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Supersonic: The Complete, Authorized, and Uncut Interviews
by OasisThe only authorized book to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the iconic band—in Liam and Noel Gallagher&’s own candid, colorful words, based on thirty hours of interviews&“I know what it feels like to be in the biggest band in the world . . . even if it was only while U2 were having a cig somewhere. We still did it, and I can tell you it is f*cking hard work and we treated it with the contempt it deserved.&” —Noel Gallagher Oasis is one of the biggest bands the world has ever seen. After forming in Manchester in 1991, they would go on to define the sound of the 1990s and the Britpop era. (What's the Story) Morning Glory, their 1995 album, remains one of the best-selling albums of all time. To date they have sold over 78 million albums around the world. In the eighteen years that the group were together, band members came and went, but Liam and Noel Gallagher remained the notorious sibling duo at the heart of it all. In Supersonic, Liam and Noel Gallagher tell the story of their beginnings from dive-bar hopefuls to global superstars. The frontmen talk us through the pivotal moments in their trajectory, from the day Noel joined his brother Liam&’s band, through their first crucial five years culminating at their landmark gigs performing for more than a quarter million fans at Knebworth Park in 1996.Packed with over thirty hours of interviews with Liam, Noel, and those closest to them, this book documents in unprecedented depth and with their trademark candor and humor the story of their stratospheric rise, the early signs of their downfall, and Oasis&’s indelible mark on music history.
Superstar DJs Here We Go!: The Rise and Fall of the Superstar DJ
by Dom Phillips"It was about larging it. It was about pulling out a wad of 20s when you were buying your champagne at the bar. It was about buying your cocaine in an eight ball. It was about wearing designer clothes. At that top tier of that club scene, it was about giving it loads."With a foreword by music journalist, Miranda Sawyer, Superstar DJs Here We Go! is the full, unexpurgated story of the biggest pop culture phenomenon of the 1990s: the rise and fall of the superstar DJ.During the 1990s big names such as Sasha, Jeremy Healy, Fatboy Slim, Dave Seaman, Nicky Holloway, Judge Jules, and Pete Tong exploded out of acid house, becoming international jetsetters, flying all over the world just to play a few hours and commanding up to £140,000 a night. The plush, heavily branded 'superclubs' where they performed - clubs like Cream, Ministry, Renaissance and Gatecrasher - were filled with thousands of adoring clubbers, roaring their approval of their DJ gods. For the DJs and promoters, it was a licence to print money and live like a rock star. For clubbers, it was a hedonistic utopia where anyone and everyone could come together to look fabulous, take drugs, and dance the night away. But underneath the shiny surface lurked a darker side, a world of cynical moneymaking, rampant egos and cocaine-fuelled self-indulgence that eventually spiralled out of control leaving behind burnt-out DJs, jobless promoters and a host of bittersweet memories.They went from having the clubbing world at their feet to the world's biggest comedown. Dom Phillips - former editor of clubbers' bible Mixmag - reveals an enthralling and at times jaw-dropping account of flawed people, broken dreams and what really happens when it all goes Pete Tong.
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
by Craig B. HighbergerA vivacious, rollicking tribute to one-of-a-kind Warhol superstar Jackie Curtis Based on author Craig Highberger's documentary of the same name, Superstar in a Housedress is a striking oral biography of avant-garde, cross-dressing performer Jackie Curtis. Even among Andy Warhol's orbit of dramatic personas and colorful characters in the sixties and seventies, Curtis stood out. Whether done up in drag or portraying James Dean--to whom he bore an uncanny resemblance--he dazzled in films, plays, and cabarets. Friends fondly recall how he brought his onstage eccentricities to everyday life, holding court in the backroom of the iconic nightclub Max's Kansas City wearing tattered thirties housedresses, torn stockings, fabulous wigs, and glittering makeup. Curtis died of a drug overdose in 1985, but not before leaving an indelible mark on New York City's underground art scene. More than just a performer, Curtis translated his fixation on fame and its trappings into his own poetry and outrageous plays, such as Glamour, Glory and Gold and Vain Victory. With snippets of his work alongside colorful recollections from his friends and acquaintances--including Lily Tomlin, Michael Musto, Holly Woodlawn, Harvey Fierstein, and Paul Morrissey--this is a fitting and touching tribute that evokes the spirited, creative energy that radiated from Jackie Curtis.
