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Chaos at Carnegie Hall

Author : Kelly Oliver
Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781804831557

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"The perfect wartime spy; Fiona Figg is smart, sneaky, and full of surprises... A fun whodunit that will keep you turning the pages!” Cathi Stoler, author of The Murder On The Rocks Mysteries. 'A fun, mix of whodunnit and thriller set amid American high society' T. A. Williams 'Fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek spy romp. Enjoy the ride' Frances Evesham Can Fiona catch a killer and find a decent cup of tea before her mustache wax melts? 1917. New York. Notorious spy, Fredrick Fredricks, has invited Fiona to Carnegie Hall to hear a famous soprano. It’s an opportunity the War Office can’t turn down. Fiona and Clifford are soon on their way, but not before Fiona is saddled with chaperon duties for Captain Hall’s niece. Is Fiona a spy or a glorified babysitter? From the minute Fiona meets the soprano aboard the RMS Adriatic it’s treble on the high C’s. Fiona sees something—or someone—thrown overboard, and then she overhears a chemist plotting in German with one of her own countrymen! And the trouble doesn’t stop when they disembark. Soon Fiona is doing time with a group of suffragettes and investigating America’s most impressive inventor Thomas Edison. When her number one suspect turns up dead at the opera and Fredrick Fredricks is caught red-handed, it looks like it’s finally curtains for the notorious spy. But all the evidence points to his innocence. Will Fiona change her tune and clear her nemesis’ name? Or will she do her duty? And just what is she going to do with the pesky Kitty Lane? Not to mention swoon-worthy Archie Somersby . . . If Fiona’s going to come out on top, she’s going to have to make the most difficult decision of her life: the choice between her head and her heart. What readers are saying about Kelly Oliver: "Will keep you turning the pages and laughing all the way!" Dianne Freeman “A cross between an Agatha Christie and a Sherlock Holmes sleuthing story. Just brilliant!” NetGalley Reviewer "This historical mystery delivers twists and turns. I can't wait for the next one!" Muddy Rose Reviews "I love Fiona Figg!" Margaret Mizushima “Couldn't put it down.” Amazon Reviewer "A perfect blend of wit, fun, and intrigue." Debra Goldstein “I am hooked on these amazing characters.” Amazon Reviewer "A fun diversion with an entertaining female lead." Kirkus Reviews “Fans of Susan Elia MacNeal will gobble up this series! Highly recommend." L.A. Chandlar “Diabolical plot twists, interesting red herrings, colorful characters, make this a good whodunit.” NetGalley Reviewer

Chaos at Carnegie Hall

Author : Kelly Oliver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 1804831565

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Navigate the Chaos in 2020

Author : Michael Edmondson, Ph.D.
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781794702899

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Navigate the Chaos in 2020 by Michael Edmondson, Ph.D. Pdf

This publication represents over ten years of note taking involving backstories, historical events, and academic research. Once the notes exceeded 200 the idea of a daily question came to mind. This is the third year for the Navigate the Chaos publication that contains 366 daily questions to consider. (2020 is a leap year) Since self-awareness forms the foundation for both personal growth and professional development, these questions served as a daily reminder to think about a critical issue related to your growth as a person and as a professional. Before you start your day, during lunch, or prior to going to bed, consider asking yourself the daily Navigate the Chaos question. See if you can find a few minutes to reflect upon a specific trait, habit, or idea. Dedicating a few minutes each day can help you increase your self-awareness as you look to grow personally and professionally.

Betrayal at Ravenswick

Author : Kelly Oliver
Publisher : Historia
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1947915282

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File clerk, Miss Fiona Fig, desperate for any adventure to help her forget her philandering husband, becomes a spy for British Intelligence during WWI.

The Duke Ellington Reader

Author : Mark Tucker
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0195093917

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The Duke Ellington Reader by Mark Tucker Pdf

A collection of writings by and about Duke Ellington and his place in jazz history.

Opening Carnegie Hall

Author : Carol J. Binkowski
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780786498727

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Opening Carnegie Hall by Carol J. Binkowski Pdf

Carnegie Hall is recognized worldwide, associated with the heights of artistic achievement and a multitude of famous performers. Yet its beginnings are not so well known. In 1887, a chance encounter on a steamship bound for Europe brought young conductor Walter Damrosch together with millionaire philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and his new wife, Louise. Their subsequent friendship led to the building of this groundbreaking concert space. This book provides the first comprehensive account of the conception and building of Carnegie Hall, which culminated in a five-day opening festival in May 1891, featuring spectacular music, a host of performers and Tchaikovsky as a special guest conductor.

