Download or read book Solo written by Kwame Alexander and published by Clarion Books. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess is a New York Times bestseller! Kirkus Reviews said Solo is, “A contemporary hero’s journey, brilliantly told.” Through the story of a young Black man searching for answers about his life, Solo empowers, engages, and encourages teenagers to move from heartache to healing, burden to blessings, depression to deliverance, and trials to triumphs. Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he’d give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure, and tragedy, including the loss of his mother. The one true light is his girlfriend, Chapel, but her parents have forbidden their relationship, assuming Blade will become just like his father. In reality, the only thing Blade and Rutherford have in common is the music that lives inside them. And songwriting is all Blade has left after Rutherford, while drunk, crashes his high school graduation speech and effectively rips Chapel away forever. But when a long-held family secret comes to light, the music disappears. In its place is a letter, one that could bring Blade the freedom and love he’s been searching for, or leave him feeling even more adrift. Solo: Is written by New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Book Award-winner Kwame Alexander Showcases Kwame’s signature intricacy, intimacy, and poetic style, by exploring what it means to finally go home An #OwnVoices novel that features a BIPOC protagonist on a search for his roots and identity Received great reviews from Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Booklist, and Kirkus. If you enjoy Solo, check out Swing by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess.
Download or read book Going Solo written by Eric Klinenberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With eye-opening statistics, original data, and vivid portraits of people who live alone, renowned sociologist Eric Klinenberg upends conventional wisdom to deliver the definitive take on how the rise of going solo is transforming the American experience. Klinenberg shows that most single dwellers—whether in their twenties or eighties—are deeply engaged in social and civic life. There's even evidence that people who live alone enjoy better mental health and have more environmentally sustainable lifestyles. Drawing on more than three hundred in-depth interviews, Klinenberg presents a revelatory examination of the most significant demographic shift since the baby boom and offers surprising insights on the benefits of this epochal change.
Download or read book Flying Solo written by Linda Holmes and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A woman returns to her small Maine hometown, uncovering family secrets that take her on a journey of self-discovery and new love, in this warm and charming novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over. “A testament to the truth that love comes in all shapes, sizes, and situations.”—Jodi Picoult ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, PopSugar Smarting from her recently canceled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown of Calcasset to handle the estate of her great-aunt Dot, a spirited adventurer who lived to be ninety-three. Alongside boxes of Polaroids and pottery, a mysterious wooden duck shows up at the bottom of a cedar chest. Laurie’s curiosity is piqued, especially after she finds a love letter to the never-married Dot that ends with the line “And anyway, if you’re ever desperate, there are always ducks, darling.” Laurie is told that the duck has no financial value. But after it disappears under suspicious circumstances, she feels compelled to figure out why anyone would steal a wooden duck—and why Dot kept it hidden away in the first place. Suddenly Laurie finds herself swept up in a righteous caper that has her negotiating with antiques dealers and con artists, going on after-hours dates at the local library, and reconnecting with her oldest friend and her first love. Desperate to uncover her great-aunt’s secrets, Laurie must reckon with her own past and her future—and ultimately embrace her own vision of flying solo. With a cast of unforgettable characters and a heroine you will root for from page one, Flying Solo is a wonderfully original story about growing up, coming home, and learning to make a life for yourself on your own terms.
Download or read book Solo written by Vicki McAuley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 11th, 2007, Andrew McCauley set off from Tasmania in a sea kayak, aiming to be the first person to paddle the 1600 kilometres to New Zealand. A month later, New Zealand authorities received a garbled distress call from him. His kayak was spotted drifting and waterlogged just 80 kilometres from the New Zealand coast. His body was never found.Vicki McAuley, Andrew's wife and the mother of his young child, has written an extraordinary book about her husband and his final voyage. It is a love story, an adventure story and a meditation on what it is to feel most alive, even when so brazenly tempting death. Not since 'Into Thin Air' have we come closer to understanding the adrenaline rush of high adventure, and its tragic consequences.
