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Product Description: "at the dangerous edge of social justice" is a searing indictment of reprehensible -- and murderous -- racist behavior in America and a tribute to those who had the courage to confront hatred, knowing full well the cost. Chapters include; Emmett Till, murdered in Mississippi at 14, in 1955; Medgar Evers, killed in Mississippi at 37, in 1963; Malcolm X, killed in New York City at 39, in 1965; Martin Luther King Jr...read more

Product Description: Essential Elements of Steinbeck . . . offers insights into five key aspects of John SteinbeckThe complex relationship between John Steinbeck and his editor-publisher Pascal "Pat" Covici, who read Steinbeck's first three books, Cup of Gold, The Pastures of Heaven and To a God Unknown, which all languished during the Depression...read more

Product Description: In the classic tradition of Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, Miller's The Smile at the Food of the Ladder, Steinbeck's The Pearl and Gallico's The Snow Goose ...Life, Love, Losses and Dogs ...Those who love the people in their lives and the dogs in their lives will treasure this humorous, elegiac and tender book...read more

Writings examine how Geisel revolutionalized reading, and look at his characters, themes, lifestyle, and writing habits

Product Description: J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI denied that they had ever investigated novelist John Steinbeck, yet for decades the FBI maintained a file on Steinbeck, which included the recommendation by the U.S. Army Counter-Intelligence Branch (G-2) that Steinbeck was unfit to be commissioned as an officer in the Armed Forces during World War Two...read more

Product Description: Steinbeck and Covici is a major contribution to the literature about John Steinbeck. "Steinbeck Quarterly" magazine wrote, "Thomas Fensch offers the first comprehensive account of one of John Steinbeck's most enduring, intimate, and important relationships: his association with his editor, Pascal Covici...read more

Product Description: A collection of 120 personal letters between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, kept secret until almost the year 2000, is published for the first time. They share congratulations about space achievements, mention vacations and share personal feelings and anecdotes. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "Television News Anchors" is a collection of 35 major articles and essays which are divided into three sections: "The Early Years," the rise of American television news, which was largely accidental; "The Present: Issues" ethical issues in television news and "The Present: Faces" major profiles of Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather and 19 other major television news people...read more

The Man Who Was Dr. Seuss . . . is the first major personal and literary biography of Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel. This book will show you. . . • The origins of the hypnotic, galloping rhyme scheme which he used in his first book and in many thereafter (and how John Phillip Sousa made the same discovery and wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" a decade earlier). . . • How serendipity - a happy accident of fate - resulted in the publication of the first Dr. Seuss book, And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, after that book had been turned down by 27 book publishers. . . • The origins of If I Ran the Zoo. . . • How serendipity again played a part in Horton Hatches the Egg!, Bartholomew and the Oobleck and The Lorax. . . • Theodor Geisel's views of international justices in "The Sneetches," Yertle the Turtle and Horton Hears a Who!. . . • The morals for children in Horton Hatches the Egg!, How The Grinch Stole Christmas! And other Dr. Seuss books. . . • How a $50. Bet - which Theodor Geisel won - led to a revolution in children's literature. . . • How inventing a common phrase led to a classic Dr. Seuss book. . . • Which Dr. Seuss character is a classic trickster hero of folklore. . . • How a cynical phrase from his college days resulted in another Dr. Seuss classic decades later. . . • Why mothers and fathers are seldom seen in Dr. Seuss books. . . • And finally, in all these fabulous facts and fanciful fables, how and why Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel became an American icon. . . . The Life And Work Of Theodor Geisel (view table of contents)

The first literary and personal biography of James Thurber in 25 years, The Man Who Was Walter Mitty offers new insights into the man who has been caled "America's Twentieth Century Mark Twain."

Product Description: Khe Sanh remains to this day, an extremely controversial and emotional aspect of the war in Vietnam. The U.S. Armed Forces fought to defend Khe Sanh in early 1968 and then abandoned the base after a 77-day siege by the North Vietnamese...read more

Product Description: Whether you are a novice writer, or an immediate journalism student; in a freshmen English class; writing a speech, a technical report, advertising copy, or promotional or publicity material; beginning a magazine article or book; or working on any other writing project, you need to face the demands of that blank computer screen...read more

Product Description: World War Two: U.S. Military Plans for the Invasion of Japan are the formerly Top Secret records for the invasion of Japan, if the A-bomb didn't work or didn't meet military and/or production deadlines. These records show that invading Japan on the beached, in a Normandy-style invasion would have been an enormous blood-bath; estimates were that 250,00-1,000,000 lives wourld have been lost in attempting an invasion of Japan by Sea...read more

The Kidnapping of the first son of aviator Charles Lindbergh became the crime of the century and defined "media circus." As much as the world in the 1930's loved "Lucky Lindy" for his flight from New York to Paris, so the world despised the kidnapper of the Lindbergh's child. Although the crime occurred in New Jersey, the FBI maintained complete files on the case, because ransom money crossed state lines. These are the complete, never-published, FBI files on the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. The files end with the single word PENDING, as the case was still in progress. This is time stopped in 1934.

Product Description: Elvis Presley was never accused of a crime, but for years the FBI kept a file on Presley because of the crimes that went on in the background of his world: death threats made against him; a major extortion attempt while he was in the Army in Germany; complaints about his public performances, a mention of a paternity suit; the theft by larceny of an executive jet which he owned and the alleged fraud surrounding a 1955 Corvette which he owned...read more

Essays, articles, and interviews illuminate the story of Oskar Schindler

Product Description: Completely revised and updated in a second edition, this volume represents the only book ever written that analyzes sports writing and presents it as "exceptional" writing. Other books discuss sports writers as "beat reporters" in one area of journalism, whereas this book shows aspiring sports writers a myriad of techniques to make their writing stand out...read more

Gathers interviews with Thurber from each period of his career and offers a brief profile of his life and accomplishments

Product Description: Twelve articles selected by the editor and presented in the order in which they were published during the year. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.