The happy-making invention of neon, those gas-filled glass tubes of brilliant color, was patented by Georges Claude in France in 1910, and by 1913 a large Cinzano vermouth sign... Read More

Brimming with beautiful photographs and renderings, this book is a visual journey as much as a historic record of this community. World War II was over. California had an... Read More

While "Mabel and Me" is a love story, it is also a tragedy, tracing comedic actress Mabel Normand’s career through the eyes of a young man. In his imaginative, highly readable... Read More