Peace Kills

P.J. O'ROURKE

Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain is a novel about a soldier’s perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War's end. At once a love story & a harrowing account of one man’s long walk home, Cold Mountain introduces a new talent in American literature.\nBased on local history & family stories passed down by Frazier’s great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded Confederate soldier, Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the war & back home to his prewar sweetheart, Ada. His odyssey thru the devastated landscape of the soon-to-be-defeated South interweaves with Ada’s struggle to revive her father’s farm, with the help of an intrepid young drifter named Ruby. As their long-separated lives begin to converge at the close of the war, Inman & Ada confront the vastly transformed world they’ve been delivered.\nFrazier reveals insight into human relations with the land & the dangers of solitude. He also shares with the great 19th century novelists a keen observation of a society undergoing change. Cold Mountain recreates a world gone by that speaks to our time.

Literature & Fiction

FRAZIER, Charles

Genre Fiction

Rock and roll has traditionally been a boys' game. A male-controlled field, it forced female artists to work twice as hard, usually for half the recognition. No matter the obstacles, however, women have always been drawn to the restless life of the road, to the glamour of the stage, to the need to make a joyful noise.Beginning in the early days with Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, and Maybelle Carter, Hirshey takes us on a wild ride through a century of popular music and the women who made it. We are whispered to in the dark night of Janis Joplin's soul and pinioned to the studio wall by Aretha Franklin's mighty pipes. We listen in as Phil Spector and Ellie Greenwich build the Ronettes' perfect pop moment, "Be My Baby". Joni Mitchell rewrites womanhood, and Debbie Harry and Patti Smith tear it down again. We meet Madonna at nineteen, debating what she's willing to do for a record deal, and hear what Tina Turner thinks of being called a victim. We hear from vitriol queen Courtney Love, country darling Dolly Parton, neohippie Sarah McLachlan, provocateur fatale Lil' Kim. Whitney Houston and Cher elucidate the meaning of diva. Lauryn Hill and Missy Elliott look to the female rock star of the future. Through it all, one of rock's best journalists delivers a passionate history of women in rock that is deft, provocative, and always deeply entertaining.

Women Who Rock: Journeys With the Blues Mamas, Motown Angels, Fierce McS, Hippie Chicks, and Funky Divas of Rock

Arts & Photography

Gerri Hershey

Music

Why Read: Selected Writings 2001 – 2021

WILL SELF

Freeman's Animals

john-freeman

Essays & Correspondence

Fifty-five oral histories of iconic rock and R&B hits based on the popular Wall Street Journal column 'Anatomy of a Song'.

Anatomy of 55 Hit Songs: The Top Singles That Changed Rock, R&B and Soul

Marc Myers

The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 US Election and the People Who Stopped It

Politics & Social Sciences

MARK BOWDEN

Politics & Government

The shocking, seminal memoir of a key member of L.A. gang the Crips, first published in 1990.

Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member

Sanyika Shakur

Ocean State

Stewart O'Nan

The first authoritative cradle-to-grave biography of a worldwide musical and cultural legend.

King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B. B. King

Daniel de Visé

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