A biography of the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados founder, a rock and roll innovator whose Grammy Award—winning career spans half the twentieth century. Doug Sahm was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist of legendary range and reputation. The first American musician to capitalize on the 1960s British invasion, Sahm vaulted to international fame leading a faux-British band called the Sir Douglas Quintet, whose hits included "She's About a...

Rachel cannot imagine a life away from 'Binda', her home in the bush, where the Macquarie River flows alongside her back door. Her childhood days are spent with her neighbour and biracial best friend, Darel; exploring and learning about the Australian bush and the Wiradjuri (aboriginal) culture, through the teachings of his part-aboriginal mother. At their favourite meeting place, the dividing fence between the two properties, they share all their...

Jan Reid is an award-winning writer for Texas Monthly who has also contributed to GQ, Esquire, Men's Journal, and The New York Times. One night in Mexico City, as he celebrates a friend's victory in the boxing ring, Reid is abducted by bandits. When he swings at his captor, he is shot and paralyzed. In this powerful memoir, Reid relates his account of the fight to regain his life.

"Grover Lewis was one of the defining voices of the New Journalism of the 1960s and 1970s. His essays for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice set a standard for other writers of the time, including Hunter S. Thompson, Joe Eszterhas, Timothy Ferris, Chet Flippo, and Tim Cahill." "To introduce Grover Lewis to a new generation of readers and collect his best work under one cover, this anthology contains articles he wrote for Rolling Stone, Village Voice,...