Slave Songs of the United States
Slave Songs of the United States

Author: William Francis Allen

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1557094349

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Originally published in 1867, this book is a collection of songs of African-American slaves. A few of the songs were written after the emancipation, but all were inspired by slavery. The wild, sad strains tell, as the sufferers themselves could, of crushed hopes, keen sorrow, and a dull, daily misery, which covered them as hopelessly as the fog from the rice swamps. On the other hand, the words breathe a trusting faith in the life after, to which their eyes seem constantly turned.

Songs in Ordinary Time
Songs in Ordinary Time

Author: Mary McGarry Morris

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1996-08-01

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13: 1101199474

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It's the summer of 1960 in Atkinson, Vermont. Maria Fermoyle is a strong but vulnerable divorced woman whose loneliness and ambition for her children make her easy prey for dangerous con man Omar Duvall. Marie's children are Alice, seventeen—involved with a young priest; Norm, sixteen—hotheaded and idealistic; and Benny, twelve—isolated and misunderstood, and so desperate for his mother's happiness that he hides the deadly truth he knows about Duvall. We also meet Sam Fermoyle, the children's alcoholic father; Sam's brother-in-law, who makes anonymous "love" calls from the bathroom of his failing appliance store; and the Klubock family, who—in contrast to the Fermoyles—live an orderly life in the house next door. Songs in Ordinary Time is a masterful epic of the everyday, illuminating the kaleidoscope of lives that tell the compelling story of this unforgettably family.

Song of the Sky
Song of the Sky

Author: Guy Murchie

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2016-10-21

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1787201759

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Originally published in 1954, this is a magnificent book about the greatest adventure of our age: humanity’s exploration of the skies and space. One of the classics of aviation and scientific literature, written by wartime flier Guy Murchie, this book will fascinate even non-pilots and non-science oriented readers.

Complete piano rags
Complete piano rags

Author: Scott Joplin

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1988-01-01

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0486258076

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Reprinted from the publishers' original editions, offers all thirty-eight piano rags by the respected master of the form, along with the original sheet music covers.