Jazz In The Bittersweet Blues Of Life


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The thrill of sitting in a club or concert hall hearing jazz being made is familiar to most fans. But what if you could immerse yourself in the world of the musician, where creating and performing is a profound task, and yet as routine as breathing? When writer Carl Vigeland was invited to tour with Wynton Marsalis and his septet, he was able to do just that. Vigeland's acute observations sweep us into their world as he becomes virtually part of the band. At the same time, Marsalis offers intimate meditations on home, family, creation, and performance--written in the cadence of his inimitable voice. Set on the stage, in the studio, and in great cities and small towns around the world, this richly textured narrative explores how the music is made in America today.




Bitter Sweet Blues


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Bittersweet


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One of medicine's most remarkable therapeutic triumphs was the discovery of insulin in 1921. The drug produced astonishing results, rescuing children and adults from the deadly grip of diabetes. But as Chris Feudtner demonstrates, the subsequent transformation of the disease from a fatal condition into a chronic illness is a story of success tinged with irony, a revealing saga that illuminates the complex human consequences of medical intervention. Bittersweet chronicles this history of diabetes through the compelling perspectives of people who lived with this disease. Drawing on a remarkable body of letters exchanged between patients or their parents and Dr. Elliot P. Joslin and the staff of physicians at his famed Boston clinic, Feudtner examines the experience of living with diabetes across the twentieth century, highlighting changes in treatment and their profound effects on patients' lives. Although focused on juvenile-onset, or Type 1, diabetes, the themes explored in Bittersweet have implications for our understanding of adult-onset, or Type 2, diabetes, as well as a host of other diseases that, thanks to drugs or medical advances, are being transformed from acute to chronic conditions. Indeed, the tale of diabetes in the post-insulin era provides an ideal opportunity for exploring the larger questions of how medicine changes our lives.




How Writing Touches


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Five scholars met as writers at a workshop at the 2007 International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry and made a commitment to write over the following year to, for and with each other. It became an experiment in the craft of autoethnography, exploring questions of intimacy and connection manifested through collaborative writing. Each year since then, the authors have returned to the Congress to read a small anthology of the year’s writing—and to decide whether or not to continue. This book covers the first two years of that writing, offering stories of how writing touches, how it writes bodies into being and in between. It is an affecting, radical work, exploring love and intimacy as scholarly, messy, complex methodology—writing that often affirms and sometimes disturbs.




Bittersweet Journeys


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Bittersweet Journeys is a poetic anthology of my heart-felt experiences ranging in time from adolescence to the present. An experiment in "painting with words," it was written for the sheer delight of unfettered expression. My best poem, "The Sound of Madness," written in a state of despair induced by persistent and disturbing voicehearing, won second prize in a national poetry competition in 2010.




A Bittersweet Love


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Hoping to establish herself as having a "career" in time for the upcoming custody battle over her son, photojournalist Teddy Riley interviews at a prestigious magazine and finds herself melting under the gaze of the reclusive owner. Original.




Lake Bittersweet


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In Lake Bittersweet, true love can be found where you least expect it... THE REBOUND Firefighter Jason Mosedale doesn’t take anything seriously except fires—not even himself. But if he wants to catch the attention of gorgeous Kendra, he’s going to have to prove that he’s more than the charming town heartthrob. So what if they’re both on the rebound? As long as they agree it’s just for now, no one will get hurt. But that’s the thing about a rebound...you never know where it’s going to end up. THE CRUSH Out in the forest, wilderness guide Galen Cooper’s skill is legendary. But put him anywhere near fourth-grade teacher Brenda McMurray and he can barely remember how to speak. But when a local’s last request sends the two of them on a wilderness adventure, their chemistry is combustible. Can a mountain man and a teacher have a future? Maybe, if a simple crush can change two lives forever. THE DO-OVER Baseball star Billy Cooper’s marriage might have crashed and burned, but he’s knocking it out of the park when it comes to co-parenting. Jenna agrees; she couldn’t ask for a better ex. But that’s where it ends. Right? When a winter storm buries Lake Bittersweet, suddenly things get real for Billy and Jenna. Can two exes who never really fell out of love find their way back to each other for the ultimate do-over? THE WINTER WISH Baking cookies, sledding, building snow forts...these are the things trauma nurse Annika Scarlett should be doing as Christmas nears. Instead, she’s in a hospital. With billionaire and single dad Brent Caldwell by her side. All Brent wants for Christmas is for her to recover. Well, maybe a little more than that. Between storms, emergencies, and the ghosts of Christmas past, it’ll take a miracle for his wishes to come true. Good thing it’s that time of year.




New Realities and Truths


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The long awaited second book of poetry and thought by C.P. Kaestner entitled New Realities and Truths is out now. This book is for the Global Community of Thought.




Bittersweet


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"This Thanksgiving, be grateful for China Bayles who teams up with an old friend to solve a complex case of theft and murder in a South Texas ranching community. It's Thanksgiving in Pecan Springs, and China is planning to visit her mother, Leatha, and her mother's husband, Sam, who are enthusiastically embarking on a new enterprise turning their former game ranch into a vacation retreat for birders. She's also looking forward to catching up with her friend, game warden Mackenzie "Mack" Chambers, who was recently transferred to the area. But Leatha calls with bad news: Sam has had a heart attack. How will Leatha manage if Sam can't carry his share? She does have a helper, Sue Ellen Krause. But China discovers that Sue Ellen, who is in the process of leaving her marriage to the assistant foreman at a large trophy game ranch, is in some serious trouble. Before Sue Ellen can tell China the full story, her car veers off a deserted road and she is killed. Meanwhile, when a local veterinarian is shot in what appears to be a burglary at his clinic, Mack Chambers believes his murder could be related to fawns stolen from a nearby ranch. As Mack follows the trail, China begins to wonder if Sue Ellen's death may not have been an accident, and if there's a connection to the stolen animals. But their search for the truth may put their own lives in danger"--




All Music Guide to the Blues


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Reviews and rates the best recordings of 8,900 blues artists in all styles.