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Amerikaanse muziek, Muziek, Popmuziek

Alan Light – Don’t Stop

Alan Light Don’t Stop review and information of the book about why We (still) love Fleetwood Mac’s Album Rumours. Atria Books will publish the book by Alan Light of the Fleetwood Mac album Rumours from 1977, on November, 2025. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

Alan Light Don’t Stop review

  • “Combining vivid anecdotes and perceptive analysis, Light delivers both an unapologetic love letter to the album and a nuanced consideration of how music evolves along with its audience. Fleetwood Mac fans old and new will be enchanted.” (Publishers Weekly)
  • “Informative [and] a lot of fun. Enjoyable writing and real insight power this fascinating look at a band who went their own way.” (Kirkus)

Alan Light Don't Stop

Don’t Stop

Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours

  • Author: Alan Light (United States)
  • Book type: music book
  • Publisher: Atria Books
  • To be released: November 4, 2025
  • Length: 288 pages
  • Format: hardcover / ebook / audiobook
  • Prize: $ 29.00 / $ 14.99 / $19.99
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Blurb of the book about the Album Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

The insight to Fleetwood Mac’s iconic album Rumours, celebrating its story, mythology, and enduring impact.

On January 1, 1975, struggling young singer-songwriter Lindsey Buckingham was invited to join the veteran blues band Fleetwood Mac. He agreed on the condition that his girlfriend, an equally unknown vocalist named Stevie Nicks, also be included. Within two years, Rumours was born—and went on to become one of the most popular albums of all time.

Almost five decades later, it is the only classic rock record that still attracts young listeners and continues to top sales and streaming charts. In Don’t Stop, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Alan Light unravels the enduring allure of Fleetwood Mac’s monumental album. Since its 1977 release, Rumours has captivated generations with its unparalleled blend of romantic turmoil and musical genius. Light explores the album’s transformation from a pop phenomenon to a cultural touchstone, and its unique ability to remain relevant in today’s rapidly changing music scene.

Drawing on in-depth interviews with current artists inspired by Fleetwood Mac, as well as fans who have only recently discovered the album, Light investigates what keep Rumours at the forefront of popular culture, from Glee to Saturday Night Live to Daisy Jones & the Six. Through insightful analysis and storytelling, Don’t Stop celebrates the album’s trail blazing sound and diverse voices, and the emotional depth that continues to fascinate audiences. From the incredible soap opera behind the album’s creation to its embrace in the age of TikTok, this book presents a kaleidoscopic view of a landmark work that has transcended its time.

Alan Light was born August 4, 1966. He is the author of numerous books including The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, as well as Let’s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain and biographies of Johnny Cash, and Nina Simone. He was the cowriter of bestselling memoir by Gregg Allman. Alan was a senior writer at Rolling Stone and the editor-in-chief of Vibe and Spin. He contributes frequently to The New York Times, Esquire, and The Wall Street Journal, among many publications.

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Irin Carmon – Unbearable

Irin Carmon Unbearable review and information book of the Israeli-American journalist about Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America. Atria/One Signal Publishers will publish the the book by Irin Carmon, on October 28. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

Irin Carmon Unbearable reviews

  • “A gripping page-turner: revelatory, horrifying, infuriating, sometimes inspirational, always informative….Required reading.” (Rebecca Steinitz, The Boston Globe)
  • “Unbearable exposes the devastating reality: that in today’s America becoming pregnant can mean losing your basic human dignity and autonomy. With meticulous reporting, riveting storytelling, and profound compassion, Irin Carmon reveals how our healthcare system fails women at their most vulnerable moments, and why we must do better.” (Hillary Rodham Clinton)
  • “Irin Carmon brings together powerful and intimate stories of people navigating the spectrum of pregnancy in America. From racial biases and restrictive laws, these narratives describe the deeply fraught system that makes being pregnant anything but easy or safe. Unbearable reminds us that we are not alone and that when we stand up for the pregnant people and their families, we make the world better for all of us.” (Meera Shah, Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic)

Irin Carmon Unbearable

Unbearable

Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America

  • Author: Irin Camon (United States)
  • Book type: feminist book, journalism book
  • Publisher: Atria / One Signal Publishers
  • To be released: 28 oktober 2026
  • Length: 320 pages
  • Format: hardcover / ebook / audiobook
  • Prize: $ 30.00 / $ 14.99 / $ 19.99
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb of the book by Irin Carmon about Perils of Pregnancy in America

From the award-winning New York magazine reporter and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Notorious RBG, an ambitious and passionate exploration of what’s gone wrong with pregnancy in America, through the lens of history, politics, and the searing experiences of five women.

