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Ancestral Passions: the Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings
by Virginia MorellNo other family in history has dominated a scientific field as the Leakey family has. Louis, Mary, and Richard Leakey have made key fossil discoveries that have shaped and reshaped our understanding of human origins. As a member of the tiny minority of scientists who believed that humankind originated in Africa millions of years ago, Louis Leakey helped to lay the theoretical groundwork for the science of paleoanthropology. In Ancestral Passions, Virginia Morell has written the first full biography of the Leakeys, a vivid portrait of a family whose contributions to science remain unmatched.
La luz de un alma atrapada: Alzheimer
by Jordi MorellaAnte una experiencia no deseada, la vida se vuelca a tu favor: eleva tu alma, te muestra quien eres en realidad y te brinda la oportunidad de crecer espiritualmente. <P><P>Solo depende de ti aprovecharla o no. Cuando algo tan poco deseado como una enfermedad grave nos afecta, ya sea directamente a nosotros o a un ser querido, las personas reaccionamos de distintas maneras y adoptamos actitudes diferentes: hay quien lo acepta y hay quien no, hay quien no quiere vivirlo de ninguna manera, y hay quien quiere sacar algo positivo de ello. <P><P>En este libro inspirador, el autor nos cuenta su experiencia de seis años con la enfermedad degenerativa de su madre, Alzheimer, y lo hace desde la voluntad de compartir cómo logró obtener un aprendizaje único y valioso a través del proceso de declive no deseado, en el que él también se vio inmerso como ser querido que estaba a su lado. <P><P>Con una visión espiritual y emocional, Jordi Morella cuenta cómo quiso ir más allá de los síntomas físicos para hallarlas causas del interior de la persona y así entender la enfermedad que avanzaba día a día, aceptarla y convertirla en energía positiva, en gratitud y en amor. <P><P> La luz de un alma atrapada es un testimonio valiente y conmovedor de quien ha vivido desde la plena consciencia y las ganas de comprender un proceso doloroso pero también vital.
Fat Family/Fit Family
by Ron Morelli Becky Morelli Max Morelli Mike MorelliThe inspiring true story behind the weight-loss saga chronicled on NBC's blockbuster show, The Biggest Loser. There's no getting past it: the Morellis were a fat family. From cookie dough and pizza binges to extreme plastic surgeries, Ron, Becky, Mike and Max Morelli experienced the swinging pendulum of weight loss that so many Americans know all too well. But when Ron and Mike were accepted as contestants on The Biggest Loser, the Morellis' lives changed forever. Ron, at 430 pounds, and 18-year-old Mike, at 388 pounds, made it to the final four, losing a whopping 399 pounds combined. Fat Family/Fit Family also tells the story of wife Becky and youngest son, Max-the story not seen on TV, but relatable to scores of American families, the story of what happens when two foodaholics meet, fall in love, get married and raise (almost inevitably) foodaholic kids. Sharing the eye-opening perspective of each family member, Fat Family/Fit Family chronicles the Morellis' amazing journey in dropping over 700 pounds together, from the emotional and physical struggles of obesity to the triumph of their newfound healthy lifestyle. Obesity doesn't just happen in a vacuum-it starts in homes like the Morellis, and it can end there, too. Fat Family/Fit Family is an ultimately inspiring story about the healing power of family. .
Alexa Moreno: Singular y extraordinaria
by Alexa MorenoSalta, cae y vuelve a saltar hasta que logres volar Reconocida como la mejor gimnasta en la historia de México, Alexa Moreno ha logrado lo que ninguna atleta en su ramo: una medalla en un Campeonato Mundial de Gimnasia (Doha, Catar, 2018), y ser la mejor rankeada en Juegos Olímpicos (cuarto lugar en la final de salto de caballo en Tokio 2020). Pero detrás de todos los logros y marcas mundiales, existe una chica a quien le apasionan la música, los viajes, la naturaleza; alguien que ama el anime y la cultura japonesa. Una persona con cambios de humor, días buenos y malos, sueños y frustraciones… A lo largo de estas páginas descubrirás, a salto de caballo, a una Alexa que muy pocas personas conocen, que desde pequeña ha aprendido a no rendirse. Una Alexa insólita y singular.
