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Profiles the life and work of author James Patterson.

Looking at King's formative years in Durham, when he began writing fiction as a young teen, his college years in the turbulent sixties, his struggles with early poverty, working full-time as an English teacher while writing part-time, the long road to the publication of his first novel, Carrie, and the dozens of bestselling books and major screen adaptations that followed; covering his varied and prodigious output--this book is a comprehensive guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King.

A highly personal meditation on race, sex, and American culture traces the author's upbringing and education in upper-class African-American circles against a backdrop of the Civil Rights era and its contradictory aftermath.

Biography of Nolan Ryan, professional pitcher for the California Angels beginning in 1971. Tracks Nolan's rise to fame as he frequently played no-hit games and broke MLB records in his day, even retiring just to come out of retirement to play the sport again.

A how-to primer on safe ghost removal with accounts of the author's most dangerous spirit confrontations.

The Close sisters are descended from very prominent and wealthy ancestors. When they were very young, their parents joined a cult called the MRA, or Moral Rearmament. The family was suddenly uprooted to a cult school in Switzerland and, ultimately, to the Belgian Congo where their father became a surgeon in the war ravaged republic, and ultimately the personal physician to President Mobutu. Shortly after the girls returned to the US for boarding school, Jessie first started to exhibit symptoms of severe bipolar disorder (she would later learn that this ran in the family, a well-kept secret). Jessie's mental illness was passed on to her son, Calen. It wasn't until Calen entered McLean's psychiatric hospital that Jessie herself was diagnosed. Fifteen years and twelve years of sobriety later, Jessie is a stable and productive member of society. Glenn continues to be the major support in Jessie's life.

Chronicles the rise of wine critic Robert M. Parker, Jr., describing how, over the last twenty-five years, he revolutionized the way in which wines around the world are made, sold, and talked about.

The author chronicles her travels throughout Sicily, showing how the island's modern culture keeps its past alive.

Max and her winged friends must face the ultimate enemy and stop a plot to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race that will terminate the rest of humankind.