Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Song of the Lark The Song of the Lark Willa Cather Determined to leave behind the dull values of her small hometown, an opera singer devotes increasing amounts of energy to developing her art. OL12831W
The Time of Our Singing The Time of Our Singing Richard Powers "On Easter Day, 1939, at Marian Anderson's epochal concert on the Washington Mall, David Strom, a German Jewish emigre scientist, meets Delia Daley, a young Philadelphia Negro studying to be a concer… OL138005W
The soprano sorceress The soprano sorceress L. E. Modesitt, Jr. The Soprano Sorceress, the first novel in New York Times bestselling author L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s epic fantasy series the Spellsong Cycle about a singer and music instructor at Iowa State University … OL15209476W
Oh My Stars Oh My Stars Lorna Landvik I am convinced that at birth the cake is already baked. Nurture is the nuts or frosting, but if you're a spice cake, you're a spice cake, and nothing is going to change you into an angel food.Tall, s… OL16587W
Small Town Girl Small Town Girl LaVyrle Spencer Eighteen years ago, young Tess McPhail left her tiny hometown of Wintergreen, Missouri, population 1,713. She headed for Nashville--and never looked back. Now one of country music's brightest lights,… OL1860300W
Juliet, naked Juliet, naked Nick Hornby From the beloved New York Times– bestselling author, a quintessential Nick Hornby tale of music, superfandom, and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about life and love. Annie loves Duncan—or thin… OL1916911W
Murder to music Murder to music Cynthia Manson,Kathleen Halligan Agatha Christie's "Swan Song" stars Mme. Paula Nazorkoff, the quintessential diva, and Edward D. Hoch's "The Spy Who Went to the Opera" takes undercover agent Jeffrey Rand backstage. Lynne Barrett go… OL20614222W
Violencia! Violencia! Bruce Jay Friedman "When struggling homicide precinct clerk Paul Gurney decides to quit his job after a divorce, he isn't sure what the future holds. But after a shady Broadway impresario approaches him about creating … OL2581247W
Marrying Mozart Marrying Mozart Stephanie Cowell Amadeus meets Little Women in this irresistibly delightful historical novel by award- winning author Stephanie Cowell. The year is 1777 and the four Weber sisters, daughters of a musical family, shar… OL3296287W
Jass Jass David Fulmer 297 pages : 23 cm OL5711152W
Angelic airs, subversive songs Angelic airs, subversive songs Alisa Clapp-Itnyre "Angelic Airs, Subversive Songs focuses on the novels of Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy, who present complex engagements with some of the musical genres most privileged by Victoria… OL5956263W
Spiritual, blues, and jazz people in African American fiction Spiritual, blues, and jazz people in African American fiction A. Yemisi Jimoh "In this book, A. Yemisi Jimoh demonstrates the critical influence of music on the fiction of various twentieth-century African American writers. Exploring novels and short stories by Toni Morrison, … OL6208711W
The Barrytown Trilogy The Barrytown Trilogy Roddy Doyle Roddy Doyle's winning trio of comic novels depicting the daily life and times of the Rabbitte family in working-class Dublin. [The Commitments](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL762611W/Commitments)… OL762601W