Superstar: A Novel
by VivaA bold and uncensored fictional account of the wild life at Andy Warhol&’s world-famous Factory by a real-life superstar who witnessed it all Author, video artist, underground film actor, and superstar, the incomparable Viva is arguably the most famous of Andy Warhol&’s protégés, a mainstay at the enigmatic artist&’s Factory. In her riveting, revelatory, totally uncensored, and scandalously entertaining novel, the Factory doors are blown wide open, exposing a world of sex, drugs, and genius. Based on Viva&’s own life, Superstar is the story of Gloria, a repressed, convent-educated aspiring artist who escapes the strictures of her stifling existence and flees to New York City. Falling in with an iconic artist referred to as A. and his coterie of outrageous, beautiful avant-garde acolytes, transvestites, boy toys, and hangers-on, Gloria is reborn, undergoing a remarkable transformation from sheltered young innocent to sexual athlete, film star, and media darling. Over the course of her reawakening, she sheds her every inhibition as she experiences what ordinary people only dream about in their most secret fantasies . . . or worst nightmares. Though the names have all been changed, the real stars of Warhol&’s factory are scandalously recognizable. Viva injects her own unique style and personality into a story at once outrageous and brutally honest: the unforgettable making of a superstar.
Superstars of History: The Good, The Bad, and the Brainy
by R. G. GrantDiscover fun facts about the greatest figures from history through Basher's fresh and unique illustration style.History doesn't just happen; it was created by a crazy crew of characters from way back when. Find out why Archimedes said "Eureka!" in the bathtub, how Henry Ford changed the world, and whether or not Einstein's brain was bigger than an ordinary guy's. Discover what Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, and Nelson Mandela did that made them famous for being so good, and what Attila the Hun, Hitler, and Stalin did that made them infamous for being so bad. Learn about great leaders like Charlemagne and George Washington and bold ones like Caesar and William the Conqueror. Superstars of History will feature fun text, loads of facts, and Basher's cool illustrations to bring history's greatest characters to life for 8 to12 year olds.
Superstars: How They Got Famous
by Downtown Bookworks Inc.Even the biggest supernovae of the celebrity universe began small, dreaming big. Their stories will be the riveting subject of RISE "How Your Favorite Celebs Became Famous." Sure, die-hard fans may know some of the facts, but RISE will collect in one keepsake volume the treasured tales of these young stars' early beginnings, as well as show us fantastic up-to-the-minute pics of their current looks and successes.
Superstud or How I Became a 24-Year-Old Virgin
by Paul FeigLost in love and don't know much? Paul Feig knew even less. . . Like any other red-blooded, straight young man, Paul Feig spent much of his teenage years trying to solve the mystery of women. Unlike most red-blooded, straight teenage boys, however, Paul Feig was sadly at a considerable disadvantage. He was tall and gangly. He had a love for musical theater. And, perhaps the death knell for his burgeoning sex life, Paul was a tap dance student. (And we have the pictures to prove it--see the front cover. ) Infused with the same witty and infectiously readable style of his first book, Kick Me, Superstud chronicles the trials and tribulations of Feig's young dating life with all the same excruciating detail as an on-air gastric bypass--and you just won't be able to tear yourself away. Feig's series of shudder-to-think but oddly familiar (come on--we've all been dumped by someone we didn't even like that much) anecdotes include: his first date, at an REO Speedwagon concert with the most endowed girl in school, who leaves him sitting next to a puddle of puke; his first breakup, accomplished by moving across the country; his mortifying date with his secretly bigoted girlfriend; his discovery of a new self-love technique that almost lands him in the hospital; and his less-than-idealistic "first time," which he nevertheless elevates to biblical proportions. In Superstud, Paul Feig tells all in a hilarious but true testament to geekdom, love, and growing up. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Supervivencia Engañosa
by Lc LeeEn un período en el que había pocas opciones para una mujer, el personaje principal, Andrée, encuentra el valor para crecer como persona y la fuerza para sobrevivir como una mujer fuerte. A través de una serie de pruebas que ponen en peligro su vida, el viaje de Andrée comienza cuando es abandonada por su familia; sin otra opción, se convierte en monja y es asignada a una misión en Haití. Pronto tendrá que huir por su vida para sobrevivir a una revolución entre los vodunes y los granjeros franceses. Junto a un sacerdote, René, encuentra refugio en las montañas en un pueblo indígena taíno, y sin la Iglesia para definir su papel, se enamora del sacerdote rebelde. Cuando su presencia pone en peligro a la tribu, escapan de Haití al abordar un barco a Cuba. Es el comienzo de varios engaños intrigantes en la historia, cuando abandonan sus posiciones en la Iglesia y viajan como marido y mujer.
