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Charming Billy
by Alice McdermottBilly Lynch's family and friends have gathered at a small Bronx bar. They have come to comfort his widow and to eulogize one of the last great romantics, trading tales of his famous humor, immense charm, and unfathomable sorrow. As they linger on into this extraordinary night, their voices form Billy's tragic story and their mourning becomes a gentle homage to all the lives in their small community fractured by grief, shattered by secrets, and sustained by the simple dream of love.<P><P> National Book Award Winner.
Movie Nights for Teens: 25 More Movies To Spark Spirtiual Discussions With Your Teen
by Bob SmithouserThis book offers 25 movie suggestions for "date nights" for parents and teens. Each selection includes information about the movie, story summary, and cautions for parents. also, includes discussion questions.
Hard Core: Power, Pleasure and the Frenzy of the Visible
by Linda D. WilliamsA history and analysis of pornography, including its effect on women, whether it's art, and as a diverse social genre subject to societal pressures.
Rent
by Jonathan LarsonThe full story of Rent, Jonathan Larson's musical opera, including the libretto and biographies of the original cast members.<P><P> Pulitzer Prize Winner
Burnt Toast and Other Philosophies of Life
by Teri HatcherA funny, intimate, uplifting portrait of one woman's daily struggles and successes on the road to living an inspired life.
Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival
by Anderson CooperFew people have witnessed more scenes of chaos and conflict than Cooper, whose groundbreaking coverage on CNN has changed the way we view the news.
The Beatles
by Hunter DaviesA comprehensive look at the greatest rock and roll band to ever produce music.
Radio On: A Listener's Diary
by Sarah VowellCommentary from a frequent contributor to NPR's This American Life.
Barnabas & Company: The Cast of the TV Classic Dark Shadows
by Craig HamrickBarnabas and Company tells the tale of the (mostly) marvelous actors and actresses who came together in a tiny studio in Manhattan to make magic--both on screen and off. "Dark Shadows" innovatively broke all the daytime rules and blazed a trail other soaps are still following. Featuring sympathetic vampires and werewolves, decades before "Buffy the Vampire Killer" made slaying cool, the show captured the nation's attention. In the actors' own words, read about how it happened, and relive your own special memories of those "Dark Shadows" in the afternoon. Plus, a special trivia section includes information on the actors' other roles--on TV, stage and in movies.
You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes
by Laura LoveLaura Love has always had a knack for getting her audiences to listen. Now, for the first time, she has channeled her artistic talents into prose. The story is hers, and this coming-of-age memoir is an enthralling account of resilience and resolve. Laura grew up in Nebraska, where she survived a childhood that was miserable under the best of circumstances and nearly unbearable under the worst. Shuffled among a mentally unstable mother unable to cope with daily life, foster homes, and orphanages, Laura survived, thanks ultimately to her own personal resources and the love and support she received from her sister, from neighbors, and from a few teachers along the way. Those were the best of times. At other times, Laura and her sister lived in dreadfully sordid conditions, struggling to make sense of the emotional turbulence, mental illness, and poverty that shaped life at home--and the racism and racial politics that affected life on the sidewalks and streets, playgrounds and classrooms of Omaha and Lincoln. Despite the odds, the two sisters managed to get by, and in smaller moments, even triumph. As they entered their high school years, they began to assert their independence by creating their own sources of support and income, so as not to be dependent on a mother incapable of caring for them. It was at this time, too, that Laura discovered a secret that her mother had kept from her since birth. Wrenching, shocking, but ultimately hopeful, You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes brings readers a story of growth under the most detrimental of circumstances. Here is a young girl's attempt to make sense of her life and her place in it, and a powerful emotional experience wrought in searing, unadulterated prose.--From the bookjacket
La coartada perpetua
by Ambrosio FornetUna de las figuras más destacadas de la crítica literaria y cinematográfica cubana reúne en este libro sus mejores ensayos. Preocupado por los problemas que relacionan la historia moderna de Cuba con sus intelectuales, Ambrosio Fornet ha desplegado en sus textos un talento excepcional para definir las líneas del peculiar desarrollo de la cultura cubana a partir de la guerra hispano-cubano-americana de 1898 y de la independencia mediatizada, a la que dio lugar después de tres años de ocupación norteamericana. Tal es el asunto del primero y cuarto ensayos de esta colección. La revolución de 1959 que rompió este proceso neocolonial, inició una ambiciosa experiencia socialista que encontró hasta hoy, en Estados Unidos, un enemigo decidido a destruirla. ¿Cómo esa revolución ha podido, durante más de cuarenta años, resistir ese amenazador enfrentamiento sin abandonar sus propósitos de liberación y justicia social? El segundo ensayo de este libro brinda el "testimonio personal" de Ambrosio Fornet que responde a ese "enigma cubano". El exilio que las medidas revolucionarias cubanas provocaron desde muy pronto y que Estados Unidos propició de manera constante, determinaron la aparición en Estados Unidos de una literatura cubana del exilio que se ha manifestado y se manifiesta tanto en español como en inglés. Los méritos de esta creación literaria exiliada y los conflictos provocados por el bilingüismo han sido un tema en el que Fornet se ha explayado con notable objetividad y brillantez según puede verse en el tercero y sexto ensayos de la colección. El más extenso de todos ellos es una interesantísima "arqueología del nuevo cine latinoamericano (1959-1979)" que hace un balance crítico importante de esa crucial etapa del cine en nuestro subcontinente. Por ultimo, el libro se cierra con un ensayo medular sobre el "testimonio" en cuanto género literario peculiar de América Latina.
