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2) Constance
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Pursuing a new life in lush Bali after a shattering heartbreak, Englishwoman Connie is forced to return home by the imminent death of the sister who stole the heart of the man Connie loved, a situation that forces both sisters to confront their beliefs about betrayal and forgiveness.
Author
Language
English
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Description
* International Bestseller * A Book of the Month Club Pick*
The Little Paris Bookshop meets Jojo Moyes in Goodbye, Paris, an utterly charming novel that proves that sometimes you have to break your heart to make it whole.
From the simple melody of running her violin shop to the full-blown orchestra of her romantic interludes in Paris with David, her devoted partner of eight years, Grace Atherton has always set her life to music.
Her world revolves...
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Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the effects of fame on family and vice versa to motherhood and drugs, sex, and romance, Lisa Robinson has discussed every taboo topic with nearly every significant living female artist to pass through the pages of Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. Here, her interviews with and observations of fabulous female pop and rock stars, from Tina Turner and Alanis Morrissette to Rihanna, show how these powerhouse women, all with vastly different life experiences,...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Award-winning radio personality Meredith Ochs takes an insightful look at 50 rock icons who indelibly shook up the music scene, whether solo or in a band. Profiling women from the 1950s to today, and from multiple genres, Ochs tells the dramatic stories behind their journeys to success, their music, and their enduring impact. More than 100 photographs make this a rich volume, and the idols include Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin,...
Author
Language
English
Description
This is an exciting, atmospheric work that works on several levels: partly a story of tropical adventures, partly a melodramatic novel, partly a psychological thriller, partly a criticism of the empire. Axel Heist lives on an island in present-day Indonesia with a Chinese aide Wang. Heist visits a nearby island when a women's group plays in a hotel owned by Mr. Schomberg. Schomberg tries to impose himself sexually on one of the band members, Alma,...
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From Bessie Smith and The Supremes to Joan Baez, Madonna, Beyonc?, Amy Winehouse, Dolly Parton, Sleater-Kinney, Taylor Swift, and scores more, women have played an essential and undeniable role in the evolution of popular music including blues, rock and roll, country, folk, glam rock, punk, and hip hop. Today, in a world traditionally dominated by male artists, women have a stronger influence on popular music than ever before. Yet, not since the...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Filled with compassionate guidance and actionable advice--and using some of the most powerful, political songs in Amos's canon--Resistance is for readers determined to steer the world back in the right direction."-Dust jacket.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust shares the 'important and inspiring' (Miranda Lambert) never-before-told complete story of the remarkable relationship between country music icons Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. Loretta Lynn and the late Patsy Cline are legends--country icons and sisters of the heart. For the first time ever Loretta tells their story: a celebration of their music and their relationship up until Patsy's tragic and untimely death. Full of...
Publisher
Criterion
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Love parade: In mythical Sylvania, Queen Louise's cabinet are worried that she will become an old maid, and are delighted when she marries the rougish Count Renard. Unfortunately, he finds his position as Queen's Consort unsatisfying and without purpose, and the marriage soon runs into difficulties. The Love parade introduced the screen operetta genre.
Monte Carlo: A wealthy count passes himself off as a hairdresser in order to meet an impoverished...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Berkley trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"Portofino, Italy, 1943. A young woman steps off a boat in a scenic coastal village. Although she knows how to disappear in a crowd, Elodie is too terrified to slip by the German officers while carrying her poorly forged identity papers. She is frozen until a man she's never met before claims to know her. In desperate need of shelter, Elodie follows him back to his home on the cliffs of Portofino. Only months before, Elodie Bertolotti was a cello...
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