The Skin Above My Knee

The Skin Above My Knee

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  • Author: Marcia Butler
  • Publisher: Little, Brown
  • ISBN: 031639226X
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 240

The unflinching story of a professional oboist who finds order and beauty in music as her personal life threatens to destroy her. Music was everything for Marcia Butler. Growing up in an emotionally desolate home with an abusive father and a distant mother, she devoted herself to the discipline and rigor of the oboe, and quickly became a young prodigy on the rise in New York City's competitive music scene. But haunted by troubling childhood memories while balancing the challenges of a busy life as a working musician, Marcia succumbed to dangerous men, drugs and self-destruction. In her darkest moments, she asked the hardest question of all: Could music truly save her life? A memoir of startling honesty and subtle, profound beauty, The Skin Above My Knee is the story of a woman finding strength in her creative gifts and artistic destiny. Filled with vivid portraits of 1970's New York City, and fascinating insights into the intensity and precision necessary for a career in professional music, this is more than a narrative of a brilliant musician struggling to make it big in the big city. It is the story of a survivor. One of 2017's 35 over 35 One of the Washington Post's Top 10 Classical Music Moments of the Year


The Skin Above My Knee

The Skin Above My Knee

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  • Author: Marcia Butler
  • Publisher: Hachette UK
  • ISBN: 031639226X
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 272

The unflinching story of a professional oboist who finds order and beauty in music as her personal life threatens to destroy her. Music was everything for Marcia Butler. Growing up in an emotionally desolate home with an abusive father and a distant mother, she devoted herself to the discipline and rigor of the oboe, and quickly became a young prodigy on the rise in New York City's competitive music scene. But haunted by troubling childhood memories while balancing the challenges of a busy life as a working musician, Marcia succumbed to dangerous men, drugs and self-destruction. In her darkest moments, she asked the hardest question of all: Could music truly save her life? A memoir of startling honesty and subtle, profound beauty, The Skin Above My Knee is the story of a woman finding strength in her creative gifts and artistic destiny. Filled with vivid portraits of 1970's New York City, and fascinating insights into the intensity and precision necessary for a career in professional music, this is more than a narrative of a brilliant musician struggling to make it big in the big city. It is the story of a survivor. One of 2017's 35 over 35 One of the Washington Post's Top 10 Classical Music Moments of the Year


Syndicate

Syndicate

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  • Author: Anya Clara
  • Publisher: Amy Waller
  • ISBN: 1068608315
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 157

‘Something I have always wanted, since being a little girl, is power.’ Natalie, the ambitious owner of a New York strip club has set her sights on Leo Morello, the rich, gorgeous and very dangerous leader of the Mafia. He’s the quickest way to the top - and marrying him would make her one of the most powerful women in the city. She’s all too thrilled when he comes into her club to force her into a business deal - one that Leo makes clear is far too risky to refuse. From there, everything changes when she realizes how unstable Leo really is. ‘She would be the start of my undoing’ To complicate matters, Leo’s younger brother, Donny has fallen for Natalie and will do anything to win her over. He’s the consigliere, Leo’s right-hand man. As Natalie becomes further intertwined in the brother’s business, Donny must choose between the woman he’s falling in love with, or the brother that he needs to protect. Syndicate is a dark romance for adults over 18 years of age. It contains adult themes and scenes that some readers may find triggering or upsetting.


A Feather So Black

A Feather So Black

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  • Author: Lyra Selene
  • Publisher: Orbit
  • ISBN: 0316564974
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 302

Set in a world of perilous magic and moonlit forests, this seductive romantic fantasy tells the story of a defiant changeling, her cursed sister, and the dangerous fae lord she must defeat to save her family. In a kingdom where magic has been lost, Fia is a rare changeling, left behind by the wicked Fair Folk when they stole the High Queen's daughter and retreated behind the locked gates of Tír na nÓg. Most despise Fia's fae blood. But the queen raises her as a daughter and trains her to be a spy. Meanwhile, the real princess Eala is bound to Tír na nÓg, cursed to become a swan by day and only returning to her true form at night. When a hidden gate to the realm is discovered, Fia is tasked by the queen to retrieve the princess and break her curse. But she doesn’t go alone: with her is prince Rogan, Fia's dearest childhood friend—and Eala’s betrothed. As they journey through the forests of the Folk, where magic winds through the roots of the trees and beauty can be a deadly illusion, Fia’s mission is complicated by her feelings for the prince…and her unexpected attraction to the dark-hearted fae lord holding Eala captive. Irian might be more monster than man, but he seems to understand Fia in a way no one ever has. Soon, Fia begins to question the truth of her mission. But time is running out to break her sister's curse. And unraveling the secrets of the past might destroy everything she has come to love.


