The Supreme Court grew out of a unique opportunity to interview all nine sitting Supreme Court Justices plus retired Justice O'Connor for a documentary on the Supreme Court. Through Brian Lamb and Susan Swain's interviews with our country's most influential judges, the book offers portraits of the Justices that introduces readers to the closed world of the Supreme Court, and what's it's really like to serve on the nation's highest Court.Accompanying the Justices around the...

For the last 25 years, Sunday nights at 8pm on C-SPAN has been appointment television for many Americans. During that time, host Brian Lamb has invited people to his Capitol Hill studio for hour-long conversations about contemporary society and history. In today's soundbite culture that hour remains one of television's last vestiges of in-depth, civil conversation.First came C-SPAN's Booknotes in 1989, which by the time it ended in December 2004, was the longest-running au...

Some presidents have been larger than life but none of them have been larger than death. Brian Lamb has visited the gravesites of every American president, living and dead, in order to put together this book, with assistance from the staff of C-SPAN. Heavily illustrated and with contributions from historians Richard Norton Smith and Douglas Brinkley, Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb? is about the presidents' lives as much as it is about their final resting places. The book's collecti...

A look inside the personal life of every first lady in American history, based on original interviews with major historiansC-SPAN's yearlong history series, First Ladies: Influence and Image, featured interviews with more than fifty preeminent historians and biographers. In this informative book, these experts paint intimate portraits of all forty-five first ladies -- their lives, ambitions, and unique partnerships with their presidential spouses. Susan Sw...

In this beautifully designed volume, America's top Lincoln historians offer a diverse array of perspectives on the life and legacy of America's sixteenth president. Spanning Lincoln's life -- from his early career as a Springfield lawyer, to his presidential reign during one of America's most troubled historical periods, to his assassination in 1865 -- these essays, developed from original C-SPAN interviews, provide a compelling, composite portrait of Lincoln, one that offers up new storie...

This is a start-to-finish guide on how to build high-quality vegetation for video games. This book gives readers the fundamentals of the craft and the skills needed to confidently create natural environments.Chapters cover everything from planning and gathering references, creating natural-looking ground cover with lots of variety, and building trees procedurally, to setting up a realistic wind shader before combining all assets into a scene in Unreal Engine 5.This book wil...

This audio and booklet presents 10 backing tracks for you to practice soloing. Each track is recorded twice, once with harmonica and once without. Improve your timing by keeping up with a professional group. Develop a bank of riffs while playing with a solid blues backing. Learn new phrasing techniques. Playing along will stimulate your powers of improvisation. Listening carefully to what each instrument is doing will help you emulate it or just blend in, picking up rhythm patterns and pla...

"One of the most enjoyable, satisfying sports books I have ever had the pleasure to read." —Jeff Pearlman author, Boys Will Be Boys and The Bad Guys Won!Yogi Berra once said: “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” But for lifelong baseball aficionado Emma Span, it hasn’t always been that simple. Now, in this winning collection of essays, Span chronicles her love of the sport, from childhood hobby to full-blown obsession, from big break (bec...

In the bustling streets of New York City, Adrian and Aria unexpectedly cross paths. Adrian, practical and grounded, is fresh out of a relationship, while Aria, a free spirit chasing her dreams, is on a quest to find her soulmate. Despite their differences, they share an instant and powerful connection, and they wonder if they haven't met before.They're like twin flames, drawn together by a mysterious force.Will Adrian and Aria embrace this cosmic connection, or will the cha...

She was his best friend, his lover, his soulmate, and then he lost her. But soulmates can't help but eternally search for each other. They are compelled to, to be able to feel whole again.When young Oliver meets the new Dutch girl in his small town, the free-spirited Erica Johansson, it marks the beginning of a unique friendship and an epic love.As young adults they struggle when they realize their feelings for each other have gone far beyond friendship. And when they finall...

Milo Webber is the music industry's golden boy—charming, talented, and emotionally untouchable. Sofia Mendez is the childhood friend he kissed once… and then ghosted. Now she's a famous actress recovering from a brutal, very public divorce, laying low in Miami and trying to find herself again. Milo has no idea she's back—until she steps into the studio and shakes his entire world.But when they're forced to work together, old sparks reignite fast… and so does the hurt. Their chemist...

Awarded with 5 stars on Readers' Favorite!He's a reclusive rock legend with a shattered past. She's a determined journalist chasing her big break. When their worlds collide—literally—everything changes.Michael Siel was once the heartbeat of rock music—until a tragic accident stole his brother and silenced his career. Now, he lives in the shadows, avoiding the spotlight and vowing never to speak to the press again.Allison Webber need...