John Wayne Westerns

DVD ($27.92)Amazon



Saddle up alongside John Wayne to ride herd over a crew of young greenhorns in “The Cowboys,” hold down the frontier outpost called “Fort Apache,” wander the wilderness in “The Searcher” or keep an army of gunmen at bay in “Rio Bravo.” Part of a re-release collaboration by TV’s Turner Classic Movies and Warner Home Video, it’s enough dust, danger, drama and desperados for an all-day Duke-fest!Neil Pond, American Profile

—Neil Pond, American Profile





My Turn

Tanya Tucker

CD ($17.98)Amazon



One of country’s most distinctive female vocalists turns her talent loose—and flips the gender tables over—on this collection of classic tunes originally made famous by men. Tucker, who hasn’t released a new studio album in seven years, makes a most welcome return putting her feminine stamp on Buck Owens’ “Love’s Gonna Live Here,” Faron Young’s “Wine Me Up,” Don Gibson’s “Oh, Lonesome Me” and nine other gentlemanly gems she’d spent a lifetime admiring, but never recording until now.

—Neil Pond, American Profile





Bert Sugar’s Baseball Hall of Fame

By Burt Randolph Sugar ($35)

Hardcover, 272 pagesAmazon



Sugar, a renowned sportscaster and sportswriter, takes you on a colorful tour of baseball’s most sacred shrine with this handsome collection of more than 500 exclusive photos of exhibits, hallowed artifacts and historic moments. A special section spotlights the plaques of every inductee on display in the sport’s equivalent of Mt. Olympus. Experience the magic of baseball’s mecca of memories without ever leaving home!

—Neil Pond, American Profile