The Louder I Will Sing

Author: Lee Lawrence
Publisher: Sphere
ISBN: 075158102X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020 'This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known, events in modern British history. Lee's journey and fight for justice are both inspiring and enraging' AKALA What would you do if the people you trusted to uphold the law committed a crime against you? Who would you turn to? And how long would you fight them for? On 28th September 1985, Lee Lawrence's mother Cherry Groce was wrongly shot by police during a raid on her Brixton home. The bullet shattered her spine and she never walked again. In the chaos that followed, 11-year-old Lee watched in horror as the News falsely pronounced his mother dead. In Brixton, already a powder keg because of the deep racism that the community was experiencing, it was the spark needed to trigger two days of rioting that saw buildings brought down by petrol bombs, cars torched and shops looted. But for Lee, it was a spark that lit a flame that would burn for the next 30 years as he fought to get the police to recognise their wrongdoing. His life had changed forever: he was now his mother's carer, he had seen first-hand the prejudice that existed in his country, and he was at the mercy of a society that was working against him. And yet that flame - for justice, for peace, for change - kept him going. The Louder I Will Sing is a powerful, compelling and uplifting memoir about growing up in modern Britain as a young Black man. It's a story both of people and politics, of the underlying racism beneath many of our most important institutions, but also the positive power that hope, faith and love can bring in response.

I Get Loud

Author: David Ouimet
Publisher: WW Norton
ISBN: 1324004401
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
This stunning successor to Ouimet’s debut, I Go Quiet, follows a girl learning to express herself and connect with others. When I am swept into the light of life, I get loud. A girl finds her voice and befriends a stranger, who becomes her closest companion. They speak and sing and laugh, their friendship weathering darkness and light, stormy seas and calm waters. Then, embarking on an uncertain journey to a new land with thousands of others, they become separated. The girl worries that her voice alone is too quiet to find her friend and make herself known—but it’s their voices that lead them back to each other, and that preserve their pasts and pave their future in a new home. The companion to David Ouimet’s acclaimed debut, I Go Quiet, I Get Loud is a poetic and arresting fable about the power of expression and human connection in the face of change.

Harry and the Lady Next Door

Author: Gene Zion
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064440087
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
Harry′s had it! The lady next door sings too loudly and too often, but every time Harry tries to stop her he gets in trouble. Can Harry solve the neighborhood′s problem before he′s sent to the doghouse?

The Louder Song

Author: Aubrey Sampson
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 1631469037
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Lament helps us hear God’s louder song. When you’re in the midst of suffering, you want answers for the unanswerable, resolutions to the unresolvable. You want to tie up pain in a pretty little package and hide it under the bed, taking it out only when you feel strong enough to face it. But grief won’t be contained. Grief disobeys. Grief explodes. In one breath, you may be able to say that God’s got this and all will be well. In the next, you might descend into fatalism. No pretending. Here, you are raw before God, an open wound. There is a pathway through this suffering. It’s not easy, but God will use it to lead you toward healing. This path is called lament. Lament leads us between the Already and the Not Yet. Lament minds the gap between current hopelessness and coming hope. Lament anticipates new creation but also acknowledges the painful reality of now. Lament recognizes the existence of evil and suffering—without any sugarcoating—while simultaneously declaring that suffering will not have the final say. In the midst of your darkest times, you will discover that lament leads you back to a place of hope—not because lamenting does anything magical, but because God sings a louder song than suffering ever could, a song of renewal and restoration.

Sing, Sophie!

Author: Dayle Ann Dodds
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN: 163083209X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

Book Description
Sophie loves to sing, but no one but the crickets wants to hear her song, that is until a special situation calls for her talents and where her cowgirl songs not only come in handy but save the day as well.

Money Notes

Author: Meredith Colby
Publisher: Wise Ink
ISBN: 9781945769108
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
IF YOU WANT TO GET THOSE HIGH, LOUD NOTES THAT THE WINNERS OF THE TV SINGING CONTESTS ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE, YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. With a groundbreaking vocal method, veteran singer, coach, and teacher Meredith Colby shows how any singer can "go through the back door" to quickly achieve the singing results they want. Drawing on contemporary brain research and applying similar neurology theories to those found in sports instruction and physical rehabilitation, Neuro-Vocal Method exploits the innate tendencies of the brainboth to steer changes in singing and to be guided by changes as they occur.

Time to Roar

Author: Olivia A. Cole
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1547603704
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
This powerful picture book shows the importance of raising your own strong voice to defend what you love. Sasha the bear loves the meadow in her forest more than anything. But when great yellow beasts threaten to cut and burn the forest, Sasha and the other animals must find a way to stop them. "Don't go roaring," squirrel tells Sasha. The bird tries singing sweetly. The rabbit tries thumping to distract them. The deer tries running to lead them away. But none of these things stop the machines. Must they all run and hide? Sasha the bear knows they need something louder, something bigger, something more powerful. And Sasha knows her voice--her roar--is the most powerful tool she has. Olivia A. Cole's deceptively simple text and Jessica Gibson's vibrant art celebrate the power of learning to raise your own strong voice to defend what you love. Because sometimes you must be a bear. Sometimes you must roar.

Unintentional Music

Author: Lane Arye
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN: 1612832903
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
The last time you whistled a tune or hummed a song-why did you choose that one? You may not consider yourself a musical person, but your little act of unintended music may be the key to unlocking within you a wealth of unsuspected creativity-a kind of creativity that goes way beyond music, too. Lane Arye, PhD, a musician himself, focuses on the music that people do not intend to make. Using the highly regarded psychological model called Process Work, developed by Arnold Mindell, PhD, Arye has been teaching students around the world how to awaken their creativity, using music as the starting point, but including all art forms and ways of expression. The unintentional appears at moments when some hidden part of us, something beyond our usual awareness, suddenly tries to express itself. If we start paying attention to what is trying to happen rather than to what we think should happen, we open the door to self-discovery and creativity. Sometimes what we regard as "mistakes" in self-expression are in fact treasures. The book is rich with real-life stories, ideas, and practical techniques for unlocking creativity, which Arye dispenses with humor, insight, and enthusiasm.

Sing Some More

Author: Deborah Diesen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781534110526
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
From before sunrise until after sunset, a group of birds sings and sings some more, first performing solos from their perches and then harmonizing while in flight.

A Song of Frutas

Author: Margarita Engle
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1534444890
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
From Pura Belpré Award–winning author Margarita Engle comes a lively, rhythmic picture book about a little girl visiting her grandfather who is a pregonero—a singing street vendor in Cuba—and helping him sell his frutas. When we visit mi abuelo, I help him sell frutas, singing the names of each fruit as we walk, our footsteps like drumbeats, our hands like maracas, shaking… The little girl loves visiting her grandfather in Cuba and singing his special songs to sell all kinds of fruit: mango, limón, naranja, piña, and more! Even when they’re apart, grandfather and granddaughter can share rhymes between their countries like un abrazo—a hug—made of words carried on letters that soar across the distance like songbirds.