It’s dangerous for a girl to be a mathematical prodigy in eighteenth-century Rome. Daniela Messo and her father withdraw from the world, but Giuseppe Balsamo arrives with his occult magic and the claim that Daniela has inherited the secrets of a long-dead Jewish mystic. Posing as wonder-working pilgrims, they swindle their way across Europe, ever further east, en route perhaps to Jerusalem or to an ambiguous salvation. Targeted Age Group:: 16+ What Inspired You to Write Your … [Read more...] about The Fiery Alphabet by Diane Lefer
My Mozart By Juliet Waldron
This book is bargain priced from 05/16/2014 until 05/22/2014 Mozart was her teacher, her mentor, her rescuer--and, finally, fatally, her lover. .. At dawn, in the marble palace of a Prince, a nine-year-old sings for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, then at the peak of his career. Always delighted by musical children, he accepts Nanina as a pupil. Gifted, intense and imaginative, she sees the great "Kapellmeister Mozart” as an avatar of Orpheus and her own, personal divinity. His lessons are … [Read more...] about My Mozart By Juliet Waldron
