Author : Anne Rockwell
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,50 MB
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0805076638
While tucking a child into bed, a parent explains the colors and sounds that night brings.
Author : Joel Selvin
Publisher : Counterpoint Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 31,96 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781619023024
Chronicles the life of the songwriter and record producer who authored several rhythm and blues classics, from his work with the greats of the fifties and sixties to his untimely but expected early death at age thirty-eight.
Author : Joel Selvin
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 45,70 MB
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 1619023784
"I don't know where he's buried, but if I did I'd piss on his grave." —Jerry Wexler, best friend and mentor Here Comes the Night: Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues is both a definitive account of the New York rhythm and blues world of the early '60s, and the harrowing, ultimately tragic story of songwriter and record producer Bert Berns, whose meteoric career was fueled by his pending doom. His heart damaged by rheumatic fever as a youth, doctors told Berns he would not live to see twenty–one. Although his name is little remembered today, Berns worked alongside all the greats of the era—Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler, Burt Bacharach, Phil Spector, Gerry Goffin and Carole King, anyone who was anyone in New York rhythm and blues. In seven quick years, he went from nobody to the top of the pops—producer of monumental R&B classics, songwriter of "Twist and Shout," "My Girl Sloopy" and others. His fury to succeed led Berns to use his Mafia associations to muscle Atlantic Records out of a partnership and intimidate new talents like Neil Diamond and Van Morrison he signed to his record label, only to drop dead of a long expected fatal heart attack, just when he was seeing his grandest plans and life's ambitions frustrated and foiled.
Author : Karen L. Phillips
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,15 MB
Release : 2010-02-05
Category :
ISBN : 1450201814
Suicide, depression, addiction—how you can get help and find peace is the beating heart of this memoir, "Here Comes The Sun." As the author tries to escape from her pain and from the effects of child abuse through drugs and drinking, she finds herself lost—feeling unworthy and alone. Depressed and suicidal, she tries running away from the torture and from the memories of sexual abuse. While she tries to run away from her pain, she finds a seemingly endless amount of trouble to get into. Her journey takes you through Ecuador, Cuba, Mexico, and Canada on her search for love. Through her prose, journals, and poems, she speaks her innermost private thoughts—her true feelings of child abuse and suicide become open. She is the voice for all the ones who cannot speak as she clearly expresses her deepest emotions. This is a memoir that is serious, yet it is entertaining and funny. In this story, the author reveals how she finds her way out of the dark night and into the sun, showing you how to get help and find peace.
Author : Allison Saft
Publisher : Wednesday Books
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 12,69 MB
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1250623642
"A YA fantasy classic in the making." - Christine Lynn Herman, author of The Devouring Gray "Fans of Leigh Bardugo’s “Grisha Trilogy” and Marie Rutkoski’s “Winner’s Trilogy” have been waiting for this Darkling-esque romance..." - School Library Journal (Starred Review) New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft’s Down Comes the Night is a snow-drenched romantic fantasy that keeps you racing through the pages long into the night. He saw the darkness in her magic. She saw the magic in his darkness. Wren Southerland’s reckless use of magic has cost her everything: she's been dismissed from the Queen’s Guard and separated from her best friend—the girl she loves. So when a letter arrives from a reclusive lord, asking Wren to come to his estate, Colwick Hall, to cure his servant from a mysterious illness, she seizes her chance to redeem herself. The mansion is crumbling, icy winds haunt the caved-in halls, and her eccentric host forbids her from leaving her room after dark. Worse, Wren’s patient isn’t a servant at all but Hal Cavendish, the infamous Reaper of Vesria and her kingdom’s sworn enemy. Hal also came to Colwick Hall for redemption, but the secrets in the estate may lead to both of their deaths. With sinister forces at work, Wren and Hal realize they’ll have to join together if they have any hope of saving their kingdoms. But as Wren circles closer to the nefarious truth behind Hal’s illness, they realize they have no escape from the monsters within the mansion. All they have is each other, and a startling desire that could be their downfall. Love makes monsters of us all
Author : Karl Newson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,17 MB
Release : 2017-03
Category : Bedtime
ISBN : 9780857638304
A reassuring picture book that will have little ones ready for a peaceful night's sleep.
