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Live Oak — Rock Shrines

By Thomas H. Green

Hardcover, 176 pages ($35)

Around the world, fans continue to flock to the final resting places of their beloved rock-star performers. Find out where, when and how more than 40 stars---including Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Ricky Nelson and Buddy Holly---met their ends, plus where you can still go today to pay your respects. Packed with photos, background info and even removable facsimiles of death certificates, newspaper reports and other demise-related docs, this tragical history tour respectfully rocks.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites

CD $9.98

In 1963, Clint Eastwood’s acting career was just getting off the ground with TV’s “Rawhide.” Hoping to capitalize on his fame (and good looks), the producers of this project corralled him for a gallop though “San Antonio Rose,” “Don’t Fence Me In” and other saddle ballads. Now available on CD for the first time, this 14-track time capsule is a resurrected retro trail-mix treat that points the solid musical chops that Eastwood would later bring to the soundtracks, and some of the subjects, of his big-screen movies.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

The Leaders We Deserved (And A Few We Didn’t)

By Alvin Stephen Felzenberg

Softcover, 486 pages ($19.95)

Who’s the best U.S. president? How about the worst? The author, a political scientist, takes a fresh look. His conclusions, based on an across-the-board grading of each Chief of State in six specific categories, are enlightening, entertaining, provocative and surprising, no matter the color of your political stripes.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

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