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Author : Deborah Grace Winer
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573630347
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (33 download)
Download or read book The Last Girl Singer written by Deborah Grace Winer and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marianne Worthington
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 1950564215
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (55 download)
Download or read book The Girl Singer written by Marianne Worthington and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feminism, Appalachian culture, and country music: three threads beautifully woven into one in Marianne Worthington's poetry collection The Girl Singer. The poet grew up in urban Appalachia, listening to country and folk music and letting it live within her. The speakers in The Girl Singer offer lyrical celebrations of the women who performed that music and recite their stories anew. The girl singer is also the poet—one who traces loss through turning seasons, monitors the patterns of neighborhood wildlife, and creates a sisterhood for singing old songs in new ways. The Girl Singer is part family history, part music, and part nature walk. Worthington's attentive eye and heart are reflected in the starkly striking and painful images she paints in the poems. Every poem, whether describing a connection with Appalachian wildlife, retelling the lyrics of a classic country tune, reflecting on the speaker's bloodline, or giving voice to famous musical figures of the past, strikes a powerful chord.
Author : Rosemary Clooney
Publisher : Crown Archetype
ISBN 13 : 0767910834
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Girl Singer written by Rosemary Clooney and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2002-04-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the top of her form and topping the charts, Rosemary Clooney looks back at a life of triumph and tragedy more dramatic than any work of fiction. Rosemary Clooney made her first public appearance at the age of three, on the stage of the Russell Theater in her hometown of Maysville, Kentucky, singing, "When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver," an odd but perhaps prophetic choice for one so young. She has been singing ever since: on local radio; with Tony Pastor's orchestra; in big-box-office Hollywood films; at the Hollywood Bowl, the London Palladium, and Carnegie Hall ; on her own television series; and at venues large and small across the country and around the world. The list of Clooney's friends and intimates reads like a who's who of show business royalty: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich, Tony Bennett, Janet Leigh, Humphrey Bogart, and Billie Holiday, to name just a few. She's known enormous professional triumphs and deep personal tragedies. At the age of twenty-five, Clooney married the erudite and respected actor Jose Ferrer, sixteen years her senior and light-years more sophisticated. Trouble started almost immediately when, on her honeymoon, she discovered that he had already been unfaithful. Finally, after having five children while she almost single-handedly supported the entire family and endured Ferrer's numerous, unrepentant infidelities, she filed for divorce. From there her life spiraled downward into depression, addiction to various prescription drugs, and then, in 1968, a breakdown and hospitalization. After years spent fighting her way back to the top, Clooney is married to one of her first and long-lost loves- a true fairy tale with a happy ending. She's been nominated for four Grammys in six years and has two albums at the top of the Billboard charts. In the words of one of Stephen Sondheim's Follies showgirls, she could well be singing, triumphantly, "I'm still here!"
Author : Stephan Collishaw
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466862009
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book The Last Girl written by Stephan Collishaw and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a full hour I sat at my desk and stared up at the two photographs. One by one I smoked a packet of twenty Prima cigarettes.... The earth, I felt, was beginning to shift, and the long dead were stirring. In the closing days of the twentieth century, an elderly writer wanders the streets of Vilnius, Lithuania, possessed by the need to photograph the young mothers of the city. In their faces and the faces of their children he sees the reflection of a secret that haunts him. A secret he has spent years trying to bury. In a decaying back street of the city a woman struggles to raise her family. As her son dreams of a better life she is torn between Vilnius' twilight world of prostitution and her determination of securing hope for her children. She too is haunted by memories that rob her of sleep. In Vilnius the rubble of the Jewish ghetto lies side by side with the fallen statues of communist heroes. Through this tangled debris of past and present the story of the writer's great love and his even greater betrayal begins to coil its way to the surface and demands to be told, in The Last Girl by Stephan Collishaw.
Author : Holly Lisle
Publisher : Onyx
ISBN 13 : 9780451411976
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (119 download)
Download or read book Last Girl Dancing written by Holly Lisle and published by Onyx. This book was released on 2005 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of "Midnight Rain." Obsessed with discovering what happened to her missing sister, Atlanta detective Jess Brubraker is willing to disappear into a sordid nightworld to find the answer. That means leading both herself and her lover into the most intimate and terrifying trap of all. Original.
