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The Loser - Thomas Bernhard; Jack Dawson; M
Amazon.com ReviewFor music lovers, perfectionists, and estheticians, Thomas Bernhard's The Loser (1983) poses an irresistible drama of failed excellence. In 1953 three friends, am.... -
Soul Music - Terry Pratchett
When her dear old Granddad -- the Grim Reaperhimself -- goes missing, Susan takes over the family business. The progeny of Death's adopted daughter and his apprentice, she shows re... -
Shakespeare - Peter Ackroyd
From Publishers Weekly[Signature]_Reviewed by Ron Rosenbaum_At their best, Shakespearean biographers are like great jazz musicians, able to take a few notes of an old standard and ... -
Palm Sunday_ An Autobiographica - Kurt Vonnegut
Palm Sunday is a self-portrait by an American genius. Vonnegut writes with beguiling wit and poignant wisdom about his favorite comedians, country music, a dead friend, a dead marr... -
Mr. Fortune - Sylvia Townsend Warner; Adam Ma
SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER (1893–1978) was a poet, short-story writer, and novelist, as well as an authority on early English music and a member of the Communist Party. Her first novel... -
Making a Musical Life - Tom Heimberg
Drawing upon decades of experience in the orchestra pit and the teaching studio, Tom Heimberg's advice and insight about both practice and performance will prove invaluable to the ... -
Loretta Lynn_ Coal Miner's Daug - Loretta Lynn; George Vecsey
Review"The Queen of country music." --_The New York Times_Product DescriptionLoretta Lynn’s classic memoir tells the story of her early life in Butcher Holler, Kentuck... -
La's Orchestra Saves the World - Alexander McCall Smith
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **La's Orchestra Saves the World** is another delightful story celebrating friendship and the healing power of music, told with the warmth and charm we've come to... -
Knife Music - David Carnoy
SUMMARY: Kristen Kroiter was sixteen, a high-school sophomore injured in a car accident. Dr. Ted Cogan saved her life when he treated her in the ER six months ago -- but now the po... -
Juliet, Naked - Nick Hornby
SUMMARY: Nick Hornby returns to his roots - music and messy relationships - in this funny and touching new novel which thoughtfully and sympathetically looks at how lives can be wa...