In our latest roundup of book recommendations from Books & Books owner Mitchell Kaplan, Florida-centered stories dominate.

Culled from The Commercial Appeal's archives, here are some of our favorite Elvis Presley quotes from interviews with him over the years.

Elvis Presley's burial spot today is different from where he was originally interred on Aug. 18, 1977, in Memphis.

In 1965, Elvis allowed a reporter and a photographer from The Commercial Appeal into his Graceland home. Here is a look back at the story and photos.

When Colonel Tom Parker approached Sam Phillips in 1955 with a proposal to arrange a recording contract for a little-known, ...

As Guralnick explained to me during a recent conversation, “I originally pictured him as this lovable rogue, this rapscallion.” But the Colonel who came to light through Guralnick’s latter-day ...

Elvis Presley’s Most Complicated Relationship Gets Spotlighted in New Book first appeared on Parade on Aug 7, 2025 This story ...

Biographer Peter Guralnick shows us that loving Elvis also means loving Colonel Parker, no matter how grudgingly.

In his new book, acclaimed music historian and Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick focuses on Colonel Tom Parker’s side of the world-changing relationship.

Peter Guralnick's new book, “The Colonel and the King,” is focused on the man who elevated Elvis Presley to superstardom: ...

Peter Guralnick, Phillips’s biographer, quoted Phillips as saying: “If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars.” ...