Journalist Irin Carmon was eight months pregnant when the Supreme Court allowed states to ban abortion, unleashing pain and suffering for those who didn’t want to be pregnant and, shockingly to some, those who did. What was clear to Carmon from her dozen years of reporting—and from what she felt in her bones—was how incomplete the American story of reproduction had been, and how much had been unexpressed, hidden, or taken for granted, and not just by conservative justices or in red states. Whether in cosmopolitan, liberal New York City or rural Alabama, the entire system is broken.

Unbearable tells a deeper story, going beyond the headlines and any one experience or choice, and grounded in history and journalism. It introduces us to five women navigating pregnancy care—from that first positive pregnancy test through joy, loss, and the unforeseen—in a country that is at best indifferent and at worst willfully cruel, and to brave, outnumbered people fighting to make it better. Written with deep empathy and analytical rigor, Unbearable is at once a moving story of interconnection, a harrowing exposé, and assertion of humanity. Above all, it is a powerful call for solidarity, regardless of our circumstances or our decisions.

Irin Carmon was born in Israel. She is an Israeli-American journalist, commentator and award-winning senior correspondent at New York magazine, where she covers gender, law, politics, and more. Previously, she was a CNN contributor, a contributing writer to The Washington Post’s “Outlook”, a national reporter at MSNBC and NBC News, and a staff writer at Salon and Jezebel. She is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Notorious RBG. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.

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Sarah Crouch – The Briars

Sarah Crouch The Briars review and information of novel and literary thriller. Atria Books will publish the novel by Sarah Crouch, on January 13, 2026. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

Sarah Crouch The Briars reviews

  • “One of my favourite reads of the year, The Briars is a show stopping, accomplished mystery that both captivated and intrigued me in equal measure – I couldn’t put it down. From the very first page, Sarah Crouch draws you into the beautifully realised setting of Lake Lumin in the Pacific Northwest with lush, lyrical descriptions that left me both longing to visit and deeply chilled. With nuanced, likeable characters, Crouch weaves a complex plot and tightens the tension until breaking point as murder haunts the lake and the past returns to shadow the present. A complex, thrilling page turner that will stay with you long after you finish reading.” (Sarah Pearse, Author of The Sanatorium)
  • “Sarah Crouch’s delicate and tantalizing prose in The Briars builds the scaffolding for an emotionally charged mystery as a troubled game warden probes for answers in the wilds of the lush Pacific Northwest — and in the vagaries of the treacherous landscape within. With complicated twists that build to a satisfying surprise, The Briars delivers a powerful emotional experience readers won’t be able to shake long after they put the book down. One of the best books I’ve read this year.” (Julie Carrick Dalton, author of The Last Beekeeper)

Sarah Crouch The Briars

The Briars

  • Author: Sarah Crouch (United States)
  • Book type: literary thriller
  • Publisher: Atria Books
  • To be released: January 13, 2026
  • Length: 320 pages
  • Format: hardcover / ebook / audiobook
  • Prize: $ 29.00 / $ 14.99 / $25.99
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb of the crime novel of Sarah Crouch

A lush and atmospheric novel of suspense following a young woman whose job as a game warden puts her in the path of a murderer in a small town eager to protect its own.

Desperate to escape a relationship gone bad, Annie Heston flees north to accept a job as a game warden in Lake Lumin, a picturesque town in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

A cougar has been spotted in the area, and as Annie warns the community of the threat, she quickly discovers that not everyone in the tight-knit town is welcoming of outsiders, except for Daniel Barela, a reclusive carpenter who lives in the shadow of the mountain. They form an instant bond, though Annie soon comes to realize there is more to his past than meets the eye.

When the body of a young woman is found in the briars that border Daniel’s property, the peace Annie has found in Lake Lumin shatters. As she assists the local sheriff with the investigation, Annie must rely on her wilderness training and intuition to find a murderer hiding in plain sight.

Urgent and emotionally complex, The Briars is a captivating literary thriller that marries an exploration of human nature with a plot as thorny and twisted as the brambles for which it is named.

