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During the last five years of his life, spiritual author Henri J. M. Nouwen became close to The Flying Rodleighs, a trapeze troupe in a traveling circus. Like Nouwen's own life, a trapeze act is full of artistry, exhilarating successes, crushing failures and continual forgiveness. He wrote about his experience in a genre new to him: creative non-fiction. Nouwen's colleague and friend Carolyn Whitney-Brown presents his unpublished trapeze writings framed by the true story of his rescue through a hotel window by paramedics during his first heart attack.

A sweeping look at Whitney Houston's life which contextualizes her struggles against the backdrop of tabloid culture, mental health stigmas, and racial divisions in America.

When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand the basic Japanese they speak to her, they make a drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime.

Early in World War II, Josef Stalin made the Soviet Union the first country to allow female pilots to fly in combat. Led by Marina Raskova, these three regiments faced intense pressure and obstacles. Many were in their teens when they went to war. Some perished in flames. This is the story of young women who wanted to defend their country, and the woman who brought them together in the sky.

Ariel is all about opening up and being goofy, funny, and completely herself. In this book, she talks about every step of her amazing journey: from the good (like being on the cover of Billboard, filming music videos for her original songs, and meeting her amazing fans) to the bad (like overcoming anxiety, handling breakups, and dealing with haters and bullies).

You know Matthew is burning up the internet with more than 18 million fans across YouTube, Vine, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. You know about his starring role in the hit movie Be Somebody. In this book, Matthew shares an inside look at his life.

Mayte Garcia for the first time shares the deeply personal story of her relationship with Prince and offers a singular perspective on the music icon and their world together: from their unconventional meeting backstage at a concert (and the long-distance romance that followed), to their fairytale wedding (and their groundbreaking artistic partnership), to the devastating losses that ultimately dissolved their romantic relationship for good.

Vine ingenues, YouTube megastars, hip-pop sensations, and best friends Jack & Jack share their own brand of irreverent comedy, on-point style, and heartfelt life advice. Nebraska natives Jack Gilinsky and Jack Johnson shot to instant fame after their first Vine, "Nerd Vandals," was dubbed "a perfect Vine" by the Huffington Post. It's been looped more than ten million times since, and that Vine was just the beginning.

A candid, tough, and stirring memoir of a young person in search of an authentic self as her family and home life devolve into chaos.

Both a tomboy and a late bloomer, Jessi Klein grew up feeling like an observer rather than a participant in the rites of modern femininity. This is a funny collection of real-life stories in which Klein explores the milestones of the twenty-first-century woman.