Pianos And Flowers

Author : Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735281233

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Pianos and Flowers by Alexander McCall Smith Pdf

From the beloved and bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, a charming short story collection about life and romance. In these delightful stories, McCall Smith imagines the lives and loves behind some of the everyday people featured in the Sunday Times newspaper photographic archive. A young woman finds unexpected love while perusing Egyptian antiquities. A family is forever fractured when war comes to colonial Panang, Thailand. Iron jelloid tablets help expose a young man's inner strength. And twin sisters discover that romance can blossom anywhere--even at the altar. Throughout these stories, McCall Smith employs his indomitable charm to explore the possibilities of love, friendship, and happiness.

Author : Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher : Polygon
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1846975247

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Pianos and Flowers by Alexander McCall Smith Pdf

In Pianos and Flowers we are invited, through the medium of sepia images, to glimpse a world long departed. In these stories, inspired by long-lost photographs, the lives of the people in the frame are imagined and then explored, layer by layer. What must have it like to be them? We hold our breath for them. Our heart beats faster for them. We look again at the photograph in a new light, and say Yes, it might have happened just like that.This journey of exploration takes us to some exotic places. We share the lives of three sisters, brought up in Penang. We read of what happened to them, and to their Chinese neighbours caught in the tides of war. We see a group of small boys in a Glasgow slum, their young lives stunted by poverty, and hear how life worked out in contrasting ways for them. We follow a young woman's search for love in the unlikely realm of Egyptian antiquities. And through all of these photographs, and all of these stories, there runs the same refrain: the possibilities of love, of friendship, of happiness lie before us.There are big stories in these simple pictures. At first glance the photographs may seem unexceptional: the mere freezing of a moment in time. But delve deeper and you will realise that these photographs speak volumes.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781616777715

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Piano Adventures - Level 4 Lesson Book by Anonim Pdf

(Faber Piano Adventures ). The 2nd Edition Level 4 Lesson Book follows Piano Adventures Level 3B. The book is arranged by related major and minor keys, grounding the repertoire. The emphasis on root position V7 chords, arpeggios, and "Power Scales" links applied theory to the pieces being studied. Expressive repertoire selections build a strong foundation in harmony and technique.

Author : Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593685471

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Sphinx by Alexander McCall Smith Pdf

In this short story from Alexander McCall Smith’s Pianos and Flowers, inspired by a photograph from the Times of London archive, a young woman finds unexpected love while perusing Egyptian antiquities. With his indomitable charm, Alexander McCall Smith takes us behind the lens to explore the hidden life behind this photograph—a love lost and then found again—and in so doing reveals the humanity in us all.

Author : Wise Publications
Publisher : Wise Publications
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997-11-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781783230945

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The Library of Piano Classics: Book 2 by Wise Publications Pdf

The Library Of Piano Classics returns with another folio containing some of the world's most beloved music that was missed out from the first book. This means another 100 masterpieces by great composers from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century. True to the spirit of the composers, this volume is a tribute to their genius. It answers the vital needs of the student, teacher and today's audience, all of whom inherited this precious legacy by those in the past who first thrilled at the wonder of hearing this music. Each piece is carefully arranged for intermediate-advanced solo piano, and includes works by the following composers: C.P.E. Bach, J.S. Bachh, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Couperain, Debussy, Delibes, Dvorak, Godard, Gluck, Gottschalk, Grieg, Handel, haydn, Hummel, Joplin, Lange, Lehár, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Nevin, Offenbach, Ponchielli, Prokofiev, Purcell, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rubinstein, Saint-saëns, Satie, Scarlatti, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Waldteuful, Weber and Yradier.

Author : Yara Rodrigues Fowler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780358006084

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Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler Pdf

A young British -Brazilian woman from South London navigates growing up between two cultures and into a fuller understanding of her body, relying on signposts such as history, family conversation, and the eyes of the women who have shaped her: mother, grandmother, and aunt. During her trips to Brazil, sometimes alone, often with family, our narrator accesses a different side of herself that is as much of who she is as anything else. -- adapted from back cover

Author : V.C. Andrews
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451636949

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Flowers In The Attic by V.C. Andrews Pdf

Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the enduring gothic masterpiece Flowers in the Attic—the unforgettable forbidden love story that earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fan base and became an international cult classic. At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden—blond, innocent, and fighting for their lives… They were a perfect and beautiful family—until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. They are kept in the attic of their grandmother’s labyrinthine mansion, isolated and alone. As the visits from their seemingly unconcerned mother slowly dwindle, the four children grow ever closer and depend upon one another to survive both this cramped world and their cruel grandmother. A suspenseful and thrilling tale of family, greed, murder, and forbidden love, Flowers in the Attic is the unputdownable first novel of the epic Dollanganger family saga. The Dollanganger series includes: Flowers in the Attic, Petals in the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, Garden of Shadows, Beneath the Attic, and Out of the Attic.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Carols
ISBN : 1616771429

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Piano Adventures by Anonim Pdf

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Christmas favorites arranged to correspond with the Level 4 Lesson Book. Contents include: Ave Maria * Housetop Boogie * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * Silent Night * Waltz of the Flowers * We Wish You a Merry Christmas * Fum, Fum, Fum.

