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Chapters: Curly Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Ted Healy, Joe Besser, Shemp Howard, Emil Sitka, Curly Joe Derita, Joe Palma, Fred Sanborn, Bonnie Bonnell. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 70. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jerome Lester "Jerry" Horwitz (October 22, 1903 January 18, 1952), better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and vaudevillian. He is best known as a member of the American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges, along with his older brothers Moe Howard and Shemp Howard, and actor Larry Fine. Curly is generally considered the most popular and recognizable of the Stooges. He is well known for his high-pitched voice, vocal expressions ("nyuk-nyuk-nyuk!","woo-woo-woo!", and barking like a dog), as well as his inventive physical comedy, improvisations, and athleticism. An untrained actor and natural comedian, Curly borrowed (and significantly exaggerated) the "woo woo" from "nervous" and soft-spoken comedian Hugh Herbert, but was otherwise an original and inspired performer. Curly's unique version of "woo-woo-woo" was firmly established by the time of the Stooges' second film Punch Drunks in 1934. Curly was born Jerome Lester Horwitz in Brownsville, a section of Brooklyn, New York. He was the fifth of the five Horwitz brothers and of Levite and Lithuanian Jewish ancestry. Because he was the youngest, his brothers called him "Babe" to tease him. The nickname stuck with him all his life, although when Shemp married Gertrude Frank, who was also nicknamed "Babe," the brothers started calling him Curly to avoid confusion. His full formal Hebrew name was "Yehudah Lev ben Shlomo Natan ha Levi." A quiet child, Curly rarely caused problems for his parents (something older brothers Moe and Shemp excelled in). The shy Howard brother was a mediocr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1093948 ... Read more

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Chapters: Joe Pass, Steve Ditko, John Murtha, Michael Novak, Geroy Simon, Carroll Baker, John Walker, Emil Sitka, Boyd Wagner, Mark Singel, Dennis Roddy, Jim Gallagher, Jr., Natalia Livingston, Augie Donatelli, Tom Bradley, Wilma Scott Heide, Robert T. Jeschonek, Pete Vuckovich, Jerry Davitch, Kristal Uzelac, Carlton Haselrig, Charles Wakefield Cadman, George B. Simler, Tim Kazurinsky, William Farrand Prosser, Frank Wilkeson, John P. Saylor, Charles T. Menoher, Anderson Howell Walters, Sara C. Bisel, Joe O'donnell, Artrell Hawkins, David Willey, Chuck Findley, John Stofa, Daniel Johnson Morrell, Warren Worth Bailey, Larod Stephens-Howling, John Foust, Ian Williams, Pat Cummings, Edward P. Wojnaroski, Pete Duranko, Howard William Stull, Len Chappell, Frank Benford, Tommy Turk, Mike Turkovich, George J. Demas, John Woods, Gene Heeter, Ronald Machtley, Tim Rigby, Nancie Li Brandi, George M. Wertz, Craig Grebeck, George Glamack, Ed Adamchik, John Marshall Rose, Frank Gatins, Alex Atty, George Ludwig, Larry Walton, Robert S. Murphy. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 227. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Patrick "Jack" Murtha, Jr. (pronounced ; June 17, 1932 February 8, 2010) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010. A former Marine Corps officer, Murtha was the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. A member of the Pennsylvania House from 1969 to 1974, he narrowly won a special election to Congress in 1974 and was successively reelected every two years until his death. In the first decade of the 21st century, Murtha has been best known for his calls for a withdrawal of Americ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=649578 ... Read more