American Profile Hometown Cookbook: A Celebration of America's Table
by Mary Carter Susan Fisher Candace Floyd"In this extraordinary cookbook, you'll find traditional American favorites with a unique twist alongside ethnic creations from around the world. Also included are helpful tips from American Profile's test kitchen as well as 30 articles on hometown festivals and fairs across the nation that give you a sneak peek into the lives of the ordinary citizens that make up hometown America. Whether it's a simple soup for the family or a full meal for visitors, the American Profile Hometown Cookbook has just the right recipe to make any gathering a special occasion."
The Bluegrass Guitar Style of Charles Sawtelle
by Daniel MillerBook description from the Flatpicking Guitar magazine website (where I bought it!) Charles Sawtelle is one of the most innovative guitar players in bluegrass history. His bluesy syncopated solos with the popular bluegrass band Hot Rize proved true the famous saying 'less is more.' Charles is a true master of tone, timing, and taste in bluegrass guitar playing and his exciting and innovative solos have thrilled bluegrass fans around the world. This comprehensive book provides you with a Sawtelle biography, an extensive interview with Charles, a section on Charles' rhythm style, 27 transcriptions of Sawtelle solos in both standard notation and tablature, with notes accompanying each solo transcription and dozens of photographs of Charles and Hot Rize. All fans of Hot Rize will love this book. Level: Intermediate, Advanced. Even though the musical notation and tablature could not be reproduced in this version, there is much text which helps to reveal the nature of Sawtelle's guitar playing. Also, many of the big names in today's bluegrass tell why they think he was one of the best. (Sawtelle passed away in 1999.)
Lovesick Blues: The Life of Hank Williams
by Paul HemphillBiography of the quintessential country music singer and songwriter
Kicked, Bittten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers
by Amy SutherlandWalking cougars on leashes, teaching a mandrill to get an injection, working with elephants, and teaching rats to run up mazes are some of the things students in the Exotic Animal Training and Management program do at Moore Park College. Follow the "first year" students as they learn and grow to develop confidence in handling animals and improve their ways of managing each other. Good read for anyone interested in any type of animal training.
Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to remember along the way
by Fred RogersFrom the book: An inspiring collection of things to take with us on the path we travel in life. For all the roads we choose to travel, and even those we don't, Fred Rogers has an observation, a story, some insights to share. Whether you're facing graduation, a new job, a new baby, marriage, any change in your life--expected or not--the wisdom that Mister Rogers offers can contribute mightily to the grace with which you handle the change.
Water for Elephants: A Novel
by Sara GruenJacob Jankowski's 90-year-old mind remembers when he was a young veterinarian, traveling with a Depression-era circus.
The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz
by Tom PiazzaFrom the book's back cover: "Here is a brilliant and deeply informed overview of jazz history, one which gives a rich sense of who the major figures were and how they fit in with one another while showing the reader what to listen for and which recordings are indispensable for a full experience of the music. No other book fuses a singular examination of the key recordings with a presentation of the entire sweep of the music's classic period to provide the listener with such a useful and spirited companion." - WYNTON MARSALIS Tom Piazza writes about jazz and other American music for the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, New Republic, and Village Voice. He is a former professional jazz pianist and a graduate of Williams College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop; his short fiction has appeared in a number of literary magazines.
The World According to Me
by Jackie MasonFrom the book: The pages you are about to read come directly from a performance of my one-man show at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City. Picture yourself in the audience, in the first row center . . . unless you can't afford that kind of seat ... so, the balcony. But wherever you are seated and ready to enjoy this book, it is important that you read this preface, because during the course of the book I'm going to ask you questions, just like I did to my live audiences. . . . And you better be prepared to give me answers because I have a way of checking up on you. On the printed page I might sound somewhat arrogant. However, if you see me in person when I say these things you will realize that I say them without disdain, but with love and compassion. So, if you're not a schmuck you won't take it personally. If you are, it won't bother you either because you won't know the difference. To tell you the truth, I not only call a person names but get applause as well, and even a standing ovation, which in all modesty I am getting on the stage every night. When you finish this book, if you don't stand up and applaud you have either missed the humor in it or you don't appreciate it when a person gives you such big laughs for such a small price. Anyway, sit back in your seat, wherever you are . . . try to be normal, and enjoy yourself.
