2021, ISBN: 9780195040432

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Flatiron Books. Very Good. 6.43 x 1.23 x 9.49 inches. Hardcover. 2015. 384 pages. <br>The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A Peopl e Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year! Intell… Mehr…

Flatiron Books. Very Good. 6.43 x 1.23 x 9.49 inches. Hardcover. 2015. 384 pages. <br>The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A Peopl e Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year! Intelligent and captivating . Don't miss it. - People Magazine One of the best celebrity memo irs of the year. -The Hollywood Reporter Rock Star. Composer and Lyricist. Feminist Icon. Survivor. Simon's memoir reveals her r emarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters performing folk songs with her sister Lucy in Greenwich Village, to a meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, i ncluding the #1 song You're So Vain. She was the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Glob e Award, for her song Let the River Run from the movie Working Gi rl. The memoir recalls a childhood enriched by music and cultur e, but also one shrouded in secrets that would eventually tear he r family apart. Simon brilliantly captures moments of creative in spiration, the sparks of songs, and the stories behind writing An ticipation and We Have No Secrets among many others. Romantic ent anglements with some of the most famous men of the day fueled her confessional lyrics, as well as the unraveling of her storybook marriage to James Taylor. Editorial Reviews Amazon Review An Amazon Best Book of December 2015: In the trees is just about the only place in Carly Simon's world that there aren't boys, sug gests this unputdownable memoir by the beloved singer and the fir st artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for the same song (Let the River Run from t he movie Working Girl). Growing up the privileged but congenitall y anxious daughter of a high-flying publishing executive, Simon l earned early on - perhaps from her mother, who moved a much young er male assistant into the house when the Simon sisters were smal l - to crave love and attention. Some of this she got, of course, from performing, even though she famously suffers from crippling stage fright. The rest she sought from men - and her encounters with guys known mostly by their bold-faced first names - Mick, Wa rren, Jack - are well (and sometimes painfully honestly) document ed here. (And yes, she finally reveals who her song You're So Vai n refers to - sort of.) But it is the story of her marriage to fe llow musician and Martha's Vineyard resident James Taylor - whom she met first as a young teenager - that is the most resonant. Al though the union lasted two decades, and produced two children - and despite the fact that Simon and Taylor are now not in touch - it is clear that JT is Simon's real-life torch song, the origina l man who got away. - Sara Nelson Review Intelligent and capti vating...Don't miss it. - People Magazine One of the best celebr ity memoirs of the year ... elegantly written and revealing. - Th e Hollywood Reporter Carly Simon could have gotten away with jus t the name-dropping. In her life, she's crossed paths with an ast onishing range of famous people, from Cat Stevens and Jimi Hendri x to Benny Goodman and Albert Einstein. So it's a pleasant surpri se that in her compelling new autobiography, Boys in the Trees, s he lays out her naked emotions and insecurities, and that she pro ves to be a supple writer with a gift for descriptions.- Rolling Stone A lyrical look back at her childhood, her career, and oh, the men in her life...anecdote-filled...dishy without being salac ious. There's plenty here for fans to feast upon - USA Today Boys in the Trees meets its lofty expectations. As one of pop music's more literate songwriters ? she was the first solo woman to win a Best Song Oscar for Let the River Run from Working Girl ? Simon writes beautifully and affectingly. Her publisher father, for wh om she clamored for attention and validation, would be proud. - M iami Herald About the Author Carly Simon is a songwriter and si nger of songs. Her children are Ben Taylor and Sally Taylor Brago nier. She has one grandchild: Bodhi Taylor Bragonier. She lives o n Martha's Vineyard and is the author of Boys in the Trees. Revi ew Intelligent and captivating...Don't miss it. - People Magazin e One of the best celebrity memoirs of the year ... elegantly wr itten and revealing. - The Hollywood Reporter Carly Simon could have gotten away with just the name-dropping. In her life, she's crossed paths with an astonishing range of famous people, from Ca t Stevens and Jimi Hendrix to Benny Goodman and Albert Einstein. So it's a pleasant surprise that in her compelling new autobiogra phy, Boys in the Trees, she lays out her naked emotions and insec urities, and that she proves to be a supple writer with a gift fo r descriptions.