Saddle shoes. Camp shorts. Girdles. Bell-bottoms. Each plays asignificant role as we follow B., the wardrobe's owner, through herbuttoned-up Midwestern childhood to the freedom of miniskirts,sundresses, and New York City. We watch as B. copes with theuntimely death of her mother, makes a go of glamorous magazinework, and, after the inevitable false starts and fashion missteps,finally comes into her own.Part memoir, part fashion and culturalhistory of the last five decades, Autobiography of a Wardrobe is anexploration of the clothes each generation has embraced and thesmallest details in which we are able to seek comfort andmeaning.
Michael Jackson: The Making of "Thriller" is an illustratedtribute to the King of Pop and his groundbreaking music video, withnever-before-seen photos of its creation. The book features over200 exclusive, behind-the-scenes photographs of the artist on setduring the 1983 production of the Grammy award winning videodirected by John Landis. Considered to be the most successful project of all time,"Thriller" is beloved the world over, inspiring imitation and acult-like following of millions of fans. Documenting the creationof the most popular and iconic music video of all time, this bookcelebrates the artist and his music at the top of his career. Famed photographer Douglas Kirkland and journalist Nancy Griffinwere the only members of the media allowed on the set of the video.The resulting photos capture Jackson both in high performance modeand relaxing on the set and depict his transformation into thecharacters in the video as well capturing the public and privatefaces of Michael Jackson.
Inspired by the fresco cycles that depict the life of St.Francis of Assisi, acclaimed author Valerie Martin tells the lifeof Francesco di Pietro Bernardone in a series of vividly realized“panels” of moments both crucial and ordinary. Drawing from myriadsources and moving in reverse chronological order, she begins inthe dark, final days, with a suffering Francesco on the verge ofdeath, then shows us the unwashed and innocent revolutionary,unafraid to lecture a pope on Christ’s message. We see his mysticalfriendship with Chiara di Offreducci, a nobleman’s daughter whoturns her back on the world to join him, and finally, the frivolousyoung Francesco on the deserted road where his encounter with aleper leads him to an ecstatic embrace of God. Salvation is at oncean illuminating glimpse into the medieval world and an original andintimate portrait of the man whose legend has resonated through thecenturies.
He was The Kid. The Splendid Splinter. Teddy Ballgame. One ofthe greatest figures of his generation, and arguably the greatestbaseball hitter of all time. But what made Ted Williams a legend –and a lightning rod for controversy in life and in death? Whatmotivated him to interrupt his Hall of Fame career twice to servehis country as a fighter pilot; to embrace his fans while tanglingwith the media; to retreat from the limelight whenever possibleinto his solitary love of fishing; and to become the most famousman ever to have his body cryogenically frozen after his death? NewYork Times bestselling author Leigh Montville, who wrote thecelebrated Sports Illustrated obituary of Ted Williams, nowdelivers an intimate, riveting account of this extraordinarylife. Still a gangly teenager when he stepped into a Boston Red Soxuniform in 1939, Williams’s boisterous personality and penchant fortowering home runs earned him adoring admirers--the fans--andvenomous critics--the sportswriters. In 1941, the enti
