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The soloist: a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music

By Steve Lopez. 2008

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Movie and television tie-insBiography, Music biography, Science and medicine biography, Music, Social issues
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Los Angeles Times columnist describes his relationship with Nathaniel Ayers, a former student at Juilliard, who became homeless after succumbing…

to paranoid schizophrenia. Lopez discusses his and his readers' efforts to expose callous treatment of Ayers and relates Ayers's attempts at recovery. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008.

The pianist: the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw 1939-45

By Anthea Bell, Władysław Szpilman. 1999

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Movie and television tie-insBiography, Music biography, Historical biography, World War II
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Wladyslaw Szpilman was a young Jewish pianist who, uniquely, managed to stay alive in Warsaw throughout World War II. Immediately…

afterwards, he wrote this account of his experiences during the war. 1999.

Brother Ray: Ray Charles' own story

By Ray Charles, David Ritz. 1978

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Candid autobiography of the famous American singer and musician who was born black and poor in the deep south, became…

blind as a small boy, and was orphaned as a teenager. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1978.

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