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Frida

A Biography of Frida Kahlo

by Hayden Herrera ...

"Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally,been made fully human." — San Francisco ChronicleHailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came ... Read more

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"Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally,been made fully human." — San Francisco ChronicleHailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came
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Upper Bohemia

A Memoir

by Hayden Herrera ...

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New YorkerA “touching, heartbreaking, and exceptional” (Town & Country) coming-of-age memoir about growing up with artistic, bohemian parents—set against a backdrop of 1950s New York, Cape Cod, and Mexico.**Hayden Herrera’s parents each married five times; following their desires was more important to them than looking after their children. When Herrera was ... Read more

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**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New YorkerA “touching, heartbreaking, and exceptional” (Town & Country) coming-of-age memoir about growing up with artistic, bohemian parents—set against a backdrop of 1950s New York, Cape Cod, and Mexico.**Hayden Herrera’s parents each married five times; following their desires was more important to them than looking after their children. When Herrera was
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Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview

and Other Conversations

by Frida Kahlo ...

Series series The Last Interview Series
Frida Kahlo's legacy continues to grow in the public imagination in the nearly fifty years since her "discovery" in the 1970s. This collection of conversations over the course of her brief career allows a peek at the woman behind the hype. And allows us to see the image of herself she carefully crafted for the public.Frida Kahlo is now an icon. In the decades since her death, Kahlo has been ... Read more

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Frida Kahlo's legacy continues to grow in the public imagination in the nearly fifty years since her "discovery" in the 1970s. This collection of conversations over the course of her brief career allows a peek at the woman behind the hype. And allows us to see the image of herself she carefully crafted for the public.Frida Kahlo is now an icon. In the decades since her death, Kahlo has been
... Read more
Listening to Stone

The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi

by Hayden Herrera ...

Throughout the twentieth century, Isamu Noguchi was a vital figure in modern art. From interlocking wooden sculptures to massive steel monuments to the elegant Akari lamps, Noguchi became a master of what he called the "sculpturing of space." But his constant struggle—as both an artist and a man—was to embrace his conflicted identity as the son of a single American woman and a famous yet reclusive ... Read more

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Throughout the twentieth century, Isamu Noguchi was a vital figure in modern art. From interlocking wooden sculptures to massive steel monuments to the elegant Akari lamps, Noguchi became a master of what he called the "sculpturing of space." But his constant struggle—as both an artist and a man—was to embrace his conflicted identity as the son of a single American woman and a famous yet reclusive
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Arshile Gorky

His Life and Work

by Hayden Herrera ...

From the Author of Frida, the Moving and Heroic Story of One of the Central Painters of the Twentieth CenturyBorn in Turkey around 1900, Vosdanik Adoian escaped the massacres of Armenians in 1915 only to watch his mother die of starvation and his family scatter in their flight from the Turks. Arriving in America in 1920, Adoian invented the pseudonym Arshile Gorky-and obliterated his past. ... Read more

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From the Author of Frida, the Moving and Heroic Story of One of the Central Painters of the Twentieth CenturyBorn in Turkey around 1900, Vosdanik Adoian escaped the massacres of Armenians in 1915 only to watch his mother die of starvation and his family scatter in their flight from the Turks. Arriving in America in 1920, Adoian invented the pseudonym Arshile Gorky-and obliterated his past.
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Frida

A Biography of Frida Kahlo

by Hayden Herrera ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

19 hours 3 min

""Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally, been made fully human."" — San Francisco ChronicleHailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came ... Read more

$39.99 USD

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""Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally, been made fully human."" — San Francisco ChronicleHailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came
... Read more

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Upper Bohemia

A Memoir

by Hayden Herrera ...

Narrated by Cynthia Farrell ...

Unabridged

7 hours 21 min

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New YorkerA “touching, heartbreaking, and exceptional” (Town & Country) coming-of-age memoir about growing up with artistic, bohemian parents—set against a backdrop of 1950s New York, Cape Cod, and Mexico.**Hayden Herrera’s parents each married five times; following their desires was more important to them than looking after their children. When Herrera was ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New YorkerA “touching, heartbreaking, and exceptional” (Town & Country) coming-of-age memoir about growing up with artistic, bohemian parents—set against a backdrop of 1950s New York, Cape Cod, and Mexico.**Hayden Herrera’s parents each married five times; following their desires was more important to them than looking after their children. When Herrera was
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The World She Edited

Katharine S. White at The New Yorker

by Amy Reading ...

