The Dead Man is a compelling novel about a woman who is obsessed. Eve, a composer of sacred music and a music therapist, is well aware of the saying, “Physician, heal thyself,” but she just can’t seem to do this. For some...
Music
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Author:Svenonius, Ian F.Summary:Ian F. Svenonius's experience as an iconic underground rock musician--playing in such highly influential and revolutionary outfits as the Make-Up and the Nation of Ulysses--gives him special insight on techniques for not only starting...
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Author:Denman, K. L.Summary:Suspended from school, lonely and bored, fifteen-year-old Zack will do anything for amusement. His mom drags him out geocaching, and Zack finds a CD with the word Famous written across it. He puts the CD in his stereo and loses himself...
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Author:Gigot, JamiSummary:A starry-eyed ode to self-expression and staying true to yourself, inspired by the life and lyrics of beloved icon David Bowie. For as long as David could remember, he felt like a stranger on his own planet. As if he'd fallen to Earth...
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n his sixth form year, Matthew 'Spider' Trent must make decisions regarding his future with little guidance from his family, but the opportunity to enter a piano competition gives him a focus and provides the direction he needs.
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Author:Goodman, SteveSummary:An exploration of the production, transmission, and mutation of affective tonality―when sound helps produce a bad vibe.
Sound can be deployed to produce discomfort, express a threat, or create an ambience of fear or dread―to...
- Author:Pavlović, MilanSummary:
Music inspires friendship and a life full of dreams and adventure in this wordless picture book from Milan Pavlovic. When a fish hears the singing of a violin, it is drawn out of the water and into the world of a young musician sitting...
- Author:Tooley, AdrienneSummary:
In this gorgeous, queer standalone fantasy, a young musician sets out to expose her rival for illegal use of magic only to discover the deception goes deeper than she could have imagined--perfect for fans of An Enchantment of Ravens!...
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Author:Browne, DavidSummary:The Grateful Dead's long, strange trip has been the subject of countless books- but none like So Many Roads. Drawing on new interviews with surviving members and people in their inner circle along with previously unknown details gleaned...
- Author:Cage, JohnSummary:
Silence, A Year from Monday, M, Empty Words and X (in this order) form the five parts of a series of books in which Cage tries, as he says, "to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces...
- Author:Russell-Brown, KatherynSummary:
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller. She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series, adapted for audio, about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds—including Marian Anderson! When...
- Author:Smarsh, SarahSummary:
The National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Heartland focuses her laser-sharp insights on a working-class icon and one of the most unifying figures in American culture: Dolly Parton. Growing up amid...
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Author:Chamberlain, AdrianSummary:Struggling at home and at school, Duncan decides to try out for a local rock band. He plays the bass in the school orchestra, but it is a long way from band camp to rock star. Joining a heavy-metal band, he tries to fit in, dumping his...
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Author:Pawagi, ManjushaSummary:Priva begs and begs for a piano. But when her parents grant her wish, she discovers that she can't make the wonderful sounds she hears in her head! A resourceful girl, she comes up with an ingenious solution that creates havoc at the...
- Author:Fuller, ClaireSummary:
Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize for Best First Novel. "Both shocking and subtle, brilliant and beautiful, a poised and elegant work that recalls the early work of Ian McEwan in the delicacy of its prose and the way that this is...
- Author:Rhuday-Perkovich, OlugbemisolaSummary:
Eleven-year-old Bo is used to it being just her and her mom in their cozy New York apartment, but when her mom gets married, Bo must adjust to her new sisters and a music-minded blended family that is much larger, louder, and more...
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Author:Glendenan, MeganSummary:Fourteen-year-old Rose is sure she's going to become a folk-music sensation, with her best friend, Shilo, at her side. But first she needs to convince her mom to keep paying for her expensive violin lessons. Her mom wants her to...
- Author:Sacks, OliverSummary:
Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of...
- Author:Sheppard, LindaSummary:
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