Composers and songwriters

First published in 1935, this book by famous film actress Mary Pickford is an essay on death and her belief in an afterlife and the undying human spirit.

First published in 1962, this is a wonderful collection of humorous articles on feminine topics written by actress and stuntwoman-turned-writer Cynthia Hobart Lindsay.

Music lessons, Joe Maddy has always felt, should not be painful.

Dale Van Every's soaring adventure saga of the untamed Kentucky wilderness, a savage woman and the young frontiersman who set out to conquer them both.

Kings Will Be Tyrants by Ward Hawkins is a 1959 novel about fighting in Cuba.

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

HE DISCOVERED GARBO AND GABLE.

The difficult early years.

"e;We are dealing here with a living literature,"e; wrote Morris Edward Opler in his preface to Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians.

"e;I am Shanghai Pierce, Webster in Cattle, by God, Sir.

First published in 1951, this book recounts the nostalgic antics of hell-raising pistol shooters of the 1930's.

A major novel of the Indian wars in the far West, told from both points of view-the Apache's and the white man's.

Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) was an early pop icon and a sex symbol of the 1920s, having starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle, and The Son of the Sheik, and he became known as the "e;Latin lover"e; or simply "e;Valentino.

Sensible, Entertaining Answers To Everyone's Problems-Including YoursA fresh new look at:* The common-sense approach to marriage* Getting older* The importance of sex in marriage* The battle of the bottle* Teenagers and sex* And much more.

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

Catherine Drinker Bowen was a Philadelphian with music in her veins.

Throughout his career as composer, conductor, and pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was an intensely private individual.

In his foreword, Jim Bishop says of Jackie Gleason that when the comedian read the manuscript for the Fust time "e;he did not ask that anything be either omitted or altered.

Jesse James is Dead!

From 1832 to 1891 the states from the Great Lakes west to Oregon and south to Mexico saw scenes of massacre, bloody rout, ambush, fire, and pillage as the great Indian tribes-Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Modoc, and Apache-fought desperately to turn back the invading white men.

Jack Paar, America's midnight maverick, has become the most talked-about, most controversial personality in television by speaking out frankly and frequently-and letting the ratings fall where they may.

First published in 1962, on the suggestion of his readers throughout his expansive writing career, this is the self-penned biography of Upton Sinclair, author of hundreds of novels, plays, homilies, diatribes and pamphlets.

In this electrifying bestseller, the shrewd and voluble trial lawyer Louis Nizer, who made a long career of representing famous people in famous cases, recounts some of his significant civil and criminal cases.

When Robert Benchley died in 1945, his obituaries read like love-letters from the world.

First published in 1936, this book is a collection of sixteen stories recounting James ("e;Uncle Jimmie"e;) McKenna's tales of prospecting, Indian Fights, exploration, town life and all the characters from the early days of the Black Range, the Mogollons, and the rest of the Gila Country of southwest New Mexico.

Following on from her successful 1949 memoir "e;With a Feather on My Nose,"e; here we have a further biography, first published in 1959, from famous Broadway and early silent film actress Billie Burke, best known as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz and widow of Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld of Ziegfeld Follies fame.

A young English couple sail to the new land where fortunes like plums are for the taking.

This 1960 novel by acclaimed author John H.

The autobiography of Ted Macauley, award-winning newspaper reporter, columnist, and sports journalist.

A muggy night in Abu Dhabi, 2011.

A muggy night in Abu Dhabi, 2011.

Most of the many books about David Bowie track his artistic 'changes' chronologically throughout his career.

Born into a Jewish family in Lvov, Poland in the early-1930s, Nelly Ben-Or was to experience, at a very young age, the trauma of the Holocaust.

Most of the many books about David Bowie track his artistic 'changes' chronologically throughout his career.

The story behind the scandalous first performance of one of the most influential works in the history of music, as part of the stunning Landmark Library series.

Vine royalty, YouTube megastars, hip-pop sensations, and best friends, Jack & Jack bring their own brand of irreverent comedy, on-point style, and heartfelt life advice to You Don't Know Jacks.

An Essential Compendium for Any Firearms or Old West Aficionado, richly and comprehensively illustrated.

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Who does not ponder what inspires creativity?

Beginning with a general discussion of American Indian origins, language families, and culture areas, Deloria then focuses on her own people, the Dakotas, and the intricate kinship system that governed all aspects of their life.

Set shortly after the Civil War, this distinguished novel tells the story of a boy starting a new life in the Concho country of Northwest Texas.

"e;My Brother Was an Only Child"e; was Jack Douglas' very first humour book, having written for famous radio and television celebrities such as Jack Paar, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Durante, as well as TV shows such as "e;Adventures of Harriet and Ozzie"e;, "e;The George Gobel Show"e;, and "e;Laugh-In"e;.

This heartwarmingly funny book provides an idealized depiction of American comedian and actor Wally Cox's childhood.

The myth of the Trickster-ambiguous creator and destroyer, cheater and cheated, subhuman and superhuman-is one of the earliest and most universal expressions of mankind.

Probably no native American handicrafts are more widely admired than Navajo weaving and Navajo and Pueblo silver work.

Strange & Prophetic Dreams of the Indian People.

First published in 1951, this book is a recollection of the memories of the pioneer days in Horse Heaven Hills, gleaned from letter correspondence between the author and early settlers.

In her spirited, witty and vastly entertaining memoir, Helene Hanff recalls her ingenuous attempts to crash Broadway in the early forties as one of "e;the other 999.

The popular comedienne's account of her theatrical career and her married life with Florenz Ziegfeld.

The Reverend F.