Support Any Friend: Kennedy's Middle East and the Making of the U.S.-Israel Alliance
by Warren BassHow the Kennedy administration cultivated the Israelis.
Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen and Leadership in Wartime
by Eliot A. CohenDiscussion of how statesmen and the military should interact.
Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story
by R. Kent NewmyerThe primary founder and guiding spirit of the Harvard Law School and the most prolific publicist of the nineteenth century, Story served as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1811 to 1845. His attitudes and goals as lawyer, politician, judge, and legal educator were founded on the republican values generated by the American Revolution. Story's greatest objective was to fashion a national jurisprudence that would carry the American people into the modern age without losing those values.
Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark
by Mimi Clark GronlundAn associate justice on the renowned Warren Court whose landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education overturned racial segregation in schools and other public facilities, Tom C. Clark was a crusader for justice throughout his long legal career. Among many tributes Clark received, Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger opined that "no man in the past thirty years has contributed more to the improvement of justice than Tom Clark. " Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark is the first biography of this important American jurist. Written by his daughter, Mimi Clark Gronlund, and based on interviews with many of Clark's judicial associates, friends, and family, as well as archival research, it offers a well-rounded portrait of a lawyer and judge who dealt with issues that remain in contention today--civil rights, the rights of the accused, school prayer, and censorship/pornography, among them. Gronlund explores the factors in her father's upbringing and education that helped form his judicial philosophy, then describes how that philosophy shaped his decisions on key issues and cases, including the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the investigation of war fraud, the Truman administration's loyalty program (an anti-communist effort), the Brown decision, Mapp v. Ohio (protections against unreasonable search and seizure), and Abington v. Schempp (which overturned a state law that required reading from the Bible each day in public schools).
Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas
by Kevin Merida Michael A. FletcherThere is no more powerful, detested, misunderstood African American in our public life than Clarence Thomas. Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas is a haunting portrait of an isolated and complex man, savagely reviled by much of the black community, not entirely comfortable in white society, internally wounded by his passage from a broken family and rural poverty in Georgia, to elite educational institutions, to the pinnacle of judicial power. His staunchly conservative positions on crime, abortion, and, especially, affirmative action have exposed him to charges of heartlessness and hypocrisy, in that he is himself the product of a broken home who manifestly benefited from racially conscious admissions policies. Supreme Discomfortis a superbly researched and reported work that features testimony from friends and foes alike who have never spoken in public about Thomas before--including a candid conversation with his fellow justice and ideological ally, Antonin Scalia. It offers a long-overdue window into a man who straddles two different worlds and is uneasy in both--and whose divided personality and conservative political philosophy will deeply influence American life for years to come.
Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000
by Alan M. DershowitzArgues that the Supreme Court exceeded its authority for the gain of individual justices.
Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court (The Nathan I. Huggins lectures #17)
by Paul FinkelmanIn ruling after ruling, the three most important pre–Civil War justices—Marshall, Taney, and Story—upheld slavery. Paul Finkelman establishes an authoritative account of each justice’s proslavery position, the reasoning behind his opposition to black freedom, and the personal incentives that embedded racism ever deeper in American civic life.
Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court
by Jeff ShesolDuring Franklin Roosevelt's first term, a narrow conservative majority on the US Supreme Court struck down several key elements of the New Deal legislation. The ensuing fight engulfed the country. Providing new evidence and fresh insight, Jeff Shesol unfolds like a thriller, with vivid characters and unexpected twists, why understanding the Court fight is essential to understanding the presidency, personality, and legacy of FDR-and to understanding America at a crossroads in its history.
