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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X
    ONE OF TIME'S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X stands as the definitive statement of a movement and a man whose work was never completed but whose message is timeless. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand America. Praise for The Autobiography of Malcolm X "Malcolm X's autobiography seemed to offer something different. His repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me; the blunt poetry of his words, his unadorned insistence on respect, promised a new and uncompromising order, martial in its discipline, forged through sheer force of will."-Barack Obama "Extraordinary . . . a brilliant, painful, important book."-The New York Times "A great book . . . Its dead level honesty, its passion, its exalted purpose, will make it stand as a monument to the most painful truth."-The Nation "The most important book I'll ever read, it changed the way I thought, it changed the way I acted. It has given me courage I didn't know I had inside me. I'm one of hundreds of thousands whose lives were changed for the better."-Spike Lee "This book will have a permanent place in the literature of the Afro-American struggle."-I. F. Stone
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    Far from the Madding Crowd , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 914min
    Gabriel Oak is a young shepherd. With the savings of a frugal life and a loan, he has leased and stocked a sheep farm. He falls in love with a newcomer eight years his junior, Bathsheba Everdene, a proud beauty who arrives to live with her aunt, Mrs. Hurst. She comes to like him well enough and even saves his life once, but when he makes her an unadorned offer of marriage, she refuses; she values her independence too much and him too little. Gabriel's blunt protestations serve only to drive her to haughtiness. After a few months, she moves to Weatherbury, a village some miles off. When next they meet, their circumstances have changed drastically. An inexperienced new sheepdog drives Gabriel's flock over a cliff, ruining him. After selling off everything of value, he manages to settle all his debts but emerges penniless. He seeks employment at a work fair in the town of Casterbridge (a fictionalized version of Dorchester). When he finds none, he heads to another fair in Shottsford, a town about 10 miles from Weatherbury. On the way, he happens upon a dangerous fire on a farm and leads the bystanders in putting it out. When the veiled owner comes to thank him, he asks if she needs a shepherd. She uncovers her face and reveals herself to be none other than Bathsheba. She has recently inherited the estate of her uncle and is now a wealthy woman. Though somewhat uncomfortable, she hires him. Meanwhile, Bathsheba has a new admirer: the lonely and repressed William Boldwood. Boldwood is a prosperous farmer of about 40 whose ardor Bathsheba unwittingly awakens when - her curiosity piqued because he has never bestowed on her the customary admiring glance - she playfully sends him a valentine sealed with red wax on which she has embossed the words "marry me". Boldwood, not realizing the valentine was a jest, becomes obsessed with Bathsheba and soon proposes marriage. Although she does not love him, she toys with the idea of accepting his offer; h ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Davina Porter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/009214/bk_reco_009214_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
    THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY SELLING SOUTH KOREAN SENSATION THAT HAS GOT THE WHOLE WORLD TALKING'A ground-breaking work of feminist fiction.' Stylist Who is Kim Jiyoung? Kim Jiyoung is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy. Kim Jiyoung is a sister made to share a room while her brother gets one of his own.Kim Jiyoung is a female preyed upon by male teachers at school. Kim Jiyoung is a daughter whose father blames her when she is harassed late at night. Kim Jiyoung is a good student who doesn't get put forward for internships. Kim Jiyoung is a model employee but gets overlooked for promotion. Kim Jiyoung is a wife who gives up her career and independence for a life of domesticity.Kim Jiyoung has started acting strangely.Kim Jiyoung is depressed.Kim Jiyoung is mad.Kim Jiyoung is her own woman.Kim Jiyoung is every woman.Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the life story of one young woman born at the end of the twentieth century and raises questions about endemic misogyny and institutional oppression that are relevant to us all. Riveting, original and uncompromising, this is the most important book to have emerged from South Korea since Han Kang's The Vegetarian. Praise for Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 'It describes experiences that will be recognisable everywhere. It's slim, unadorned narrative distils a lifetime's iniquities into a sharp punch.' The Sunday Times'A ground-breaking work of feminist fiction' Stylist'Along with other socially critical narratives to come out of Korea, such as Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning film Parasite, her story could change the bigger one.' TheGuardian'This witty, disturbing book deals with sexism, mental health issues and the hypocrisy of a country where young women are "popping caffeine pills and turning jaundiced" as they slave away in factories helping to fund higher education for male siblings.' The Independent'Enthralling and enraging.' Sunday Express'Cho's moving, witty and powerful novel forces us to face our reality, in which one woman is seen, pretty much, as interchangeable with any other. There's a logic to Kim Jiyoung's shape-shifting: she could be anybody.' Daily Telegraph
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    Where the Red Fern Grows
    For fans of Old Yeller and Shiloh, Where the Red Fern Grows is a beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man's best friend. This special edition includes new material, including a note to readers from Newbery Medal winner and Printz Honor winner Clare Vanderpool, a letter from Wilson Rawls to aspiring writers, original jacket artwork, and more. Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two dogs. So when he's finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call his own-Old Dan and Little Ann-he's ecstatic. It's true that times are tough, but together they'll roam the hills of the Ozarks. Soon Billy and his hounds become the finest hunting team in the valley. Stories of their great achievements spread throughout the region, and the combination of Old Dan's brawn, Little Ann's brains, and Billy's sheer will seems unbeatable. But tragedy awaits these determined hunters-now friends-and Billy learns that hope can grow out of despair. Praise for Where the Red Fern Grows A Top 100 Children's Novel, School Library Journal A Must-Read for Kids 9 to 14, NPR A Great American Read's Selection (PBS) Winner of Multiple State Awards Over 14 million copies in print! "A rewarding book . . . [with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased....Very touching." -The New York Times Book Review "One of the great classics of children's literature . . . Any child who doesn't get to read this beloved and powerfully emotional book has missed out on an important piece of childhood for the last 40-plus years." -Common Sense Media "An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget." -School Library Journal "A book of unadorned naturalness." -Kirkus Reviews "Written with so much feeling and sentiment that adults as well as children are drawn [in] with a passion." -Arizona Daily Star "It's a story about a young boy and his two hunting dogs and . . . I can't even go on without getting a little misty." -The Huffington Post "We tear up just thinking about it." -Time on the film adaptation
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    Sunrise Vol. 2
    SUNRISE (Vol. 2) presents three live recordings of performances in the morning by Pt. Vijay Raghav Rao, symbolizing the ascending vitality of modernism in traditional Indian classical music. Like SUNRISE (Vol. 1), this album of exceptional artistic brilliance features music rooted in the natural metaphor of a rising sun. "Makes the notes dance and quiver in an enchanting manner, spouting mellifluous melody in a variety of tonal nuances, embellishing delectable compositions notable for a refined sense of design..." - The Times of India Typifying the genius of the legendary flautist-composer, the music in this album represents innovation that imparts freshness in melodic composition and elegance in execution to traditional musical structures, enhancing their appeal whilst maintaining the dignity of classicism. AHIR BHAIRAV In this live, recorded performance Panditji interprets in his inimitable style a variation of the oldest known scale in traditional Indian classical music. The rendering summons ethereal emotion that blends a deeply felt spiritualism with romantic visions of a sun rising over a rustic country scene, in which Lord Krishna - in the guise of a cowherd playing the flute - tends to his flock of cattle, preparing them for the day ahead. In the hands of the finest flautist-composer of our time the weight of tradition mingles seamlessly with rusticity and heart-felt devotion. Tabla: Pt. Mahadev Indorkar BHOPAL TODI In this live recording Panditji interprets a rare variation of one of the most popular scales in Indian classical music. The performance emotes compassion and heartfelt empathy with those who suffer physically, intellectually or spiritually. The elegiac composition leans on unadorned musical notes - shorn of technical dazzle - to highlight, without obtrusion, the unassailable dignity of the spirit amidst what chaos there may have been. In the process, classicism finds new meaning appropriate for the modern condition. Tabla: Pt. Mahadev Indorkar HINDOL In the spirit of this album's character highlighting Panditji's devotion to Lord Krishna, this selection features his interpretation of a Raga traditionally associated with an image of Lord Krishna reclining on a swing, surrounded by his devotees. The atmosphere is suffused by playful reverence. An early morning's ambience burnishes the joie de vivre. Panditji's composition is delectable in that the melody easily straddles the subtle ground between elegance and intellectualism, even as it uses rhythm and tempo to present an objective, physical picture of a divine swing in perpetual motion. That the enchanting melody is essentially based on four musical notes - skillfully woven into a substantive, poem-like song - is a testament to Panditji's artistic genius. Tabla: Sanjay Kumar 'No substitute for his flute...the complete master' - The Hindustan Times?? "A volcano of creative expression' - The Indian Express?? "His flute is an unending fountain of myriad melodies, always fresh, always original..." - The Patriot?? 'Creator of beautiful, wide and ethereal canvasses...' - The Deccan Herald?? '20th Century Renaissance Genius..' - The Cleveland Plain Dealer?? 'Intensely romantic...lyrical...extremely serene...' - Rave Magazine?? "Innovator in the world of music.. a versatile genius." -The JS Magazine?? "Seeker of truth through music. One of the greatest flautists of this world" - The Times of India?? "Reflective music, refreshing and genuinely haunting" - The New York Times?? "Awe inspiring. Freshness and finesse in every note. Marked by gay abandon, innovativeness and imaginative vitality" - The Statesman?? "Suave tonicity, lyricism, rich melodic beauty" - The Listening Post?? SUNRISE (Vol. 2) Originally recorded live in Bombay, India and Springfield, VA, USA Digitally re-mastered at The Red & Green company, VA, USA Special thanks to Smt. Lakshmi V. Rao CD version of Sunrise (Vol. 2) manufactured by Disc Makers, Philadelphia, PA, USA Sound Executive Dr. Vijay Vardhan Elchuri Executive Producer Sanjay Kumar © (p) 2014 by Pt. Vijay Raghav Rao & family from The Red & Green Company "Rays from sunrise drew forth buds and stretched them into long stalks, lifted up sap in noiseless streams, opened petals, and sucked out scents in invisible jets and breathings." - Thomas Hardy.
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    Under Beautiful Skies
    When Steve Meckfessel fires up his Collings slope-shouldered dreadnaught guitar with it's sunburst tobacco finish, people turn and listen. With it's evocative chord progressions, haunting melodies and unadorned lyrics, Steve's music reminds us of what we may have given up for lost. With his music described as "jazz inflected, urban folk", this singer and original song-writer will pick and sing his way into your heart.
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    Love These Songs
    LOVE THESE SONGS --Jonathan Francis 1) YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG (1946) Mack Gordon - Josef Myrow --One of those songs that really lives up to it's title. I always feel a bounce in my step when and after I sing it. Mack Gordon was one of those lyricists of the l940s who found steady employment in Hollywood writing songs for the stars on the studios' payroll. Many of the movies of that era may have been terrible, but a lot of good songs were written for them. Gordon teamed with Harry Warren at 20th Century Fox during the war years. Later he wrote this song with the lesser known Josef Myrow and it has since become an American Song Book classic. 2) THE GIRLS OF SUMMER (The Girls of Summer 1956) Stephen Sondheim With it's lilting bluesy swing melody and accompaniment, this song perfectly evokes the romantic atmosphere of a summer at the beach. The story is an old one and it ends with "I've got nothin' but blues." 3) (Love Is) THE TENDER TRAP (1955) Sammy Cahn - James Van Huesen Made famous in the movie "The Tender Trap" (1956) with Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds, it was sung three separate times and left a memorable impression. Cahn and Van Heusen were Sinatra's mainstay song writers who gave him a solid lyric of the heart. Cahn wrote words that people would really say and not so much about moonbeams and dreams. 4) MY SHIP (1941) Ira Gershwin - Kurt Weill Beautiful imagery and a haunting melody are the hallmarks of a great song. Composed for the musical "Lady in the Dark" (1941) the protagonist is trying to recall, in a psychodrama of 3 sequential dreams, this very song from her childhood. Fragments of the melody drift in and out of the score until, at last, in the finale, it is remembered and sung. 5 ) SKYLARK (1941) Johnny Mercer - Hoagy Carmichael --Vintage Johnny Mercer with a particularly strong evocation of the natural surroundings of his childhood in and around Savannah, Georgia. The melody by Hoagy Carmichael with it's complex bridge making two key changes in eight bars is wonderfully fresh and surprising. A Los Angeles area news reporter recounted how he had an appointment to interview Mercer at his home. He arrived by car and was parking in the street when he saw Mercer in the yard feeding some birds. "Well" he thought, "it's comforting to know that Johnny Mercer really does like birds!" 