- Rolling Stone A lyrical look back at her childh ood, her career, and oh, the men in her life...anecdote-filled... dishy without being salacious. There's plenty here for fans to fe ast upon - USA Today Boys in the Trees meets its lofty expectatio ns. As one of pop music's more literate songwriters ? she was the first solo woman to win a Best Song Oscar for Let the River Run from Working Girl ? Simon writes beautifully and affectingly. Her publisher father, for whom she clamored for attention and valida tion, would be proud. - Miami Herald About the Author Carly Sim on is a songwriter and singer of songs. Her children are Ben Tayl or and Sally Taylor Bragonier. She has one grandchild: Bodhi Tayl or Bragonier. She lives on Martha's Vineyard and is the author of Boys in the Trees. About the Author Carly Simon is a songwriter and singer of songs. Her children are Ben Taylor and Sally Taylo r Bragonier. She has one grandchild: Bodhi Taylor Bragonier. She lives on Martha's Vineyard and is the author of Boys in the Trees . Excerpt. ® Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Boys in the Trees A Memoir By Carly Simon Flatiron Books Copyright © 2015 Carly Simon All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-250-09589-3 Contents Title Page, Copyright Notice, Dedication, BOOK ONE, 1. 133 West Eleventh Street, 2. Summer in the Trees, 3. Frunzh offa, 4. Carly, Meet Ronny, 5. Splinter-Happy Steps, 6. The Di nner Party, 7. Moonglow, 8. The Twenty-Ninth Floor, BOOK TWO, 9. The Hardships of the Mistral, 10. Frog Footman, 11. Moneype nny, 12. Jake Was the Hub, 13. Record Numero Uno, 14. Soft Sum mer Gardens, 15. The Potemkin Hotel, BOOK THREE, 16. Carnegie Hall, 17. Choppin' Wood, 18. Moonlight Mile, 19. We'll Marry, 20. Emulsification, 21. Heat's Up, Tea's Brewed, 22. Showdown, 23. Sheets the Color of Fire, 24. Strip, Bitch, Epilogue, Ac knowledgments, About the Author, Copyright, CHAPTER 1 133 we st eleventh street This day may have been the day, the very day when my identity was born. Before the incident occurred, I didn't think about who I was. After, I would spend the rest of my life testing myself to see if I had been right. The whole family was gathered after dinner to make the acquaintance of a possible nurs e for Peter, my brother, just born five months before. Lucy and J oey, my two older sisters, and I were all under the age of eight. We lived in the top floor of a six-story town house on Eleventh Street. Quick, girls, it's almost eight, the plane got in an hou r ago. Get dressed and wear shoes and socks and brush your hair. Mommy was holding a cigarette between her lips. She tried to get a brush through the tangles of my feathery hair, and finally grab bed a barrette, attempting to get my hair to go somewhere it stub bornly wouldn't go. She left it in a web of blond knots and went on to an easier task: brushing Lucy's hair. Andrea Simon still h ad to neaten up her chignon, don her black calf heels, and apply a new layer of lipstick. She always wore bright red. From at lea st three rooms away I could hear Daddy playing the piano: a stron g, beautiful classical piece he'd been working on. It sounded jus t like a record. Daddy had been in the hospital for five weeks a fter Peter was born. He had had a nervous collapse. I would not l earn about psychology until later, when the names and labels and diagnoses would collect and sprawl before me. Quick, girls. Momm y hurried us along. Don't forget your manners, she might have rep eated several times so it would stick. I wish he'd play somethin g from Carousel or South Pacific, Mommy thought aloud. It would m ake Mrs. Gaspard feel more comfortable, I should think. Rachmanin off isn't for this kind of meeting, as if any of her three young daughters would know. She really did mean it, though, because she issued one final direction to us and then walked very fast into the living room to tell Daddy, I presume, to stop playing what he was playing and play something more fun. We girls followed her a nd could hear them having a minor argument, and then Daddy starte d playing The Man I Love, from Strike Up the Band, by George Gers hwin. Gershwin had sent him a copy. My father was at the center o f the publishing world in 1948, and he had gotten to know Gershwi n while the company was doing a book on him. Daddy had started th e company, Simon & Schuster, in 1924, with Max Schuster, and by 1 948 things were only getting better. And he'll be big and strong , the man I love </div Contents Title Page, Copyright Notice, Dedication, BOOK ONE, 1. 133 West Eleventh Street, 2. Summer i n the Trees, 3. Frunzhoffa, 4. Carly, Meet Ronny, 5. Splinter- Happy Steps, 6. The Dinner Party, 7. Moonglow, 8. The Twenty-N inth Floor, BOOK TWO, 9. The Hardships of the Mistral, 10. Fro g Footman, 11. Moneypenny, 12. Jake Was the Hub, 13. Record Nu mero Uno, 14. Soft Summer Gardens, 15. The Potemkin Hotel, BOO K THREE, 16. Carnegie Hall, 17. Choppin' Wood, 18. Moonlight M ile, 19. We'll Marry, 20. Emulsification, 21. Heat's Up, Tea's Brewed, 22. Showdown, 23. Sheets the Color of Fire, 24. Strip , Bitch, Epilogue, Acknowledgments, About the Author, Copyrig ht, CHAPTER 1 133 west eleventh street This day may have been the day, the very day when my identity was born. Before the inci dent occurred, I didn't think about who I was. After, I would spe nd the rest of my life testing myself to see if I had been right. The whole family was gathered after dinner to make the acquaint ance of a possible nurse for Peter, my brother, just born five mo nths before. Lucy and Joey, my two older sisters, and I were all under the age of eight. We lived in the top floor of a six-story town house on Eleventh Street. Quick, girls, it's almost eight, the plane got in an hour ago. Get dressed and wear shoes and sock s and brush your hair. Mommy was holding a cigarette between her lips. She tried to get a brush through the tangles of my feathery hair, and finally grabbed a barrette, attempting to get my hair to go somewhere it stubbornly wouldn't go. She left it in a web o f blond knots and went on to an easier task: brushing Lucy's hair . Andrea Simon still had to neaten up her chignon, don her black calf heels, and apply a new layer of lipstick. She always wore b right red. From at least three rooms away I could hear Daddy pla ying the piano: a strong, beautiful classical piece he'd been wor king on. It sounded just like a record. Daddy had been in the ho spital for five weeks after Peter was born. He had had a nervous collapse. I would not learn about psychology until later, when th e names and labels and diagnoses would collect and sprawl before me. Quick, girls. Mommy hurried us along. Don't forget your mann ers, she might have repeated several times so it would stick. I wish he'd play something from Carousel or South Pacific, Mommy th ought aloud. It would make Mrs. Gaspard feel more comfortable, I should think. Rachmaninoff isn't for this kind of meeting, as if any of her three young daughters would know. She really did mean it, though, because she issued one final direction to us and then walked very fast into the living room to tell Daddy, I presume, to stop playing what he was playing and play something more fun. We girls followed her and could hear them having a minor argument , and then Daddy started playing The Man I Love, from Strike Up t he Band, by George Gershwin. Gershwin had sent him a copy. My fat her was at the center of the publishing world in 1948, and he had gotten to know Gershwin while the company was doing a book on hi m. Daddy had started the company, Simon & Schuster, in 1924, with Max Schuster, and by 1948 things were only getting better. And he'll be big and strong, the man I love </div ., Flatiron Books, 2015, 3, Collins. Paperback. Used; Good. **Simply Brit** Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. We are committed to providing you with reliable and efficient service at all times. 01/04/2021, Collins, 2.5, Collins Educational, 2013. Paperback. New. 48 pages. 7.95x6.38x0.24 inches., Collins Educational, 2013, 6, London, England: Andre Deutsch, 1999. Paperback. An eclectic musician and complex man, Elvis Costello is our least self-serving rock star but also the hardest to pin down. Here, Tony Clayton-Lea, award winning music writer, has unravelled the story and the mind of Declan Patrick MacManus. From son of a big band leader in 1950s London to world-weary chronicler of emotions living in starry exile in Ireland, it's a cerebal rock journey; a journey that starts in Costello's head and moves into music history. Illustrated.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback., Andre Deutsch, 1999, 3, London England: Andre Deutsch, 1999. Paperback. An eclectic musician and complex man, Elvis Costello is our least self-serving rock star but also the hardest to pin down. Here, Tony Clayton-Lea, award winning music writer, has unravelled the story and the mind of Declan Patrick MacManus. From son of a big band leader in 1950s London to world-weary chronicler of emotions living in starry exile in Ireland, it's a cerebal rock journey; a journey that starts in Costello's head and moves into music history. Illustrated.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback., Andre Deutsch, 1999, 3, Collins Educational, 2011. Paperback. New. 16 pages. 8.27x7.95x0.16 inches., Collins Educational, 2011, 6, Hachette Books. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Hachette Books, 2.5, Four years after his #1 bestseller The Big Short, Michael Lewis returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets.Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, postfinancial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they come to this realization separately; but after they discover one another, the flash boys band together and set out to reform the financial markets. This they do by creating an exchange in which high-frequency tradingsource of the most intractable problemswill have no advantage whatsoever.The characters in Flash Boys are fabulous, each completely different from what you think of when you think "Wall Street guy." Several have walked away from jobs in the financial sector that paid them millions of dollars a year. From their new vantage point they investigate the big banks, the world's stock exchanges, and high-frequency trading firms as they have never been investigated, and expose the many strange new ways that Wall Street generates profits.The light that Lewis shines into the darkest corners of the financial world may not be good for your blood pressure, because if you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you. But in the end, Flash Boys is an uplifting read. Here are people who have somehow preserved a moral sense in an environment where you don't get paid for that; they have perceived an institutionalized injustice and are willing to go to war to fix it., W. W. Norton & Company, 2014-03, 6, Bozeman, Montana: Lexington Marshall Pub, 1999. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing (2013). Pictorial Over White Wraps With Orange And White Lettering On The Spine. 1949 Saint Paul/Minneapolis - Those Memorable Days Of Push Lawn Mowers, Corner Grocery Stores, Big-Band Music, Burning Leaves And Filling Stations That Check The Oil And Wash The Windshield. On This Nostalgic Canvas, Stanley West Has Set His Riveting And Heartwarming Novel, The Devastating Story Of Young Sandy Meyer. Bright And Outgoing, Having Grown Up Through The Great Depression And The World War Ii Year, She Is Suddenly Give One Perplexing Clue To Her Past That Sets Her On An Incredible And Harrowing Journey In Search Of Her Lost Family. A Pilgrimage That Brings Her Face To Face With Nerve-Shattering Suspense, Unbearable Terror And The Magnificent Capacity Of The Human Heart. - Back Panel, Lexington Marshall Pub, 1999, 6, Hollywood Records, 2001-01-01. Audio CD. Like New. /ORIGINAL 2000 RELEASE/AS NEW, SEEMS NEVER USED/SAME TRACKS/BARCODE PUNCHED/*SHIPS WITHIN 24HRS!!*, Hollywood Records, 2001-01-01, 5, Hachette Books, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Hachette Books, 2001, 3, Hachette Books, 2001. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Hachette Books, 2001, 2.5, Early Jazz is one of the seminal books on American jazz, ranging from the beginnings of jazz as a distinct musical style at the turn of the century to its first great flowering in the 1930s. Schuller explores the music of the great jazz soloists of the twenties--Jelly Roll Morton, BixBeiderbecke, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and others--and the big bands and arrangers--Fletcher Henderson, Bennie Moten, and especially Duke Ellington--placing their music in the context of the other musical cultures of the twentieth century and offering analyses of many great jazz recordings.Early Jazz provides a musical tour of the early American jazz world. A classic study, it is both a splendid introduction for students and an insightful guide for scholars, musicians, and jazz aficionados., 5<

2021, ISBN: 9780195040432

Gebundene Ausgabe

Flatiron Books. Very Good. 6.43 x 1.23 x 9.49 inches. Hardcover. 2015. 384 pages. <br>The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A Peopl e Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year! Intell… Mehr…

Flatiron Books. Very Good. 6.43 x 1.23 x 9.49 inches. Hardcover. 2015. 384 pages. <br>The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A Peopl e Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year! Intelligent and captivating . Don't miss it. - People Magazine One of the best celebrity memo irs of the year. -The Hollywood Reporter Rock Star. Composer and Lyricist. Feminist Icon. Survivor. Simon's memoir reveals her r emarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters performing folk songs with her sister Lucy in Greenwich Village, to a meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, i ncluding the #1 song You're So Vain. She was the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Glob e Award, for her song Let the River Run from the movie Working Gi rl. The memoir recalls a childhood enriched by music and cultur e, but also one shrouded in secrets that would eventually tear he r family apart. Simon brilliantly captures moments of creative in spiration, the sparks of songs, and the stories behind writing An ticipation and We Have No Secrets among many others. Romantic ent anglements with some of the most famous men of the day fueled her confessional lyrics, as well as the unraveling of her storybook marriage to James Taylor. Editorial Reviews Amazon Review An Amazon Best Book of December 2015: In the trees is just about the only place in Carly Simon's world that there aren't boys, sug gests this unputdownable memoir by the beloved singer and the fir st artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for the same song (Let the River Run from t he movie Working Girl). Growing up the privileged but congenitall y anxious daughter of a high-flying publishing executive, Simon l earned early on - perhaps from her mother, who moved a much young er male assistant into the house when the Simon sisters were smal l - to crave love and attention. Some of this she got, of course, from performing, even though she famously suffers from crippling stage fright. The rest she sought from men - and her encounters with guys known mostly by their bold-faced first names - Mick, Wa rren, Jack - are well (and sometimes painfully honestly) document ed here. (And yes, she finally reveals who her song You're So Vai n refers to - sort of.) But it is the story of her marriage to fe llow musician and Martha's Vineyard resident James Taylor - whom she met first as a young teenager - that is the most resonant. Al though the union lasted two decades, and produced two children - and despite the fact that Simon and Taylor are now not in touch - it is clear that JT is Simon's real-life torch song, the origina l man who got away. - Sara Nelson Review Intelligent and capti vating...Don't miss it. - People Magazine One of the best celebr ity memoirs of the year ... elegantly written and revealing. - Th e Hollywood Reporter Carly Simon could have gotten away with jus t the name-dropping. In her life, she's crossed paths with an ast onishing range of famous people, from Cat Stevens and Jimi Hendri x to Benny Goodman and Albert Einstein. So it's a pleasant surpri se that in her compelling new autobiography, Boys in the Trees, s he lays out her naked emotions and insecurities, and that she pro ves to be a supple writer with a gift for descriptions.- Rolling Stone A lyrical look back at her childhood, her career, and oh, the men in her life...anecdote-filled...dishy without being salac ious. There's plenty here for fans to feast upon - USA Today Boys in the Trees meets its lofty expectations. As one of pop music's more literate songwriters ? she was the first solo woman to win a Best Song Oscar for Let the River Run from Working Girl ? Simon writes beautifully and affectingly. Her publisher father, for wh om she clamored for attention and validation, would be proud. - M iami Herald About the Author Carly Simon is a songwriter and si nger of songs. Her children are Ben Taylor and Sally Taylor Brago nier. She has one grandchild: Bodhi Taylor Bragonier. She lives o n Martha's Vineyard and is the author of Boys in the Trees. Revi ew Intelligent and captivating...Don't miss it. - People Magazin e One of the best celebrity memoirs of the year ... elegantly wr itten and revealing. - The Hollywood Reporter Carly Simon could have gotten away with just the name-dropping. In her life, she's crossed paths with an astonishing range of famous people, from Ca t Stevens and Jimi Hendrix to Benny Goodman and Albert Einstein. So it's a pleasant surprise that in her compelling new autobiogra phy, Boys in the Trees, she lays out her naked emotions and insec urities, and that she proves to be a supple writer with a gift fo r descriptions.- Rolling Stone A lyrical look back at her childh ood, her career, and oh, the men in her life...anecdote-filled... dishy without being salacious. There's plenty here for fans to fe ast upon - USA Today Boys in the Trees meets its lofty expectatio ns. As one of pop music's more literate songwriters ? she was the first solo woman to win a Best Song Oscar for Let the River Run from Working Girl ? Simon writes beautifully and affectingly. Her publisher father, for whom she clamored for attention and valida tion, would be proud. - Miami Herald About the Author Carly Sim on is a songwriter and singer of songs. Her children are Ben Tayl or and Sally Taylor Bragonier. She has one grandchild: Bodhi Tayl or Bragonier. She lives on Martha's Vineyard and is the author of Boys in the Trees. About the Author Carly Simon is a songwriter and singer of songs. Her children are Ben Taylor and Sally Taylo r Bragonier. She has one grandchild: Bodhi Taylor Bragonier. She lives on Martha's Vineyard and is the author of Boys in the Trees . Excerpt. ® Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Boys in the Trees A Memoir By Carly Simon Flatiron Books Copyright © 2015 Carly Simon All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-250-09589-3 Contents Title Page, Copyright Notice, Dedication, BOOK ONE, 1. 133 West Eleventh Street, 2. Summer in the Trees, 3. Frunzh offa, 4. Carly, Meet Ronny, 5. Splinter-Happy Steps, 6. The Di nner Party, 7. Moonglow, 8. The Twenty-Ninth Floor, BOOK TWO, 9. The Hardships of the Mistral, 10. Frog Footman, 11. Moneype nny, 12. Jake Was the Hub, 13. Record Numero Uno, 14. Soft Sum mer Gardens, 15. The Potemkin Hotel, BOOK THREE, 16. Carnegie Hall, 17. Choppin' Wood, 18. Moonlight Mile, 19. We'll Marry, 20. Emulsification, 21. Heat's Up, Tea's Brewed, 22. Showdown, 23. Sheets the Color of Fire, 24. Strip, Bitch, Epilogue, Ac knowledgments, About the Author, Copyright, CHAPTER 1 133 we st eleventh street This day may have been the day, the very day when my identity was born. Before the incident occurred, I didn't think about who I was. After, I would spend the rest of my life testing myself to see if I had been right. The whole family was gathered after dinner to make the acquaintance of a possible nurs e for Peter, my brother, just born five months before. Lucy and J oey, my two older sisters, and I were all under the age of eight. We lived in the top floor of a six-story town house on Eleventh Street. Quick, girls, it's almost eight, the plane got in an hou r ago. Get dressed and wear shoes and socks and brush your hair. Mommy was holding a cigarette between her lips. She tried to get a brush through the tangles of my feathery hair, and finally grab bed a barrette, attempting to get my hair to go somewhere it stub bornly wouldn't go. She left it in a web of blond knots and went on to an easier task: brushing Lucy's hair. Andrea Simon still h ad to neaten up her chignon, don her black calf heels, and apply a new layer of lipstick. She always wore bright red. From at lea st three rooms away I could hear Daddy playing the piano: a stron g, beautiful classical piece he'd been working on. It sounded jus t like a record. Daddy had been in the hospital for five weeks a fter Peter was born. He had had a nervous collapse. I would not l earn about psychology until later, when the names and labels and diagnoses would collect and sprawl before me. Quick, girls. Momm y hurried us along. Don't forget your manners, she might have rep eated several times so it would stick. I wish he'd play somethin g from Carousel or South Pacific, Mommy thought aloud. It would m ake Mrs. Gaspard feel more comfortable, I should think. Rachmanin off isn't for this kind of meeting, as if any of her three young daughters would know. She really did mean it, though, because she issued one final direction to us and then walked very fast into the living room to tell Daddy, I presume, to stop playing what he was playing and play something more fun. We girls followed her a nd could hear them having a minor argument, and then Daddy starte d playing The Man I Love, from Strike Up the Band, by George Gers hwin. Gershwin had sent him a copy. My father was at the center o f the publishing world in 1948, and he had gotten to know Gershwi n while the company was doing a book on him. Daddy had started th e company, Simon & Schuster, in 1924, with Max Schuster, and by 1 948 things were only getting better. And he'll be big and strong , the man I love </div Contents Title Page, Copyright Notice, Dedication, BOOK ONE, 1. 133 West Eleventh Street, 2. Summer i n the Trees, 3. Frunzhoffa, 4. Carly, Meet Ronny, 5. Splinter- Happy Steps, 6. The Dinner Party, 7. Moonglow, 8. The Twenty-N inth Floor, BOOK TWO, 9. The Hardships of the Mistral, 10. Fro g Footman, 11. Moneypenny, 12. Jake Was the Hub, 13. Record Nu mero Uno, 14. Soft Summer Gardens, 15. The Potemkin Hotel, BOO K THREE, 16. Carnegie Hall, 17. Choppin' Wood, 18. Moonlight M ile, 19. We'll Marry, 20. Emulsification, 21. Heat's Up, Tea's Brewed, 22. Showdown, 23. Sheets the Color of Fire, 24. Strip , Bitch, Epilogue, Acknowledgments, About the Author, Copyrig ht, CHAPTER 1 133 west eleventh street This day may have been the day, the very day when my identity was born. Before the inci dent occurred, I didn't think about who I was. After, I would spe nd the rest of my life testing myself to see if I had been right. The whole family was gathered after dinner to make the acquaint ance of a possible nurse for Peter, my brother, just born five mo nths before. Lucy and Joey, my two older sisters, and I were all under the age of eight. We lived in the top floor of a six-story town house on Eleventh Street. Quick, girls, it's almost eight, the plane got in an hour ago. Get dressed and wear shoes and sock s and brush your hair. Mommy was holding a cigarette between her lips. She tried to get a brush through the tangles of my feathery hair, and finally grabbed a barrette, attempting to get my hair to go somewhere it stubbornly wouldn't go. She left it in a web o f blond knots