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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
384 pages
Description
"It begins with a fire: a fiercely-independent, thrice-widowed woman living on her own in a rambling house near the Maine coast forgets a hot pan on the stovetop, and nearly burns her place down. When Margreete Bright calls her daughter Liddie to confess, Liddie realizes that her mother can no longer live alone. She, her husband Harry, and their children Eva and Bernie move from a settled life in Michigan across the country to Margreete's isolated...
Author
Series
If I stay volume 1
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While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
Author
Series
Frederick Troy novels volume 7
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
381 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
A novel set before, during, and after World War II follows the loosely parallel lives of an Austrian cellist, Meret Voytek, whose orchestra becomes part of the Hitler Youth, and Hungarian physist Karel Szabo, who is recruited by the Americans to help build the atomic bomb.
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While a cellist plays at the site of a mortar attack to commemorate the deaths of twenty-two friends and neighbors, two other men set out in search of bread and water to keep themselves alive, and a woman sniper secretly protects the life of the cellist as her army becomes increasingly threatening.
Author
Series
Ben Jones novels volume 1
Publisher
Caravel Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
286 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Description
Ben Jones is an honorable but down-on-his luck truck driver on a lonely Utah highway. His life takes a sudden turn into violence, mystery and longing upon finding a beautiful woman playing a cello in an isolated house in the high desert.
8) Departures
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and finds himself without a job. He decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled 'Departures' thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency. He discovers that the job is actually for a 'Nokanshi' or 'encoffineer,' a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry...
9) Yo-Yo Ma
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Series
Appears on list
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"How did Yo-Yo Ma become a world-renowned cellist? Readers will learn all about this musician and the significant events in his life in this low-leveled biography."--Amazon.com.
10) XOXO
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"Jenny never had much time for boys, K-pop, or really anything besides her dream of being a professional cellist. But when she finds herself falling for a K-pop idol, she has to decide whether their love is worth the risk"--
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Description
When Shizuku Tsukishima, a middle school student who loves to read, meets her classmate, Seiji Amasawa, her impression of him couldn't be worse. But as she watches him pursue his dream of becoming a cellist, she's gradually drawn closer and closer to him. Seiji himself also falls for Shizuku, when he learns about her dream to become a novelist. The two promise each other that one day they'll make their dreams come true. Ten years later, 24-year-old...
12) The soloist
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 2005, the only thing hurting Los Angeles Times columnist and recent bike accident victim Steve Lopez more than his banged-up face, was his pressing need for story ideas. He soon discovers Nathaniel Ayers, a skid row schizophrenic street musician, who possesses extraordinary talent - even though he only has half-broken instruments to play. Inspired by Nathaniel's story, Lopez writes an acclaimed series of articles about him and attempts to do more...
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Appears on list
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Description
"Before Yo-Yo Ma became one of the most renowned and celebrated cellists, he wanted to play the double bass. But it was too big for his four-year-old hands. Over time, Ma honed his amazing talent, and his music became a reflection of his own life between borders, cultures, disciplines, and generations. Since then, he has recorded over a hundred albums, won nineteen Grammy Awards, performed for eight American presidents, and received the National...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"As the new year approaches, best friends Ronny, whose family is in financial trouble, and Josefina, who has a big audition at a prestigious music academy, must learn how to depend on one another and their community when things get tough"--
15) Xoxo
Author
Publisher
LaGalera young
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Jenny never had much time for boys, K-pop, or really anything besides her dream of being a professional cellist. But when she finds herself falling for a K-pop idol, she has to decide whether their love is worth the risk"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.)
Description
In 1992, a young boy whose father is away at war discovers, from their flower stall, the power of beauty and kindness in the wake of the bombing of Sarajevo.
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 21
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Viktor Orlov had a longstanding appointment with death. Once Russia?s richest man, he now resides in splendid exile in London, where he has waged a tireless crusade against the authoritarian kleptocrats who have seized control of the Kremlin. His mansion in Chelsea?s exclusive Cheyne Walk is one of the most heavily protected private dwellings in London. Yet somehow, on a rainy summer evening, in the midst of a global pandemic, Russia?s vengeful president...
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xiii, 283 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"On a cold, gloomy night, twenty-three-year-old Kyoko stands in the rain with a knife in her hoodie’s pocket. Her target is Daniel, who seduced Kyoko’s mother then callously dropped her, leading to her death. But tonight, there will be repercussions. Following the unsuspecting Daniel home, Kyoko manages to get a rash kidnapping plot off the ground . . . and then nothing goes as planned. The Fetishist is the story of three people—Kyoko,...
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