Narrated by Christa Lewis ...

Unabridged

20 hours 59 min

Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award""Meticulously researched."" —The New York Times**""A first-rate biography."" —Washington PostA lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White, who helped build the magazine’s prestigious legacy and transform the 20****th</... ... Read more

$45.99 USD

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Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award""Meticulously researched."" —The New York Times**""A first-rate biography."" —Washington PostA lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White, who helped build the magazine’s prestigious legacy and transform the 20****th</...
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Gather Me

A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me

by Glory Edim ...

Narrated by Glory Edim ...

Unabridged

8 hours 5 min

A “dramatic [and] ingeniously crafted” (Los Angeles Times) memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand ourselves, from the renowned founder of Well-Read Black Girl.“A beautiful portrait of a full life that has been buoyed by an expansive and ever-growing love for words and for language.”—Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There’s Always This YearAN ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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A “dramatic [and] ingeniously crafted” (Los Angeles Times) memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand ourselves, from the renowned founder of Well-Read Black Girl.“A beautiful portrait of a full life that has been buoyed by an expansive and ever-growing love for words and for language.”—Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There’s Always This YearAN
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50 Years of Ms.

The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution

by Katherine Spillar ...

Narrated by Hillary Huber, Imani Jade Powers, Donna Allen, Carolina Hoyos, Nancy Bober, Jonathan Todd Ross, Hayden Bishop, Nikki Massoud, Emily Lawrence, Annie Q, Heni Zoutomou ...

Unabridged

20 hours 55 min

A celebration of Ms.—the most startling, most audacious, most norm-breaking of the magazine's groundbreaking pieces on women, men, politics (sexual and otherwise), marriage, family, education, work, motherhood, and reproductive rights, as well as the best of the magazine’s fiction, poetry, and letters. • Featuring Billie Jean King, Alison Bechdel, and Audre Lorde, among many others.**“I’ve been a ... Read more

$30.00 USD

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A celebration of Ms.—the most startling, most audacious, most norm-breaking of the magazine's groundbreaking pieces on women, men, politics (sexual and otherwise), marriage, family, education, work, motherhood, and reproductive rights, as well as the best of the magazine’s fiction, poetry, and letters. • Featuring Billie Jean King, Alison Bechdel, and Audre Lorde, among many others.**“I’ve been a
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How Can I Help?

Saving Nature with Your Yard

by Douglas W. Tallamy ...

Narrated by Adam Barr ...

Unabridged

12 hours 42 min

From a New York Times bestselling author, a wildlife ecology expert and environmental advocate provides readers with the next step in their ecological journey.In How Can I Help?, Tallamy tackles the questions commonly asked at his popular lectures and shares compelling and actionable answers that will help gardeners and homeowners take the next step in their ecological journey. Topics range from ... Read more

$31.99 USD

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From a New York Times bestselling author, a wildlife ecology expert and environmental advocate provides readers with the next step in their ecological journey.In How Can I Help?, Tallamy tackles the questions commonly asked at his popular lectures and shares compelling and actionable answers that will help gardeners and homeowners take the next step in their ecological journey. Topics range from
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Bootstrapped

Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream

by Alissa Quart ...

Narrated by Beth Hicks ...

Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

An unsparing, incisive, yet ultimately hopeful look at how we can shed the American obsession with self-reliance that has made us less healthy, less secure, and less fulfilledThe promise that you can “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” is central to the story of the American Dream. It’s the belief that if you work hard and rely on your own resources, you will eventually succeed. However, time ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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An unsparing, incisive, yet ultimately hopeful look at how we can shed the American obsession with self-reliance that has made us less healthy, less secure, and less fulfilledThe promise that you can “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” is central to the story of the American Dream. It’s the belief that if you work hard and rely on your own resources, you will eventually succeed. However, time
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