Completes Idiot's Guide to Composition

Do the words "I want to talk about the wedding" make you break out in a cold sweat? Are you having nightmares of being chased by good china, flower bouquets, and flaming wedding cakes? Do you sometimes wonder why you couldn't just go from the proposal to the honeymoon?

As an adult who leads a busy life, you have to deal with the stresses of home, work, and family. The Buddhist idea of Zen seeks to help you reduce stress so that you can remain calm when conflicts arise. This book begins with the basics, telling you what Zen is and how you can use it to deal with the situations that come up in your fast-paced life.

The guitar is a wonderfully versatile instrument. It is portable, needs no accompanist because it provides harmony as well as melody, and has an intrinsically beautiful tone which is sensitive to human touch. The higher levels of solo playing take time and practice, as with any instrument, but the guitar can be a pleasure from the first day and the first successful sounding of a chord…

You're no idiot. You've mastered one of the trickiest languages on earth, English. You've trained your German shepherd, you cook strudel like a hausfrau, and you drive a Volkswagen with ease. But when you enven think about conjugating a German verb or asking for directions in the Black Forest, you feel like a Dummkoph. Don't despair!