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1) My voice
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"Radio icon Angie Martinez is "The Voice of New York." Now that voice speaks out about her experiences at the helm of the #1 radio show in the country and her unlikely path to the heart of hip-hop music. In her twenty years behind the mic at New York City's two biggest hip-hop stations--Hot 97 and Power 105.1--Angie Martinez has become an entertainment legend. From one-time presidential hopeful Barack Obama to Jay-Z and Beyonce to post-prison Tupac,...
2) My Voice
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My book is a collection of poems that I have written since 1994. The first poem was “This Woman” (a poem that is dedicated to my mother). Since then, I have written inspirational poems that have been used for certain occasions such as weddings, funerals, and theatrical programs. It is entitled “My Voice” as a tribute to my life journey. First, I have always been teased and criticized for my high-pitched voice. Next, each of my poems is a message...
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish poet and playwright who became one of the most popular in London during the 1880s and 1890s. Well-known for his sharp wit and extravagant attire, Wilde was a proponent of aestheticism and wrote in a variety of forms including poetry, fiction, and drama. He was famously imprisoned for homosexual acts from 1895 to 1897 and died at the age of 46, just three years after his release. This book...
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Diane Rehm has hosted a show on WAMU in Washington, D.C. since 1979. Newsweek calls The Diane Rehm Show one of the most interesting talk programs in the country. In Finding My Voice, this nationally acclaimed public radio personality shares the fascinating story of her life. Diane grows up with rigid Christian Arab parents who give her little self-confidence. Her father is distant, and her mother has a violent temper. Diane's first husband is as inaccessible...
10) I Hid My Voice
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This is the story, based on fact, of a boy who couldn't speak until the age of seven. Now twenty, he describes the events of his life. Four-year-old Shahaab has not started talking. The family doctor believes there is no cause for concern; nevertheless, Shahaab is ridiculed by others who call him "dumb." Young Shahaab doesn't understand what the word means and thinks it is a compliment, until one day his cousin plays a trick on him to prove to everyone...
11) Finding My Voice
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Finding My Voice is an engaging autobiographical account of the intriguing journey of a Zambian-born young man who ventured on to become one of the most celebrated voiceover artists in Africa. Chilu Lemba's compelling coming-of-age story offers readers an insider's view of not only his hardships and victories but also Zambia's during the '80s and '90s. His written voice is as distinctive as his verbal voice — authentic, expressive, funny and thought-provoking....
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"A revealing look at the early years of Richard Thompson, one of the world's most influential guitarists and songwriters, following the formation of his band Fairport Convention, his revival of British folk traditions, and his journey through Sufism-all before the age of 26"--
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This is a fictional book written to encourage readers to share their creativity or gift with others. It highlights the fact that there is a process of discovering your gift. At times this may be more apparent to dream killers and not to the one who carries the gift. Then comes the period of identifying who you are and being comfortable with what you are carrying in terms of your creativity. When you finally reach that happy medium of knowing who you...
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Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher gives a lacerating portrait of a girl finding her voice after years of being silenced and an unforgettable story of risk and faith.
Growing up the eldest daughter in a large, highly controlled, fundamentalist Christian household, Jessica Willis was groomed to perform, and to conform to her father's disturbing and chaotic teachings. Cut off from anything unapproved by her father,...
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[2019]
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"When Valerie Jarrett interviewed a promising young lawyer named Michelle Robinson in July 1991 for a job in Chicago city government, neither knew that it was the first step on a path that would end in the White House. Jarrett soon became Michelle and Barack Obama's trusted personal adviser and family confidante; in the White House, she was known as the one who "got" him and helped him engage his public life. Jarrett joined the White House team on...
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Where Did My Voice Go? is an honest, introductory conversation about stuttering-for little and big kids alike. Young boy Jake talks about when his voice gets bumpy, stretched, or stuck. Some days he gets stuck a little and other days he gets stuck a lot, but he remembers to use his voice without fear. Where Did My Voice Go? is written by Jaime Green, SLPA, and features watercolor illustrations by Stacey Pitman. Jake's narrative complements both a...
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At the beginning of the 1980s, Harlan Ellison agreed to write a regular column for the L.A. Weekly on the condition that they published whatever he wrote with no revisions and no suggestions for rewrites. What resulted was impassioned, persuasive, abusive, and hilarious. Part essay, part conversation, all Ellison-these pieces provide a glimpse into a great mind, at ease in tackling both grand ideas and the minutiae of the day to day. Collected here...
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A novel of an ordinary family man trying to fill the void inside with drink: "One of the greatest pieces of fiction to come out of Britain in the Eighties." -Irvine Welsh
Morris Magellan is thirty-four years old and already two-thirds destroyed. By day he is an executive. After six and on weekends he is the husband of an understanding wife and the father of two. At all times he is a music lover and a drunk. Of the past he remembers only fear,...