Books with author Michael A Schuman

Over the course of his 50-year career, musician Bob Dylan has won a Nobel Prize, has had an audience with the Pope, and has earned a multitude of accolades, from a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award to a coveted Kennedy Center honor. Not bad for a kid from a small city in northern Minnesota who just wanted to play rock and roll. His songs are legendary and his spiritual journeys have taken him all over the world. This biography explores the man, his music, and his distinctive life.

For a 15-year-old boy, winning a lottery for a pair of tickets to see Led Zeppelin on December 10, 2007 was the greatest moment of his life. Led Zeppelin had not played together since the mid-1980s. The band decided to play at a charity concert in London, England. Would they sound the same? Would they still have the charisma they had years ago? Yes. Led Zeppelin performed sixteen of their hits to an excited crowd.

Tina Fey is an extremely successful comedic star, having won awards for her work as both a writer and performer. In addition to entertaining millions, Fey has made a difference in people’s personal lives. She appeared with numerous other entertainers in a benefit performance titled, “Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education.” The event raises money for schools and outreach programs for autistic children. She is also active with LOVE OUR CHILDREN USA. This group works to prevent violence against children.

Non—an amnesiac—is cast into our world from another dimension. It’s a world close to ours, but hostile. All the terrors of living under collectivism—social rigidity, brutality, and mind-numbing conformity are its hallmarks. Closed captioning TV makes sure everything is in order.In iWear G&C, a hypermarket as big as a city, Non is a privileged eye surgeon. But flying blind, Non can’t remember his training or practice before coming to this world.Around him, Non’s world crumbles through war and unrest, but he continues to survive through cleverness, braveness, and luck.

Angelina Jolie is celebrated worldwide for both her talents as an actress and her beauty. Her personal life has always been of great public interest and widely reported. But beyond all this, Jolie is most passionate about humanitarian causes—particularly the plight of refugees. Since her appointment by the United Nations in 2001 as a goodwill ambassador for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), she has gone on field missions to over twenty countries around the globe.