Download or read book Solo written by Hope Solo and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My family doesn't do happy endings. We do sad endings or frustrating endings or no endings at all. We are hardwired to expect the next interruption or disappearance or broken promise." Hope Solo is the face of the modern female athlete. She is fearless, outspoken, and the best in the world at what she does: protecting the goal of the U.S. women's soccer team. Her outsized talent has led her to the pinnacle of her sport—the Olympics and the World Cup—and made her into an international celebrity who is just as likely to appear on ABC's Dancing with the Stars as she is on the covers of Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine, and Vogue. But her journey—which began in Richland, Washington, where she was raised by her strong-willed mother on the scorched earth of defunct nuclear testing sites—is similarly haunted by the fallout of her family history. Her father, a philanderer and con man, was convicted of embezzlement when Solo was an infant. She lost touch with him as he drifted out of prison and into homelessness. By the time they reunited, years later, in the parking lot of a grocery store, she was an All-American goalkeeper at the University of Washington and already a budding prospect for the U.S. national team. He was living in the woods. Despite harboring serious doubts even about the provenance of her father's last name (and her own), Solo embraces him as fiercely as she pursues her dreams of being a world-class soccer player. When those dreams are threatened by her standing within the national team, as when she was famously benched in the semifinals of the 2007 World Cup after four shutouts and spoke her piece publicly, we see a woman of uncompromising independence and hard-won perseverance navigate the petty backlash against her. For the first time, she tells her version of that controversial episode, and offers with it a full understanding of her hard-scrabble life. Moving, sometimes shocking, Solo is a portrait of an athlete finding redemption. This is the Hope Solo whom few have ever glimpsed. Signed poster inside.
Download or read book Folk Songs for Solo Singers written by Jay Althouse and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of best-loved folk songs for solo voice and piano contains fourteen memorable works arranged by three of Alfred's top writers: Jay Althouse, Mark Hayes and Ruth Elaine Schram. Includes "Camptown Races," "Follow the Drinking Gourd" and more!
Download or read book Christmas for Solo Singers written by Jay Althouse and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 14 holiday favorites wonderfully arranged for voice and piano. Appropriate for school or church use. Includes "O Holy Night," "Good King Wenceslas," "All Through the Night" and more!
Download or read book Solo Flight for Time to Begin Part 1 written by Elvina Pearce and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1999-11-30 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very first solos for the beginner, many written as rote pieces on a "ghosted" staff. Rich, appealing music that uses the entire keyboard, wide dynamic range and pedal. Satisfying to play, yet easy to learn. The first pieces can be used as supplementary material for Time to Begin, Part 1.
Download or read book Solo Sounds for Flute Vol 1 written by and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contents of the Solo Sounds folios features works on State Contest lists for each instrument (and pieces that are likely list candidates). Two folios are available for each instrument (flute, clarinet, oboe, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, French horn, and tuba), both with supplementary piano accompaniment volumes. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection.
Download or read book Solo written by Peter McGraw and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join the movement that celebrates single living with Peter McGraw’s groundbreaking book, Solo. Amid the complexities of modern relationships, loneliness epidemics, and online dating burnout, there’s a refreshing alternative: going Solo. “Solos,” as coined by behavioral economist Peter McGraw, are people who choose to lead their lives authentically, purposefully, and passionately outside the confines of traditional relationship labels. In a world built for two, Solos break the rules and hold space for every type of individual—single and not. Meet the thriving “Just Mays,” who welcome romance if it comes their way, the determined “No Ways,” who prefer life unpartnered, and the bold “New Ways,” who redefine and redesign what relationships even mean. Which one are you? In contrast with the “Someday” singles who hang personal fulfilment on the success of a “serious” long-term relationship, McGraw reveals the secrets of happiness that Solos have already unlocked, offering readers a roadmap to reinventing sex, dating, romance, and beyond. Backed by scientific insights and McGraw’s experience as a lifelong bachelor, Solo offers a blueprint for cultivating fulfilling relationships and creating a rich remarkable life. Solo is your invitation to pursue a life uniquely your own.
