[PDF] On The Heights eBook

Author : Quiara Alegría Hudes
Publisher : One World
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 34,92 MB
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0399590048

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GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and co-writer of In the Heights tells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an ailing Philadelphia barrio, with her sprawling Puerto Rican family as a collective muse. LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, New York Public Library, BookPage, and BookRiot • “Quiara Alegría Hudes is in her own league. Her sentences will take your breath away. How lucky we are to have her telling our stories.”—Lin-Manuel Miranda, award-winning creator of Hamilton and In the Heights Quiara Alegría Hudes was the sharp-eyed girl on the stairs while her family danced their defiance in a tight North Philly kitchen. She was awed by her mother and aunts and cousins, but haunted by the unspoken, untold stories of the barrio—even as she tried to find her own voice in the sea of language around her, written and spoken, English and Spanish, bodies and books, Western art and sacred altars. Her family became her private pantheon, a gathering circle of powerful orisha-like women with tragic real-world wounds, and she vowed to tell their stories—but first she’d have to get off the stairs and join the dance. She’d have to find her language. Weaving together Hudes’s love of music with the songs of her family, the lessons of North Philly with those of Yale, this is a multimythic dive into home, memory, and belonging—narrated by an obsessed girl who fought to become an artist so she could capture the world she loved in all its wild and delicate beauty.

Author : Lin-Manuel Miranda
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 26,58 MB
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1408709244

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Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Now a major motion picture, available on Disney Plus. Goodreads best non-fiction book of 2016 From Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda comes a backstage pass to his groundbreaking, hit musical Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-in-a-generation show broadens the sound of Broadway, reveals the storytelling power of rap, and claims the origins of the United States for a diverse new generation. HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTION gives readers an unprecedented view of both revolutions, from the only two writers able to provide it. Miranda, along with Jeremy McCarter, a cultural critic and theater artist who was involved in the project from its earliest stages - "since before this was even a show," according to Miranda - traces its development from an improbable performance at the White House to its landmark opening night on Broadway six years later. In addition, Miranda has written more than 200 funny, revealing footnotes for his award-winning libretto, the full text of which is published here. Their account features photos by the renowned Frank Ockenfels and veteran Broadway photographer, Joan Marcus; exclusive looks at notebooks and emails; interviews with Questlove, Stephen Sondheim, leading political commentators, and more than 50 people involved with the production; and multiple appearances by President Obama himself. The book does more than tell the surprising story of how a Broadway musical became an international phenomenon: It demonstrates that America has always been renewed by the brash upstarts and brilliant outsiders, the men and women who don't throw away their shot.

Author : Louise Candlish
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 15,7 MB
Release : 2022-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 198217756X

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The author of the “masterfully plotted, compulsive page-turner” (The Guardian) Our House takes you on a haunting and nail-biting journey of tragedy and revenge. The Heights is a tall, slender apartment building among warehouses in London. Its roof terrace is so discreet, you wouldn’t know it existed if you weren’t standing at the window of the flat directly opposite. But you are. And that’s when you see a man up there—a man you’d recognize anywhere. He may be older now, but it’s definitely him. But that can’t be because he’s been dead for over two years. You know this for a fact. Because you’re the one who killed him. With Louise Candlish’s signature dark and twisty prose, The Heights shows “the ferocity of maternal love” (Hannah Beckerman, author of If Only I Could Tell You). It is an unputdownable thriller that will keep you guessing until the final page.

Author : E. M. Moore
Publisher : E. M. Moore
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,55 MB
Release : 2022-07-19
Category :
ISBN : 9781959031017

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I don't belong in the Heights. Truth be told, no one does. It's dirty, grimy. Riddled with crime, the destitute, and the desperate. Where the family unit doesn't always mean a mom, a dad, and two-point-five kids. It's whoever gives you the time of day. That's how the Heights Crew came about. The only relationship that counts in the Heights is if you're a part of the Crew. There, gang ties are thicker than blood. More important than money, safety, or any other promise we're supposed to have in this life. Even more important than yourself. Me? I'm in, and I can't get out. Some days, I'm not even sure I want to.

Author : Peter Hedges
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 36,96 MB
Release : 2011-02-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0452296773

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A "devilishly delightful" (Bookpage) new novel from an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and the author of What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Tim and Kate Welch are seemingly the last middle-class family in the exclusive neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, NewYork. Tim is a popular history teacher, and an ordinary guy. Kate is not ordinary, but she aspires to be. Brought up by a hippie mother, Kate stays home with their two young sons trying to be the responsible parent she never had. But their neat and tidy world is turned upside down when Anna Brody- beautiful, wealthy, and impulsive-moves into the most expensive brownstone in Brooklyn, and draws Kate and Tim into her world.

Author : Berthold Auerbach
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,5 MB
Release : 2023-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3382826526

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Luis O. Pichardo
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,60 MB
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497548794

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Washington Heights is a thrilling book that captures the scandals, sex-fuels, drug lords, murderers of the underground world in the streets of New York City. The main character Lady from young, promised herself that she would do everything in her power to have a better life and not have to struggle and work as hard as her mom did. Therefore, Lady started a click of girls who work really hard for a better future. Roxy, Jenny, Laila, China and Lady where professionals at their job. They hustle money from big time drug dealers for a good cause, to open a Community Center for Parents and Kids of Immigrant Decent and get help. They dream of bettering their community so the next people in Washington Heights have a safe place to play and grow up in.

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Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 2018-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781540024725

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(Easy Piano Songbook). A musical drama biopic chronicling P.T. Barnum (played by Hugh Jackman) and his founding of the Barnum & Bailey Circus, this December 2017 film features a stunning soundtrack by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul of La La Land and Dear Evan Hansen fame. Our songbook features easy piano arrangements of 9 songs: Come Alive * From Now On * The Greatest Show * A Million Dreams * Never Enough * The Other Side * Rewrite the Stars * This Is Me * Tightrope.

Author : Christian D Larson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,7 MB
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :

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Embark on a transformative journey with 'On the Heights' by acclaimed American New Thought luminary and educator, Christian D. Larson. Originally published in 1908, this profound Christian pamphlet beckons readers to delve into the ethereal realms of divine beauty and cosmic consciousness. Within its pages, Larson illuminates the path beyond mere existence, inviting us to transcend the limitations of the physical realm and embrace the expansive vistas of the cosmic world. With eloquence and insight, he unveils the profound truth that God's presence is perpetual, guiding us to recognize the omnipresence of the divine within our lives. As we awaken to this profound realization, Larson asserts, we unlock the latent potential of our spiritual nature, paving the way for profound personal growth and enlightenment. 'On the Heights' stands as a timeless testament to the enduring power of faith and the boundless possibilities that await those who dare to journey to the heights of cosmic consciousness.