The Everly Brothers were not only among the most important and best early rock & roll stars, but also among the most influential rockers of any era. They set unmatched standards for close, two-part harmonies and infused early rock and roll with some of the best elements of country and pop music.

Leonard Bernstein was one of the most highly esteemed, influential and charismatic American classical music personality of the twentieth century. Author Jonathan Cott provides a complete account of his remarkable 12-hour interview in which maestro Bernstein discourses with disarming frankness, humor and intensity on matters musical, pedagogical, political, psychological, spiritual and the unabashedly personal.

Many have written about man’s trip to the moon, but until now, few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure. Namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves — in space, on the moon and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers, that made this book a classic.

For 13 days in October 1962, when the U.S. confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In this unique account, he describes each of the participants during the sometimes hour-to-hour negotiations, with particular attention to the actions and views of his brother, President John F. Kennedy.

In this ninth entry in the James Bond series, Agent 007 (Roger Moore) is assigned to retrieve the world’s only device (the “Solex”) that can be utilized to harness the sun’s energy. Co-starring Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland.

Although best known today for their lush, lyrically and musically profound (some would say bombastic) psychedelic-era albums, the Moody Blues started out as one of the better R&B-based combos of the British Invasion. This collection captures the very best of their evolving sound through the decades.