The Odd Boy and His Precious Piano

The Odd Boy and His Precious Piano
Author: Allen Howe
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595166644

Alan Ogilvy is a peculiar and sensitive boy—over protected by his quirky parents, and a budding musical prodigy. The Odd Boy charts his life from the age of three through twelve as he, among other experiences, is led about town on a leash by his mother, tap dances on an art-deco ferry, plays piano for Greta Garbo, discovers coffins in a bachelor neighbors basement, becomes a love-slave for the girl across the alley, kisses his best boyfriend, and competes in an international piano competition. Charming, poignant, and heartbreaking, The Odd Boy and His Precious Piano, through a unique child’s voice, speaks directly to the adult heart.

Ye Who Know Love

Ye Who Know Love
Author: Margaret Holmes
Publisher: Rowan Holmes
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2008-06-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0473131889

Mozart loved his wife Constanze dearly, his letters show it, he had promised to do so, and he had the example of his parents to make him consider marriage vows absolute. Was the real love of his soul not Aloysia, Nancy Storace, Anna Gottleib as variously suggested, but Sophie? Constanze was so dominated by her mother as to be at times almost obliterated by her, but Sophie provided the stability his mother had once given, and the deep love he so needed, unconditionally and they complemented each other.

Artists

Artists
Author: Michael Karwowski
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2022-08-24
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1803139781

Playwright Harold Pinter, singer-songwriters Bob Dylan, David Gray, and Ian Curtis, of 1970s band Joy Division, would appear to have little in common as artists. But delve beneath the surface and amazing similarities suddenly reveal themselves.

New York Magazine

New York Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 142
Release: 1990-05-07
Genre:
ISBN:

New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Out of Our Minds

Out of Our Minds
Author: Ken Robinson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2017-09-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857087444

Creativity is critical. Out of Our Minds explores creativity: its value in business, its ubiquity in children, its perceived absence in many adults and the phenomenon through which it disappears — and offers a groundbreaking approach for getting it back. Author Sir Ken Robinson is an internationally recognised authority on creativity, and his TED talk on the subject is the most watched video in TED’s history. In this book, Sir Ken argues that organisations everywhere are struggling to fix a problem that originates in schools and universities. Organisations everywhere are competing in a world that changes in the blink of an eye – they need people who are flexible enough to adapt, and creative enough to find novel solutions to problems old and new. Out of Our Minds describes how schools, businesses and communities can work together to bring creativity out of the closet and realise its inherent value at every stage of life. This new third edition has been updated to reflect changing technologies and demographics, with updated case studies and coverage of recent changes to education. While education and training are the keys to the future, the key can also be turned the other way; locking people away from their own creativity. Only by actively fostering creativity can businesses unlock those doors and achieve their true potential. This book will help you to: Understand the importance of actively promoting creativity and innovation. Discover why creativity stagnates somewhere between childhood and adulthood. Learn how to re-awaken dormant creativity to help your business achieve more. Explore ways in which we can work together to keep creativity alive for everyone. Modern business absolutely demands creativity of thought and action. We're all creative as children — so where does it go? When do we lose it? Out of Our Minds has the answers, and clear solutions for getting it back.

The Pianist and Min Jade

The Pianist and Min Jade
Author: C. C. Avram
Publisher: Bookclick 360 Wordeee
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2023-03-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1946274984

Min Jade has been a misfit all her life. Programmed to be the best by her Tiger Mom, Jessica Jade, she is a standout in her career as the only Black tenured professors of Physics at the prestigious University of Michigan. With an IQ off the charts, Jessica, very early on recognized her daughter’s genius came with the duality of mental frailty. A force shield against the sometimes cruel reality of Black geniuses, when the portending insomnia that warned of doom returns, she knew a change was needed. Min Jade’s professor and her mother urges her to take a sabbatical to The University of Innsbruck in Austria. Min Lee Woo is a loner. Sarcastic and insensitive, he is one of the world's greatest classical pianists and considered Korea's equal to the incomparable Chinese star, Lang Lang. After the death of his mother, Min Lee faced the harsh reality of living with a stepmother who hated him. Ousted at age sixteen to The Royal Academy of Music in London, under the guise of continuing his studies, he loves no one, not even the country of his birth. In Innsbruck to give a concert, he meets an unusual girl in a yellow and purple dress with dimples just like his mother, only she is a black woman with a Korean name. Can loners with vast cultural differences survive long enough to find love?

The Etude

The Etude
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1790
Release: 1900
Genre: Music
ISBN:

Pianist

Pianist
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1896
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