Straight from the mouths of the world's most famous drivers and entertainers comes a unique and hilarious volume of NASCARUs wit and wisdom. Contributors include Kyle Petty, Jeff Foxworthy, Jeff Gordon, and many others. Illustrations throughout.

Haul A** and Turn Left: The Wit and Wisdom of NASCAR

Humor & Entertainment

Dutton, Monte

Humor

Grand Central Publishing

Americana music isn’t just a musical form--it’s a state of mind. In this book, Monte Dutton charts the coordinates of this state of mind with a series of interviews and intimate portraits from the heart of alternative country, often known to its adherents simply as OKOM: Our Kind of Music. In places such as Austin and Nashville, Las Vegas and Key West, Dutton finds the voices of the genre that the Americana Music Association defines as “American roots music based on the traditions of country.” 
True to the Roots profiles Grammy-nominated performers (such as Brad Paisley and Pat Green) as well as those who sing for tips in local bars, and bands such as Those Guys, Reckless Kelly, and Cross Canadian Ragweed. In these pages the reader encounters Vince Pawless, a guitar maker in Gainesville, Texas, and James White, owner of the Broken Spoke, a historic honky-tonk in Austin; and musicians such as Robert Earl Keen and James McMurtry. Each of these portraits provides a unique story about this music and explains why it not only survives but thrives outside a mainstream increasingly controlled by corporate culture and commercial constraints.

True to the Roots: Americana Music Revealed (Bison Original)

Arts & Photography

Music

Bison Books

Riley Mansfield is not your typical hero. He writes songs for a living, smokes pot for recreation and just wants to live and let live. But when he foils an apparent terrorist plot to blow up a small plane over his hometown of Greenville, South Carolina, he is thrust into the spotlight, which is exactly where he doesn't want to be. Suddenly, everyone wants a piece of him, including both major political parties. They aren't willing to take no for an answer, partly because it's an election year and partly because what happened on the plane may be a bit more complicated than it appears. Emboldened by his own obstinacy, Mansfield and his girl Friday, Melissa Franklin, lead the government and the Republicans on a sometimes merry, sometimes painful, sometimes lucky chase. Along the way, they stumble across unlikely friends - a Democrat strategist, a Rolling Stone writer, a pair of sympathetic FBI agents - and ruthless enemies. Theirs is a love affair of sex, drugs and country-folk set against a backdrop of political scheming, hidden agendas and an unraveling plan to maintain control of the government. The American people deserve to know the truth, and it's up to Riley to tell them...if he can live long enough to get the chance.

The Audacity of Dope

Literature & Fiction

Neverland Publishing Company, LLC

At Speed is an irreverent but informed look at the colorful personalities, exciting places, and devoted fans of stock car racing. It is divided into six sections: "People" (the sport's key personalities), "Places" (its unique venues), "Fans" (its avid followers), "Opinions" (what is right and wrong about the NASCAR phenomenon), "Color" (a collection of humorous pieces), and "Scenes" (word pictures of the sport from different perspectives). "People" profiles Bobby Allison, Geoff Bodine, the Burton brothers, Ricky Craven, Dale Earnhardt, Bill Elliott, Jeff Gordon, Robby Gordon, Ernie Irvan, Kenny Irwin, Dale Jarrett, Junior Johnson, Richard Petty, Tony Stewart, Rusty Wallace, Darrell Waltrip, and many more NASCAR legends and legends-in-the-making. At Speed is this season's NASCAR book that will take the checkered flag.

At Speed: Up Close and Personal With the People, Places, and Fans of NASCAR

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

POTOMAC BOOKS

Monte Dutton’s Rebel With a Cause provides an inside look at emerging NASCAR superstar Tony Stewart’s 2000 racing season. Stewart’s impressive 2000 campaign has not disappointed the fans who applauded his stellar rookie year, 1999. In 2000, Stewart not only racked up impressive wins, but his fierce competitive spirit and his tell-it-like-it-is attitude have made him a fan favorite. He has made headlines with his dramatic victories but also with his occasional scraps on and off the track with Jeff Gordon and other drivers. Tony Stewart is, without a doubt, one of NASCAR’s most rebellious heroes as well as one of the sport’s best young drivers.

Rebel With a Cause: A Season With NASCAR Star Tony Stewart

Biographies & Memoirs

Postcards From Pit Road is a revealing and lively account of the 2002 NASCAR season. Noted motor sports journalist Monte Dutton covers everything at each stop on the 2002 Winston Cup tour, from the qualifying laps to the checkered flag. Written trackside at speedways around the country, Postcards From Pit Road provides readers with the compelling inside story of the wealthy car owners who pay the bills, the daring drivers who risk life and limb each week, and the harried crewmen who build and service the incredible racing machines with breathtaking efficiency. It’s a diary that lends insight into the rich personalities of racing and examines the toll that the long NASCAR season and its accompanying fast-paced lifestyle takes on the lives of drivers, crews, and their families. Dutton goes far beyond the typical facts and figures of each race, instead weaving an insightful account of the daily lives of these modern-day gladiators.

Postcards from Pit Road: Inside NASCAR's 2002 Season

Jeff Gordon is to NASCAR racing what Wayne Gretzky was to NHL hockey―simply the best young athlete in his sport. He was NASCAR’s Rookie of the Year in 1993 and has won the 1995, 1997, and 1998 Winston Cup championships. He has won 52 races since 1994, including the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400.

Jeff Gordon Biography: Jeff Gordon: The Racer (Sport Snaps)

Leaders & Notable People

Thomas Nelson

A veteran sports columnist unexpectedly loses his job.A rebellious young writer takes a weed-clouded trip to Southern California with a tawdry dropout.An English teacher at a prep school toils in vain on a breakthrough novel, watching his teen-aged pupils grow rebellious and decadent.All are related. All are drawn together as they gradually learn they are pawns in a vast illegal conspiracy.The columnist's new job is not one he chooses. The young writer mistakenly believes she is selling drugs by choice and rationalizes it in the name of writing a tell-all novel. The teacher sees in his charges mistakes he has already made.One is another's daughter. She is the other's lover.Everything will be fine as long as they are obedient. Don't Ask, Don't Tell.Against the backdrop of a presidential election, a group of powerful men work to corner the market on the illicit sale of marijuana. They have members with ties to tobacco, entertainment, law enforcement, national security, and politics.Innocent people are being shot down in the streets by policemen who never are punished. Could this be more than a coincidence?The plan seems perfect ... until the election of Martin Gaynes, a man as corrupt as those who run the Consortium. Extreme measures are necessary as a potential dictatorship rises in the tumult.No one, no matter how far from the center of power, is safe. No one can afford to mind his (or her) own business. Don't Ask, Don't Tell becomes dangerous, impractical, and deadly.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Citiofbooks, Inc.

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