Individual actors and performers

"e;Burning Horizon reminds us how British and American servicemen and women train together, learn together, and, when called upon, fight together to defeat threats to our common values.

Men are bold.

In 1971, antiwar activists Michael Uhl and Tod Ensign founded the Safe Return Committee in New York City, seeking amnesty for those who resisted the Vietnam War.

In 1971, antiwar activists Michael Uhl and Tod Ensign founded the Safe Return Committee in New York City, seeking amnesty for those who resisted the Vietnam War.

Ergreifend und ungeschönt erzählt Elliot Page in seinem Memoir von seinem langen Weg zu sich selbst.

For every woman searching for her voice, Anna Kloots shares her story of starting over by trusting the magic that was always within.

For every woman searching for her voice, Anna Kloots shares her story of starting over by trusting the magic that was always within.

Harry Langdon was a silent screen comedian unlike any other.

The musical voice of Texas presents itself as vast and diverse as the Lone Star State's landscape.

';The Story That Inspired the Major Motion Picture.

The war in Afghanistan has run for more than a decade, and NATO has become increasingly central to it.

This is the personal account of an army infantry platoon leader and commanding officer in the central highlands of Vietnam during 1967 and 1968 when he was 21 years old.

Dolores del Rio's enormously successful career in Hollywood, in Mexico, and internationally illuminates issues of race, ethnicity, and gender through the lenses of beauty and celebrity.

Learning to Forget analyzes the evolution of US counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine over the last five decades.

The author of this Vietnam War memoir was drafted in November 1966 just before completion of his Ph.

Known as the working man's poet, the Boardwalk prophet, or simply, the Boss.

National BestsellerSometimes it's not only what we plant but where we're planted.

Marigold presents the first rigorously documented, in-depth story of one of the Vietnam War's last great mysteries: the secret peace initiative, codenamed "e;Marigold,"e; that sought to end the war in 1966.

Do you feel like you are barely holding on?

During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Buddhist peace activists made extraordinary sacrifices-including self-immolation-to try to end the fighting.

Ben Hecht’s critically acclaimed autobiographical memoir, first published in 1954, offers incomparably pungent evocations of Chicago in the 1910s and 1920s, Hollywood in the 1930s, and New York during the Second World War and after.

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a riveting portrait of the great Sarah Bernhardt from acclaimed writer Robert Gottlieb Everything about Sarah Bernhardt is fascinating, from her obscure birth to her glorious career—redefining the very nature of her art—to her amazing (and highly public) romantic life to her indomitable spirit.

In this follow-up to his much-praised book Losing Small Wars: British Military Failure in Iraq and Afghanistan, Frank Ledwidge argues that Britain has paid a heavy cost - both financially and in human terms - for its involvement in the Afghanistan war.

At some point in our lives, we all hear some version of "e;You can't do it.

Between Heaven & Hollywood is David's inspirational journey from the wheat fields of his Mennonite home outside of Dodge City Kansas, to the bright lights of Los Angeles.

A major biography of one of the most important figures in modern drama, evoked through a biographical reading of his plays Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen achieved unparalleled success in his lifetime and remains one of the most important figures in modern drama.

Platinum-award winning country music star Scotty McCreery shares his journey from North Carolina to American Idol and the top of the country music charts.

This compelling book presents an unparalleled record of what happened after U.

In 1972, America was completing its withdrawal from the long and divisive war in Vietnam.

In the decades after World War II, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilian contractors across Asia and the Pacific found work through the U.

Widely regarded as a classic on the Vietnam War, Decent Interval provides a scathing critique of the CIAs role in and final departure from that conflict.

Discovered by Charlie Chaplin in 1919, four-year-old Jackie Coogan soared to overnight stardom for his title role in the silent masterpiece, The Kid.

This monograph is the first study to critically examine works of performance made for an audience of one.

In this original study, Thompson explores the complicated relationships between Americans and television during the 1950s, as seen and effected through popular humor.

This first truly international history of the Korean War argues that by its timing, its course, and its outcome it functioned as a substitute for World War III.

The truth about Elvis's death from the doctor who spent eleven years as "e;the King's"e; personal physician, father-figure, and confidant - "e;Dr.

This is the first full-length biography of Irene Dunne, one of the most versatile actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age.

In 2003, Major William Edwards and Lt.

In a new and updated second edition, this book--first published in 1983--provides a detailed review of the end of the Vietnam War.

The Viet Nam War ended nearly half a century ago.

In November 1969, what Time Magazine called the "e;largest battle of the year"e; took place less than two miles from the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.

The effects of the War outside present-day Vietnam are ongoing.

At "e;zero dark thirty"e; on January 30, 1971, units of the U.

There was another war in Vietnam, one that mostly did not make the headlines: the campaign to "e;win the hearts and minds"e; of the Vietnamese people.

Britain's peacekeeping role in Southeast Asia after World War II was clear enough but the purpose of the Commonwealth in the region later became shadowy.

More than 130,000 South Vietnamese fled their homeland at the end of the Vietnam War.

Eighteen nurses who served in the United States military nurse corps during the Vietnam War present their personal accounts in this book.

As a first lieutenant in Bravo Company of the Third Battalion, 187th Infantry, Frank Boccia led a platoon in two intense battles in the Vietnamese mountains in April and May 1969: Dong Ngai and the grinding, 11-day battle of Dong Ap Bia--the Mountain of the Crouching Beast, in Vietnamese, or Hamburger Hill as it is popularly known.

Having flunked out of college in the fall of 1965, the author enlisted in the U.

A young U.