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Dennis McNally
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Strange Trip and the publicist of the Grateful Dead, Dennis McNally, a riveting social history of everything that led up…
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Dennis Mcnally
Jack Kerouac - King of the Beats , unwitting catalyst for the 1960s counterculture, groundbreaking author - was a complex and compelling man. This biography recounts his frenetic cross-country journeys…
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Robert Hunter
Discovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 1960s--a wry, richly observed, and enlightening remembrance of "the scene"…
Father McNally has written a history of the form and function of Catholic church decoration, from the early Christian churches in Italy to the present, with attention to its effectiveness…
This book represents McNally’s personal and professional expression of the Church’s renewed interest in the arts. In Art for Church, McNally offers insights on how much freedom is necessary for…
Explores the historical context of the significant social dissent that was central to the cultural genesis of the sixties. Searches for the deeper roots of American cultural and musical evolution…
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The Grateful Dead were one of the most fascinating rock bands and cultural phenomena of the twentieth century. Not just a brilliant rock biography, it forms a compelling portrait of…
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These never-before-published interviews with Jerry Garcia reveal his thoughts on religion, politics, his personal life and his creative process. Jerry on Jerry provides new insight into the beloved frontman of…
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Now in paperback, the history of one of the most long-lived and legendary bands in rock history, written by its official historian and publicist–a must-have chronicle for all Dead Heads…
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An aesthetic is a way of perceiving reality with a certain preference for order. A church is a particular product of a way of preferential perception of reality. The two…
Nick Hutchinson
Twenty-five years after Jerry Garcia’s passing his artistry still thrives. Channeling Jerry checks in with a variety of musicians who continue to tread the storied path blazed by Garcia and…
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Susana Millman
A visual feast of over 500 photographs offering an insider peek into the Grateful Dead scene from the mid-eighties on. San Francisco photographer Susana Millman shares her experience as A…
Michael McNally
On Easter Monday 1916, a rebellion was launched from the steps of the Dublin General Post Office and Patrick Pearse proclaimed the existence of an Irish Republic and the establishment…
Immortalized in film and literature, the 15th century castle of Colditz is remembered not for tales of medieval chivalry or withstanding withering sieges but for its darker past. This book…
The Imperial German Navy was concentrated in two areas - Home Waters and Tsingtao under the command of Admiral von Spee. As Spee made his way to the Chilean port…
The ambush and near-total destruction of three Roman legions at the hands of the German chieftain - and ex-Roman auxiliary - Arminius in AD 9 had a profound effect on…
Featuring a wide array of iconic rock posters, period photographs, music memorabilia and light shows, out-of-this-world clothing, and avant-garde films, this title celebrates San Francisco’s rebellious and colorful counterculture that…