Searching for the Summer

Searching for the Summer

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  • Author: Martin H. Lloyd
  • Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
  • ISBN: 145755593X
  • Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 144

“Each year, I would seek out the approach of spring, for it would mean the onset of better weather, which promised the long days of summer. This meant more motor biking and better flying. ... My life was an ever-hopeful weather-watch: constantly scanning the forecast and the clouds for good conditions that meant a dry, warm ride or a smooth, trouble-free flight. I always looked for and expected the best. I had everything to live for, and all was well in my garden. And then it all went terribly, tragically wrong.” After an accident on his motorcycle left pilot Martin Lloyd badly disfigured, he was told he would never fly again. But despite his brokenness, Martin was determined to overcome his injury and pursue his passion for flight. Join him on his journey from the depths of tragedy to the heights of triumph as he goes Searching for the Summer.


Stealing Flowers

Stealing Flowers

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  • Author: Edward St Amant
  • Publisher: Edward A St Amant
  • ISBN:
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 353

The descriptions are rustic and vivid, you truly feel as if you are a part of the story,seeing what the characters are seeing, feeling what the characters are feeling


I'm Still Alive

I'm Still Alive

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  • Author: Don Barber
  • Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
  • ISBN: 1098029836
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 121

Wow, IaEUR(tm)m still aliveaEUR|but how? There is only one explanation. Take a walk with me through the rough patches of my life and it will become very apparent to you. One word. God. It will be evident, when you see the jams that I have gotten myself into, that God put an angel on my shoulder when I was very young. Stranded in the Atlantic Ocean? Motorcycle crashes? Six of my cars totaled, fourteen cars in all? Drunk on a Canadian Destroyer in San Francisco? Robbed at gunpoint in Chicago? Roof ripped off as a tornado just missed our home? Illegally racing cars? Nearly having my hand cut off by a miter saw? Working in the bomb dump in chemical gear in 100-degree weather arming 2000lb bombs? Drunk driving? Head-on collision with 130mph impact? Drug addiction? Almost flipping my race car at Atlanta Motor Speedway? I have no doubt how I'm still alive. These are just a few examples. God has a purpose for me. Maybe it's this book. He hasnaEUR(tm)t revealed it to me yet, as far as I know. I do believe that He wanted me to tell people one thing. God is good and He loves us very, very much. Read my stories and you will be amazed.


Annihilation

Annihilation

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  • Author: Megan DeVos
  • Publisher: Orion
  • ISBN: 1409183912
  • Category : Young Adult Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 449

THIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE. INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN CHAPTER. 'The Hunger Games meets The Road' MTV This is the end of us all. For Hayden and Grace, the threat of war has become a reality. The world is running out of resources, driving the survivors to drastic, inhuman measures. Blackwing is the obvious target and physical attacks from enemies are accompanied by the devastating mental turmoil that cannot be fought off with weapons. This is life impacted by war with enemies, allies and oneself. Now, not much is certain, but a few things are guaranteed: There will be pain. There will be death. There will be annihilation.


National Theatre Connections 2020

National Theatre Connections 2020

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  • Author: Mojisola Adebayo
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1350161012
  • Category : Drama
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 537

National Theatre Connections is an annual festival which brings new plays for young people to schools and youth theatres across the UK and Ireland. Commissioning exciting work from leading playwrights, the festival exposes actors aged 13-19 to the world of professional theatre-making, giving them full control of a theatrical production - from costume and set design to stage management and marketing campaigns. NT Connections have published over 150 original plays and regularly works with 500 theatre companies and 10,000 young people each year. This anthology brings together 9 new plays by some of the UK's most prolific and current writers and artists alongside notes on each of the texts exploring performance for schools and youth groups. Wind / Rush Generation(s) by Mojisola Adebayo Tuesday by Alison Carr A series of public apologies (in response to an unfortunate incident in the school lavatories) by John Donnelly THE IT by Vivienne Franzmann The Marxist in Heaven by Hattie Naylor Look Up by Andrew Muir Crusaders by Frances Poet Witches Can't Be Burned by Silva Semerciyan Dungeness by Chris Thompson .


Slug

Slug

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  • Author: Hollie McNish
  • Publisher: Fleet
  • ISBN: 0349726345
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 496

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, Slug is a taboo-busting delight' SCOTSMAN 'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG 'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love' KAE TEMPEST The new collection of poetry and prose from the Ted Hughes Award-winning author of Nobody Told Me From Finnish saunas and soppy otters to grief, grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants, Slug is a book which holds a mirror lovingly up to the world, past and present, through Hollie's driving, funny, hopeful poetry and prose. Slug is about the human condition: of birth and death and how we manage the possibilities in between. 'The inimitable words of poet/goddess Hollie McNish once again hold up honest, damn funny and refreshing takes on the everydayness of our lives . . . Never have we needed her more' STYLIST 'Hollie always articulates exactly how I feel' CHARLY COX 'A tribute to life itself' RED