Homes of Hollywood Stars (Postcard History Series)
by Barry MorenoHomes of Hollywood Stars highlights the souvenir postcards and folders that were sold to millions of tourists who visited Hollywood between 1920 and 1970â€"an era known as the "Golden Age of Hollywood." Some of the actors of those years permitted their elegant residences to be photographed for the pleasure of their fans who wanted to know something about the off-screen lives of their favorite players. Usually located in exclusive communities like Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, Pacific Palisades, or Palm Springs, the houses were designed to show that the performer had achieved the sort of wealth and acclaim that only Tinseltown could grant. This book highlights screen favorites such as Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Norma Talmadge, Rudolph Valentino, Clara Bow, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Norma Shearer, Bing Crosby, Ginger Rogers, Gary Cooper, and Marilyn Monroe.
Before Fidel: The Cuba I Remember
by Francisco José MorenoMoreno takes us into the little-known world of privileged, upper-middle-class, white Cubans of the 1930s through the 1950s. His vivid depictions of life in the family and on the streets capture the distinctive rhythms of Cuban society and the dynamics between parents and children, men and women, and people of different races and classes. The heart of the book describes Moreno's political awakening, which culminated during his student years at the University of Havana. Moreno gives a detailed, insider's account of the anti-Batista movement, including the Ortodoxos and the Triple A. He recaptures the idealism and naiveté of the movement, as well as its ultimate ineffectiveness as it fell before the juggernaut of the Castro Revolution. His own disillusionment and wrenching decision to leave Cuba rather than accept a commission in Castro's army poignantly closes the book.
Impromptu Man
by Jonathan D. Moreno"Impromptu Man captures the remarkable impact of a singular genius, J.L. Moreno, whose creations-the best-known being psychodrama-have shaped our culture in myriad ways, many unrecognized. The record will be set straight for all time by this can't-put-down biography, a tribute by Jonathan D. Moreno to his father's masterly legacy." -DANIEL GOLEMAN, author of Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQJ.L. Moreno (1889-1974), the father of psychodrama, was an early critic of Sigmund Freud, wrote landmark works of Viennese expressionism, founded an experimental theater where he discovered Peter Lorre, influenced Martin Buber, and became one of the most important psychiatrists and social scientists of his time. ??A mystic, theater impresario and inventor in his youth, Moreno immigrated to America in 1926, where he trained famous actors, introduced group therapy, and was a forerunner of humanistic psychology. As a social reformer, he reorganized schools and prisons, and designed New Deal planned communities for workers and farmers. Moreno's methods have been adopted by improvisational theater groups, military organizations, educators, business leaders, and trial lawyers. His studies of social networks laid the groundwork for social media like Twitter and Facebook. ??Featuring interviews with Clay Shirky, Gloria Steinem, and Werner Erhard, among others, original documentary research, and the author's own perspective growing up as the son of an innovative genius, Impromptu Man is both the study of a great and largely unsung figure of the last century and an epic history, taking readers from the creative chaos of early twentieth-century Vienna to the wired world of Silicon Valley.Jonathan D. Moreno, called the "most interesting bioethicist of our time" by the American Journal of Bioethics, is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Banco a la sombra
by María MorenoUna plaza puede transformarse en el lugar donde los monumentos funerarios exhiban impresionantes erecciones, las boas abracen hasta la asfixia y las palomas ataquen en pandilla, como los compromisos políticos de la juventud o los amores si todavía habitan en los alrededores. «Somos muchos los que consideramos a María Moreno la mejor cronista argentina de todos los tiempos y una de las voces documentales más lúcidas de la lengua, entre otras hipérboles razonables.»Jorge Carrión, The New York Times «La verdad de Moreno es una norma de estilo, de un gran estilo plebeyo.»Carlos Pardo, Babelia «Hija de una época violentísima y canalla, María Moreno es una de las escritoras latinoamericanas que más me han impresionado últimamente.»Christopher Domínguez Michael «La escritura es para María Moreno la versión amorosa de lo que eran para Foucault los archivos judiciales del siglo XVIII: el lugar problemático donde "los irrescatables" -MM dixit- son interrogados y hablados, pero así y todo hacen oír, acaso por única vez, algo parecido a una voz, una voz hecha de todo lo que nadie quiere escuchar, lo que se ningunea por idiota o irrelevante, lo que se rechaza por defectuoso, balbuceante o excéntrico.»Alan Pauls
