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An illustrated volume with international appeal that retraces the most significant moments of Roberto Baggio’s extraordinary life and career, intertwining his football achievements with his profound spiritual journey. From the magic of the way he played to his personal challenges, from the roar of the stadiums to the silence of meditation, from the injuries that shaped his character to the...

Deeply moving, hugely readable, politically vital and exquisitely written - MARK HADDON Groundbreaking, nothing short of extraordinary: a vital exploration of trans experience across past and present - CELESTE NG In Both and Neither, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich weaves memoir and history into a singular work that considers how we bear witness to trans lives and how the past persists - intimately,...

Once upon a time, I was meandering down the road of life with my husband, Jon. It was a regular and beige life, and it worked. It was a warm beige. We felt, and were, blessed and lucky. Normal. On the morning of October 7th, 2023, Rachel Goldberg-Polin's beloved twenty-three-year-old son, Hersh, was stolen from a music festival billed as...

An illuminating portrait of five Black woman artists, including Maya Angelou and Nina Simone, and the New York nightclub that helped inspire the civil rights movement. Before they became household names, Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, Abbey Lincoln, Miriam Makeba, and Nina Simone needed a place to practice and perform. That place was the Village Gate, a New York City nightclub...

World-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist for the first time grants a private view of how a near-death experience in young childhood catapulted him towards art and artists. When Hans Ulrich was a young boy, he was knocked down by a speeding car. Hospitalized for weeks, he discovered the healing powers of art. Once he was able to travel again, he...

A major reassessment of one of Britain's most important monarchs James VI & I, who died 400 years ago, was one of Britain's most consequential and interesting monarchs, not least in creating the British monarchy itself by joining the English and Scottish thrones. A major intellectual, James's preoccupations ranged from witchcraft and theological controversy to hunting, diplomacy, poetry and sartorial...

Part memoir, part social exposé, this is one anonymous nanny's account of raising the children of the ultra-rich—and what she witnessed behind closed doors. The perfect nanny is invisible. She is trusted with everything: the children, their routines, the family secrets. She is expected to notice everything and remember nothing. For more than a decade, the unnamed nanny worked for...

The debut memoir of six decades of stardom by the beloved Tony-Award-winning Dirty Dancing, A Chorus Line, and Gilmore Girls actor. Discover Kelly Bishop's captivating story of six decades in show business: a must-have for fans of Gilmore Girls in search of a journey beyond Stars Hollow. Kelly Bishop's storied career has been defined by landmark achievements. But it is...

The acclaimed author of Free returns with an imaginative investigation into dignity and historical injustice through the story of a family. When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is faced with unsettling questions. Growing up, she was told records of her grandmother's youth...