Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary

Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary
Author: Laura Stanfill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781941360613

As a firstborn son of a master craftsman, Henri Blanchard is expected to inherit the family barrel organ workshop, but he would prefer to make bobbin lace like his best friend Aimée. In an effort to put his misgivings aside and prove himself a worthy heir, he attempts dramatic feats that draw derision from the townsfolk and finally land him in jail, accused of murder. Threatened with the hangman's noose, he is forced to flee the cozy village of Mireville--and discover a world beyond that may be big enough for even the rarest bird to find a nest. Suspenseful and heartwarming by turns, Laura Stanfill's debut is a whimsical journey full of friendship, adventure, and self-discovery.

Sad House: Parenting, Grief, and Creativity in the Coronavirus Crisis

Sad House: Parenting, Grief, and Creativity in the Coronavirus Crisis
Author: Laura Stanfill
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781648410888

There's no guidebook for parenting during a pandemic. Sheltering at home means being yourself in front of your kids--all day, every day--without much reprieve. When Laura Stanfill's best friend was killed by the virus in April 2020, her daughters experienced her grief at close range. Over the next several months, with storytelling and art, gardening and games, Laura found her imperfect way through deep grief--just in time to weather a second major loss. SAD HOUSE offers a guide for family resilience, growth, and how small, shared joys can sustain a household in difficult times.

Rebel Rebel

Rebel Rebel
Author: Chris Sullivan
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2019-04-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1789650038

Thirty-four essays and interviews with some of the greatest individuals, malcontents and free thinkers of the last 150 years - including Louise Brooks, Richard Pryor, David Bowie, Liam Gallagher and Daniel Day-Lewis - this is a collection that exonerates the maverick and celebrates the individual. It is an essential read for the left of field.

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir
Author: Jenn Shapland
Publisher: Tin House Books
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1947793292

Winner of the Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction, Phi Beta Kappa Christian Gauss Award, and a Lambda Literary Award Finalist for the National Book Award Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction How do you tell the real story of someone misremembered—an icon and idol—alongside your own? Jenn Shapland’s celebrated debut is both question and answer: an immersive, surprising exploration of one of America’s most beloved writers, alongside a genre-defying examination of identity, queerness, memory, obsession, and love. Shapland is a graduate student when she first uncovers letters written to Carson McCullers by a woman named Annemarie. Though Shapland recognizes herself in the letters, which are intimate and unabashed in their feelings, she does not see McCullers as history has portrayed her. Her curiosity gives way to fixation, not just with this newly discovered side of McCullers’s life, but with how we tell queer love stories. Why, Shapland asks, are the stories of women paved over by others’ narratives? What happens when constant revision is required of queer women trying to navigate and self-actualize in straight spaces? And what might the tracing of McCullers’s life—her history, her secrets, her legacy—reveal to Shapland about herself? In smart, illuminating prose, Shapland interweaves her own story with McCullers’s to create a vital new portrait of one of our nation’s greatest literary treasures, and shows us how the writers we love and the stories we tell about ourselves make us who we are.

About the Carleton Sisters

About the Carleton Sisters
Author: Dian Greenwood
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2023-06-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1647424410

A Las Vegas showgirl, a diner waitress, and a heartbroken alcoholic—three sisters—are called into an obligatory reunion in California’s Central Valley in the late 1990s as a prelude to their mother’s impending death. Inside Diego’s Diner on Highway 99, Lorraine, the eldest of the sisters, attempts to convert the truckers and regional farmers to her religious beliefs while managing the counters and booths. Becky, the youngest, lurches into this scene after a night’s drunken romp. Meanwhile, middle sister Julie is en route on a bus from Las Vegas, where she’s just ended a long career as a Riviera showgirl. Overshadowing the longstanding tensions between the three women is the unexplained disappearance of the sisters’ long-absent father from their lives. Julie is reluctant to return to River’s End, but she makes a valiant attempt to jump-start her life again once she gets there, even as she confronts the loss of the beauty she’s long used to mask her insecurities and failed relationships. Meanwhile, Becky struggles to stay sober and out of jail—and Lorraine throws herself into cheating her sisters out of their inheritance.

Gadsby

Gadsby
Author: Ernest Vincent Wright
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2022-05-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Gadsby is a novel by Ernest Vincent Wright. A fading fictitious city known as Branton Hills is rejuvenated due to the efforts of central character John Gadsby and a youth organizer. A humorous read!

Later

Later
Author: Paul Lisicky
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2020-03-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1644451158

A stunning portrait of community, identity, and sexuality by the critically acclaimed author of The Narrow Door When Paul Lisicky arrived in Provincetown in the early 1990s, he was leaving behind a history of family trauma to live in a place outside of time, known for its values of inclusion, acceptance, and art. In this idyllic haven, Lisicky searches for love and connection and comes into his own as he finds a sense of belonging. At the same time, the center of this community is consumed by the AIDS crisis, and the very structure of town life is being rewired out of necessity: What might this utopia look like during a time of dystopia? Later dramatizes a spectacular yet ravaged place and a unique era when more fully becoming one’s self collided with the realization that ongoingness couldn’t be taken for granted, and staying alive from moment to moment exacted absolute attention. Following the success of his acclaimed memoir, The Narrow Door, Lisicky fearlessly explores the body, queerness, love, illness, community, and belonging in this masterful, ingenious new book.

Singing Lessons for Kids

Singing Lessons for Kids
Author: LearnToPlayMusic.com
Publisher: LearnToPlayMusic.com
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2014-04-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9825323310

Teach your child songs for kids to sing with our easy singing lessons for kids. ***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is sung by a teacher, then sing along with the backing band.*** "Excellent Product. This helped with a singing class I have begun teaching. It is an excellent product for teaching young singers the art of singing!" - W. Baker [Amazon] Progressive Singing Method for Young Beginners contains all you need to know to start teaching kids to sing - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson children’s singing tutorial. Suitable for children aged 4 to 8. No prior knowledge of how to read music or how to sing is required to teach a child to learn to sing from this book. Teach your child: • How to sing a repertoire of well known children’s songs, along with the use of sol-fa syllables to help the student identify pitches within the key • How to read and sing note pitches and note rhythms while also referring to the keyboard to check the correct pitch • All the fundamental techniques of singing including correct posture and breathing • Basic music theory for kids including rhythm, time signatures and first and second endings • Singing tips for kids that every child should know when learning singing • Shortcuts for how to learn singing fast by getting the most from singing practice sessions Contains everything you need to know about how to teach a child to sing today. Features include: • Progressive step-by-step easy singing lessons written by a professional children’s singing teacher • Beautifully illustrated in full color throughout • Easy-to-read singing music for kids • Keyboard note chart chart for all important notes • 35 great sounding children's songs including popular kindergarten songs Kids singing lessons have never been this easy for parents and teachers who want to teach children to learn how to sing, fast. LearnToPlayMusic.com's singing lessons for kids are used by children’s singing teachers worldwide to teach songs for kids to sing. For over 30 years, our team of professional authors, composers and musicians have crafted music lesson books that are a cut above the rest. We offer a large selection of music lessons for kids that cover many different instruments in print, eBook and app formats. Awarded the 'Quality Excellence Design' (QED) seal of approval for eBook innovation, LearnToPlayMusic.com continues to set the standard for quality children’s music education resources.

No Logo

No Logo
Author: Naomi Klein
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2000-01-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780312203436

"What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands." Billy Bragg from the bookjacket.