Bill Hayes: 12 books
Insomniac City
New York, Oliver, and Me
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Amazon's Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2017 List
A moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls "the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected" of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks.
"A beautifully written...
Sleep Demons
An Insomniac’s Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2018
We often think of sleep as mere stasis, a pause button we press at the end of each day. Yet sleep is full of untold mysteries—eluding us when we seek it too fervently, throwing us into surreal dream worlds when we don’t, sometimes even possessing our bodies so that they walk and talk without our...
by Mr. Bill Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Bill Hayes's critically acclaimed memoir Insomniac City provided a first look at his unique street photography. Now he presents an exquisite collection that captures the full range of his work and the magic of chance encounters in New York City.
Hayes's "frank, beautiful, bewitching"...
The Original Wild Ones: Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club
Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Get an inside look at the real beginning of outlaw biker culture with this "raucous and heartfelt recounting of the early days of biker clubs" (Roadbike). The story starts one weekend in 1947, at a motorcycle race in Hollister, California. A few members of one club, the no-holds-barred "Boozefighters,"...
Hell on Wheels
An Illustrated History of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
A gripping history of outlaw motorcycle club culture from its beginnings to the present day.
In a world where most of us roll over when confronted by the power of authority, the antihero figure of the outlaw biker stands beyond the crowd, a beacon of social freedom. By choosing to live outside...
Hullabaloo!
The Life and (Mis)Adventures of L.A. Radio Legend Dave Hull
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2012
Dave Hull, “The Hullabalooer,” is recognized as one of the most iconic of all the Top 40 DJs to ever spin the wax over 50,000 watts of AM radio power. The Hullabalooer lived every wacky plotline that we laughed with on WKRP in Cincinnati; he was there as the drama of personalities like Alan Freed...
The One Percenter Encyclopedia: The World of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs from Abyss Ghosts to Zombies Elite
The World of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs from Abyss Ghosts to Zombies Elite
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Ever wonder how the Hells Angels got their name? Ever wonder about that little demonic critter on the Pagan’s patch? Ever wonder about the local one-percenter motorcycle club that hangs out at the corner bar? The One-Percenter Encyclopedia answers these questions and many more. Featuring concise...
by Bill Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Learn the real stories behind legendary events in motorcycle outlaw history. Pretty much everything the world has ever heard about one-percenter motorcycle clubs has been pure, unadulterated bullshit. Take the so-called Hollister riot of 1947 that started it all. LIFE magazine convinced America that...
Triumphs and Tragedies
A True Story of Wealth and Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Hermosa Beach, California, in the mid-1960s. Sun, surf, swanky sand castles along The Strand, and a soundtrack of “Fun, Fun, Fun.” But the hang-loose life of the locals would soon be drowned out and painted black. The social storm brewing could turn even the most perfect wave into a brutal riptide....
The Anatomist
A True Story of Gray's Anatomy
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2007
The classic medical text known as Gray’s Anatomy is one of the most famous books ever written. Now, on the 150th anniversary of its publication, acclaimed science writer and master of narrative nonfiction Bill Hayes has written the fascinating, never-before-told true story of how this seminal volume...
Five Quarts
A Personal and Natural History of Blood
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2005
“We’re born in blood. Our family histories are contained in it, our bodies nourished by it daily. Five quarts run through each of us, along some sixty thousand miles of arteries, veins, and capillaries.”
–fromFive Quarts
In the national bestseller Sleep Demons, Bill Hayes took us on...
Loving This Planet
Leading Thinkers Talk About How to Make A Better World
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Conversations on sustainability, renewable energy, and other pressing issues: “A level of intellectual discussion all too absent in our national discourse.” —Booklist
A co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, named one of the most influential women of the twentieth century...