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The Sunday Macaroni Club / by Lopez, Steve.(CARDINAL)381150;
Subjects: Fiction.; Public prosecutors;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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In the clear / by Lopez, Steve.(CARDINAL)381150;
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Casinos; Sheriffs; Ex-police officers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Third and Indiana / by Lopez, Steve.(CARDINAL)381150;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Drug traffic; Mothers and sons; Runaway teenagers; Teenage boys;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The soloist [large print] : a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music / by Lopez, Steve.(CARDINAL)381150;
Subjects: Large print books.; Biographies.; Ayers, Nathaniel Anthony.; Violinists; Homeless persons; Skid row;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The soloist : a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music [sound recording]. by Lopez, Steve.;
Read by William Hughes.
Subjects: Violinists; Homeless persons; Skid row; Ayers, Nathaniel Anthony.; Audiobooks.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The soloist [sound recording] : a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music by Lopez, Steve.; Hughes, William,1957-;
Read by William Hughes.A portrait of gifted violinist Nathaniel Ayers traces his education at Juilliard, his struggles with schizophrenia, the factors that led to his homelessness in Los Angeles, his friendship with the author, and the author's efforts to improve the musician's life.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Compact discs.; Audiobooks.; Ayers, Nathaniel Anthony.; Violinists; Homeless persons; Skid row;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Rockin' the wall [videorecording] / by Baldwin, Adam,1962-nrt.(CARDINAL)809009; Leif, Marc.ausprodrt.; Lopez, Steve.pro.(CARDINAL)381150; Schweikart, Larry.pro.(CARDINAL)526579; Schweikart, Larry.Seven events that made America America.; Stahlberg, Michael.flm.; Stein, Mark,1947-prf.; Tongeren, John Van.cmp.; Mother's Finest (Musical group); Rockin' the Wall Films.; Video Project.(CARDINAL)218165;
Educational version (56 min.) -- Feature version (83 min.)Music score composed by John Van Tongeren ; original songs performed, produced and arranged by Mark Stein and Mother's Finest ; edited by Michael Stahlberg.Narrated by Adam Baldwin."When the Berlin Wall went up in 1960, it became the worldwide symbol of communist oppression. While the Wall kept people in, it could not keep Western influences like rock music out. Through Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, rock music penetrated the Iron Curtain with messages of freedom and rebellion. [The film] presents the history of the Berlin Wall through the experiences of well-known rock musicians and those who lived behind the wall. Among the rock musicians featured are Robby Krieger (The Doors), Mark Stein and Vinny Martell (Vanilla Fudge), Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot), David Paich (Toto), Jimmy Haslip (Yellowjackets), and the group Mother's Finest who played in East Berlin just weeks before the Wall fell. People who lived behind the Iron Curtain in several countries describe what their lives were like and how rock music provided them an important lifeline and inspiration, giving them hope and exposing the short-comings of the communist system. The film includes historical footage of the famous speeches at the Berlin Wall by Presidents Ronald Reagan and John Kennedy, as well as interviews with former government officials and with European rocker Leslie Mandoki who recalls being visited by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to discuss the power of music."DVD-R, NTSC.
Subjects: Rock music.; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Film adaptations.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Schweikart, Larry; Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.; Politics and culture.; Rock music; Rock music;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Independence day : what I've learned about retirement from some who've done it and some who never will / by Lopez, Steve,author.(CARDINAL)381150;
"Grappling with his own decision of whether to retire, Lopez uses his reporter skills not only to look inward but also to interview experts and peers to collect a variety of perspectives as he examines the true nature of a person's time, identity, and ultimate life satisfaction. In Independence Day, Lopez talks to those who have chosen to extend their working life to its (il)logical extreme--people like Mel Brooks, still working at 94--those who have happily retired and reinvented themselves outside of the constraints of work, and those who would like to retire but can't because of financial constraints. He also turns to professionals on the matter, like two aging scientists, a geriatric specialist, and a psychiatrist, to understand the research-based reasons to retire. With his trademark poignancy, wisdom, and humor, Lopez establishes a useful polemic for himself and others in planning ahead, as he also evaluates questions of identity, financial limitations, and ultimately what to do with your life when the obituary pages are no longer filled with strangers."--Amazon.comIncludes bibliographical references (pages 235-239).
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Self-help publications.; Interviews.; Lopez, Steve.; Retirement; Work.; Journalists;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Independence day : what I learned about retirement from some who've done it and some who never will / by Lopez, Steve,Author(DLC)n 93123706 ;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239).Four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and longtime Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez explores the meaning of work and how it defines us in this captivating book that combines memoir, investigatory interviews, and practical application. Grappling with his own decision of whether to retire, Lopez uses his reporter skills not only to look inward but also to interview experts and peers to collect a variety of perspectives as he examines the true nature of a person's time, identity, and ultimate life satisfaction. In Independence Day, Lopez talks to those who have chosen to extend their working life to its (il)logical extreme--people like Mel Brooks, still working at 94--those who have happily retired and reinvented themselves outside of the constraints of work, and those who would like to retire but can't because of financial constraints. He also turns to professionals on the matter, like two aging scientists, a geriatric specialist, and a psychiatrist, to understand the research-based reasons to retire. With his trademark poignancy, wisdom, and humor, Lopez establishes a useful polemic for himself and others in planning ahead, as he also evaluates questions of identity, financial limitations, and ultimately what to do with your life when the obituary pages are no longer filled with strangers.
Subjects: Autobiographies; Biographies; Self-help publications; Interviews; Retirement; Work; Journalists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The soloist : a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music / by Lopez, Steve,author.(CARDINAL)381150;
When Steve Lopez see Nathaniel Ayers playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles' Skid Row, he finds it impossible to walk away. At first, he is drawn by the opportunity to crank out another column for the Los Angeles Times, just one more item on an ever-growing to-do list: "Violin Man." But what Lopez begins to unearth about the mysterious street musician leaves an indelible impression. More than thirty years earlier, Ayers had been a promising classical bass student at Juilliard- ambitious, charming, and one of the few African-Americans- until he gradually lost his ability to function, overcome by a mental breakdown. When Lopez finds him, Ayers is alone, suspicious of everyone, and deeply troubled, but glimmers of that brilliance are still there. From an impromptu concert of Beethoven's Eighth in the Second Street tunnel to a performance of Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites on Skid Row, the two men learn to communicate through Ayers's music. Lopez collects donated violins, a cello, even a stand-up bass and a piano with the hope that Ayers can be swayed to move off the streets, where every day his well-being is threatened. Their bond takes tortuous turns as Lopez imagines he can change Ayers's life- finding him lodging, reconnecting him to his family, taking him to Disney Concert Hall to meet a former Juilliard classmate. For each triumph, there is a crashing disappointment, yet neither man gives up. And although it's Ayers he initially sets out to save, Lopez finds his own life is profoundly changed. This book is a about unwavering commitment, artistic devotion, and the transformative magic of music.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Ayers, Nathaniel Anthony.; Violinists; Homeless persons; Skid row;
Available copies: 27 / Total copies: 39
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