A first-ever book on the subject, New York City Blues: Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond offers a deep dive into the blues venues and performers in the city from the 1940s through the 1990s. Interviews in this volume bring the reader behind the scenes of the daily and performing lives of working musicians, songwriters, and producers. The interviewers capture their voices — many sadly deceased — and reveal the changes in styles, the connections between perform...

A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for Best Fiction NarratorThe 40th anniversary edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic of the American West, with a new foreword by Yellowstone cocreator Taylor Sheridan. An epic of the frontier, Lonesome Dove is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness.“My favorite book: there are so many that I would be afraid to say. Probably if I had to pick anything I’d...

This powerful story and tool kit is a demonstration of the human ability to survive and rise above the crushing aftermath of tragic grief. It is an inspiring, firsthand, gripping, and unflinchingly honest story of author Larry Simons experience with sorrow, despair, guilt, rage, and anguish from lifes most heartbreaking experiences. This book provides valuable and effective tools for coping with and successfully navigating this journey. The tools provide revolutionary insight and the lever...

En 1951, la petite ville texane de Thalia, aux confins du désert, hésite entre un puritanisme de bon ton et la quête d'un plaisir encore tabou.Du cinéma à la salle de billard, les jeunes gens du coin jouent aux amoureux éperdus et feraient tout pour être le sujet des derniers ragots.Livrés à eux-mêmes, Duane et Sonny gagnent après le lycée de quoi animer leurs samedis soir grâce à de petits jobs sur la plate-forme pétrolière. Ils s'ennuient sec et rêvent de...

The first prequel in Larry McMurtry’s beloved Lonesome Dove series features the early adventures of Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, two of the most memorable heroes in contemporary fiction.As young Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call ("Gus" and "Call" for short) have much to learn about survival in a land fraught with perils: not only the blazing heat and raging tornadoes, roiling rivers and merciless Indians, but also the de...

Nadie estaba preparado para enfrentar una pandemia en el mundo que conocíamos. Ha sido un escenario de ensayo y error, así como de improvisación en el manejo de las políticas dirigidas a mitigar sus efectos. La propagación del virus ha traído conse-cuencias mucho más complejas y diversas que la afectación a la salud de la población mundial: la covid-19 ha tenido impacto a nivel político, económico, social, cultural y ambiental. En este libro, integrado por nueve capítulos, escritos por dif...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFeatured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, New York Newsday, and on Today!“A nonfiction thriller.”—The Wall Street JournalFrom New York Times and international bestselling author of the “gripping” (Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author...

Each year in the United States, hundreds of religious buildings and schools become vacant or underutilized as congregations and populations merge, move, or diminish. These structures are often well located, attractive, eligible for tax credits, and available for redevelopment. In this practical and innovative handbook, authors Simons, DeWine, and Ledebur have compiled a step-by-step guide to finding sustainable new uses for vacant structures. The reuse of these important buildings offers t...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital.Lejos de ser solo un diagnóstico, el Trastorno por Déficit de Atención e Hiperactividad (TDAH) también puede ser una fuente de talentos únicos, creatividad desbordante y formas de pensar fuera de lo común. Habilidades de una Persona con TDAH es una invitación a cambiar la perspectiva: en lugar de enfocarse únicamente en los desafíos, este libro pone el foco en las fortalezas y capacidades que muchas veces pasan desapercibida...

The acclaimed sequel to Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic Lonesome Dove, and the culmination of the legendary western saga, follows the further adventures of these beloved characters as they reckon with their past choices and uncertain futures in the rapidly changing American West.Captain Woodrow Call, August McCrae's old partner, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down a brutal young Mexican bandit. Riding with Call are an Eastern city sl...

Paying It Forward...Larry Klempner has a Past, and it's not one he's proud of.But the ex-trafficker is trying to forge a hopeful future from his wasted years.When an old acquaintance thrusts him into a situation that has 'The Past' written all over it, what are Klempner's choices?Fighting takes on many forms and running isn't an option.Klempner will need to bring his A-Game to the front for this one.When you're drawn Into the Fire, someone will bur...

Using her personal experience living as a professional woman with Autism Spectrum Disorder**, Sarah Nannery, together with her husband, Larry, offers this timely communication guide for anyone on the Autism spectrum looking to successfully navigate work, life, and love.**When Sarah Nannery got her first job at a small nonprofit, she thought she knew exactly what it would take to advance. But soon she realized that even with hard work and conscienti...