Supreme Sacrifice: A Small Village and the Great War
by Walter Reid Paul Birch Gordon MastertonA unique book that follows the story of World War I through the lives and deaths of seventy-two soldiers in one small Scottish village. The war memorial in the Scottish village of Bridge of Weir lists seventy-two men who died during the First World War. Their deaths occurred in almost every theater of the war. They were awarded very few medals, and their military careers were not remarkable—except in the important respect that they, like countless other peaceful civilians, answered their country&’s call in its time of need. This book follows the lives of these sons of Bridge of Weir, not just as soldiers, sailors, and airmen, but as husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, and members of a small community that felt their loss intensely. At the same time, it also paints a larger picture of the war, of the politicians and generals and military campaigns that shaped it. The brave men of Bridge of Weir knew little of the wider context—their experience was of the smaller histories in which they fought and died. Readers of this book will understand what the seventy-two never knew: why and how the war that claimed their lives was fought.
Sur y Oeste
by Joan DidionUna recopilación de los cuadernos inéditos de Joan Didion, escritos en los setenta durante un viaje en coche por el sur de Estados Unidos, que resultan casi proféticos a la luz de la actualidad norteamericana. Joan Didion siempre ha conservado sus cuadernos de notas, con diálogos cazados al vuelo, observaciones, entrevistas y borradores de sus artículos. En el verano de 1970, la autora completó uno de estos cuadernos relatando su experiencia durante un roadtrip por Misisipi, Alabama y Luisiana junto a su marido, John Gregory Dunne. En el transcurso del mismo, pudo entrevistar a destacadas personalidades locales, cuyas preocupaciones por cuestiones de raza, clase y herencia daban cuenta de un país que se ahogaba en su propio pasado. El resultado son unas agudas y cortantes anotaciones sobre ese Sur retrógrado, notas que, a la luz de las actuales dinámicas del panorama político, social y cultural de la era Trump, cobran un sentido casi profético. Como polo opuesto a esa experiencia sureña, Sur y Oeste termina con las notas californianas de 1976, que empezaron como un encargo de Rolling Stone para cubrir el juicio contra Patty Hearst. Aunque Didion nunca llegó a escribir el artículo, sí que vivió en San Francisco y asistió al juicio, experiencia que le hizo reflexionar sobre los Hearst, sus años de formación en Sacramento y un Oeste que, al contrario del Sur, siempre ha mirado al futuro. La crítica ha dicho:«El talento visual de Joan Didion es fulminante: todos los datos reveladores de una escena saltan de la escritura como una imagen fotográfica [...]. Y el libro, con toda su perspicacia y su belleza de escritura, es de una contemporaneidad escalofriante.»Antonio Muñoz Molina, El País «Incluso estas notas escritas a toda prisa brillan con la habilidad característica de Didion para capturar el estado de ánimo y el lugar. Sur y Oeste es extrañamente profético; señala no solo el camino que tomará como escritora, sino también el destino que le esperará al país en los próximos años.»Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times «Leyendo estas notas de campo de Didion de hace cuarenta años, uno aprende más sobre el futuro de América que leyendo el periódico de mañana.»Esquire «El poder de la obra de Didion -su habilidad para articular con precisión sentimientos, atmósferas y trasfondos- se muestra de forma notable en este delgado volumen.»Booklist
Sur y Oeste
by Joan DidionUna recopilación de los cuadernos inéditos de Joan Didion, escritos en los setenta durante un viaje en coche por el sur de Estados Unidos, que resultan casi proféticos a la luz de la actualidad norteamericana. Joan Didion siempre ha conservado sus cuadernos de notas, con diálogos cazados al vuelo, observaciones, entrevistas y borradores de sus artículos. En el verano de 1970, la autora completó uno de estos cuadernos relatando su experiencia durante un roadtrip por Misisipi, Alabama y Luisiana junto a su marido, John Gregory Dunne. En el transcurso del mismo, pudo entrevistar a destacadas personalidades locales, cuyas preocupaciones por cuestiones de raza, clase y herencia daban cuenta de un país que se ahogaba en su propio pasado. El resultado son unas agudas y cortantes anotaciones sobre ese Sur retrógrado, notas que, a la luz de las actuales dinámicas del panorama político, social y cultural de la era Trump, cobran un sentido casi profético. Como polo opuesto a esa experiencia sureña, Sur y Oeste termina con las notas californianas de 1976, que empezaron como un encargo de Rolling Stone para cubrir el juicio contra Patty Hearst. Aunque Didion nunca llegó a escribir el artículo, sí que vivió en San Francisco y asistió al juicio, experiencia que le hizo reflexionar sobre los Hearst, sus años de formación en Sacramento y un Oeste que, al contrario del Sur, siempre ha mirado al futuro. La crítica ha dicho:«El talento visual de Joan Didion es fulminante: todos los datos reveladores de una escena saltan de la escritura como una imagen fotográfica [...]