Hershey's Easy Baking
by Hershey Foods CorporationThese easy recipes will delight dessert lovers. Butterscotch, chocolate, white chocolate, and all sorts of combinations make this a book no cook should be without. Blondies, chocolate-cherry bars, giant chocolate chip cookies, macaroons ... mmmm!!!
San Antonio Rose: The Life And Music Of Bob Wills
by Charles R. TownsendThe virtual creator of Western Swing, Bob Wills, gets his due from Charles R. Townsend's SAN ANTONIO ROSE, a thoroughly researched study of the bandleader's life and times. Born to a large family of fiddlers, Wills gained much of his musical knowledge from the black workers the family picked cotton with and sometimes employed; he credited the blues with lending his brand of country dance music much of its originality. After various truncated careers, including farming, a turn at horse racing, and some time spent as a barber, Wills finally turned professional when his band performed weekly radio spots for a flour company as the Light Crust Doughboys, whose popularity led to a name change and the birth of the legendary Texas Playboys. Wills' music was an eclectic mix of jazz, blues, Mexican music, and West Texas fiddling that attempted to sound like a jazz dance band while using the instruments common to country music; the resulting mix was an irresistible hybrid that would outlast many of the jazz swing bands of the 1940s. Townsend's discerning overview of Wills' career and musical influence is an authoritative and entertaining biography of this celebrated country music original. Above synopsis from Allbris.com http://www.alibris.com/books/isbn/0252004701%20025201362X/San%20Antonio%20Rose:%20The%20Life%20and%20Music%20of%20Bob%20Wills The book's author, CHARLES R. TOWNSEND won a Grammy Award in 1975 for his brochure notes accompanying United Artists' release of For the Last Time, the last recording session of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.
The Best Little Girl in the World
by Steven LevenkronEveryone agreed that Francesca was a model daughter; she never caused her parents a moments worry. And then one day, her mother noticed that Francesca was loosing weight a lot of weight. Francesca was ordered to stop dieting immediately, but she still wouldn't eat. And then the nightmare began because Francesca was apparently starving herself to death. Go on Francesca's journey with her as she discovers about her illness and her life.
Hickory Wind: The Life and Times of Gram Parsons
by Ben Fong-TorresFrom Publishers Weekly This entertaining biography examines the eventful life of singer/guitarist Gram Parsons, who collaborated with the Byrds on the album Sweetheart of the Rodeo , founded the Flying Burrito Brothers with Chris Hillman and worked with country singer Emmylou Harris. Although Parsons achieved only minimal stardom prior to his 1973 drug-related death at age 26, his fusion of country and rock influenced such bands as the Eagles and the Grateful Dead. Fong-Torres ( The Motown Album ) describes the free-spirited, flamboyant musician's privileged but troubled Southern background and interviews individuals including the Byrds' Roger McGuinn, the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards and loyal road manager Phil Kaufman, who, according to Parsons's wishes, attempted--unsuccessfully--to cremate Parsons's body in Joshua Tree National Monument, a park in California. Fong-Torres drops music-biz names and reports on the colorful 1960s and '70s fast lane with finesse; Parsons's profound, continuing impact is felt in admiring testimonies from friends and fans.
Woody Guthrie: A Life
by Joe KleinBiography of the singer, songmaker and restless spirit who defined the American character for a generation.
Blue Beyond Blue: Extraordinary Tales for Ordinary Dilemmas
by Lauren SlaterOver the course of five books, psychologist Slater has taken readers through her experiences with mental illness and Prozac, her professional work with fellow sufferers, and her becoming a mother. Obviously, writing is an important aspect of her life; she now addresses her belief that writing is therapeutic and describes her use of narrative psychotherapy, a practice that allows patients to gain perspective on their problems by writing stories. Slater discovered that the best form to emulate is the fairy tale, and to demonstrate just how liberating self-generated fairy tales can be, she offers a potent set of her own tales, enchanting and disturbing stories packed with symbols and archetypal dilemmas. Here are mothers and daughters struggling with love and independence, a husband and wife in a power play, a tale about pharmaceuticals, stories about eroticism, our animal selves, mysterious ailments, and healing. Inspired and barbed, Slater's fairy tales are irresistible, great fun to read and to interpret. Donna Seaman