Read Musical Theatre for the Female Voice

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Female musical theatre singers produce some of the most exciting and expressive singing an audience can experience. They also face a unique and specific set of issues when approaching their craft, from negotiating the registers of their voice to enable them to belt, to vocal health challenges such as premenstrual voice syndrome. This is the only book that offers a full and detailed guide to tackling those issues and to singing with full expression and technical excellence. 
 Musical Theatre for the Female Voice covers the origin of singing in musicals, from the bel canto style of 300 years ago through to the latest developments in high belting, in shows such as  Wicked  and  Waitress . It offers the reader exercises and methods that have been used to train hundreds of singers at some of the UK’s leading musical theatre training institutions and are underpinned by the latest academic research in journals on singing, psychology, and health. Every element of a singer's toolkit is covered from a female perspective, from breath and posture to character work and vocal health. 
 This is an essential guidebook for female singers in musical theatre productions, either training at university or conservatory level or forging a career as professional triple-threat performers.    Read more

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Audiobook Yerba Buena: A Novel

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FROM BESTSELLING AND PRINTZ-AWARD WINNING AUTHOR NINA LACOUR, PERFECT FOR READERS OF  WRITERS AND LOVERS 
 “A study of complex, modern love…Expertly illuminates the trauma that Sara and Emilie are both wrestling with, as well as their hope and healing…Lingers like a perfectly mixed cocktail.” ― San Francisco Chronicle
 “A Carol for our times.”  ― Harper’s Bazaar 
Sara Foster runs away from home at sixteen, leaving behind the girl she once was, capable of trust and intimacy. Years later, in Los Angeles, she is a sought-after bartender, renowned as much for her brilliant cocktails as for the mystery that clings to her. Across the city, Emilie Dubois is in a holding pattern, yearning for the beauty and community her Creole grandparents cultivated but unable to commit. On a whim, she takes a job arranging flowers at the glamorous restaurant Yerba Buena.
The morning Emilie and Sara first meet at Yerba Buena, their connection is immediate. But soon Sara's old life catches up to her, upending everything she thought she wanted, just as Emilie has finally gained her own sense of purpose. Will their love be more powerful than their pasts?
At once exquisite and expansive, astonishing in its humanity and heart, Yerba Buena is a testament to the healing qualities of a shared meal, a perfectly crafted drink, a space we claim for ourselves. Nina LaCour’s adult debut novel is a love story for our time.
 "Trailblazing…One of my personal favorite authors."  ― Casey McQuiston,  New York Times  bestselling author of  One Last Stop    Read more

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Read Daughter of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles, 1)

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Those who see the dead soon join them. 
From the author of the critically-acclaimed Blackwing trilogy comes Ed McDonald's  Daughter of Redwinter , the first of a brilliant fantasy series about how one choice can change a universe.
 Raine can see―and speak―to the dead, a gift that comes with a death sentence. All her life she has hidden, lied, and run to save her skin, and she’s made some spectacularly bad choices along the way.
But it is a rare act of kindness―rescuing an injured woman in the snow―that becomes the most dangerous decision Raine has ever made.
Because the woman is fleeing from Redwinter, the fortress-monastery of the Draoihn, warrior magicians who answer to no king, and who will stop at nothing to reclaim what she’s stolen. A battle, a betrayal, and a horrific revelation force Raine to enter the citadel and live among the Draoihn. She soon finds that her secret ability could be the key to saving an entire nation.
Though she might have to die to make it happen . . .    Read more

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Audiobook Comfort Me With Apples

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Comfort Me With Apples  is a terrifying new thriller from bestseller Catherynne M. Valente, for fans of  Gone Girl  and  Spinning Silver 
 A Shirley Jackson Award finalist! 
 A Locus Award finalist! 
Sophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. She can feel it in her bones. He is perfect. Their home together in Arcadia Gardens is perfect. Everything is perfect.
It's just that he's away so much. So often. He works so hard. She misses him. And he misses her. He says he does, so it must be true. He is the perfect husband and everything is perfect.
But sometimes Sophia wonders about things. Strange things. Dark things. The look on her husband's face when he comes back from a long business trip. The questions he will not answer. The locked basement she is never allowed to enter. And whenever she asks the neighbors, they can't quite meet her gaze....
But everything is perfect. Isn't it?    Read more

