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In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly became central to the writer's life and art. During the course of their sixteen years together, Myles was madly devoted to the dog's well-being, especially in Rosie's final days. Starting from the emptiness following Rosie's death, this memoir investigates the true nature of the bond between pet and pet owner.

Records the last months of Baldwin's ten-year self-exile in Europe, his return to Harlem, and his first trip south at the time of the school integration battles.

Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, Zygar presents a radically different view of power and politics in Russia, and a reconstruction of the machinations of courtiers running riot.

Dimitri Bontinck lived every parent's worst nightmare: his teenage son, introduced to Islam by his girlfriend, fell into the clutches of a radical mosque. Completely brainwashed, Jay snuck out of the house and traveled to Syria, all but vanishing. With no one to help him, Dimitri--a white, Christian-raised atheist--set off on his own to save his son.

When Candice Curry was a little girl, she put her hand in her father's back pocket so that she wouldn't get lost in large crowds. Little did she know that as she followed him, he was plying his trade: conning people. Her family drove stolen cars, lived in stolen houses, and shopped with stolen credit cards. This is her story, one steeped in secrets but one that, ultimately, led her to a place of forgiveness and freedom.

Ashley reveals the nuances of life after foster care: college, marriage, and having kids--from fostering children and the heartbreak of watching them return to destructive environments, to the miraculous joy of blending biological and adopted offspring.

Weaving her childhood experiences of loss with memories from her journalist experiences reporting from danger zones like Cambodia and Iraq, Farnsworth explores how she came to cover mass death and disaster.

After Michael Blutrich founded a strip club with proceeds from an embezzlement scheme, he wanted to lay low, make the club a success, and put his criminal acts behind him. But when the Mafia got involved and then the FBI, Blutrich went from carefree club owner to undercover spy.

In 1953, Esref Armagan was born completely blind to a poor family in Istanbul, Turkey. He received no formal education and spent his childhood days in his father's shop, where he developed the curiosity to create and draw. He experienced the world through touch and learned to visually reproduce his surroundings, including color, shadows, and perspective, with his hands.

When Laura Holmes Haddad was diagnosed with cancer, she found somber survival books instead of the straight talk she needed. There had to be a better way. This book is the thoughtful, informative, and entertaining result, providing the real advice needed most.