6) THERE WON'T BE TRUMPETS (cut from Anyone Can Whistle, 1964) Stephen Sondheim -A wonderful arrangement of pure Sondheim genius has trumpets sounding from every corner belying the song's title. The gradual build up in tempo and intensity is punctuated by a waltz-like segment just before the final denial of the necessity for trumpets. How could they have "cut" this one? 7) LUSH LIFE (1949) Billy Strayhorn -One of the most atmospheric songs ever written. Whether singing or listening you will breathe Strayhorn's air and find yourself transported to his world. 8) MOUNTAIN GREENERY (1926) Rodgers and Hart This is one of four songs by R & H that I chose for this recording. The rhythm is totally infectious and the repeated jumps up and down a seventh (musical interval) is wonderfully evocative. I can just feel myself driving up one side of the mountain and down the other to get to my "mountain greenery home." 9) YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS (1941) Don Raye - Gene DePaul - A song that seems to defy any further comment. It expresses sorrow as only music and words combined, can. 10) I WISH IT SO (1959) Marc Blitzstein There is a saying about artists that "All painting is self portraiture." And for composers, music is often their form of self portraiture. When I sing this song, it seems as though Blitzstein is coming alive and revealing himself to me in a very intimate way. 11) MY FUNNY VALENTINE (1937) Rodgers and Hart This is a favorite of mine. I love the poignant irreverent humor, the internal rhymes and repetitions, the pleading "Stay little valentine, stay!" and the elegant descending base line that supports the entire song. Some say that the reason Lorenz Hart was able to write such poignantly beautiful lyrics is that his own love relationships were so strained and difficult. 12) DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE (1942) Duke Ellington - Bob Russel -A song from the World War II era, that promoted the idea that women left at home were remaining faithful to their men overseas. The opening verse to this song reads: When I'm not playing solitaire I take a book down from the shelf, And what with programs on the air I keep pretty much to myself. 13) I'LL TELL THE MAN IN THE STREET ( I Married an Angel 1938) Rodgers and Hart - A rarely performed number with a great arching melody. Originally it was done as a jaunty fox-trot but like many R & H songs it works equally well as a ballad. I particularly like it with the verse setting up a nice contrast to the expansive chorus. 14) I COULD WRITE A BOOK (Pal Joey 1940) Rodgers and Hart I usually tear up when I get to the part--- "And the simple secret of the plot---is just to tell them that I love you---a lot." I still don't know why. THREE SCOTTISH BALLADS The following three songs have been on my list of favorites for many years. It was Ewan MacColl, the Scottish balladeer, who first let me hear the pure emotional intensity of an unadorned human voice. He sang in a steady, rhythmic, musical line without accompaniment. His reedy tremolo coloration was the perfect compliment to these ancient narrative tales. 15)THE BATTLE OF HARLAW The battle of Harlaw took place on July 24, 1411, when an army of Highlanders led by Donald of the Isles was beaten by the Earl of Mar's Lowland forces. Child published 2 versions. This version is from Jeannie Robertson of Dundee and Ewan MacColl. 16)SIR PATRICK SPENS I particularly like this one with it's bagpipe-like ornaments. I can almost hear the low drones underneath during it's seventeen verses. Motherwell has suggested that this fine ballad my be based upon the events following the marriage of Margaret, daughter of Alexander III of Scotland to Eric, King of Norway in 1281. Many of the nobles who conducted the young queen to Norway were drowned on the return voyage. Child publishes 18 versions of this ballad. Ewan MacColl's father taught it to him. 17) LORD RANDALL Known throughout Europe and America in substantially the same form, Randall is a perfect example of the question and answer ballad. The name of the hero varies a good deal from version to version. Henry I of England (fourth son of William the Conqueror) died Dec 1, 1135 after a "surfeit of Lampreys" (eels - of which he was excessively fond) in Normandy. Child publishes 15 texts. Ewan MacColl's mother taught it to him. Musical direction, piano arrangements and accompaniment by Jason Martineau Produced by Jason Martineau Recorded and mixed December, 2009 at Fantasy Recording Studio, Berkeley, Calif. Engineered by Alberto Hernandez.