. Y el libro, con toda su perspicacia y su belleza de escritura, es de una contemporaneidad escalofriante.»Antonio Muñoz Molina, El País «Incluso estas notas escritas a toda prisa brillan con la habilidad característica de Didion para capturar el estado de ánimo y el lugar. Sur y Oeste es extrañamente profético; señala no solo el camino que tomará como escritora, sino también el destino que le esperará al país en los próximos años.»Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times «Leyendo estas notas de campo de Didion de hace cuarenta años, uno aprende más sobre el futuro de América que leyendo el periódico de mañana.»Esquire «El poder de la obra de Didion -su habilidad para articular con precisión sentimientos, atmósferas y trasfondos- se muestra de forma notable en este delgado volumen.»Booklist «¿Qué tiene exactamente Didion que no tenga nadie más que hace que despierte una fascinación casi unánime?»Aloma Rodríguez, Letras Libres
Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend: Notes from the Other Side of the Fist Bump
by Ben PhilippeIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a good white person of liberal leanings must be in want of a Black friend.In the biting, hilarious vein of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life comes Ben Philippe’s candid memoir-in-essays, chronicling a lifetime of being the Black friend (see also: foreign kid, boyfriend, coworker, student, teacher, roommate, enemy) in predominantly white spaces. In an era in which “I have many black friends” is often a medal of Wokeness, Ben hilariously chronicles the experience of being on the receiving end of those fist bumps. He takes us through his immigrant childhood, from wanting nothing more than friends to sit with at lunch, to his awkward teenage years, to college in the age of Obama, and adulthood in the Trump administration—two sides of the same American coin.Ben takes his role as your new black friend seriously, providing original and borrowed wisdom on stereotypes, slurs, the whole “swimming thing,” how much Beyoncé is too much Beyoncé, Black Girl Magic, the rise of the Karens, affirmative action, the Black Lives Matter movement, and other conversations you might want to have with your new BBFF.Oscillating between the impulse to be "one of the good ones" and the occasional need to excuse himself to the restrooms, stuff his mouth with toilet paper, and scream, Ben navigates his own Blackness as an "Oreo" with too many opinions for his father’s liking, an encyclopedic knowledge of CW teen dramas, and a mouth he can't always control. From cheating his way out of swim tests to discovering stray family members in unlikely places, he finds the punchline in the serious while acknowledging the blunt truths of existing as a Black man in today’s world.Extremely timely, Sure, I’ll Be Your Black Friend is a conversational take on topics both light and heavy, universal and deeply personal, which reveals incisive truths about the need for connection in all of us.
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
by Maria BamfordFrom &“weird, scary, ingenious&” (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, an instant New York Times bestselling, brutally honest, and &“laugh-out-loud funny&” (Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems—from Dale Carnegie&’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Richard Simmons, to 12-step programs.Maria Bamford is a comedian&’s comedian (an outsider among outsiders) and has forever fought to find a place to belong. From struggling with an eating disorder as a child of the 1980s, to navigating a career in the arts (and medical debt and psychiatric institutionalization), she has tried just about every method possible to not only be a part of the world, but to want to be a part of it. In Bamford&’s &“trademark blend of disarming intimacy and dark whimsy&” (Publishers Weekly), Sure, I&’ll Join Your Cultbrings us on a quest to participate in something. With sincerity and transparency, she recounts every anonymous fellowship she has joined (including but not limited to: Debtors Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, and Overeaters Anonymous), every hypomanic episode (from worrying about selling out under capitalism to enforcing union rules on her Netflix TV show set to protect her health), and every easy 1-to-3-step recipe for fudge in between. Packed with &“Bamford&’s brilliance, relentless humor, and insatiable instinct for survival (Library Journal), this memoir explores what it means to keep going, and to be a member of society (or any group she&’s invited to) despite not being very good at it. In turn, she hopes to transform isolating experiences into comedy that will make you feel less alone (without turning into a cult following).
