The Soloist (Movie Tie-In): A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music
by Steve Lopez
List Price:
Our Price: $1.99
You Save: $13.01 (87%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $1.98 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Steve LopezEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-30
ISBN: 042522600X
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Book Reviews of The Soloist (Movie Tie-In): A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music
Book Review: humanizing people with mental illness
Summary: 3 Stars
Clear but engaging writing style, easy read. It tells a story of an exceptional man whose life is greatly affectd by the illness, and yet the essence still intact. The author did a great job juxtaposing the reality of the mentally ill with the city known for celebrities and glamour.
More The Soloist (Movie Tie-In): A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music reviews:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Summary of The Soloist (Movie Tie-In): A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music
Now a major motion picture-"An intimate portrait of mental illness, of atrocious social neglect, and the struggle to resurrect a fallen prodigy." (Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down)This is the true story of journalist Steve Lopez's discovery of Nathaniel Ayers, a former classical bass student at Julliard, playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles' Skid Row. Deeply affected by the beauty of Ayers's music, Lopez took it upon himself to change the prodigy's life-only to find that their relationship has had a profound change on his own life.
General Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Schizophrenia Best Resources
The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizensby E. Fuller Torrey
W.W. Norton & Co.; Published: 2008-06-17; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.94
Price in other shops:
PC, M.D.: How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine (ISBN#046507183X)by M.D. Sally Satel
Basic Books; Published: 2000; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.75
The Soloist (Movie Tie-In): A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Musicby Steve Lopez
Berkley Trade; Published: 2008-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.80
Price in other shops:
The Day the Voices Stopped: A Schizophrenic's Journey from Madness to Hopeby Ken Steele, Claire Berman
Basic Books; Published: 2002-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.05
Price in other shops:
Coping with Schizophenia: A Guide For Patients Families, and Caregiversby Steven Jones
Oneworld Publications; Published: 2004-11-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.98
Price in other shops:
Conquering Schizophrenia: A Father, His Son, and a Medical Breakthroughby Peter Wyden
Knopf; Published: 1998-01-27; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
Me, Myself, and Them: A Firsthand Account of One Young Person's Experience with Schizophrenia (Adolescent Mental Health Initiative)by Kurt Snyder, Raquel E. Gur M.D., Linda Wasmer Andrews
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 2007-10-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.24
Price in other shops:
Schizophrenia and Civilizationby E. Fuller Torrey
ACLS Humanities E-Book; Published: 2008-08-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $21.60
Price in other shops:
Crazy in America: The Hidden Tragedy of Our Criminalized Mentally Illby Mary Beth Pfeiffer
Basic Books; Published: 2007-05-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.14
Price in other shops:
Schizophrenia For Dummies (For Dummies (Health & Fitness))by Jerome Levine, Irene S. Levine
For Dummies; Published: 2008-10-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.61
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)by Jhumpa Lahiri
Vintage; Published: 2009-04-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.96
Price in other shops:
The Elegance of the Hedgehogby Muriel Barbery
Europa Editions; Published: 2008-09-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.46
Price in other shops:
Sarah's Keyby Tatiana de Rosnay
St. Martin's Griffin; Published: 2008-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.22
Price in other shops:
The Book Thiefby Markus Zusak
Knopf Books for Young Readers; Published: 2007-09-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.60
Price in other shops:
Loving Frank: A Novelby Nancy Horan
Ballantine Books; Published: 2008-04-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.62
Price in other shops:
The Helpby Kathryn Stockett
Putnam Adult; Published: 2009-02-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.75
Price in other shops:
The White Tiger: A Novel (Man Booker Prize)by Aravind Adiga
Free Press; Published: 2008-10-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.39
Price in other shops:
Olive Kitteridge: Fictionby Elizabeth Strout
Random House Trade Paperbacks; Published: 2008-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.56
Price in other shops:
The Reader (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage International)by Bernhard Schlink
Vintage; Published: 2008-11-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.99
Price in other shops:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle)by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
Dial Press Trade Paperback; Published: 2009-05-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.00
Price in other shops: