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Sanity and grace: a journey of suicide, survival, and strength
Par Judy Collins. 2003
Grammy-nominated recording artist reflects on the loss of her thirty-three-year-old son, Clark, who committed suicide in 1992. Supplementing her account…
with journal entries and song lyrics, Collins describes events surrounding his death and shares her personal struggle to cope with and understand his decision. Some strong language. 2003L'éducation sentimentale
Par Gustave Flaubert. 1992
"Le héros de ce livre, un matin d'octobre, arriva à Paris avec un coeur de dix-huit ans et un diplôme…
de bachelier des lettres. Il fit son entrée dans cette capitale du monde civilisé par la porte Saint-Denis, dont il put admirer la belle architecture ; il vit dans les rues des voitures de fumier traînées par un cheval et un âne, des charrettes de boulanger tirées à bras d'homme, des laitières qui vendaient leur lait, des portières qui balayaient le ruisseau."Lullaby of birdland: The Autobiography of George Shearing (Bayou Jazz Lives Ser.)
Par George Shearing, Alyn Shipton. 2004
Reminiscences by congenitally blind jazz pianist Shearing about his 1920s English childhood and early success in London before he immigrated…
to America in 1947. Recounts hobnobbing in New York with jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie among others and recording with his famed quintet. 2004The American dream ; The zoo story: two plays
Par Edward Albee. 1997
Two early works by an award-winning playwright. One is a satire of American family life. In The Zoo Story, Albee's…
first performed play, a confrontation between two widely dissimilar men leads to some wrenching personal revelations by both. 1959Piano notes: the world of the pianist
Par Charles Rosen. 2002
Distinguished concert pianist and music critic sheds light on essential aspects of playing this demanding and rewarding instrument. Rosen discusses…
the aesthetics, acoustics, and techniques of performance and recording as well as performers' styles and manners. Includes little-known lore and insights about famous musicians. Also includes musical examples. 2002Reminiscences by members of "the greatest rock n' roll band in the world," tracing their British roots and rise to…
international fame beginning in the 1960s. Also includes essays by business participants in the Stones' career and fellow performers, including American singer Sheryl Crow. Some strong language. 2003Le chant du dire-dire: théâtre (Théâtre)
Par Daniel Danis. 2006
"Trois frères et une soeur, deux fois orphélins après la disparition de leurs parents adoptifs, ont hérité d'une cabane branlante…
et d'une étrange machine - le Dire-Dire, sorte de cornet en cuivre où chacun déverse ses peines et ses joies. Organisés en tribu, ils refusent toute intrusion sur leurs terres. Partie à la conquête des villes en chantant, leur soeur revient bientôt, défaite, la voix perdue, les membres sans mouvements. Commence une course aussi vaine qu'affolée pour lui redonner vie". -- 4e de couvCésar: théâtre
Par Marcel Pagnol. 1976
Sonic life: A memoir
Par Thurston Moore. 2023
From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from his teen years as…
a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, to thirty years of creation, experimentation, and wonder "Downtown scientists rejoice! For Thurston Moore has unearthed the missing links, the sacred texts, the forgotten stories, and the secret maps of the lost golden age. This is history—scuffed, slightly bent, plenty noisy, and indispensable." —Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Underground Railroad and Harlem Shuffle Thurston Moore moved to Manhattan’s East Village in 1978 with a yearning for music. He wanted to be immersed in downtown New York’s sights and sounds—the feral energy of its nightclubs, the angular roar of its bands, the magnetic personalities within its orbit. But more than anything, he wanted to make music—to create indelible sounds that would move, provoke, and inspire. His dream came to life in 1981 with the formation of Sonic Youth, a band Moore cofounded with Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo. Sonic Youth became a fixture in New York’s burgeoning No Wave scene—an avant-garde collision of art and sound, poetry and punk. The band would evolve from critical darlings to commercial heavyweights, headlining festivals around the globe while helping introduce listeners to such artists as Nirvana, Hole, and Pavement, and playing alongside such icons as Neil Young and Iggy Pop. Through it all, Moore maintained an unwavering love of music: the new, the unheralded, the challenging, the irresistible. In the spirit of Just Kids , Sonic Life offers a window into the trajectory of a celebrated artist and a tribute to an era of explosive creativity. It presents a firsthand account of New York in a defining cultural moment, a history of alternative rock as it was birthed and came to dominate airwaves, and a love letter to music, whatever the form. This is a story for anyone who has ever felt touched by sound—who knows the way the right song at the right moment can change the course of a lifeThe life of Mendelssohn
Par Peter Jameson Mercer-Taylor. 2000
Biography of the German composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847). Discusses his career from childhood as a prodigy to maturity as composer,…
performer, and scholar. Examines his Jewish heritage in the culture of the era, his heavy obligations to his young family, and his compositions during the decade preceding his early death. 2000Beethoven's hair
Par Russell Martin. 2000
An investigation of the convoluted history of a lock of Beethoven's hair, taken from the composer's head at his death…
in 1827. Reconstructs the snippet's odyssey from Austria to America, where it was purchased in 1994 by two Beethoven devotés intent on forensic analysis to explain Beethoven's medical problems, deafness, and cause of death. 2000Les gens adorent les guerres: et autres inédits : textes dramatiques
Par Denys Arcand. 2007
"Vers 1976, Denys Arcand a écrit, pour une série qui s'appellerait Empire Inc., un épisode qui se passait à l'époque…
de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Dix ans plus tôt, il s'était déjà intéressé au rôle qu'avaient joué les communistes canadiens et américains pendant la guerre. Dans bien des cas, les alliances objectives entre le grand capital et la hiérarchie communiste s'étaient faites sur le dos des gauchistes naïfs. Arcand avait aussi envie de parler de l'abîme infranchissable qui séparait à cette époque ces presbytériens richissimes anglophones et les masses laborieuses catholiques francophones. L'épisode n'a jamais été tourné, mais nous pouvons en lire le texte ici, accompagné de trois autres inédits. Chacun de ces textes peut se lire comme une nouvelle ou un court roman dialogué. Les personnages, les thèmes, la composition, la tonalité à la fois légère et grave, toute leur écriture, en somme, compose un univers qui annonce directement Jésus de Montréal, Les Invasions barbares et L'Âge des ténèbres et illustre à merveille ce style et ce regard si particuliers qui caractérisent toute l'œuvre de Denys Arcand". -- 4e de couv"Le génie des autres s'attaque à l'éthique sous des angles étranges. Il éprouve les choses qu'on pense et qu'on fait,…
celles qui sont manifestement douteuses ou inadmissibles mais qu'on pense et fait quand même. Des choses qui rendent la vie intolérable et qui en même temps font qu'elle vaut la peine d'être vécue. Pathétiques, incisives, candides et acharnées, les proses du Génie des autres tirent parti de leurs contradictions inhérentes. Elles prennent le monde pour ce qu'il est : un lieu où reconnaître sa paranoïa, où l'angoisse politique, l'autodérision et la lucidité viennent en lots désordonnés d'expériences et d'idées". -- 4e de couvThe woman in me
Par Britney Spears. 2023
"In Britney Spears's memoir, she's stronger than ever." — The New York Times The Woman in Me is a brave…
and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history. Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears's groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at lastLouis-José Houde: mets-le au 3!