Sarah Crouch is born August 22, 1989 in Hockinson, Washington. She is the author of Middletide and The Briars, literary thrillers set in the Pacific Northwest, where she was raised. She is also known for her accolades in the world of athletics as a professional marathon runner.

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Dorothy Roberts – The Mixed Marriage Project

Dorothy Roberts The Mixed Marriage Project review and information memoir of Love, Race, and Family. Atria Books will publish the memoir by Dorothy Roberts, the American sociologist and social justice advocate, on February 10, 2026. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

Dorothy Roberts The Mixed Marriage Project reviews

  • “Dorothy Roberts is a bold scholar, always challenging the systems and structures of racial injustice. Here she is a daughter too, who explores her mixed-race lineage through the lives and scholarship of her parents. This tender, rigorous memoir shows how valiantly they worked to dismantle centuries of prejudice against mixed marriage and to create their own loving family.” (Margo Jefferson, author of Negroland)
  • “Few books manage to rewrite both a family’s history and a nation’s moral record, yet The Mixed Marriage Project miraculously does both. Dorothy Roberts transforms personal excavation into social revelation, unearthing how love, race, and law have intertwined across generations. With the precision of a scholar and the passion of a truth-teller, she restores voices long silenced and shows how the intimate and the political are never apart. This memoir is an astonishing act of remembrance and repair.” (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow)

Dorothy Roberts The Mixed Marriage Project

The Mixed Marriage Project

A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family

  • Author: Dorothy Roberts (United States)
  • Book type: memoir, family history
  • Publisher: Atria Books
  • To be released: February 10, 2026
  • Length: 320 pages
  • Format: hardcover / ebook / audiobook
  • Prize: $ 30.00 / $ 14.99 / $25.99
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb of the Dorothy Roberts memoir

A spirited and riveting memoir of growing up in an interracial family in 1960s Chicago and a daughter’s journey to understand her parents’ marriage—and her own identity.

Dorothy Roberts grew up in a deeply segregated Chicago of the 1960s where relationships barely crossed the “colorline.” Yet inside her own home, where her father was white and her mother a Black Jamaican immigrant, interracial marriage wasn’t just a part of her upbringing, it was a shared mission. Her father, an anthropologist, spent her entire childhood working on a book about Black-white marriages—a project he never finished but shaped every aspect of their family life.

As a 21-year-old graduate student, Dorothy’s father dedicated himself to the study of interracial marriage and her mother soon became his full-time partner in that work. Together over the years they interviewed over 500 couples and assembled stunning stories about interracial marriages that took place as early as the 1880s—studying, but also living, championing, and believing in their power to advance social equality.

Decades later, while sorting through her father’s papers, Roberts uncovers a truth that upends everything she thought she knew about her family: her father’s research didn’t begin with her parents’ love story—it came long before it. This discovery forces her to wrestle with her father’s intentions, her own views about interracial relationships, and where she fits in that story. Rather than finish the book her father never published, Roberts immerses herself in their archive of interviews to trace the story of her parents and to better understand her own.

Though grounded in her parents’ research, it’s Roberts’ captivating storytelling that drives this memoir. In following the arc of her parents’ interviews and marriage, The Mixed Marriage Project invites us into the everyday lives of interracial couples in Chicago over four decades. Along the way, Roberts reflects on her own childhood as a Black girl with a white father, and how those experiences shaped her into one of today’s most prominent public thinkers and scholars on race. Blurring the boundaries between the political and the personal, between memoir and history, The Mixed Marriage Project is a deeply moving meditation on family, race, identity, and love.

Dorothy Roberts is born March 8, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. She is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she directs the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society. The author of five books, including Killing the Black Body, a MacArthur Fellow, and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Arsenio Hall – Arsenio

Arsenio Hall Arsenio review and information of the memoir by the the American comedian, actor and TV host. Atria/Black Privilege Publishing will publish the Portia Elan debut novel, on April 7, 2026. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

Arsenio Hall Arsenio review

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Arsenio Hall Arsenio

Arsenio

A memoir

  • Author: Arsenio Hall, Alan Eisenstock (United States)
  • Book type: memoir
  • Publisher: Atria, Black Privilege Publishing
  • To be released: April 7, 2026
  • Length: 320 pages
  • Format: hardcover / ebook / audiobook
  • Prize: $ 30.00 / $ 15.99 / $19.99
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb of the memoir by Arsenio Hal the comedian and actor

Arsenio Hall, America’s beloved late-night TV host, reveals the ups and downs of his remarkable career as a trailblazing pioneer with this behind-the-scenes, star-studded, no-holds-barred memoir of celebrity, race, and show business.

