Jane Austen Birthday Book

Potter Style

It is universally acknowledged that a person in possession of splendid ideas (or lots of birthdays to remember) must be in want of a perfect place in which to write them down! This birthday book--which evokes the world of Jane Austen's novels--includes all the days of the year, so you'll never again for...

The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song

Ben Yagoda

Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it's 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 wasn't Gershwin, Porter, and Berlin, but 'Come on-a My House' and 'How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?...