Download or read book The Maestro written by Tim Wynne-Jones and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burl Crow hasn't had many breaks in his young life. His father is a manipulative lout with a dangerous temper; his mother, worn down by years of abuse, now resorts to her little helpers to get her through the days. Then he meets Nathaniel Orlando Gow, the Maestro, and in just one day, this eccentric genius changes Burl's life forever.
Download or read book Maestro written by John Gardner and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis Passau is America’s greatest living orchestral conductor, a legendary, world-acclaimed artist whose ninetieth birthday will be marked by a glittering celebratory concert at New York’s Lincoln Center. But a double shadow hangs over the event: Passau has recently been accused of spying for Hitler and, worse, the British Secret Intelligence Service have now linked his name to KGB clandestine operations in the USA during the Cold War. The Maestro agrees to be interrogated, but only after the concert. British Intelligence call in Big Herbie Kruger to question the Maestro, and thanks to the once-famous agent-runner Passau survives an assassination attempt in his moment of glory. Still a target, he now insists on dealing only with Kruger, who desperately seeks a safe-house to conduct the debriefing. As he grapples with the elusive truth about the conductor – from the man’s first memories of his Bavarian village, to his adventures as a young immigrant in New York, his experiences in Capone’s Chicago and his ruthless rise to fame and fortune – Herbie Kruger finds himself ensnared in the Maestro’s dangerous secrets and deceits.
Download or read book The Maestro written by C.J. Miller and published by C.J. Miller. This book was released on 2019-08-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maestro Kieran Gallagher is a symphony brought to life. Hauntingly beautiful. Filled with breathtaking talent. And tragically untouchable. Rae Davis considers it the opportunity of a lifetime to work as the assistant to the virtuoso, until her feelings for him swell into an unrequited love. Unfortunately, the Maestro lives for his music, leaving him oblivious to all else. Pained by his clueless rejection, Rae throws away her dream and walks away. Only then does Kieran realize the passion to compose left with her. Without Rae, both his music and his life are barren and empty. Can he orchestrate a way to win her back? Or will the melody in his heart be silenced forever?
Download or read book Conducting Business written by Leonard Slatkin and published by Amadeus Press. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Amadeus). Conducting an orchestra is something that is seen as well as heard, but it is quite misunderstood when it comes to knowing what this person actually does for a living. This most mysterious of jobs is brought to life for the music lover as well as for the aspiring maestro in a book by Leonard Slatkin. Drawing on his own experiences on and off the podium, Slatkin brings us into the world of the baton. He tells tales of some of the most fascinating people in the musical world, including Frank Sinatra, Leonard Bernstein, and John Williams. He takes the reader to the great concert halls and orchestras, soundstages in Hollywood, and opera pits around the globe. Mr. Slatkin recounts his controversial appearance at the Metropolitan Opera, his creation and direction of summer music festivals, and a shattering concert experience that took place four days following 9/11. Life in the recording studio and on the road as well as health issues confronting the conductor provide an insider's glimpse into the private world of public figures. Covering everything from learning how to read music to standing in front of an orchestra for the first time, what to wear, and how to deal with the press, Conducting Business is a unique look at a unique profession.
Download or read book Maestro written by Melissa Rea and published by Satin Romance. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabriella stands on a gallows one day before her 19th birthday in 1718. She tells her story to a young blacksmith, a surly milkmaid, and a mute dwarf who is much more than the muckraker he seems. The pampered daughter of a count, Gabriella’s entire existence has been her music, until one afternoon’s sensual exploration leads to the shame of two noble families and her exile to a convent school for orphan girls, the Ospedale della Pieta in Venice, Italy. Antonio Vivaldi, the school’s Maestro of the Concerto, teaches the students and composes. She tells of her friend, Veronica, a sublimely talented violinist whose cold eyes hide tragic secrets and of whose murder she now stands convicted. With tears in her eyes, she speaks of her love, Raphael, the handsome overseer whom she had planned to marry. The story of her desperate attempt to learn the truth of a terrible curse that took her own child’s life, and save Veronica from a dark affair, holds the crowd’s rapt attention. Now she must escape with the help of her friends, from the Ospedale, and perhaps those in the crowd assembled to watch her hang.
Download or read book Maestro written by Matilda Martel and published by Matilda Martel. This book was released on 2023-11-29 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music enslaves the Maestro, Passion liberates the Muse Marek Misiak is a composer and maestro of one of the most prominent orchestras in the country. Music is his life. His only love. But his phantom muse has abandoned him. Nothing inspires him. He’s chased perfection his whole life and settled for a life of mediocrity. Aria Romero is a prodigy, a cellist virtuoso, who hides her talent from a father still mourning the death of his cellist wife. Music is not practical. Nothing good will come from it. When Marek meets Aria and hears her play, he finally hears true perfection. The echoes of angels. Inspiration returns. Fate has brought them together. Two halves are whole. Attraction is instant, love is fated, but she can’t risk having her secret discovered. Marek won’t be dissuaded. Destiny will prevail. The Maestro will have his Muse. This is an older man younger woman steamy romance, with two soul mates brought together by a love of music and passion for each other. As always, there is a guaranteed happy ending!
