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In Simply Stravinsky, Professor Pieter van den Toorn takes a fresh look at the composer and his legacy, providing a compact, exciting, and accessible introduction to the 20th century’s most celebrated composer and his timeless music. From Stravinsky’s apprenticeship in St. Petersburg to his life among the émigré community in Southern California, Professor van den Toorn shows how the composer’s music was tied to his personality and how it came to influence artists from Aaron Copland to Philip Glass.

In Kentucky, back in 1933, Carol's daddy lost his 13-year-old daughter in a game of cards. Award-winning author Simon Van Booy's spellbinding novel spans decades as he tells the story of Carol and the people in her life. Incidents intersect and lives unexpectedly change course in this masterfully interwoven story of chance and choice that leads home again to a night blessed with light.

She has just turned eighteen, is starting a vet science degree and has defied her mother by moving to her own place in the city. She has a boyfriend and a job at the local pub. Her future seems set. Then Joy meets Mick Harris. Charismatic, talented and wild, Mick is the lead singer in a band that is going places - fast. He is everything Joy's life is not.

Valerie was born with one foot on the accelerator. Raised in a family of renowned swordsmen, her need for speed sets her apart. But when a tragic murder casts her out of the noble society she’s relied on to protect her, she has to master the way of the sword to fight her way back. The king is searching for the next knight to sit at the Round Table, but Valerie only wants justice. To get it, she’ll enter his tournament and face road warriors from all over the kingdom. Her only hope for survival is a brooding swordsman mentor, a blade with no name, and one legendary car.

Nachdem die Geschwister Robin und Joy das Buch "Der Zauberwald" gelesen haben, wollen sie unbedingt Jo, Bessie und Fanny kennenlernen. Doch das ist leichter gesagt als getan, denn niemand weiß, wo sich der Zauberwald befindet. Doch schließlich stehen die drei Kinder aus ihrem Lieblingsbuch leibhaftig vor ihnen. Gemeinsam tauchen sie ein in die abenteuerlichen Welten des Wunderweltenbaumes. Ob es ihnen am Ende gelingt, sich im Land der Burgen aus der Gefangenschaft durch den Zauberer Rotrock zu befreien.

Im zweiten Teil der vierteiligen Hörspielreihe von Enid Blyton rund um den Zauberwald gibt es ein Wiederhören mit den Geschwistern Jo, Bessie und Fanny und den magischen Wesen, die den Wunderweltenbaum bevölkern. Diesmal bekommen die Geschwister Besuch von ihrem Cousin Dick. Sie nehmen ihn mit auf ihren Ausflug in die Spitze des Baumes und geraten in ziemlich brenzlige Abenteuer.

Die vierteilige Zauberwald-Reihe der britischen Kultautorin Enid Blyton gehört seit ihrer Veröffentlichung vor rund 80 Jahren zu den Kinderbuchklassikern. Teil eins erzählt von den Geschwistern Jo, Bessie und Fanny. Im Zauberwald hinter ihrem Haus wächst der geheimnisvolle Wunderweltenbaum, dessen Krone bis in die Wolken ragt. Als sie den Stamm hinaufklettern, begegnen sie seinen magischen Bewohnern, etwa dem Kobold Griesgram und der Fee Seidenhaar, die vor den Gefahren an der Spitze des Baumes warnen.

Rachel Lamb is on the run from the law. She is exhausted, hungry, and down to her last few hundred dollars after meandering for nearly six months from Miami to Slick Rock, Colorado. She applies for the position of secretary at the sheriff's department and sends up an alert when she asks to be paid cash in hand.

Qui es-tu, petit Van ? Quel vertige devant le courage de cet enfant espiègle, la douceur de ce grand persécuté, l'abandon de celui qui reçoit tout parce qu'il n'a rien, ce petit Vietnamien qui remue ciel et terre !

My father and mother were famous and wealthy American biochemistry physicists. My name is Audrey, and my twin sister is named Audra. My sister and I were kidnapped when we were two years old. The kidnappers sold me to a vampire couple and Audra was sold to a human couple. Our new families gave us different names. When I was teenager, my adoptive parents turned me into a vampire.

Amelia Earhart flew solo over the Atlantic, afterward receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross, and began championing the efforts of women to explore careers traditionally held by men. Tragically, just days before her 40th birthday, her plane vanished en route to a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean as she neared the end of her round-the-world journey. After an exhaustive search, no trace of the plane or Amelia was ever found.

We all have past experiences we wish we could redo or undo altogether. In Nothing Wasted, counselor and teacher Kasey Van Norman's vulnerability invites you to discover God's personal and purposeful design for your future - not in spite of your story, but through it.

For Tracey Rooks, life with her grandparents on a Wyoming farm has always been simple. But after her grandmother's death, Tracey is all her grandfather has. So when Eagle Elite University announces its annual scholarship lottery, Tracey jumps at the opportunity to secure their future and enters. She isn't expecting much - but then she wins. And life as she knows it will never be same…

De succesvolle koningin van de feelgood debuteerde in 2015 en viert nu de verschijning van haar twintigste boek! Jackie van Laren neemt je mee naar Shetland waar Floor haar preventieve dubbele borstamputatie angstvallig voor de buitenwereld verborgen houdt. Maar op het eiland komt haar (liefdes)leven in een ander licht te staan. Na een heftige relatiebreuk reist Floor naar Shetland, waar een vriendin tijdens de zomermaanden etsvakanties begeleidt. Op de ets in de woeste natuur hoopt ze over het verraad van haar ex heen te komen.

Transform Negativity and Create a Positive School Culture Where Teachers & Students Thrive!

Esta carta es un documento histórico que ilumina la psique de uno de los artistas más fascinantes y complicados en el mundo del arte. Nos ofrece una ventana a la complejidad de su pensamiento y a la intensidad de su pasión, casi religiosa, por el arte y la vida, elementos que definirían su legado.

Buitengewoon briljante wezens bevat een van de leukste personages die in lange tijd is bedacht: Marcellus de octopus. Tova Sullivan werkt in de nachtploeg van het Sowell Bay Aquarium, waar ze de prullenbakken leegt en de vloeren dweilt. Haar man is een paar jaar geleden overleden en ruim dertig jaar eerder is hun zoon Erik op mysterieuze wijze verdwenen op een boot. Bezig blijven heeft haar altijd geholpen om met dat verlies om te gaan. Op een avond maakt Tova kennis met Marcellus, een gigantische octopus die in het aquarium leeft. Hij is ongelofelijk slim en erg schuw.

This book stitches together a complete design journey from beginning to end, guiding listeners (you) step-by-step in a practical way from the initial spark of an idea all the way to scaling it into a better business. Design a Better Business includes a comprehensive set of tools (over twenty total!) and skills that will help you harness opportunity from uncertainty by building the right team(s) and balancing your point of view against new findings from the outside world.

Three years ago, the sisters confronted their demon father in that strange other-world called Everwhere. It was a battle that ended in a devastating loss, and the scars they carry seem to have slowly pushed the sisters apart. One sister, still raw with grief, is now a near recluse but determined to use her powers to resurrect what she has lost. Another has made the journey to learn more of her family, her culture and her roots. And another seems to have turned her back on what she is and opted to lead a more normal life. But now the sisters are about to be brought together once more.

Die skrywer van die gewilde roman Roepman verken ook hier die wêreld van onskuld met deernis en begrip. ’n Verhaal wat in die Klein-Karoo afspeel: Die jong man Sagie boer saam met sy pa op ’n plasie in die Dwarsriviervallei en ervaar die eerste keer die wonder van die liefde. Maar wanneer die werklikheid dit verbreek, het hy geen verweer nie.