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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Johann Gottlieb Goldberg is a young servant in the employ of Count Keyserlingk. A talented musician, the boy secretly practices playing the harpsichord at night. When the count discovers Goldberg one evening, he challenges Goldberg to combine all the harpsichord music he's learned--and to throw in a riddle. In a panic, Goldberg turns to Johann Sebastian Bach for the perfect piece of music to appease the count. Stylized illustrations include elements...
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When his friend Victor suddenly dies, composer Mussorgsky is deeply saddened. But, with the help of his friends, and through his own music, Modest finds a way to keep Victor's spirit alive. Readers of all ages will enjoy the inspirational story behind the composition of Pictures at an Exhibition. Bright, colorful illustrations incorporate elements of Russian folk art and traditional symbols. View pages from artist JoAnn Kitchel's notebook for explanations...
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Her desire for distraction reignites a passion for a mysterious portrait she first saw as a young girl-a painting of a young violinist with piercing blue eyes. In her search for the painting, Sera crosses paths with William Hanover-the grandson of a wealthy California real estate mogul-who may be the key to uncovering the hidden masterpiece. Together Sera and William slowly unravel the story behind the painting's subject: Austrian violinist Adele...
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Ever since the ancient greeks sculpted the first kouros, children have been a source of inspiration for some of the world's greatest artists. Whether portraits of their own children, friends, and family members, or a nostalgic psychological portrayal of the artist's own youth, depictions of children in art remain arresting examples of an intersection between the picturesque innocence of childhood and the methodical work of adult artistry. In this...
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Kristy Cambron's Hidden Masterpiece novels are now available as an e-collection!
The Butterfly and the Violin
A mysterious painting breathes hope and beauty into the darkest corners of Auschwitz-and the loneliest hearts of Manhattan.
A Sparrow in Terezin
Bound together across time, two women will discover a powerful connection through one survivor's story of hope in the darkest days of a war-torn world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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In this Masterpiece Adventure, the second in a companion series for younger readers from bestselling author Elise Broach, Marvin the beetle is going collecting with his family. All is good and well until Uncle Albert gets hurt. Marvin needs James's help to save Uncle Albert before it's too late.
This young chapter book captures the miniature world of Marvin the beetle and his special friendship with James.
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Alice is ALIVE!
Where has she been? What is the explanation for the missing months between her and her wife?
As Kathy listens she is horrified to realize what has happened to the woman she once called the love of her life...
How she survived begins to unfold as she describes the terrors that she has endured the last two years...
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Hidden masterpiece novel volume 2
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Thomas Nelson
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[2015]
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English
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In a novel set in World War II and present-day, two women will discover a powerful connection through one concentration camp survivor's story of hope in the darkest days. 1942 -- Kája Makovsky narrowly escaped Nazi-occupied Prague in 1939 and was forced to leave behind her half-Jewish family. Now a reporter for The Daily Telegraph in England, Kája discovers the terror has followed her across the Channel in the shadowy form of the London Blitz. When...
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Beethoven's Third Symphony was written as Beethoven was struggling with his advancing deafness. Meant as a celebration of Napoleon's victories, the four movements reflected Bonaparte's courage and heroism. Soon after Beethoven completed the work, he discovered Napolean's treachery in declaring himself Emperor of France, and the composer considered destroying the composition. Instead, The Bonaparte Symphony was later renamed the Eroica, or Heroic Symphony....
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Anna Harwell Celenza's engaging fictionalized telling of the story behind Franz Joseph Haydn's famous symphony is a perfect introduction to classical music and its power. THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY brings to life a long summer spent at Esterháza, the summer palace of Prince Nicholas of Esterházy. The blustering, bellowing prince entertained hundreds of guests at his rural retreat and demanded music for every occasion. As the months passed, Haydn was...
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"Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume I" by Various. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices....
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She's cold, she's tired, and she just wants to go home to her family. Those preventing Alice from reaching her goals are about to learn there is a steep price to pay when you get in her way. With two civilians to protect from their enemies, will the horror she is about to unleash repel them or will they help her overcome the obstacles keeping her from her goals?
Alice is about to unleash the beast within. Come along and watch as she makes decisions...
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As she listens to the horrors that Alice and Sasha endured at the hands of their captors, Kathy realizes she has to know, she MUST know everything Alice has been up to. She wants to understand what kept them apart these past years…beyond her own anger at what her wife is capable of.
As the gruesome details of Alice and Sasha's story unfold, Kathy asks herself 'Does this justify what they did and are doing to those people? Does it explain their prolonged...
16) The King
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The highest stakes...
My father gambles every night, falling deeper and deeper into debt. When he hits the bottom, he places a new bet: his daughter. I'm his entry bet to the biggest underground poker game. Every kind of danger circles the velvet-covered table, but only one man makes me tremble.
A trailer park princess.
The son of a criminal king.
We don't belong together, but I'm caught in a twisted game.
His eyes meet mine with dark promise. And...
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Book 6 MATRIMONIAL MALICE
Alice is getting married. Has she finally fallen in love...? First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby, or babies, in the baby carriage? Is this possible for Alice's cold little heart?
Book 7 MOURNING MALICE
Dealing with the death of her wife, Alice finds raising a teenage daughter and two other children to be a challenge. She hadn't planned to ever be a parent, but for the love of her wife, now deceased,...
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The second set of FIVE Malice books in the series, all here contained in one DELICIOUS and ENTHRALLING book!
Book 16 MACABRE MALICE
Framed for a crime she didn't commit by a group of corrupt cops that are out to 'get her', Kathy battles to retain her freedom. She receives an unexpected bit of help from an Internal Affairs cop set on putting away all dirty cops. Certain that Kathy has been targeted by this unscrupulous group, Special Agent Linda Miller...
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