Serenade Of Kings

Life in the court of King Henry VIII is a complex game. When fifteen-year-old Catherine Howard catches the king?s eye, she quickly transforms from pawn to queen. But even luxury beyond imagination loses its luster as young Catherine finds her life?and her heart?threatened by the needs of an aging king and a family hungry for power. Will their agendas deliver Catherine to the same fate as her infamous cousin, Anne Boleyn?sacrificed at the altar of family ambition? Engaging historical fiction with a throbbing YA heartbeat, this thrilling novel will draw readers into the intrigues and dangers of the Tudor court.

Although in 2000 he became the first sideman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, “King Curtis” Ousley never lived to accept his award. Tragically, he was murdered outside his New York City home in 1971. At that moment, thirty-seven-year-old King Curtis was widely regarded as the greatest R & B saxophone player of all time. He also may have been the most prolific, having recorded with well over two hundred artists during an eighteen-year span. Soul Serenade is the definitive biography of one of the most influential musicians of the 50s, 60s, and early 70s. Timothy R. Hoover chronicles King Curtis’s meteoric rise from a humble Texas farm to the recording studios of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and New York City as well as to some of the world’s greatest music stages, including the Apollo Theatre, Fillmore West, and Montreux Jazz Festival. Curtis’s “chicken-scratch” solos on the Coasters’ Yakety Yak changed the role of the saxophone in rock & roll forever. His band opened for the Beatles at their famous Shea Stadium concert in 1965. He also backed his “little sister” and close friend Aretha Franklin on nearly all of her tours and Atlantic Records productions from 1967 until his death. Soul Serenade is the result of more than twenty years of interviews and research. It is the most comprehensive exploration of Curtis’s complex personality: his contagious sense of humor and endearing southern elegance as well as his love for gambling and his sometimes aggressive temperament. Hoover explores Curtis’s vibrant relationships and music-making with the likes of Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, Isaac Hayes, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Sam Moore, Donny Hathaway, and Duane Allman, among many others.

Cecilia is on her way to an arranged marriage when she is attacked by a pirate and saved by Dylan, the captain of a ghost ship. Cecilia feared he would be a cutthroat pirate, but while spending time with Dylan, she is drawn to his kindness. But he has a hidden past....

This computerized index to the eleven-volume "The London Stage, 16601800 "(Southern Illinois University Press, 196068), makes accessible in one volume all the information about the plays, persons, and places as they appeared in each theatrical performance over the span of 140 years covered by the work. Twenty-five thousand entries contain over 500,000 references to the 8,026 pages of the monumental series. The "Index "thus provides direction for following the careers of hundreds of actors, actresses, dancers, and musicians in the Restoration and eighteenth century. In addition, the "Index "demonstrates what a wide-ranging document for social, economic, legal, artistic, and dramatic history "The London Stage, 1660""1800" is. At a glance, the "Index "points to the variety and richness of a broad range of London life in the period covered as it impinged on, supported, or drew sustenance from the theatres. A research tool of considerable magnitude, the "Index "makes available to students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines the vast resources of "The London Stage, 16601800. "Without doubt, it is a foundation on which scholars will build for years to come."