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|  | Mario Lanza by Roland L. Bessette
Almost forty years after his premature death, the mystique of Mario Lanza continues. He remains a legendary figure, a crossover icon embraced and remembered by an entire generation for bridging the gap between popular and classical music. The acknowledged inspiration of today's Three Tenors, Lanza introduced the operatic and Neapolitan repertoire to a wide and adoring audience, with -- as Jose Carreras put it -a glorious, ringing tenor, that ... was his and his alone . He was born Alfred Arnold Cocozza in South Philadelphia, where his youth foreshadowed the promise and the problems of his brief life. Undisciplined and self-indulgent, he was spoiled by adoring parents -- and set apart by the natural gift of his voice. His musical training was sporadic but sufficient: he sang for Serge Koussevitzky at the age of nineteen, and the notoriously demanding conductor immediately arranged for the young Italian American to sing at Tanglewood. AUTHOR: Roland L. Bessette
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Songs in the Key of Z by Irwin Chusid
In this tribute to unappreciated musicians, a New Jersey DJ profiles 20 ambitious artists, including Eilbert Pilarm, Joe Meek, and Larry Wild Man Fischer. AUTHOR: Irwin Chusid
PUBLISHER: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Forty-Seven Roses by Peter Sheridan
The 47 of the title refers to the number of years that Sheridan's parents were engaged in an unusual relationship with a woman named Doris. An Irish playwright, Sheridan draws his memoir with drama and mystery. AUTHOR: Peter Sheridan
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Nansen by Roland Huntford
This biography of the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen focuses on his various attempts to reach the North Pole by sea and by land. It also explores how he handled fame that came afterward. Nansen became a public figure and diplomat, and he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922. The author has written two other biographies of explorers, SHACKLETON and SCOTT & AMUNDSEN. AUTHOR: Roland Huntford
PUBLISHER: Abacus
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Amelia's Fantastic Flight by Rose Bursik
Amelia loved airplanes. So she built one. And she took it . . . for a little spin. While preschoolers will go for the jacket illustration of Amelia in her flying machine, the most enthusiastic audience many be teachers looking for books to introduce mapping skills and global awareness to young children .--Booklist. Full color. AUTHOR: Rose Bursik
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Abigail Adams by Edith B. Gelles
Description not available.Chronicles the life of the author and political figure by examining Adams' own depictions of her private life, social conventions and political affairs of the time, and her relations with American historical figures. AUTHOR: Edith B. Gelles
PUBLISHER: Routledge
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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