Curlee, Lynn

"Interwoven with photographs of the people lost, this memoir chronicles the AIDS pandemic from the late 1970s to the late 1990s, up until the death of the author's partner.".

Dance prodigy, sex symbol, gay pioneer, cultural icon---Vaslav Nijinsky rose to fame as the star of the Ballets Russes in Paris before mental illness stole his career and the last thirty years of his life. A tragic story of a great genius gone mad, this compelling work of narrative nonfiction chronicles a life of obsessive artistry, celebrity, and notoriety. With one grand leap off the stage at the 1909 premiere of the Ballets Russes's inaugural season, Nijinsky became an overnight sensation and the century's first superstar, in the days before moving pictures brought popular culture to the masses. Perhaps the greatest dancer of the twentieth century, Nijinsky captured audiences with his sheer animal magnetism and incredible skill.

Presents, in words and illustrations, a brief overview of some of baseball's best loved ballparks, including Fenway Park in Boston, Yankee Stadium in New York City, and Wrigley Field in Chicago, and examines their history and cultural significance.

Provides a history of Washington, D.C., focusing on the National Mall, its monuments and surrounding buildings.

Describes how this patriotic shrine and tourist attraction was conceived, designed, and created by the dedicated artist Gutzon Borglum.

Describes the ice cap above the northernmost shores of Asia, North America, and Greenland, and the expeditions that criss-crossed it in search of the North Pole.

Discusses all the planning and efforts that went into the construction of one of the most famous symbols of the United States, the Statue of Liberty.