The first in a series of riveting behind-the-scenes mysteries, Renee Patrick's Design for Dying is a delightful romp through Hollywood's Golden Age.Los Angeles, 1937. Lillian Frost has traded dreams of stardom for security as a department store salesgirl . . . until she discovers she's a suspect in the murder of her former roommate, Ruby Carroll. Party girl Ruby died wearing a gown she stole from the wardrobe department at Paramount Pictures, domain of Edit...

A Seattle Times Best of 2017 Book!The second installment of the Edith Head and Lillian Frost mytsery series, Renee Patrick's Dangerous to Know beguilingly blends forgotten fact and fanciful fiction, while keeping Hollywood glamour front and centerLos Angeles, 1938. Former aspiring actress Lillian Frost is adjusting to a new life of boldfaced names as social secretary to a movie-mad millionaire. Costume designer Edith Head is running ...

Les avions de combat de l’OTAN tombent du ciel au hasard. Janice Wellington, stagiaire du MI6, ancienne soldat en disgrâce et souffrant de crises d'angoisse, pourra-t-elle maîtriser sa peur suffisamment longtemps pour découvrir le complot et résoudre la crise, avant que l'ennemi n'attaque ?MI6 : L'ASCENSION DU DRAGON DE JADE est le premier volet explosif de cette palpitante trilogie d'espionnage du MI6. Si vous avez aimé l'espionnage plein d'adréna...

Britain loses contact with its top infectious disease researcher and embassy staff during a Russian-backed military coup in an African nation. Can MI6 agent Janice Wellington, a disgraced ex-soldier battling anxiety attacks, track them down before they become pawns in the hands of NATO's enemies?MI6: THE TRIPLE THREAT is the explosive second installment in this heart-pounding MI6 Spy Trilogy.

The teaching and learning of music around the world have evolved in diverse ways as social, industrial, and cultural developments have influenced the ways humans understand, organize, and collectivize music education. Revolutions in Music Education: Historical and Social Explorations chronicles major changes in music education that continue to shape practices in the twenty-first century. The contributors investigate the organizational, pedagogical, and strategic approaches to teaching musi...

Britain loses contact with its top infectious disease researcher and embassy staff during a Russian-backed military coup in an African nation. Can MI6 agent Janice Wellington, a disgraced ex-soldier battling anxiety attacks, track them down before they become pawns in the hands of NATO's enemies?MI6: THE TRIPLE THREAT is the explosive second installment in this heart-pounding MI6 Spy Trilogy.

Time Pieces is a quietly beautiful coming-of-age story from a master storyteller.Eleven-year-old Valena, her family, and dog live in rural Ohio, where she and her cousin Melinda share experiences that include seeing the aurora borealis, surviving a tornado, and going to an amazing circus.Yet Valena lives in both the present and the past as she struggles with racism in her daily life and listens to and learns from her mother’s tales of her family’s proud history. Moving back...

The word “robot” was coined a little over a century ago, but humankind has always told stories of constructed lifeforms. From the earliest myths to the latest blockbuster, stories of artificial life have always held our attention. But what do the stories we tell about the machines we make reveal about how we see ourselves?One person risks everything for one good shot. Absolution is dispensed at the push of a button. A brother and sister disagree about a strange benefactor’s true mo...

100 Texte, knapp 70 Autorinnen und Autoren, darunter über 20 deutschsprachige Poetry- Slam-Champions – eine Sprache. Sie steht im Zentrum dieser Anthologie – das Handwerkszeug aller Poetinnen und Poeten, das in vielen Texten gespiegelt, betrachtet, lustvoll hinterfragt oder spielerisch erweitert wird. Bei allem Unterhaltungsfaktor bietet die Poetry- Slam-Fibel eine Bühne für die Sprache zwischen Sinnhaftigkeit, Rhythmus und Musikalität: Sprache als lyrisches Präzisionswerkzeug, als abschre...

NATO warplanes randomly fall from the skies. Can MI6 trainee Janice Wellington, a disgraced, former soldier suffering from anxiety attacks, keep her fear in check long enough to uncover the plot and resolve the crisis, before the enemy attacks?MI6: RISE OF THE JADE DRAGON is the explosive first installment in this heart-pounding MI6 Spy Trilogy. If you enjoyed the adrenaline-fueled espionage of the Jack Ryan series, you'll love this thrilling spy a...

Aviones de combate de la OTAN caen del cielo al azar. ¿Podrá la aprendiz del MI6 Janice Wellington, una ex soldado deshonrada que sufre ataques de ansiedad, mantener su miedo bajo control el tiempo suficiente para descubrir el complot y resolver la crisis, antes de que el enemigo ataque?MI6: EL ASCENSO DEL DRAGÓN DE JADE es la explosiva primera entrega de esta trepidante trilogía de espías del MI6. Si disfrutaste del espionaje lleno de adrenalina d...

Composer-performer Julius Eastman (1940-90) was an enigma, both comfortable and uncomfortable in the many worlds he inhabited: black, white, gay, straight, classical music, disco, academia, and downtown New York. His music, insistent and straightforward, resists labels and seethes with a tension that resonates with musicians, scholars, and audiences today. Eastman's provocative titles, including Gay Guerrilla, Evil Nigger, Crazy Nigger, and others, assault us wit...