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    Unadorned Praise
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    Tougher Skin
    Lisa Novak Voted Best Female Vocalist by the Houston Press Magazine 2005 rocks on 'Tougher Skin', a rich, twangy highly accessible and highly entertaining roots rock record. There is a simple,yet magnetic appeal in this straightforward, unadorned, let the band play approach. Great melodies and harmonies. ' Four stars. A powerful collection of 10 well crafted folk rock songs that make her as one of the most promising singer-songwriters on the Houston scene over the past couple of years. I can safely say that this is one of the best female CD's I have heard in the past 12 months. It is creative, not cliched.' Robert Mills. Maverick Magazine Feb 2006.
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    How Long Blues
    Jesse Gelber was born too late for 78s, twenty-five cent pizza slices, beer cans without pop-tops. But he is a solid sender, to use the old phrase - a swinging jazz pianist who will remind you of a time when improvising musicians were proud of their instantly recognizable selves. In four bars, you knew it was Tatum, Waller, Wilson, Stacy, or Monk - no need to wonder, 'Which clone is mongering those familiar bebop licks tonight?' Jesse's no repertory robot, in thrall to the old records, although he can read the proverbial flyspecks off the paper and whip through a rag or a Jelly Roll Morton etude with great panache if you ask him nicely. He knows the tradition all the way from deeply felt down-home blues to infinite variations on the theme of hot piano, but he has melded them into his own style. His lively 'Maple Leaf Rag,' his mournfully seductive 'Make Me a Pallet on the Floor' are all the evidence anyone will need. His playing is free and inventive, two-handed and mobile, and he never overwhelms with flurries of notes, whirlpools of technical displays. In his kind of classical simplicity, every note counts, reminiscent of Basie (without the clichés some pianists offer, as if to say, 'I know all about Kansas City: I learned it all from Ken Burns!'), Monk without his self-conscious angularities, Jimmy Rowles, Nat Cole, Pete Johnson. Yet the ghosts of the past never dominate Jesse's fresh, witty playing. Many jazz musicians confuse volume with emotional intensity, speed with heat, but he knows better. Since man does not live by recorded music alone, these comments are based on what the anthropologists might call field observation. In an assortment of New York clubs, each it's own novella, I have enjoyed hearing Jesse play alongside Kevin Dorn, Barbara Rosene, Michael Hashim, Pete Martinez, J. Walter Hawkes, Doug Largent, Charlie Caranicas, Dan Levinson, Dan Tobias, Jon-Erik Kellso, Craig Ventresco, Peter Ecklund, Simon Wettenhall, Eddy Davis, Scott Robinson, Orange Kellin, and many others. Their faces light up when they see that Jesse is coming to play. In these loose, informal contexts, his crisply articulated piano cuts through exuberant jam sessions, and his solos are fascinating interludes. But this is the first time I've heard him at length as solo pianist and singer, and it's truly rewarding. His spare, apparently unadorned treble lines are pungent examples of the right notes, struck with clarity and conviction, mingled with rhythmic, always varied left hand. Listen to his playful verse to 'Stardust,' which suggests Mondrian, who loved jazz. His stripped-down Ellington classics restore those now over-familiar melodies, the layers of paint removed so that their beauties shine through. Savor the harmonic densities of his 'Prelude to a Kiss.' When jazz musicians produce their own CDs, they are tempted to fill the discs with their originals. In all but a few cases, mind and ears go reeling, for many players expend their compositional impulses in their solos. But Jesse is a thoughtful composer, and that's no stage joke. Consider his weirdly lovely 'Halloween Waltz,' a vignette that turns 'Danse Macabre' into something tender. From it's title, I thought 'Boston in the Rain' would be a mood piece or a grim minor blues, but it's that rarity, a genuine Thirties rhythm ballad, earnest yet lighthearted. I am only sorry that it was written too late for Fred (Astaire) or Connee (Boswell) to have had the pleasure, but Jesse's comfortable, sleeves-rolled-up approach is a treat. He is a first-rate singer, offhanded but convincing, whether he's promising to write himself a letter (not an email?) or musing about Matters of the Heart. He never oversells a song, vocally or instrumentally, and his understatement woos us more than the usual histrionics. Jesse Gelber has more talent than any three men! His bucket, I am happy to say, has no hole in it. Listen and admire. Michael Steinman (All About Jazz, The Mississippi Rag, Cadence, Jazz Improv)
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