World On A String

Behind the scenes in the life of a musician—an exuberant, entertaining memoir from jazz guitarist, singer, and raconteur John Pizzarelli John Pizzarelli, the son of jazz guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli, is a connoisseur of American song who grew up among the legends of jazz. From teenage explorations of rock music to life on the road with his father, he worked his way from gigs in tiny clubs to opening for Frank Sinatra during his final international tour. Now Pizzarelli performs in festivals and top venues across the United States and the world, and he shares his unique journey in this revealing, charming, and heartwarming memoir. Includes firsthand stories of famous jazz greats and popular music icons including Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Benny Goodman, Joe Pass, James Taylor, and Paul McCartney Reveals what it was like to grow up among great musicians and storytellers and shares the day-to-day experiences of a touring musician's life Includes thirty-five terrific photographs that take you inside John Pizzarelli's life and music Part of the Wiley-Lincoln Center alliance Absorbing, upbeat, funny, and down to earth, World on a String is an irresistible celebration of music and life that will appeal to John Pizzarelli's large and growing following.

World on a String exposes your string students to music from around the world, providing insights about rich cultures and heritages from other countries. With over 30 pieces available for performance in one collection, playable by any size ensemble, students will now be able to experience different cultures and styles through this incredible collection of world music.

With the help of veteran journalists Alan Goodman and John Pollack's The World on a String, young reporters need not spend years struggling in obscurity to land coveted foreign assignments. In fact, technological advances and cost-cutting at major media companies have created unprecedented opportunities for enterprising journalists to succeed abroad as freelance correspondents—stringers—for newspapers, magazines, radio, television, wire services, and Internet outlets. The World on a String: How to Become a Freelance Foreign Correspondent is the step-by-step manual that describes how to: *choose your region wisely *select the right equipment *establish vital editorial contacts at home and abroad *make ends meet while filing stories to various media *prepare for the risks of reporting from war zones *work effectively with distant editors Colorful anecdotes and practical advice from successful stringers around the world highlight the trials and triumphs of freelancing abroad, enabling you to assess and take control of your career in the competitive world of journalism.

Inspired by the happy times he shared with his big red balloon, Charlie imagines that his lost friend is now a very important part of the starry sky.

Describes the history of the kite, its use in sport, recreation, science, and war, and its many variations of form and design.

World on a String exposes your string students to music from around the world, providing insights about rich cultures and heritages from other countries. With over 30 pieces available for performance in one collection, playable by any size ensemble, students will now be able to experience different cultures and styles through this incredible collection of world music.

World on a String exposes your string students to music from around the world, providing insights about rich cultures and heritages from other countries. With over 30 pieces available for performance in one collection, playable by any size ensemble, students will now be able to experience different cultures and styles through this incredible collection of world music.

Imani is adopted, and she's ready to search for her birth parents. But when she discovers the diary her Jewish great-grandmother wrote chronicling her escape from Holocaust-era Europe, Imani begins to see family in a new way. Imani knows exactly what she wants as her big bat mitzvah gift: to find her birth parents. She loves her family and her Jewish community in Baltimore, but she has always wondered where she came from, especially since she's black and almost everyone she knows is white. Then her mom's grandmother--Imani's great-grandma Anna--passes away, and Imani discovers an old journal among her books. It's Anna's diary from 1941, the year she was twelve and fled Nazi-occupied Luxembourg alone, sent by her parents to seek refuge in Brooklyn, New York. Anna's diary records her journey to America and her new life with an adoptive family of her own. And as Imani reads the diary, she begins to see her family, and her place in it, in a whole new way.