Schaffner Press Inc imprint: 33 books
Never Say No To A Rock Star
In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More...
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
In 1974, at the age of seventeen, author Glenn Berger served as "Schlepper" and apprentice to the legendary recording engineer Phil Ramone at New York City's A&R Studios, and was witness to music history on an almost daily and nightly basis as pop and rock icons such as Paul Simon, Bob...
Sylvia Plath
Method and Madness
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
This is the first full-length biography of Sylvia Plath, whose suicide in made her a misinterpreted cause celebre and catapulted her into the ranks of the major confessional voices of her generation.
Dancing at the River's Edge
A Patient and Her Doctor Negotiate Life with Chronic Illness
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
An invaluable resource for medical professionals, victims of chronic illnesses, and their loved ones, this dual memoir by a doctor and his longtime patient traces the growth of their unique friendship over a span of decades. By exploring the bond between caregiver and sufferer, this sensitive account...
by Todd Grimson
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Resurrecting a horrifying and romantic narrative that broke fresh ground for its genre, this newly rereleased novel sets a vampire story in contemporary Los Angeles—the pleasure dome of late 1990s sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll culture. Unlike the vampires that came before her, Justine does not shun...
Fools Rush In
A True Story of Love, War, and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010
Offering an in-depth personal account of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian war, this autobiography follows the author as he departed for conflict-ridden Eastern Europe in the early 1990s. Demonstrating how the protagonist discovered his own love of humanity, this narrative documents his career as an aid-worker,...
Anything That Burns You
A Portrait of Lola Ridge, Radical Poet
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
The first full-length biography of Lola Ridge, a trailblazer for women, poetry, and human rights far ahead of her time This rich and detailed account of the life and world of Lola Ridge, poet, artist, editor, and activist for the cause of women's rights, workers' rights, racial equality and social...
Acid Christ
Ken Kesey, LSD and the Politics of Ecstasy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
From the literary wonder boy to the countercultural guru whose cross-country bus trip inspired The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, this candid biography chronicles the life and times of cultural icon Ken Kesey from the 1960s through the 1980s. Presenting an incisive analysis of the author who described...
by Steve Slagle
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Aimed at musicians searching for the next level in their ability to compose and improvise, this handy reference draws on the author’s own published music as well as accessible standards. Educational text is interspersed with personal experiences playing alongside legends such as "Machito"...
Lee Marvin
Point Blank
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
The first full-length, authoritative, and detailed story of the iconic actor's life to go beyond the Hollywood scandal-sheet reporting of earlier books, this account offers an appreciation for the man and his acting career and the classic films he starred in, painting a portrait of an individual who...
Interval
Poems Based On Bach's "Goldberg Variations"
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
In this series of poems responding to Johann Sebastian Bach’s spectacular “Goldberg Variations,” New Hampshire State Poet Laureate Alice B. Fogel has paid homage to a 274-year-old masterpiece and, with the theme of spirit and embodiment that music—and life itself—evoke, has rendered from...
Herbert Huncke
The Times Square Hustler Who Inspired Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Often overlooked as a minor player on the fringes of the Beat Generation and largely dismissed by others as a scam artist, junkie, and hustler, Herbert Huncke was in fact a significant writer who served as a mentor and inspiration to such legendary figures as Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and...
Seriously Not All Right
Five Wars in Ten Years
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
For more than a decade, Ron Capps, serving as both a senior military intelligence officer and as a Foreign Service officer for the U.S. Department of State, was witness to war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. From government atrocities in Kosovo, to the brutal cruelties perpetrated in several...
by Jose Dalisay
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
An emotional exploration of the Philippines, these novels illustrate the connection between a people and their beloved native land. The first novel, Killing Time in a Warm Place, is based in part on the author's own experiences as a student protester and his subsequent capture, imprisonment, and torture...
Short Flights
Thirty-Two Modern Writers Share Aphorisms of Insight, Inspiration, and Wit
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
A compilation of satirical and philosophical aphorisms from modern writers on the cutting edge of their craft
A unique anthology that draws together the work and musings of our leading pioneers of short-form writing, this book features writers who take this time-honored literary form to new heights....