The B Side

The B SideBy: Ben Yagoda From an acclaimed cultural critic, a narrative and social history of the Great American Songwriting era. Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But its a bit less widely understood that in about 1950, this stream of great songs more or less dried up. All of a sudden, what came over the radio wasnt Gershwin, Porter, and Berlin, but Come on a My House and How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? Elvis and rock and roll arrived a

” —June Allyson

Full of heart and humour

this picture book catches rascally kittens being their adorable (and mischievous

“Classic Grisham

is a place where nothing changes

and introspections

into something far more than a muse—she would become the very proof of love as transcendent spiritual power

unfolding structure in In Search of Lost Time

Not quite as human as she once was

now gives us a fabulous feast of new American recipes and the stories behind them that reflect the most innovative time in our culinary history

but don’t be so sure

Badger the perennial bachelor