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Again Josefina (American Girls Short Stories #8)
by Valerie TrippAny child who has taken piano lessons will get a kick out of this book. Josefina finds unique ways to "practice," and even baby Antonio gets into the act of encouraging her to practice more. Humor, warmth, and lots of repetition lead Josefina to become a player of songs. Other books about Josefina are also available from Bookshare. In order for this file to make an excellent embossed braille copy, attention must be paid to the words written in Spanish.
On a Positive Note: Her Joyous Faith, Her Life in Music, and Her Everyday Blessings
by Renita Weems Cece WinansFrom a childhood of humble beginnings to her current status as one of the most sought-after performers in Christian music, CeCe Winans tells her uplifting story. Forthright and honest, CeCe takes the reader into her life, detailing a career that began in the early 1980's and continues to the present. Once a shy girl who preferred the church choir loft to the spotlight, this talented and vivacious woman details the journey of her musical career and the faith that has guided her every step of the way.
Sins of the Fathers (A Dark Shadows Novel)
by May Sutherlandautumn 1980: all seems well as the Collins family welcome David's fiancee, Lauren Chandler, into their midst. But when Lauren mysteriously disappears , it is only the first clue to unravelling a greater, more terrifying mystery confronting Barnabas and Julia - a mystery that spans two centuries and threatens the lives and security of everyone at Collinwood. It becomes evident that an unusual vampire has been let loose on the estate--one with the power to destroy everything Barnabas has so longed to have. Eventually, the fate of the entire family hangs in the balance as Julia follows a spirit's cryptic clues in a desperate effort to save them. Yet even that may not be enough, for Julia realizes that she has experienced some things before.
The Earl Takes a Bride
by Kathryn JensenFAIRY TALES DO COME TRUE.... Nonsense! Diane Fields, smart, practical, single mother of three, didn't believe in happily-ever- afters--even if her sister was married to the king of Elbia. But here was Earl Thomas Smythe, the rugged, debonair bodyguard to Diane's royal brother-in-law, standing in Diane's kitchen offering to whisk her away to Elbia's luxurious palace-and for a little rest and relaxation, no less! Why, Diane almost took the earl's suggestion as a joke--except there was no doubting the fiery ardor in the eyes of the kings emissary. And there was no doubting that Thomas was stirring up a very passionate response deep in Diane's soul....
The Music of Silence: A Memoir
by Andrea Bocelli Stanislao PuglieseYou don't have to be an opera fan to appreciate this beautifully written memoir by world-famous tenor Andrea Bocelli. Born among the vineyards of Tuscany, Bocelli was still an infant when he developed glaucoma. Music filtering into his room soothed the unsettled child. By the age of twelve he was completely blind, but his passion for music brought light back into his life. Here Bocelli reveals the anguish of his blindness and the transcendent experience of singing. He writes about his loving parents, who nurtured his musical interests, the challenges of learning to read music in Braille and of competing in talent shows, his struggles with law school, and his desire to turn an avocation into a way of life. He describes falling in love and singing in piano bars until his big break in 1992, when a stunned Pavarotti heard him sing "Miserere." The international acclaim and success that have followed Bocelli ever since have done nothing to dull his sense of gratitude and wonder about the world. No classical music fan can afford to be without this engaging and humble memoir of a fascinating and triumphant star. ANDREA BOCELLI wrote this memoir himself on a special Braille computer, without a ghostwriter. He chose to tell his own life story through the eyes of a boy called Amos, a charming and unusual device characteristic of this modest man. Bocelli lives in Monte Carlo and summers in Tuscany.
The Book of 1001 Trivia Questions
by Rick Campbell Tommy Jenkins William C. MackayFind the answere to such questions as: What two actors won oscars for playing the same character in two different films? How many bones are there in the human body? What is the southernmost state in the United states? What is the largest living rodent? Which actress/film director first achieved national exposure as the Coppertone baby? When was the zipper invented? Howdid Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson earn his nickname? Who hosted the Tonight Show on NBC before Johnny Carson?
Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina, and Richard Farina
by David HajduExtensive notes, bibliography, and index sections.
Goodbye, Little Rock And Roller
by Marshall ChapmanGoodbye, Little Rock and Roller is an inventive and original book from Nashville singer/songwriter Chapman, who uses twelve of her most resonant songs as entry points to many of her life's adventures. Not a memoir, but a map of the places Chapman's been and what went through her mind as she was traveling there, this book is funny and tender, warm and exuberant. Raised a debutante in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the daughter of a mill owner and firmly part of proper society, Chapman became a rocker at a time when women weren't yet picking up electric guitars. She is "a living example," as one reviewer wrote, "of the triumph of rock and roll over good breeding." From New Year's Eve in 1978 when Jerry Lee Lewis gave Chapman advice on how to live life ("I mean it's one thing when your mother says 'Honey don't you think you'd better slow down?' But when The Killer voices his concern....") to the time her black maid Cora Jeter took the seven-year-old to see Elvis, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller goes to the moments when the influences on Chapman's songwriting and psyche were cemented. And it winningly reveals how the creative process comes from life: one of Chapman's favorite songs was written after waking up facedown in her underpants in her front-yard vegetable garden. Revealing intimate rock and roll moments and memories of a South Carolina childhood, Marshall Chapman is a fresh voice firmly in the Southern tradition.
Melissa Etheridge
by Chris NicksonChris Nickson's biography of Melissa Etheridge explores the pop star's life and music. Born in Leavenworth, Kansas, Melissa Etheridge faced years of struggle and hard work to make it in the music business. But through it all, she's remained determined, and now has multiple platinum records and Grammys to her name and an original sound that's all her own. Nickson tells the whole story in this biography fans are sure to enjoy.
Brinkley's Beat: People, Places and Events that Shaped My Time
by David BrinkleyHere are firsthand profiles of Washington insiders that only an insider himself could have given us: Franklin D. Roosevelt counting out enough cigarettes to get through a half-hour debriefing with the press; May Craig, the first female reporter to penetrate Roosevelt's inner sanctum, who never failed to remind the president that his wife was a newspaper writer, too; Theodore Bilbo, a Mississippi senator and race baiter who effectively became mayor of Washington at a time when it was a segregated provincial town; Jimmy Hoffa, the popular and ill-fated union leader; Lyndon Johnson, whom Brinkley describes as the most impressive and appalling figure he encountered; and Ronald Reagan, whom he found to be the most mysterious of the eleven presidents he covered. Here is also Brinkley's account of President Kennedy's assassination and a poignant remembrance of D-day. David Brinkley was there and saw it all. In the "sour-lovable manner" (Mark Feeney, Boston Globe) of storytelling that he perfected, and in a narrative style that is both "hilarious and instructive" (George Will), Brinkley's Beat gives us his vivid recollections and the intelligence, acuity, and clear-sightedness on which his unimpeachable reputation rested for more than half a century.
Moses Goes to a Concert
by Isaac Millman"Moses and his school friends are deaf, but like most children, they have a lot to say. They communicate in American Sign Language, using visual signs and facial expressions. This is called signing. And even though they can't hear, they can enjoy many activities through their other senses. Today, Moses and his classmates are going to a concert. Their teacher, Mr. Samuels, has two surprises in store for them, to make this particular concert a special event."
Caesar's Hours: My Life in Comedy, with Love and Laughter
by Sid Caesar Eddy FriedfeldThe legendary television star tells the backstage stories of the classic comedy of Your Show of Shows, Caesar's Hour , and other landmark programs. It is no exaggeration to say that without Sid Caesar, comedy in America would have been a lot less funny. He was the star and guiding force behind Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour , two of the most innovative programs in the Golden Age of Television, and the writers and stars of those shows went on to create the plays, movies, and sitcoms that we now think of as classic American comedy. So many of our greatest comedy writers - Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart, Woody Allen -were part of Sid Caesar's creative troupe. Sid was a master not only of comedic performance, but also of developing characters that the audience could relate to, finding the humor in ordinary situations rather than through vaudeville-type gags. His was a comedy truly drawn from the human condition. Caesar's Hours is Sid Caesar 's artistic autobiography, his account of how these great routines were fashioned and performed, and the interactions that gave birth to them. He takes us inside the famed writers' room, the rehearsal studios, and onto the stage itself, where some of the funniest moments in television history came to life. To read his book is to learn why his intelligent and sensitive brand of humor resonates so much with us, even half a century later.