Download or read book Maestro of Madness written by Peter Howard and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maestro of Madness By: Peter Howard Eddie Philipson’s post-traumatic stress disorder was diagnosed when he was forty-four years old. The nightmare hangover from being repeatedly raped when he was an eleven-year-old by his uncle has all but destroyed his personal life and his once buoyant business. For years he fought his demons unsuccessfully, as unsuspecting triggers prompted volatile reactions that caused him deep shame that led to his marriage breakdown. PTSD is a terrible affliction that he has no control over. Or does he? After a serendipitous meeting with a former client, Jason Emery, he is offered an intriguing and enterprising business opportunity. As Eddie builds the business with the aid of his two sons, it grows into a global success. For the scarred and impotent Eddie, a new love blossoms when he meets his new PR specialist, the erudite and beautiful Tina Watherley. But each step of the way he is challenged by his demons, suffering a rollercoaster of emotions and some betrayals that rock him and his burgeoning belief in himself. Can he survive such vicious betrayals? Set in Sydney, Australia, Maestro of Madness is a powerful story of one man’s determination, and with help from his health professionals and loved ones, to become the maestro of his madness.
Download or read book So Trust Me written by Bill Pieper and published by Pacific Slope Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So Trust Me, is a novel-length work set in and around Northern California. Four long stories weave a theme of interpersonal deception across four time frames: 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990. "The Willamette Kid" portrays a harrowing year in the life of John McDonough, who believes that lying to everyone close to him is the only way to avoid being forced to leave San Francisco and join the family business. "Winnemucca Rose" relates the sex and dope-laden Idaho fishing trip of Brian and Susan McAlpin, as well as the mind games they play on two friends, Phil and Marc. "Married Sex" tells of Steve Parker and Carrie Henson, whose differing reasons for sharing an overnight trip to Mendocino lead to absurd and painful consequences. In "Friends Like That", Roy and Cora spend a two-week summer vacation in Nevada City house-sitting for the mysterious Spence, who had gone to great lengths to cover up his past.
Download or read book Maestro s Muse written by Scarlett Finn and published by Moriona Press. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jaycee Kirk is desperate. So when she gets an offer to make a shitload of money, she can't ignore her curiosity. Beckett Trent is damn sure he doesn't want a wife. The reclusive artist has to maintain his anonymity, but that makes it tough for him to have the one thing he wants more than anything else: a child. Jaycee can give him what he needs without complications; the last thing she wants to be is a mother. But the money? She can't refuse that. When she says yes, Beck believes his simple dream can become a reality. That is until she steps into his studio. There in that private space, the lines between life and art blur and simple becomes an abstract concept. KEYWORDS: Steamy, hot, slowburn, contemporary surrogacy romance, alpha artist maestro, inspired by muse, colleagues, workplace romance, obsessive forbidden love, secret romance, sexual chemistry, wealthy single father requires surrogate to fulfill dream of having children, insemination pregnancy, independent heroine, female protagonist, hidden identity hero, strong, security, bouncer, bodyguard, artist, dual identity, addicted to each other, codependent, obsession with each other, true passion, forever love, heroine driven, opposites attract, affair, obsessive love, forbidden love, emotional, kissing books, slow burn, HEA, Happily ever after, twins, pregnant, wealthy hero, addiction, inspiration, muse, maestro's, maestro, codependent, addicted to love, sexy, family, love, love books, emotional journey, strong heroine, captivating romance, mesmerizing, sparks, loyalty, swoon, protective, possessive, jealous, jealousy, romance, romantic, heartwarming, heart-warming, sassy, hot, hot romance, co-workers, workplace romance, colleagues, single father.
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1989-08-07 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Download or read book The Artificer s Apprentice written by DJ Edwardson and published by Giraffix Media. This book was released on with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a man fashion justice as he would a clock? Cast out of the craft hall in his prime and bitter from his many losses, a blind artificer has taken on an apprentice to make what he no longer can: a device that will enter him into the Grand Competition. But does the artificer even want to win? Or does he only care about revenge? And will that be enough? The Artificer’s Apprentice is a short story set in a medieval city where magic and technology blend seamlessly and where the Artificer guilds make handsome profits keeping the city's systems running. The leaders of these guilds have complete control over their members, but one man is about to challenge that authority. Follow the tale of The Artificer’s Apprentice to see what he shall fashion in his shop...
