Author: Helen F. TroyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Helen F. Troy's Poems
Author: Helen F. TroyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Stray Melodies and Songs of Sentiment
Author: John Buckhout KetchumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Michigan Christian Advocate
Author: The Bells
Author: Richard HarvellPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307590542
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Written as a confessional letter to his son, an 18th century opera singer recounts how his gift for sound led him on an astonishing journey to Europe’s celebrated opera houses and reveals how he came to raise a son who by all rights he never could have sired. The celebrated opera singer Lo Svizzero was born in a belfry high in the Swiss Alps where his mother served as the keeper of the loudest and most beautiful bells in the land. Shaped by the bells’ glorious music, he possessed an extraordinary gift for sound. But when his preternatural hearing was discovered—along with its power to expose the sins of the church—young Moses Froben was cast out of his village with only his ears to guide him in a world fraught with danger. Rescued from certain death by two traveling monks, he finds refuge at the vast and powerful Abbey of St. Gall. There, he becomes the protégé of the Abbey’s brilliant yet repulsive choirmaster, Ulrich. But it is this gift that will cause Moses’ greatest misfortune: determined to preserve his brilliant pupil’s voice, Ulrich has Moses castrated. Now, he will forever sing with the exquisite voice of an angel—a musico—yet castration is an abomination in the Swiss Confederation, and so he must hide his shameful condition from his friends and even from the girl he has come to love. When his saviors are exiled and his beloved leaves St. Gall for an arranged marriage in Vienna, he decides he can deny the truth no longer and he follows her—to sumptuous Vienna, to the former monks who saved his life, to an apprenticeship at one of Europe’s greatest theaters, and to the premiere of one of history’s most beloved operas. Like the voice of Lo Svizzero, The Bells is a sublime debut novel that rings with passion, courage, and beauty.
The Lost Souls of Bell Valley
Author: A. DistlerPublisher: A David Distler
ISBN: 1460963679
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
In the rural Appalachian foothills of southern Ohio, Drew Christman, his brother-in-law and four friends battle a dark entity that inhabits the abandoned town of Bell Valley.
Historic Alabama Bells
Author: Thomas KaufmannPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467144959
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
After seven years of climbing into attics, domes, towers and steeples, Thomas Kaufmann emerges with a story of Alabama bells. This story encapsulates the history of the state itself. These bells - some dormant, others pealing still - were forged by the Reveres in Boston. They called Alabamians to worship, celebrated weddings and tolled at funerals. They sounded the death knell for countless parishioners during the havoc of the Civil War, watched over the Freedom Riders and shook from the blast of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. And while their clear tones have rung out in remembrance of so many of the state's solemn and sacred moments, many of these bells have fallen into neglect, their silence serving as its own reminder of the urgent need for preservation.
Ties
Author: Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon
Author: William Lewis HerndonPublisher:
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Category : Amazon River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Church Bells; their history, legends, superstitions, uses, &c. [An offprint.]
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Author: Llewellynn Frederick William JEWITTPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The Blind Eye of Love
Author: Lou DeCaroPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499075421
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Temporarily blinded in Vietnam, a wounded soldier falls in love with a nurse in a Saigon hospital. Separated by forces beyond their control, this is the story about a soldier’s search for his true love forty-five years later. Heartwarming as well as heartbreaking, The Blind Eye of Love is a must read for all romantics. “Lou DeCaro has once again crafted a brilliant and poignant love story.” —Ray Buurma