In 1928 New York, spirits are high and jazz, dancing and gangsters rule supreme. Harlem's Cotton Club is in the center of it all, where rich upper-eastsiders mix with dressed-up mobsters. On stage is gifted coronet player Dixie Dwyer, who dreams of the big time, and tap sensation Sandman Williams who can't touch his girl, the lovely singer Lila Rose Oliver, because of strict club rules. As tension rises, so do tempers, and the nightclub becomes a...

Hell to pay: "A tale of brothers divided--one a reluctant hero, the other a gambler--forcing one man to make a stand alone against the ruthless killers terrorizing their small Colorado mining town"--Container. Decoy: "When a deputy's in-laws are murdered, he must escort the accused--his former best friend--to the gallows. But along the way, the deputy discovers a startling truth about the murders that puts them both in imminent mortal danger"--Container. Ned...

"Based on more than 500 interviews, including Muhammad Ali's closest associates, and enhanced by access to thousands of pages of newly released FBI records, this is a thrilling story of a man who became one of the great figures of the twentieth century."-- "The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle. He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest,...

Genetically enhanced lab mice are would-be supreme global rulers. But they are not the only ones who want something - Baby wants a new pair of shoes; Uncle Sam wants you; and the guy in the oncoming car wants his half of the road.

A collection of Western stories, poems, essays, and excerpts from more than seventy authors.

Music has been a constant in human history, an intermingling of voice and instrument that for all its local variation and increasing sophistication nevertheless endured in more or less the same form for centuries. Then came recording--and music was forever transformed. Soundbreaking, an eight-part event television series, traces this ongoing sonic revolution, and explores the nexus of cutting-edge technology and human artistry that has created the...

An anthology of multicultural poetry compiled by a mother and daughter team of poets. The authors are both known and unknown, and one of the more unusual subjects treated is selling your soul to integrate, then one day regretting it with shame. With extraordinary honesty, dignity, and insight, an impressive array of poets displace the myths and stereotypes that pervade our culture. The first multicultural poetry anthology to give voice to the lives...

Social analysts Alvin and Heidi Toffler turn their attention to the revolution in wealth now sweeping the planet. This book is about how tomorrow's wealth will be created, and who will get it and how. But 21st-century wealth, they argue, is not just about money, and cannot be understood in terms of industrial-age economics. They write about everything from education and child rearing to Hollywood and China, from everyday truth and misconceptions to...

Dr. Sam Beckett leaps from one exciting identity and time to another, still chasing his dream to return to the present, and desperately hoping that time is on his side. Sam's a Navy Seal, a beauty pageant contestant, a bounty hunter, and a rock star. He even voyages to his 16-year-old self, exploring his family's history and striving to change their tragic past.

All arrangements feature melody, lyrics and uke chord grids and are in ukulele-friendly keys that are particularly suited for groups of one to one hundred to play and sing ... Also features a tips and techniques section, complete chord chart, ukulele history overview and vintage ukulele-themed photos and art throughout.