Everybody knows how to sing, right? Don't you just open your mouth and do it? Well, sort of. Believe it or not, there is a right way and a wrong way to sing. Or, perhaps more accurately, a healthy and sustainable way as opposed to unhealthy and potentially harmful ways. Whether you dream of having a professional career in music or are a purely recreational singer, you want your voice to sound as good as it can and to last your lifetime. The best way to preserve your voice is to keep yourself physically fit and in good overall health.
Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer
Chely Wright, singer, songwriter, country music star, writes in this moving, telling memoir about her life and her career; about growing up in America’s heartland, the youngest of three children; about barely remembering a time when she didn’t know she was different. She writes about her parents, putting down roots in their twenties in the farming town of Wellsville, Kansas, Old Glory flying atop the poles on the town’s manicured lawns, and being raised to believe that hard work, honesty, and determination would take her far.
Anna Pigeon, a Ranger with the National Park Service, is newly married but on administrative leave from her job as she recovers from the traumas of the past couple of months. While the physical wounds have healed, the emotional ones are still healing. With her new husband back at work, Anna decides to go and stay with an old friend from the Park Service, Geneva, who works as a singer at the New Orleans Jazz NHP. She isn't in town long before she crosses paths with a tenant of Geneva's, a creepy guy named Jordan.
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Non-Fiction | 29 October 2010
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An easy-reading biography peppered with quotes and childhood stories, accounts of successes and failures, and descriptions of the inspirational sources and experiences that influenced the singer's career. Includes detailed timelines and indexes. Gr 4–6
Compensation experts Paula M. Singer and Laura L. Francisco update the groundbreaking 2002 book with new analysis of emerging workforce trends in "Developing a Compensation Plan for Your Library, Second Edition". In this edition, Singer and Francisco tackle the new challenges facing administrators and human resources planners such as retirement of the Baby Boomers, determining the compensation value of an MLS, and how to retain your organization's high-performing employees. Included within this user-friendly text, are the updated versions of the numerous checklists, worksheets, and salary surveys that made the first edition such a reliable resource.
