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The Little Organ of Resnik

Mindstir Media Publishing — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:34:21 +0000

Donna McClure's love for genealogy, the arts, and her family, served as the catalyst for this imaginative and instructional children's story. The seeds for the story began to sprout during the author's visit to her family's ancestral village in Croatia. The characters are real. The organ exists.

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Oh Nature by Favour Egwuogu

admin — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 02:35:32 +0000

This children's book is a compilation of short poems based on nature but heavily influenced by everyday events around us. The individual short stories were the result of the author's inspiration that came about by her sensitivity to daily occurrences around her. It is hoped that whoever is reading the book will enjoy the stories by discerning the basic concepts applied together with illustrations.

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The Lost Musicians by Donald Kitain

Mindstir Media Publishing — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 21:03:09 +0000

Here is the sometimes heartbreaking and often humorous true story of four intensely musically gifted brothers who lived and performed around the world for nearly eight decades. This reader friendly book follows their perilous lives and inspiring loves, their bright successes and deadly disappointments. Their history as Jews serves as a reminder of the terrible risks they took just to survive. This is essential reading for anyone interested in music and life during the twentieth century and the history of the time as it unfolded. Amazingly, much of their music is still available and rivals anything heard today. Their harrowing escapes and misfortunes during the Russian Revolution, World War I, the Holocaust and World War II, and their emotional lives after the wars provide an unparalleled testament to the power of life, love and hope.

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Linda Ronstadt: Rock’s First Female Superstar

admin — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 23:56:48 +0000

Linda Ronstadt was born in Tucson, Arizona during the Truman Administration, one year after World War Two ended. She grew up listening to a wide array of musical styles, from Jazz to Country to Mariachi to Opera to early Rock & Roll. At the age of eighteen, she dropped out of college and headed to Hollywood in search of fame and success as a musician. Shortly afterward, she formed The Stone Poneys - a Folk Rock band responsible for the revolutionary and poignant classic 'Different Drum'. After three albums released on Capitol Records, the group disbanded in 1968 and Linda experienced several years of career ups and downs. In 1975, Ronstadt became a superstar with the explosion of Heart Like A Wheel, a shimmering aural masterpiece considered to be the blueprint of the Country Rock genre still in effect today. Linda became the most successful female singer of the 1970s, and, ultimately, one of the most successful recording artists of all time. As of 2014, Linda has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and has won 12 heralded Grammy Awards including the 2011 Lifetime Achievement honor. 2014 was also the year that she was inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame and awarded The National Medal Of Arts from President Barack Obama. Despite losing her singing ability to Parkinson's Disease, Linda Ronstadt continues to influence people with her remarkable body of timeless recorded works. This is her story, penned by writer Mark Watson for the sake of posterity.

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Mary Can’t Sing and other Funny Things

admin — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 19:43:44 +0000

Mary Can't Sing and Other Funny Things is a book that is filled with poetry to which children of all ages can relate. As a parent, how often have you heard, "Do I have to go to school?" or, "Why do I have to take a shower?" This book brings to light a variety of experiences in the lives of children that both parents and kids would enjoy. The detailed and funny illustrations bring to life the poetic words. Family members would delight in reading these poems. This is also a great book for use in the classroom to introduce rhyming words in a fun and meaningful manner. Teachers would also enjoy using this book as an extension to lessons on long and short vowels and to expand the vocabulary skills of their students.

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Rockin’-Rollin’ Alphabet

admin — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 16:03:27 +0000

Whimsical illustrations, phonetically fine-tuned poems, 500 vocabulary words, and a jazzy musical theme song are the magical ingredients that make this a dynamic book for emerging young readers! The Rockin'-Rollin' Alphabet Theme Song is the frosting on the cake ~ highlighting VOWELS, CONSONANTS, and MAGIC "E" ... Great for educational and home school settings, the playful antics of the teddy bear adventures generate over 500 phonetically appropriate vocabulary words for beginning readers, yet stimulate practice and proficiency for more advanced readers. VOWELS and CONSONANTS are highlighted for easy visual recognition. Classroom tested ~ poetry becomes an engaging medium for enriching reading skills ~ it's a Teddy Bear extravaganza!

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Heart of Gold

Mindstir Media Publishing — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 19:26:06 +0000

This is the tale of an android who works for the NSA told in nine episodes. I have attempted to enhance the reader's experience by presenting music, poetry, and interesting factual information in context. Had I the technology, I would provide a button for the reader to push to hear the actual music, with the ability to turn it off or on at will. Instead, there are links to the web, where the music can be enjoyed for free. Perhaps the whole project would work as a TV series or a film.

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