Orson is a young boy whose mother works at a U.S. Army base in Germany in the 1950s. There, he becomes a fan of a G.I. stationed at the base, one Elvis Presley, whose music is played over and over on the radio. When Orson is caught stealing recordings of Elvis's tunes from the PX, the attendant publicity catches the star's attention, and he comes to visit his young fan. Thus begins a lifelong friendship. As Elvis's career rockets ever higher and his behavior becomes ever more erratic, the two share many adventures. The sixties explode, and Elvis becomes the icon of the nation, while Orson, a college demonstrator, drifts away from regular life while looking for something of substance to believe in. Each man is an emblem of his time, as social conventions crumble, barriers fall, and the cultural landscape changes forever. A panorama of change and dissent, of the ability of friends to stay true despite distance and time, Elvis in the Morning portrays a nation in change and the effects of celebrity on innocence.

Elvis in the Morning

Literature & Fiction

Buckley Jr., William F.

Contemporary

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

This boon to logophiles, culled from Buckley: The Right Word, presents the author’s most erudite, outré, and interesting words - from prehensile and sciolist to rubric and histrionic - complete with definitions, examples, and usage notes. Introduction by Jesse Sheidlower; illustrations by Arnold Roth.

The Lexicon: A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word Lover

Reference

Roth, Arnold

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Harper Paperbacks

This is the story of one man's faith, told with unrivaled reflection and candor. William F. Buckley, Jr., was raised a Catholic. As the world plunged into war, and as social mores changed dramatically around him, Buckley's faith -- a most essential part of his make-up -- sustained him. In Nearer, My God, Buckley examines in searching detail the meaning of his faith, and how his life has been shaped and sustained by religious conviction. In highly personal terms, and with the wit and acuity for which he is justly renowned, Buckley discusses vital issues of Catholic doctrine and practice, and in so doing outlines for the reader both the nature of CathoLic faith and the essential role of religious belief in everyday life. In powerfully felt prose, he contributes provocatively and intelligently to the national interest in the nature of religion, the Church, and spiritual development. Nearer, My God is sure to appeal to all readers who have felt the stirrings of their own religious faith, and who want confirmation of their beliefs or who are seeking a guide to understanding their own souls. The renowned social and political commentator, William F. Buckley Jr., turns to a highly personal subject -- his faith. And he tells us the story of his life as a Catholic Christian. "Nearer, My God" is the most reflective, poignant, and searching of Bill Buckley's many books. In the opening chapters he relives his childhood, a loving, funny, nostalgic glimpse into pre-World War II America and England. He speaks about his religious experiences to a world that has changed dramatically. He is unafraid of revealing the most personal side of his faith. He describes, in his distinctive style, the intimacy of a trip to Lourdes, the impact on him of the searing account by Maria Valtorta of the Crucifixion, the ordination of his nephew into the priesthood, and gives a moving account of his mother's death. And there is humor, as Buckley gives a unique, hilarious view of a visit to the Vatican with Malcolm Muggeridge, Charlton Heston, Grace Kelly, and David Niven. Personal though this book is, Buckley has gone to others to examine new perspectives, putting together his own distinguished 'Forum' and leaning on the great literature of the past to illustrate his thinking on contemporary Catholic and Christian issues.

Nearer, My God: An Autobiography of Faith

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Spytime: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton

Genre Fiction

Roundhouse Publishing

Set against the history of the second half of the twentieth century, a novel follows the unlikely friendship between two World War II servicemen--one of them the president's grandson, both of them devoted to the same woman. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo.

Brothers No More

DOUBLEDAY

Chronicles the author's four-thousand-mile sailing voyage across the Pacific ocean with four close friends, his son, Christopher, and a photographer

Racing Through Paradise: A Pacific Passage

Sports & Outdoors

Random House]

Set during the 1962 Cuban missle crisis, this eighth Blackford Oakes novel places the urbane CIA agent at the heart of America's anti-Castro operations

Mongoose, R.I.P.

United States

Set during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, this eighth Blackford Oakes novel places the urbane CIA agent at the heart of America's anti-Castro operations

Mongoose R.I.P.

Random House Audio |

Dispatched by the United States government to Vietnam in the wake of the chaotic events of 1964, Blackford Oakes and a swashbuckling mercenary named Tucker stir up trouble along the Ho Chi Minh Trail and in the Gulf of Tonkin

Tucker's Last Stand

Tucker's Last Stand (Random House Large Print)

Random House, Large Print

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