Weegee's First book, 'Naked City' (1953), was a runaway success and made him a celebrity who sudd...

This volume focuses on George Patton, the man as a general.

As interest in yoga continues to grow ever more broadly in the U. S. , more and more Americans ar...

Francis Davis'sThe History of the Bluesis a ground-breaking rethinking of the blues that fearless...

'Engrossing and articulate...Unger's telling of Patrick Henry's story is a beacon of vivid, acces...

M-G-M's Greatest Musicals (originally published as The World of Entertainment! Hollywood's Greate...

'Preferring Paul to John was like preferring Cliff Richard to Elvis Presley, or Donovan to Dylan....

Fifty years after hearing Sidney Bechet (1897-1959) in 1923, Duke Ellington recalled, 'I have nev...

A lavishly illustrated biographical essay on the peerless Billie Holiday, drawing on never-before...

'Tonight at Noon' is the story of the tumultuous, passionate marriage of Sue and Charlie Mingus, ...

Enriched with excerpts and insights from personal correspondence and interviews--plus lively anec...

Arthur Lyons entertainingly looks at the history of the B movie and how it led to the genre that ...