[Audiobook] Comfort Me With Apples Written  Catherynne M. Valente (Author)

Read Girls Like Girls

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*INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
 Trailblazing pop star, actor and director, Hayley Kiyoko debuts her first novel, a coming-of-age romance based on her breakthrough hit song and viral video, GIRLS LIKE GIRLS. 
It’s summertime and 17-year-old Coley has found herself alone, again. Forced to move to rural Oregon after just losing her mother, she is in no position to risk her already fragile heart. But when she meets Sonya, the attraction is immediate.
Coley worries she isn't worthy of love. Up until now, everyone she's loved has left her. And Sonya's never been with a girl before. What if she's too afraid to show up for Coley? What if by opening her heart, Coley's risking it all? 
They both realize that when things are pushed down, and feelings are forced to shrivel away, Coley and Sonya will be the ones to shrink. It’s not until they accept the love they fear and deserve most, that suddenly the song makes sense. 
Based on the billboard-charting smash hit song and viral music video GIRLS LIKE GIRLS, Hayley Kiyoko's debut novel is about embracing your truth and realizing we are all worthy of being loved back.    Read more

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Audiobook Hidden Pictures

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER · OPTIONED FOR NETFLIX BY A PRODUCER OF  THE BATMAN 
 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER 
 “I loved it." ―Stephen King 
 From Edgar Award-finalist Jason Rekulak comes a wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, for fans of  Stranger Things  and Riley Sager, about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets. 
Mallory Quinn is fresh out of rehab when she takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy.
Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman’s lifeless body.
Then, Teddy’s artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force.
Knowing just how crazy it all sounds, Mallory nevertheless sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it’s too late.    Read more

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Access Rule of Wolves (King of Scars Duology, 2)

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See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series,  Shadow and Bone  -- Season 2 streaming now! 
 Discover what comes next for the daring rogue Nikolai in the riveting sequel to  King of Scars  from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo.  
 The Demon King . As Fjerda’s massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm―and even the monster within―to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king’s gift for the impossible.
 The Stormwitch.  Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost.
 The Queen of Mourning.  Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart.
 King. General. Spy.  Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. Or watch a nation fall. 
  Read all the books in the Grishaverse! 
  The Shadow and Bone Trilogy  
 (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)
  Shadow and Bone 
  Siege and Storm 
  Ruin and Rising 
  The Six of Crows Duology 
  Six of Crows 
  Crooked Kingdom 
  The King of Scars Duology 
  King of Scars 
 Rule of Wolves 
  The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic 
  The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic
The Lives of Saints
Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel 
  Praise for the Grishaverse 
 “A master of fantasy.” ― The Huffington Post 
 “Utterly, extremely bewitching.” ― The Guardian 
 “This is what fantasy is for.” ― The New York Times Book Review 
 “A world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp.” ―NPR
 “The darker it gets for the good guys, the better.” ― Entertainment Weekly 
 “Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down.” ― USA Today 
 “There’s a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo’s original epic fantasy that sets it apart.” ― Vanity Fair 
 “Unlike anything I’ve ever read.” ―Veronica Roth, bestselling author of  Divergent 
 “Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!” ―Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series    Read more

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Access Clean(ish): Eat (Mostly) Clean, Live (Mainly) Clean, and Unlock Your Body's Natural Ability to Self-Clean

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Clean(ish)  leads readers to a focus on real foods and a healthier home environment free of obvious toxins, without fixating on perfection. By living clean(ish), our bodies’ natural processes become streamlined and more effective, while we enjoy a vibrant life. 
In Gin Stephens's  New York Times  bestseller  Fast. Feast. Repeat. , she showed you how to fast (completely) clean as part of an intermittent fasting lifestyle. Now, whether you’re an intermittent faster or not, Gin shows you how to become clean(ish) where it counts: you’ll learn how to shift your choices so you’re not burdening your body with a bucket of chemicals, additives, and obesogens it wasn’t designed to handle. 
Instead of aiming for perfection (which is impossible) or changing everything at once (which is hard, and rarely leads to lasting results), you’ll cut through the confusion, lose the fear, and embrace the freedom that comes from becoming clean(ish). As you learn how to lower your toxic load through small changes, smart swaps, and simple solutions, you’ll evolve simply and naturally toward a clean(ish) lifestyle that works for your body and your life!    Read more

