Through both its lyrics and prose, "Songs from an Imperfect Life" is a memoir that mixes tragedy with happy memories to achieve a sense of thoughtful reflection. J. Ronald M. York’s memoir "Songs from an Imperfect Life" works through... Read More

In this enchanting introduction to some of the most celebrated ballets of all time, tiny dancers will meet Princess Odette and Prince Siegfried from Swan Lake, Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, and half a dozen others, while the... Read More

The loneliness, loss, and confusion of the last few years loom large over these pages, but so, too, does the idea of hope. Hanif Abdurraqib’s They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us is a penetrating and profoundly timely collection of... Read More

Kinky Friedman is something of a Texas legend. The satirist has, at various times, made his name as a singer-songwriter, a mystery author, an essayist, a columnist, an animal-rescue crusader, and a political candidate. Mary Lou... Read More

"Maximum Volume" has enormous appeal for Beatles fans, record collectors, social historians, music wonks, and indeed, anyone with ears. Kenneth Womack’s "Maximum Volume" is a lively and engaging biography of Beatles producer George... Read More

Miret’s memorable, affecting stories capture an important time in the hardcore music scene. Agnostic Front was an important part of the New York hardcore music scene of the 1980s, and, as the band’s lead singer, Roger Miret lived... Read More

Music fanatics will find plenty of material to mull over; casual fans are rewarded with a better understanding of music history. It’s easy to take music from a previous era for granted without understanding how it shaped the modern... Read More

With Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, the explosive year of 1967 got the album it deserved—delivered from a band desperate to replace its mop-top-boys persona with that of artists-basking-in-the-glow-of-psychedelia. Described as a... Read More