New Releases by Robert Schnakenberg

Drugs, Adultery, Bribery, Homosexuality, corruption—and the Supreme Court?!? Your high school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the Supreme Court features outrageous and uncensored profiles of America’s most legendary justices—complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts. You’ll discover that: • Hugo Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. • Benjamin Cardozo likely died a virgin. • John Rutledge attempted suicide by jumping off a bridge. • John Marshall Harlan organized regular screenings of X-rated films. • Thurgood Marshall never missed an episode of Days of Our Lives. • Sandra Day O’Connor established the court’s first Jazzercise class. • And much, much more! With chapters on everyone from John Jay to Samuel Alito, Secret Lives of the Supreme Court tackles all the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these judges took bribes? How many were gay? And how could so many sink into dementia while serving on the highest court in the land? American history was never this much fun in school!

Strange-But-True Tales of Cross-Dressers, Drug Addicts, Foot Fetishists, and Other Legendary Filmmakers. With outrageous and uncensored profiles of everyone from D. W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino, Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers reveals the little-known secrets of all your favorite directors. Why did Charlie Chaplin refuse to bathe for weeks at a time? Was Alfred Hitchcock really missing a belly button? Is Walt Disney’s corpse preserved in a state of suspended animation? And why on earth did Francis Ford Coppola direct a 3-D pornographic movie? The legends of the silver screen will never be the same!

Presents, in graphic novel format, the life and career of the prominent television journalist.

Presents, in graphic novel format, the life and career of the prominent television journalist.

This look at the National Basketball Association focuses on the Southwest Division.

Focuses on the southern basketball division of the National Basketball Association.

Describes the seven teams that make up the Atlantic Division of the National Basketball Association, their histories, famous players, and statistics.

A hilarious collection of insulting historical quotations will have history buffs and readers of humor books in stitches. Full of lively quips, jabs, jaunts, and putdowns by and about notable figures, it covers all epochs of mostly Western history.

How many times have you found yourself in front of the television, muscles tense, nervously watching the last few seconds of a basketball game? The constant movement and action, the suspense as the shot clock runs out, the elation at the end of a championship season ... this is what makes professional basketball appealing to people around the world. Above the Rim is a basketball fan's dream. Each book tells the history of each division and the teams that make it up and is filled with the kinds of statistics and fun facts that readers of any age will love. We can't all fly like Michael Jordan, but we can still enjoy learning about and following our favorite teams and players in Above the Rim. Book jacket.

Describes the life and soccer career of Mia Hamm, who helped the United States win a gold medal in soccer in the 1996 Olympics.

Discusses the personal life and baseball career of the young man from Michigan who plays shortstop for the New York Yankees.

A dual biography that emphasizes how greatly two Utah Jazz stars rely on each other on and off the court and the extent to which their careers have intertwined.

Examines the life and basketball career of one of the key players for the Chicago Bulls and a member of the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Dream Teams.