Drew Kilgore

Mesmo em caminhos diferentes no esporte, uma premiada mergulhadora e um especialista em segurança pareciam destinados a se encontrar. Esta obra retrata as emocionantes conquistas e os riscos inevitáveis da jornada em busca de um sonho nas profundezas do oceano.

How do you put a life into 500 words? Ask the staff obituary writers at the New York Times. OBIT is a first-ever glimpse into the daily rituals, joys and existential angst of the Times obit writers, as they chronicle life after death on the front lines of history.

David Thorpe é um escritor que não gosta da própria voz. Ele decide buscar ajuda profissional para mudá-la enquanto investiga a origem do jeito de falar estereotipado dos homossexuais e o preconceito com quem fala assim.

Lacey Schwartz grew up in a typical upper-middle-class Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish identity - despite the open questions from those around her about how a white girl could have such dark skin. She believes her family's explanation that her looks were inherited from her dark-skinned Sicilian grandfather. But when her parents abruptly split, her gut starts to tell her something different. At age of 18, she finally confronts her mother and learns the truth: her biological father was not the man who raised her, but a black man named Rodney with whom her mother had had an affair.

Germantown and Martin Luther King High Schools were bitter rivals for over 40 years. This past year, a budget crisis caused Philadelphia to lay off over 4000 employees and close 37 schools, including Germantown High. Now Germantown must merge with their former rival, King. Against overwhelming odds, a 27-year old first time head coach and a new principal fight to inspire young men from difficult circumstances to come together and lift each other toward a better future.