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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter, Sally, on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again. Sister Nesta James, a Welsh-Australian nurse, has enlisted to tend to Allied troops. But as Singapore falls to the Japanese,...
62) This is our song
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Series
Language
English
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"Riley Shaughnessy knew that to stand out in his large family, he'd have to go big. Although making a name for himself as a musician wasn't easy, he followed his dreams to rock-star success. But the relentless expectations of fans are not helping the slump he's in now. So of course the person who attracts him is the woman who is not impressed by fame. Entertainment reporter Savannah Daly is completely unfazed by pretty-boy rock stars. She's just here...
63) Hiss me deadly
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Language
English
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"Charlie and Diesel must catch a killer before he strikes another deadly note in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks Mysteries. Charlie Harris remembers Wilfred 'Wil' Threadgill as one of the outsiders during high school in Athena. Although Wil was a couple of years ahead of him and his friend Melba Gilley, Melba had a big crush on Wil, who dropped out after his junior year. An aspiring musician, Wil hit the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 293 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Joanna never thought she'd have to come back to her dull, tiny fishbowl of a hometown ever again. She almost had a record deal for her all-girl rock band. She almost had it made in L.A. And then her deal went sour and her granny broke her leg...and now here she is, running into everybody's favorite librarian every time she heads to a dive bar or catches up with old friends. He has charm, he has good taste in music--and the sight of him in running...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015].
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (ix, 325 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan, a gifted musician, discovers she can see faeries when she falls in love with a mysterious boy named Luke who is a gallowglass, a soul-less faerie assassin. Unfortunately, Luke has an assignment to kill Dee before her music threatens the power of the Faerie Queen.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"As an end-of-life doula, Nova Huston's job--her calling, her purpose, her life--is to help terminally ill people make peace with their impending death. Unlike her business partner, who swears by her system of checklists, free-spirited Nova doesn't shy away from difficult clients: the ones who are heartbreakingly young, or prickly, or desperate for a caregiver or companion. When Mason Shaylor shows up at her door, Nova doesn't recognize him as the...
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Series
Language
English
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"Country music star Devin McClain understands there's a downside to life in the public eye, but the laidback Wyoming cowboy has never imagined he'd attract crazed fans who would do anything to garner his attention. When veiled threats become real, he agrees to hire a discreet security detail. But Devin is shocked when that bodyguard is a hard-bodied woman. He's even more stunned to be attracted to the steely-eyed stunner. Former soldier Liberty Masterson's...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Pigs dance the night away when a polka band plays at the annual hootenanny. It's the yearly hootenanny for piggies all across the holler. They're hankerin' for a porky polka rhythm--plus a piggy rigadoon, a piggy roundelay, and, of course, a piggy mosh pit! Illustrations and rhythmic rhymes introduce musical styles and instruments to the youngest readers.
71) Roomies
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"Marriages of convenience are so...inconvenient. Rescued by Calvin McLoughlin from a would-be subway attacker, Holland Bakker pays the brilliant musician back by pulling some of her errand-girl strings and getting him an audition with a bigtime musical director. When the tryout goes better than even Holland could have imagined, Calvin is set for a great entry into Broadway--until he admits his student visa has expired and he's in the country illegally....
72) One more promise
Author
Series
Band on the run volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ambitious Paige Walters is ecstatic when she's hired to recruit musicians for a literacy campaign--it's her chance to prove she's got the chops to make it in the family business. When Dylan steps in, she immediately dislikes him and vows not to let the fallen idol screw it up. But as the work brings Paige and Dylan closer together, their attraction grows...and so do their challenges..." --
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Series
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
110 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Aven Green is despondent when she does not master the piano in one day, but with new inspiration from guitarist Mr. Tom, who is armless like her, along with a special gift from her great-grandma, Aven learns she does not need to be perfect to perform.
74) Lucky
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Language
English
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Description
"Before Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her Uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky -- and that roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her side. Jodie thrived in the warmth of her extended family, and then -- through a combination of hard work and serendipity -- started a singing career, which catapulted her from St. Louis to New...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Bridget and Will are loving, compatible, completely devoted to each other-- and strictly friends. For three decades they have nurtured the Forsyth Trio, a chamber group they created as students with their Juilliard classmate Gavin Glantz. Gavin is now one of the classical music world's reigning stars, while Bridget and Will embrace the smaller venues that accompany modest success. Then Bridget's boyfriend, Sterling, breaks up with her over email....
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Stuck in Group A with the kids who can't read, upbeat first grader Lupe Lopez is made fun of by a rival but refuses to let that stop her from becoming a reading rock star.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Liverpool, 1935: Raised in a strict Catholic family, Viv Byrne knows what's expected of her: marry a Catholic man from her working-class neighborhood and have his children. However, when she finds herself pregnant after a fling with Joshua Levinson, a Jewish man with dreams of becoming a famous Jazz musician, Viv knows that a swift wedding is the only answer. Her only solace is that marrying Joshua will mean escaping her strict mother's scrutiny....
78) Heart-shaped box
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Description
Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals . . . a used hangman's noose . . . a snuff film. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as his latest discovery, an item for sale on the Internet, a thing so terribly strange, Jude can't help but reach for his wallet.
I will...
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Emmy Lou King is lead singer for the famous band Three Kings, and when her father lands her the opportunity to sing the American Football League anthem and serve on one of the AFL's anti-drug charities, Emmy Lou agrees. Combining her fan base and those of the AFL could do some good in the fight against drugs. But can she handle working with Brock Watson? She'd barely recovered from their breakup--and she's never loved anyone else. When a hotshot...
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Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Seduction is quickly becoming the hottest new restaurant in Portland, and Addison Wade is proud to claim 1/5 of the credit. She's determined to make it a success and can't think of a better way to bring in new customers than live music. But when former rock star Jake Keller swaggers through the doors to apply for the weekend gig, she knows she's in trouble. Addie instantly recognizes him--his posters were plastered all over her bedroom walls in high...