Arsenio Hall holds a uniquely prominent place in American culture—celebrated late-night host and comedic actor, famed for starring roles in the cultural touchstones Coming to America and Harlem Nights.

Now, he pulls back the curtain and takes us to a different time in Hollywood. Iconic scenes include: starting out as a young magician in Cleveland; hosting his first talk show in the basement of his apartment building when he was in elementary school; cutting his teeth at the world-famous Comedy Store in Hollywood, learning about comedy and life from legendary comedian Richard Pryor; forming lifelong bonds with legendary icons Muhammad Ali, Luther Vandross, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Eddie Murphy; tasting superstar success with Coming to America, the film that preceded The Arsenio Hall Show; conducting unforgettable, groundbreaking interviews with Magic Johnson, Bill Clinton, Tupac Shakur, Maya Angelou, Madonna, and Minister Louis Farrakhan; rescuing a family from a home-fire with Jay Leno; sharing hot sauces and blackjack with Patti LaBelle; and chilling with Prince.

And then, he made the difficult decision to walk away.

This bracingly candid memoir offers a new appreciation for this raw talent and gifted storyteller, who nightly, for six years, hosted what felt like a televised “party” that changed the landscape of late-night television and brought Black culture into living rooms across America.

With this book, he does it one more time.

Arsenio Hall was born February 12, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a comedian, talk show host, producer, writer, and actor. He was the nation’s most renowned Black late-night talk show host with The Arsenio Hall Show and has appeared in the beloved films Coming to America and Harlem Nights.

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Jake Tapper – Race Against Terror

Jake Tapper Race Against Terror review, recensie en informatie boek over de jacht op een Al Qaeda-moordenaar aan het begin van de eeuwige oorlog. Op 7 oktober 2025 verschijnt bij Atria Books het boek van de Amerikaanse journalist en televisiepresentator van CNN. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Jake Tapper Race Against Terror review en recensie

  • “It’s no exaggeration to say that Race Against Terror has everything: brilliant detective work, combat scenes, the stunning trial of terrorist Spin Ghul in a Brooklyn courtroom of all unlikely places.” (James Patterson)
  • “A masterclass in true-crime storytelling. Jake Tapper delivers a riveting, behind-the-scenes account of the only terrorist ever tried and convicted for killing U.S. soldiers overseas…Fascinating, fast-paced, and deeply human, this book reads like an edge-of-your-seat spy novel.” (Brad Thor)
  • “A riveting story with a master’s sublime command. There are moments when this work of non-fiction seems more like a novel. It is taut, suspenseful, and true. I couldn’t put it down.” (Ken Burns)
  • “Not only riveting to read but also shines an essential light on the quest for justice in the modern age of terrorism.” (David Grann)

Jake Tapper Race Against Terror

Race Against Terror

Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War

  • Auteur: Jake Tapper (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: journalistieke true crime
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Atria Books
  • Verschijnt: 7 oktober 2025
  • Omvang: 336 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Prijs: $ 30,00 / $ 14,99 / $ 25,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van het boek van Jake Tapper over de jacht op een Al Qaeda-terrorist

In this thrilling true story, bestselling author Jake Tapper uncovers an investigation—unlike any other in American history—to lock up a dangerous terrorist before he’s set free.

June 2011: The case has been cold for nearly ten years when a terrorist fleeing the Arab Spring turns himself in and confesses to killing American soldiers in Afghanistan. This brazen act sets off an unlikely chain of events that puts the entirety of the American justice system to the test. They have the killer, but no evidence to prove the murders happened.

Determined to deliver justice, a team led by federal prosecutors Dave Bitkower and Shreve Ariail must traverse the globe, uncovering facts across thousands of miles and tracing shocking plots of terror in order to prevent tragedy from striking again.

Through intense reporting and meticulous recreation, Race Against Terror shows a man radicalized to enact violence, courageous soldiers who risked their lives for each other, and the diverse set of men and women who work tirelessly to stay one step ahead of disaster. In this gripping narrative history CNN’s Jake Tapper reveals the true costs of the War on Terror and delivers a salient warning for the increasing threats of extremism we face to this day.