The Brain Games World Chess Championship
by Raymond Keene Don MorrisThe dramatic World Championship match in which Vladimir Kramnik surprisingly overthrew Garry Kasparov, the highest rated chess champion in the history of the game was, thanks to the internet, followed by more chess enthusiasts than any other chess championship match in chess history. For a month the eyes of the world were focused on the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith where the two grandmasters fought out their silent duel for two million dollars in prize money and the solid silver Howard Staunton trophy valued at N25,000 and crafted by Asprey and Garrard, the Queen's jewellers.
Bonnie Raitt: Just in the Nick of Time
by Mark BegoBiography of vocalist/guitarist/song-writer Bonnie Raitt.
Pieces of Intelligence The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld
by Hart SeelyFor all its known and unknown unknowns, Pieces of Intelligence is less about national affairs than about the poet himself. From the era when gas stations held "little things" of glass to the leak-filled corridors of present-day Washington, Rumsfeld stands out as a man whose quest for real answers long ago required the kinds of questions no reporter dared to ask. "What in the world am I doing here?" he says, in "A Confession." His answer is no less a riddle. "It's a big surprise," and nothing more. Sometimes comic, sometimes dark, D. H. Rumsfeld's poetry is irreverent but always relevant, occasionally structurally challenged and always structurally challenging. Pieces of Intelligence is the U.S. defense secretary's long-awaited first collection, combining precision-guided insights and a revolution in metaphorical affairs, to take the reader on a dazzling journey of the spoken verse.
Star Wars: A New Hope
by George LucasLuke Skywalker challenged the stormtroopers of a distant galaxy on a daring mission -- where a Force of life became the power of death! Luke Skywalker was a twenty-year-old who lived and worked on his uncle's farm on the remote planet of Tatooine...and he was bored beyond belief. He yearned for adventures out among the stars -- adventures that would take him beyond the farthest galaxies to distant and alien worlds. But Luke got more than he bargained for when he intercepted a cryptic message from a beautiful princess held captive by a dark and powerful warlord. Luke didn't know who she was, but he knew he had to save her -- and soon, because time was running out. Armed only with courage and with the light saber that had been his father's, Luke was catapulted into the middle of the most savage space war ever... and he was headed straight for a desperate encounter on the enemy battle station known as the Death Star!
Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them) A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
by Al FrankenA comedian debunks right-wing rhetoric and shows the right's hypocrisy.
The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'Oh! of Homer
by Aeon Skoble Mark Conard William IrwinEssays that use plots, dialogue, and characters' qualities from The Simpsons to illustrate the wisdom of the ages expressed in otherwise highbrow philosophy. The concept makes accessible and relevant to the modern reader timeless ideas that would otherwise require heavy mental lifting to fit into her current context.
The Red and the Blacklist: The Intimate Memoir of a Hollywood Expatriate
by Norma BarzmanThe horrors of the McCarthy era.
The Savage Nation, Saving America From The Liberal Assault On Our Borders, Language And Culture
by Michael SavageStraight-talking radio personality, Dr. Michael Savage brings his radio message of borders, language and culture to hardcover in this fast-paced, well-outlined attack on the liberal ethos he blames for a declining America, Savage points out how the ACLU and other liberal groups are the new Communists intent on destroying our constitutional republic with their unmitigated assault on our national borders, English language and Judeo-Christian, Western culture. No matter what you believe, you will enjoy this well-written story of an immigrant's son and his thoughts on America and our future.