Download or read book Tickling the Ivories written by John Matteson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 25 years as a piano teacher of 100 students, mostly children, I find that i continue to be impressed by their musical talent and amused by their unexpected comments. If you like kids as much as i do, you will appreciate some of their unintentional and frequently uninhibited humor. Quoting my late grandmother Velma Peterson, as she quoted a favorite early T.V. host "Kids Say the Darnest Things".

Download or read book Tickling the Ivories Power Violence Sex and Identity in Elfriede Jelinek s The Piano Teacher written by Kendall Petersen and published by ibidem-Verlag / ibidem Press. This book was released on 2012-02-24 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erika Kohut is in her late thirties. By day, she confronts her unrealised ambition as a concert pianist teaching at the Vienna Conservatory, while at night she skulks through porn shows and spies on couples in the park, confronting her inadequate awareness of her own sexuality.Kendall Petersen seeks to examine the notion of power – including its manifestations and consequences – in social, sexual, and interpersonal relationships in “The Piano Teacher” by Elfriede Jelinek, based on an analysis of the three main relationships narrated in the text.Not only does it become clear that social and interpersonal relationships cannot be divorced from the dynamics of power which demonstrate themselves in acts of physical, psychological and sexual violence, but, more importantly, that the text narrates a legacy of female internalisation of patriarchal power which, ironically, results not in women who are fundamentally independent and self-sufficient, but rather in women who are, and will always remain, victims – disempowered, desexualised and dehumanised.

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Download or read book Tickling the Ivories written by Anna Smith and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smith's hilarious farce involves a Russian pianist named Sergei Kozlov who becomes mixed up with the 1920s mafia in New York City due to a language barrier. Contains 9+ characters, and 6 settings (2 jazz clubs, 2 different apartments, one street phone booth, and one basement type/hideaway location). *Contains no foul language, but contains some suggestive sexual humor, mainly through the use of double entendre and euphemism*

Download or read book The Ivory and the Horn written by Charles de Lint and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to the world of Widdershins and The Onion Girl in this collection of Newford tales

Download or read book A Most Malicious Messenger written by Katherine Black and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Menacing texts lead to murder in an English village, in this unmissable, witty mystery by the Dagger Award–nominated author of A Most Unusual Demise. May Morrigan is in her bookshop one morning when she—and everyone else in the shop—receives an anonymous text. It contains a reference to a Shakespeare quotation—and seems to be aimed at the vicar and his partner, Juan. The next morning, one of them is dead. Meanwhile, May’s elderly mother, Minty, is staying with her, her old friend Fletcher, and her two dogs. To her dismay, Minty is quite preoccupied with death herself lately. She also keeps reminiscing about her past in ways that make May wonder what secrets she’s hiding. As disturbing texts continue to arrive, the Blackheath residents are threatened with further revelations and titillations. Then Fletcher becomes the focus of the tormenting texter . . . and barely escapes an attempt on his life. It’s time for May to send a strong message—and block this killer permanently . . .

Download or read book Mulligan Stew written by Gilbert Sorrentino and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely regarded as Sorrentino's finest achievement, Mulligan Stew takes as its subject the comic possibilities of the modern literary imagination. As avant-garde novelist Antony Lamont struggles to write a "new wave murder mystery," his frustrating emotional and sexual life wreaks havoc on his work-in-progress. As a result, his narrative (the very book we are reading) turns into a literary "stew" an uproariously funny melange of journal entries, erotic poetry, parodies of all kinds, love letters, interviews, and lists—as Hugh Kenner in "Harper's" wrote, "for another such virtuoso of the List you'd have to resurrect Joyce." Soon, Lamont's characters (on loan from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flann O'Brien, James Joyce, and Dashiell Hammet) take on lives of their own, completely sabotaging his narrative. Sorrentino has vastly extended the possibilities of what a novel can be in this extraordinary work, which both parodies and pays homage to the art of fiction.

Download or read book A Child of the Green Wood written by Michael D. Thompson and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a young girl and her family move next door to Brooklyn’s famous Green-Wood Cemetery, she begins her exploration of the ancient park with some surprising consequences. Along the way, Tamisha meets up with a cast of characters who seem extremely knowledgeable of particular graves. They educate her about the rich history that is buried deep within while imparting advice for her to grow on. In the four seasons in that one year, Tamisha comes to call the Green-Wood her home. Each chapter is a vignette of discourse between Tamisha and that special person, who, unbeknownst to her, has an ulterior motive for being there. By the end of the book, all is made known with a surprising twist to satisfy the reader who undertook this journey with Tamisha.

Download or read book Tickling the Ivories Power Violence Sex and Identity in Elfriede Jelinek s The Piano Teacher written by Kendall Petersen and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book At the Hand of Man written by Raymond Bonner and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defying conventional wisdom even as it makes an impassioned plea for moral common sense, this book by an award-winning journalist sheds a new light on the history and politics of the African conservation movement. The book will anger and inspire anyone who cares about African wildlife and the people whose future is intertwined with the fate of these animals.

