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"This is the only jazz history written by a musician that is not strictly autobiographical. Rex Stewart, who played trumpet and cornet with Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington, knew personally all th"

"This encyclopedia is the diverse lexicographic work available in the English language and provides a treasure trove of information on the violin--its technique, its history, and its place in music. Beg"

By the best-selling author of Talking Back to Prozac, a revised and updated edition of the first and most-compelling book to challenge the use of Ritalin to treat ADHD.

"Perhaps the best book on Hope."-John Lahr, The New Yorker.

A wide-ranging, multi-faceted collection of profiles, commentary, and reportage tracing the career of the most popular athlete in the world today--Tiger Woods

"Undoubtedly the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century, Edward S. Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World has been read and re-read for close to 150 years. It is not onl"

"Back in the thirties and forties, when New York City was the capital of the jazz world--you could hail a cab, ask the driver to take you to "The Street," and find yourself on 52nd Street between Fifth"

"Based on interviews with family members, colleagues, lovers, and the previously silent William Burroughs, this unsparing yet evenhanded biography guides the reader through the many personas, crises, a"

This journal will become a treasured place for every mother to record her special feelings, thoughts, and observations during pregnancy. "Thought starters" on every page and beautiful photographs throughout will help her express her love, hopes, and dreams for her baby-to-be. Best of all, her finished journal will be a treasured keepsake she will be thrilled to share with her child.

By the author of The Antidepressant Fact Book and Talking Back to Ritalin, a straight-talking guide to the drugs used to treat ADD and ADHD

A fascinating guide to why and how to meditate in short periods of time

A man's man trades beer bottles for baby bottles and lives to tell the tale

[This book is] outstanding, well-written, and should be read by all men and women.-James Lewis, Jr., Ph.D., Executive Director, Education Center for Prostate Cancer Patients

Now fully updated: The only critical study available of Woody Allen's entire body of work

Finally back in print: The definitive biography of the legendary Japanese writer-legendary as much for his tumultuous life and macabre suicide as for his Nobel-nominated writings.

A Da Capo Original: Thirty years of writings by a unique voice in American literature.

"The Wicked City is an account of Chicago's vice, crime, capitalism, and corruption from Pierre the Mole, who sold whiskey to the Indians, through Jonny Torrio and Al Capone, who bootlegged a Great La"

This text examines the strategy, battles and consequences of the Virginia Campaign. It provides a dissection of alternative plans of campaigns and includes analyses into the battles of Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Court House, Cold Harbour, the siege of Petersburg and the capture of Richmond.

A history of weapons and warfare, from the Macedonian sarissa to the atomic bomb. The book describes technological and strategic advances in military science, but also aims to evoke the horror of war and comment on the future of warfare.

"The noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions - musical and religious - and tracing the origin of the blues thr"

"Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Norman Granz, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Don Ellis, and Miles Davis--these are the dozen j"

'Harry Partch's pioneering theoretical investigations of tuning and his practical application of these investigations to instruments of his own construction show him to be a composer of remarkable and enduring individuality. Partch's perseverance without widespread support or recognition during most of his lifetime has always struck me as particularly courageous.'--Steve Reich

A wise new guide from America's most trusted pediatrician

Based on the findings of the annual Comprehensive Cancer Care conference, a uniquely authoritative guide to the integration of conventional, complementary, and alternative cancer therapies

Never before in paperback: The high times--and hard times--of six of the greatest living rhythm and blues artists, told in their own words.

Mary Livermore (1829-1905) left her family, volunteered for the US Sanitary Commission and achieved national prominence with the Commission. This text presents her war experiences, including personal reminiscences of Grant and Lincoln, and chronicles the wartime activities of women.

"General Maxwell D. Taylor was one of the great military heroes of recent American history. During World War II, Taylor fought in Sicily and Italy before parachuting into France as head of the 101st Ai"

"This comprehensive survey of jazz piano, beginning with a brief history of the instrument within the jazz tradition and concluding with interviews that present twenty-seven pianists in their own words"

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.