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Altogether, One at a Time (Paperback, 3rd)
E. L. Konigsburg; Illustrated by Gail E. Haley, Mercer Mayer, Gary Parker, Laurel Schindelman
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What do you do when your mother makes you invite the most obnoxious
kid in your class to your birthday party?
- Or when you have to wait another thirty-three and a third years
to see a shower of stars?
- Or your parents ship you off to fat camp?
- Or you have to share your private lunch hour with a girl who's
mean to you just because of the color of your skin?
In E. L. Konigsburg's witty and perceptive short stories, four
young people cope with difficult situations and, in doing so, learn
something that changes their lives.
Elvis Presley's clever manipulation of his numerous interests
remains one of the music world's great marvels. His synthesis of
country, rhythm & blues and gospel resulted in an inventive
mixture of hair-raising rock & roll and balladry. This book
focuses on the music of Presley's groundbreaking early years and
includes a comprehensive analysis of every Presley recording
session from the 1950s. Chapters show how Presley, with one foot in
delta mud and the other in a country hoedown, teamed with Scotty
Moore and Bill Black to fuse two distinctly American musical
forms-country and blues-to form what would come to be known as
"rockabilly." Also detailed is Presley's influence on music and how
his contributions are still celebrated today.
Jethro Tull was one of the truly innovative rock bands to emerge
from the late 1960s. At their peak the idiosyncratic group, fronted
by multi-instrumentalist Ian Anderson, resembled a troupe of roving
English minstrels. Crafting a signature progressive rock sound that
resisted easy categorization, they were often derided by critics as
too British, too eccentric, too theatrical. Over the span of a
decade, "Tull" would release a string of sublime albums featuring
intricate compositions in a wide range of musical styles, with
little regard for the showbiz maxim "give the public what it
wants." Focusing on the band's peak creative period of 1971-1980,
this history includes insider accounts based on exclusive
interviews with key members and rare photographs from Anderson's
personal collection.
Two boys find a penny in the dust of Scott's Creek, a small country
town in central Queensland. The public squabble over ownership of
the coin causes their father, the local Blacksmith to mete out some
rough punishment. In his rage, he seriously harms the eldest boy,
Lindsay, starting a chain reaction of events that changes the lives
of so many. It is 1899, and Australia is recruiting soldiers to
fight in South Africa. Forced onto a ship and away from his family,
Lindsay's father finds that he is the only one with the knowledge
of a plot to destroy many lives. He has no way to warn his fellow
enlistees, and the fact that he is widely hated by most in his home
town does not help him in his quest to bring down the man
responsible. Follow Malachi Tanner and his sons Lindsay and Henry
as the story takes them through war, survival, joy and tears over
the span of almost 100 years, up to a modern investigation that
still needs to know exactly what happened at the turn of the last
century.
In the final part of the Letter opener saga, find out what the
mysterious Agency has been plotting when Declan Grey discovers he
is a prisoner at their pleasure. Can he escape and save the world
from more peace than it needs? Or will civilisation be consigned to
a future decided by a madman?
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