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...

"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...

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.

"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...

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...

"When Ghana won its independence from Britain in 1957, it instantly became a target for home-grown opportunists and rapacious Western interests determined to snatch any assets that colonialism hadn't already stripped. A CIA-funded military junta ousted the new nation's inspiring president, Kwame Nkrumah, then falsely accused him of hiding the country's gold overseas. Into this big lie stepped one of history's most charismatic scammers, a con man to...

Recounts the story of the Jewish leader Moses, from his birth until his leading of the slaves out of Egypt. Based on the Torah, Modern Commentary and the King James Bible.

"Blake Butler and Molly Brodak instantly connected, fell in love, married and built a life together. Both writers with deep roots in contemporary American literature, their union was an iconic joining of forces between two major and beloved talents. Nearly three years into their marriage, grappling with mental illness and a lifetime of trauma, Molly took her own life. In the days and weeks after Molly's death, Blake discovered shocking secrets she...