Random Instruction Podcasts

Machiavelli has created a ruthless guide on how to rule the country in his volume “The Prince”. The book is dedicated to Lorenzo De Medici, the ruler of Florence. The author explains in simple language about the nature of great men and the characters of the government. The first chapter gives an outline of the book discussing various styles of ruling as a prince, character traits that a ruler should have and the political situation of Italy in the 16th century. The book is composed of 26 chapters which fall into four major sections. In part one Machiavelli discusses the four types of principalities. The first type is hereditary princedoms meaning they are inherited by the ruler. There are also mixed principalities which are seized by force, civic principalities which are acquired by various criminal methods and finally ecclesiastical principalities influenced by the church. Machiavelli outlines how to maintain a newly acquired territory as these various types of principalities. The author details the characters of a prince for example paying close consideration to the armed forces so that they help him keep his power. There are four types of armies that are identified by the author beginning with mercenaries who are the hired soldiers and tend to be unreliable and dangerous. There are also auxiliaries which are the soldiers lent by other rulers, native troops which are the soldiers in their own country and lastly the mixed troops which will have soldiers from native troops, auxiliaries and mercenaries. Machiavelli also takes a chapter to put forth the character and behavior of a prince. In an ideal world a virtuous prince would do well. Additionally Machiavelli considers it better to be economical than to be generous, pitiless than amorous and sneaky rather than sincere. Reading “The Prince” will take you into the ruthless and cunning mind of Machiavelli as he systematically describes how to conquer and rule in the 16th century Italy. The astute reader will find that Machiavelli’s principals apply just as much in today’s world as they did hundreds of years ago. More great books at LoyalBooks.com

Categories: Arts, Education

Tags: advice, audio books, audiobook, ebooks, Essay/Short nonfiction, fiction, free audio books, instruction, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Niccolò Machiavelli, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Politics, science, The Prince

This is a charming book on Art History for children (and everyone else). Each chapter focuses on a great painting, reproduced in color in the original text. The authors explain the story behind the paintings, as well as the life, times, and techniques of the artists.

Categories: Arts, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

Tags: Agnes Ethel Conway, art, audio books, audiobook, ebooks, free audio books, History, instruction, Kids, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Non-fiction, The Book of Art for Young People

Rather than only telling people what they need to do, these valuable Biblical messages give insights in the how-to’s and benefits for applying Biblical truth. For more information about Generations Church go to www.generationspeople.org

Categories: Religion & Spirituality

Tags: aid, Disciple, empower, equip, help, instruction, practical

A (mostly) saxophone pedagogy podcast hosted by Erik Steighner.

Categories: Education, Music

Tags: band, Classical, instruction, learning, music, pedagogy, practice, sax, Saxophone, steighner, windensemble

On Architecture is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect Vitruvius and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus as a guide for building projects. The work is one of the most important sources of modern knowledge of Roman building methods as well as the planning and design of structures, both large (aqueducts, buildings, baths, harbours) and small (machines, measuring devices, instruments). He is also the prime source of the famous story of Archimedes and his bath-time discovery.

Categories: Arts, Education, Society & Culture

Tags: Ancient Texts, art, audio books, audiobook, Classics (antiquity), ebooks, free audio books, History, instruction, Languages, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Non-fiction, science, Ten Books on Architecture

In this charming 1877 book of grammar instruction for children, we are introduced to the nine parts of speech and learn about the rules that govern them in Grammar-Land.”Judge Grammar is far mightier than any Fairy Queen, for he rules over real kings and queens down here in Matter-of-fact-land. Our kings and queens have all to obey Judge Grammar’s laws, or else they would talk what is called bad grammar; and then, even their own subjects would laugh at them, and would say: “Poor things!They are funny fellows, these nine Parts-of-Speech. You will find out by-and-by which you like best amongst them all. There is rich Mr. Noun, and his useful friend Pronoun; little ragged Article, and talkative Adjective; busy Dr. Verb, and Adverb; perky Preposition, convenient Conjunction, and that tiresome Interjection, the oddest of them all.”

Categories: Arts, Education, Kids & Family

Tags: audio books, audiobook, ebooks, fiction, free audio books, Grammar-Land, instruction, Kids, Languages, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, M.L. Nesbitt, Teen/Young adult

This podcast discusses the ukulele and its use in education and beyond.

Categories: Arts, Education, Music

Tags: and, Education, In, instruction, music, Technology, ukulele

A book of simple receipts for little folk with important cooking rules in rhyme together with handy lists of the materials and utensils needed for the preparation of each dish.

