Author: M.G. Crisci
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 1456635069
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 267
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HOW CHINA'S MOST CELEBRATED VIOLIN PRODIGY BECAME AN ENEMY OF STATE. The King of Violins is the heartbreaking story of China's most celebrated violin prodigy, Ma Sicong, who composed his first concerto at the age of 12. During his career, this gentle, dignified man composed 57 of the world's best-known symphonies and concertos and performed in front of hundreds of sold-out audiences across the globe. Chairman Mao Zedong declared Ma Sicong "a national treasure" and nicknamed him The King of Violins. Soon, Chairman Mao's brutal Cultural Revolution distorted the truth of Ma's life and work. He is forced to wear a dunce cap, and is publicly humiliated and physically abused by cadres of Red Guards as "a vile product of bourgeois thinking." Ma and his family make a breath-taking escape in the darkness to America. After Chairman Mao died in 1976, the real circumstances of Ma's poignant, bittersweet life were buried in the pages of history by an embarrassed Chinese government. Eleven years later, Ma died at the age of 76 in Philadelphia. The King of Violins, written in cooperation with all of Ma's remaining family members, and is the first politically balanced life story about this generous, conflicted musical genius. (Contains 89 rare vintage photographs).
Author: M.G. Crisci
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 1456640046
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 165
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The Ultimate Feel-Good Book. One man lives seven decades, lives on three continents, and visits 217 countries. His takeaway in over 150 breathtaking pictures: The World is a Wonderful Place. Everything about this book has been designed to intoxicate the senses by discovering something exciting with each read.
Author: Ezra Hall Gillett
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Category : Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Publisher: International Potato Center
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Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Author: Ezra Hall Gillett
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Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Author: E. H. Gillett
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Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Publisher: IICA
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Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Author: Jacques Lenfant
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Category : Council of Constance
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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Author: M.G. Crisci
Publisher: Orca Publishing Company USA
ISBN: 0985991844
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Sandra Martini thought she had it all, a storybook marriage, two loving children, a meaningful career in healthcare, and lots of corporate expense account goodies. But, all hell broke loose when husband Victor met Franklin Ryman, a wealthy, "tarnished" member of Wall Street's dark-side dealmakers, known as "the lunatic fringe." The morally bankrupt Ryman guaranteed Victor no experience was necessary to become a Wall Street zillionaire, other than "Follow the Leader." Smitten with the notion of becoming filthy rich at the age of 37, Victor waved goodbye to his carefully-cultivated career on Madison Avenue to launch a questionable IPO (Initial Public Offering) with Ryman. Reluctantly, Sandra agreed to join "the love of her life" on a breath-taking roller-coaster though a seamy side of Wall Street that professional dealmakers deny exists. A world where the only color that matters is green. When the roller coaster stops, Victor and Sandra are financially and morally bankrupt, their marriage is in shambles, and Victor contemplates a bizarre version of suicide to make amends.
