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St Petersburg
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
The definitive cultural biography of the “Venice of the North” and its transcendent artistic and spiritual legacy, written by Russian emerge and acclaimed cultural historian, Solomon Volkov.
Long considered to be the mad dream of an imperious autocrat—the "Venice of the North," conceived...
In Heaven Everything Is Fine
The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers and the Lost History of New Wave Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2008
On March 3, 1983, Peter Ivers was found bludgeoned to death in his loft in downtown Los Angeles, ending a short-lived but essential pop cultural moment that has been all but lost to history. For the two years leading up to his murder, Ivers had hosted the underground but increasingly popular LA-based...
by David G. Dodd
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the most popular and enduring band ever: “Even the most hardcore Deadheads will be impressed by this obsessively complete look at the Grateful Dead’s lyrics” (Publishers Weekly).
The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics is an authoritative text,...
What Went Wrong?
The Creation & Collapse of the Black-Jewish Allia
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1994
For nearly a century, blacks and Jews were allies in the struggle for civil rights and equality in America. Sometimes risking their lives, they waged battle in the courts, at lunch counters, and in the academy, advancing the cause of all minorities. Their historical partnership culminated in the landmark...
Race Rebels
Culture, Politics, And The Black Working Class
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1996
Many black strategies of daily resistance have been obscured--until now. Race rebels, argues Kelley, have created strategies of resistance, movements, and entire subcultures. Here, for the first time, everyday race rebels are given the historiographical attention they deserve, from the Jim Crow era to the present.
She Got Up Off the Couch
And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2006
The # 1 New York Times bestseller A Girl Named Zippy was a rare and welcome treat: a memoir of a happy childhood. Spunky, strong-willed, and too smart for her own good, Zippy Jarvis brought readers delight and joy. In She Got Up Off the Couch, Haven Kimmel invites us to rejoin the quirky and hilarious...
Superman Is Jewish?
How Comic Book Superheroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice, and the Jewish-American Way
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
From a brilliant and witty comic book aficionado, this “scholarly but lively narrative” (Kirkus Reviews) reveals the links between Jews and the iconic superheroes of Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Stan Lee, and Jack Kirby.
Many of us know that thesuperheroes at the heart of the American comic...
I'm Off Then
Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
I'm Off Then has sold more than three million copies in Germany and has been translated into eleven languages. The number of pilgrims along the Camino has increased by 20 percent since the book was published. Hape Kerkeling's spiritual journey has struck a chord.
Overweight, overworked, and...
by Lori Lite
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Children learn fun visualization techniques as they imagine filling and relaxing their bodies with the colors of the rainbow. A sea child and turtle take children on a bubble ride into the world of relaxation. Visualization, also known as creative imagery, can lower stress and anxiety levels. Visualizing...
Comeback Season
How I Learned to Play the Game of Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
In Comeback Season, Cathy Day, author of the highly praised novel The Circus in Winter, tells the heartwarming story of how she got back in the game of love -- thanks to her favorite football team, the Indianapolis Colts.
In 2005, Day, an Indiana native, moves to Pittsburgh to start her dream...
It's All About You
Live the Life You Crave
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Get more time, get more organized, get more money, get more energy, and get more joy out of your life.
Being a mother is amazing, although motherhood is not always easy. Getting the kids off to day care and school every weekday morning, juggling all of your to-dos while trying to fit in time...
The Radleys
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
Just about everyone knows a family like the Radleys. Many of us grew up next door to one. They are a modern family, averagely content, averagely dysfunctional, living in a staid and quiet suburban English town. Peter is an overworked doctor whose wife, Helen, has become increasingly remote and uncommunicative....
Rock & Roll Jihad
A Muslim Rock Star's Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
"The story you are about to read is the story of a light-bringer....Salman Ahmad inspires me to reach always for the greatest heights and never to fear....Know that his story is a part of our history."
-- Melissa Etheridge, from the Introduction
With 30 million record sales under his belt,...
Dead Certain
The Presidency of George W. Bush
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
In this ambitious work of political narrative, Robert Draper takes us inside the Bush White House and delivers an intimate portrait of a tumultuous decade and a beleaguered administration. Virtually every page of this book crackles with scenes, anecdotes, and dialogue that will surprise even long-...