For thirty-five years, bestselling author and accomplished musician Jonathan Kellerman has been, as he puts it in his Introduction to this lavishly illustrated, endlessly fascinating volume, “chasing fabulous sound.” The result of that quest is a world-class collection of guitars, mandolins, and other stringed instruments that number more than 120 . . . and counting.Kellerman takes us on a fascinating guided tour through his collection, complete with rich personal histories of his favorite instruments and of the brilliant, often eccentric craftsmen and musicians who brought them to life. It is a record of one man’s lifelong love affair with the guitar . . . and it is much, much more.Whether writing about household names such as Fender, Gibson, Martin, and Dobro or about marques revered by aficionados–D’Angelico, Hauser, Stromberg, and Torres–Kellerman brings to bear the same sure storytelling instincts and keen attention to detail that characterize his bestselling fiction, making each entry a sparkling mini-essay as much to be savored as the sensual photographs that follow.Your fingers won’t be walking through With Strings Attached. They’ll be strumming. Picking. Stroking.And dancing.

A distinguished child psychologist and novelist presents a collection of delightful illustrated poems for both parents and children designed to spark the imagination as they treat issues such as conformity and other childhood concerns.

A guide to help children cope with such everyday anxieties as going to the doctor or dentist also helps parents to explain more serious matters, such as a death in the family

A collection of thirteen original tales by authors of adult fiction in collaboration with their children or grandchildren.

For many years, some of the most vital, creative, and exciting fiction published in America has been in the field of mystery, crime, and suspense. Now Robert B. Parker and Otto Penzler - both Edgar winners - have assembled the best that 1997 had to offer: twenty terrific, titillating tales from such masters of the genre as Elmore Leonard, Elizabeth George, James Crumley, Jonathan Kellerman, and Andrew Klavan, from newcomers like Brad Watson, and from well-known literary writers such as Joyce Carol Oates and Michael Malone.

Presents mystery stories by such authors as Max Allan Collins, Jeremiah Healy, Carolyn Wheat, Faye Kellerman, and Nancy Pickard