Biographies and autobiographies

  • Grown-up anger : the connected mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet massacre of 1913

    Creator

    Wolff, Daniel

    Abstract

    A tour de force of storytelling years in the making: a dual biography of two of the greatest songwriters, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, that is also a murder mystery and a history of labor relations and socialism, big business and greed in twentieth-century America—woven together in one epic saga that holds meaning for all working Americans today. When thirteen-year-old Daniel Wolff first heard Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," it ignited a life-long interest in understanding the rock poet's anger.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperAudio

    Non spécifié
  • Forward : a memoir

    Creator

    Wambach, Abby

    Abstract

    Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation's heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship. Admired for her fearlessness and passion, Abby is a vocal advocate for women's rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world. She has become a heavily requested speaker to a wide a range of audiences, from college students to executives at Fortune 500 companies.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperAudio

    Non spécifié
  • Fast girl : a life spent running from madness

    Creator

    Hamilton, Suzy Favor

    Abstract

    During the 1990s, three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton was the darling of American track and field. An outstanding runner, a major sports apparel spokesperson, and a happily married wife, she was the model for an active, healthy, and wholesome life. But her perfect facade masked a dark truth: manic depression and bipolar disorder that drove her obsession to perform and win. For years after leaving the track, Suzy wrestled with her condition, as well as the loss of a close friend, conflicted feelings about motherhood and her marriage, and lingering shame about her athletic career.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperAudio

    Non spécifié
  • Fail until you don't : fight grind repeat

    Creator

    Bones, Bobby

    Abstract

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bare Bones, host of the marquee morning program "The Bobby Bones Show," comedian and dedicated philanthropist delivers an inspirational and humorous collection of stories about his biggest misses in life and how he turned them into lessons and wins. Bobby Bones is the youngest inductee ever into the National Radio Hall of Fame alongside legends Dick Clark, Larry King, and Howard Stern. As "the most powerful man in country music" (Forbes), he has reached the peak of his profession and achieved his childhood dreams.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperAudio

    Non spécifié
  • Dreaming the beatles : the love story of one band and the whole world

    Creator

    Sheffield, Rob.

    Abstract

    Rob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatles, exploring what they mean today and why they still matter so intensely to a generation that has never known a world without them. Dreaming the Beatles is not another biography of the Beatles, or a song-by-song analysis of the best of John and Paul. It isn't another expose.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperAudio

    Non spécifié
  • The boys in the cave : deep inside the impossible rescue in Thailand

    Creator

    Gutman, Matt

    Abstract

    From award-winning ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and written using exclusive interviews and information comes the definitive account of the dramatic story that gripped the world: the miracle rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave miles underground for nearly three weeks--a pulse-pounding account by a reporter who was there every step of their journey out. After a practice in June 2018, a Thai soccer coach took a dozen of his young players to explore a famous but flood-prone cave.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperAudio

    Non spécifié
  • Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance full cast dramatization

    Creator

    Pirsig, Robert M.

    Abstract

    James Purefoy stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Robert M. Pirsig's multi-million bestselling philosophical novel. One of the most important and influential books of the past half-century, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance® tells the iconic story of a father and son's motorcycle trip across America in the 1960s. Yet it also describes a personal and philosophical journey, asking questions along the way about how to live a meaningful life.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Bath, England]

    AudioGO

    Non spécifié
  • Yoga

    Creator

    Carrère, Emmanuel

    Abstract

    This is the story of a book about yoga and depression. Meditation and terrorism. The yearning for unity and bipolar disorder. Things that don't seem to go together, and yet: they do go together. With great accuracy, Thibault de Montalembert restores all the strength of this solar and painful novel, which uncompromisingly explores the depths of the human psyche.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Paris

    Gallimard Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Year of yes : how to dance it out, stand in the sun and be your own person

    Creator

    Rhimes, Shonda

    Abstract

    The mega-talented creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away With Murder chronicles how saying YES for one year changed her life?and how it can change yours, too. With three hit shows on television and three children at home, the uber-talented Shonda Rhimes had lots of good reasons to say NO when an unexpected invitation arrived. Hollywood party? No. Speaking engagement? No. Media appearances? No. And there was the side benefit of saying No for an introvert like Shonda: nothing new to fear.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Workhorse : my sublime and absurd years in New York City's restaurant scene

    Creator

    Reed, Kim

    Abstract

    For years, Kim's day job was a social worker to the home-bound elderly in Brooklyn Heights. Then she'd scramble into Manhattan to make her hostess shifts at Babbo, where even the Pope would have trouble scoring a reservation, and Gwyneth Paltrow and Ryan Reynolds squeezed through the jam-packed entryway like everyone else. Despite her sometimes fifteen-hour days, Kim couldn't make ends meet, up to her eyeballs in grad school debt.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Hachette Books

    Non spécifié