and went on to an easier task: brushing Lucy's hair . Andrea Simon still had to neaten up her chignon, don her black calf heels, and apply a new layer of lipstick. She always wore b right red. From at least three rooms away I could hear Daddy pla ying the piano: a strong, beautiful classical piece he'd been wor king on. It sounded just like a record. Daddy had been in the ho spital for five weeks after Peter was born. He had had a nervous collapse. I would not learn about psychology until later, when th e names and labels and diagnoses would collect and sprawl before me. Quick, girls. Mommy hurried us along. Don't forget your mann ers, she might have repeated several times so it would stick. I wish he'd play something from Carousel or South Pacific, Mommy th ought aloud. It would make Mrs. Gaspard feel more comfortable, I should think. Rachmaninoff isn't for this kind of meeting, as if any of her three young daughters would know. She really did mean it, though, because she issued one final direction to us and then walked very fast into the living room to tell Daddy, I presume, to stop playing what he was playing and play something more fun. We girls followed her and could hear them having a minor argument , and then Daddy started playing The Man I Love, from Strike Up t he Band, by George Gershwin. Gershwin had sent him a copy. My fat her was at the center of the publishing world in 1948, and he had gotten to know Gershwin while the company was doing a book on hi m. Daddy had started the company, Simon & Schuster, in 1924, with Max Schuster, and by 1948 things were only getting better. And he'll be big and strong, the man I love </div ., Flatiron Books, 2015, 3, Collins. Paperback. Used; Good. **Simply Brit** Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. We are committed to providing you with reliable and efficient service at all times. 01/04/2021, Collins, 2.5, Collins Educational, 2013. Paperback. New. 48 pages. 7.95x6.38x0.24 inches., Collins Educational, 2013, 6, London, England: Andre Deutsch, 1999. Paperback. An eclectic musician and complex man, Elvis Costello is our least self-serving rock star but also the hardest to pin down. Here, Tony Clayton-Lea, award winning music writer, has unravelled the story and the mind of Declan Patrick MacManus. From son of a big band leader in 1950s London to world-weary chronicler of emotions living in starry exile in Ireland, it's a cerebal rock journey; a journey that starts in Costello's head and moves into music history. Illustrated.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback., Andre Deutsch, 1999, 3, London England: Andre Deutsch, 1999. Paperback. An eclectic musician and complex man, Elvis Costello is our least self-serving rock star but also the hardest to pin down. Here, Tony Clayton-Lea, award winning music writer, has unravelled the story and the mind of Declan Patrick MacManus. From son of a big band leader in 1950s London to world-weary chronicler of emotions living in starry exile in Ireland, it's a cerebal rock journey; a journey that starts in Costello's head and moves into music history. Illustrated.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback., Andre Deutsch, 1999, 3, Collins Educational, 2011. Paperback. New. 16 pages. 8.27x7.95x0.16 inches., Collins Educational, 2011, 6, Hachette Books. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Hachette Books, 2.5, Bozeman, Montana: Lexington Marshall Pub, 1999. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing (2013). Pictorial Over White Wraps With Orange And White Lettering On The Spine. 1949 Saint Paul/Minneapolis - Those Memorable Days Of Push Lawn Mowers, Corner Grocery Stores, Big-Band Music, Burning Leaves And Filling Stations That Check The Oil And Wash The Windshield. On This Nostalgic Canvas, Stanley West Has Set His Riveting And Heartwarming Novel, The Devastating Story Of Young Sandy Meyer. 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Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Hachette Books, 2001, 2.5, Early Jazz is one of the seminal books on American jazz, ranging from the beginnings of jazz as a distinct musical style at the turn of the century to its first great flowering in the 1930s. Schuller explores the music of the great jazz soloists of the twenties--Jelly Roll Morton, BixBeiderbecke, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and others--and the big bands and arrangers--Fletcher Henderson, Bennie Moten, and especially Duke Ellington--placing their music in the context of the other musical cultures of the twentieth century and offering analyses of many great jazz recordings.Early Jazz provides a musical tour of the early American jazz world. A classic study, it is both a splendid introduction for students and an insightful guide for scholars, musicians, and jazz aficionados., 5<