Oración: Carta a Vicki y otras elegías políticas
by María MorenoPartiendo del enfrentamiento en el que muere Vicki Walsh a través de documentos y testimonios de sobrevivientes, Oración es una relectura de la obra periodística de Rodolfo Walsh y sus procedimientos estético-políticos a partir de sus "Carta a Vicki" y "Carta a mis amigos", menos conocidas que su "Carta a la Junta". Combinación y cruce de géneros, el libro es principalmente una investigación sobre la verdad en su dimensión para-judicial, sus metáforas y el nuevo valor del testimonio. Oración es de aquellos libros que transforman nuestra sensibilidad al pensar la tragedia humana. Con la investigación del asalto del Ejército a la casa donde a fines de 1976 muere Vicki Walsh, el libro propone una nueva tradición fundada en las cartas que Rodolfo Walsh dedica a su hija y a sus amigos. En esos textos, la gesta política de Walsh se transforma en literaria e íntima, porque instaura un linaje de mujeres destinado a jaquear el protocolo testimonial de la violencia política que -en cine, literatura y teatro- estallará con la interpelación recurrente de hijas y madres sobre los alcances de la vida y el amor. María Moreno, consagrada como una de las voces más audaces y plenas de Hispanoamérica, arrasa con las fronteras entre ensayo, literatura, crítica, investigación y biografía para llevar la escritura a un nuevo mundo, del que es a la vez creadora, descubridora y cronista. La crítica ha dicho... «Somos muchos los que consideramos a María Moreno la mejor cronista argentina de todos los tiempos y una de las voces documentales más lúcidas de la lengua, entre otras hipérboles razonables.»Jorge Carrión, The New York Times "La verdad de Moreno es una norma de estilo, de un gran estilo plebeyo."Carlos Pardo, Babelia
Panfleto: Erótica y feminismo
by María MorenoArtículos, crónicas y ensayos antipatriarcales de la más conspicua e irreverente feminista argentina contemporánea. Autora fundamental de la crónica, el microensayo y la literatura del yo, es en Panfleto, sin embargo, que María Moreno revela el más persistente de sus intereses intelectuales, políticos, literarios y críticos. Publicados a lo largo de cuarenta años en revistas y diarios de circulación y suerte diversa, estos artículos pueden leerse no solo como "cuadernos de aprendizaje", sino como bitácora de un movimiento que se volvió masivo y como un manifiesto insurgente y solidario. «A finales de los años ochenta y noventa yo me intoxicaba con las importaciones teóricas de las feministas de la nueva izquierda que releían en la estructura de la familia en el capitalismo la sevicia del trabajo invisible, de las estructuralistas de la diferencia que inventaban un Freud a su favor y de las marxistas contra el ascetismo rojo. No leía, volaba. (...) Es decir, escribía animada por lo que iba aprendiendo, relacionando o imaginando que inventaba, sola y exaltada. Porque no recuerdo que supiera quiénes me leían, a quiénes me dirigía», declara. Recuperados como corpus, estos textos sobre erótica y feminismo van hoy al encuentro de millones de activistas, de militantes, de rebeldes. «Somos muchos los que consideramos a María Moreno la mejor cronista argentina de todos los tiempos y una de las voces documentales más lúcidas de la lengua, entre otras hipérboles razonables.»Jorge Carrión, The New York Times «La verdad de Moreno es una norma de estilo, de un gran estilo plebeyo.»Carlos Pardo, Babelia «Hija de una época violentísima y canalla, María Moreno es una de las escritoras latinoamericanas que más me han impresionado últimamente.»Christopher Domínguez Michael «La escritura es para María Moreno la versión amorosa de lo que eran para Foucault los archivos judiciales del siglo XVIII: el lugar problemático donde "los irrescatables" -MM dixit- son interrogados y hablados, pero así y todo hacen oír, acaso por única vez, algo parecido a una voz, una voz hecha de todo lo que nadie quiere escuchar, lo que se ningunea por idiota o irrelevante, lo que se rechaza por defectuoso, balbuceante o excéntrico.»Alan Pauls
Soñar lo imposible
by Paula MorenoEstas historias de vida inspiradoras nos enseñarán cómo podemos desafiar lo imposible y transformar nuestra realidad. En esta memoria de memorias, Paula Moreno nos cuenta la historia de líderes sociales que han cambiado el país e impactado positivamente a la sociedad, aunque su liderazgo sea invisible a los ojos de muchos. Paula reconstruye sus testimonios para demostrarnos que los procesos de empoderamiento sí ayudan a reducir la desigualdad y que, cuando somos conscientes de nuestro poder, logramos romper paradigmas y convertirnos en agentes de cambio a diferentes escalas. Estas historias de vida inspiradoras nos enseñarán a desafiar lo imposible y a transformar nuestra realidad.
