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  One for the Record - The Inside...

  Anonyme

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  The inside story of Hank Aaron's chase for the home run record, repackaged and with a foreword by Bob Costas and new material from the Plimpton Archives. In One For the Record, George Plimpton recounts Hank Aaron's thrilling race to become the new home run champion. Amidst media frenzy and death threats, Aaron sought to beat Babe Ruth's record. In 1974, he finally succeeded.   A fascinating examination of the psychology of baseball players, One For the Record gives an absorbing account of the men on the mound who had to face Aaron. But the book's true genius lies in the portrait of Aaron himself, and his discussions on his philosophy on hitting and the game of baseball.

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  The Mother-Daughter Relationship...

  Lindsey Glass, Leslie Glass

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  Bestselling author Leslie Glass and her daughter, award-winning documentarian Lindsey Glass, offer a brand-new kind of interactive self-help book that combines actionable information, compelling storytelling, and writing prompts that are guaranteed to bring awareness, understanding, and compassion to mothers and daughters everywhere. It is a book that promises to heal your relationship—no matter how far apart you feel you are—and keep it strong. 
   
   
   
  Leslie and Lindsey have lived through their own traumas and devastating ups and downs in their relationship. They've turned their experiences into a successful platform for helping others and share them here in this book. They use their own tumultuous story, told from their respective points of view, to help mothers and daughters understand that even if you go off track, you can still find your way back to friendship, understanding, and love. For the first time, Leslie and Lindsey share their secret sauce for healing, broken down into four steps: 
   
   
   
  ● Revealing Your Back Story 
   
   
   
  ● Exploring Your Emotional and Personality Styles 
   
   
   
  ● Understanding Your Conflicts and Triggers 
   
   
   
  ● Learning the Tools to Restore the Love

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  Demetrius - Sacker of Cities

  James Romm

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  A portrait of one of the ancient world’s first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again 
   
  The life of Demetrius (337–283 BCE) serves as a through-line to the forty years following the death of Alexander (323–282 BCE), a time of unparalleled turbulence and instability in the ancient world. With no monarch able to take Alexander’s place, his empire fragmented into five pieces. 
   
  Capitalizing on good looks, youth, and sexual prowess, Demetrius sought to weld those pieces together and recover the dream of a single world-state, with a new Alexander—himself—at its head. He succeeded temporarily, but in crucial, colossal engagements—a massive invasion of Egypt, a siege of Rhodes that went on a full year, and the Battle of Ipsus—he came up just short. He ended his career in a rash invasion of Asia, and he became the target of a desperate manhunt only to be captured and destroyed by his own son-in-law.

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  Almost French - A Life of...

  Louis Jansen van Vuuren

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  When he first visited Paris as a young student, artist Louis Jansen van Vuuren could never have imagined that one day he would end up owning a château in rural France. 
    
  Almost French is the entertaining, often hilarious account of his induction over the past 21 years into all things French: snooty waiters, highbrow countesses, numerous faux pas with the French language and, of course, encounters with the infamous French bureaucracy. 
    
  Turning the dilapidated Château de la Creuzette into a celebrated boutique hotel with his life partner, Hardy Olivier, required patience and perseverance. Many lessons were learnt the hard way. For instance, four heaters are not enough to hear an entire château and they will blow your power supply. 
    
  Louis interweaves the stories about his life in France with fascinating snippets of history, culture, food and drink, and tradition. A must for all Francophiles and anyone who loves good living.

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  Jonathan Goforth - An Open Door...

  Janet Benge, Geoff Benge

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  "What would make you come back?" the Chinese people asked. "What is so important that you would risk your life to tell us?" Jonathan eagerly explained to them what had brought him back to China, even after so many foreigners had been killed: the need to share the gospel. As a poor Canadian farm boy, Jonathan Goforth had no idea that he would spend most of his life braving disaster, danger, and disease to share God's love with the people of China. But when God led him to do just that, nothing, not even the violent Boxer Rebellion, would stop Jonathan and his family from answering God's call. Making their home in China, the Goforths opened their doors to as many as five thousand visitors a month, all of whom heard the gospel message. Their nearly fifty years of service to a nation in need would leave behind a legacy of many thousands of Chinese Christians.

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  Sonic Bonds - A Journey Into...

  Siue Moffat

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  Invisible sonic transmissions are all around, bonding you to other human beings! The world of radio is vast and might surprise you! From hardboiled detectives to pirate broadcasters, Sonic Bonds is a personal book/zine journey that rides the waves from the 1940s to present day, showing just how magical this technology is. Popular music, anarchist DJs, emergency broadcasts, African American history, underground culture, speculative fiction dramas… radio reflects all the things that make us interesting and human.19 black and white illustrations and 8 full colour radio art. Read by author and contains 32 examples of full vintage radio dramas.

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