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It is 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, a mental institution known for its innovative treatments for nervous disorders and addictions. Taken under the wing of the hospital's most notable patient, Zelda Fitzgerald, Evalina witnesses the cascading events leading up to the tragic fire of 1948 that killed nine women in a locked ward, Zelda among them.
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"Famed for its natural beauty and rich history, Sardinia in 1968 is notorious, too, for the bandits who kidnap wealthy landowners for ransom. Eleven-year-old Alba Fresu's brother, and her father, Bruno, are abducted by criminals who mistake Bruno for a rich man. After a grueling journey through the countryside, the two are eventually released--but the experience leaves Alba shaken and unable to readjust to normal life, or to give voice to her inner...
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[2023]
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167 pages ; 22 cm.
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"Exacting yet unpredictable, pithy yet complex, Coetzee's The Pole tells the story of Wittold Walccyzkiecz, a vigorous, extravagantly white-haired pianist and interpreter of Chopin who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his concert in Barcelona. Although Beatriz, a married woman, is initially unimpressed by Wittold and his "gleaming dentures," she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept...
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2015
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IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
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"Moshe Cotel was a composer who lived in a noisy building on a noisy street in a noisy city. But Moshe didn't mind. Everything he heard was music to his ears. One day, while out for a walk, he heard a small, sad sound that he'd never heard before. It was a tiny kitten! "Come on, little Ketzel," Moshe said, "I will take you home and we will make beautiful music together." And they did--in a most surprising way. Inspired by a true story, Lesléa Newman...
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Clan Kendrick novels volume 6
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When he is reunited with tomboy Charlotte Stewart at the wedding of her younger sister, highlander-and spy-Kade Kendrick is distracted by rival suitors, a dangerous mission and this unconventional woman who embodies all his desires.
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2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 20 cm
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"When a young boy begins to play on his family's piano, reveling in the fun of plunking the keys, his father signs him up for lessons so that he can learn to play properly. With his father's encouragement, Raj learns notes, then scales, then songs, and finally classical pieces that his father can recognize and be proud of. But the more Raj practices and the more skilled he becomes, the less he enjoys playing, until he grows up and stops playing altogether....
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[2014]
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A mysterious man works as a cabaret piano player to hide his identity as the leader of a fight against the Nazis' construction of a vital North American railroad. Then a strawberry-blonde songstress catches his eye.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
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Stolen from his family by changelings, Henry Day is given the name "Aniday" by the ageless and magical beings, who replace him with another child who takes his place with his parents, a young boy who possesses an extraordinary gift of music.
10) La la land
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[2017]
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1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.
11) The lost melody
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"Concert pianist Vivienne Mourdant's life is interrupted when she assumes responsibility for a patient at Hurstwell Asylum -- a woman the asylum claims never existed"--
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Victorian mysteries (Karen Odden) volume 1
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Disguising herself as a man to earn money for school, a musician stumbles upon the operations of a notorious and deadly crime ring.
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[2023]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"Mahani Teave grew up on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, one of the most remote islands in the world, where moai statues stand and music is everywhere. When she began taking lessons on the island's only piano, she proved to be a great talent. She left Rapa Nui when she was just nine to continue her music education, wishing she didn't have to leave such a beautiful place to pursue her dreams. She became an internationally acclaimed classical...
15) Prom & prejudice
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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For Lizzie Bennett, a music scholarship student at Connecticut's exclusive, girls-only Longbourn Academy, the furor over prom is senseless, but even more puzzling is her attraction to the pompous Will Darcy, best friend of her roommate's boyfriend.
16) Sweet Talk
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A fan favorite from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Sweet Spot and Sweet Trouble: "Smart, sexy romance doesn't get any better than this." -Debbie Macomber
Is there anything sweeter than first love?
Don't ask Claire Keyes. The twenty-eight-year-old piano prodigy has never had a regular boyfriend, much less a real romance. Her music career has left little room for friends or family-which is just part of the reason she hasn't seen...
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"Musician Natalie Curtis is broken by strict training and a lost love. After encountering Native American music, she is determined to save these ancient songs which are being silenced by the government. In doing so, Natalie steps inside the space between the notes to discover something she'd forgotten-music powerful enough to heal. Based on a true story"--
18) Five easy pieces
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[1998]
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1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Character study of a talented pianist who has given up a promising career and now works on oil rigs. After 20 years he returns home to his father's deathbed perhaps to reconcile himself with his fear of failure and desire for greatness.
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[2020]
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xvi, 239 pages ; 24 cm.
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In this engrossing memoir, Tesh describes how the obstacles that shaped him-including being suspended from college, living homeless for months, and facing a deadly disease-shaped his remarkable life. You'll hear, in never-before-told stories, how Tesh became the youngest correspondent at WCBS News less than thirty-six months after he was working at a gas station and sleeping in a public park. You'll go inside the unconventional way he composed the...
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This book is a memoir by the iconic singer-songwriter chronicling her story from her beginnings in Brooklyn through her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents, to her present day as a leading performer and activist. From her marriage to Gerry Goffin, with whom she wrote dozens of songs that hit the charts, to her own achievements, notably with "Tapestry," which remained on the charts for more than six years, to her...
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