Rita Moreno
by Rita MorenoIn this New York Times bestselling memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple beginnings in Puerto Rico to Hollywood legend--and one of the few performers, and the only Hispanic, to win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and two Emmys. Born Rosita Dolores Alverio in the idyll of Puerto Rico, Moreno, at age five, embarked on a harrowing sea voyage with her mother and wound up in the harsh barrios of the Bronx, where she discovered dancing, singing, and acting as ways to escape a tumultuous childhood. Making her Broadway debut by age thirteen--and moving on to Hollywood in its Golden Age just a few years later--she worked alongside such stars as Gary Cooper, Yul Brynner, and Ann Miller. When discovered by Louis B. Mayer of MGM, the wizard himself declared: "She looks like a Spanish Elizabeth Taylor." Cast by Gene Kelly as Zelda Zanders in Singin' in the Rain and then on to her Oscar-winning performance in West Side Story, she catapulted to fame--yet found herself repeatedly typecast as the "utility ethnic," a role she found almost impossible to elude. Here, for the first time, Rita reflects on her struggles to break through Hollywood's racial and sexual barriers. She explores the wounded little girl behind the glamorous façade--and what it took to find her place in the world. She talks candidly about her relationship with Elvis Presley, her encounters with Howard Hughes, and the passionate romance with Marlon Brando that nearly killed her. And she shares the illusiveness of a "perfect" marriage and the incomparable joys of motherhood. Infused with Rita Moreno's quick wit and deep insight, this memoir is the dazzling portrait of a stage and screen star who longed to become who she really is--and triumphed.
Rita Moreno: Memorias
by Rita MorenoEn esta lúcida autobiografía, Rita Moreno nos hace partícipes de su extraordinario periplo desde los sencillos inicios de su temprana niñez en Puerto Rico hasta que se convirtió en una leyenda de Hollywood y en una de las pocas artistas, y la única hispana, que ha ganado un Oscar, un Grammy, un Tony, y dos Emmy. A la edad de cinco años, Rosita Dolores Alverio, nacida en la idílica isla de Puerto Rico, se embarcó en una borrascosa travesía por mar con su madre, que la llevó hasta los turbulentos barrios del Bronx, donde descubrió que la danza, el canto y la actuación serían el escape de su accidentada niñez. A sus trece años, debutó en Broadway y poco después, en los años dorados de la meca del cine, se trasladó a Hollywood donde trabajó junto a estrellas de la talla de Gary Cooper, Yul Brynner, y Ann Miller. Cuando fue descubierta por Louis B. Mayer de MGM, el propio magnate declaró: "Ella parece una Elizabeth Taylor hispana”. Gene Kelly la eligió para interpretar el papel de Zelda Zanders en Singin’ in the Rain, que la lanzó a la fama y a su actuación ganadora del Oscar, en West Side Story. Pero durante mucho tiempo Moreno fue encasillada en el estereotipo de "versátil nativa” un rol que le fue casi imposible eludir. Aquí, por primera vez Rita reflexiona sobre su prolongada lucha por superar las barreras raciales y sexuales de Hollywood. Estudia a fondo la vulnerable jovencita que ocultaba su glamorosa fachada y cuánto le costó encontrar su lugar en el mundo. Habla con franqueza de su relación con Elvis Presley, de sus encuentros con Howard Hughes, y del apasionado romance con Marlon Brando que la llevó hasta un intento de suicidio. Y nos enseña los bemoles de un matrimonio "perfecto” y las incomparables alegrías de la maternidad. Impregnada del brillante desparpajo y la profunda perspicacia de Rita Moreno, esta autobiografía es el deslumbrante retrato de una estrella del teatro y el cine que anhelaba convertirse en lo que realmente es ella. . . y lo logró. .
