Malice and Melody

Malice and Melody
Author: Tony Akpan
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2020-12-19
Genre:
ISBN:

Tim loved Tracy with all his heart and Tracy loved him too with all her heart. But the love they have for each other was a very big problem for Tracy's ex-fiancé, his father, Tracy's father and Tim's only female band member. These four people were hell bend on making sure Tim and Tracy know no peace until they separate. But Tim and Tracy were determined to stay together regardless of the tribulation, humiliation and several plots against their love. But when Tim's dream and family were drawn into the battle, Tim was at the end of the line and he wasn't sure he can let his family suffer because of his love for Tracy. And Tracy too couldn't bear to watch Tim's family suffer on their account. Should they give up their love or should they fight on and sacrifice everything they hold dear just to prove their love can withstand any storm?Malice and Melody is a story of determination, sacrifice and unparalleled love in the face of adversity and the choices we make when we are faced with such adversity.

Melody Medal

Melody Medal
Author: Rosie Banks
Publisher: Orchard Books
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2015-05-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1408332876

Serenity Island is a beautiful, tropical place - until Queen Malice arrives! Ellie, Summer and Jasmine must help perform a special musical ceremony, but Jasmine's lost her talent for music! Can the girls award the Melody Medal before the island is ruined forever?

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong
Author: Laurence Bergreen
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2012-08-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307828301

Louis Armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this century's towering cultural figures, yet the full story of his extravagant life has never been told. Born in 1901 to the sixteen-year-old daughter of a slave, he came of age among the prostitutes, pimps, and rag-and-bone merchants of New Orleans. He married four times and enjoyed countless romantic involvements in and around his marriages. A believer in marijuana for the head and laxatives for the bowels, he was also a prolific diarist and correspondent, a devoted friend to celebrities from Bing Crosby to Ella Fitzgerald, a perceptive social observer, and, in his later years, an international goodwill ambassador. And, of course, he was a dazzling musician. From the bordellos and honky-tonks of Storyville--New Orleans's red light district--to the upscale nightclubs in Chicago, New York, and Hollywood, Armstrong's stunning playing, gravelly voice, and irrepressible personality captivated audiences and critics alike. Recognized and beloved wherever he went, he nonetheless managed to remain vigorously himself. Now Laurence Bergreen's remarkable book brings to life the passionate, courageous, and charismatic figure who forever changed the face of American music.

The Melody of Secrets

The Melody of Secrets
Author: Jeffrey Stepakoff
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2013-10-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250022711

Jeffrey Stepakoff's The Melody of Secrets is an epic love story set against the 1960s U.S. space program, when deeply-buried secrets could threaten not just a marriage, but a country. Maria was barely eighteen as WWII was coming to its explosive end. A brilliant violinist, she tried to comfort herself with the Sibelius Concerto as American bombs rained down. James Cooper wasn't much older. A roguish fighter pilot stationed in London, he was shot down during a daring night raid and sought shelter in Maria's cottage. Fifteen years later, in Huntsville, Alabama, Maria is married to a German rocket scientist who works for the burgeoning U.S. space program. Her life in the South is at peace, purposefully distanced from her past. Everything is as it should be—until James Cooper walks back into it. Pulled from the desert airfield where he was testing planes no sane Air Force pilot would touch, and drinking a bit too much, Cooper is offered the chance to work for the government, and move himself to the front of the line for the astronaut program. He soon realizes that his job is to report not only on the rocket engines but also on the scientists developing them. Then Cooper learns secrets that could shatter Maria's world...

Malice in Wonderland Bundle 3: The Jabberwocky Trilogy

Malice in Wonderland Bundle 3: The Jabberwocky Trilogy
Author: Lotus Rose
Publisher: Death Pout
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2018-09-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

All three books of the Jabberwocky Trilogy in one value priced package! The decapitated Jabberwock’s head is still functional—he just needs a new body. 15-year-old Queen Malice wants to help her buddy, Jabby, as she likes to call him. And so she plans a quest to Jabberwock Valley, where most of the other jabberwocks live. But Jabby isn’t the only one they must help. Wonderland itself is in danger, because a creature known as the Snark threatens to reunite the monster tribes and revive a realm known as Woeland. So Malice works on assembling a team. Of course, the Mad Hatter, Humpty, and the Cheshire Cat will tag along. But the Knight still has a crippling fear of little girls. There are other complications. 11-year-old Sleeping Beauty wants to go on the quest as well. But most jabberwocks hate little girls. Jabberwock mothers even sing their babies “little-girls-goodbyes,” which are like lullabies, except gorier. Malice also struggles with the intoxicating effects of the black rose. She finds herself taking more of the flower each day, and it’s becoming harder to stop. Will they be able to thwart the Snark? And who is the mysterious “secret admirer” who sends Malice creepy notes via pigeon? And can she prove to the Knight that she no longer has any “little girlness” inside of her, by going through a series of the Knight’s anti-little-girl challenges? Because it’s the only way he’ll join the team. And they’ll need a lot of help if they ever hope to stop the Snark and survive their journey to Jabberwock Valley.

The Black Ballad

The Black Ballad
Author: Storytellers Forge
Publisher: Storytellers Forge
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2024-05-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN:

Where do the dead go when they rest? The poetic mystery of death has long been a fascination for the living. The images of warm hearths and a familial embrace are conjured for some, while others picture screaming in eternal torment at the hands of a demon. And yet, clerics have the power to pluck the dead back from that plane, thrusting them back into their mortal coils or even raising them into a state of eternal Undeath. Surely the gods would grow weary of their clerics pinching souls that rightfully belonged in their afterlife. Wouldn’t they? A partnership forged in fire and blood between musicians, artists, writers, editors, and more currently rests in your hands. The Black Ballad is a 10-chapter roleplaying campaign made alongside DiAmorte’s second album, a savage metal opera of cosmic proportions. This saga will let players decide the fate of the afterlife itself while immersing themselves in musical works focusing on loss, acceptance, and determination in the face of one’s own death. Will your campaign have the gall to challenge the will of divinity?

What a Wonderful World

What a Wonderful World
Author: Ricky Riccardi
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2011-06-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 030737923X

In this richly detailed and prodigiously researched book, jazz scholar and musician Ricky Riccardi reveals for the first time the genius and remarkable achievements of the last 25 years of Louis Armstrong’s life, providing along the way a comprehensive study of one of the best-known and most accomplished jazz stars of our time. Much has been written about Armstrong, but the majority of it focuses on the early and middle stages of his career. During the last third of his career, Armstrong was often dismissed as a buffoonish if popular entertainer. Riccardi shows us instead the inventiveness and depth of his music during this time. These are the years of his highest-charting hits, including “Mack the Knife” and “Hello, Dolly"; the famed collaborations with Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington; and his legendary recordings with the All Stars. An eminently readable and insightful book, What a Wonderful World completes and enlarges our understanding of one of America’s greatest and most beloved musical icons.