Elvis Aaron Presley war gerade einmal 13 Jahre alt, als er 1948 mit seiner Familie von seinem Geburtsort Tupelo nach Memphis, Tennessee, umzog. Er war dort fremd, fand aber an der High School rasch neue Freunde. Mit einem verband ihn eine lebenslange enge Freundschaft: George Klein. Elvis nannte ihn immer nur "GK". Schon in dieser Zeit war Elvis ein musikalisches Ausnahmetalent, und seine Auftritte im Musikunterricht mit Titeln wie Old Shep oder Cold Icy Fingers waren für Lehrer und Klassenkameraden geradezu umwerfend. Elvis und GK wurden Freunde, lange bevor Elvis einer der wichtigsten...

Close your eyes and picture -- just for a moment -- hell. Fire? Demons? Eternal torment?
Well, yes -- that's the place, in one very hot nutshell. But that's not all there is to the forbidding world beneath us. For a few millennia now, we mortals have imagined and reimagined hell in countless ways: as a realm of damnation, as an inspiration for highest art, as a setting for the lowest of lowbrow comedy. One might conclude that for all our good intentions to enter para- dise, we can't seem to get enough vivid details of its counterpart, hell.
Provocative, colorful, and damned...

Amidst the deluge of advice for businesspeople, there lies an overlooked tool, a key to thriving in today's fast-paced, unpredictable environment: improvisation. In Getting to "Yes And" veteran improv performer, university professor, CEO, and consultant Bob Kulhan unpacks a form of mental agility with powers far beyond the entertainment value of comedy troupes.

Drawing on principles from cognitive and social psychology, behavioral economics, and communication, Kulhan teaches readers to think on their feet and approach the most typical business challenges with fresh eyes and...

The "affectionate...charming" (Kirkus Reviews) story of Tim Shanahan's remarkable and little-known forty-year friendship with boxing legend Muhammad Ali, filled with stories never told as well as never-before-published personal photos.

In 1975, Tim Shanahan was a medical instruments salesman living in Chicago and working with a charity that arranged for pro athletes to speak to underprivileged kids. Muhammad Ali had just reclaimed his title as heavyweight champion of the world by defeating George Foreman (the "Rumble in the Jungle") and then successfully defended it in a rematch...