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Country Music, the eight-part, 16-hour film by Ken Burns, chronicles the creation of a truly American genre of music through the songs and stories of its greatest trailblazers. Country Music…
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Ken And Beth Spilger
"It's a miracle anyone survived!-I've never seen an airplane so devastated." In 1980, Ken Spilger was the sole survivor of a small plan crash. He experienced serious third degree burns…
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Holiday Billie
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Coltrane John
Parker Charlie
Fitzgerald Ella
Basie Count
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Ken Burns’s documentary The Civil War made television history, breaking all viewing records for a PBS series. Indeed, forty million people saw it, more than the populations of the Union…
Ken Burns
Ernest Hemingway, the iconic literary figure considered one of the greatest American writers and among the first to live and work at the treacherous nexus of art and celebrity, is…
Ken Burns’s eight-part, 16-hour documentary series, COUNTRY MUSIC, chronicles the history of a uniquely American art form, focusing on the biographies of the fascinating characters who created it….
Geoffrey C. Ward,Ken Burns
A comprehensive look at the Vietnam War –
G. Edgerton
This text examines the work of Ken Burns - the innovative producer- director - as a television auteur, a programming influence within the industry, and a popular historian.
This is the first book-length study to critically examine the work of Ken Burns, the innovative producer-director as a television auteur, a pivotal programming influence within the industry, and a…
Muhammad Ali: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon brings to life one of the best-known and most indelible figures of the 20th century, a three-time heavyweight…
David Blistein,Ken Burns
David’s Inferno combines intensely personal reminiscences of a two-year nervous breakdown with contemporary insights on how manic-depression manifests and how it is diagnosed and treated.
A treasury of American Presidents by historian Ken Burns –
Mark Greenberg
A celebration of President Obama’s presidency, featuring stunning images by photographers from the White House and beyond. Looking back at Barack Obama’s journey, from his remarkable victory to his final…
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Ralph Lauren,Ken Burns
Embodying a chic casualness and ease that is uniquely American, the iconic Polo shirt has become a cool cultural symbol, worn by everyone from movie stars and presidents to athletes…
Dayton Duncan,Ken Burns
The rich and colorful story of America’s most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the 20th century–based on the upcoming eight-part film…
This evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative–the companion volume to the 12-hour PBS series–delves into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 through…
Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today-a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history inspired by the PBS series "American Buffalo"
The American…
Ernest Hemingway
A new collection showcasing the best of Ernest Hemingway’s short stories including his well-known classics, as featured in the magnificent three-part, six-hour PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick–introduced…
Featured in Hemingway, a film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on PBS. –Cover.
Cappy McGarr
In The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous, Cappy McGarr shares how he became an Emmy-nominated founder/executive producer of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and got…
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Various Artists
The soundtrack for THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST, a 3-part series by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein premiering on PBS.. Produced by the Grammy-award winner Johnny Gandelsman, this…
This text looks into the historical detail of this music genre. It gives background on early New Orleans music, and the developments of swing and bebop. Essays highlight elements of…
Walpole Historical Society
Walpole, a picturesque New England town on the banks of the Connecticut River, is older than the nation itself. Founded in 1752 by Colonial charter from New Hampshire’s royal governor…
Enriched by maps and hundreds of photographs, the companion volume to the forthcoming PBS series, The War is the story of World War II captured in the hearts, minds, words…
Now in paperback–the bestselling companion volume to the acclaimed PBS television series on America’s celebrated contribution to music. Jazz takes readers from late-19th-century New Orleans to late-20th-century Europe, from ragtime…
Based on the film series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
From one of our most treasured filmmakers, a pictorial history of America-a stunning and moving collection of Ken Burns’s favorite photographs –
Geoffrey C. Ward,Ric Burns,Ken Burns
This magnificent pictorial history portrays the Civil War as never before, from the events leading to the firing of the first shot at Fort Sumter, through the battles at Shiloh…
This huge, magnificent pictorial history portrays the Civil War as never before, from the political events leading to the firing of the first shot as Fort Sumter to the surrender…
John Musgrave
A Marine’s searing and intimate memoir about surviving Vietnam and its aftermath –
Ken Evans
Formally-innovative, comic, surreal and deeply poignant - Evans’s poetry is a restless delight as he tackles almost anything: lost invoices, hearing aids, fruit flies, migration, bin lorries, road signs and…
Marty Stuart,Ken Burns,Katie Blount
Marty Stuart has worked with the legends of country music, from Lester Flatt and Johnny Cash to his successful collaboration with Travis Tritt and his return to American roots music…
Geoffrey C. Ward,Ken Burns,Kevin Baker
To coincide with the PBS broadcast of a new two-part Tenth Inning episode, this expanded edition–including a new chapter by historian and novelist Kevin Baker–brings the monumental work Baseball into…
Paul J. Bauer,Mark Dawidziak
The first biography of the vagabond and hard-boiled writer who rocked Hollywood during the Roaring Twenties.
Frederick Law Olmsted
When Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan visited Yosemite National Park, they both called out Fredrick Law Olmsted as a major influence and inspiration for their documentary film, The National Parks…
