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FromPinkCadillactoLowRidertoLittleRedCorvette,rockmusichasalwayshadaracyloveaffairwithcars.AndAC/DCleadsingerBrianJohnsonisnotonlyarocklegend,second-to-noneatinfusingrazor-sharplyricswiththescreamingmetalenergyofatruerockandroller,butalsoadyed-in-the-woolcarfanatic.BookslikeAC/DC:MaximumRockandRollandWhyAC/DCMattersrevealedthesecretsofthetheworld’sgreatestrockband—now,inRockersandRollers,fanswillgetarare,rivetingwindowintoBrianJohnson’sotherdrivingpassion,hisloveforautomobiles.Fromteenagememoriesinthebacksofbeat-upcoupstoasidecareerasaracecardriver,Johnsonshareshistantalizinglifestory—amemoirtoldthroughhislifelongloveaffairwithcars.
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LindaGreenlawAfterabriefbutmemorableappearanceinSebastianJunger'sThePerfectStormbroughthertoourattention,captainLindaGreenlawhassincehookedreaderswithherownfascinatingseafaringstories.BiographyGrowinguponcoastalMaine,LindaGreenlawwasentrancedbytheoceanandeverythingthatswaminit.Whenotherkidsgottheirfirst10-speedbicycles,shegotherfirst10-horsepoweroutboard.Later,Greenlawliterallysailedherwaythroughcollege,spendinghersummersasacookanddeckhandonaswordfishingboat.AftergraduatingfromColbyCollegewithadoublemajorinEnglishandgovernment,Greenlawreturnedtothesailor'slife,becomingashipcaptainwhenshewasinher20sandearningareputationas"oneofthebestswordboatcaptains,period,ontheEastCoast"(inthewordsofPerfectStormauthorSebastianJunger).Forover15years,thisremarkableachievementwentgenerallyunremarked-upon.ThencameSebastianJunger'sThePerfectStorm,thetruestoryofthefishingboatAndreaGail,whichdisappearedinahurricaneatseainOctoberof1991.GreenlawwascaptainoftheAndreaGail'ssistership,theHannahBoden,whichwasalsoatseaduringthefatefulstorm.ThoughGreenlawisonlyaminorfigureinJunger'sbook,readerswereintriguedbytheideaofawomanwho'dmadeittothetopinaheavilymale-dominated--andhighlydangerous--profession.Publisherswereintrigued,too,andseveralofthemapproachedGreenlawwithoffersforabookaboutherexperiences.Atfirstsheturnedthemdown,sayingshecouldmakemoremoneyactuallyfishingforaseasonthanwritingaboutfishing.Butatlastshedecidedtogiveitatry,andherreadersaregladshedid.HerbookTheHungryOceanisarivetinglookattheday-to-dayoperationsofalargecommercialfishingboat,completewithstorms,sharksand,ononegrimoccasion,adeadcrewmemberinthefishhold.Inthegreatfishermantradition,TheHungryOceanisalsoarippinggoodstory,oneTheNewYorkTimesBookReviewdeclareda"triumph."Greenlawagreedtowriteherfirstbookinpartbecauseshewantedtoleadasettledexistenceforawhile,perhapsgetmarriedandstartafamily.Inhersecondbook,TheLobsterChronicles,shedescribestradingtheadventurouslifeofanoffshoreswordboatcaptainforthecomparativelyquietbusinessoftrappinglobstersinPenobscotBay.AsshereconnectswithherrootsonthetinyIsleauHaut("forty-sevenfull-timeresidents,halfofwhomIamrelatedtoinonewayoranother"),shedealswithnosyneighbors,adearthofavailablemen,andrecalcitrantcrustaceanswhorefusetocrawlintohertraps.Shealsoevokesalifeofsimplicityandself-sufficiencythatherreadersmightwellenvy:HerislandhasnoKmart("oranyothermart"),noStarbucks,nocableTV."Straightforwardstorytellingandcaptivatingreading:satisfyingasaMainelobsterdinner,"wroteKirkusReviews.Sofar,Greenlawisshapinguptobeastalentedawriterassheisafisherman(sheobjectsstrenuouslytobeingcalleda"fisherwoman").Possiblytheonlywomanevertocaptainaswordfishingboat,shehasinsistedthatbeingafemalecaptainisanasset:"Noself-respectingfishermanwantstobeoutdonebyawoman,evenifitkillshim."Perhapsherbookswillinspireotherfemalefishermentojointhefray.GoodToKnowInheryearsasaswordboatcaptain,Greenlaw'sbiggestsingleswordfishwasa635-poundfishcaughtintheCarribean,accordingtoaUSATodaychatwiththeauthor.Herlargesttotalloadinonetripwas62,000pounds.InaTVinterviewwithBrianLambonC-SPAN,Greenlawsaidshe's"oneoftheonlypeopleprobablyontheplanetwhodoesnotownacellphone.ButIhaveaVHFradio."InthemovieversionofThePerfectStorm,LindaGreenlawwasplayedbyMaryElizabethMastrantonio.Hometown:IsleauHaut,MaineEducation:B.A.,ColbyCollege,1983
