Stormy

Author : James Gavin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439164258
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stormy Weather written by James Gavin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At long last, the first serious biography of entertainment legend Lena Horne -- the celebrated star of film, stage, and music who became one of the first African-American icons. At the 2001 Academy Awards, Halle Berry thanked Lena Horne for paving the way for her to become the first black recipient of a Best Actress Oscar. Though limited, mostly to guest singing appearances in splashy Hollywood musicals, "the beautiful Lena Horne," as she was often called, became a pioneering star for African Americans in the 1940s and fifties. Now James Gavin, author of Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker, draws on a wealth of unmined material and hundreds of interviews -- one of them with Horne herself -- to give us the defining portrait of an American icon. Gavin has gotten closer than any other writer to the celebrity who has lived in reclusion since 1998. Incorporating insights from the likes of Ruby Dee, Tony Bennett, Diahann Carroll, Arthur Laurents, and several of Horne's fellow chorines from Harlem's Cotton Club, Stormy Weather offers a fascinating portrait of a complex, even tragic Horne -- a stunning talent who inspired such giants of showbiz as Barbra Streisand, Eartha Kitt, and Aretha Franklin, but whose frustrations with racism, and with tumultuous, root-less childhood, left wounds too deep to heal. The woman who emerged was as angry as she was luminous. From the Cotton Club's glory days and the back lots of Hollywood's biggest studios to the glitzy but bigoted hotels of Las Vegas's heyday, this behind-the-scenes look at an American icon is as much a story of the limits of the American dream as it is a masterful, ground-breaking biography.

Author : James Arthur Kjelgaard
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stormy written by James Arthur Kjelgaard and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This incredible story is about Allan Marley, who sees Stormy, a retriever break through the ice on a partly frozen lake on a cold November day and saves the dog. Allan knows that the big black dog has been abused, and he works hard to win Stormy's trust and affection. An exciting outdoor adventure for young readers by James Arthur Kjelgaard.

Author : Wayne Greenough
Publisher : Devine Destinies
ISBN 13 : 1771111305
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stormy written by Wayne Greenough and published by Devine Destinies. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stormy knows the Phantom of Space always rescues people in need of help. Well, she can certainly pretend to have an emergency by fiddling with the marble-sized atomic pile in her scoutship. But things happen. The faked emergency becomes a real emergency. Her little ship is about to blow up. Where is the Phantom, the man she now knows she loves? Will he arrive in time to save her, or will she become nothing but star particles?

Author : Elizabeth Mills
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545234093
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stormy written by Elizabeth Mills and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The girls who ride at Shady Glenn Stables are friends...except for Becky and Hannah, that is. Hannah is a know-it-all and wins every jumping competition with her horse, Casey. Becky has no blue ribbons, but that's only because her horse, Stormy, has trouble jumping fences. When Hannah has an accident and is unable to compete, Becky finally sees her chance. All she needs to do is help Stormy overcome her fears. Hannah knows just how to help, and the girls soon overcome their differences and see just how much they have in common.

Author : Helen Oakley Dance
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807124581
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stormy Monday written by Helen Oakley Dance and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most significant factor in the career of Aaron “T-Bone” Walker was his ability to bridge the worlds of blues and jazz. The guitar artistry of this early exponent of urban blues was not only admired by blues musicians like B.B. King, Gatemouth Brown, Albert King, and Albert Collins, and rock guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, but by such jazz greats as Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Young, and many others with whom he recorded. Stormy Monday is the first biography of T-Bone Walker to be published. Using dozens of interviews with Walker, as well as with members of his family, close friends, fellow musicians, and business associates, the book offers a remarkable frank insider’s account of the life of a blues musician and compulsive gambler, from the wild living and hard drinking on the road to a solid and contented family life at home. “In a very real sense the modern blues is largely his creation.” blues authority Pete Welding has written about T-Bone Walker. “The blues was different before he came on the scene, and it hasn’t been the same since, and few men can lay claim to that kind of distinction. No one has contributed as much, as long, or as variously to the blues.”

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Author : Coco Hope
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490886834
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stormy Hearts written by Coco Hope and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stormy Hearts helps us realize that Jesus is always here for us. Jesus can calm our stormy hearts and calm us. Every day we need Jesus. In every storm we need Jesus.

Author : Tamara Eden Huie
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456873792
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stormy Acres written by Tamara Eden Huie and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Jane Ahlrichs’ fi ancee, Gary Benson, was shot and killed, Jane left Stormy Acres, the family farm, for Seattle, Washington, to attend his funeral. There, Jane met Crystal, a young girl who claimed she was pregnant with Gary’s child. Crystal didn’t want the baby. She and her boyfriend, “Buzz,” - both alcoholics - were having too much fun drinking, stealing and dealing in drugs. Jane convinced Crystal to let her help take care of the baby after the birth, for the sake of the baby. And, soon, Jane became very attached to the little boy, and was frantic that Crystal would give him up for adoption, or that a social service agency would take him, and she would never see him again. Jane had to fi nd a way to help the baby and herself - and fast!

Author : Nancy Clarke
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1622125681
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stormy Hill written by Nancy Clarke and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen-year-old Ann Collins wants nothing more than to see her family rise back from poverty and regain its acclaimed position in the racing world. And when Lightning, a well-bred black colt, is born, she knows that her chance has come. Her grandfather bankrupted the formerly successful, fully staffed horse farm in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, and now the Collins family, their trainer and his son are all that remain. Ann is a great rider, but it will take more than just skill for her to make her dreams a reality. Even if no one else really believes in Lightning, she knows that he will be the one to change it all. Little does she know that she and Lightning will be put to the test much sooner than expected! Author Nancy Clarke is a retired elementary school teacher who lives in central Virginia with her two horses, a multitude of champion show dogs, cats, chickens and a goat. Nancy has been riding for most of her life and has been crafting the Stormy Hill series in her mind since she was a child. Publisher's Website: http: //sbpra.com/NancyClarke

Author : Tamara Eden Huie
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479741736
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Farewell Stormy Acres written by Tamara Eden Huie and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PROLOGUE Harrison, a farmer, and Lisa, an attorney had been in love for quite some time, but Lisa was too proud to be a farmer's wife. She eventually married an attorney who worked in her father's law firm, but he was physically and emotionally cruel to Lisa. They divorced, and he left Des Moines as the firm didn't want a scandal. Harrison married Mary Taylor. They had a son named Jacob, but like Lisa and Carter, they eventually divorced. In this novel, you will discover who fathered Lisa's daughter, and if Lisa and Harrison ever found happiness together. As you read through the pages, you will be introduced to love, heartbreak, death, betrayal, marriage, divorce and even murder. You will learn about Buddy Hicks, an arsonist, who burns farm buildings out of revenge. The author sincerely hopes you will enjoy reading the pages of this short novel.