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"In March 1865, the long and bitter War between the States is winding down. Until now, twenty-three-year-old Simon Boudlin has evaded military duty thanks to his slight stature, youthful appearance, and utter lack of compunction about bending the truth. But following a barroom brawl in Victoria, Texas, Simon finds himself conscripted, however belatedly, into the Confederate Army. Luckily his talent with a fiddle gets him a comparatively easy position...
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Shady Grove inherited her father's ability to call ghosts from the grave with his fiddle, but she also knows the fiddle's tunes bring nothing but trouble and darkness. But when her brother is accused of murder, she can't let the dead keep their secrets. In order to clear his name, she's going to have to make those ghosts sing.
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"For lovers of Meg Wolitzer, Maria Semple, and Jenny Offill comes this raucous, poignant celebration of life, love, and friendship at its imperfect and radiant best. Edith and Ashley have been best friends for over forty-two years. They've shared the mundane and the momentous together: trick or treating and binge drinking; Gilligan's Island reruns and REM concerts; hickeys and heartbreak; surprise Scottish wakes; marriages, infertility, and children....
7) Gussy
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2021.
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"Gussy knows that being a village Protector is a big job, even if Grandpa Widow makes the role look easy. So when Grandpa Widow is suddenly called to travel across the desert surrounding the village, and Gussy has to step into the role of Protector herself, she barely feels ready to perform the magical Rites that keep her village safe from the Great Doom, the mysterious power that threatens the residents in the lands outside. On her very first night...
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Sliver of stardust volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
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374 pages ; 22 cm
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After a strange encounter at a science competition, Wren Matthews discovers a secret magical order known as the Fiddlers, and must learn to use the power of stardust to save them, herself, and the world from the return of a sinister enemy.
9) Coming home
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[2016]
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1 audio disc : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Multi Grammy and CMA Award-winning fiddler and composer Mark O'Connor returns to progressive bluegrass and country music with the O'Connor Band and their debut album, Coming Home.
10) Mums and mayhem
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2020.
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323 pages ; 22 cm
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Duncreigan, the magic garden that Fiona Knox inherited from her godfather, is dying. Someone broke into the garden and cut the centuries-old climbing rose - the source of the magic. But that's not the only problem: world-famous fiddle player Barley McFee, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, for a grand homecoming concert, was killed during the concert's intermission. And Fiona's parents traveled from Tennessee to visit Fi and her younger sister, Isla, and...
13) Broken strings
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2019.
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282 pages ; 22 cm
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A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-winning author duo. For fans of The Devil's Arithmetic and Hana's Suitcase. It's 2002. In the aftermath of the twin towers -- and the death of her beloved grandmother -- Shirli Berman is intent on moving forward. The best singer in her junior high, she auditions for the lead role in Fiddler on the Roof, but is crushed to learn that she's been given the...
14) Sketches
Pub. Date
2019.
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1 audio disc : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
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One of the Maritime provinces most important musical exports and a superstar in the Celtic music world, Natalie MacMaster has built a career on electrifying playing and innovative recordings that stretched the world music genre into contemporary commercial acceptance, selling over 300,000 albums in the process. With award nominations and wins too numerous to count, honourary doctorates and several hall of fame inductions, it's hard to imagine Natalie...
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2020.
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1 audio disc (44 min., 47 sec.) : CD audio, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
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"With 2011's Goat Rodeo Sessions, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mandolinist Chris Thile, bassist Edgar Meyer, and fiddler Stuart Duncan introduced their ambitiously playful, genre-bending mix of classical, folk, bluegrass, and global music textures. It was a hit, earning them critical acclaim and a Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. With 2020's Not Our First Goat Rodeo, the quartet reunites for another stylistically far-reaching outing that matches the heights...
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