From Kitchen to Carnegie Hall

Author : Maria Noriega Rachwal
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781927583883

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From Kitchen to Carnegie Hall by Maria Noriega Rachwal Pdf

In the 1940s it was unheard of for women to be members of a professional orchestra, let alone play "masculine" instruments like the bass or trombone. Yet despite these formidable challenges, the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra (MWSO) became the only all-women orchestra in Canadian history. Formed in 1940, the MWSO became the first orchestra to represent Canada in New York City's Carnegie Hall and one of its members also became the first Canadian black woman to play in a symphony in Carnegie Hall. While the MWSO has paved the way for contemporary female musicians, the stories of these women are largely missing from historical records. From Kitchen to Carnegie Hall illuminates these revolutionary stories, including the life of the incredible Ethel Stark, the co-founder and conductor of the MWSO. Ethel's work opened doors of equal opportunity for marginalized groups and played an important role in breaking gender stereotypes in the Canadian music world.

Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert

Author : Catherine Tackley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199911035

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Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert by Catherine Tackley Pdf

On January 16, 1938 Benny Goodman brought his swing orchestra to America's venerated home of European classical music, Carnegie Hall. The resulting concert - widely considered one of the most significant events in American music history - helped to usher jazz and swing music into the American cultural mainstream. This reputation has been perpetuated by Columbia Records' 1950 release of the concert on LP. Now, in Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, jazz scholar and musician Catherine Tackley provides the first in depth, scholarly study of this seminal concert and recording. Combining rigorous documentary and archival research with close analysis of the recording, Tackley strips back the accumulated layers of interpretation and meaning to assess the performance in its original context, and explore what the material has come to represent in its recorded form. Taking a complete view of the concert, she examines the rich cultural setting in which it took place, and analyzes the compositions, arrangements and performances themselves, before discussing the immediate reception, and lasting legacy and impact of this storied event and album. As the definitive study of one of the most important recordings of the twentieth-century, Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert is a must-read for all serious jazz fans, musicians and scholars.

Five Roads to the Future

Author : Paul Starobin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781101057285

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Farsighted and fascinating predictions for a new world order Veteran international correspondent Paul Starobin masterfully mixes fresh reportage with rigorous historical analysis to envision a world in which the United States is no longer the domi­nant superpower. Following an insightful study of America's global ascendency, Starobin provides the reasons for America's waning influence and explores five possible paths for the future, each of which is already in the making: A global chaos that could be dark or happy; a multipolar order of nation-states; a global Chinese imperium; an age of global city-states; or a universal civilization leading to world government. Starobin's tone is somber but in the end hopeful-the world after America need not be a disaster for America, and may even be liberating.

Norman Granz

Author : Tad Hershorn
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780520267824

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Norman Granz by Tad Hershorn Pdf

“The JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC concerts were a turning point in my life. My fellow Californian Norman Granz figured it out. This biography lays out, in impressive detail and insight, the incredible contribution of Mr. Granz to the world of music and art. The deed of the vast recordings of ART TATUM says it all.” —Clint Eastwood “Norman Granz was one of the most important people in the world of jazz. He did more to escalate respect for jazz and raise our salaries than anybody else. He absolutely loved jazz and jazz musicians. I’m honored to have shared a beautiful friendship with Norman for many, many years. Hopefully, with this incredible book by Tad Hershorn, the world will have a chance to learn about Norman, and his phenomenal contribution to our beloved music—jazz.”—Clark Terry, author of Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry “Tad Hershorn’s Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice is a relentlessly readable, rigorously researched, deeply empathic portrait of the complex and heroic man who was arguably the greatest champion of this great American art form—and its great artists. Essential reading for anyone who loves jazz.” —James Kaplan, author of Frank: The Voice “Norman Granz was renowned as a vivid force in jazz history, both as a producer of invaluable classic recordings by many of the music’s most original performers and also for his world-wide, all-star Jazz at the Philharmonic tours. Moreover, he broke the color line dividing jazz audiences by mandating the end of segregated seating his continually popular concerts. Yet until this magisterial, deeply researched biography of Granz by Tad Hershorn, there has been no full-scale inside account of the achievement and combats of this often larger-than-life personality who, without playing an instrument, was so swingingly instrumental in making jazz an international language.” —Nat Hentoff, author of At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years on the Jazz Scene “Norman Granz, one of the most significant non-musicians in jazz history, took gutsy public stands but remained a private person. Tad Hershorn's years of dedicated research reveal the man behind the lasting legacy, on which he sheds new light as well.. This great American story is a must read—and not just for jazz fans!” —Dan Morgenstern, author of Living with Jazz “Norman Granz was an institution in jazz. He was loved by some, hated by others, often controversial, and always fearless. But Granz was also elusive and, until now, sometimes came across as more symbol than man. Tad Hershorn has changed all that in this stunning, beautiful biography of the music's most relentless advocate of social justice.” —Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original “Norman Granz was an important man, and Tad Hershorn tells his story with a fearless compassion grounded in yeoman research. Imperious, vain, and rude, Granz was also generous, inventive, and brave. He fought valiantly for jazz and civil rights, made pots of money, and never failed to bet it on his passions and beliefs. If you do not know him, you couldn't ask for a better introduction than Hershorn's judicious portrait; if you think you do know him, you are in for more than a few surprises.” —Gary Giddins, author of Visions of Jazz "You're probably smarter than you present yourself." —Norman Granz to author, 2001

