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Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp and Other Essays from Might Magazine

10 best books like Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp and Other Essays from Might Magazine (Might Magazine): The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments, The Sisters of the Winter Wood, The R. Crumb Handbook, Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts, I Thought You Were Dead, Love & Courage: My Story of Family, Resilience, and Overcoming the Unexpected, Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge, The Book of Genesis

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
AuthorMelinda Gates
ISBN1250313570
A debut from Forbes' third most powerful woman in the world, Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary call to action for women's empowerment.

For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been to find solutions...
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
AuthorAlfred Lansing
This is a new reading of the thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded.

In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped,...
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
AuthorDavid Foster Wallace
ISBN0316925284
In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner — David Foster Wallace...
The Sisters of the Winter Wood
AuthorRena Rossner
Raised in a small village surrounded by vast forests, Liba and Laya have lived a peaceful sheltered life - even if they've heard of troubling times for Jews elsewhere. When their parents travel to visit their dying grandfather, the sisters are left behind in their home in the woods.

But before...
The R. Crumb Handbook
AuthorRobert Crumb
ISBN1840727160
The R. Crumb Handbook is a brand new take on the life, trials and ideas of one of the most influential cartoonists of the last 40 years. Wry, self-deprecating, and candid, this is an exceptionally revealing and unexpectedly moving visual biography. Crumb is thoughtful and enlightening, with insights...
Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts
AuthorDavid Shields
Contemporary short stories enacting giddy, witty revenge on the documents that define and dominate our lives.

In our bureaucratized culture, we're inundated by documents: itineraries, instruction manuals, permit forms, primers, letters of complaint, end-of-year reports, accidentally...
I Thought You Were Dead
AuthorPete Nelson
ISBN1565125975
For Paul Gustavson, a hack writer for the wildly popular For Morons series, life is a succession of obstacles, a minefield of mistakes to stumble through. His wife has left him, his father has suffered a debilitating stroke, his girlfriend is dating another man, he has impotency issues, and his overachieving...
Love & Courage: My Story of Family, Resilience, and Overcoming the Unexpected
AuthorJagmeet Singh
ISBN1982105399
From the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party—Jagmeet Singh—comes a personal and heartfelt story about family and overcoming adversity.

In October 2017, Jagmeet Singh was elected as the first visible minority to lead a major federal political party in Canada. The historic milestone...
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
AuthorErica Armstrong Dunbar
ISBN1501126393
A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave who risked it all to escape the nation’s capital and reach freedom.

When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly...
The Book of Genesis
AuthorRobert Crumb
ISBN0393061027
Envisioning the first book of the bible like no one before him, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator, reveals here the story of Genesis in a profoundly honest and deeply moving way. Originally thinking that he would do a take off of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so fascinated by the Bible’s language, “a...
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