Surely Not, Doctor!
by Robert CliffordDoctor Bob's country practice is in Tadchester on the Somerset coast, but no one can accuse the town of being a sleepy little backwater. All human life is there with its quirks, colour, comedy and richness . . .There's the absent-minded, incontinent vicar of St Peter's; the well-known London publisher whose dog has more taste than most; the lady magistrate who travels for miles for a doctor with warm hands and the packet of suppositories which prompts a bomb scare! Then there's the hairdresser with a penchant for male strippers and the whispering journalist who learnt how to shout. Even off duty, Doctor Bob's life is full of incident and he himself ends up with a long spell in hospital.It all goes to show that truth can be so much stranger than fiction . . .
Surely Not, Doctor! (The Dr Clifford Chronicles)
by Dr Robert CliffordDoctor Bob's country practice is in Tadchester on the Somerset coast, but no one can accuse the town of being a sleepy little backwater. All human life is there with its quirks, colour, comedy and richness . . .There's the absent-minded, incontinent vicar of St Peter's; the well-known London publisher whose dog has more taste than most; the lady magistrate who travels for miles for a doctor with warm hands and the packet of suppositories which prompts a bomb scare! Then there's the hairdresser with a penchant for male strippers and the whispering journalist who learnt how to shout. Even off duty, Doctor Bob's life is full of incident and he himself ends up with a long spell in hospital.It all goes to show that truth can be so much stranger than fiction . . .
Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
by David Zucker Jim Abrahams Jerry ZuckerNAMED ONE OF THE BEST COMEDY BOOKS OF 2023 AT VULTURESurely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy classic Airplane! by the legendary writers and directors of the hit film.Airplane! premiered on July 2nd, 1980. With a budget of $3.5 million it went on to make nearly $200 million in sales and has influenced a multitude of comedians on both sides of the camera.Surely You Can’t Be Serious is the first-ever oral history of the making of Airplane! by the creators, and of the beginnings of the ZAZ trio (Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker) – charting the rise of their comedy troupe Kentucky Fried Theater in Madison, Wisconsin all the way to premiere night. The directors explain what drew them to filmmaking and in particular, comedy. With anecdotes, behind the scenes trivia, and never-before-revealed factoids – these titans of comedy filmmaking unpack everything from how they persuaded Peter Graves to be in the movie after he thought the script was a piece of garbage, how Lorna Patterson auditioned for the stewardess role in the back seat of Jerry’s Volvo, and how Leslie Nielsen’s pranks got the entire crew into trouble, to who really wrote the jive talk. The book also features testimonials and personal anecdotes from well-known faces in the film, television, and comedy sphere – proving how influential Airplane! has been from day one.Four decades after its release, Airplane! continues to make new generations laugh. Its many one-liners and visual gags have worked their way into the mainstream culture. This fully organic expansion of the ZAZ trio’s fan-base, prompted solely by word-of-mouth, comes as no surprise to longtime fans. When all around us is in flux – laughter is priceless.
Surf City
by Dean Torrence Foreword by Mike LoveAmid the tourist bustle in the biggest beach city in Orange County, hometown personalities and their stories are Chris Epting's business. As a widely published author and columnist for the Huntington Beach Independent," Epting has covered the famous and not-so-famous, the local people, places and events of Surf City's beachscapes and street scenes with a reporter's curiosity, a historian's exactitude and an ambassador's pride. "Huntington Beach Chronicles" offers a diverse collection of stories about the everyday people and extraordinary events that have woven together a community with a charm and character unlike any other. "