Every day brings evidence of dramatic change upon the landscape. It's called progress. Melissa Holbrook Pierson, with unalloyed insight, elucidates how it feels to lose that landscape of home.
An exploration of the fascination and romance of horses. The author discusses the obsession with tackle and boots, the willingness to get dirty, to live with manure and hay, and to polish leather until it shines. She remembers the enthusiasm with which young girls read detailed treatises on equine behaviour. She recalls the burgeoning collections ...
A book about the unsung heroes of popular culture: the character actors, the ones whose faces you always remember and whose names you invariable forget. It is a book full of autobiography, film buffery and Americana.
In this collection of essays, a group of famous writers--including Patti Smith, John Updike, and Greil Marcus--celebrate their favorite unacknowledged actors, such as Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Dumont, And J.T. Walsh.
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