Author : Daniel Mason
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781400077717

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The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason Pdf

A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year “A gripping and resonant novel. . . . It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy and ardor. . . . Riveting.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial design. From this irresistible beginning, The Piano Tuner launches readers into a world of seductive, vibrantly rendered characters, and enmeshes them in an unbreakable spell of storytelling.

Author : Charles G. St. Clair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Piano music
ISBN : UOM:39015096374445

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Flowers of the Guadalupe by Charles G. St. Clair Pdf

Author : Cornelius Gurlitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Piano music
ISBN : 1854722220

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Little flowers by Cornelius Gurlitt Pdf

Cornelius Gurlitt was a prolific German composer and pianist. This collection provides a set of 12 contrasting pieces for piano, displaying particular charm and character.

Author : Peter Martell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1787386937

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Flowers for Elephants by Peter Martell Pdf

When northern Kenyans find elephant bones, they lay down blossoms and branches as a mark of respect, honouring their crucial connection with the wildlife they live alongside. In our changing world, these values are vitally important. For decades, northern Kenya was one step away from a warzone, on the frontlines of climate change and habitat loss. People slept with their shoes on, fearing attack. Wildlife was decimated. Yet, facing the most extreme challenges, people united. What began as a last-ditch effort to save rhinos from extinction sparked a remarkable return of wildlife, with the once-struggling cattle ranch Lewa named a UN World Heritage Site for its outstanding value to humanity. This served as a catalyst for much broader action. Communities created a network of protected lands across an area larger than Switzerland. Through conservation, they built peace, driving social, environmental and political change. From tracking elephants through the bush to gun battles with bandits and treks through Al-Qaeda territory, Peter Martell tells the exciting story of a conservation movement that gives hope. At a time when humanity is reassessing its broken relationship with nature, these communities offer an inspirational blueprint, proving that environmental change does not have to divide, but can bring us together.

Author : Sharon M. Draper
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442495029

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Blended by Sharon M. Draper Pdf

A biracial girl of divorced parents must navigate two different homes—and the dangers outside them—in this “timely but genuine” novel (Publishers Weekly). For eleven-year-old Isabella, splitting her time between her parents’ homes feels like living two different lives. One week she’s Izzy, living in a modest house with her mom. The next week she’s Isabella, living with her dad in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. But Isabella is starting to realize that she’s not just switching between houses, nicknames, and backpacks. She’s also switching between identities. When her parents both get engaged at the same time, Isabella doesn’t just feel divided, she feels ripped in two. What does it mean to be half white or half black? To belong to half mom and half dad? And if you’re only seen as half of this and half of that, how can you ever feel whole? It seems like nothing can bring Isabella’s family together again—until the worst thing happens. Isabella and Darren are stopped by the police. A cell phone is mistaken for a gun. And shots are fired.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015097791076

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The wild flower by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345811660

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Chance Developments by Alexander McCall Smith Pdf

WITH A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS CANADIAN READERS It is said that a picture may be worth a thousand words but an old photograph can inspire many more. In this beguiling book, McCall Smith casts his eye over five “orphaned” photographs from the era of black-and-white photography and imagines the stories behind them. Who were those people, what were their stories, why are they smiling, what made them sad? What emerges are surprising and poignant tales of love and friendship in a variety of settings an estate in the Highlands of Scotland, a travelling circus in Canada, an Australian gold-mining town, a village in Ireland, and the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. A dapper, roguish-looking man perching on a lady’s knee sparks the story of a ventriloquist and an animal handler who work in a circus, and who, under the most delightfully unexpected circumstances, fall in love. The image of a woman haloed by light in a train station becomes the lighthearted tale of a nun’s decision to leave the sisterhood and discover what and whom the big city has to offer. Some will find joy and fulfillment; others would prefer happier endings. Each of them, though, will find love, and that is ultimately what matters. Romantic, wistful and poignant, Chance Developments brims with flourishes of grace and humor that could only come from the pen of Alexander McCall Smith.