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The Haunting Melody
| Author | : OJ LEIGH |
| Publisher | : OJ LEIGH |
| Total Pages | : 70 |
| Release | : 2023-09-14 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
In the enchanting world of 'The Haunting Melody,' prepare to be swept away on a journey that transcends the boundaries of time and mortality. In a tale where music becomes the vessel for redemption and love defies the confines of life and death, readers are invited to step into a realm where the strings of fate are plucked by the ethereal notes of a haunting melody. Set against the backdrop of the picturesque town of Harmonyville, we meet Averie Kenzie, a virtuoso violinist grappling with the profound loss of her husband, Amos, himself a gifted musician. Seeking refuge from the tempest of her grief, Averie finds herself drawn to a mysterious and historic mansion on the outskirts of town, a place where history's whispers seem to harmonize with the present. Unbeknownst to Averie, the mansion carries within its timeworn walls the lingering spirit of Case Benson, a renowned composer whose existence is bound to the mansion by a tapestry of unfinished melodies and unspoken regrets. As Averie and Case's worlds collide, united by their shared passion for music, they unearth the mansion's hidden secrets and embark on a path neither could have foreseen. The ethereal connection between Averie and Case deepens as they explore the profound power of music to bridge the realms of the living and the departed. In one another, they discover solace, understanding, and a chance to navigate the complexities of their own histories. Their journey reveals that the resonance of true love can echo through time, defying the very constraints of mortality. In the pages of 'The Haunting Melody,' readers are invited to witness the poignant evolution of two souls entwined by melodies that traverse the corridors of time. Averie and Case's exploration of their pasts, their shared present, and the timeless enchantment of music unveils a tale of human connection, forgiveness, and the enduring essence of love. Prepare to lose yourself in a world where the melodies of the heart intertwine with the spirits of the past, and where the haunting beauty of music illuminates the most intimate secrets of the soul.
The Phantom Music Box
| Author | : Suzanne Weyn |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 114 |
| Release | : 2014-08-26 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0545588464 |
A mysterious music box from the Haunted Museum follows a young girl home in this spooky read by the author of The Titanic Locket. Don’t touch anything in the Haunted Museum! Emma would rather be at her ballet class than at the Haunted Museum, but she can’t miss her best friend’s birthday party. In a spooky exhibit of music boxes, she’s drawn to a particular one, in which a pair of dancers spin slowly to a haunting melody. But that very night, the music box shows up at her door—like it’s following her. Emma dances better than she ever imagined when the music box is playing. But that’s not all. Sometimes the music speeds up, and the dancers seem to move on their own. Emma finds the lid open, music playing, even when she knows she’d shut it before. And then an eye appears in the mirror inside the lid—someone is watching Emma! The more Emma learns about the history of the music box, the more she realizes she needs to break the hold it has over her before it’s too late. But the better she dances when the music plays, the less she wants to! Praise for The Titanic Locket “Hair-raising. . . . Weyn keeps unexpected chills coming. . . . A quick, jittery read.” —Publishers Weekly “Weyn ratchets up the eeriness . . . and quickly builds to a stormy climax.” —Kirkus Reviews
The Melody
| Author | : Jim Crace |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 173 |
| Release | : 2018-06-19 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0385543727 |
Alfred Busi lives alone in his villa overlooking the waves. Famed in his tiny Mediterranean town for his music, he is mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days. Then one night, Busi is viciously attacked by an intruder in his own courtyard—bitten and scratched. He insists his assailant was neither man nor animal. Soon, Busi’s account of what happened is being embellished to fan the flames of old rumor—of an ancient race of people living in the surrounding forest. It is also used to spark new controversy, inspiring claims that something must finally be done about the town’s poor, whose numbers have been growing. In trademark crystalline prose, Jim Crace portrays a man taking stock of his life and looking into an uncertain future, while bearing witness to a community in the throes of great change.
Ballad for Sophie
| Author | : Filipe Melo |
| Publisher | : Top Shelf Productions |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2021-11-03 |
| Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
| ISBN | : 1649360142 |
A young journalist prompts a reclusive piano superstar to open up, resulting in this stunning graphic sonata exploring a lifetime of rivalry, regret, and redemption. 1933. In the small French village of Cressy-la-Valoise, a local piano contest brings together two brilliant young players: Julien Dubois, the privileged heir of a wealthy family, and François Samson, the janitor’s son. One wins, one loses, and both are changed forever. 1997. In a huge mansion stained with cigarette smoke and memories, a bitter old man is shaken by the unexpected visit of an interviewer. Somewhere between reality and fantasy, Julien composes, like in a musical score, a complex and moving story about the cost of success, rivalry, redemption, and flying pianos. When all is said and done, did anyone ever truly win? And is there any music left to play?
Haunting Paris
| Author | : Mamta Chaudhry |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2020-05-19 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0525565388 |
Paris, 1989: Alone in her luminous apartment on Île Saint-Louis, Sylvie discovers a mysterious letter among her late lover Julien’s possessions, launching her into a decades-old search for a child who vanished in the turbulence of the Second World War. She is unaware that she is watched over by Julien’s ghost, his love for her powerful enough to draw him back to this world, though doomed now to remain a silent observer. Sylvie’s quest leads her deep into the secrets of Julien’s past, shedding new light on the dark days of Nazi-occupied Paris. A timeless story of love and loss, Haunting Paris matches emotional intensity with lyrical storytelling to explore grief, family secrets, and the undeniable power of memory.
