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“Diligent, detailed, and overpowering. This is not a book of conjecture: It’s one of bootstrap journalism.” —New York magazine The New York Times calls sports journalist Selena Roberts’s blistering biography, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez...

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A riveting, real-life equivalent of The Kite Runner—an astonishingly powerful and profoundly moving story of a young couple willing to risk everything for love that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about women’s rights in the Muslim world. Zakia and Ali were from different tribes, but...

A legendary New York Times war correspondent delivers his unforgettable final dispatch: a deeply moving meditation on life inspired by his sudden battle with terminal brain cancer. For thirty years, Rod Nordland shadowed death. As one of his generation's preeminent war correspondents, he...

In 1971, Rod Barton applied for a junior scientist role in the Australian Department of Defence. Little did he know what it entailed: As the Cold War intensified, Barton was inducted into the murky world of espionage. This is an extraordinary behind-the-scenes account of a world marked by risk, secrecy and individual acts of courage. The Life of a Spy will introduce you to a man of principle in a time of chaos, and take you to the frontlines of politics and war.

The Governor provides the most comprehensive look to date at the life of a twice-elected public official in the notoriously complicated world of Illinois politics. We take a tour through the segregated neighborhoods of Chicago, a city of great ethnic diversity, and see firsthand how those divides can evolve into cabals that rival anything found on the national political scene.

2017 Christian Book Award Finalist Thirty captivating profiles of Christians who risked everything to rescue their Jewish neighbors from Nazi terror during the Holocaust. My Brother's Keeper unfolds powerful stories of Christians from across denominations who gave everything they had to save the...

The Little Way of Ruthie Leming follows Rod Dreher, a Philadelphia journalist, back to his hometown of St. Francisville, Louisiana (pop. 1,700) in the wake of his younger sister Ruthie's death. When she was diagnosed at age 40 with a virulent form of cancer in 2010, Dreher was moved by the way...

2016 Christopher Award Winner From acclaimed actor and producer Wendell Pierce, an insightful and poignant portrait of family, New Orleans and the transforming power of art. On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina barreled into New Orleans, devastating many of the city's...

Best known for his association with the Yosemite Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains, John Muir also explored the southern states, Alaska, and the Mojave Desert. His studies generated volumes of poetic, evocative writings. As America expanded westward, Muir witnessed the plunder of the land and became a driving force in efforts to protect the natural world. He influenced four U.S. Presidents to sponsor legislation that protected forests and established or expanded America's national parks.

When widow Frances Lacey was murdered in July 1960 on Mackinac Island, only a few meager clues were found by police, and the case soon turned cold. But more than sixty years later, will those same clues finally solve the mystery?

HEY, HOLA COMO ESTAS? Bienvenido a este programa donde encontraras un espacio para la libre expresión. NO HAY ETIQUETAS pero hablamos desde el respeto y con la perspectiva personal que trate de ser lo mas imparcial. Podrás encontrar un coctel de temas que van desde cosas con gran importancia social e impacto… hasta cosas cotidianas por las que solemos pasar. TODO ESTO acompañado de una gran toque musical, porque la musica une personas y es la manera mas pura de conectar almas. LLEVATELA TRANQUI Y DISFRUTA UNOS MINUTOS DE VIAJE QUE TE ASEGURO, VALDRAN TU TIEMPO. ESTO ES ROD N ROLL!

Gennem syv år fulgte han den danske kronprins som en skygge. Fem skridt efter ham, men i tankerne altid to foran. Hele tiden parat til at træde frem og tage kuglen, hvis den skulle komme. I bogen fortæller Jesper Lundorf om at nedkæmpe sin modstander uden kamp, om krisestyring og konflikthåndtering. Og om altid at forvente det uventede.

Den grønlandske kunstner, skuespilforfatter og digter Jessie Kleemann fortæller om sin barndom i Grønland. Jessie Kleemann er en grønlandsk kunstner, skuespilforfatter og digter. Hun er særligt kendt for sin provokerende performancekunst og for sit kunstneriske arbejde med sin grønlandske kulturarv.

ESTE É UM EPISÓDIO DA OBRA "CARTA PARA O MEU JOVEM EU", DE JANE GRAHAM, QUE APRESENTAM CARTAS PARA SIR ROD STEWART E GERALDO RUFINOMAIS JOVENS. SE QUISER LER TODAS AS CARTAS LEIA A OBRA COMPLETA. Se a viagem no tempo fosse uma possibilidade, o que você diria ao seu eu adolescente, caso o encontrasse? Em Carta Para Meu Jovem Eu, personalidades das mais diversas áreas refletem sobre o que teria sido bom saber antes. Elas também lembram aqueles momentos mágicos que gostariam de reviver. O livro inclui a participação especial de personalidades brasileiras.

Initially, this podcast was created with the intent to help liberate my brother, Jonathan - while inspiring kids stuck in a similar predicament by sharing our testimony in how his guidance and mentorship has led to my pursuit to become an Astronaut - despite him being in prison. However, along the journey - I found that my brother’s situation is only a battle to this entire war against the injustices of the prison system. Therefore, this podcast was expanded to serve our purpose; by using our testimonies to do our part in dismantling the prison system. I - Joshua Rodriguez, was joined by a ...

Seja bem-vindo ao Na Bad, mas de Pé, o PodCast de quem ta tentando seguir em frente mesmo com o coracão remendado. Eu sou Rod Gouvea e hoje a gente começa juntos esse espaço de acolhimento, verdade e, as vezes, umas boas risadas em meio ao caos.

In One Tough Out: Fighting Off Life's Curveballs, Carew reflects on the highlights, anecdotes, and friendships from his outstanding career, describing the abuse, poverty, and racism he overcame to even reach the majors. In conversational, confessional prose, he takes listeners through the challenges he's conquered in the second half of his life, from burying his youngest daughter to surviving several near-fatal bouts with heart disease.

Stevie Salas was one of many boys coming of age in the 1980s—when the American dream was rock superstardom. As lead guitarist for a San Diego band, Salas played backyard parties and school dances and even scored the music for the cult classic Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. When he auditioned for Rod Stewart—where he was the youngest band member by a decade—Salas’s life truly hit a turning point.

"Growing Up Poor in Irish Boston” is a podcast series, colored with humor, nostalgia and pathos. It’s about a Boston tenement kid, born in 1939, clawing his way out of poverty by being hard-working, creative, persistent, entrepreneurial and by taking risks often. There are also stories of my later life in Boston, Cambridge and New England. If you like old Boston stories or Irish-American stories or old Cambridge stories, this is your podcast. If you like Pull-Yourself-Up-By-The-Bootstrap type stories and/or down-to-earth philosophy with a Roman Catholic, funny and relatively ...