Beloved by readers of all ages, this is the timeless and uproarious story of Hayden "Sidd" Finch - an eccentric Buddhist monk pitcher and New York Mets phenom who throws at the unhittable speed of 16
Since its founding by Bobby Jones in 1933, the Augusta National Golf Club has become the most fabled, mythologized, and controversial golf course in the world. It's also the most exclusive ? which mea
Here, in what has become a classic of its kind since its publication in 1978, is the fascinating story of Jack Kerouac, "King of the Beats" and American literary legend, recorded through the voices o
Every illness you've ever shuddered at is here in this handy pocket guide. The illustrations let you know what you're going to end up looking like at the end of the whole sorry story.
At the heart of hip-hop-the most vigorous, electric development in the music world since the advent of punk rock-are its brilliant entrepreneurs. Some have demonstrated business instinct and marketin
Five hundred priceless jewels have been compiled to form a gallery of 500 saints, sinners, saviors, and magicians whose music has provided three generations with an eclectic soundtrack. These acts ha
This first-ever collection of Jack Kerouac's art includes nearly every existing full-color painting collected and preserved by the Kerouac estate in Lowell, Massachusetts. Also included are dozens of
Americans are beginning to take note that large corporations are at the heart of what ails our country—from job losses to mad cow disease to pollution to rising cancer rates to obesity to empir
Cash's voluminous recordings rank as some of the best in country music history. Up to the days directly preceding his death, Cash continued to write and record. Hundreds of his songs, including "I Wa
The impact of such films as Blue Crush and Step into Liquid (from the directors of the classic Endless Summer) have helped fuel a surfing renaissance that extends from aging baby-boomers down to upst
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It's 1987, and the Beatles are gathering in Liverpool for a reunion. It has been twenty-five years since John Lennon walked out of EMI studios during the recording of Please Please Me, taking George
No band of the 1990s has garnered as much critical and commercial success as Radiohead. Back to Save the Universe is the first book to look at the creation of that music song by song, tracking Radioh
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Since his first chart-topper in 1956, he's outlived, outlasted, and outperformed all rivals. He is the funk-and-soul innovator and rap's driving spirit. His dazzling stage shows are legendary.Now Jam
Jet Li is part of a crew of new Asian stars taking Hollywood by storm. Along with Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Jackie Chan, and Maggie Cheung, Jet Li has kicked and punched his way out of the cult-fi
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