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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an original role, every singers' chance at immortality. When one is finally offered to her, she realizes with alarm that the libretto is based on a hidden piece of her past. Only four could have betrayed her: one is dead, one loves her, one wants to own her. And one, she hopes, never thinks of her at all. As she mines her memories for clues, she recalls...
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Language
English
Description
From National Book Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author Louise Erdrich, a profound and enchanting new novel: a richly imagined world "where butchers sing like angels."
Having survived World War I, Fidelis Waldvogel returns to his quiet German village and marries the pregnant widow of his best friend, killed in action. With a suitcase full of sausages and a master butcher's precious knife set, Fidelis sets out for America. In Argus,
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English
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This is Cather s coming-of-age classic—-the story of a young artist who leaves the mediocrity of her home town to seek fame and success in the big city. A bittersweet reflection on severing oneself from one s past relationships and surroundings, The Song of the Lark explores the loss that ultimately accompanies an artist s highest achievements.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"10:00 p.m.: Lucky is the biggest K-pop star on the scene, and she's just performed her hit song "Heartbeat" in Hong Kong to thousands of adoring fans. She's about to debut on The Tonight Show in America, hopefully a breakout performance for her career. But right now? She's in her fancy hotel, trying to fall asleep but dying for a hamburger. 11:00 p.m.: Jack is sneaking into a fancy hotel, on assignment for his tabloid job that he keeps secret from...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"A tender and intimate memoir by one of the most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious women in music, the two-time Grammy Award-winning "premiere song-stylist and songwriter of her generation" (New Yorker), Rickie Lee Jones. Have you met Ms. Jones? One weekend night on primetime television, a then-unknown singer and vital part of the burgeoning Los Angeles jazz pop scene skyrocketed to fame overnight after a now- iconic performance on Saturday...
Author
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Reckless Daughter tells the story of Mitchell and also of the fertile, exciting musical time of which she was an integral part, one that had a profound effect that can still be felt today on American music and the industry.
"Joni Mitchell may be the most influential female recording artist and composer of the late twentieth century. In Reckless Daughter, the music critic David Yaffe tells the remarkable, heart-wrenching story of how the blond girl...
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Language
English
Description
Since her screen debut in Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews has played a series of memorable, endearing roles. But she has never told the story of her life before fame--until now. Here, she takes her readers on a warm, moving, and often humorous journey from a difficult upbringing in war-torn Britain to the brink of international stardom in America. Her memoir begins in 1935, when Julie was born to an aspiring vaudevillian mother and a teacher father, and...
31) True love
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
One of the most influential Latina performers in history opens up about her life's most defining period, two years during which it took everything she had to rise above the greatest challenges she had ever faced.
33) The high note
Author
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entert
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
A star singer and her overworked personal assistant are given an opportunity which could change the course of their respective careers.
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Español
Description
"Este es el recuento de una aventura paradójica. Gloria Trevi, la diva de la música popular mexicana, protagonista del mayor y más confuso escándalo de la farándula en lo que va del siglo XXI, le pidió a Sabina Berman que investigara la verdad de lo que ocurrió, para que la escritora lo contara en el guión de una película. Al principio, la colaboración en esa búsqueda las acercó, sin embargo la verdad resultante terminaría por apartarlas....
35) Ella Fitzgerald
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Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Having lost her mother at a young age, Ella Fitzgerald struggled as a child, especially during the Great Depression. But after winning over the audience with her singing at an Amateur Night at the Apollo, Ella's career began, and she eventually went on to become a world-renowned singer known as the First Lady of Song. Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton, black-and-white illustrations throughout, and a list of ways that readers can...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A candid exploration of the genius, shame, and celebrity of Whitney Houston a decade after her passing. On February 11, 2012, Whitney Houston was found submerged in the bathtub of her suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. In the decade since, the world has mourned her death amid new revelations about her relationship to her Blackness, her sexuality, and her addictions. Didn't We Almost Have It All is author Gerrick Kennedy's exploration of the duality...
39) Ariana Grande
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[ 2014]
Language
English
Description
With her starring roles on two Nickelodeon sitcoms and smash hit pop albums, Ariana Grande has become a major force in the entertainment world. Readers will find out how Ariana got her start on the stage of a Broadway musical, how she broke through to a huge audience on TV, what her day-to-day life is like, and what she plans on doing next.
40) Juliet, naked
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The story of Annie, the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan, and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession.
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