Center Street / Arts

Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy

by Mary Tomer

Celebrated for her style and substance, Michelle Obama has transformed the role of first lady and become a 21st century icon, attracting attention from all over the world. The qualities so admired in her - intelligence,...

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

by Robert M. Edsel & Chad Hennings

At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he...

The Grand Ole Opry: The Making of an American Icon

by Colin Escott & Vince Gill

This official guide chronicles the story of the birthplace of country music as told by the people who were there. Escott presents the official inside history of the home of country music, offering fans an exclusive...

A Guitar and a Pen: Stories by Country Music's Greatest Songwriters

by Robert Hicks, John Bohlinger & Justin Stelter

Nothing tells a story better than the story-songs of country music. A GUITAR AND A PEN presents, for the first time, the literary work of some of the best storytellers in the world: the songwriters who cut and...

Behind the Grand Ole Opry Curtain: Tales of Romance and Tragedy

by Grand Ole Opry & Robert K. Oermann

The Grand Ole Opry has been home to the greatest legends of country music for over eighty years, and in that time it has seen some of conutry music's most dramatic stories unfold.

We'll hear of the great love...