'Warm, revelatory and moving' The New Statesman's Books of the Year, 2024At the end of almost every day of their fifty-five years of married life, the publicity-shy author Margaret Forster would ask her naturally gregarious and outgoing husband Hunter Davies to describe to her the highlights of his working day spent in the worlds of journalism and publishing.
Unschooling, a learner-centred educational philosophy, breaks away from the confines of traditional schooling, advocating for a more organic, child-centric approach.
Perhaps a child in your family has been diagnosed as autistic, your therapist has suggested it, or people you know have called you 'Rain Man' throughout your life.
Perhaps a child in your family has been diagnosed as autistic, your therapist has suggested it, or people you know have called you 'Rain Man' throughout your life.
En el corazón de Buenos Aires, donde el tango respira en cada rincón, estas páginas recorren un universo de vivencias marcadas por la música, el encuentro y la emoción.
A heartwarming dual-perspective memoir for fans of The Ride of Her Life and Horse Crazy, The Brat and the Bullfighter explores how a misunderstood Lusitano stallion and an uprooted Army brat find healing, belonging, and home in each other.
Beyond Control chronicles the extraordinary true story of John Gano, whose life spirals from youthful exuberance and addiction through devastating personal losses, culminating in a profound spiritual awakening.
The powerful true story of a parent's unflagging battle on behalf of a beloved son struggling with PTSD, mental illness, and addiction and a family who bore the burdens of war for decades.
Alternate Worlds is a Magic: the Gathering memoir written by Brian Schneider, one of the game's early R&D leads, about the fun and merit of growing up a gamer.
A comprehensive analysis of the stop & frisk policy, its origins as Chicago's predominant strategy for responding to violence, and its impact on crime and public opinion.
A comprehensive analysis of the stop & frisk policy, its origins as Chicago's predominant strategy for responding to violence, and its impact on crime and public opinion.
Close, close beneath the land I had once rooted myself in and loved, lay a land filled with violence, injustice and hatredOn 22 April 1962 what remains of G ran Rosenberg s family embark from his native Sweden to make Israel their new home.
Nirenberg: The Education of a Texas Public Servant offers a compelling portrait of Ron Nirenbergs eight-year tenure as mayor of San Antonio, the seventh largest city in the United States.
'As gripping as Mark's greatest races' Zoe Ball'Incredibly brave and uplifting' Rebecca Adlington The moving story of one of Britain's best-loved sportsmen, and his thirty-year coming out journeyWITH A FOREWORD BY CLARE BALDINGAs a five-time Olympian, six-time World Champion and eight-time World Record holder, if anyone was going to be openly gay at the height of their sporting career it should have been swimmer Mark Foster a confident, laid-back guy who doesn't care what anyone thinks.
Eines der einflussreichsten Werke der Moderne jetzt in der Universal-BibliothekWalter Benjamins berühmte Prosaminiaturen sind Kindheitserinnerungen und zugleich das Porträt einer untergegangenen Welt.
'As gripping as Mark's greatest races' Zoe Ball'Incredibly brave and uplifting' Rebecca Adlington The moving story of one of Britain's best-loved sportsmen, and his thirty-year coming out journeyWITH A FOREWORD BY CLARE BALDINGAs a five-time Olympian, six-time World Champion and eight-time World Record holder, if anyone was going to be openly gay at the height of their sporting career it should have been swimmer Mark Foster a confident, laid-back guy who doesn't care what anyone thinks.
Nirenberg: The Education of a Texas Public Servant offers a compelling portrait of Ron Nirenbergs eight-year tenure as mayor of San Antonio, the seventh largest city in the United States.
A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violenceand a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a century laterPolice Against the Movement shatters one of the most pernicious myths about the 1960s: that the civil rights movement endured police violence without fighting it.
Portrait Photography: Focal Length, Color, and the Architecture of the PortraitEvery portrait rests on two decisions most photographers make separately: which lens to use, and what color story to tell.
THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE HIT TV DRAMA THREE GIRLS When detective Maggie Oliver first discovered that children as young as 10 were being groomed, abused and trafficked for sex by gangs of men in the Rochdale area, she felt like a lonely voice calling for people to act.
The second volume in Simone de Beauvoir s celebrated autobiography recalls her formative years in Paris when she began to emerge as a public figureFirst published in 1960, The Prime of Life offers an intimate, captivating picture of Simone de Beauvoir in her twenties, thirties and forties.
