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Bursting onto the pop music scene during the British electronic pop craze at the beginning of the 80s, Depeche Mode continues to bring music to the masses through their albums and world tours. This biography aims to shed light on the trials and tensions that the band has lived through.
The Velvet Underground is arguably one of the most influential American rock bands ever. Based on interviews with former members Lou Reed, John Cale, and Sterling Morrison, as well as others from Andy Warhol's circle of artistic collaborators.
Hardly the buffoon he is frequently made out to be, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) was an able politician who won the esteem of many statesmen and who knew how to cooperate peacefully with foreign governments when it suited him.
This examination of the legendary actor's life, art and controversial politics within the context of their times, presents a definitive portrait of Charlie Chaplin.
Returning triumphantly from addiction and homelessness to sing, write songs, and act, the author tells of her rise, fall, and redemption in the music business--beginning with her childhood and continuing through her tumultuous relationship with Mick Jagger. 32 photos.
One of the great literary figures of the modern age, French novelist Marcel Proust (1871-1922) probes the precarious mental and erotic nuances of love, the frail mysteries of time passing and time past in highly original, surprising tales.
Silent screen goddess Clara Bow was the embodiment of the Roaring Twenties, Hollywood's first sex symbol and a natural talent with an independent heart.
France was slow and largely ineffectual in organizing a resistance movement, and Ousby vehemently challenges the myth that France was liberated by the whole of France. Includes eyewitness accounts from Jean-Paul Satre, Simone de Beauvoir, Charles de Gaulle, Andre Gide, and many others.
The crackdown- the largest ever in U.S. history dethroned Walker, paved the way for Roosevelt's career as president after almost ruining his chances and brought the roaring Jazz Age to an end.
This is the chilling and unforgettable story of the sensational trial, unjust conviction, and lynching of Leo M. Frank for the murder of his thirteen-year-old employee Mary Phagan. In the heated atmosphere of fear and anti-Semitism surrounding the murder, a mob dragged Frank from his prison cell and executed him.
This book offers a sympathetic and judicious portrait of Adam Clayton Powell (1908-1972), the flamboyant reverend and unapologetically arrogant yet morally principled champion of civil rights. This biography effectively chronicles Senator Powell's rise and fall.
This lusty, high-spirited book was forged from conversations, conducted over the course of fourteen years, between Federico Fellini--the great master director-- and author Charolette Chandler.
This definitive biography of a Hollywood icon portrays Gary Cooper as a man of complex and sophisticated tastes, as well as large appetites.
The World War II commander largely responsible for Russia's victories at Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, and Berlin-Marshal Georgi Zhukov-describes these epic conflicts in his own words.
This eye-opening look at the years that Lennon lived in America show the former Beatle in all his contradictions--devoted husband, wanton adulterer, pacifist with a temper, doting father and absentee dad. 67 photos.
Henry Rollins initially made his mark in the punk band Black Flag, and has since gone on to a successful musical career with the Rollins Band. Here James Parker chronicles the development of his drive and rage, offering reviews and aiming to decipher what the music says about the man.
This work tells the true story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow - a young sociopathic Southern couple gunned down by authorities after a two-year crime spree that left twelve people dead.
Cook, allegedly the first man to reach the North Pole, recounts his adventures at the top of the world, his meetings with eskimos and his hunting of musk ox, plus his subsequent debates with Robert Peary after he had returned to his homeland.
The masterful saga of Bonaparte's twenty-six military Marshals by Napoleonic authority Delderfield is set against the dramatic backdrop of the French Revolution, Napoleon's rise and his conquests, and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchs.
This is the fascinating and horrifying history of the Krupp family and it's armament factories which supplied Germany's war machine from cannons to tanks, guns and U-boats.
These memoirs rank with those of Ulysses S. Grant as one of the few honest testaments [of war].--The Readers Companion to Military History
A biography of the screen legend employs thirty-five thousand formerly sealed documents - letters, diaries, and other papers - to examine virtually every aspect of Monroe's life and death.
Filled with an insider's never-before-told stories of revolutionary music and wild antics, this memoir chronicles the Grateful Dead's seminal years from 1965-1985. 31 photos.
The last year in the life of British general James Wolfe.
Nineteenth century missionary and explorer David Livingstone recalls his extensive journeys through Africa, his close calls with wild predators, and his confrontations with the slave trade.
This authoritative biography of film icon James Dean offers a clear-eyed look at the actor who crossed America's cinematic landscape with the brilliance and brevity of a meteor.
Written with Lead offers a compelling narrative history of twenty-one tragic episodes in American history-all involving firearms, heroes, and the ongoing public fascination with guns and gunfighters.
Martini Man goes beyond the simple caricature of the boozy lounge singer with a penchant for racy humor to reveal the substantive man behind that mask.
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