Straight LifeArt Pepper (1925 1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography, Straight Life, is much more than a jazz book it is one of the most explosive, yet one of the most lyrical, of all autobiographies. This edition is updated with an extensive afterword by Laurie Pepper covering Art Pepper's last years, and a complete and up to date discography by Todd Selbert. >

"The first systematic detective in modern literature" A Catalogue of Crime by Barzun and Taylor

always tenacious and informed by deep background

Pursued by an ex-FBI detective turned hitman and helped by a mentally broken ex-soldier and a reclusive woman whose life has been destroyed by violence

If you're embarking on a dry spell

She encourages them to explore and express their true feelings by writing their own poems and essays

Tokikaze is alive

What reason does he have to go on living

Batali asked his chef friends from Nashville

sometimes the truth is even scarier than the lore

From a small cluster of villages on the banks of the Tiber River to a sprawling empire that ruled over 20 per cent of the world�s population

'Dee is graceful

He has no hesitation in accepting the mission to assassinate the man responsible for the death of his mates