Par Louis-José Houde. 2007
"Le premier spectacle Louis-José Houde : le texte intégral 2- Les inédites : des pensées "houdiennes" jamais présentées sur scène…
3- Les chroniques La Presse : l'ensemble des textes proposés par Louis-Jose Houde de juillet 2003 à avril 2006". -- 4e de couvMurder in the cathedral
Par T. S Eliot. 1963
A verse play by Nobel Prize-winner T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) about the 1170 murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket,…
at the royal behest of Henry II. Concerns issues of faith, politics, and the common good. 1935Elvis Presley
Par Bobbie Ann Mason. 2003
Award-winning novelist explores the mystique of America's first rock-and-roll superstar, Elvis Presley (1935-1977). Explains Presley's musical roots and his close…
family ties, asserting that the entertainer's achievement of the American dream was his undoing. 2003Nirvana: The amplifications
Par Michael Azerrad. 2023
An audiobook reflecting on the meaning of the revolutionary band Nirvana, their leader Kurt Cobain, and the band's personal, musical…
and cultural contexts in the '90s. It has been three decades since Nirvana upended the pop cultural landscape with Nevermind, the landmark album that became the soundtrack of Generation X, capturing its confusion, frustration, and passion. In 1993, Michael Azerrad published what stands as the definitive biography of this revolutionary band and its star-crossed leader Kurt Cobain. Written with the band's complete cooperation—the only book to feature interviews with Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic, and drummer Dave Grohl—it became a massive bestseller and, in the words of Cobain, "the best rock book I've ever read." Seven months after the book's original publication, Cobain was dead by suicide, making Come as You Are the only book-length record of the inner life and creative mind of one the most significant songwriters and musicians in rock history—a haunting and haunted artist whose influence continues powerfully to the present day. In this new work, a compelling narrative formed out of the annotations from The Amplified Come as You Are, Azerrad deepens our understanding of this legendary band. He solves former mysteries, reinterprets the key players and the time, investigates depression and other psychic traumas, debunks myths and legends, and offers celebrations of that pivotal moment in the mid '90s as he searches for the answer to the question: Why was this music so extraordinarily powerful? Vivid, evocative, and thought-provoking, this is essential not just for Nirvana fans but for anyone interested in the cultural legacy of the '90s. [Note: This is a unique narrative work created from the essay-like annotations for The Amplified Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana, excluding the underlying 1993 bookThe Richard Rodgers reader
Par Geoffrey Block. 2002
Essays about the career of the popular American composer for the musical stage. Critical overviews introduce key phases of Rodgers's…
creative life: collaborations with Lorenz Hart from 1919 to 1943, with Oscar Hammerstein between 1943 and 1960, and on his own in later years, to 1979. Includes selections from Rodgers's own writings. 2002Tupac shakur: The authorized biography
Par Staci Robinson. 2023
The first and only estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving exploration of his life and powerful…
legacy, including mementos, handwritten poetry, musings, and more Artist, poet, actor, revolutionary, legend Tupac Shakur is one of the greatest and most controversial artists of all time. More than a quarter of a century after his tragic death in 1996 at the age of just twenty-five, he continues to be one of the most misunderstood, complicated, and prolific figures in modern history. Drawing on exclusive access to Tupac’s private notebooks, letters, and uncensored conversations with those who loved and knew him best, this estate-authorized biography paints the fullest and most intimate picture to date of the young man who became a legend for generations to come. In Tupac Shakur, author and screenwriter Staci Robinson—who knew Tupac from their shared circle of high school friends in Marin City, California, and who was entrusted by his mother, Afeni Shakur, to share his story—unravels the myths and unpacks the complexities that have shadowed Tupac’s existence. Decades in the making, this book pulls back the curtain to reveal a powerful story of a life defined by politics and art—a man driven by equal parts brilliance and impulsiveness, steeped in the rich intellectual tradition of Black empowerment, and unafraid to utter raw truths about race in America. It is a story of a mother and son bound together by a love for each other and for their people, and the relationship that endured through their darkest times. It is a political story that begins in the whirlwind of the 1960s civil rights movement, and through a young artist’s awakening to rage and purpose in the ’90s era of Rodney King. It is a story of dizzying success and its devastating consequences. And, of course, it is the story of Tupac’s music, his timeless message that will never die as it continues to touch and inspire us today