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Audiobook All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel

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INSTANT  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER •  USA Today  Bestseller •  Washington Post’s  The Twelve Best Thrillers of the Year •  TIME’s  100 Must Read Books of the Year • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee •  USA Today’s  Best Reviewed Books of the Year •  BookPage's  Best Mystery of the Year •  Publishers Weekly’s  Best Books of the Year •  New York Times Book Review  Editors’ Choice • Cover of the  New York Times Book Review  • Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List •  The Financial Times’s  Best Crime Books of the Year • ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Longlist • SIBA’s 2024 Southern Book Prize Finalist • Starred  Publishers Weekly  • Starred  Library Journal  • Starred  BookPage  • Starred  Booklist  
“Fresh and exhilarating. . . Cosby keeps his eye on the story and the pedal to the metal.” ―Stephen King,  The New York Times Book Review 
 A Black sheriff. A serial killer. A small town ready to combust. 
 The new novel from  New York Times  bestselling and  Los Angeles Times  Book Prize-winning author S. A. Cosby, "one of the most muscular, distinctive, grab-you-by-both-ears voices in American crime fiction.” ― Washington Post . 
 “An atmospheric pressure cooker.” ― People 
Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, quiet Charon has had only two murders. But after years of working as an FBI agent, Titus knows better than anyone that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, secrets always fester under the surface.
Then a year to the day after Titus’s election, a school teacher is killed by a former student and the student is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies. As Titus investigates the shootings, he unearths terrible crimes and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon. 
With the killer’s possible connections to a local church and the town’s harrowing history weighing on him, Titus projects confidence about closing the case while concealing a painful secret from his own past. At the same time, he also has to contend with a far-right group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the town’s Confederate history.
Charon is Titus’s home and his heart. But where faith and violence meet, there will be a reckoning. 
Powerful and unforgettable,  All the Sinners Bleed  confirms S. A. Cosby as “one of the most muscular, distinctive, grab-you-by-both-ears voices in American crime fiction” ( The Washington Post ).    Read more

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Read Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy

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A  Responsible Statecraft  best foreign policy book of 2023 
A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart of an international web of surveillance and control, which it weaves in the form of globe-spanning networks such as fiber optic cables and obscure payment systems
America’s security state first started to weaponize these channels after 9/11, when they seemed like necessities to combat terrorism―but now they’re a matter of course. Multinational companies like AT&T and Citicorp build hubs, which they use to make money, but which the government can also deploy as choke points. Today’s headlines about trade wars, sanctions, and technology disputes are merely tremors hinting at far greater seismic shifts beneath the surface.
Slowly but surely, Washington has turned the most vital pathways of the world economy into tools of domination over foreign businesses and countries, whether they are rivals or allies, allowing the U.S. to maintain global supremacy. In the process, we have sleepwalked into a new struggle for empire. Using true stories, field-defining findings, and original reporting, Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman show how the most ordinary aspects of the post–Cold War economy have become realms of subterfuge and coercion, and what we must do to ensure that this new arms race doesn’t spiral out of control.    Read more

[Audiobook] Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy Written  Henry Farrell

READ Princess of Souls (Hundred Kingdoms)

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From Alexandra Christo, the author of  To Kill a Kingdom,  comes  Princess of Souls,  a Rapunzel-inspired YA fantasy romance about a teen witch groomed to steal souls for an immortal king and the reckless, rebellious boy to whom her fate is tied. 
 For sixteen years, Selestra has been trapped in her tower on the Floating Mountain, preparing to take her mother’s place as the King's Witch, who foretells deaths in the Festival of Predictions. Outrunning your fate earns a wish and the chance to steal the King’s immortality. But die and your soul is forfeit. And though thousands have tried, nobody has ever beaten death.
A soldier in the King's army, Nox is an unlikely candidate for the Festival, but, driven by revenge, he is determined to steal the King’s immortality and kill the entirety of his court, starting with Selestra.
Yet when Selestra touches Nox in her very first prediction, their fates become entwined, and death seeks to take both their souls. Only by working together can they survive long enough to escape the dark fate and the immortal King that now hunts them.    Read more

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