"An excellent new biography" of the influential songwriter that showcases his renowned humor and musical genius (The Telegraph). With a range that spans the lyrical, heartfelt songs "Angel from Montgomery," "Sam Stone," and "Paradise" to the classic country music parody "You Never Even Called Me by My Name," John Prine is a songwriter's songwriter. Across five decades, he's created critically acclaimed albums-John Prine (one of Rolling Stone's 500...

Native American Ray heads home after graduating from college to help run his family's shabby ski resort. Believing that Tina, a beautiful lodge guest, is an incognito travel guide critic, he decides to improve the quality of the family business. In reality, Tina is at the lodge in search of romance and, in a twist of fate, ends up falling for Ray. When Stu, an actual critic, shows up, he is greeted with the staff's typical disorganization.

A man searches for his missing wife after his car breaks down in the middle of the desert.

Elvis Presley rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Vesper Montgomery can summon your worst fear and turn it into a reality, but she'd rather not. She's learned the hard way that it's an addicting and dangerous power, difficult to control and even harder to understand. One wrong move, and you could accidentally heart someone you love. She's better off alone. But then a chance encounter introduces Vesper to other people like her who have special abilities which separate them from the average Baseline...

The killing of Emmett Till is widely remembered today as one of the most famous examples of lynchings in America. African American children in 1955 personally felt the terror of his murder. These children, however, would rise up against the culture that made Till's death possible. From the violent Woolworth's lunch-counter sit-ins in Jackson to the school walkouts of McComb, the young people of Mississippi picketed, boycotted, organized, spoke out,...

" ... Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems, songs, military reports, legal opinions, and memoirs, 'The Civil War: The First Year' brings together over 120 pieces by more than sixty participants to create a unique firsthand narrative of this great historical crisis ..."--Dust jacket flap.