To Be A Man by Laura Beth PetersDemetrius Gallo is a broken man. Can a woman just as broken fix him?Demetrius Gallo is a former race car driver, so it’s a painful stroke of irony when a car accident leaves him helpless to care for himself. Always a man who had to be in control, he’s frustrated by his circumstances. His frustration is only compounded when his brother hires a beautiful woman to be his home health aide, to be a witness to his frailty.Demetrius knows he...

POP PRINCESSBritney Spears is putting girls back on the map in the pop music world. With the effervescent and intoxicating sounds of her first album, ...Baby One More Time, Britney shot straight to the top of the charts--in just the first week of the album's release. Her ripe style and smart lyrics have captured the hearts of millions of fans, young and old.But Britney didn't just come out of nowhere: she is a multitalented entertainment sensation who can't remember a time ...

THE GIRL'S CLUBThey're young, they're beautiful, and they're changing the face of pop music with their dazzling talent and style!Christina Aguilera: This GENIE IN A BOTTLE is making all her wishes come true!Destiny's Child: THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL! With one Grammy nomination already, this group is headed for great things.Jessica Simpson: This teen has A HEART OF INNOCENCE and a voice like an angel.Blaque: TIME AFTER TIME, this group shows its got tale...

A musical tale of collegiate a cappella filled of high notes, high drama, and high jinks that inspired the hit films Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2.Get ready to be pitch slapped.The roots of unaccompanied vocal music stretch all the way back to Gregorian chants of the Middle Ages, and collegiate a cappella is over a century old. But what was once largely an Ivy League phenomenon has, in the past twenty years, exploded. And it’s not what...

From the bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape and Turn Around Bright Eyes, "a funny, insightful look at the sublime torture of adolescence".—Entertainment WeeklyThe 1980s meant MTV and John Hughes movies, big dreams and bigger shoulder pads, and millions of teen girls who nursed crushes on the members of Duran Duran. As a solitary teenager stranded in the suburbs, Rob Sheffield had a lot to learn about women, love, music, and himself....

Rolling Stone magazine called Butch Walker one of "America's best singer-songwriters" and voted him a "Producer of the Year." An American music industry giant, Walker has worked with some of today's hottest talent, including Weezer, Katy Perry, Dashboard Confessional, Pink, Tommy Lee, Fall Out Boy, and The Donnas to name but a few. In his riveting memoir, Drinking with Strangers, Walker tells the fascinating story of his life and remarkable career, taking readers on a bre...

Over the years, award-winning hitmaker, savvy record executive, successful music publisher and former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi has worked with the best. Her songs have been recorded by such superstars as Pink, Carrie Underwood, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Santana, Steven Tyler, Celine Dion and many others. But success wouldn't have happened for this songwriter, artist and producer without the darker times of defeat. Now, in this dari...

From comedian and writer (Parks and Recreation, Eastbound & Down) Harris Wittels comes a hysterical breakdown of boasts, brags, and self-adulation disguised as humble comments and complaints-based on his popular @humblebrag Twitter feed.Something immediately annoyed Harris Wittels about Twitter. All of a sudden it was acceptable to brag, so long as those brags were ever-so-thinly disguised as transparent humility, such as:"Just filed my taxes. Bigg...

Hip-hop mogul Jermaine Dupri shares his rise from teenage producer of Kris Kross to millionaire hitmaker, So So Def founder, and music business executive behind stars like Mariah Carey, Usher, Lil Jon, and Janet Jackson, offering an inside look at the recording industry and a blueprint for breaking into entertainment.Jermaine Dupri has reached modern-day mythical status in the music industry. He is the power behind the music of top artists includin...

One, two, TREE!Without a doubt, One Tree Hill is one of the hottest shows on the WB—and the guys giving off the heat are Chad Michael Murray and James Lafferty. These rising stars have wowed fans far and wide with their undeniable talent and devastating good looks. And judging by their remarkable accomplishments so far, they're an unstoppable force of nature.One Tree Hunks gives you the delicious scoop on this dynamic duo. Chad pl...

From infamous rivalries and industry parties to intimate encounters with the hottest names in music, the first female editor-in-chief of The Source finally tells all about her years at the helm of the notorious bible of hip-hop.Kim Osorio had a front-row seat for the biggest beefs, battles, and blow-ups in hip-hop. As the first female editor-in-chief of The Source, she had come up. From her corner office, Kim got the goods on hip-hop's hottest nam...

Britney Spears, the Princess of Pop, from sexy schoolgirl to trashy unfit mother back to Princess of Pop, by creating great music, winning MTV awards and becoming a more mature parent. This is a great story of lifes ups and downs, love and hate, despair and hope. A little girl with talent, who just wanted to sing and dance, too young for the Mickey Mouse Club, she waited and returned when she was old enough. Rejected by several record companies, she kept going until one accepted her. Marri...