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The Skin Above My Knee

Author: Marcia Butler

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2017-02-21

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 031639226X

The unflinching story of a professional oboist who finds order and beauty in music as her personal life threatens to destroy her. Music was everything for Marcia Butler. Growing up in an emotionally desolate home with an abusive father and a distant mother, she devoted herself to the discipline and rigor of the oboe, and quickly became a young prodigy on the rise in New York City's competitive music scene. But haunted by troubling childhood memories while balancing the challenges of a busy life as a working musician, Marcia succumbed to dangerous men, drugs and self-destruction. In her darkest moments, she asked the hardest question of all: Could music truly save her life? A memoir of startling honesty and subtle, profound beauty, The Skin Above My Knee is the story of a woman finding strength in her creative gifts and artistic destiny. Filled with vivid portraits of 1970's New York City, and fascinating insights into the intensity and precision necessary for a career in professional music, this is more than a narrative of a brilliant musician struggling to make it big in the big city. It is the story of a survivor. One of 2017's 35 over 35 One of the Washington Post's Top 10 Classical Music Moments of the Year

The Skin Above My Knee

Author: Marcia Butler

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2017-02-21

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 031639226X

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The unflinching story of a professional oboist who finds order and beauty in music as her personal life threatens to destroy her. Music was everything for Marcia Butler. Growing up in an emotionally desolate home with an abusive father and a distant mother, she devoted herself to the discipline and rigor of the oboe, and quickly became a young prodigy on the rise in New York City's competitive music scene. But haunted by troubling childhood memories while balancing the challenges of a busy life as a working musician, Marcia succumbed to dangerous men, drugs and self-destruction. In her darkest moments, she asked the hardest question of all: Could music truly save her life? A memoir of startling honesty and subtle, profound beauty, The Skin Above My Knee is the story of a woman finding strength in her creative gifts and artistic destiny. Filled with vivid portraits of 1970's New York City, and fascinating insights into the intensity and precision necessary for a career in professional music, this is more than a narrative of a brilliant musician struggling to make it big in the big city. It is the story of a survivor. One of 2017's 35 over 35 One of the Washington Post's Top 10 Classical Music Moments of the Year

A Feather So Black

Author: Lyra Selene

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 2024-03-12

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0316564974

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Set in a world of perilous magic and moonlit forests, this seductive romantic fantasy tells the story of a defiant changeling, her cursed sister, and the dangerous fae lord she must defeat to save her family. In a kingdom where magic has been lost, Fia is a rare changeling, left behind by the wicked Fair Folk when they stole the High Queen's daughter and retreated behind the locked gates of Tír na nÓg. Most despise Fia's fae blood. But the queen raises her as a daughter and trains her to be a spy. Meanwhile, the real princess Eala is bound to Tír na nÓg, cursed to become a swan by day and only returning to her true form at night. When a hidden gate to the realm is discovered, Fia is tasked by the queen to retrieve the princess and break her curse. But she doesn’t go alone: with her is prince Rogan, Fia's dearest childhood friend—and Eala’s betrothed. As they journey through the forests of the Folk, where magic winds through the roots of the trees and beauty can be a deadly illusion, Fia’s mission is complicated by her feelings for the prince…and her unexpected attraction to the dark-hearted fae lord holding Eala captive. Irian might be more monster than man, but he seems to understand Fia in a way no one ever has. Soon, Fia begins to question the truth of her mission. But time is running out to break her sister's curse. And unraveling the secrets of the past might destroy everything she has come to love.

I'm Still Alive

Author: Don Barber

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2022-08-01

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1098029836

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Wow, IaEUR(tm)m still aliveaEUR|but how? There is only one explanation. Take a walk with me through the rough patches of my life and it will become very apparent to you. One word. God. It will be evident, when you see the jams that I have gotten myself into, that God put an angel on my shoulder when I was very young. Stranded in the Atlantic Ocean? Motorcycle crashes? Six of my cars totaled, fourteen cars in all? Drunk on a Canadian Destroyer in San Francisco? Robbed at gunpoint in Chicago? Roof ripped off as a tornado just missed our home? Illegally racing cars? Nearly having my hand cut off by a miter saw? Working in the bomb dump in chemical gear in 100-degree weather arming 2000lb bombs? Drunk driving? Head-on collision with 130mph impact? Drug addiction? Almost flipping my race car at Atlanta Motor Speedway? I have no doubt how I'm still alive. These are just a few examples. God has a purpose for me. Maybe it's this book. He hasnaEUR(tm)t revealed it to me yet, as far as I know. I do believe that He wanted me to tell people one thing. God is good and He loves us very, very much. Read my stories and you will be amazed.

New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs.

Author: New York (State). Court of Appeals.

Publisher:

Published: 1915

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Volume contains: 214 NY 633 (Doyle v. Hamilton Fish Corp.) 214 NY 634 (Estabrook v. Newburgh L., H. & P. Co.) 214 NY 636 (Gayetty v. Thompson) 214 NY 49 (Hall v. N.Y. Tele. Co.) 214 NY 606 (Hobart v. Town of Tully)