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Author : Mary Cooper Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780961997908
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (979 download)
Download or read book Living with a Broken String written by Mary Cooper Greene and published by . This book was released on 1988-04 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric Walters
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735266255
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Broken Strings written by Eric Walters and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-winning author duo. For fans of The Devil's Arithmetic and Hana's Suitcase. It's 2002. In the aftermath of the twin towers -- and the death of her beloved grandmother -- Shirli Berman is intent on moving forward. The best singer in her junior high, she auditions for the lead role in Fiddler on the Roof, but is crushed to learn that she's been given the part of the old Jewish mother in the musical rather than the coveted part of the sister. But there is an upside: her "husband" is none other than Ben Morgan, the cutest and most popular boy in the school. Deciding to throw herself into the role, she rummages in her grandfather's attic for some props. There, she discovers an old violin in the corner -- strange, since her Zayde has never seemed to like music, never even going to any of her recitals. Showing it to her grandfather unleashes an anger in him she has never seen before, and while she is frightened of what it might mean, Shirli keeps trying to connect with her Zayde and discover the awful reason behind his anger. A long-kept family secret spills out, and Shirli learns the true power of music, both terrible and wonderful.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Neil Bennun
Publisher : Neil Bennun
ISBN 13 : 9780670912506
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (125 download)
Download or read book The Broken String written by Neil Bennun and published by Neil Bennun. This book was released on 2004 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The San people were a South African tribe who lived in the scrubland and communicated in a distinct click language. During the nineteenth century they were labelled as sub-human and hunted as animals by the Boers and the British. sister-in-law Lucy Lloyd, befriended some San bushmen and gradually began to document their language, resulting in an extraordinary archive of material. beautiful rock art and powerful fables. The fables will run throughout the book.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Littell's Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Sinclair
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Idylls of Busy Life written by David Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eliakim Littell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Littell's Living Age written by Eliakim Littell and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Watson
Publisher : Sheep Meadow Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Song of the Broken String written by Stephen Watson and published by Sheep Meadow Press. This book was released on 1991-12 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The /Xam Bushmen, hunters, gatherers, some poets among them, were a stone age people who survived nearly 5,000 years in the region now known as the Cape Province of South Africa. By the turn of this century they had completely disappeared, destroyed finally by the murderous European settlement of the interior. Song of the Broken String has its provenance in the oral tradition of this ancient culture. In the 1860s, a German linguist named W. H. Bleek become aware of the genocide in progress. Taking into his service three /Xam Bushmen he found working as convict laborers in a chain gang, he set about preserving a small part of their heritage. After devising a phonetic notation of the /Xam's language, he transcribed the personal narratives, songs, and folktales of these three men and translated them into English. Housed in an archive at the University of Cape Town, the 12,000 pages of the Bleek and Lloyd Collection are all that remains of this people and their language. Stephen Watson, a contemporary South African poet, has explored this archive, "re-translating" Bleek's word-for-word English prose into poems in which something of the power of those original voices lives on, however filtered through the 19th century ethnographer and the 20th century writer. The results not only offer a path into a powerful oral tradition, but also raise questions about the ways in which we listen to and "translate" cultures that are distant or lost. Song of the Broken String does not bring back the /Xam, it is not a collection of artifacts. Something survives here that is almost monumental, certainly beautiful. Stephen Watson, a contemporary South African poet and writer, has explored this archive, "re-translating" Bleek's word- for- word English prose into poems in which the power of these original voices would live on. However filtered through the 19th century ethnographer and the 20th century writer, poetry seemed the obvious form for this dialogue. The results not only offer a way into a powerful oral tradition but also raise questions about the ways in which we listen to and "translate" cultures that are distant or lost, cultures in whose fate we are somehow complicit. Song of the Broken String does not bring back the /Xam, but it makes their ghosts vital presences in our own literary tradition.
Author : Nellie Burget Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Living Drama written by Nellie Burget Miller and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study will endeavor to present, in simple and concise form, a survey of this continuous dramatic movement from its earliest recorded expression to contemporary moments under a single cover. Since to know thoroughly the dramatic output of any one period might command the industry of a lifetime, the task is a colossal one and precludes any pretense at completeness; the treatment is suggestive rather than informative, and should be supplemented by a study of the plays indicated under each section. After all, the important thing is not the painful piling of fact upon fact but gaining an intelligent working knowledge of the whole and knowing exactly where to turn for detail when it is needed. The information has been gathered from many works upon the various phases, to which the writer is deeply indebted, all of which are indicated in the bibliographies. We purpose, then, to take a sort of ''Cook's Tour'' over the whole domain of the drama, touching the main points of interest, and leaving the reader to return and explore at leisure.
Author : Jo Witek
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 164700828X
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)
Download or read book In My Heart written by Jo Witek and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate feelings in all their shapes and sizes in this New York Times bestselling picture book from the Growing Hearts series! Happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness . . . our hearts can feel so many feelings! Some make us feel as light as a balloon, others as heavy as an elephant. In My Heart explores a full range of emotions, describing how they feel physically, inside, with language that is lyrical but also direct to empower readers to practice articulating and identifying their own emotions. With whimsical illustrations and an irresistible die-cut heart that extends through each spread, this gorgeously packaged and unique feelings book is sure to become a storytime favorite.
