"Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to his schoolmates as Pelé, grew up in poverty in the Sao Paulo region of Brazil. He was too poor to afford a real soccer ball, so he played with a ball of newspaper tied together with string. Yet he dominated the youth leagues and signed his ...
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"Drawing upon an unparalleled well of sources close to Angela Merkel, New York Times Berlin correspondent Melissa Eddy traces her childhood in East Germany as the daughter of a clergyman, her meteoric rise to power, and her more recent public acclaim, as well as the numerous setb...
"The Indigenous Art Collection, cared for by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and located at 10 Wellington, Gatineau, Quebec, is one of the most important collections of contemporary Indigenous art in Canada. Comprising over 4,300 artworks by both prominent...
"This comics biography of one of the greatest sculptors who ever lived is done with the collaboration of the Rodin Museum and includes a preface by its director. It views his life through the eyes of the three women who shared his life for good or for bad. One was his lifelong on...
Two decades after her father disappeared on his night shift, a daughter searches for answers in this stunning, exquisitely written investigative memoir from a talented writer (David Simon). When Kate Crane was in eighth grade, her father, a truck mechanic in an industrial neighbo...
"From the author of All that is solid melts into air, an emotionally stirring novel that examines how history imprints itself upon our hearts and minds. Every day, the bomber exerts an effect on my body. He's the most influential person in my life. He turns around and around my c...
In Life, the Universe and Everything , the third title in Douglas Adams' blockbusting sci-fi comedy series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent finds himself enlisted to prevent a galactic war. This edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas ...