The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic

Author: Julie Otsuka

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2011-08-23

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0307700461

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PEN/FAULKER AWARD WINNER • The acclaimed author of The Swimmers and When the Emperor Was Divine tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as “picture brides” a century ago in this "understated masterpiece ... that unfolds with great emotional power" (San Francisco Chronicle). In eight unforgettable sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys by boat, to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; from their experiences raising children who would later reject their culture and language, to the deracinating arrival of war. Julie Otsuka has written a spellbinding novel about identity and loyalty, and what it means to be an American in uncertain times.

Flowers In The Attic
Flowers In The Attic

Author: V.C. Andrews

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-02-08

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 1451636946

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Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the enduring gothic masterpiece Flowers in the Attic—the unforgettable forbidden love story that earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fan base and became an international cult classic. At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden—blond, innocent, and fighting for their lives… They were a perfect and beautiful family—until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. They are kept in the attic of their grandmother’s labyrinthine mansion, isolated and alone. As the visits from their seemingly unconcerned mother slowly dwindle, the four children grow ever closer and depend upon one another to survive both this cramped world and their cruel grandmother. A suspenseful and thrilling tale of family, greed, murder, and forbidden love, Flowers in the Attic is the unputdownable first novel of the epic Dollanganger family saga. The Dollanganger series includes: Flowers in the Attic, Petals in the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, Garden of Shadows, Beneath the Attic, and Out of the Attic.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Author: Paul O'Neill (musician.)

Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780769284668

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Sequel to the highly successful Christmas Eve and Other Stories. The Lord sends his youngest Angel on a mission to earth to leave something special behind. The story unfolds through songs such as: An Angel's Share * Boughs of Holly * Christmas Canon * Dream Child * Ghosts of Christmas Eve * Angels We Have Heard on High * Music Box Blues * The Snow Came Down and many others. A handsome songbook with story line, separate lyrics, and color photos.

The Rolling Stone Album Guide
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Author: Anthony DeCurtis

Publisher: New York : Random House

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 852

ISBN-13:

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A completely revised edition of the bestselling guide to popular recordings--featuring 2,500 entries and more than 12,500 album reviews. The definitive guide for the `90s.

Piano Lessons Can Be Murder (Goosebumps #13)
Piano Lessons Can Be Murder (Goosebumps #13)

Author: R. L. Stine

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2018-06-26

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 0545910390

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Convinced that there is something creepy about his new piano teacher, Jerry soon hears terrifying stories about Dr. Shreek's music school and students who never completed their lesson alive.

The West
The West

Author: Christopher Tadgell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 929

ISBN-13: 1135666598

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Christopher Tadgell covers the major architectural traditions of the Middle Ages, from the Romanesque architecture of the ninth and tenth centuries, built on the legacy of ancient Rome and including elements from Carolingian, Ottonian, Byzantine and northern European traditions, through to the evolution of the Gothic which heralded new, structurally daring architecture. The book ends with the Italian rediscovery of classical ideas and ideals and the emergence of the great Renaissance theorists and architects, including Brunelleschi, Alberti, and Bramante. As well as the palazzos, villas and churches of Renaissance Italy, this period saw the building of great chateaux in France, palaces in Germany and the golden-domed cathedrals of Russia. With more than two thousand images, including many plans, The West is a beautiful, single-volume guide to the history of architecture in this period, covering the whole of Europe from Ireland to Russia and placing architectural developments within their political, technological, artistic and intellectual contexts.

The Acid Archives - the Second Edition
The Acid Archives - the Second Edition

Author: Mike Ascherman

Publisher:

Published: 2010-08-17

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9781520636160

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The ultimate guide to underground sounds 1965-1982. The book features release details and in-depth reviews for more than 5,000 obscure LPs from the USA and Canada, 1965-1982, including reissue data and value ratings. The main genres are psychedelia, garage, folk & folkrock, hippie rock, progressive rock, and hard-rock. There is also a wide selection of interesting and rare singer-songwriter, harmony pop, soft rock, lounge-rock, avant-garde, vanity-pressings and "outsider" albums. This is the first ever comprehensive guide to the vintage musical underground of North America, and opens up a gigantic field of outstanding music that has earlier been exclusive and hard to grasp. There's also a buyer's guide, a glossary, a historical background, fun Top 10 lists, and much more. The massive book is loaded with color images of obscure and trippy album sleeves, posters and band photos, many of which have never been published before, and a foreword by Mike Stax of Ugly Things magazine. Highlights:- The largest selection ever presented of underground albums from North America 1965-1982.- Original release data and in-depth commentary from world-leading rare record experts.- Ratings of LP market value, detailed reissue data, and full color images of rare and trippy albums sleeves.- Special feature essays about rare Exotica, Lounge, '70s Funk & Soul, Southern Rock and New Age albums, written by leading field collectors.- A brand new round of informative and hilarious Top 10 Lists that were a popular part in the first book.

The Most Requested Christmas Songs
The Most Requested Christmas Songs

Author: Hal Leonard Corp

Publisher: Cherry Lane Music Company

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781458412744

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This giant collection features over 50 holiday classics from traditional carols to modern Christmas hits.

No Time to Cry
No Time to Cry

Author: Vera Leinvebers

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-10-31

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1462058469

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Every story has a beginning, a journey, and an end. Author Vera Leinveberss story begins in her beloved homeland of Latvia, just prior to the outbreak of World War II. Her early childhood is filled with joy and music, but this idyllic, carefree existence is irrevocably silenced by the advancing drumbeats of war. The journey that follows proves so intense and harrowing that in order to fi nd the emotional separation necessary to face her traumatic childhood memories, Leinvebers fi lters her experiences through the eyes of a young Latvian girl called Lara. No Time to Cry tells the story of Laras harrowing ordeal in war-ravaged Europe. It is a story about brutality, hatred, and unimaginable loss, but it is also a lasting testament to one little girls indomitable will to survive. When she loses nearly everything she holds dear, Lara desperately clings to the all that remainsthe music indelibly etched in her memory and a small, smooth stone that she retrieved from the charred remains of her former home. That small stone became her symbol of strength. If it could survive the inferno and devastation, so could she. Join Lara as a traveller on the path of her war-ravaged childhood, a path that clearly proves that no matter how much one might suffer, when the goal is to survive there is simply no time to cry.

The Pianist
The Pianist

Author: Wladyslaw Szpilman

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2000-09-02

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1466837624

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The memoir that inspired Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film, which won the Cannes Film Festival's most prestigious prize—the Palme d'Or. Named one of the Best Books of 1999 by the Los Angeles Times On September 23, 1939, Wladyslaw Szpilman played Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor live on the radio as shells exploded outside—so loudly that he couldn't hear his piano. It was the last live music broadcast from Warsaw: That day, a German bomb hit the station, and Polish Radio went off the air. Though he lost his entire family, Szpilman survived in hiding. In the end, his life was saved by a German officer who heard him play the same Chopin Nocturne on a piano found among the rubble. Written immediately after the war and suppressed for decades, The Pianist is a stunning testament to human endurance and the redemptive power of fellow feeling.