This work on Charlie "Bird" Parker offers a picture of not only of the saxophonist-composer as an artist and as a human being, but also... Læs mere
The author of the best-selling Transitions turns inward, revealing how personal tragedy can yield growth and rejuvenation
An evocative biography of the incomparable Robert Capa, the most famous photojournalist of the twentieth century
Take "a lively, voyeuristic glimpse into the ancient world" of the gladiator (Publishers Weekly)
Now in paperback: From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the best-selling book-length poem selected for the Best American Poetry annual in both 1999 and 2000.
For the first time in paperback: The story of the legendary drummer whose beat created modern rock and roll.
"In his tragically short life (1928--1964), Eric Dolphy was a titanic force in the development of the sixties avant-garde (or "new thing") from the hard bop of the late fifties. The searing intensity an"
First paperback edition of the popular book about Irishmen who fought for the Union in the Civil War. Author is a well-known Civil War News columnist and author of the highly acclaimed Civil War Firearms.
The nationally acclaimed, award-winning biography of "the Kingfish of Massachusetts" and an epic of urban politics and Irish America.
The first full-length memoir published by an enlisted man in the Irish Brigade, from the Seven Day's Battles to the charge up Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg-a no-holds-barred firsthand account.
The first in-depth biography of the formative years of the greatest electric guitarist of all time, with 25 rare photos, complete sessionography, and tour itinerary
A captivating account of one of the greatest Masters Tournaments in history, when the battle between Nicklaus, Miller, and Weiskopf changed the world of golf