Jake Tapper was born 12 March 1969 in New York. He has written two New York Times bestselling novels, The Hellfire Club and The Devil May Dance, as well as the bestselling nonfiction books The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor and Race Against Terror. He is the lead Washington, DC, anchor and chief correspondent for CNN. A Dartmouth graduate and Philadelphia native, he lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, daughter, and son.

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Keith O’Brien – Heartland

Keith O’Brien Heartland review and information of the book about the rise of the American basketball player Larry Bird. Atria Books will publish the book by Keith O’Brien about a forgotten place, an impossible dream, and the miracle of Larry Bird, on March 3, 2026. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

Keith O’Brien Heartland review

  • “Keith O’Brien’s Heartland takes us inside the tiny towns and homespun culture that gave the basketball world one of its treasures: Larry Bird. Incredibly researched, Heartland had me feeling like I was on the Springs Valley team bus with Larry and Beezer Carnes. Or maybe having a couple of 25-cent Budweisers with Joey Bird at the Jubil.” (Dan Shaughnessy, author of Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics)
  • “Keith O’Brien’s Heartland is a wonderfully entertaining and meticulously researched look at one of the most intriguing and important basketball stories of the past 50 years: the rise of the great and mysterious Larry Bird. It’s a fascinating portrait of a time and place in which a uniquely small-town Midwestern hero becomes a national phenomenon, riveting the sports world and changing the NBA forever.” (Christine Brennan,  author of On Her Game)
  • “Larry Bird isn’t real. Or is he? Keith O’Brien’s Heartland offers the best exploration yet of this rare and strange hoop legend’s origin. An unforgettable and almost unbelievable story, deeply researched and beautifully written.” (Jonathan Eig, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for King: A Life and author of Ali: A Life)

Keith O'Brien Heartland

Heartland

A Forgotten Place, an Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird

  • Author: Keith O’Brien (United States)
  • Book type: basketball book
  • Publisher: Atria Books
  • To be released: March 3, 2026
  • Length: 368 pages
  • Format: hardcover / ebook / audiobook
  • Prize: $ 30.00 / $ 14.99 / $25.99
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb book about basketball player Larry Bird by Keith O’Brien

One of America’s greatest sports stories: the improbable rise of Larry Bird and the Indiana State Sycamores.

In the fall 1974, Larry Bird—one of the greatest players to ever pick up a basketball—was lost, and in danger of slipping away.

He had dropped out of Indiana University, spurning legendary Hoosiers head coach Bobby Knight. He returned home to French Lick, a tiny town in the second poorest county in Indiana, and he got a job hauling trash.

It could have ended right there for Bird, were it not for two men: Bob King, an old coach with bad knees, and Bill Hodges, a man who knew what it was like to be poor and overlooked. In the spring of 1975, during one of the darkest chapters of Bird’s life, King and Hodges convinced Bird to leave French Lick and play basketball at Indiana State University, a college that couldn’t even fill its arena, much less compete with Bobby Knight. Then, while no one was watching, King and Hodges built a team of players around Bird who were just like him: they were castoffs and leftovers, ready to work.

Four years later, in March 1979, this unheralded team would put together one of the greatest seasons in American sports history. By the time it was over, more than 50 million people would tune in to watch the Indiana State Sycamores play in the NCAA finals against Magic Johnson and Michigan State.

What happened that night would change college basketball and the NBA. Perhaps more importantly, it would change the members of this hardscrabble team, binding them together forever. In some ways, their one shining moment would never end.

Drawing on exclusive, in-depth interviews with players, coaches, and staffers, New York Times bestselling author and PEN American award–winning biographer Keith O’Brien offers a stirring account of the mighty Indiana State Sycamores. With its unforgettable ensemble cast, Heartland is more than just a sports book. It’s the story of a group of young men who achieved the greatest feat of all: immortality.

Keith O’Brien is the New York Times bestselling author of Charlie Hustle, Paradise Falls, Fly Girls, and Outside Shot. He has won the 2025 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld award for biography; has been a finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports writing; and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, NPR, and This American Life. A native of Ohio, he lives in New Hampshire.