Crazy-White-Man (Sha-ga-na-she Wa-du-kee)
by Richard MorenusThe author was a businessman from New York who got tired of the "Big City" life and was unhappy for some time. He decided to move as far away from that environment. Taking only his dog, some gear, and an open heart he travelled to Canada. During this trip, he found an island of epic beauty and decided to purchase it. His story tells of his difficulty trying to adapt to such the harsh environment. The local population were Native Americans who gave him the name "Crazy White Man" for making the changes that he did.Dick Morenus, New York radio and magazine writer, took to the Ontario bush country to shed his ulcers. After writing this hilarious account of his six-year transition from tenderfoot to woodsman-guide, he returned to city life to teach, write, and lecture,CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- "As a story of the indomitable spirit of men and women pitted against the overwhelming forces of nature, 'Crazy-White-Man' is an inspiring one; as a tale of pure adventure, it will be hard to put down ... a book that is a little classic of the rugged life."CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR -- " ... one of the best tales of escape from city pressures ... It is a vivid close-up of the Ontario bush--written down with the vividness and gaiety of a man who knew he was free."NEW YORK TIMES -- "Respect for Mr. Morenus' courage and hardihood grows with every page we read . . . it emerges as a valuable addition to the small number of books about the Canadian bush."COLORADO SPRINGS FREE PRESS -- "Anyone from young to old who has wanted to toss the soft life of today into the discard and live as our ancestors did will enjoy this book. To those who have lived under frontier conditions it will be equally refreshing--and that cannot be said for many of this type."
An American in Barcelona: Dr. Pearson, The Man Who Brought Light to Catalonia
by Xavier MoretAn inspirational novel of the real-life engineer whose ambitious project to build an electrical grid in Catalonia changed Barcelona forever Xavier Moret illuminates the story of the American engineer Frederick Stark Pearson, an entrepreneur with a global vision, whose innovative business ventures brought electricity to Catalonia. From his arrival in Barcelona in June 1911, Dr. Pearson played a key role in the industrialization of the city, building tram and train networks to benefit from this new form of energy. However, tragedy strikes when Dr. Pearson dies aboard the Lusitania, torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat. Suddenly, his ambitious project of urban and spatial planning is in jeopardy. Moret compellingly envisions these historic events and the daily life of the American and Spanish pioneers in the local villages and work camps--a world reminiscent of the Wild West. He interweaves this story with his account of his own passionate commitment to chronicling Dr. Pearson's remarkable achievements, and how this process of research and discovery ultimately changed his life.
Hungry for Home: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland
by Cole MoretonMoreton delivers this beautiful, haunting, previously untold story of a vanished people from the edge of Ireland and the events that led to the abandonment of their way of life. This book is about home and what that means and a gripping account of the quest for a vanished people. [From the back cover:] "On Christmas Eve, 1946, a young man collapsed on a remote island off the coast of Ireland. There was no priest, no doctor, and no policeman on the Great Blasket, and no contact with the outside world. Helpless, his family watched him die. Cole Moreton's Hungry for Home tells the story of an Irish island, whose inhabitants lived a medieval way of life and spoke a pure form of Irish, until the dramatic events that led to its being abandoned. Searching for the islanders who had left half a century earlier, Moreton seeks out the dead man's brothers and finds them in America. This is a book about home and what that means, but most of all it is a story of a family and their breathtaking journey from one way of life to another." The author tells the story he learned from articles and books, but most importantly from the last islanders themselves. Cole Moreton spent years exploring the remains of the village on the Blasket Island, making land and sea journeys as it's people did, tracing their path to reside on Mainland Ireland and across the Atlantic to the United States. As he visits former islanders, whose children have become quite Americanized, he discovers that the Blasket community reassembled itself in Connecticut in an area they named Hungry Hill. Excerpts of books written by islanders, and accounts of their work, stories, loves and losses are revealing and moving, and as the author admits, often edited by the tellers to cast their former Blasket home and way of life in the best possible light. Here is the story of the crumbling of a centuries old culture. A list of family names, list of illustrations, and a useful bibliography are included.
