The Melody

The Melody

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  • Author: Jim Crace
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • ISBN: 0385543727
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 240

Alfred Busi lives alone in his villa overlooking the waves. Famed in his tiny Mediterranean town for his music, he is mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days. Then one night, Busi is viciously attacked by an intruder in his own courtyard—bitten and scratched. He insists his assailant was neither man nor animal. Soon, Busi’s account of what happened is being embellished to fan the flames of old rumor—of an ancient race of people living in the surrounding forest. It is also used to spark new controversy, inspiring claims that something must finally be done about the town’s poor, whose numbers have been growing. In trademark crystalline prose, Jim Crace portrays a man taking stock of his life and looking into an uncertain future, while bearing witness to a community in the throes of great change.


The Melody

The Melody

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  • Author: Oded Burla
  • Publisher: Kalaniot Books
  • ISBN: 9781735087559
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 32

"Will you listen to me?" asks a beautiful melody. But the mountains, forests, stones, and streams have no interest. And the animals have no need for the melody either. Only when a baby hears its mother sing does the melody finally find a home. While this seems to be a simple story of a melody in search of love and acceptance, look a little closer and you will find beautiful Jewish connections. Whether seen as the story of our embracing the Torah, or as a reminder of the importance of sharing it, The Melody invites us to lift our voices and join the chorus.


This Is Where You Belong

This Is Where You Belong

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  • Author: Melody Warnick
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • ISBN: 014312966X
  • Category : Self-Help
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 322

In the spirit of Gretchen Rubin’s megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you live The average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. For Melody Warnick, it was move #6, from Austin, Texas, to Blacksburg, Virginia, that threatened to unhinge her. In the lonely aftermath of unpacking, she wondered: Aren’t we supposed to put down roots at some point? How does the place we live become the place we want to stay? This time, she had an epiphany. Rather than hold her breath and hope this new town would be her family’s perfect fit, she would figure out how to fall in love with it—no matter what. How we come to feel at home in our towns and cities is what Warnick sets out to discover in This Is Where You Belong. She dives into the body of research around place attachment—the deep sense of connection that binds some of us to our cities and increases our physical and emotional well-being—then travels to towns across America to see it in action. Inspired by a growing movement of placemaking, she examines what its practitioners are doing to create likeable locales. She also speaks with frequent movers and loyal stayers around the country to learn what draws highly mobile Americans to a new city, and what makes us stay. The best ideas she imports to her adopted hometown of Blacksburg for a series of Love Where You Live experiments designed to make her feel more locally connected. Dining with her neighbors. Shopping Small Business Saturday. Marching in the town Christmas parade. Can these efforts make a halfhearted resident happier? Will Blacksburg be the place she finally stays? What Warnick learns will inspire you to embrace your own community—and perhaps discover that the place where you live right now . . . is home.


The Melody of You and Me

The Melody of You and Me

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  • Author: Maria Hollis
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • ISBN: 9781539050995
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 144

After dropping out of university and breaking up with her girlfriend of three years, Chris Morrison's life is now a mind-numbing mess. She doubts that working at the small neighborhood bookstore is going to change that. The rest of her time is spent mostly playing guitar and ignoring the many messages her mother keeps sending her about going back to college. But one day, an adorable and charming new bookseller waltzes her way into Chris's life. Josie Navarro is sweet, flirty, and she always has a new book in her hands. The two girls start a fast friendship that, for Chris, holds the promise of something more. But is she reading too much into this or is it possible that Josie feels the same way?


The Melody of Secrets

The Melody of Secrets

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  • Author: Jeffrey Stepakoff
  • Publisher: Macmillan
  • ISBN: 1250022711
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 229

Jeffrey Stepakoff's The Melody of Secrets is an epic love story set against the 1960s U.S. space program, when deeply-buried secrets could threaten not just a marriage, but a country. Maria was barely eighteen as WWII was coming to its explosive end. A brilliant violinist, she tried to comfort herself with the Sibelius Concerto as American bombs rained down. James Cooper wasn't much older. A roguish fighter pilot stationed in London, he was shot down during a daring night raid and sought shelter in Maria's cottage. Fifteen years later, in Huntsville, Alabama, Maria is married to a German rocket scientist who works for the burgeoning U.S. space program. Her life in the South is at peace, purposefully distanced from her past. Everything is as it should be—until James Cooper walks back into it. Pulled from the desert airfield where he was testing planes no sane Air Force pilot would touch, and drinking a bit too much, Cooper is offered the chance to work for the government, and move himself to the front of the line for the astronaut program. He soon realizes that his job is to report not only on the rocket engines but also on the scientists developing them. Then Cooper learns secrets that could shatter Maria's world...


Mozart Finds a Melody

Mozart Finds a Melody

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  • Author: Stephen Costanza
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • ISBN: 9781979771283
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 40

An imaginative story about Mozart's many inspirations, now in paperback! Wolfgang Mozart must compose a new piano concerto to perform at the famous Burgtheatre in Vienna. But Mozart can't think of a note to write. When he hears his hungry pet starling sing out melodiously, his creativity begins to flow. Before he can put notes to paper, however, his muse escapes through the window, and Mozart is off on a frantic search to bring her back. Will Mozart find both his friend and song in time? Based on a true story about the famous composer and his beloved pet starling, this enchanting tale celebrates inspiration in any form it takes.


