The unexpected death on January 12 of Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, shook the nation. Famous from birth, she grew up in the spotlight and gravitated to music, just like Elvis Presley. Lisa Marie, who was 54, worked hard to forge her own identity in rock, even as she became the sole inheritor of her father’s estate. This special tribute issue looks at the parallels between Elvis and Lisa Marie, from their

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"An icon of country music, Kenny Rogers redefined the genre. His dozens of chart-topping hits crossed over into pop and R&B, creating a whole new sound that caught the ears (and hearts) of a global mainstream audience. The indelible mark he left is evident in his songbook of ballads, anthems and duets: “The Gambler,” “Lady,” “Through the Years,” “We’ve Got Tonight” and of course, “Islands in the Stream” with Dolly

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Most remember Bob Marley as an uncompromising artist and an outspoken radical. He was also a national icon in Jamaica and the leader of a band whose concerts filled arenas around the world. Those closest to him knew the country boy who grew up in Kingston’s toughest neighborhoods. For musicians who followed in his footsteps, he was a masterful lyricist able to poetically describe life’s complications in vivid detail. He was also an expressive

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It was no crime for a young cowboy to want to talk to a pretty girl, but that was what got Tom Lundy killed. The hard men of the Tumbling B, who had survived stampede and Kiowa lance to drive their herd up from Big Bend country, wanted to burn the town down. But Kate Lundy, the Tumbling B's owner, had a better plan. Calling on dozens of seasoned fighters, Kate aimed to strangle the town that lived off cowboy money but had no use for the Texans themselves....

The Credential Society is a classic on the role of higher education in American society and an essential text for understanding the reproduction of inequality. Controversial at the time, Randall Collins's claim that the expansion of American education has not increased social mobility, but rather created a cycle of credential inflation, has proven remarkably prescient. Collins shows how credential inflation stymies mass education's promises of upward...

Many a hardcase had died trying to tale the bank and settle an old score at the same time. But he never counted on meeting a beautiful woman and her trail-savvy but reckless father, headed straight for Apache country. Now Considine and his gang can either ride like hell for the border just ahead of an angry posse, or join the old man and his daughter in a desperate last stand against blood-hungry warriors. The choice is simple: risk the hangman's...

Survey of the settlement of New Jersey from the founding of the Dutch colony of New Netherland to the establishment of English power in 1664. Covers significance of the fur trade, relations with Delaware Indians, political events and social life of the colony.