Interrupted Melody - The Story of My Life
Interrupted Melody - The Story of My Life

Author: Marjorie Lawrence

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2013-05-31

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1473385997

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This is the autobiography of Marjorie Florence Lawrence, an Australian soprano, noted for her interpretations of Richard Wagner's operas. She was the first soprano to perform the immolation scene in Götterdämmerung by riding her horse into the flames as Wagner had intended. In 1941, at the height of her career, Lawrence contracted polio and lost the use of her legs. Despite this she persevered and continued her career and became known world wide. A wonderful story of determination and overcoming difficulties of disability.

Wotan's Daughter
Wotan's Daughter

Author: Richard Harding Davis

Publisher: Wakefield Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1743051220

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This title recounts the turbulent life and career of Marjorie Lawrence, one of Australia's most renowned opera stars. From humble beginnings in rural Victoria, Lawrence rose to become one of the pre-eminent Wagner singers of her generation, acclaimed in Europe and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York where she shared roles with Kirsten Flagstad.

Fall Girl
Fall Girl

Author: Martha Crawford Cantarini

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0786455977

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Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, acclaimed horse trainer and show rider Martha Crawford Cantarini was among the busiest of Hollywood's elite corps of female stunt riders. She was the regular stunt double for such actresses as Eleanor Parker, Anne Baxter and Shirley MacLaine, appearing in films ranging from Elvis Presley's debut feature Love Me Tender to the epic Western The Big Country. Martha also hosted a Las Vegas television program in the 1960s, while her palomino Frosty gained fame as "the gambling horse" after rolling a seven at the Thunderbird Casino craps table. This fascinating insider's memoir of the American entertainment industry recounts Martha's personal and professional associations with Clark Gable, Ronald Reagan, Jean Simmons, and other Hollywood luminaries.

Timekeeper
Timekeeper

Author: Russell Matterson

Publisher: Russell Matterson

Published: 2020-12-25

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13:

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A tale of three friends, fraught with hardship. One, corrupted by unknowable power, made to confront the consequences of his own actions. Another, surrounded by death and chaos, intimately familiar with the cruel reality of betrayal and abandonment. The last, coerced by powers far greater than her, manipulated to become nothing more than a lamb for the slaughter. With their three fates intertwined, will they resist the darkness that dwells within their hearts, or will they succumb to its maddening allure?