Waterloo General: The Life, Letters and Mysterious Death of Major General Sir William Ponsonby, 1772–1815
by John MorewoodThe defeat of Napoleons French army by the combined forces of Wellington and Blcher at Waterloo on 18 June 1815 was a turning point in world history. This was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars, and the outcome had a major influence on the shape of Europe for the next century and beyond. The battle was a milestone, and it cannot be properly understood without a detailed, on-the-ground study of the landscape in which it was fought and that is the purpose of David Butterys new battlefield guide. In vivid detail, using eyewitness accounts and an intimate knowledge of the terrain, he reconstructs Waterloo and he takes the reader and the visitor across the battleground as it is today. He focuses on the pivotal episodes in the fighting the day-long struggle for the chateau at Hougoumont, the massive French infantry assaults, repeated cavalry charges, the fall of La Haye Sainte, the violent clashes in the village of Plancenoit, the repulse of the Imperial Guard and rout of the French army. This thoroughgoing, lucid, easy-to-follow guide will be a fascinating introduction for anyone who seeks to understand what happened on that momentous day, and it will be an essential companion for anyone who explores the battlefield in Belgium.
This is Not a Pity Memoir: The heartbreaking and life-affirming memoir from the writer of The Split
by Abi MorganBoth very funny and as propulsive as a thriller...impossible to put down' RACHEL COOKE, Observer'Breathtaking . . . this book is a gift' MERYL STREEP'The kind of book you will find yourself saying urgently, over and over, to friends: 'Have you read it?' CAITLIN MORAN'Gripping, funny and always honest' DAVID NICHOLLS'Truly breathtaking. I could not have loved it more' CAREY MULLIGAN________________________An ordinary day.The end of ordinary life.One morning in June, Abi had her to-do list - drop the kids to school, get coffee and go to work. Jacob had a bad headache so she added 'pick up steroids'. She returned home and found the man she loved and fought and laughed with for twenty years lying on the bathroom floor. And nothing would ever be the same again. But this is not a pity memoir. It's about meeting your person. And crazed late night Google trawls. It's about the things you wished you'd said to the person that matters then wildly over-sharing with the barista who doesn't know you at all. It's about sushi and the wrong shoes and the moments you want to shout 'cut'. It's about the silence when you are lost in space and the importance of family and parties and noise. It's the difference between surviving and living. It's a reminder that, even in the worst times, there is light ahead. It's a love story.
This Is Not a Pity Memoir
by Abi MorganWhat happens when your partner of twenty years suddenly believes you’re nothing but a stranger? What do you do when your history together is gone?How do you prove you’re not an imposter in your own life? When the partner of Emmy Award–winning screenwriter Abi Morgan abruptly collapsed from a mysterious illness, doctors were concerned that he would not survive. Then, six months later, Jacob woke from his coma, to the delight and relief of his family and friends—except this proved to be anything but a Hollywood ending. Because to Jacob, the woman standing at his bedside, who had cared for him all these months, was not his partner. Not his children’s mother. Not the woman he loved. Sure, she looked like his Abi, but this was an imposter, living someone else’s life.Finding herself dropped into a real-life night-mare seemingly ripped from the pages of a thriller, Abi must find a way to hang on to not only their past but also their future together, before it slips away from them both. With grace, an irresistible sense of humor and refreshingly raw honesty, This Is Not a Pity Memoir grapples with a journey through fear and redemption few should have to face.What do you do when you are losing your love? You don’t write a pity memoir. You write a love story.
