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The life, music and passions of Paul David Hewson, better known as Bono, who along with his school friends made up the legendary band U2, are detailed in this biography. Laura Jackson explores the success and the transformations of Bono from his first album, Boy, to the international triumph of the ... More

Bono's political efforts on behalf of the world's poorest have been well-publicized. Since the late 90s the Irish rock star has expended tremendous energies lobbying the world's richest governments on behalf of those who have few means to lobby for themselves. Bono has deftly used his celebrity, cha... More

A rich cross-section of the modernist poet and critic's work from 1923 to 1987.... More

- Bon Jovi celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2004; they've sold over 100 million records worldwide; their most recent album, Bounce, entered the charts at number two in 2002.- Their greatest hits collection, This Left Feels Right, was released in November 2003.- Jon Bon Jovi has broadened his fan... More

- First time in paperback.- Paul Simon, with Simon and Garfunkel, and as a solo artist has sold 50 million records in the United States alone.- Simon and Garfunkel were the opening act for the 2003 Grammy Awards.- Simon received a 2003 Oscar nomination for his song "Father and Daughter," from the an... More

Always ahead of her time, no other major poet of the last century enters the twenty-first so fresh, so essentially unexplored as does Laura Riding. Her formidable credentials as a modernist need no longer distract attention from the class-of-her-own this writer occupies. Beginning in spiritual respe... More

When Rebecca Bond, an amiable elderly woman, suddenly finds herself widowed and penniless, she leaves for Austin, Texas, in search of the sons she abandoned as small children. After arriving in Texas, Rebecca is run down on the sidewalk by a drunk driver. While lying in the hospital, she is visited ... More

Jessica stared at her father in disbelief as she said to herself, "No Dad, she was not mistaken. You would not believe me if I told you it was Asa. You would not believe me if I told you I wrote about Asa and that he really exists. He came for Larry. I know he did. You knew about Susie all the time,... More