The Melody Lingers On

The Melody Lingers On

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  • Author: Mary Higgins Clark
  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • ISBN: 1476749124
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 384

A beloved aunt's agreement to help her niece with college essays reawakens past secrets about the night a grandparent was murdered, an event that compels the woman to investigate a treasured music box to uncover the truth.


The Melody Man

The Melody Man

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  • Author: Bruce Bastin
  • Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • ISBN: 1617032778
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 336

Joe Davis, the focus of The Melody Man, enjoyed a 50-year career in the music industry, which covered nearly every aspect of the business. He hustled sheet music in the 1920s, copyrighted compositions by artists as diverse as Fats Waller, Carson Robison, Otis Blackwell, and Rudy Vallee, oversaw hundreds of recording session, and operated several record companies beginning in the 1940s. Davis also worked fearlessly to help insure that black recording artists and song writers gained equal treatment for their work. Much more than a biography, this book is an investigation of the role played by music publishers during much of the twentieth century. Joe Davis was not a music “great” but he was one of those individuals who enabled “greats” to emerge. A musician, manager, and publisher, his long career reveals much about the nature of the music industry and offers insight into how the industry changed from the 1920s to the 1970s. By the summer of 1924, when Davis was handling the “Race talent” for Ajax records, he had already worked in the music business for most of a decade and there was more than five decades of musical career ahead of him. The fact that his fascinating life has gone so long under-appreciated is remedied by the publication of Never Sell A Copyright. Originally published in England, in 1990, Never Sell a Copyright: Joe Davis and His Role in the New York Music Scene, 1916-1978 was never released in the United States and available in a very limited print run in England. The author, noted blues scholar and folklorist Bruce Bastin, has worked with fellow music scholar Kip Lornell to completely update, condense, and improve the book for this first-ever American edition.


The Melody Within

The Melody Within

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  • Author: Mary Joe Clendenin
  • Publisher: iUniverse
  • ISBN: 0595158471
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 122

I’ve come to believe that the Lord opens doors before me and closes them behind me, and if I don’t drag my feet too much, He will take me where He wants me to be. It’s exciting to explore the rooms along the way. With my husband’s help and encouragement every step of the way, I’ve tried to take advantage of opportunities that have knocked. This is part of the journey. These recollections of events from the past were purposely pursued in order to find lessons I had learned—or should have learned—from a life rich with many people, students, family and friends who share a part. I think that this book, an my desire to help you through it, is one of the open doors.


The Melody of Love

The Melody of Love

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  • Author: OJ LEIGH
  • Publisher: OJ LEIGH
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 66

In the heart of the vibrant city of New Orleans, where the very air seems to hum with the essence of jazz, a tale of enchantment and musical brilliance unfurls in "The Melody of Love." The city's streets are alive with the pulse of music, and within this rhythmic landscape, two extraordinary souls are destined to collide. Isais, a maestro of jazz whose spirit hungers for a melody that can reignite his creative fire, embarks on a quest through the city's labyrinthine alleys in search of inspiration. Little does he know that his journey will lead him to Harley, a mysterious street performer whose voice possesses an extraordinary power to silence even the most clamorous of crowds. As the chords of fate strike their harmonious note, Isais and Harley find themselves irresistibly drawn together by a shared love for music. Their serendipitous encounter sets off a symphony of emotions, launching them into an awe-inspiring musical journey that promises to reshape their lives forever. Against the backdrop of New Orleans' ever-shifting music scene, they forge a soul-stirring duet, a harmonious fusion that captivates audiences near and far. Yet, as their melodies ascend to celestial heights, so do the challenges that accompany fame and success. The brilliance of stardom casts shadows of envy and allure, compelling Isais and Harley to navigate the complex terrain of their newfound lives. Can their love for music endure the trials that await them, or will the demands of their burgeoning careers threaten to mute the very essence of their artistic souls? Within the pages of "The Melody of Love," the delicate equilibrium between passion and practicality takes center stage, as Isais and Harley uncover not just their identities as musicians, but also as lovers. Their narrative transcends the confines of the music industry, weaving a timeless narrative that imparts a poignant lesson on remaining authentic in the face of temptation. As their odyssey propels them from the core of New Orleans to the grandest stages across the globe, they unearth the truth that the ultimate harmony of love dwells not solely in the notes they play, but in the tender interludes they share. Dive headfirst into the rhythmic cadences and dulcet harmonies of "The Melody of Love." Allow the intoxicating ambiance of New Orleans' jazz tapestry to sweep you away, and let the intertwining voyage of Isais and Harley reverberate within your heart, a resonant reminder of the everlasting potency of music, the intricacies of celebrity, and the eternal symphony of love that echoes through the chambers of our souls.