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An intimate biography of the great songwriter, this is also a deeply affectionate memoir by one of Johnny Mercer’s best friends. “Moon River,” “Laura,” “Skylark,” ”That Old Black Magic,” “One for My Baby,” “Accentuate the Positive,” “Satin Doll,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “Something’s Gotta Give”—the honor roll of Mercer’s songs is endless. Both Oscar Hammerstein II and Alan Jay Lerner called him the greatest lyricist in the English language, and he was perhaps the best-loved and certainly the best-known songwriter of his generation. But Mercer was also a complicated and private man. A scion of an important Savannah family that had lost its fortune...
"When Rosie dies in a car crash, she learns that before going to Paradise, she must return to earth as a reaper and collect three souls"--
Cincinnati Magazine taps into the DNA of the city, exploring shopping, dining, living, and culture and giving readers a ringside seat on the issues shaping the region.
In this volume (a companion to American Popular Song Composers), 39 leading American lyricists from the Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood and Broadway of the 1920s to the 1960s discuss their careers and share the stories of creating many of the most beloved songs in American music. Interviewed for radio in the 1970s, they include such writing teams as Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, and such individuals as Harold Adamson, E.Y. Harburg, Gus Kahn, Leo Robin and Paul Francis Webster. Photographs and rare sheet music reproductions accompany the interviews.
Harlow Smith lever livet hon alltid längtat efter. Hon hyr en lägenhet i sin morfars hus på Cape Cod, driver ortens lilla bokhandel och är mer eller mindre lyckligt singel. Men en dag kliver en ung kille in i bokhandel. Hans namn är Matthew Walker, och för sjutton år sedan adopterade Harlow bort honom. Och ända sedan dess har hon lyckats hålla honom hemlig. Fram tills nu. Alla i Cape Cod blir oerhört chockade. Familjen Smith har alltid varit ortens mest eftersträvansvärda, och hur kan den ”tråkiga systern” som driver bokhandeln med sin gamla morfar ha ett hemligt barn i bagaget? Det blir en sommar där fler hemligheter och gömda känslor kommer upp till ytan, och för Harlow kommer livet aldrig bli detsamma ... Bokhandeln på Cape Cod är en varm och underhållande feelgoodroman från amerikanska Kristan Higgins, som sålt över 100 000 böcker i Sverige.
An emotional and heart-warming novel from the bestselling author of TikTok sensation Pack up the Moon. 'A raw and genuine look at motherhood, A Little Ray of Sunshine is a lovely ode to love in all of its many forms, family lost and found' Ashley Poston, author of The Dead Romantics A kid walks into your bookstore and... guess what? He's your son. The one you put up for adoption eighteen years ago. The one you never told anyone about. Surprise! And a huge surprise it is. It's a huge surprise to his adoptive mother, Monica, who thought she had a close relationship with Matthew, her nearly adult son. Until he secretly arranged a vacation to Cape Cod so he could meet his birth mother... without...
"If you liked The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair, you will love this" The Times "One of the world's most original voices in crime fiction" A. J. Finn, #1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Window The murder of Alaska Sanders was quickly solved. Within days, two suspects were identified. One died, the other pleaded guilty. Case closed. But, eleven years later, the death of another woman in a fast-food parking lot changes everything. Marcus Goldman, celebrity author and amateur investigator, picks up a thread that will unravel not only an open and shut case, but the very fabric of his best friend's life. Sergeant Perry Gahalowood, who led the original investigation, is hell-bent on setting the record straight. Teaming up with Marcus, he seeks redemption in most the intricate and testing case of his career. In this sequel to the phenomenal worldwide bestseller The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, Joël Dicker delivers the last word in slow-burn police procedurals. Clue by clue, witness by witness, question by question, his characters solve an unguessable puzzle that could only have been set by the master of the plot twist. Translated from the French by Robert Bonnono
As told by ace navigator Ralph Nutter, this is the story of two of our country's leading airmen during World War II: Haywood "Possum" Hansell and Curtis "the Eagle" LeMay. 24 photos. 2 maps.