This is Not a Pity Memoir: The heartbreaking and life-affirming bestseller from the writer of The Split
by Abi MorganAn ordinary day.The end of ordinary life. One morning in June, Abi had her to-do list - drop the kids to school, get coffee and go to work. Jacob had a bad headache so she added 'pick up steroids'. She returned home and found the man she loved and fought and laughed with for twenty years lying on the bathroom floor. And nothing would ever be the same again. But this is not a pity memoir. It's about meeting your person. And crazed late night Google trawls. It's about the things you wished you'd said to the person that matters then wildly over-sharing with the barista who doesn't know you at all. It's about sushi and the wrong shoes and the moments you want to shout 'cut'. It's about the silence when you are lost in space and the importance of family and parties and noise. It's the difference between surviving and living. It's a reminder that, even in the worst times, there is light ahead. It's a love story. (P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Breakaway: Beyond the Goal
by Alex MorganGet inspired to be your best—in sports and in life—with this uplifting memoir from star soccer player and Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan that includes eight pages of full-color photos!As a talented and successful female athlete, Alex Morgan is a role model to thousands of girls who want to be their best, not just in soccer, but in other sports and in life. The story of her path to success, from playing in the 2011 Women’s World Cup, to winning gold in the 2012 London Olympics, to ranking as one of the National Team’s top scorers, will inspire everyone who reads it.From her beginnings with the American Youth Soccer Organization to her key role in the 2015 Women’s World Cup, Alex shares the details that made her who she is today: a fantastic role model and athlete who proudly rocks a pink headband.
Dear Mum
by Alison MorganWhen Katy Simmons packed all three of her daughters off to their grandmother's house for a few days during their school summer holidays in order to get some work done in peace and quiet, she expected to talk to them on the phone, she knew that her eldest would send her a text now and again, she was even thinking about getting granny to set up Skype - but she never expected them each to send her a letter. She realised that Granny was responsible. Letters are such old-fashioned things, after all ... or are they? Talking to her friends, she soon realised that writing to Mum wasn't such a rare occurrence for other kids who were away from home. Some were encouraged to do so at school and others even liked to leave notes around the house for their mothers to find. Of course, when embarking on the huge task of writing a letter, you don't waste too much time on trivia. Letters are for important stuff - and it's what the children who wrote the letters that are featured in this book found important that make them so fascinating to read.
Dear Mum
by Alison MorganWhen Katy Simmons packed all three of her daughters off to their grandmother's house for a few days during their school summer holidays in order to get some work done in peace and quiet, she expected to talk to them on the phone, she knew that her eldest would send her a text now and again, she was even thinking about getting granny to set up Skype - but she never expected them each to send her a letter. She realised that Granny was responsible. Letters are such old-fashioned things, after all ... or are they? Talking to her friends, she soon realised that writing to Mum wasn't such a rare occurrence for other kids who were away from home. Some were encouraged to do so at school and others even liked to leave notes around the house for their mothers to find. Of course, when embarking on the huge task of writing a letter, you don't waste too much time on trivia. Letters are for important stuff - and it's what the children who wrote the letters that are featured in this book found important that make them so fascinating to read.
The Librarian: The Library Saved Her. Now She Wants To Save The Library
by Allie MorganThe library saved her. Now she wants to save the library. I'm a librarian. Every day I encounter people. I serve the regulars, the crime enthusiastics, the bookworms, the homeless, the eccentrics, the jobless, the teenagers, the toddlers, the aged. I know my community well. And they know me. The library is a sanctuary for some, a place for warmth for others and, on many occassions, an internet cafe. It's not always the books that bring us together. That's why you might be surprised to hear that I've been a witness to an attempted murder, a target for a drugs gang and the last hope for people in desperate poverty. The quirks of library life. But what I didn't expect was for a simple part-time job to become a passionate battle for survivial, both for me and for the library. I'm sharing stories from my daily life to show you that being a librarian isn't what you think it is. Libraries are falling apart at the seams and we need to start caring before its too late. So this is my eye-opening account of the strange and wonderful library that saved me and why I'm on a mission to save yours.
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
by Anne Lee MorganHailed by Choice as "concise, clear, and very informative," The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists-- the first such dictionary to appear in three decades-- offers an informative, insightful, and long overdue resource on our nation's artistic heritage. Featuring 945 alphabetically arranged entries, here is an indispensable biographical and critical guide to American art from colonial times to contemporary postmodernism. Readers will find a wealth of factual detail and insightful analysis of the leading American painters, ranging from John Singleton Copley, Thomas Cole, and Mary Cassatt to such modern masters as Jackson Pollack, Romare Bearden, and Andy Warhol. The range of coverage is indeed impressive, but equally important is the quality of analysis that appears in entry after entry. Morgan gives readers a wealth of trustworthy and authoritative information as well as perceptive, well-informed criticism of artists and their work. In addition, the book is thoroughly cross-referenced, so readers can easily find additional information on any topic of interest.