"The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that David Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. It is the decade of Joe McCarthy and the young Martin Luther King, the Korean War and Levittown, Jack K…
"The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that David Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. It is the decade of Joe McCarthy and the young Martin Luther King, the Korean War and Levittown, Jack K…
A renowned authority on the secret world of opium recounts his descent into ruinous obsession with one of the world's oldest and most seductive drugs, in this harrowing memoir of addiction and recovery. A natural-born collector with a nose for exotic adventure, San Diego'born St…
An authority on opium paraphernalia traces the history of opium use while recounting his descent into addiction, describing how his experiments while researching an article led to a dangerous habit that prompted numerous rehabilitation efforts.
This book for trivia buffs, compiled by the all-time Jeopardy champion, has 366 entries featuring "This Day in History" factoids, trivia quizzes, and questions categorized by Jennings as "easy," "hard," and "yeah, good luck." Topics cover every subject, from paleontology to mixo…
This book for trivia buffs, compiled by the all-time Jeopardy champion, has 366 entries featuring "This Day in History" factoids, trivia quizzes, and questions categorized by Jennings as "easy," "hard," and "yeah, good luck." Topics cover every subject, from paleontology to mixo…
In this wickedly funny and irreverent memoir, Chelsea Lately writer and comedian Sarah Colonna opens up about love, life, and pursuing her dreams ... and then screwing it all up. Sarah believes we all struggle to grow up. Sometimes we want to have fun, not take things too seriou…
Behind the Times offers an incisive examination of the present uncertain state of the New York Times - long regarded as the world's most respected paper - and of the "reader friendly" revolution it has haltingly attempted over the past twenty years. Edwin Diamond tells a story o…
Diamond examines the history of the Times, the Times' reviews of politics, and the politics of its reviews--book, theater, film, dance, music, and art.
Diamond examines the history of the Times, the Times' reviews of politics, and the politics of its reviews--book, theater, film, dance, music, and art.
