The Coroner's Jury found that the boy hanged in the school gymnasium had killed himself, but Sgt. Beef disagrees. He takes a job as a temporary school caretaker, abetted by the reluctant Townsend,
How much do you really know about how the human body works, and how it reacts to food, exercise, nutrition, and the environment? While most of us have read about at least one fad diet, we’re lef
Few artists of the 20th century are as intriguing as Joni Mitchell. She was a solidly middle-class, buttoned-up bohemian; an anti-feminist who loved men but scorned free love; a female warrior t
“Nobody knows Dolly like Dolly,” declares Dolly Parton. Dolly’s is a rags-to-riches tale like no other. A dirt-poor Smoky Mountain childhood paved the way for the buxom blonde butter
This is the definitive biography of the most powerful man in Hollywood during the 1940s and ’50s, the man who founded the Hollywood Reporter and the most storied nightspots of the Sunset Strip,
The news in 2008 was that women had taken huge strides forward. Feminists’ decades-long struggle finally seemed to be paying off, not only in boardrooms, classrooms, and kitchens but also at the very
Bowie on Bowie presents some of the best interviews David Bowie has granted in his near five-decade career. Each featured interview traces a new step in his unique journey, successively freezing him i
Hendrix on Hendrix includes the most important interviews from the peak of Jimi Hendrix’s career, carefully selected by one of the world’s leading Hendrix historians. In this book Hendrix recalls for
A tremendously insightful biography of the man who helmed the Velvet Underground and single-handedly created alternative rock This book covers not only the highlights of Reed’s career, but explores
“A valuable combination of scholarship, telling anecdote, and informed opinion.” —Stephen Kinzer Unfinished Revolution is the first full-length biography of Daniel Ortega. It traces his life from his
“An overwhelming book about an overwhelming character in the music field. . . . We owe Barry Mazor a debt of gratitude for telling Peer’s incredible life story.” —Bob DylanThis is the first biography
A consummate insider as the girlfriend of Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac singer and guitarist, Carol Ann Harris leads fans into the very heart of the band’s storms between 1976 and 1984. Fro
"The early decades of American popular music—Stephen Foster, Scott Joplin, John Philip Sousa, Enrico Caruso—are, for most listeners, the dark ages. It wasn’t until the mid-1920s that the full spectru
Gotta dance! Gotta sing! Gotta do most anything because it’s show time! In Show Time! kids will learn to become “triple threat” performers, developing their skills as singers, dancers, and actors thro
Kids can experience William Shakespeare’s England and get their first taste of the Bard’s sublime craft with this lively biography and activity book. Staging swordplay, learning to juggle
Unlock the imagination of young children! With over 125 activities and projects, Making Make-Believe offers storybook play, games, cooking, mini-plays, dress-up costumes and masks, imagination sp
Moviemaking is more accessible to young people than ever before as smartphones and tablets become ever more powerful. This book includes enjoyable games and mini-projects that teach kids all the skill
Leonardo da Vinci united the arts and the sciences. On the one hand he was a painter and skilled draftsman, and on the other an inventor and tireless researcher. A legend in his own time, Leonardo was
Connecting Gandhi’s ideas and his life's work to contemporary issues such as bullying and conflict resolution, healthful eating from local sources, civil rights and diversity, and more, this useful re
Art historian Simonetta Carr draws on recent scholarship that challenges the traditional view of Michelangelo as a recluse. Readers will also learn about the complex and fluid era of the Italian Renai
Micro-stories of modern monsters and other horrors.This collection of twenty-six dark, but often humorous short stories features a pantheon of disturbed and disturbing characters, human and otherwise.
Chronicling the unforgettable and improbable triumph of Jack Nicklaus in the 1986 Masters, this celebration recounts how the tarnished "Golden Bear," with his eldest son Jackie as his caddy, won the
Offering a rarely seen female perspective on gang life, this raw and powerful memoir tells not only of one woman’s struggle to survive the streets but also of her ascent to the top ranks of the new ma
Theodore Roosevelt was a sickly, undersized boy, but he grew into a physically fit, energetic man whose courage knew no bounds. As leader of a young, vigorous nation, he steered a middle course betwe
Providing a clear look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this is the first biography of the late Skip James, perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musician
