This memoir of a Texas boy, chronicles a lifetime of hunting, fishing, and traveling all over Texas, the Gulf Coast, the Rocky Mountains, and South America. These powerful and often humorous stories are accompanied by colorful illustrations that bring the stories to life.
On February 24, 1838, Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley was killed in Maryland by another Congressman from Kentucky in one of the last duels to take place in the United States. At the time, dueling was not illegal, but still Cilley's death was a shock to the nation. Before the...
Marina Cantacuzino is an award-winning journalist who in 2003, in response to the imminent invasion of Iraq, embarked on a personal project collecting stories from people who had lived through violence, tragedy or injustice and sought forgiveness rather than revenge. In 2004, she founded The Forgiveness Project (www.theforgivenessproject.com), a ......
A Life in Music--Managing McCartney, Madonna, and Michael Jackson
Now in Paperback! Legendary music manager, Ron Weisner, finally shares his story of what it was like to work with Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Paul McCartney, among others, while also witnessing huge changes in the music industry
Woody Guthrie, American Radical reclaims the politically radical profile of America's greatest balladeer. Although he achieved a host of national honors and adorns U.S. postage stamps, and although his song "This Land Is Your Land" is often considered the nation's second national anthem, Woody Guthrie committed his life to the ......
His Quest for Perception and the Origin and Return of Psychedelic Scie
Psychedelics, neuroscience, and historical biography come together when a journalist finds a lost photograph of Aldous Huxley and uncovers a hidden side of the celebrated author of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception. Allene Symons had no inkling that Aldous Huxley was once a friend of her fathers until the summer of 2001 when she ......
The dramatic story of a legendary American composer
George Gershwin lived with purpose and gusto, but with melancholy as well, for he was unable to make a place for himself--no family of his own and no real home in music.
He and his siblings received little love from their mother and no ......
The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin represented Montana for two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. A leading advocate for both woman suffrage and world peace, she was instrumental in securing the right or Montana women to vote, five years before the right was granted nationally. As the sole female member of ......
A Tragic Accident, a Paralyzed Bride, and the Power of Love, Loyalty,
Paralyzed from the chest down after being pushed into a pool on the night of her bachelorette party, Rachelle Friedman and her four best friends made a decision to never reveal the name of the friend who pushed her in. The girls' rare and special bond led to Rachelle's recovery, a lifelong secret, and her eventual fairy-tale wedding.
