Designed for Success

Designed for SuccessBy: Janet Borgerson, Jonathan Schroeder A charmingly illustrated history of midcentury instructional records and their untold contribution to the American narrative of self improvement, aspiration, and success. For the midcentury Americans who wished to better their golf game through hypnosis, teach their parakeet to talk, or achieve sexual harmony in their marriage, the answers lay no further than the record player. In Designed for Success, Janet

the story is as delightful to read aloud as ever

Who HQ | Illustrator:  Dede Putra | Series: What Was

• for a grand finale

But his journey home is interrupted by three desperate women who need his help

forging a bond that marks the difference between life and death in this treacherous land

Bruised and bloodied on Boston’s mean streets

A search for the afterlife in the age of reason

Because a chilling truth is beginning to emerge about an old man’s lonely death

The beloved Langston Hughes comes to life in a book for poets

and least appreciated

love can be found anywhere

and the keys to mastering the art of storytelling