Download or read book Alethea Unchained written by S.M. Webber and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At just sixteen, Alethea is not your average teenager. Fiercely protective of her Pacific island, she leads a band of students in a David vs. Goliath struggle against a foreign power encroaching on their land and legacy. Their weapon of choice? Guerrilla tactics and relentless harassment, aimed at thwarting the takeover of an ancient gold mine. Suspense mounts as Alethea grows wary of a stranger surveying their beaches, sparking a daring confrontation with a ship and a submersible on a covert mission. Amidst the chaos, Alethea's heartstrings tangle with Ty's, just before she's abruptly captured and forced to labor on a vessel scoping out military sites across the islands. But Alethea's spirit remains unbroken, her creativity undimmed, her poetry and stories a testament to her resilience. The pressing questions linger: Will Alethea's and her comrades' bold actions make a mark against the invaders? And what fate awaits the mysterious spy who crossed paths with Alethea on the sands of her homeland?

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Music History written by Michael Miller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully composed journey through music history! Music history is a required course for all music students. Unfortunately, the typical music history book is dry and academic, focusing on rote memorization of important composers and works. This leads many to think that the topic is boring, but bestselling author Michael Miller proves that isn’t so. This guide makes music history interesting and fun, for both music students and older music lovers. • Covers more than Western “classical” music—also includes non-Western music and uniquely American forms such as jazz • More than just names and dates—puts musical developments in context with key historical events

Download or read book Elephant Destiny written by Martin Meredith and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thousands of years, the majestic elephant has roamed the African continent, as beloved by man as it has been preyed upon. But centuries of exploitation and ivory hunting have taken their toll: now, as wars and poachers continue to ravage its habitat, as disease and political strife deflect attention from its plight, the African elephant faces imminent extinction. What will become of these magnificent beasts? As the elephant's future looms ever darker, Martin Meredith's concise and richly illustrated biography traces the elephant's history from the first ivory expeditions of the Egyptian pharaohs 2500 years ago to today, exploring along the way the indelible imprint the African elephant has made in art, literature, culture, and society. He shares recent extraordinary discoveries about the elephant's sophisticated family and community structure and reveals the remarkable ways in which elephants show compassion and loyalty to each other. Elegant, illuminating, and urgent, Elephant Destiny offers a beautiful and important tribute to one of earth's most magisterial creatures at the very moment it threatens to vanish from being.

Download or read book The Daily Book of Classical Music written by Leslie Chew and published by Walter Foster. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now aficionados of this timeless genre can learn something about classical music every day of the year! Readers will find everything from brief biographies of their favorite composers to summaries of the most revered operas.

Download or read book The Ritual of the Gathering Dust 2 written by Chad E. Stephens and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My intentions of this novel is to break into the unconsciousness and take those contextual thoughts and turn them inside out into alternate dimensional universes that will lead the spirit of the mind into quantum experiences never seen or felt before by the third eye. In short, it's a metaphysical trip designed to blow the mind.

Download or read book Tantalizing Tingles written by Ross Laird and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-04-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, all data for recordings of non-classical piano made for issue on disc and cylinder records prior to 1935 are brought together in this work. The majority of the listing consists of material which has never been published in any form. The volume includes piano solos, duets, trios, and quartets, as well as selected titles where a soloist is featured within a recording by a dance band or orchestra. It covers a wide variety of pianists and piano styles including ragtime, stride, novelty-syncopated, boogie, and blues. This work will be of interest to major libraries, archives, and schools of music, as well as researchers and collectors. The recordings covered in this work range from the earliest known piano recordings which were made in 1889 as cylinder records for the North American Phonograph Company through recordings of the early 1930s by some of the great jazz pianists of that era (Mary Lou Williams, Garland Wilson, Herman Chittison, Art Tatum, and Teddy Wilson). In between are a wide variety of pianists and piano styles from around the world. While many of the solos recorded were of popular tunes of the day, there is also a fascinating selection of piano compositions, often played by the composer. They include such well-known names as Felix Arndt, Nacio Herb Brown, Hoagy Carmichael, Rudolf Friml, George Gershwin, John W. Green, Ferdie Grofe, Ralph Rainger, Leslie Stuart, Clarence Williams, and Vincent Youmans. A comprehensive title index includes composer credits for the majority of titles listed.

Download or read book Charlie Numbers and the Woolly Mammoth written by Ben Mezrich and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie and the Whiz Kids discover a prehistoric mammoth tusk and stumble right into the nefarious clutches of an eccentric billionaire in this hilarious third novel of the Charlie Numbers series. Charlie Numbers and his gang of Whiz Kids—along with a few new allies—are on another mission: this time, to uncover the truth behind the mysterious mammoth tusk they found buried in the Boston Public Gardens. Their hunch? Blake Headstrom, eccentric billionaire, philanthropist, and collector of some renown, has been smuggling mammoth tusks into the city. The only question is: Why? Selling woolly mammoth tusks isn’t illegal…but selling elephant ivory is. And Charlie’s certain Headstrom’s plans are more sinister than they seem. But Headstrom is a powerful man, with powerful connections. If the Whiz Kids want to expose him for the criminal they know he is, they’re going to have to catch him red-handed. Now if only Headstrom’s henchmen weren’t lurking at every turn…