Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen
Noel Monk and Joe Layden
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The manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom goes behind the scenes to tell...
Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon
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In the first full biography of actor Sidney Poitier, Aram Goudsouzian analyzes the life and career...
Black German: An Afro-German Life in the Twentieth Century
Isabella Image and Eve Rosenhaft
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This is the first English translation of an important document in the history of the black presence...
Boy: One Child's Fight to Survive in the Brutal British Care System
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"My parents had to try for eighteen months to conceive me, but my father was adamant he wanted one...
Kris Kristofferson: Country Highwayman
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Singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson has maintained a career in music and film for more than forty...
More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of the New Elite
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Wealthy, powerful, and potentially dangerous, hedge-find managers have emerged as the stars of...
Exception Taken: How France Has Defied Hollywood's New World Order
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In Exception Taken, Jonathan Buchsbaum examines the movements that have emerged in opposition to the...
Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America
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Beyond Rust chronicles the rise, fall, and rebirth of metropolitan Pittsburgh, an industrial region...
Brother, Can You Spare a Billion?: The United States, the IMF, and the International Lender of Last Resort
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When financial crises occur, it has long been accepted that national economies need a lender of last...
Images of the Past: Coal Mine Disasters in the Modern Era c. 1900 - 1980
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Mining disasters attracted the attention of the public and the press during the twentieth century,...