracks charted as both PDF and Power Tab files. So, if you want to go deep geek on Modes That Matter – and we hope you will – there's absolutely nothing stopping you.

So get cracking on this one right away. Start incorporating even a few of these 13 scales and modes in your improvisations and then buckle up as your solos explode in full living panoramic color.

Thanks to psycholoko

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