FREE/BARGAIN — Non-Fiction

[salty-horse]

How Music Works by David Byrne is $2 in the US (Amazon only, but price-matchable on Kobo)

David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.[/B]

Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and many others, David Byrne taps deeply into his lifetime of knowledge to explore the panoptic elements of music, how it shapes the human experience, and reveals the impetus behind how we create, consume, distribute, and enjoy the songs, symphonies, and rhythms that provide the backbeat of life. Byrne’s magnum opus uncovers thrilling realizations about the redemptive liberation that music brings us all.

[sufue]

A collection of what appear to be autobiographical essays by Donna Leon, the author of the awesome IMO Commissario Brunetti mystery series, set in Venice, is on sale in the UK for a few more hours for £0.99.

More info and links about Backstage are in this post in the Mystery thread.

[nana77]

There is this "Essentials - Code Music with Sonic Pi" (2016)
https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/boo...ls-sonic-pi-v1
@ £2.99 / $3.99 or for free

And "The Computers that made Britain" by Tim Danton @ $1:04 in "Humble Bumble"
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/b...rce=search_bar
*althought, I'm not sure if it's possible to buy it without the rest of the bundle (first time I check for those things).

[Alastair_S]

Originally Posted by nana77

And "The Computers that made Britain" by Tim Danton @ $1:04 in "Humble Bumble"
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/b...rce=search_bar
*althought, I'm not sure if it's possible to buy it without the rest of the bundle (first time I check for those things).

You can download The Computers that Made Britain (PDF) for free from https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/boo...t-made-britain

[Martinoptic]

Thank you for the link. It's an interesting read.

[salty-horse]

FIVE DAYS THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD: eyewitness accounts from Europe at the end of World War II by Nicholas Best is $1 on Amazon.com (only)

On 28 April 1945, Benito Mussolini was dragged from his mistress’s bed and executed. Two days later, as the Soviet Army surrounded Berlin, Adolf Hitler put a gun to his head.

But this is not the traditional account of victory in Europe.

Drawing on first-hand accounts from individuals including John F. Kennedy, working in San Francisco, and Bob Dole recuperating in an Italian hospital, Nicholas Best provides a unique insight into ordinary American lives.

He recounts how Spike Milligan swigged stolen champagne. Audrey Hepburn starved in Holland. And a future Pope walked home, terrified of being shot for deserting the Wehrmacht.

Told by individuals, some of whom would go on to be the most recognised faces on the planet, Five Days that Shocked the World gives a remarkable insight into the most dramatic 120 hours in history.

[issybird]

The Tongue Set Free, the first volume of Nobelist Elias Canetti's memoirs, has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo.

I thought this terrific when I read it years ago.

[issybird]

The Writer and the Traitor, an account of the friendship of Graham Greene and Kim Philby, who was Greene's chief at MI6 during WWII, has dropped to 99p in a limited time sale.

Kobo Kindle