Watch the book trailer for a preview of the official companion book to the PBS series in which Ken Burns takes an extraordinary look at the music that has captivated and consoled listeners throughout the twentieth century. Want more? Click below to listen to America’s most popular music featured in the documentary. Click for More Information. Click […]
Get a sneak peek of Karen Abbott’s new book The Ghosts of Eden Park by watching the book trailer! The epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, […]
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After Vanilla Ice, but before Eminem, there was “Hot Karl,” the Jewish kid from the L.A. suburbs who became a rap battling legend—and then almost became a star. Full of rollicking stories from his close brush with fame, Karp’s hilarious memoir is the ultimate fish-out-of-water story about a guy who follows an unlikely passion—trying to crack […]
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book “Whom to marry, and when will it happen—these two questions define every woman’s existence.” Spinster is a revelatory and slyly erudite look at the pleasures and possibilities of remaining single. Using her own experiences as a starting point, journalist and cultural critic Kate Bolick invites us into her carefully […]
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You’re going to need a bigger boat . . . to fill up with books about boats! Click for More Information. The Mathews Men by William Geroux One of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine who were […]
A renowned legal scholar tells the definitive story of Hollingsworth v. Perry, the trial that will stand as the most potent argument for marriage equality. Recipient of the Stonewall Book Award’s Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award! “Yoshino has long been an astute observer-participant at the intersection of law and LGBT experience…He skillfully weaves his family’s experience fighting […]