Categories: Arts, Kids & Family

Tags: advice, audio books, audiobook, Constance Johnson, Cookery, ebooks, free audio books, instruction, Kids, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Non-fiction, When Mother Lets Us Cook

Interviews, discussions about music, tips and tricks, band chats, and more. Brought to you by Richards Guitar Studio and Richards Rock Academy in Aston, PA.

Categories: Music

Tags: guitar, how to, instruction, instructor, lessons, music, teacher

Essays on music from M.J Murphy’s Twilight Guitar blog. The podcast covers a wide range of topics including music theory, techniques, philosophy and musicology. Welcome!

Categories: Arts, Music

Tags: art, Arts, audioblog, blues, chords, Classical, composing, essay, guitar, improvising, instruction, jazz, lessons, music, Musicology, of, Philosophy, rock, scales, soloing, songwriting, theory, zen

One hundred simple fish sauces. Sixty-five ways to cook mackerel. The Catching of Unshelled Fish. Twenty-seven ways to Cook Frogslegs. Now that should certainly make you reach for your apron and fish knife! How to Cook Fish by Olive Green is a vintage culinary classic, filled with simple, easy to follow recipes rendered in a terse, no nonsense style. There’s none of this fiddling with scales, weights and measures. What you get is a mélange of interesting, unusual ways to cook seafood without worrying about lists of ingredients, timings, temperature or any of the conventions followed by traditional cookbooks. If you’ve read that old Victorian favorite, Lavender and Old Lace (which was later adapted very successfully as Arsenic and Old Lace) by Myrtle Reed, you’d certainly be interested to know that the author had an equally successful career as a writer of popular cook books. Writing under the pseudonym Olive Green, Reed published six very successful books on cooking. However, from 1898 to her suicide in 1911, she continuously published at least one novel every year. The books are romantic and highly emotional in nature, full of unrequited passion, revenge, mystery and supernatural happenings. She also wrote a collection of stories about important women who made a difference to society. In between, she wrote pamphlets, married her Canadian pen-pal, suffered severe and debilitating bouts of insomnia and engaged in charity work. Her cookbooks are characterized by interesting tips on home making and the art of cooking, peppered with literary nuggets and quotations, witty remarks and anecdotes, all of which make How to Cook Fish not just an excellent recipe book but also an interesting and entertaining read. She also provides lists of what fish are in season during particular times of year, thus ensuring that the cook uses only the freshest of ingredients. How to Cook Fish is divided into 45 chapters. The One Hundred Fish Sauces are arranged in alphabetical order, starting with “Admiral Sauce” and ending with “White Sauce.” In between you have recipes for “Brown Tomato Sauce” “Sicilian Sauce” and other such unusual concoctions. Under the chapter One Hundred Miscellaneous Recipes you have items such as Fish a la Brunswick, Chartreuse of Fish, Jellied Fish Salad and many other great variations. This is indeed a great addition to your kitchen library and the clear, simple way in which the recipes are presented would tempt even the least adventurous of cooks to try a hand at one of these delicious sounding creations.

Categories: Arts

Tags: advice, audio books, audiobook, Cookery, ebooks, free audio books, How to Cook Fish, instruction, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Non-fiction, Olive Green

This collection is part of an initiative to create a language learning resource. The Language Learning Collections contain readings from various language learning books, grammars, primers, phrasebooks, dictionaries, readers and even other works which contain information on various languages, recount experiences of language learning and encountering new languages or provide guides for correct pronunciation, writing or discourse in a language. These works could describe English or any other language whatsoever, from Latin to Sumerian, Chinese to Wampanoag, Esperanto to Swahili (etc.).This Volume includes a treatise by Sir Arthur Cotton, author of an “Arabic Primer”. His daughter, Lady Hope, on page 523 of her biography of her father, writes that he “had very strong theories on the subject of learning “Living Languages,” his opinion being that, as every child who comes into the world learns its mother tongue orally, and at first without grammar… so the learning of all modern languages would be very much facilitated by a similar process.” Also included are the orientalist E.G. Browne’s opinions on language learning (taken from the introduction to A Year Amongst the Persians), the first lesson from Dr. Emil Otto’s “French Conversation-Grammar”, a talk by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on the need for a universal auxiliary language, Samuel Johnson’s “A Grammar of the English Tongue”, several sections from Henry Sweet’s “First Steps in Anglo-Saxon”, Lessons 1 – 5 from “Esperanto in Twenty Lessons”, two sections on language by Varro, a story in Latin from “Fabulae Faciles”, “Greek Lessons: 1-10”, the Phonology Section from a “Primer of Persian” and Lessons 1 – 19 from “A Practical Arabic Course”. More great books at LoyalBooks.com

