The Singer Story

Download or read book The Singer and the Scientist written by Lisa Rose and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1937, and Marian Anderson is one of the most famous singers in America. But after she gives a performance for an all-white audience, she learns that the nearby hotel is closed to African Americans. She doesn't know where she'll stay for the night. Until the famous scientist Albert Einstein invites her to stay at his house. Marian, who endures constant discrimination as a Black performer, learns that Albert faced prejudice as a Jew in Germany. She discovers their shared passion for music—and their shared hopes for a more just world.

Download or read book The Singer Story written by Kevin Atkinson and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the definitive history of one of Britain's oldest and most important and influential car manufacturers. Thoroughly researched and with over 300 photos this is an important piece of automotive history.

Download or read book The Singer in the Stream written by Katherine Hocker and published by Yosemite Conservancy. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American dippers are small gray birds that live their whole lives near (and in!) fast-moving mountain streams. Charming and unique in their habits, dippers were John Muir’s favorite bird (he called them 'water ouzels'). This nonfiction book — brimming with full-color illustrations, detailed sketches, lively verse, and light humor — takes readers to a rendezvous with a winged creature they might easily see on a stream-side ramble throughout western North America. Readers will discover what these curious little birds eat, how they find their food, where they nest, what their chicks are like, where they go in winter, and much more. A section at the end provides a wealth of additional information making this book a fantastic resource for junior naturalists, educators, bird enthusiasts, visitors to national parks, and anyone interested in how field biologists perform their work.

Download or read book A Capitalist Romance written by Ruth Brandon and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stories for Children written by Isaac Bashevis Singer and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaac Bashevis Singer is known for his mastery of storytelling - but it was not until 1966, at the age of sixty-two, that he published his first children's book, Zlateh the Goat, a Newbery Honor Book and instant classic. Singer went on to write many stories for children, most of which are included in this volume, along with a brief introduction and a special epilogue, "Are Children the Ultimate Literary Critics?" The collection presents exuberant and timeless tales for children rich in fantasy and deeply rooted in the lost cultural tradition of his native Poland. A number of the stories appear in book form for the first time - and all have been translated from the Yiddish with the author's personal supervision.

Download or read book The Seance and Other Stories written by Isaac Bashevis Singer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1980-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated by from Yiddish by Roger H. Klein and others.

Download or read book Life Is Mostly Edges written by Calvin Miller and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One man’s backward glance at unexpected lessons, the beauty of relationship, and God’s mysterious guiding hand. Bestselling author and poet Calvin Miller turns his hand to the most moving story of all – his own. The reader is taken through a myriad of experiences of a young man coming of age in mid-20th century America. Following his life into college, seminary, a small local church and eventually to a new life as an author and professor, the memoir touches on those points that make all of us uniquely human and intensely vulnerable.