With Strings Attached

Author : Joanne Lipman
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401304982
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strings Attached written by Joanne Lipman and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FINE ART OF TOUGH LOVE. If you're lucky, somewhere in your past is that one person who changed your life forever. The one who pushed you to dream bigger and to reach higher, and who set you straight on what matters in life. Perhaps it was a coach, or a professor, or a family friend. For Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky, that person was a public-school music teacher, Jerry Kupchynsky, known as Mr. K--a Ukrainian-born taskmaster who yelled and stomped and screamed, and who drove his students harder than anyone had ever driven them before. Through sheer force of will, he made them better than they had any right to be. Strings Attached tells the inspiring, poignant, and powerful story of this remarkable man, whose life seemed to conspire against him at every turn and yet who was able to transform his own heartache into triumph for his students. Lyrically recounted by two former students -- acclaimed journalist Joanne Lipman and Mr. K's daughter, Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Melanie Kupchynsky -- Strings Attached takes you on a journey that spans from his days as a forced Nazi laborer and his later home life as a husband to an invalid wife, to his heart-breaking search for his missing daughter, Melanie's sister. This is an unforgettable tale -- a captivating narrative that is as absorbing as fiction -- about the power of a great teacher, but also about the legacy that remains long after the last note has faded into silence: lessons in resilience, excellence, and tough love. Strings Attached is for anyone indebted to a mentor and for those devoted to igniting excellence in others.

Author : Jonathan Kellerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780345499783
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book With Strings Attached written by Jonathan Kellerman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated coffee table book in which Kellerman shares his incredible, world-renowned guitar collection of 108 of the most sought-after musical instruments. Lavishly illustrated with photography by renowned photographer Exley and complete with an introduction by Andy Summers, the famed Police guitarist, this book is a gift from one guitar lover to another. Also includes descriptive essays on the history, structure and idiosyncratic features of these unique instruments.

Author : Judy Blundell
Publisher : Scholastic
ISBN 13 : 1407130382
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strings Attached written by Judy Blundell and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 2014 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kit Corrigan arrives in New York City, she doesn't have much. The city doesn't welcome her with open arms. Kit gets a bit part as a chorus girl in a Broadway show, but she knows that's not going to last. She needs help - and then it comes, from an unexpected source. But as time goes on, Kit starts to wonder who she can really trust...

Author : Ruth W. Grant
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069116102X
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strings Attached written by Ruth W. Grant and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-06 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legitimate and illegitimate use of incentives in society today Incentives can be found everywhere—in schools, businesses, factories, and government—influencing people's choices about almost everything, from financial decisions and tobacco use to exercise and child rearing. So long as people have a choice, incentives seem innocuous. But Strings Attached demonstrates that when incentives are viewed as a kind of power rather than as a form of exchange, many ethical questions arise: How do incentives affect character and institutional culture? Can incentives be manipulative or exploitative, even if people are free to refuse them? What are the responsibilities of the powerful in using incentives? Ruth Grant shows that, like all other forms of power, incentives can be subject to abuse, and she identifies their legitimate and illegitimate uses. Grant offers a history of the growth of incentives in early twentieth-century America, identifies standards for judging incentives, and examines incentives in four areas—plea bargaining, recruiting medical research subjects, International Monetary Fund loan conditions, and motivating students. In every case, the analysis of incentives in terms of power yields strikingly different and more complex judgments than an analysis that views incentives as trades, in which the desired behavior is freely exchanged for the incentives offered. Challenging the role and function of incentives in a democracy, Strings Attached questions whether the penchant for constant incentivizing undermines active, autonomous citizenship. Readers of this book are sure to view the ethics of incentives in a new light.

Author : Kate Angell
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 0758289154
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Strings Attached written by Kate Angell and published by Kensington Books . This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volleyball star makes a play for the shy girl he’s always loved in this beach town romance from the USA Today bestselling author of No Tan Lines. As a professional beach volleyball player, Dune Cates can have his pick of the girls at the Florida resort town of Barefoot William. But only one has managed to get under his skin—Sophie Saunders. Ever since they were kids, Sophie marched to a beat all her own. She might be prone to sunburn and afraid of the surf, but that doesn't stop her from trying every daring sport available on the boardwalk. As a no-strings-attached kind of guy, Dune knows Sophie spells trouble—and yet he can't keep his mind off her sweet smile. Meanwhile, Sophie has had a crush on Dune ever since he rescued her from childhood bullies. But how can she compete with his legions of skimpily-clad groupies? With the promise of ice cream sandwiches, merry-go-round rides and dreamy sunsets, it's only a matter of time before Dune and Sophie let their hang-ups drift out to sea.

Author : Matt Bacon
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Strings Attached written by Matt Bacon and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind the scenes tour of the worlds most incredible animatronics factory.

Author : Harper Bliss
Publisher : Ladylit Publishing via PublishDrive
ISBN 13 : 9881490979
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Strings Attached written by Harper Bliss and published by Ladylit Publishing via PublishDrive. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Micky thought she was straight, until she met Robin... Micky Ferro has lived her entire life according to other people's expectations. She married a man, had two children, and became a dutiful stay-at-home mom in suburban Sydney. Until she realized that her picture-perfect life wasn't making her happy. On the first anniversary of her divorce, Micky decides it's time for the next step in her journey and gets a job at her neighborhood coffeeshop, The Pink Bean. Becoming a barista sparks a big change in Micky's daily routine, but could loud-spoken American customer Robin do the same for her love life? Don't miss the first book in this heart-warming series from the bestselling author of the French Kissing and High Rise series. Every book in this series can be read as a stand-alone without having read the other instalments. THE PINK BEAN SERIES: 1. No Strings Attached 2. Beneath the Surface 3. Everything Between Us 4. This Foreign Affair 5. Water Under Bridges 6. No Other Love 7. Love Without Limits 8. Crazy For You 9. More Than Words

Author : William Starling
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849544786
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strings Attached written by William Starling and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strings Attached is the much anticipated authorised biography of John Williams, one of the most accomplished and celebrated musicians of his generation. From his childhood in Australia to his stellar career in London and around the world, John Williams has lived an extraordinary life. Master of the classical repertoire, he took the guitar to a wider audience with the band SKY and by his championing of the music of South America and Africa. William Starling came to know John Williams through their mutual friend, jazz guitarist John Etheridge. As their friendship developed, he put it to the maestro that it was time for a biography. To his lasting amazement, the famously private Williams agreed. Strings Attached is the product of extensive research and uniquely privileged access to John Williams, his family, friends and musical associates. It is the first telling of the fascinating life and career of a world-renowned musician and, equally, the story of a man and the making of his identity.

Author : Gay Walley
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781617037276
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strings Attached written by Gay Walley and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2014-12 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lyric story of love's stranglehold on a father and daughter

Author : Rich Buhler
Publisher : Nelsonword Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780840731586
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love written by Rich Buhler and published by Nelsonword Publishing Group. This book was released on 1990-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: