Forgotten today, Sam Thompson (1860-1922) was one of the most dominant five skills Baseball players of his era. This comprehensive biography traces Thompson's life and career from his childhood in rural Danville, Indiana, to his last days as a US deputy marshall in Detroit, and clarifies his status of one of the greatest players in baseball's long and storied history.  Meer

The Man Booker longlisted Communion Town reveals the shadows and sinister inhabitants of a city that never appears the same way twice.  Meer

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was a popular and important British composer, born of a West African doctor and a British mother. This volume traces the development of his compositional style, from his final years at the Royal College of Music (1895-1897) to the time of his death in 1912.  Meer

Praise for the Second Edition "This book has never had a competitor. It is the only book that takes a broad approach to sampling.  Meer