Biography: arts and entertainment

One of seven touching true stories from Wish You Were Here!

This is a chapter from Alex Ross's groundbreaking history of twentieth-century classical music, 'The Rest is Noise'.

One of seven touching true stories from Wish You Were Here!

This richly illustrated short, extracted from the official book The Chronicles of Downton Abbey, focuses on the characters individually, examining their motivations, their actions and the inspirations behind them.

Step into the rugged and adventurous world of the American frontier with August Santleben's A Texas Pioneer.

In 1926, on the advice of his doctor, former newspaperman William Caruthers, whose writings appeared in most Western magazines during a career spanning more than 25 years, retired to an orange grove near Ontario, California.

General George Crook spent his entire military career, with the exception of the Civil War years, on the frontier.

The fabulous XIT Ranch has been celebrated in song, story, and serious history.

A heart-warming nostalgia memoir from a member of the world famous dance troupe, The Tiller Girls.

James Allen's "e;The Eight Pillars of Prosperity"e; is a timeless classic that offers profound insights and practical wisdom on achieving lasting success and fulfillment.

The Texas Rangers assumed many roles during the Mexican War (1846-1848), fighting in both the northern and central theaters.

In this book Richard Ayoade - actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist - reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself.

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Legendary comic artist Robert Grossman presents a warts-and-all comic book on the life of Dennis Hofauthor of The Art of the Pimp, Americas King of Sex, the P.

Nice girls come at a price.

In "e;Praying for Money,"e; Russell H.

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By the middle of the 1970s, Bob Dylan s position as the pre-eminent artist of his generation was assured.

The epic journey of the Sager children by covered wagon from Missouri to Oregon in 1848.

FOR THE FIRST TIME since he testified before the Reno Court of Inquiry, at Chicago, in 1879, Capt.