Author : Deborah Underwood
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 43,62 MB
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0399186123
The New York Times bestselling Cat is back just in time for Valentine’s Day! Full of humor and heart, this picture book is perfect for fans of Bad Kitty, Mo Willems’s Elephant and Piggie books, and of course, Cat’s other capers, including Here Comes the Easter Cat, Here Comes Santa Cat, and Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat. Cat does NOT like Valentine's Day. It's much too mushy, and no way is he making anyone a valentine—especially not his new neighbor, Dog. Dog refuses to respect the fence: He keeps tossing over old bones and hitting Cat in the head! But just as Cat’s about to send Dog an angry "valentine" telling him exactly what he can do with his bones, Dog throws a ball over the fence. What is Dog playing at? Cat is in for a hilarious—and heartwarming—surprise in this story about being perhaps too quick to judge. A great Valentine's Day gift for any age—read it on Valentine's Day and year-round! "A charmer." —The Washington Post ★ “Wickedly fun.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Endearing . . . beautifully pitched comic timing.” —Kirkus “Fresh and satisfying . . . Empowers kids.” —BCCB “Simple but expressive . . . A favorite.” —SLJ
Author : Judy I. Grehan
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,98 MB
Release : 2013-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1621478025
In her first book, Here Comes the Bridegroom! Judy Grehan shows how the ancient Jewish wedding customs are the key that unlocks a long-lost treasure chest overflowing with biblical insight. Out spills breathtaking new understanding about the true relationship, not only between Jesus and the church, but also between God the Father and the Jewish people. And right behind them come new understanding about events yet to come, including the order of end-time events, and brand new insight into the rapture and the wedding banquet in heaven! Take a step back—and forward—in time to discover how all the events of Jesus's first and second coming appear, one-by-one and in their proper order, as the ancient Jewish wedding customs progress from the proposal to the consummation—and beyond.
Author : Steve Jones
Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 37,62 MB
Release : 2019-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 140871129X
Our sun drives the weather, forms the landscape, feeds and fuels - but sometimes destroys - the creatures that live upon it, controls their patterns of activity, makes chemicals in the skin that cheer up those who bask in its rays, and for the ancients was the seat of divine authority. In Here Comes the Sun, Steve Jones shows how life on Earth is ruled by our nearest star. It is filled with unexpected connections; between the need to stay cool and man's ability to stand upright, between the power of memory and the onset of darkness, between the flow of solar energy through the plants and animals and of wealth through society, and between Joseph Goebbel's 1938 scheme to make Edinburgh the summer capital of a defeated Britain and the widening gap in the life expectancy of Scottish men compared to that of other European men brought on by thnat nation's cloudy climate. Its author charts some of his own research in places hot and cold across the globe on the genetic and evolutionary effects of sunlight on snails, fruit-flies and people and shows how what was once no more an eccentric specialism has grown to become a subject of wide scientific, social and political significance. Stunningly evocative, beautifully written and packed full of insight, Here Comes the Sun is Steve Jones's most personal book to date.
Author : Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 20,7 MB
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0063136503
A NEW YORK TIMES GLOBETROTTING PICK! Sometimes, in small places, life becomes bigger. SUMMER LIGHT AND THEN COMES THE NIGHT is a profound and playful masterwork from one of Iceland’s most beloved authors that explores the dreams and desires of ordinary people in a rural town. In a village of only four hundred inhabitants, life could seem unremarkable. Yet in this remote town, a new road to the city has change on everyone’s minds. There is the beautiful, elusive Elisabet who cuts a surprisingly svelte path at The Knitting Company. Neighbors Kristin and Kjartan who seem…normal, but for their explosive passion that bewilders even themselves (and ignites the spectacular revenge of Kjartan’s wife). And then the most successful businessman in town decides to ditch his Range Rover and glamorous wife in exchange for Latin books and stargazing. Unexpected, warm, and humorous, Stefansson explores the dreams and desires of these everyday people, and reveals the magic of life in all of its progress, its complacency, its ugliness and, ultimately, beauty. AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE ICELANDIC LITERATURE PRIZE
