"Whether writing about boxers, body builders, horses, the guys who ride the horses, or the guys who kill the horses for a slice of the insurance money, Nack...is brilliant."-Boston Globe
A classic, indispensable, and entertaining reference work covering every command-level combat general at the battle of Gettysburg.
Called a "masterpiece" by Civil War News, this is the most detailed regimental analysis of the first day of the battle of Gettysburg.
The luminous biography of the jazz singer Jimmy Scott-"a moving, startling tale."Kirkus Reviews (starred)
The long-awaited reissue of the definitive biography of Jack Kerouac, unwitting avatar of the Beat Generation and author of On the Road.
Grant's Vicksburg operations and those of the opposing side are of lasting historical interest. Combined land and naval operations, guerrilla raids, political... Læs mere
In May 1864, the Wilderness, a forbidding woodland south of the Rapidan River in Virginia, became the site of one of the concluding struggles of the Civil War, a contest of strategy, tactics and will between the finest generals of either side: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.
The return of a classic: This biography of the young James Joyce is "a remarkable exposition of the relationship between a famous man and [his] brother."-T. S. Eliot.
"Perhaps the best book on Hope."-John Lahr, The New Yorker.
For Naked City, his first collection, Weegee cruised the streets of 1940s New York in the wee hours in search of the sensational. Lewd, louche, licentious but always brimming with life... Læs mere
"A juicy tale of privilege...accompanied by genius, scandal, and eventual dissolution." -Village Voice
A masterly work of American film and cultural history by a critic who, "like Pauline Kael, has the gift of describing actors with terrific acuity."-New York Times