After America

Author : Paul Starobin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 067002094X

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After America by Paul Starobin Pdf

A veteran international correspondent uses rigorous historical analysis and current events to predict and describe a world in which the United States is no longer the dominant superpower, and explores five different possible scenarios of the future.

High Treason at the Grand Hotel

Author : Kelly Oliver
Publisher : A Fiona Figg Mystery
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1947915908

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High Treason at the Grand Hotel by Kelly Oliver Pdf

File clerk turned secret agent Fiona Figg is up to her fake eyebrows in missing maids, jewel thieves, double agents, and high treason in 1915 Paris.

Why So Serious: On Philosophy and Comedy

Author : Russell Ford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351363020

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Why So Serious: On Philosophy and Comedy by Russell Ford Pdf

The Western philosophical tradition shows a marked fondness for tragedy. From Plato and Aristotle, through German idealism, to contemporary reflections on the murderous violence of the twentieth century, philosophy has often looked to tragedy for resources to make suffering, grief, and death thinkable. But what if showing a preference for tragedy, philosophical thought has unwittingly and unknowingly aligned itself with a form of thinking that accepts injustice without protest? This collection explores possibilities for philosophical thinking that refuses the tragic model of thought, and turns instead to its often-overlooked companion: comedy. Comprising of a series of experiments ranging across the philosophical tradition, the essays in this volume propose to break, or at least suspend, the use of tragedy as an index of truth and philosophical worth. Instead, they explore new conceptions of solidarity, sympathy, critique, and justice. In addition, the essays collected here provide ample reason to believe that philosophical thinking, aligned with comedy, is capable of important and original insights, discoveries, and creations. The prejudicial acceptance of tragic seriousness only impoverishes the life of thought; it can be rejuvenated and renewed by laughter and the comic. This book was originally published as a special issue of Angelaki.

Beautiful, Bright, and Blinding

Author : H. Peter Steeves
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438466538

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Beautiful, Bright, and Blinding by H. Peter Steeves Pdf

Phenomenological analysis of beauty and art across various aspects of lived experience and culture. Through a careful analysis of concrete examples taken from everyday experience and culture, Beautiful, Bright, and Blinding develops a straightforward and powerful aesthetic methodology founded on a phenomenological approach to experience—one that investigates how consciousness engages with the world and thus what it means to take such things as tastes, images, sounds, and even a life itself as art. H. Peter Steeves begins by exploring what it means to see, and considers how disruptions of sight can help us rethink how perception works. Engaging the work of Derrida, Heidegger, and Husserl, he uses these insights about “seeing” to undertake a systematic phenomenological investigation of how we perceive and process a range of aesthetic objects, including the paintings of Arshile Gorky, the films of Michael Haneke, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, zombie films, The Simpsons, the performance art of Rachel Rosenthal and Andy Kaufman, and even vegan hot dogs. Refusing hierarchical distinctions between high and low art, Steeves argues that we must conceptualize the whole of human experience as aesthetic: art is lived, and living is an art. “This is a brilliant new contribution by our preeminent phenomenologist of culture. It’s extremely accessible, illuminating, original, and sophisticated while being philosophically probing.” — David Wood, author of The Step Back: Ethics and Politics after Deconstruction

Classical

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015023755476

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