Author : Trina Robbins
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1683960149
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (839 download)
Download or read book Last Girl Standing written by Trina Robbins and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born on the cusp of WWII in 1938, at a time when other little girls dreamed of being nurses and secretaries, Trina Robbins’s ambition was to be a bohemian; and indeed she did. She chronicles a life of sex, drugs, rock ’n’ roll — and comics — in Last Girl Standing. Robbins describes her upbringing in Queens, New York, reading comics through her childhood in the 1940s; visiting the EC offices and becoming part of SF fandom (dating Harlan Ellison at age 16); and posing nude for men’s magazines in the 1950s; living in the Village, over her own boutique where she made clothes for and interacted with rock royalty like David Crosby, Donovan, Cass Elliot; her close relationship with Paul Williams; entering the orbit of underground cartoonists like Art Spiegelman, R. Crumb, Vaughn Bodé, and Bill Griffith, when she started contributing comics to The East Village Other; and, in the ’70s, moving to San Francisco, contending with the phallocentric underground scene, marrying Kim Deitch, co-founding Wimmen’s Comix, and being invited into Felch Comics (she declined); her work for the National Lampoon, Marvel Comics, and Eclipse in the 1980s; and her crisis as a cartoonist and transformation into an historian and lecturer in the ’90s and 2000s. From science fiction to the Sunset Strip, from New York’s underground newspapers to San Francisco’s underground comix: Trina Robbins broke the rules and broke the law. From dressing Mama Cass to being pelted with jelly babies as she helped photograph the Rolling Stones’s first US tour, from drunken New York nights spent with Jim Morrison to producing the very first all-woman comic book, this former Lady of the Canyon takes no prisoners in this heavily illustrated memoir.
Author : Nadia Murad
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1524760439
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)
Download or read book The Last Girl written by Nadia Murad and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE • In this “courageous” (The Washington Post) memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon. On August 15th, 2014, when Nadia was just twenty-one years old, this life ended. Islamic State militants massacred the people of her village, executing men who refused to convert to Islam and women too old to become sex slaves. Six of Nadia’s brothers were killed, and her mother soon after, their bodies swept into mass graves. Nadia was taken to Mosul and forced, along with thousands of other Yazidi girls, into the ISIS slave trade. Nadia would be held captive by several militants and repeatedly raped and beaten. Finally, she managed a narrow escape through the streets of Mosul, finding shelter in the home of a Sunni Muslim family whose eldest son risked his life to smuggle her to safety. Today, Nadia's story—as a witness to the Islamic State's brutality, a survivor of rape, a refugee, a Yazidi—has forced the world to pay attention to an ongoing genocide. It is a call to action, a testament to the human will to survive, and a love letter to a lost country, a fragile community, and a family torn apart by war.
Author : Chris Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1250095166
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Songs About a Girl written by Chris Russell and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When sixteen-year-old aspiring photographer Charlie Bloom receives the invitation of her dreams--to take backstage photos for chart-topping boy band Fire&Lights--it's an offer she can't refuse.
Author : Helen Fields
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008379378
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Last Girl to Die written by Helen Fields and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TIMES CRIME CLUB ⭐STAR PICK⭐ and AMAZON and KINDLE BESTSELLER! ‘Fantastic. Excellent. Incredible. I could not put this one down for the life of me.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘A stunner! Without a doubt, one of the best crime novels of the year!’ – No.1 international bestseller Jeffery Deaver
Author : Natalie Ironside
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (521 download)
Download or read book The Last Girl Scout written by Natalie Ironside and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past lies like a nightmare over the world.Two hundred years after the War when atomic fire rained from the skies and burned the world to cinders, human civilization has had time to rebuild within the burned-out husk of Old America. But the old terrors of the past still persist, and while some work to build a better world, others still dream of reclaiming the glory of the Old World.In southern Appalachia, political commissar Magnolia Blackadder is sent on a mission into the irradiated Exclusion Zone of Old DC, where an evil that humanity thought it had vanquished centuries ago is waking up and rebuilding its strength. Along the way, she meets a strange woman with terrible secrets and an unspeakable past, and as they forge a bond and brave the terrors of the wasteland together, she learns that some demons are not so easily exorcised, and that some stones are better left unturned. In this her debut novel, award-winning author Natalie Ironside delivers a new vision of the post-apocalypse, a tale of adventure, terror, love, and that most basic and most powerful of all human desires: Freedom.
Author : Nadia Murad
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1524760455
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)
Download or read book The Last Girl written by Nadia Murad and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE • In this “courageous” (The Washington Post) memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon. On August 15th, 2014, when Nadia was just twenty-one years old, this life ended. Islamic State militants massacred the people of her village, executing men who refused to convert to Islam and women too old to become sex slaves. Six of Nadia’s brothers were killed, and her mother soon after, their bodies swept into mass graves. Nadia was taken to Mosul and forced, along with thousands of other Yazidi girls, into the ISIS slave trade. Nadia would be held captive by several militants and repeatedly raped and beaten. Finally, she managed a narrow escape through the streets of Mosul, finding shelter in the home of a Sunni Muslim family whose eldest son risked his life to smuggle her to safety. Today, Nadia's story—as a witness to the Islamic State's brutality, a survivor of rape, a refugee, a Yazidi—has forced the world to pay attention to an ongoing genocide. It is a call to action, a testament to the human will to survive, and a love letter to a lost country, a fragile community, and a family torn apart by war.