Meeting Across the River
| Author | : Jessica Kaye |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 222 |
| Release | : 2008-12-04 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1596918292 |
Bruce Springsteen's melancholy "Meeting Across the River," a song rarely performed but beloved by his countless fans, serves as the inspiration for this eclectic mix of short stories written by an array of acclaimed authors. "Meeting Across the River," from Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run album, is a song with an evocative melody and lyrics that unfold like a noir fable: a man down on his luck but desperate to make things right with his girl tells his buddy, Eddie, that they have to get across the river for a last-chance meeting with someone, all in the hopes of a big score: two grand. With that money, our hero can win back his girl and all will be right with the world-but if he and Eddie screw up, the consequences will be grave. Authors including Eric Garcia, C. J. Box, Barbara Seranella, David Corbett, Gregg Hurwitz, and Steve Hamilton, among others, have written imaginative, heartbreaking, funny, and bold stories based on this classic American story of hope and despair, each a surprisingly different experiment with character and plot. For as familiar as this story is, Springsteen's spare lyrics leave much unsaid. How these authors fill in the absences is what makes this collection, published a month before the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Springsteen's Born to Run, such an unusual treasure, proving that, just as with music, in literature no two performances are alike. Jessica Kaye is a publishing law attorney, occasional writer and the founder and former publisher of the Publishing Mills, an award-winning audiobook company, as well as a lifelong fan of great music and great writing. Richard J. Brewer is an author, actor, and voice-over talent for films and audiobooks.
Where the Line Bleeds
| Author | : Jesmyn Ward |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2018-01-16 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1501164341 |
The first novel from National Book Award winner and author of Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward, a timeless Southern fable of brotherly love and familial conflict—“a lyrical yet clear-eyed portrait of a rural South and an African American reality that are rarely depicted” (The Boston Globe). Where the Line Bleeds is Jesmyn Ward’s gorgeous first novel and the first of three novels set in Bois Sauvage—followed by Salvage the Bones and Sing, Unburied, Sing—comprising a loose trilogy about small town sourthern family life. Described as “starkly beautiful” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), “fearless” (Essence), and “emotionally honest” (The Dallas Morning News), it was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell First Novelist Award. Joshua and Christophe are twins, raised by a blind grandmother and a large extended family in rural Bois Sauvage, on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. They’ve just finished high school and need to find jobs, but after Katrina, it’s not easy. Joshua gets work on the docks, but Christophe’s not so lucky and starts to sell drugs. Christophe’s downward spiral is accelerated first by crack, then by the reappearance of the twins’ parents: Cille, who left for a better job, and Sandman, a dangerous addict. Sandman taunts Christophe, eventually provoking a shocking confrontation that will ultimately damn or save both twins. Where the Line Bleeds takes place over the course of a single, life-changing summer. It is a delicate and closely observed portrait of fraternal love and strife, of the relentless grind of poverty, of the toll of addiction on a family, and of the bonds that can sustain or torment us. Bois Sauvage, based on Ward’s own hometown, is a character in its own right, as stiflingly hot and as rich with history as it is bereft of opportunity. Ward’s “lushly descriptive prose…and her prodigious talent and fearless portrayal of a world too often overlooked” (Essence) make this novel an essential addition to her incredible body of work.
Scoring the Screen
| Author | : Andy Hill |
| Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 425 |
| Release | : 2017-07-01 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1540004813 |
(Music Pro Guides). Today, musical composition for films is more popular than ever. In professional and academic spheres, media music study and practice are growing; undergraduate and postgraduate programs in media scoring are offered by dozens of major colleges and universities. And increasingly, pop and contemporary classical composers are expanding their reach into cinema and other forms of screen entertainment. Yet a search on Amazon reveals at least 50 titles under the category of film music, and, remarkably, only a meager few actually allow readers to see the music itself, while none of them examine landmark scores like Vertigo , To Kill a Mockingbird , Patton , The Untouchables , or The Matrix in the detail provided by Scoring the Screen: The Secret Language of Film Music . This is the first book since Roy M. Prendergast's 1977 benchmark, Film Music: A Neglected Art , to treat music for motion pictures as a compositional style worthy of serious study. Through extensive and unprecedented analyses of the original concert scores, it is the first to offer both aspiring composers and music educators with a view from the inside of the actual process of scoring-to-picture. The core thesis of Scoring the Screen is that music for motion pictures is indeed a language , developed by the masters of the craft out of a dramatic and commercial necessity to communicate ideas and emotions instantaneously to an audience. Like all languages, it exists primarily to convey meaning . To quote renowned orchestrator Conrad Pope (who has worked with John Williams, Howard Shore, and Alexandre Desplat, among others): "If you have any interest in what music 'means' in film, get this book. Andy Hill is among the handful of penetrating minds and ears engaged in film music today."
Ghost Wood Song
| Author | : Erica Waters |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 335 |
| Release | : 2020-07-14 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0062894242 |
Sawkill Girls meets The Hazel Wood in this lush and eerie debut, where the boundary between reality and nightmares is as thin as the veil between the living and the dead. If I could have a fiddle made of Daddy’s bones, I’d play it. I’d learn all the secrets he kept. Shady Grove inherited her father’s ability to call ghosts from the grave with his fiddle, but she also knows the fiddle’s tunes bring nothing but trouble and darkness. But when her brother is accused of murder, she can’t let the dead keep their secrets. In order to clear his name, she’s going to have to make those ghosts sing. Family secrets, a gorgeously resonant LGBTQ love triangle, and just the right amount of creepiness make this young adult debut a haunting and hopeful story about facing everything that haunts us in the dark.