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Tarpley Hitt – Barbieland

Tarpley Hitt Barbieland review and information of the book with the Unauthorized History of Barbie. Atria Books will publish the book by Tarpley Hitt about Barbie, on December 2, 2025. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

Tarpley Hitt Barbieland review

  • “A must-read take on Barbie’s backstory that gives us all the good weirdness we need. Barbieland marks the arrival of a brilliant new voice on the American nonfiction scene.” (John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead)
  • “Barbie’s story embodies all the contradictions of women’s lives—and the perils of our corporate and financial order. Barbieland is eye-opening, provocative, surprising, and always, always fun.” (Helaine Olen, bestselling author of Pound Foolish)
  • “More than the story of a toy, Barbieland is the story of the twentieth century. As fun as it is informative—you’ll never look at a doll the same way.” (Malcolm Harris, author of Palo Alto)
  • “Toy mania. Journalist Hitt makes a lively book debut with a dive into the creation, marketing, and meaning of the iconic Barbie doll.” (Kirkus)

Tarpley Hitt Barbieland

Barbieland

Unauthorized History of Barbie

  • Author: Tarpley Hitt (United States)
  • Book type: cultural history of Barbie
  • Publisher: Atria Books
  • To be released: December 2, 2025
  • Length: 352 pages
  • Format: hardcover / ebook / audiobook
  • Prize: $ 30.00 / $ 14.99 / $25.99
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb of the book about Barbie by Tarpley Hitt

The explosive true story of Barbie and what Mattel has done to keep her on top.

In June of 1952, German publishing tycoon Axel Springer was sending a new paper to print: a four-page broadsheet that almost ready, save for a narrow blank on the second page. With minutes to spare, Springer commissioned a one-block cartoon of a petite blonde with a predilection for rich men. That blonde was named “Lilli.” But in a span of seven short years, she would be reborn in plastic, across an ocean, and under a different name: Barbara Millicent Roberts.

If Barbie began as a blank space, the world has spent seven decades filling it in. No doll has elicited more adoration from fans, more hatred from detractors, and more eyerolls from the indifferent. To boosters, she is the ultimate symbol of unabashed girlhood, an 11.5-inch figurine who shot to the moon before American women could get credit cards, an evolving illustration that, per one tagline, “we girls can do anything.” To critics, she represents an inane vision of femininity that was going out of style just years after she was “born”—an homage to impossible body proportions, an emblem of Eurocentric beauty standards, a bimbo built on an empire of polyethylene. For everyone else, Barbie is to dolls what Xerox is to copy machines, or Kleenex is to tissues. She is, for better or for worse, an American icon.

Barbie’s conquest over the toy market did not happen by accident. It is the byproduct of meticulous marketing, occasional backstabbing, squadrons of designers with strong opinions on coral lip shades, and covert corporate maneuvers—many of which replicate, in miniature, the economic trajectory of the country Barbie seems to represent.

Tarpley Hitt is a journalist in New York, New York, where she is an editor at and contributor to The Drift magazine. She has previously reported on culture and money for The Daily Beast and Gawker, and her work has also appeared in The New York Times, Bookforum, The Paris Review, The Guardian, Air Mail, Deseret Magazine, and Miami New Times.

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Nick Fuller Googins – The Frequency of Living Things

Nick Fuller Googins The Frequency of Living Things review, recensie en informatie nieuwe roman van de Amerikaanse schrijver. Op 12 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij Atria Books de tweede roman van Nick Fuller Googins, de uit de Verenigde Staten afkomstige schrijver. Van het boek is geen Nederlandse vertaling verkrijgbaar.

Nick Fuller Googins The Frequency of Living Things review en recensie

  • “This emotionally resonant family saga celebrates the potent bonds between mothers, daughters and sisters.” (The Washington Post)
  • “A stirring family epic.” (Harper’s Bazaar)
  • “A masterfully written family saga, an ode to how our mothers, daughters and sisters often understand us better than we do ourselves. I would gladly spend forever with the fiercely loving, bitingly tender Tayloe sisters and their complicated, heroic mother. Heartbreaking yet filled with hope, Googins’s sophomore novel cements him as one of our greatest contemporary novelists.” (Cat Shook)

Nick Fuller Googins The Frequency of Living Things

The Frequency of Living Things

  • Auteur: Nick Fuller Googins (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: Amerikaanse familieroman
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Atria Books
  • Verschijnt 12 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 336 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Prijs: $ 28,99 / $ 14,99 / $ 26,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de tweede roman van Nick Fuller Googins

A heartbreaking American epic about three sisters who unearth lifetimes of family tensions as they are forced to rescue one of their own from peril, testing the limits of sacrifice, sisterhood, and forgiveness.

