Fresh Air, July 20, 2010

Chances are the name Henry Warren isn't immediately recognizable. But Warren — a songwriter who toiled in relative obscurity throughout his career — wrote some of the most recognizable film lyrics of all time: "42nd Street," "I Only Have Eyes for You," "At Last" and "Lullaby of Broadway.”

"In Hollywood, songwriters were just part of the whole production machine," says Furia, the coauthor (with wife Laurie Patterson) of The Songs of Hollywood, an account of how music in films has changed over the past 80 years.

All Things Considered, July 18, 2010 Just as the Civil War was coming to an end, a young journeyman from Glasgow, Scotland, arrived by ship in New York. When Thomas Lipton came to America he was like thousands of other recent arrivals — penniless and anonymous. The young Glaswegian spent five years in the United States doing odd jobs and taking in his surroundings before returning to Scotland to found his empire — Lipton Teas. Michael D'Antonio, author of A Full Cup: Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup, says the time Lipton spent learning the ways of American business became invaluable to the success of his enterprise.