Basing his work on exclusive interviews, Alba has produced a wonderful history of the first "Tonight" show, complete with terrific photos and revealing insights from more than 30 legends who knew and worked with Steve Allen.

"Fascinating." "Vanity Fair""A delightful history." "Wall Street Journal"In 1964, Chrysler gave the world a glimpse of the future. The automaker built a fleet of turbine cars automobiles with jet engines and lent them out to members of the public. The fleet logged over a million miles; the exercise was a raging success.These turbine engines would run on any flammable liquid diesel, heating oil, kerosene, tequila, even Chanel No. 5. If the cars had been mass produced, today we might have cars that do not require petroleum-derived fuels.The engine was also much simpler than the piston engine it...