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Publisher
B
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
436 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"Messianic analyzes the reasons that make Messi a great player, but also the disputes between his agents and his family; the myths that have become part of his official story; the role of his wife, Antonela; the controversial handling of his image and fortune; and the latest glorious phase in his career following his big win with Argentina’s national team"--
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
vii, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Description
In baseball there are superstars and stars and everyday players and then there are the rest. Within the rest are role players and specialists and journeymen and then there are the backup catchers. The Tao of the Backup Catcher is about them, the backup catchers, who exist near the bottom of the roster and the end of the bench and between the numbers in a sport–and a society–increasingly driven by cold, hard analytics.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xx, 248 pages : illustrations (black and white), music ; 24 cm
Description
An astonishingly lyrical biography that rescues Schoenberg from notoriety, restoring him to his rightful place in the pantheon of twentieth-century composers
"In his time, the Austrian American composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) was an international icon. His twelve-tone system was considered the future of music itself. Today, however, leading orchestras rarely play his works, and his name is met with apathy, if not antipathy. With this interpretative...
Author
Publisher
Almuzara
Pub. Date
[ayo de 2023]
Physical Desc
331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Description
"Cual es el legado cultural en la musica popular y en el cine hispanoamericano de Sara Montiel? Que la llevo a convertirse en un icono, leyenda y mito? De que manera su carrera y su personalidad ayudaron a desafiar y cambiar los roles de genero en la sociedad de su epoca? Saritisima forma parte del imaginario cultural espanol del siglo xx, pues logro un alcance internacional como representante de la cultura espanola. A traves de su produccion musical...
Author
Publisher
Fox News Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
x, 258 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"In over a decade of working with veterans, Johnny Joey Jones has discovered the power of battle-forged friendships. Suffering a life-changing injury while deployed in Afghanistan, he faced a daunting recovery. But coming home would have been much harder without the support of his brothers and sisters in arms. In Unbroken Bonds of Battle, Joey tells the stories of those very warriors, who for years have supported and inspired him on the battlefield...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
marzo de 2023.
Physical Desc
181 pages : map ; 23 cm
Description
"Joaquín Murrieta no era un justiciero, pero la gente lo creyó así; no luchó por la libertad ni para defender a su gente de la ambición estadounidense, sino que se convirtió en un símbolo de resistencia en momentos en los que la muerte recorría los caminos de California. Esta es la historia real del antihéroe mexicano que se propuso ser «el azote de los gringos» durante la fiebre del oro, repartió el botín de sus atracos con los más...
7) Gilded youth: a history of growing up in the royal family: from the Plantagenets to the Cambridges
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
[2023].
Physical Desc
xviii, 277 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"For as long as the British royal family has existed, their children have been brought up in ways that seem bizarre and eccentric to the rest of us—the royal family’s obsession with making their children tough and independent as early as possible, often by delegating their parental duties to staff, goes back centuries. Gilded Youth looks at centuries of growing up aristocratic and royal—from Edward VII smashing up his schoolroom...
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
106 pages : black and white illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Michael Phelps began swimming at age seven at the urging of his mom. As a young boy, Michael was brimming with energy-more energy than most other kids his age-and Mrs. Phelps thought this sport could help keep him calm and focused. As Michael grew older, his skills improved, and he transformed into one of the greatest swimmers in the world, winning twenty-eight Olympic medals"--
Author
Publisher
Rebel Girls, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
Featuring stunning portraits created by female and nonbinary artists from around the world, this empowering book profiles 25 neurodivergent artists, athletes, innovators and others who thought creatively, achieved their dreams and advocated for the rights of neurodivergent people everywhere.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Taylor Swift is one of the most popular singers in the world, and a billionaire who writes her own songs and plays several instruments. Find out how she became the star she is today from growing up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
abril de 2023.
Physical Desc
539 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations and portraits ; 24 cm
Description
"La verdadera historia de Rudi Vrba, el primer judío que escapó de Auschwitz y trató de advertir al mundo de las atrocidades nazis. En abril de 1944, Rudolf Vrba se convirtió en el primer judío en escapar de Auschwitz. Contra todo pronóstico, tras esquivar por poco las balas alemanas, él y su compañero de fuga escalaron montañas y cruzaron ríos para alcanzar la libertad. Vrba quería advertir a los últimos judíos de Europa del destino...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 24 cm
Description
A renowned pop music scholar presents a dazzling biography of the Bee Gees--Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, which is an extraordinary human story of career highs and lows that shows, even in the Gibbs' darkest times, their music was rarely out of the charts.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 x 29 cm
Description
Celia Thaxter grew up on a desolate island off the coast of Maine, where her father worked as lighthouse keeper. Amid the white and gray of the sea, the rocks, and even the birds, young Celia found color where she could: green mosses and purple starfish and pink morning glories by the shore. And she planted her first garden, tucking bright marigolds between rocky ledges. When she was twelve, Celia's family moved to nearby Appledore Island, where her...
16) Feynman
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
262 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Description
"In this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, world-class raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Richard Feynman. Written by nonfiction comics mainstay Jim Ottaviani and brilliantly illustrated by First Second author Leland Myrick, Feynman tells the story of the great man's life from his childhood in Long Island...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiv, 656 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Description
"When Ed Goodwin moved with his parents to Greenwood, Tulsa, his family joined a growing community on the cusp of becoming the center of Black life in the West. But, just a few years later, on May 31, 1921, the teenaged Ed hid in a bathtub as a white mob descended on his neighborhood. They laid waste to 35 blocks and murdering as many as 300 people. The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the worst acts of racist violence in United States history. The...
Author
Publisher
Dey St. an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 580 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Description
"Malcolm Evans, the Beatles long-time roadie, personal assistant, and devoted friend, was an invaluable member of the bands inner circle. A towering figure in horn-rimmed glasses, Evans loomed large in the Beatles story, contributing at times as a performer and sometime lyricist, while struggling mightily to protect his beloved 'boys.' He was there for the whole of the groups remarkable, unparalleled story: from the Shea Stadium triumph through the...
Author
Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
859 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Description
"El 16 de julio de 1945, en el desierto de Nuevo Mexico, se detonaba en secreto la primera bomba atomica. Impactado por el poder destructivo de su creacion, J. Robert Oppenheimer, director del Proyecto Manhattan, se comprometeria desde entonces a luchar contra el desarrollo de la bomba de hidrogeno y contra la guerra nuclear. Sospechoso de comunista para los Estados Unidos de la era McCarthy, fue perseguido por el FBI, calumniado como espia de la...
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