Prince
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An acclaimed musician, Prince Rogers Nelson was a visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds. But his most ambitious creative act was turning himself into one of the greatest pop stars of any era. Before his death Prince was writing a memoir, taking us into his childhood world. The second part of the book takes us through his early days as a musician through a scrapbook of writing and photos. We then follow Prince's evolution...
2) Originals
Author
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Several of the iconic songs found on the album were considerable hits for the artists who recorded them. It pulls back the curtain to reveal the origins of these familiar songs, in addition to deeper album cuts, and also features Prince's majestic original 1984 version of Nothing Compares 2 U.
Author
Publisher
Rhino
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Prince's musical vault opens and reveals this collection of previously unreleased home recordings from 1983. It features early versions of Purple Rain; 17 Days; and Strange Relationship, as well as a cover of Joni Mitchell's A Case of You.
12) Spare
Author
Language
English
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Description
"It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full...
Author
Publisher
Ember
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. In this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West Africa...
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
With their signature sounds, athletic tongues, and bulging eyes, there's a lot to love about frogs! But did you know that they soak up air and even liquid through their skin? Or that they use their eyes to swallow food? From tiny tadpoles in water to boisterous bullfrogs on land, the life cycle of these amphibious acrobats is one of the coolest examples of metamorphosis around So pull up a lily pad and dive in, because the frog facts in this book...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Kachemak Winkel's mother used to tell him that Alaska doesn't forgive mistakes. A lot of mistakes where made the day she died in a plane crash with Kache's father and brother-- and Kache still feels responsible. He fled Alaska for good, but now his aunt Snag insists on his return. Returning to his family's cabin in the woods, he finds smoke rising from the chimney and a mysterious Russian woman hiding from her own troubled past. Nadia has stayed there,...