Frank Carlson Library

Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals . . . a used hangman's noose . . . a snuff film. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as his latest discovery, an item for sale on the Internet, a thing so terribly strange, Jude can't help but reach for his wallet. I will...

New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels is back with a beautiful, bittersweet tale of two lonely people who find heart-healing love, only to be torn from each other's arms. For everyone who loved Dear Emily, here is another poignant Fern Michaels novels to savor--a story of love, grief, passion, renewal--and incredible second chances. A brilliant career and loving friends weren't enough to heal Dr. Sara Killian's aching heart. For brief,...

In The Most Beautiful, a title inspired by the hit song Prince wrote about their legendary love story, Mayte Garcia for the first time shares the deeply personal story of their relationship and offers a singular perspective on the music icon and their world together: from their unconventional meeting backstage at a concert (and the long-distance romance that followed), to their fairy-tale wedding (and their groundbreaking artistic partnership), to...

"The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their stories became larger than life-until their lives spun out of control at the hands of those they most trusted. In Killing the Legends, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard...

"Once upon a time, the pressure to be the perfect daughter nearly broke Kayla Whitman. Desperate to find an outlet away from her controlling mother, she picked up a pair of drumsticks, forever altering the rhythm of her life. Since then, she's been determined to make her own way, finding her home with her bandmates even as she fights to keep her past and her present firmly separate. Things were simple enough when the Lillys were playing local gigs...

A biography of the controversial, outspoken member of the Beatles whose extraordinary songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney changed the world of rock music forever. Norman also wrote Shout!, one of the first and still one of the best Beatles histories.

Priscilla Jayne Morgan is on the brink of music stardom. Now her record label's hired a watchdog to escort her on her massive summer tour. Jared Hamilton just happens to be the guy she once idolized. And Jared isn't sure how he can stand five liong weeks near the one woman he's never been able to forget...

The definitive biography on Roy Orbison. Roy Orbison changed the course of popular music with songs like "Pretty Woman," "Crying," and "Only the Lonely" and influenced stars from Elvis Pressley to Bruce Springsteen. Ellis Amburn examines in this detailed biography Orbison's life and career from his rise to stardom, to the tragedies that led to his obscurity, to his dramatic comeback and premature death at the age of fifty-two. Relive the power of...

Chronicles the life of George Harrison, describing his childhood, his rise to fame with The Beatles, and his role as a spiritual icon, examining the influence of drugs on Harrison's mystical insights and his later renunciation of psychedelics as a means for spirituality, discussing how he used his celebrity to benefit humanity.

Tells the story of the young Keith Richards, who was introduced to the joy of music through his beloved granddad, affectionately known as "Gus."