Books published by Hachette Books

A man's man trades beer bottles for baby bottles and lives to tell the tale

[This book is] outstanding, well-written, and should be read by all men and women.-James Lewis, Jr., Ph.D., Executive Director, Education Center for Prostate Cancer Patients

Now fully updated: The only critical study available of Woody Allen's entire body of work

Finally back in print: The definitive biography of the legendary Japanese writer-legendary as much for his tumultuous life and macabre suicide as for his Nobel-nominated writings.

A Da Capo Original: Thirty years of writings by a unique voice in American literature.

"The Wicked City is an account of Chicago's vice, crime, capitalism, and corruption from Pierre the Mole, who sold whiskey to the Indians, through Jonny Torrio and Al Capone, who bootlegged a Great La"

This text examines the strategy, battles and consequences of the Virginia Campaign. It provides a dissection of alternative plans of campaigns and includes analyses into the battles of Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Court House, Cold Harbour, the siege of Petersburg and the capture of Richmond.

A history of weapons and warfare, from the Macedonian sarissa to the atomic bomb. The book describes technological and strategic advances in military science, but also aims to evoke the horror of war and comment on the future of warfare.

"The noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions - musical and religious - and tracing the origin of the blues thr"

"Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Norman Granz, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Don Ellis, and Miles Davis--these are the dozen j"

'Harry Partch's pioneering theoretical investigations of tuning and his practical application of these investigations to instruments of his own construction show him to be a composer of remarkable and enduring individuality. Partch's perseverance without widespread support or recognition during most of his lifetime has always struck me as particularly courageous.'--Steve Reich

Based on the findings of the annual Comprehensive Cancer Care conference, a uniquely authoritative guide to the integration of conventional, complementary, and alternative cancer therapies

Never before in paperback: The high times--and hard times--of six of the greatest living rhythm and blues artists, told in their own words.

Mary Livermore (1829-1905) left her family, volunteered for the US Sanitary Commission and achieved national prominence with the Commission. This text presents her war experiences, including personal reminiscences of Grant and Lincoln, and chronicles the wartime activities of women.

"General Maxwell D. Taylor was one of the great military heroes of recent American history. During World War II, Taylor fought in Sicily and Italy before parachuting into France as head of the 101st Ai"

"This comprehensive survey of jazz piano, beginning with a brief history of the instrument within the jazz tradition and concluding with interviews that present twenty-seven pianists in their own words"

First paperback edition of the popular book about Irishmen who fought for the Union in the Civil War. Author is a well-known Civil War News columnist and author of the highly acclaimed Civil War Firearms.

A lively history of the gangster in American film-- soon to be a major television documentary on the Starz/Encore network

The gripping story of a well-known battle told from the perspective of the "other" side--the Confederates who just barely lost the fight for Little Round Top at the battle of Gettysburg

"The last few years have witnessed an enormous resurgence in the popularity of jazz, after some lean times in the sixties when many potential jazz fans turned to rock. Now the pendulum is on the backsw"

"The New England Journal of Medicine lauds Dr. W. Grant Thompson as "a gifted teacher and clinician with a talent for clear exposition." In the spirit of the highly acclaimed Gut Reactions, Dr. Thompso"

A significant postwar memoir written by one of Germany's best field commanders and a brilliant panzer tank general.

First time in paperback: A unique portrait of American military action through the stories of the seventy-one U.S. destroyers sunk in World War II.

Now in paperback: The witty, no-holds-barred memoir of the acclaimed actress who became head of the National Endowment for the Arts

"When originally published in 1974, Ekkehard Jost's Free Jazz was the first examination of the new music of such innovators as Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Jost studied the"

In The Complete Operas of Richard Wagner, as in the first four volumes of his famous series on the great opera composers, Charles Osborne first describes the composer's life at the time he wrote each opera, thus providing a biographical thread which runs through the book; follows it with a thorough examination of the libretto and its sources; and lastly tells the story of the opera, which he links to the major musical features.

"In the Apaches' final campaign, Geronimo led 19 warriors against 5,000 U.S. troops. No Apaches were killed, and the U.S. suffered heavy casualties. For the Apaches could travel seventy miles a day on"

"Collected here for the first time are more than 2,000 wise and witty quotations on every type of music and musicians, from Plato to Igor Stravinsky, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, and a h"