Download or read book Solo Sounds for Trombone Volume I Levels 3 5 written by Alfred Music and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contents of the Solo Sounds folios features works on State Contest lists for each instrument (and pieces that are likely list candidates). Two folios are available for each instrument (flute, clarinet, oboe, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, French horn, and tuba), both with supplementary piano accompaniment volumes.
Download or read book Solo Sounds for Oboe Volume I Levels 1 3 written by Alfred Music and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1999-10-16 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contents of the Solo Sounds folios features works on State Contest lists for each instrument (and pieces that are likely list candidates). Two folios are available for each instrument (flute, clarinet, oboe, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, French horn, and tuba), both with supplementary piano accompaniment volumes.
Download or read book Folk Songs for Solo Singers written by Jay Althouse and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of 14 best-loved folk songs for solo voice and piano contains memorable works arranged by three of Alfred Music's top writers: Jay Althouse, Mark Hayes and Ruth Elaine Schram. Titles: All My Trials * All Through the Night * Camptown Races * Cindy * Fire Down Below * Follow the Drinking Gourd * Go 'Way from My Window * He's Gone Away * Old Dan Tucker * Poor Boy * Poor Wayfaring Stranger * Shenandoah * Simple Gifts * The Water Is Wide. This title is available in SmartMusic.
Download or read book Encores for Solo Singers written by Jay Althouse and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred's newest addition to the ...for Solo Singers series offers 11 masterful vocal solo settings, designed to bring down the house or add the perfect final closing sentiment to your presentation. Well-known composers/arrangers Jay Althouse, Sally Albrecht, and Mark Hayes are all represented in this collection. Titles: * Battle Hymn of the Republic * Bringing in the Sheaves * Danny Boy * Dry Bones * Finale from The Gondoliers * Give My Regards to Broadway * May You Always Have a Song * O Holy Night * Simple Gifts * Song of Peace * You Made Me Love You
Download or read book Solo written by Rebecca Seal and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Kind, realistic, and genuinely helpful...Install a copy on whatever surface is functioning as your desk, and you may even feel a little bit less alone.” —The Observer (London) A practical, accessible, and charming guide for finding joy while navigating your professional life working remotely from home—without losing your mind. Like it or not, working alone is now the new normal. The COVID-19 pandemic may have accelerated the process, but the trend is clear—making a living outside the confines of a public workplace is here to stay. For anyone who needs guidance on how to navigate working from a home office—or a home sofa—here is a charming, expert, and genuinely helpful guide to managing a productive career without impromptu hallway conversations or on-call IT support, but with more joy—and, for most of us, better coffee. Written by a dedicated work-from-home expert, Solo culls wisdom from the latest research in psychology, economics, and social science and explores what we gain, or lose, in the shift to solo work. In chapters like “Loneliness and Solitude,” “The Power of Planning,” and “The Curse of Comparison (and Why Social Media Sucks),” it picks up where the bibles for freelancers stop, offering practical, inspiring, and uniquely reassuring advice culled from a range of influences, from Aesop’s fables to medical journals, and explaining what helps us stay resilient, productive, and focused in a company of one.
Download or read book Folk Songs for Solo Singers Vol 1 written by Jay Althouse and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expertly crafted for solo voice and piano, Folk Songs for Solo Singers, Volume 1 includes 11 favorite folk songs arranged by some of Alfred's finest writers, such as Philip Kern, Jay Althouse, and Carl Strommen.
Download or read book More Festive Strings for Solo Instruments written by Joanne Martin and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Festive Strings is a collection of well-known Christmas and Chanukah melodies arranged to meet the needs of individuals, groups and orchestras. In order to provide flexibility, the collection is available in a number of instrumentations, all of which are compatible with each other. Accessible keys have been used and shifting is kept to a minimum. Titles are: * O Chanukah * Angels We Have Heard on High * We Three Kings * Silent Night in D Major * We Wish You a Merry Christmas * O Come All Ye Faithful * Dreydl * Silent Night in G Major * Good King Wenceslas * What Child Is This (Greensleeves).
