A definitive study of the most important decade in post-World War II popular music history

"...Reviews the evolution of popular music from the mid-19th century, highlighting connections, contrasts, and patterns of infludence among artists and styles. Students gain new listening skills and the ability to place the music in context...features additional coverage of country, Latin, world, and late 20th-century music in a modular organization..."--back cover.

An illustrated introduction to the career of American singer Elvis Presley.

A novel on water rafting. The protagonist is a young man who takes a job as a hookman, retrieving the bodies of rafters from a California river. One day he, a friend and a woman decide to make a trip of their own. A triangle romance which ends in death. A first novel.