Look for the discussion guide inside In the autumn of 2000, Hope Edelman was a woman adrift,questioning her marriage, her profession, and her place in thelarger world. Feeling vulnerable and isolated, she was primed forchange. The Possibility of Everything is the story of the changethat found her. A chronicle of her extraordinary leap of faith, itbegins when her three-year-old daughter, Maya, starts exhibitingunusual and disruptive behavior. Confused and worried, Edelman andher husband make an unorthodox decision: They take Maya to Belize,suspending disbelief and chasing the promise of an alternativecure. This deeply affecting, beautifully written memoir of afamily’s emotional journey and a mother’s intense love exploreswhat Edelman and her husband went looking for in the jungle andwhat they ultimately discovered—as parents, as spouses, and asordinary people—about the things that possess and destroy, or thatcan heal us all.
“Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and loveinto their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track and yougo home. Lose with a load of whiskey and you go to jail.” —JuniorJohnson, NASCAR legend and one-time whiskey runner Today’s NASCAR is a family sport with 75 million loyal fans,which is growing bigger and more mainstream by the day. PartDisney, part Vegas, part Barnum Bailey, NASCAR is also amultibillion-dollar business and a cultural phenomenon thattranscends geography, class, and gender. But dark secrets lurk inNASCAR’s past. Driving with the Devil uncovers for the first time the truestory behind NASCAR’s distant, moonshine-fueled origins and paintsa rich portrait of the colorful men who created it. Long before thesport of stock-car racing even existed, young men in the rural,Depression-wracked South had figured out that cars and speed weretickets to a better life. With few options beyond the farm orfactory, the best chance of escape was running moonshine.
The first complete, unvarnished history of Southern rock’slegendary and most popular band, from its members’ hardscrabbleboyhoods in Jacksonville, Florida and their rise to worldwide fameto the tragic plane crash that killed the founder and the band’srise again from the ashes. In the summer of 1964 Jacksonville, Florida teenager Ronnie VanZant and some of his friends hatched the idea of forming a band toplay covers of the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Yardbirds and thecountry and blues-rock music they had grown to love. Naming theirband after Leonard Skinner, the gym teacher at Robert E. Lee SeniorHigh School who constantly badgered the long-haired aspiringmusicians to get haircuts, they were soon playing gigs at parties,and bars throughout the South. During the next decade LynyrdSkynyrd grew into the most critically acclaimed and commerciallysuccessful of the rock bands to emerge from the South since theAllman Brothers. Their hits “Free Bird” and “Sweet Home Alabama”became classics. The
This edition has been updated to reflect new developments andincludes new material obtained through the Freedom of InformationAct. Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL contractto join the Army and became an icon of post-9/11 patriotism. Whenhe was killed in Afghanistan two years later, a legend was born.But the real Pat Tillman was much more remarkable, and considerablymore complicated than the public knew... A stunning account of a remarkable young man's heroic life anddeath, from the bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air,and Under the Banner of Heaven.
Jeanne Marie Laskas had a dream of fleeing her otherwise happyurban life for fresh air and open space — a dream she woulddiscover was about something more than that. But she never expectedher fantasy to come true — until a summer afternoon’s drive in thecountry. That’s when she and her boyfriend, Alex — owner of Marley thepoodle — stumble upon the place she thought existed only in herdreams. This pretty-as-a-picture-postcard farm with an Amish barn,a chestnut grove, and breathtaking vistas is real ... and for sale.And it’s where she knows her future begins. But buying a postcard — fifty acres of scenery — and living onit are two entirely different matters. With wit and wisdom, Laskaschronicles the heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of thecolorful two- and four-legged creatures she encounters onSweetwater Farm. Against a backdrop of brambles, a satellite dish, and sheep,she tells a tender, touching, and hilarious tale about life, love,and the unexpected complic