Hurling is Ireland’s national game – a source of fascination and pride, even to people who have never played it. Ciarán Murphy, a lifelong club footballer, used to be one of those people. Then he spent a summer trying to play hurli...Lasīt vairāk
The contract for this ms. has been canceled at the request of the author, 3/14/2023. A teacher and a lawyer before he was a player and a manager, Branch Rickey is best known for his pivotal role in breaking baseballs color line by signin...Lasīt vairāk
This authoritative volume covers aspects of the life and enduring mathematical research of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Born in the late 19th century, Ramanujan had almost no formal training in pure mathematics. This iconic figure made extraordinary contr...Lasīt vairāk
Celebrate the career of heavy metals beloved Teutonic terrors, in this updated version of the first book ever on the band in any language....Lasīt vairāk
Balancing a devotion to activism with personal relationships can be incredibly difficult. Kitty Stryker shares her experience as an activist, street medic, and relationship educator to help others pursue the important work while maintaining healthy r...Lasīt vairāk
An unfiltered and outrageously funny commentary on the threats to free speech in America from the legendary comedian, actor, and Emmy-nominated SNL writer. Rob Schneiders childhood in the San Francisco Bay area with parents of mixe...Lasīt vairāk
THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING, LIFE-CHANGING PHENOMENON SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A beautiful, gentle exploration of the dark season of life and the light of spring that eventually follows RAYNOR WINN Every bit as...Lasīt vairāk
Quintessentially indispensable … brimming with generosity and love of life. I want to share this book with everyone I love and those I don’t … in the conviction that Home will make them NICER by association Juliet Nic...Lasīt vairāk
In this new volume, Peter Hennessy brings together selected journalism, unpublished lectures and new writing alongside personal recollections and reflections on his time observing post-war Britain, how it is governed and those who do the governing. ...Lasīt vairāk
As the autumn nights draw in, join Polly Atkin in a nocturnal love song to the owls that surround her Lake District home a stunning meditation on learning to listen in a world full of noise....Lasīt vairāk
Written in gorgeous, sparse prose, We Survived the Night reads like a novel. ( ...) A book Ive been waiting my whole life to read. Tommy Orange, author of There There As an infant, Julian Brave NoiseCats father was found abandoned in a...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 16-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Simon & Schuster, ISBN-13: 9781668052150)
A powerful memoir revealing the pressures, joys, and traumas of witnessing history up close and personal, from one of Canadas most prominent and decorated foreign correspondents.Brian Stewart is a trusted voice who brought stories of...Lasīt vairāk
What are the forces that shape us? In The Women, Hilton Als exploreswith breath taking originalitythe role of sexual and racial identity in marginalized lives. With a blend of fact and fiction, Als brings to vivid life a number of extraordinary char...Lasīt vairāk
The book You Only Live Twice takes readers on a deeply personal journey through the life of its author, navigating the challenges and triumphs of living as a transgender individual. Growing up in the tight-knit communities of West Virginia and Kentuc...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 16-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: OR Books, ISBN-13: 9781682196380)
A Seat at the Table is the story of the founding of Busboys and Poets, a Washington, D.C.based restaurant that has become a celebrated hub for political activism. Named in honor of Langston Hughes, who worked as a busboy while writing...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 16-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: The Sutherland House Inc., ISBN-13: 9781998365470)
The best Canadian political diary that exists John English, author, The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.Jim Coutts, principal secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau from 1975 to 1981, was one o...Lasīt vairāk
In William Laws new book Shadows & Light, the reader is taken on a journey following Law and his partner Mark Sobel, a writer and a filmmaker, while they try to unravel the mystery of the Robert F. Kennedy Assassination. The reader will see t...Lasīt vairāk
At the age of 16, a boy amongst men, Andy Farrell made his first-team debut for Wigan Warriors – and became a father for the first time. At 18, he won his first senior international cap. At 21, he won his first Man of Steel Award for the Super...Lasīt vairāk