Author : Ken Crossland
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199339562
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Late Life Jazz written by Ken Crossland and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When people hear the name "Clooney," they automatically think of George Clooney, one of Hollywood's biggest stars. But it was his aunt Rosemary who first catapulted the name into bright lights with a string of hit songs in the 1950s and a starring role alongside Bing Crosby in the immortal "White Christmas." Drawing on interviews with family members, managers, promoters, and the jazz musicians who worked with her, as well as contemporary newspaper articles and reviews, Late Life Jazz tells the unsung story of one of America's finest singers, Rosemary Clooney. Ken Crossland and Malcolm Macfarlane trace Rosemary's life from her hardscrabble beginnings in Maysville Kentucky, through her first performances singing with the Barney Rapp Band in Cincinnati, through her rise to pop stardom in the early 1950s when she topped the Hit Parade with songs such as "Come On-a My House," "Tenderly," and "Half As Much." By the time the 1960s arrived, however, personal turmoil, fueled by depression and an addiction to prescription medication, almost destroyed Clooney's career-and her life. She underwent years of therapy and recuperation before she was able to perform again in the early 1970s. Few expected her to be anything more than a baroness of nostalgia, but Rosemary had other ideas. Rejuvenated by a series of concerts alongside her friend and mentor, Bing Crosby, she found a new medium in the midst of America's finest jazz musicians, building a second career and with it a reputation as one of the finest interpreters of the Great American Songbook. Vividly written and painstakingly researched, Late Life Jazz explores the rise, fall, and final triumph of Clooney the First, Aunt Rosemary, jazz singer par excellence.
Author : John Willis
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781557832504
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Theatre World 1994-1995 written by John Willis and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scenes from the plays and portraits of leading actors accompany a statistical record of the current season
Author : Alexandra Blogier
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0399552294
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)
Download or read book The Last Girl on Earth written by Alexandra Blogier and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of The 5th Wave will devour this heart-pounding sci-fi novel about a girl with a secret: on a near-future Earth taken over by aliens, she is the only human left alive. “A celebration of what it means to be human.” —Katharine McGee, New York Times bestselling author of The Thousandth Floor RAISED AMONG THEM. Li has a father and a sister who love her. A best friend, Mirabae, to share things with. She goes to school and hangs out at the beach and carefully follows the rules. She has to. Everyone she knows--her family, her teachers, her friends--is an alien. And she is the only human left on Earth. A SECRET THAT COULD END HER LIFE. The Abdoloreans hijacked the planet sixteen years ago, destroying all human life. Li's human-sympathizer father took her in as a baby and has trained her to pass as one of them. The Abdoloreans appear human. But they don't think with human minds or feel with human hearts. And they have special abilities no human could ever have. FIT IN OR DIE. When Li meets Ryn, she's swept up in a relationship that could have disastrous consequences. How far will Li go to stay alive? Will she save herself--and in turn, the human race--or will she be the final witness to humanity's destruction?
Author : Betty Garrett
Publisher : Madison Books
ISBN 13 : 1461710316
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)
Download or read book Betty Garrett and Other Songs written by Betty Garrett and published by Madison Books. This book was released on 1999-12-22 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Betty Garrett's memoir is a tale of grace under pressure. It's a lovely, moving song of survival."—Studs Terkel
Author : Richard Chase
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486228792
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (287 download)
Download or read book Old Songs and Singing Games written by Richard Chase and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1972-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Go Tell Aunt Rhody," "Frog Went A-Courting," "Cocky Robin" and 18 others from Appalachia. All standard verses are given. 4 diagrams.
Author : Arvind R K
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (854 download)
Download or read book Will You Sing for Me? written by Arvind R K and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-06-17 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oru oorla, there was a south Indian boy named Gowtham Sri Ram. He fell in love with his classmate Samrudhayuktha. She had a soulful voice, which reminded him of his lost mother. As they fell in love with each other, a series of events threatened their relationship, which broke their bond mutually. He was in desperate attempts to find a better singer to fulfil the void in his life, and in fact he did find someone better in all ways. Has he found the right person? Or desperately made attempts to stick around trying to work it out? Did he fall in love with the perfect girl? Or the idea of the person? Let's find out! True and unconditional love; it seems perfect. Maybe we are all getting it wrong.
