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The art of the heist : confessions of a master art thief, rock 'n' roller, and prodigal son
Myles J. Connnor & Jenny Siler.
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x, 294 p. ; 24 cm.
From New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, to the Smithsonian Institution in D.C., to Boston's Museum of Fine Art, to dozens of regional museums throughout the United States, no museum was off-limits to art thief Myles Connor. His IQ is at genius level, and his charm is legendary. Part confession, part thrill ride, "The Art of the Heist" is impossible to put down.
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Bad girls go everywhere : the life of Helen Gurley Brown
Jennifer Scanlon.
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xv, 270 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
"The first biography of Helen Gurley Brown, author of the 1962 international bestseller Sex and the Single Girl and 32-year editor of Cosmopolitan magazine. Scanlon had unprecedented access to Brown's papers, and she presents Brown in the context of the feminist movement, highlighting her role as an advocate of professional accomplishment and sexual freedom for women"--Provided by publisher.
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Beaumarchais : a biography
Maurice Lever, translated from the French by Susan Emanuel.
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xiv, 411 p. ; 24 cm.
Few men of 18th-century letters led a more varied or controversial life than Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. Incorporating letters and firsthand accounts, this is an irresistibly lively and engaging account of an extraordinary life.
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Chasin' the bird : the life and legacy of Charlie Parker
Brian Priestley.
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x, 242 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Charlie Parker has been idolized by generations of jazz musicians and fans. Indeed, his spectacular musical abilities--his blinding speed and brilliant improvisational style--made Parker a legend even before his tragic death at age thirty-four. Now, in Chasin' The Bird, Brian Priestley offers a marvelous biography of this jazz icon, ranging from his childhood in Kansas City to his final harrowing days in New York. Priestley offers new insight into Parker's career, beginning as a teenager single-mindedly devoted to mastering the saxophone. We follow Parker on his first trip to New York, penniless, washing dishes for $9.00 a week at Jimmy's Chicken Shack, a favorite hangout of the great Art Tatum, whose stunning speed and ingenuity were an influence on the young musician. Priestley sheds light on Parker's collaborations with other jazz legands, and illuminates such classic recordings as "Salt Peanuts," "A Night in Tunisia," and "Yardbird Suite"--music which defined an era. He also gives us an unflinching look at Parker's dark side--the drug abuse, heavy drinking, and tangled relations with women and the law. He recounts the death of Parker's daughter Pree at just two-and-a-half years old, and Parker's own death at thirty-four, in such wretched condition that the doctor listed his age as fifty-three. With an invaluable discography that lists every recording of Charlie Parker that has ever been made publicly available, this is a must-have biography of a true jazz giant, one that helps us penetrate the dazzling surface to grasp the artistry beneath.
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The letters of Samuel Beckett. Vol. 1, 1929-1940
editors, Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Lois More Overbeck ; associate editors, George Craig, Daniel Gunn.
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xcix, 782 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
The letters written by Samuel Beckett between 1929 and 1940 provide a vivid and personal view of Western Europe in the 1930s, and mark the gradual emergence of Beckett's unique voice and sensibility. The Cambridge University Press edition of The Letters of Samuel Beckett offers for the first time a comprehensive range of letters of one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century. Selected for their bearing on his work from over 15,000 extant letters, the letters published in this four-volume edition encompass sixty years of Beckett's writing life (1929-1989), and include letters to friends, painters and musicians, as well as to students, publishers, translators, and colleagues in the world of literature and theater. For anyone interested in twentieth-century literature and theater this edition is essential reading, offering not only a record of Beckett's achievements but a powerful literary experience in itself.
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Finding Oz : how L. Frank Baum discovered the great American story
Evan I. Schwartz.
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xiv, 374 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
The remarkable story behind one of the world's most enduring and best-loved books. Offering new insights into the true origins and meaning of L. Frank Baum's 1900 masterwork, author Schwartz delves into the personal turmoil and spiritual transformation that fueled Baum's fantastical parable of the American Dream. Before becoming an impresario of children's adventure tales, Baum failed at a series of careers and nearly lost his soul before setting out on a journey of discovery that would lead to the Land of Oz. Drawing on original research, Schwartz debunks popular misconceptions and shows how the people, places, and events in Baum's life gave birth to his unforgettable images and characters. A narrative that sweeps across late-nineteenth-century America, Finding Oz ultimately reveals how failure and heartbreak can sometimes lead to redemption and bliss, and how one individual can ignite the imagination of the entire world.--From publisher description.
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Gabriel García Márquez : a life
by Gerald Martin.
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xxiii, 642 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
The biography of the 1982 Nobel Laureate in Literature tells the story of Mrquez, a young man who rose from obscure provincial journalist to progenitor of a new literature.
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Hope's boy : [a memoir]
Andrew Bridge.
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viii, 317 p. ; 20 cm.
Relates the author's harrowing family circumstances that led to his placement in the equally daunting foster-care system, and describes how he beat the odds through high academic achievement.
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Lewis Carroll in numberland : his fantastical mathematical logical life : an agony in eight fits
Robin Wilson.
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xi, 237 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
As Wilson demonstrates, Carroll--who published serious, if occasionally eccentric, works in the fields of geometry, logic, and algebra--made significant contributions to subjects as varied as voting patterns and the design of tennis tournaments, in the process creating imaginative recreational puzzles based on mathematical ideas. --from publisher description
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A life in school : what the teacher learned
Jane Tompkins.
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xix, 229 p. ; 21 cm.
Tompkins (English, Duke U.) articulates what non-academics (and perhaps academics as well) often feel too intimidated to express: What in the world do these studies have to do with my life? Her "education memoir" follows the path of a scholar from her earliest school days through graduate school and professional success. As she awakens to the disparity between her self-discovery and her education, she begins to open the doors of her classroom as well, ultimately suggesting to all teachers that the study of poetry must not be separated from the experience of it in life. Lacks an index and bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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A little bit wicked : life, love, and faith in stages
Kristin Chenoweth with Joni Rodgers.
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232 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
This autobiography of the Tony-winning actress of Wicked addresses the challenges she has faced from her adoption shortly after birth to her current work in Hollywood.
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Lost boy
by Brent W. Jeffs with Maia Szalavitz.
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viii, 238 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
In this powerful and heartbreaking account, former Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints member Brent Jeffs reveals both the terror and the love he experienced growing up on his prophet's compound--and the harsh exile existence that so many boys face once they have been expelled by the sect.
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