Book Description
The remarkable autobiography of the last great wartime icon.
Author : Vera Lynn
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 23,25 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 000731891X
The remarkable autobiography of the last great wartime icon.
Author : Vera Mattlin Jiji
Publisher : Cello Playing for Music Love
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 11,74 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Cello
ISBN : 1412095603
You can teach yourself to play the cello. This comprehensive, authoritative guide covers basics to Bach. Including 116 selections, it explains reading music, playing-by-ear and theory. Play-along CD.
Author : Vera Lynn
Publisher : Pan Macmillan Adult
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 17,77 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780283062339
During World War II, two figures symbolized the spirit of Britain: Winston Churchill and Vera Lynn. Dame Vera Lynn sang to the troops abroad and reached the hearts of the people on the home front. Including Dame Vera's own recollections of the war, 'We'll meet again' revisits the way the people of Britain lived during those extraordinary years. Rationing, air raids, adjusting to loved ones being away while trying to maintain as normal a routine as possible are all addressed alongside family life, education, evacuation, the royal family, sport, commerce and entertainment. Marvellously anecdotal and sumptuously illustrated throughout, this book reveals the fashions of the time, the films people were watching, the songs people were singing and the headlines that people absorbed everyday.
Author : Carol Edgarian
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,14 MB
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 150115754X
New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers “an all-encompassing and enthralling” (Oprah Daily) novel featuring an unforgettable heroine coming of age in the aftermath of catastrophe, and her quest for love and reinvention. Meet Vera Johnson, fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter of Rose, notorious proprietor of San Francisco’s most legendary bordello. Vera has grown up straddling two worlds—the madam’s alluring sphere, replete with tickets to the opera, surly henchmen, and scant morality, and the quiet domestic life of the family paid to raise her. On the morning of the great quake, Vera’s worlds collide. As the city burns and looters vie with the injured, orphaned, and starving, Vera and her guileless sister, Pie, are cast adrift. Disregarding societal norms and prejudices, Vera begins to imagine a new kind of life. She collaborates with Tan, her former rival, and forges an unlikely family of survivors, navigating through the disaster together. “A character-driven novel about family, power, and loyalty, (San Francisco Chronicle), Vera brings to life legendary characters—tenor Enrico Caruso, indicted mayor Eugene Schmitz and boss Abe Ruef, tabloid celebrity Alma Spreckels. This “brilliantly conceived and beautifully realized” (Booklist, starred review) tale of improbable outcomes and alliances takes hold from the first page, with remarkable scenes of devastation, renewal, and joy. Vera celebrates the audacious fortitude of its young heroine, who discovers an unexpected strength in unprecedented times.
Author : Vladimir Nabokov
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 41,68 MB
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 110187581X
No marriage of a major twentieth-century writer is quite as beguiling as that of Vladimir Nabokov’s to Véra Slonim. She shared his delight at the enchantment of life’s trifles and literature’s treasures, and he rated her as having the best and quickest sense of humor of any woman he had met. From their first encounter in 1923, Vladimir’s letters to Véra chronicle a half-century-long love story, one that is playful, romantic, and memorable. At the same time, the letters reveal much about their author. We see the infectious fascination with which Vladimir observed everything—animals, people, speech, landscapes and cityscapes—and glimpse his ceaseless work on his poems, plays, stories, novels, memoirs, screenplays, and translations. This delightful volume is enhanced by twenty-one photographs, as well as facsimiles of the letters and the puzzles and drawings Vladimir often sent to Véra. With 8 pages of photographs and 47 illustrations in text
Author : Lynn Nottage
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 42,1 MB
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1559364424
A new comedy by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ruined.
Author : Elizabeth Von Arnim
Publisher :
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 26,15 MB
Release : 1921
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Author : Rocco Dal Vera
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 12,86 MB
Release : 2015-09-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1317911962
Acting in Musical Theatre remains the only complete course in approaching a role in a musical. It covers fundamental skills for novice actors, practical insights for professionals, and even tips to help veteran musical performers refine their craft. Updates in this expanded and revised second edition include: A brand new companion website for students and teachers, including Powerpoint lecture slides, sample syllabi, and checklists for projects and exercises. Learning outcomes for each chapter to guide teachers and students through the book’s core ideas and lessons New style overviews for pop and jukebox musicals Extensive updated professional insights from field testing with students, young professionals, and industry showcases Full-colour production images, bringing each chapter to life Acting in Musical Theatre’s chapters divide into easy-to-reference units, each containing group and solo exercises, making it the definitive textbook for students and practitioners alike.
Author : Vera B. Williams
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 45,86 MB
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0063222493
This classic and heartwarming picture book was written and illustrated by the celebrated Vera B. Williams and was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association. "A tender knockout. It's rare to find much vitality, spontaneity, and depth of feeling in such a simple, young book."—Kirkus Reviews Vera Williams tells of a young girl who, along with her waitress mother, saves coins in a big jar in hopes that they can someday buy a new chair for their apartment, the kind of chair her mother deserves after being on her feet all day in the Blue Tile Diner. Into the jar also goes the money Grandma saves whenever she gets a bargain at the market. There hasn't been a comfortable place to sit in the apartment since a fire in their previous apartment burned everything to "charcoal and ashes." Friends and neighbors brought furniture to their new apartment downstairs, but no one brought anything big or soft or comfortable. Finally the jar is full, the coins are rolled, and in the book's crowning moment, mother, daughter, and Grandma search four different furniture stores, and after carefully trying several chairs, like Goldilocks, they find the chair they've been dreaming of at last. Vera Williams enhances this story about family, community, and the power of working together toward a common goal with her signature folk art-inspired paintings. A Chair for My Mother has sold more than a million copies and is an ideal choice for reading and sharing at home and in the classroom. "A superbly conceived picture book expressing the joyful spirit of a loving family."—The Horn Book Vera B. Williams's beloved picture book favorites include: "More More More," Said the Baby Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart A Chair for Always A Chair for My Mother Cherries and Cherry Pits Music, Music for Everyone Something Special for Me Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
Author : Billy Vera
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 32,83 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1617136956
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