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Uproot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture
Jace Clayton · Farrar
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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In 2001, Jace Clayton was an unknown DJ who recorded a three-turntable, sixty-minute mix called Gold Teeth Thiefand put it online to share with his friends. Within months, the mix became an international calling card, whisking Clayton away to a sprawling, multi-tiered nightclub in Zagreb,... |
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In the Darkroom
Susan Faludi · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of Backlash, an astonishing confrontation with the enigma of her father and the larger riddle of identity consuming our age."In the summer of 2004 I set out to investigate someone I scarcely knew, my father. The project... |
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Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
Jessica Fechtor · Avery
Format: Hardcover
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An exquisite memoir about how food connects us to ourselves, our lives, and each other. At 28, Jessica Fechtor was happily immersed in graduate school and her young marriage, and thinking about starting a family. Then one day, she went for a run and an aneurysm burst in her brain. She nearly... |
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Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything
Barbara Ehrenreich · Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world. Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time. Educated as a scientist, she is an author, journalist, activist,... |
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Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie
Woody Woodmansey · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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In January 2016, the unexpected death of David Bowie rocked the globe. For millions of people, he was an icon celebrated for his music, his film and theatrical roles, and his trendsetting influence on fashion and gender norms. But no one from her inner circle has told the story of how David... |
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A Lenape among the Quakers : the life of Hannah Freeman
Dawn G Marsh · University of Nebraska Press,
Pages: 213
Format: Print book
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On July 28, 1797, an elderly Lenape woman stood before the newly appointed almsman of Pennsylvania's Chester County and delivered a brief account of her life. In a sad irony, Hannah Freeman was establishing her residency - a claim that paved the way for her removal to the poorhouse. Ultimately,... |
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Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder
Amy Butcher · Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this powerful and unforgettable memoir, award-winning writer Amy Butcher examines the shattering consequences of failing a friend when she felt he needed one most. Four weeks before their college graduation, twenty-one-year-old Kevin Schaeffer walked Amy Butcher to her home in their... |
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The Jolly Roger Social Club: A True Story of a Killer in Paradise
Nick Foster · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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The true story of a series of bold killings which took place in a shadowy American ex-pat community in Panama--a tale of greed, political history, and murderIn the remote Bocas del Toro, Panama, William Dathan Holbert, aka "Wild Bill," is awaiting trial for the murder of five... |
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Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook
Alice Waters · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters recalls the circuitous road and tumultuous times leading to the opening of what is arguably America's most influential restaurant. When Alice Waters opened the doors of her "little French restaurant"... |
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You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
Phoebe Robinson · Plume Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * "A must-read ... Phoebe Robinson discusses race and feminism in such a funny, real, and specific way, it penetrates your brain and stays with you." -Ilana Glazer, co-creator and co-star of Broad CityA hilarious and timely essay collection about... |
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The Long Hello: Memory, My Mother, and Me
Cathie Borrie · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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A powerful, ground-shifting account of caring for a parent with Alzheimer's about which Maya Angelou exclaimed, "Joy!"Since Cathie Borrie delivered her keynote performance at the World Alzheimer's Day event sponsored by the Community and Access Programs of the Museum of Modern... |
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Picturing Prince: An Intimate Portrait
Steve Parke · Cassell
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover
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PICTURING PRINCE sees the late icon's former art director, STEVE PARKE, revealing stunning intimate photographs of the singer from his time working at Paisley Park. At least half of the images in the book are exclusively published here for the first time; most other images in the book... |
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