Blackbird Singing

Author: Paul McCartney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571209927
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
To many readers some of this book will be instantly recognisable as the songs that have formed the backdrop to every generation since the 1960s. Their lyrics have been learned, almost subliminally, by heart: 'Eleanor Rigby', 'Band on the Run', 'She's Leaving Home', 'Penny Lane' . . . But among the familiar are poems that have never before been seen. Sharing the preoccupations of the songs and including moving elegies to Paul's wife, Linda, they give us unique access to the inner life of one of the most influential figures in popular culture of the last fifty years.

Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night

Author: Gregory Lynn Hunt
Publisher: Bettie Young's Books
ISBN: 9781936332076
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
OGreg Hunt has written a searing spiritual memoir. His personal transparency evinces the humility of one who has wrestled with God, indeed.ONMolly T. Marshall, president, Central Baptist Theological Seminary.

Blackbird Singing

Author: Paul McCartney
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393324099
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Collects the ballads, love songs, poems, dreams, and lyrics of one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century culture.

Harlem's Little Blackbird

Author: Renée Watson
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 0593380053
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
From Caldecott Honor winner Christian Robinson and acclaimed author Renee Watson, comes the inspiring true story of Florence Mills. Born to parents who were both former slaves, Florence Mills knew at an early age that she loved to sing, and that her sweet, bird-like voice, resonated with those who heard her. Performing catapulted her all the way to the stages of 1920s Broadway where she inspired everyone from songwriters to playwrights. Yet with all her success, she knew firsthand how prejudice shaped her world and the world of those around her. As a result, Florence chose to support and promote works by her fellow black performers while heralding a call for their civil rights. Featuring a moving text and colorful illustrations, Harlem's Little Blackbird is a timeless story about justice, equality, and the importance of following one's heart and dreams. A CARTER G. WOODSON ELEMENTARY HONOR BOOK (awarded by the National Council for the Social Studies, 2013)

Beautiful Blackbird

Author: Ashley Bryan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442436867
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
Coretta Scott King Award–winning creator Ashley Bryan’s adaptation of a tale from the Ila-speaking people of Zambia is now available in board book format, featuring Bryan’s cut-paper artwork. We’ll see the difference a touch of black can make. Just remember, whatever I do, I’ll be me and you’ll be you. Explore the appreciation of one’s own heritage and beauty. In this story, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, who they think is the most beautiful of birds, to color them black so they can be beautiful too, though Blackbird reminds them that true beauty comes from the inside.

Two Little Blackbirds

Author: Megan Borgert-Spaniol
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1632901102
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
Music and images together will engage students and help them have fun as they learn a traditional song that teaches opposites in this interactive eBook.

When the Blackbird Sings

Author: Elodie Iver
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781795300520
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410

Book Description
After the events that occurred at the queen's ball, Mavis has become the symbol of a potential uprising being waged in her name. Raiona has become a kingdom of dark government secrets and political games that she has found herself in the middle of. In an attempt to keep the queen from obtaining the dangerous secrets that the lost president hid within the kingdom before the democracy was destroyed, Mavis races across Raiona, unlocking the president's relics and stitching the jagged pieces of history back together. In a story of thrilling adventure, Mavis must decide if the weapon inside of her is strong enough to break through the corruption to get to the truth, or if she will succumb to the wills of the wicked.

Blackbird Singing

Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590321457
Category : Stuttering
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Pulled apart by his parent's stormy relationship, which comes to a climax when their crops are threatened by huge numbers of migrating blackbirds, 10-year-old Marcus struggles to come to terms with himself, his parents, and a complex ecological dilemma.

Blackbird

Author: David Harrower
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822222514
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 94

Book Description
THE STORY: This intense work was commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival, where it received its world premiere. Two people who once had a passionate affair meet again fifteen years later. Ray is confronted with his past when Una arrive

The Blackbird Sings at Dusk

Author:
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1743487118
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
A compelling novel about friendship, identity and love. One winter evening, Elias, a young artist, watches a woman move into his apartment building. After closing her door, however, she is not seen again. A misdirected letter finally gives Elias the opportunity to make contact. But inside her dark apartment, Elisabeth refuses to respond to his knock. Her only company is the Woman in Green, an unbidden vision from her childhood dreams. Elias, meanwhile, is not to be deterred and draws his friend Otto, an elderly widower, into his attempts to entice Elisabeth into the world. As spring segues into summer, their lives become intertwined and their past stories are revealed.