Categories: Arts, Education

Tags: audio books, audiobook, ebooks, free audio books, instruction, Language Learning Collection, Languages, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Non-fiction, various

The Exceptional Worship Podcast is a show designed to equip, encourage and train worship leaders. Practical tools and relevant teaching will help worship leaders lead their teams, engage their congregations and grow their ministries. We’ll cover topics ranging from leadership and team development issues to the nitty gritty aspects of planning songs, setlists and whole worship services. We’ll also dig into music and musicianship issues to help you lead your band and vocal team.

Categories: Music, Religion & Spirituality

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EdTech Stories is a narrative storytelling podcast which profiles the origins behind the technology transforming the way we teach and learn.

Categories: Education, Technology

Tags: documentary, EdTech, Education, educationtechnology, howibuiltthis, ICT, instruction, instructional, ISTE, narrative, origin, startup, storytelling, teacher, Technology, technologyintegrations, techology

Learn how to accomplish your goals through increasing your mental power, avoiding energy drains, and becoming more mentally efficient.

Categories: Arts, Education

Tags: audio books, audiobook, ebooks, free audio books, Initiative Psychic Energy, instruction, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Non-fiction, Psychology, Warren Hilton

FEATURED AS “NEW & NOTEWORTHY” BY APPLE 2013-2014 *** Urban Dharma NC is a new Buddhist center, a community-in-progress in western North Carolina. We are committed to the growing of Dharma, for Dharma to take roots in our lives here in this corner of the world, in this part of North Carolina, on the soil of these Appalachian mountains. Our motto “Changing Minds, Transforming Cities” expresses the vision of living the transformative teachings of the Buddha in a contemporary, urban context where we ground our lives in Dharma. Urban Dharma NC emphasizes integrating rather than compartmentalizing, engaging rather than retreating, communing rather than isolating. *** We believe that Buddhist teachings have much to offer, not only to those who self-identify as Buddhist, but more fundamentally to all who seek to live intentional, compassionate, and balanced lives. And we believe that we can do this best when we have a community that is welcoming open and supportive. *** Introductory topics include: meditation, mindfulness, stress reduction, Tibetan Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism *** Advanced topics include: Vajrayana, the Drikung Kagyu tradition, Chod, Milarepa, Tara, and more. *** Please report any issues with the podcast to urbandharmapodcast@gmail.com *** You may visit our website and donate via PayPal to support our work at http://tiny.cc/udncpodcast

Categories: Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

Tags: Asheville, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, carolina, Center, community, dalai, dharma, discussion, drikung, hun, instruction, kagyu, karma, lama, Lecture, Mahayana, meditation, north, nyingma, practice, sakya, swannanoa, talk, teaching, Tibet, Tibetan, urban, vajrayana

This book is “not written for professional musicians, but for untaught lovers of the art”. It gives broad instruction on composers, styles, instruments, venues – and when to believe the critics. More great books at LoyalBooks.com

Categories: Arts, Education, Music

Tags: audio books, audiobook, ebooks, free audio books, Henry Edward Krehbiel, How to Listen to Music, instruction, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, music, Non-fiction

Are you looking for a new and fun way to learn American English? Come hang out with Lindsay and Michelle from Boston and New York City and have fun while you improve your English listening skills! We are an English as a Second Language (ESL) podcast for intermediate to advanced English learners around the world. We will show you how to use everyday English vocabulary and natural idioms, expressions, and phrasal verbs and how to make small talk in American English. We will also give you special tips on American culture, customs, etiquette, and how to speak with Americans as well as conversation and commentary on study tips, business English, life in America and Boston and New York, how to apply to university in the US, dating, travel, food and more. You’ll get TOEFL, IELTS, and TOEIC help also from The Examiner of Excellence, Jessica Beck. This podcast is for adult students who are professionals and university students as well as ESL teachers. Join the community to learn to speak American English like a native! Connection NOT Perfection!

Categories: Business, Education

Tags: american, conversation, english, ESL, everydayenglish, ielts, instruction, language, learn, lessons, real, teacher, TOEFL, university