From the author of Happy Birthday or Whatever, an outright hilarious and heartfelt collection of personal essays about everything from underwear to musical theater.
The perfect time for a reissue: In October 2009, PBS will air a ninety-minute primetime special on Joan Baez as part of the Emmy Award-winning American Masters series.
Discover the unique, profound, and unlikely yet enduring friendship between two of the most prominent and beloved celebrities of all timeElizabeth Taylor and Michael Jacksonin this exhaustively researchedconsistently absorbing (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) biography.
Now with an emotional afterword addressing 2011's dramatic Conrad Murray trial, this sophisticated, no-holds-barred biography of Michael Jackson by his brother Jermaine is filled with keen insight, rich anecdotes, and behind-the-scenes detail.
From celebrated entertainer Michael Feinstein comes a beautifully illustrated account of the lives and legacies of the Gershwinstold through stories of twelve of their greatest songs.
LOPE DE VEGA (1562-1635), poet/playwright of unrivaled popularity during Spains Golden Age of literature (including Miguel de Cervantes and Caldern de la Barca), rescued theater from ineffective conventions and claimed authorship of some 1800 titles.
Best-selling author Michael Karol (Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia) is at it again, with a book of lists honoring Lucy's 100th birthday and the 60th anniversary of I Love Lucy - both of which occur in 2011!
In 1956, as an excited, hopeful, 20 year old young man, I began a career in the feature animation department of Walt Disney Productions, now known as Walt Disney Feature Animation.
Manfred von Richthofen is widely known as the famous pilot who achieved an incredible eighty aerial victories, eclipsing all other aces of World War I.
Have you ever felt like a goldfish in a bowlthe way the goldfish seems to be full of anxiety swimming around in circles as if trying to find a way out?
Author and motivational speaker Dawn Lynn Miller spreads Gods love to readers as she pens Our Time to Be Blessed, a heartwarming tale of family triumph amidst a world of broken families and single parenting.
About the BookIn the winter of 2007 Bronx born Latin Pop artist Jon Pare got the opportunity of a lifetime when he met Brian B the man that ended up helping Jon realize his musical dreams by investing 400,000 dollars into Jons project and what transpired from both Jon and Brians hard work was a rollercoaster ride down reality with what this music industry can really do to you when you arent properly informed on what to do and when to do it and as a result after a year of work that produced their independent record label Sonrisa Discos, Jons debut album Mi Voz released in the summer of 2008, four music videos, countless television and radio appearances performances and all the money that was put out for the under the table deals that lead to thousands, the end result will shock you especially if youre one of the millions of people that long for a career in the music industry.
Feeling trapped in a lineage of hard-working laborers a displaced young womans buoyancy and the hard teaching from her adopted mother causes her to dare to dream of an enriched lifestyle.
Artist Grace Glick Prosser walks with you through the pages of this colorful book about her life as a person who creates to better understand the world.
Most girls grow up fantasizing about the type of man they are going to marry and how their wedding will be, and they imagine things like the house with the white picket fence, two kids, and maybe a dog.
In When Rock Met Reggae, Steven Blush takes a spirited, cross-genre perspective in this illuminating chronicle (Booklist) of the crossover of Jamaican, British, and American sounds that changed the face of popular music.
Dear DadHey dad if you're listeningthis poem is for youjust writting to let you knowall the things life has put me throughstrangers somehow have a tendacyto try to take your placebut they can't do it, it's impossiblethe pain could never be erasedthey can't fillthis emotional viod in my heartinside I still wonderwhy must we stand so far apartmy mom's got a new manhe used to treat her rightwhy she stays with him, I don't understandbecause now all they do is fightit's not like I grew upa completely fatherless kidbut he can't make upfor all the birthdays and christmases you missedhe tries a little bitbut the job wasn't made for him to dosometimes it's too hard not to crycause he's no youso why did he have to be the oneto see off my first day of schoolhe even took me to the dentist when I lost my first toothso dad where you at my graduationno way to gonot even a congratulationsso tell me will you be there to help me blow out my sixthteen candlessometimes life gets hardand the pain is too much to handleI'm a big girl nowso I hold my tears insideI already had my first kissand you were never there to teach me about guysyou never took me shoppingor fishingyou just left me hopingand wishingbut you can't always get what you wish forand dreams don't always come truehe taught me thatbut we both know he's no youThe End
after investigating the death of Michael Jackson with many calls to the corner ,embalmer and many others and much hard work I found there is as much proof the Michael Jackson is alive than there is proof he is dead
5 C Hero is the inspirational story of Joel Stephens, a truly gifted athlete and devout Christian, who lived the values of Christianity, Courage, Compassion, Character, and Commitment.
Elizabeth Grant has stood at the helm of her beauty empire for more than sixty years, regaling admirers with personal stories, notably one event that nearly killed her.
THE WALK-ON is a story about a young man and how he experiences the game of college basketball through his eyes, telling people what it is like going through the rigorous routine of being a division 1 athlete for one of the best basketball programs arguably in the country and finding out what the journey is all about.
In Eminent Hipsters, musician and songwriter Donald Fagen, best known as the co-founder of the rock band Steely Dan, presents an autobiographical portrait that touches on everything from the cultural figures that mattered the most to him as a teenager, to his years in the late 1960s at Bard College, to a hilarious account of a recent tour he made with Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald.
In this delightful sequel to her bestseller Tender at the Bone, the beloved food writer Ruth Reichl returns with more tales full of love, life, humour and marvellous meals.
