Books written by Larry Sloman

Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D'Amato

And when people began to describe me as savage, I'd get an erection. I loved it. Fifty years earlier people called Cus's heroes ferocious and savage. Cus was so much more than a boxing trainer. He instilled so many values in me.
Reefer Madness: A History of Marijuana

“With Neal, Neal Cassady, in 1954 in San Francisco,” Peter recalled in his amiable but somewhat frantically ingenuous delivery. “It was very, very nice. I was aghast; it was hypnotic. I just stood there and drooled.
On the road with Bob Dylan. Storia del Rolling Thunder Revue (1975)

Larry «Ratso» Sloman, allora giovane inviato di Rolling Stone, seguì e documentò ogni tappa di quella che si chiamò Rolling Thunder Revue e che sarebbe diventata il più celebre tour di tutta la storia del rock.
Tyson. Żelazna ambicja

Louis Lefkowitz, prokurator generalny stanu Nowy Jork, wniósł o rozwiązanie spółki Floyd Patterson Enterprises, która w dwóch trzecich była własnością Floyda, a w jednej trzeciej należała do Cusa. Prokurator generalny zagiął parol na ...
The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero

Wilson, the former magician-turned-minister-turned-MD, began when Wilson ran a small item by Midwestern magician Harry Helms that claimed that the Western Vaudeville Association had recently changed their policy and was now relegating ...
The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero

“Such a man as would be selected by the brain force of a great nation, to have complete control of the Secret Service, in fact a prototype of Flynn —suave, polished, a gentlemen [sic], and silent as the Sphinx.” William James Flynn had ...
The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero

Xenia Viray, Carrie Schulz, Dr. Lori Pieper, Sara Butler-Dockery, Kenlynne Rini, Jennifer Butler, Gary Au, Janie Brookshire-Kipp, and Maria Yakovenko, all of the Conjuring Arts Research Center, went above and beyond ...
On the Road with Bob Dylan

Hailed as "the War and Peace of rock and roll" by Bob Dylan himself, this is the ultimate backstage pass to Dylan's legendary 1975 tour across America--by a former Rolling...
On the Road with Bob Dylan

Hailed as “the War and Peace of rock and roll” by Bob Dylan himself, this is the ultimate backstage pass to Dylan’s legendary 1975 tour across America—by a former Rolling Stone reporter prominently featured in Martin Scorsese’s ...
Reefer Madness: Marijuana in America

Two reporters analyze the growing routine use of marijuana in America and the ensuing legal, educational, and religious controversies, by interviewing a variety of people who smoke marijuana
Scar Tissue

In Scar Tissue, Kiedis delivers a compelling life story from a man "in love with everything"—the darkness, the death, the disease. Even his descent into drug addiction was a part of that journey, another element transformed into art.
Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D'Amato

ports them with the longest payroll in the ages of the fight racket . They draw salaries every week as they wait until the clubs open up for them again . He also has a troupe of old - timers who are liberally staked .
Thin Ice: A Season in Hell with the New York Rangers

A chronicle of a season with the New York Rangers captures the games, players' personal lives, practices, excitement, violence, insecurity, and satisfactions of professional hockey
Mike Tyson: Tyly totuus

Tyly totuus Mike Tyson, Larry Sloman. kiitollinen, ettei minun enää tarvitse elää niin. Olen uusiutumassa, kuten on tapana ... Takavuosina halusin olla lumoava ja loistelias. Siten sain hassattua kaikki rahani. Hinkusin vain loistoa.
The Secret Life of Houdini: Laid Bare Sources, Notes, and Additional Material

In this groundbreaking book, renowned magic expert Kalush and bestselling writer Sloman team up to expose Harry Houdinis secret life as a spy, and the stunning plot to murder the magician and destroy his legacy. Photos throughout.
On Tour with Leonard Cohen

Sharon Robinson has been associated with Cohen since the Field CommanderCohen tour of 1979-80, first as a singer and subsequently as his co-writer andproducer.
Makeup to Breakup: Ma vie avec et sans Kiss

"J'aimais mon groupe. C'est ce que j'ai eu de mieux dans ma vie. KISS était un groupe spécial. Il n'y en aura jamais d'autre comme lui. Il a fallu une...
Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography

A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world--and a legend both in and out of the ring.
On the Road with Bob Dylan

Complete with vintage photos and a new introduction by renowned Texas musician, mystery writer, and Revue member Kinky Friedman, this is an unparalleled treat for Dylan fans old and new.
On the road with Bob Dylan. Storia del Rolling Thunder Revue (1975)

On the road with Bob Dylan. Storia del Rolling Thunder Revue (1975)