Josie may be the youngest sister, but she takes care of everyone. She is the left-brained scientist to her twin sisters’ right-brained artistic chaos. She makes sure their rent gets paid on time, they make their therapy appointments, and has also been their de-facto band manager since she was a teenager. When Ara, her middle sister (by a few minutes), calls from jail, it isn’t exactly a surprise, and Josie knows exactly how to snap into action.

Emma is the quintessential frontwoman, complete with looks and attitude. But the success of The Twins’ first (and only) album—gold records, Grammy nominations, and diehard fans—is two decades behind her. Hiding under the surface of her swagger is a long-held guilt that has turned her into her sister’s enabler. Emma knows she needs Ara’s creative genius and thinks a jailhouse record could be just the thing to get Ara her freedom and their band back on the main stage.

Ara is detoxing, not only from her opioid habit but also from her family. The truth is, as crazy as it sounds, she’s not in a hurry to get out of lock-up. In the most unlikely and dangerous of places, this could be her chance to face the demons of her past and disentangle herself from her family.

Bertie, who raised her three daughters as a single mother, has always taught them that family won’t always be around to take care of you. A former defense attorney and perennial do-gooder, she’s committed to taking care of everyone less fortunate even if that means putting her girls’ needs second. But now Bertie must decide if she should reenter her daughters’ lives in their greatest time of need—or watch to see if the resilience she’s taught them will help carry them through.

A story both intimate and sweeping, The Frequency of Living Things explores the timeless question of how our individual destinies are intertwined with our family, our siblings, and our history no matter how we try to untangle ourselves from them.

Nick Fuller Googins has published short stories and essays in The Paris Review, the Los Angeles Times, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. He lives in Maine and works as an elementary school teacher. He is the author of The Great Transition and The Frequency of Living Things.

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Clark Fredericks – Scarred

Clark Fredericks Scarred review, recensie en informatie memoir over een jeugd met kindermisbruik en een teruggewonnen leven. Op 29 juli 2025 verschijnt bij Atria Books de memoir van Clark Fredericks van een gestolen jeugd en een herwonnen leven. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Clark Fredericks Scarred review en recensie

  • “Exposing the long-lasting impacts of sexual abuse, Fredericks’s memoir is written clearly without sugarcoating and has the potential to reach readers in a similar situation.” (Librairy Journal)

Clark Fredericks Scarred

Scarred

A Memoir of a Childhood Stolen and a Life Reclaimed

  • Auteur: Clark Fredericks (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: memoir
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Atria Books
  • Verschijnt: 29 juli 2025
  • Omvang: 272 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Prijs: $ 28,99 / $ 14,99 / $ 19,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de memoir van Clark Fredericks over kindermisbruik

A memoir of trauma and transformation by a man who was haunted by childhood abuse but who fought his way back—a journey from vengeance and prison to freedom and redemption.

For a boy growing up in the 1970s, rural northern New Jersey was a year-round playground, filled with secret fishing holes, enchanted woods, and private trails to explore with friends. But this childhood idyll was snatched from Clark Fredericks by a man he regarded as a local hero: Dennis Pegg, the town’s Boy Scout leader, a law enforcement officer with the Sussex County Sheriff’s Department, and, as Fredericks would discover, a serial predator.

Through his teenage years and young adulthood, Fredericks kept silent about the horrific abuse he experienced, turning to drugs, alcohol, gambling, and sex addiction to numb the memory. For decades, he remained tormented by shame, unable to share the secrets that were eating away at his psyche—until he violently confronted his abuser.

At once heartbreaking and uplifting, Scarred is the story of a man who overcame the destructive aftereffects of violence and abuse that nearly destroyed him. Now an advocate for victims and a prominent voice in support of child abuse law reform, Fredericks powerfully illustrates the healing power of love and trust.

Clark Fredericks and his story have inspired major reform of the statutes that once severely limited the rights of child abuse victims to sue their abusers. He has been featured on CBS News, ABC News, in People, Los Angeles Times, and more. Now a popular motivational speaker, he remains an outspoken victim’s rights advocate. He lives in Westchester County, New York. Find out more at FreeLike-Me.com.

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