Books with author Jim Bernstein

The oldest daughter of revered composer Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father on the centenary of his birth -- illuminating a man, a city, and an era that defined modern culture -- in a deeply intimate and broadly evocative memoir reminiscent of Alexandra Styron's Reading My Father and Richard Ford's Between ThemThe composer of On the Town and West Side Story, chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, television star, humanitarian, friend of the powerful and influential, and inveterate partygoer Leonard Bernstein was a massive celebrity during one of the headiest periods of American cultural life, and perhaps the most talented musician in American history.To his eldest daughter, Jamie, he was all that and more; he was the man in the scratchy brown bathrobe that smelled of cigarettes, who sat late at night at the piano when he couldn't sleep (he could never sleep). An incredible jokester, an incessant teacher, he taught her to love the world in all its beauty and complexity. In public and private, Lenny was larger than life.In Famous Father Girl, Bernstein mines the emotional depths of her childhood and invites us into her family's private world. A fantastic set of characters populate the Bernsteins' lives, including: the Kennedys, Mike Nichols, John Lennon, Richard Avedon, Steven Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, Betty (Lauren) Bacall.An intoxicating tale, Famous Father Girl is an intimate meditation on a deeply complex and sometimes troubled man and the beautiful music that was the soundtrack to his life. Deeply moving and often hilarious, Bernstein's beautifully written memoir is great American story about one of the greatest Americans of the modern age.

In the near future, humanity is thrust into the Great War, a nuclear holocaust that destroys all but one ship. That repurposed battleship, the last bastion of humanity, is capable of carrying its five thousand passengers, all that is left of mankind. Miranda Watkins, a teenager, is one of those passengers who was born on the ship, knowing no other life, yet destined to play a crucial role in its fate. Before her Choosing Ceremony, she unravels a sinister plot that leads her on a wild search for answers. Nothing is as it seems on the ship. The more she digs, the darker the secrets become, and the more danger Miranda finds herself in.

Tortured. Permanently crippled. On the run, Lance Gundar finds himself narrowly escaping the clutches of a sinister madman. To get off the streets, Lance tries out for the royal guard. Laughed at, he holds his head in shame and begins to walk away when the Masters take notice of him and his hidden talents. Brought into the safety of the mage school, Lance finds himself caught in a struggle to learn his craft while dark enemies continue to seek him out.

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The world is blanketed in snow and death...The Eternal War continues to ravage the land while mighty forces clash in a never-ending struggle for dominancy.In the first book of the epic YA Fantasy series, Laura Stillwater, a young woman who wants nothing to do with the war, is caught up in its wake. She becomes an integral part of its outcome after discovering a magical staff hidden beneath the snow. The staff is sought by many dangerous forces, forcing Laura to run from those hunting her. Along her journey, she meets powerful allies who show her the ways of elemental magic, in which she demonstrates masterful skills.Follow Laura's adventure as she struggles to defeat powerful enemies and change the world.Fate Chronicle Series:The Eternal War: Book OneThe Children of Fate: Book TwoThe Drakaran: Book ThreeMORE BOOKS COMING SOON...

Albert Einstein did not impress his first teachers. They found him a dreamy child without an especially promising future. But some time in his early years he developed what he called "wonder" about the world. Later in life, he remembered two instances from his childhood--his fascination at age five with a compass and his introduction to the lucidity and certainty of geometry--that may have been the first signs of what was to come. From these ordinary beginnings, Einstein became one of the greatest scientific thinkers of all time. This illuminating biography describes in understandable language the experiments and revolutionary theories that flowed from Einstein's imagination and intellect--from his theory of relativity, which changed our conception of the universe and our place in it, to his search for a unified field theory that would explain all of the forces in the universe.