The popular LGBTQ advice columnist and writer presents a memoir-in-essays chronicling his journey growing up as a queer, mixed-race kid in America's heartland to becoming the "Chicano Carrie Bradshaw" of his generation.

"Rhythm of the Wild is a compelling memoir about Kim Heacox's longstanding relationship with the most iconic landscape in Alaska and a sister book to his 2005 Lyons Press book The Only Kayak, a PEN USA Literary Award finalist. Woven throughout the personal narrative are stories on the human and natural histories of Denali National Park, garnished with a conservation polemic, much as Edward Abbey did with Desert Solitaire and Rick Bass has done with...

What would it be like to keep a secret for fifty years? Never telling your parents, your children, or even your husband?" 'Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park' tells the true story of Daisy Lawrence. Following extensive research, the author uses snippets of information, unpublished photographs and her own recollections to describe scenes from her mother's poor, but happy, upbringing in London, and the disruptions caused by the outbreak...

A look at the African-American photographer, poet, novelist, composer and filmmaker Gordon Parks.

One day, Rosa Parks got on a bus and did not give her seat to a white person. This helped to change the lives of black people in America. This is Rosa's extraordinary story.

"Explore Rosa Park's incredible life as a civil rights activist in this early chapter biography. Carefully leveled text and historical photographs make this book an excellent choice to support College, Career, and Civil Life (C3) Social Studies standards for elementary grades. Table of contents, glossary, index, further resources, and author bio are included."--