Coming Soon: A ROMANCE ON THREE LEGS by Katie Hafner
Posted on | January 1, 2013 | No Comments
A ROMANCE ON THREE LEGS by Katie Hafner
We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould’s Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano, by Katie Hafner.
Glenn Gould was famous for his obsessions: the scarves, sweaters and fingerless gloves that he wore even on the hottest summer days; his deep fear of germs and illness; the odd wooden “pygmy” chair that he carried with him wherever he performed; and his sudden withdrawal from the public stage at the peak of his career. But perhaps Gould’s greatest obsession of all was for a particular piano, a Steinway concert grand known as CD318. A Romance on Three Legs is the story of Gould’s love for this piano, from the first moment of discovery, in a Toronto dept. store, to the tragic moment when the piano was dropped and seriously damaged while being transported from a concert overseas. Hafner also introduces us to the world and art of piano tuning, including a central character in Gould’s life, the blind tuner Verne Edquist, who lovingly attended to CD318 for more than two decades. We learn how a concert grand is built, and the fascinating story of how Steinway & Sons weathered the war years by supplying materials for the military effort. Indeed, CD318 came very close to ending up as a series of glider parts or, worse, a casket. The book has already been lauded by Kevin Bazzana, author of the definitive Gould biography, who notes that Hafner “has clarified some old mysteries and turned up many fresh details.”
Available soon from Audible and Amazon.
Saving Ben and Blood on the Moon on sale this week at Audible.com
Posted on | August 25, 2012 | No Comments
- SAVING BEN: A FATHER’S STORY OF AUTISM by Dan E. Burns
Starting today and running through Sunday, September 2, Audible’s merchandising team is executing a special price promotion on more than 1,000 titles, temporarily reducing the price on these titles to $5.95 for a la carte purchasers at Audible.com (Audible Listener members get their usual, additional 30% discount off the a la carte price). All of the books in this promotion were produced through ACX, Audible’s system for matching unrecorded books with narrators to produce more audiobooks and increase your selection.
BLOOD ON THE MOON: THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN by Edward Steers, Jr.
That means SAVING BEN and BLOOD ON THE MOON are both available at the reduced price for this week only. If you are interested in either of these titles, take advantage of this week’s sale!
New Release: A WORLD OF TALENT AND OTHER STORIES by Philip K. Dick
Posted on | August 25, 2012 | No Comments
A WORLD OF TALENT AND OTHER STORIES by Philip K. Dick
In a 1977 speech, Phillip K. Dick said “A novelist carries with him constantly what most women carry in large purses: much that is useless, a few absolutely essential items, and then, for good measure, a great number of things that fall in between. But the novelist does not transport them physically because his trove of possessions is mental. Now and then he adds a new and entirely useless idea; now and then he reluctantly cleans out the trash — the obviously worthless ideas — and with a few sentimental tears sheds them. Once in a great while, however, he happens by chance onto a thoroughly stunning idea new to him that he hopes will turn out to be new to everyone else. Read more…
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