Download or read book The Lanzi V written by Giancarlo Gabbrielli and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now that Roberto Lanzi’s family has finally reunited in Winnipeg, his ambition to succeed makes him long for a business of his own. With his wife Silvia’s support, Roberto borrows money to build a large complex near the city center. He hurls himself into the project, working day and night to oversee the design and fill their new shop handcrafted items, luxury goods, and his own sculptures. Other galleries and shops quickly snap up space in the new complex, and Roberto’s rapidly profile in the community earns respect as well as jealousy. The birth of a daughter propels Roberto take on more debt, and by 1969, Roberto has become a well-known figure in the community. But change is on the horizon. When interest rates increase exponentially, the nervous local banks in Winnipeg demand their money back. Betrayals force Roberto into a corner, and he realizes he must sacrifice his dreams, repay his loans and go into exile once more.
Download or read book The Bangtail Ghost written by Keith McCafferty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Keith McCafferty is a top-notch, first-rate, can't-miss novelist." --C.J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author In Montana's Gravelly Range, paw prints and a single whisker discovered at a scene of horrific violence suggest a woman had been attacked and carried away by a mountain lion. Sheriff Martha Ettinger employs her fiancé, sometimes-detective Sean Stranahan, to put a name to the gnawed bones comprising all that is left of the body. The woman's is the first of several deaths that Sean suspects are not as easily explained as they appear. . As a reign of terror grips the Madison Valley, blood in the tracks will lead him from the river below to the snow-covered ridge tops, as Sean finds himself on his most adventurous and dangerous quest yet. For as he comes closer to unearthing the secret shared by the dead and missing, the tracks he is following will turn, and the hunter becomes the hunted.
Download or read book The Absolute written by Daniel Guebel and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner.... Premio Municipal de la Novela 2021 Premio Nacional de Literatura Argentina 2018 Premio Literario de la Academia Argentina de Letras 2017 Best Novel Award by La Nación 2016 A provocative multigenerational exploration of creative genius, madness, and family relationships. With the ambition and density of style of Vladimir Nabokov or Olga Tokarczuk, this is a story both profound and handled with a light touch. The Absolute is a sprawling historical novel about the Deliuskin-Scriabin family, made up of six generations of geniuses and madmen. Beginning in the mid-18th century in Russia, across Europe and ending in late 20th-century Argentina, the characters’ lives play out in different branches of art, politics and science in such radical ways that they transform the world and its reality. The narrator’s ancestor, Frantisek Deliuskin, invents a new form of music in the 18th century; his son, Andrei Deliuskin, makes some marginal annotations to the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola that are later interpreted by Lenin as an instruction manual to carry out the Russian Revolution of 1917; Esau Deliuskin, following the course of his father, creates a socialist utopian society; and down through the generations to the narrator, whose creation takes him back in time and space to the moment of the Big Bang. The Absolute is a monumental work about the creation of art and about family, about spiritual traditions and about throwing oneself into the world not to capture life but to create it, in and through words. “This is a masterpiece at a time when masterpieces seem impossible and at the same time challenges the very idea of a masterpiece. … It’s the novel one should read if they want to know what an artist is.” —La Nación
Download or read book The Adventures of Inspector Canal written by Bruce Fink and published by Aeon Books. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychoanalysts make the best detectives! When it comes to divining motives, deciphering ambiguous pronouncements, detecting delusions, and foiling the tricks memory plays, famed French analyst Jacques Lacan - turned self-proclaimed retired Inspector Quesjac Canal - is second to none (apologies to Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, Edgar Allen Poe's Dupin, and Umberto Eco's William of Baskerville).Reluctantly drawn into helping hapless New York City police detectives with crimes reported by luminaries like Rolland Saalem, music director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and involving prominent personages like Tobias Trickler, Mayor of New York City, and Sandra Errand, Vice-President for North American sales at YVEH Distributors of Spirits, Canal solves cases that are anything but what they appear to be and mends tears of the heart and soul at the same time.
Download or read book Paul on Mazursky written by Sam Wasson and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Mazursky's nearly twenty films as writer/director represent Hollywood's most sustained comic expression of the 1970s and 1980s. But they have not been given their due, perhaps because Mazursky's films—both sincere and ridiculous, realistic and romantic—are pure emotion. This makes films like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, An Unmarried Woman, and Enemies, A Love Story difficult to classify, but that's what makes a human comedy human. In the first ever book-length examination of one of America's most important and least appreciated filmmakers, Sam Wasson sits down with Mazursky himself to talk about his movies and how he makes them. Going over Mazursky's oeuvre one film at a time, interviewer and interviewee delve into the director's life in and out of Hollywood, laughing, talking, and above all else, feeling—like Mazursky's people always do. The book includes a filmography and never-before-seen photos.
Download or read book Unnatural Selection written by Ed Wode and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-03-28 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unnatural Selection deals with evolutionary parallel universes of culture, games, language, Gods, economics, music and a new way of making love. It is the ultimate game of the sexes. The battlefield is the new corporate owned world composed of corporate countries. The workers are terrorists for God. Corporate headquarters is a giant working metronome. God Zimmer is president/dictator of Evolutionland, Inc. Justina Wane, Agent 0069, is his top agent. Agent 666, Dr. Angelo Marconi, is her psychiatrist/lover/deadly rival in the "game."
