Bessie Smith: A Poet's Biography of a Blues Legend, Paperback - Jackie Kay

Reducere. A beautiful genre-bending tribute to the larger-than-life blues singer Bessie Smith. Scotland's National Poet blends poetry, prose, fiction, and no...

'She [Bessie Smith] showed me the air and taught me how to fill it ... she's the reason I started singing, really' - Janis Joplin'[Jackie Kay] offe...

Reducere. Nicknamed the Queen of the Blues, Bessie Smith rose up from poverty in the American South to become one of the most famous and respected recording ...

Mari cantareti de jazz si blues! Colectia cuprinde 13 cantareti de jazz si 7 de blues. Fiecare volum cuprinde o prezentare a vietii si a activitati...

Reducere. SIDE AGimme A Pigfoot 3: 08Baby Doll 3: 37On Revival Day 3: 14Money Blues 2: 52I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle 3: 56Backwater Blues 4: 39SIDE B...

From the basic meters and traditional European forms of the ballad and the sonnet to poetic forms brought to English from worldwide cultures and po...

Jackie Kay tells the story of a black girl's adoption by a white Scottish couple, from three different viewpoints: the mother, the birth mother, an...

'What makes us who we are? My adoption is a story that has happened to me. I couldn't make it up.'Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Jackie KayNumb...

These collected poems reflect an unwavering faith in the mystery of the incarnation - the unchanging humanity and divinity of Jesus. Contrary to mo...

Reducere. In Marshall Island Legends and Stories, Daniel A. Kelin II preserves the qualities of oral storytelling in 50 stories recorded from 18 storytellers...

Reducere. With a wide range of subjects and drawing from events in her life and the Bible, Norah Ranck has written a heartwarming collection of inspirational...

Reducere. With macabre humor, You, Beast explores the roots and limits of human empathy. Nick Lantz examines our strange, absurd, and often brutal relationsh...

Reducere. WINNER OF THE 2014 SEYMOUR MEDAL sponsored by the Society for American Baseball Research and finalist for 2014 SABR Larry Ritter AwardThough his pi...

This Scotnote Study Guide examines issues of family and cultural identities in Jackie Kay's work. It covers a wide range of her poetry as well as h...

Reducere. Award NameIndieFab awardsAward categoryTravel EssaysRichard Tillinghast, a celebrated American poet and critic, lived for a year in Ireland in the ...

Reducere. A Poet's Craft transcends the limitations of current books, combining the best of three types of poetry-writing guides: textbooks for academic use,...

Reducere. A Devotee; A Martyr; A Sacrifice. Qurbaan is a word that is tragically romantic in its context. Qurbaan signifies a relentless and passionate devot...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Syed Buali GillaniIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 144Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 233...

Reducere. Independent Publisher Book AwardsTed Kooser sees a writer's workbooks as the stepping-stones on which a poet makes his way across the stream of exp...

Reducere. The short stories in this collection invite you to walk alongside characters in the midst of their journeys. Meet the Black high school student who...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rebecca DavisThis is the long-awaited story of Alan Wilson, musical genius and co-founder of Canned Heat. Biographer Rebecc...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Neeti SandhuIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 74Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 186 x 202 x 14Co...

Reducere. Incurable Blues explores the life and genius of Hubert Sumlin, a highly influential guitarist

Reducere. This book, a National Book Award nominee in 1988, is the life of Thomas Jefferson as seen through the prism of his love affair with Monticello. For...

An exhilarating collection of stories from the legendary Jackie KayPublisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Jackie KayNumber of pages: 256Publication dat...

Reducere. For nearly twenty-five years, poet Baron Wormser and his family lived in a house in Maine with no electricity or running water. They grew much of t...

A collection of children's poems from the author of The Imaginary, with illustrations by the Children's Laureate Chris Riddell. You can annoy your ...

During his lifetime, priest-poet Gerard Manley Hopkins appeared to be a failure. His daring conversion to Catholicism and entry into the Society of...

Reducere. The Diamond Cutter's Daughter: A Poet's Memoir might be thought of as a nonfiction bildungsroman. Told in short lyric pieces it gives a picture of ...

Reducere. This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preserva...

The Lovely Bones meets the Wild, Wild West in this haunting tale of betrayal, revenge, and redemption inspired by the true story of a much-sought-a...

Reducere. A Forest on Many Stems: Essays on the Poet's Novel provides a unique entrance to the rare prose of many remarkable modern and contemporary poets in...

Jack Foley has been prominent in the San Francisco Bay Area poetry scene since the mid-1980s. The Light of Evening traces the arc of his life. This...

Reducere. Hugo was also an editor of the Yale Younger Poets series and a distinguished teacher and master of the personal essay. Now many of his essays have ...

Do particular sounds have particular magical effects? Discussing this question, this book talks about the deadly daggers of D, the trivialising tea...

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Reducere. 1. Right Off 2. Yesternow

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. What Christmas Means To MeBring Me LoveThis ChristmasMy Favorite ThingsBaby, It's Cold OutsideChristmas In New OrleansSilver BellsHave Yourself A M...

Reducere. 1. Buzzard song (Album Version) 2. Bess, you is my woman now (Album Version) 3. Gone (Album Version) 4. Gone, gone, gone (Album Version) 5. Summert...

Reducere. 1 Overture (George Gershwin) – 10: 52 2 Summertime – 4: 58 3 I Wants to Stay Here – 4: 38 4 My Man's Gone Now – 4: 02 5 I Got Plenty O' Nuttin – 3:...

Reducere. Side A: 1. Right Off - 26: 54Side B: 1. Yesternow - 25: 36

Reducere. In the latest mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd, World War I nurse and amateur sleuth Bess Crawford investigates an old m...

Garnering great reviews, this biography of one of the most remarkable women of Tudor England is now published in paperback. Lovell brings her subje...

Second in a brand new Wilbur Smith series for readers of 10+ - starring fourteen-year-old Jack Courtney. Jack and his friends Amelia and Xander are...

But this summer his parents are travelling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a gorilla conference, and they've promised to take Jack and ...

Reducere. Kay Eck's moving and melodic memoir brings us in close-range view of her map-less journey to consciously uncouple from her husband of nearly 30 yea...

Born near a dusty cement plant in the northeast Missouri village of Ilasco, close to Mark Twain Cave, Hannibal native Gregg Andrews draws on the vo...