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Introduction -- Don't Miss -- The Patriarch (1881 1924) -- Go Hollywood, Young Man! (1924-29) -- To Be An Actor (1929-32) -- Mediocrity Is Not My Lot (1932-...

The comprehensive critical biography of silent-screen star Marion Davies, who fittingly referred to herself as "the captain of my soul."\From Marion Davies'...

Knowledgeable experts have ranked Elizabeth Van Lew as one of the best female spies of all time. Until Dr. Wyman's comprehensive The Chosen Path, little was...

In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life. George W. Bus...

Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico contains a remarkable set of Ancestral Puebloan buildings. Occupied between AD 850 and 1150, Chaco appears to have b...

A New Edition Of A Definitive History Of American Environmental Policy, Focusing On Policies From 1970 To The Trump Administration And Their Historical Cont...

Describes The Origins Of Nascar Racing In The World Of Southern Moonshiners, Who Used Fast Ford Cars To Transport Bootleg Alcohol During The Depression And ...

An Account Of The Chicago World's Fair Of 1893 Relates The Stories Of Two Men Who Shaped The History Of The Event--architect Daniel H. Burnham, Who Coordina...

A pictorial celebration of New Mexico’s history and landscape. In celebration of New Mexico’s statehood centenial, Richard Melzer focuses on the vario...

Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the sho...

Heartbreaking and wicked: a memoir of stunning beauty and remarkable grace. Improbable friendships and brushes with death. A schoolgirl affecting the cour...

The Nuclear Borderlands explores the sociocultural fallout of twentieth-century America's premier technoscientific project--the atomic bomb. Joseph Masco o...

The New York Times Bestseller *One of Rolling Stone's 10 Best Music Books of 2015*An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Pett...

A new and inspiring compilation of a lifetime of documenting the city's heritage by Seattle public historian, Paul Dorpat. The most compelling and essential...

Featuring A Wide Array Of Iconic Rock Posters, Period Photographs, Music Memorabilia And Light Shows, Out-of-this-world Clothing, And Avant-garde Films, Thi...

Atlanta and Environs is, in every way, an exhaustive history of the Atlanta Area from the time of its settlement in the 1820s through the 1970s. Volumes I ...

When it was first published in 1939, oil historian James A. Clark called this book, "the most valuable collection of historical, biographical, and statistic...

The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this wild and sceni...

Though he never reached the lead actor status he labored so relentlessly to achieve, Warren Oates (1928–1982) is one of the most memorable and skilled cha...

Ronald J. Mason. Reprint. Originally Published: New York : Academic Press, C1981. With New Pref. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: H...