Author : Gemma Nisbet
Publisher : Upswell
ISBN 13 : 1743823231
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (438 download)
Download or read book The Things We Live With written by Gemma Nisbet and published by Upswell. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A meditation on the burden and joy of inheritance, and the strange power of the objects and keepsakes that connect us 'This is how I became interested in things. In their strange pull and power; in the ways they hold on to us and we to them.' After her father dies of cancer, Gemma Nisbet is inundated with keepsakes connected to his life by family and friends. As she becomes attuned to the ways certain items can evoke specific memories or moments, she begins to ask questions about the relationships between objects and people. Why is it so difficult to discard some artefacts and not others? Does the power exerted by precious things influence the ways we remember the past and perceive the future? As Nisbet considers her father's life and begins to connect his experiences of mental illness with her own, she wonders whether hanging on to 'stuff' is ultimately a source of comfort or concern. Intimate and wide-ranging, The Things We Live With is a collection of essays about how we learn to live with the 'things' handed down in families which we carry throughout our lives: not only material objects, but also grief, memory, anxiety and depression. It's about notions of home and restlessness, inheritance and belonging -- and, above all, the ways we tell our stories to ourselves and other people. 'The Things We Live With is a tender cartography of grief and familial legacy, in which Gemma Nisbet elegantly explores how the maps we make--whether by story, memory, art, or artefact--inevitably fall shy of the territory.' -Josephine Rowe 'What are we to make of all these things around us? And what are they to make of us? Delicately, as if unpacking a box of fragile treasures, Nisbet cups in her hands and presents us with a series of relationships: with old, loved things, with her family, and her own crushable centre. They are all, it turns out, well kept in the same box. Nisbet wraps her meditations in soft words and firm intelligence, and in this wonderful, digressive and intently considered work she uncovers the tender meaning of possessions, and what it is to be possessed by them too. As a devoted keeper of objects, I read this book with recognition and envy, and anyone who inherits, hoards, abhors or adores the relics of their lives will appreciate Nisbet's candour and contemplations.' --Kate Holden 'Wise, profound and with tender humour The Things We Live With expands our thinking about the power of objects to shape our sense of self, anchor our memories, and reflect our place in the world. In these superb, engrossing essays Gemma Nisbet draws us in close as she examines what we hold onto, what we let go, and the complex relationships between the tangible and intangible. A moving portrayal of grief, love, and legacy, this is a collection to treasure.' --Vanessa Berry
Author : Robert Werman
Publisher : Freund Publishing House Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9789652941411
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (414 download)
Download or read book Living with an Aging Brain written by Robert Werman and published by Freund Publishing House Ltd.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grow old along with me/The best is yet to be, wrote Robert Browning in his poem "Rabbi Ben Ezra". Those of us approaching, or already inhabiting, this unknown land might not entirely agree, but in this inspiring volume by Dr Werman, we are shown how to make the most of old age, especially as regards our brains and how to use them to lead fulfilling lives. The book is packed with useful scientific facts on aging and how to differentiate between the symptoms of merely the "wear and tear" of our bodies and brains, and real disease. It is aimed at members of the general public, and contains fascinating real-life examples, some of them from Dr Werman's own practice as a neurologist and his life experience.
Author : Jacqueline Jules
Publisher : Evening Street Press
ISBN 13 : 1937347397
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (373 download)
Download or read book Itzhak Perlman's Broken String written by Jacqueline Jules and published by Evening Street Press. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2016 winner of the Helen Kay Chapbook Prize In the apocryphal story told about Yitzhak Perlman during his concert at Lincoln Center in 1995 when one of the four violin strings suddenly tore, and he proceeded to reconceive and play the entire work with three remaining strings, he said that “sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can make with what you have left.” If ever there were a work that explores the aftermath of loss, it is this powerful and highly original collection by Jacqueline Jules. “Every life is lived on a high wire,/ strung over the treetops…//Don’t expect to feel safe.” The poet reminds us not to waste time grieving over “stolen credit cards” and a “broken car on the day of a big interview.” Reminds us how “Joy sits on a seesaw with Grief.” If it’s divinity we seek, best we gather the “stone tablets” and carry them through the wilderness of time. Consolation can be “sunlight/streaming through/serrated shapes…like fingers” that “wipe” away “tears.” —Myra Sklarew, Author of Lithuania: New & Selected Poems What plucks at the heart strings of Jacqueline Jules’ intense poems of Itzhak Perlman’s Broken String is a dialectic between faith and loss where science mediates. “Both Science and Faith insist/ nothing is random.” Grief is a squatter—an unwanted presence after friends and family leave the bereaved. The poet dares to challenge Jean-Paul Sartre on despair and suggests to the physical therapist “better to tease a tiger/ than poke a pain.” Everything connects: Emily Dickinson, vending machines, a gypsy girl with rocks in her pockets who steps into a river. This is a smart and smarting journey through the human condition. —Karren L. Alenier, author of The Anima of Paul Bowles This lovely and moving collection explores what happens when grief is chronic. After the shock of initial loss, when grief becomes a daily companion, we must learn, as Jacqueline Jules wisely writes, to find music in our crippled instruments. Like Jean-Paul Sartre, we “cross that cruel river”; like Isaac Newton, our personal math proves “we are vulnerable to falling objects.” —Kim Roberts, founding editor of Beltway Poetry Quarterly
Author : Emerson Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Mink Curtiss, Or, Life in the Backwoods written by Emerson Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Osgood Eaton Fuller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Ideals of Life, Or, Wisdom of the Ages for Old and Young written by Osgood Eaton Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederick Whitfield
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book "Christ Our Life": Readings for Short Services, Etc written by Frederick Whitfield and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : L. H. Cosway
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781496087294
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (872 download)
Download or read book Still Life with Strings written by L. H. Cosway and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shane Arthur wants Jade Lennon to teach him how to live. She is not sure how much a twenty-six year old recovering alcoholic who works in a bar and moonlights as a living statue can teach a world class concert violinist, but she sure is going to try. It is a story of music, art, sex, magical realism, and romance that you will never forget.
