Most Popular Books by Jonathan Eig

Hailed as “the most compelling account of [Martin Luther] King’s life in a generation” by the Washington Post, the Pulitzer Prize–winning bestseller is now adapted for young adults in this new standard biography of the most famous civil rights activist in American History. Often regarded as more of a myth and legend than man, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was many things throughout his storied life: student, activist, preacher, dreamer, father, husband. From his Atlanta childhood centered in the historically Black neighborhood of Sweet Auburn to his precipitous rise as a civil rights leader on the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Montgomery, Dr. King would go on to become one of the most recognizable, influential, and controversial persons of the twentieth century. In this fast-paced and immersive adaptation of Jonathan Eig’s groundbreaking New York Times bestseller readers will meet a Dr. King like no other: a committed radical whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime, a minister wrestling with his human frailties and dark moods, a citizen hunted by his own government. The inspiring young adult edition of King: A Life highlights the author’s never-before-seen research—including recently declassified FBI documents—while reaffirming and recontextualizing the lasting effects and implications of MLK’s work for the present day. Adapted by National Book Award–nominated authors Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long, this biography for a new generation is a nuanced, unprecedented portrayal of a man who truly shook the world. Accolades and Praise for King: A Life: Pulitzer Prize Winner A New York Times, Washington Post, and Indie Bestseller A National Book Award Nominee One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the Year A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist A “Best Book of the Year” from New York Times ● Washington Post ● TIME Magazine ● The New Yorker ● Publishers Weekly ● The Chicago Tribune ● Smithsonian Magazine ● Christian Science Monitor ● Air Mail “Supple, penetrating, heartstring-pulling and compulsively readable . . . Eig’s book is worthy of its subject.” —New York Times “No book could be more timely than Jonathan Eig’s sweeping and majestic new King.” —Philadelphia Inquirer

Based on more than 500 interviews, including Muhammad Ali''s closest associates, and enhanced by access to thousands of pages of newly released FBI records, this is a thrilling story of a man who became one of the great figures of the twentieth century.u200b

The definitive account of the life and tragic death of baseball legend Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was a baseball legend—the Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended by a horrible disease that now bears his name. But as this definitive new biography makes clear, Gehrig’s life was more complicated—and, perhaps, even more heroic—than anyone really knew. Drawing on new interviews and more than two hundred pages of previously unpublished letters to and from Gehrig, Luckiest Man gives us an intimate portrait of the man who became an American hero: his life as a shy and awkward youth growing up in New York City, his unlikely friendship with Babe Ruth (a friendship that allegedly ended over rumors that Ruth had had an affair with Gehrig’s wife), and his stellar career with the Yankees, where his consecutive-games streak stood for more than half a century. What was not previously known, however, is that symptoms of Gehrig’s affliction began appearing in 1938, earlier than is commonly acknowledged. Later, aware that he was dying, Gehrig exhibited a perseverance that was truly inspiring; he lived the last two years of his short life with the same grace and dignity with which he gave his now-famous “luckiest man” speech. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, Jonathan Eig’s Luckiest Man shows us one of the greatest baseball players of all time as we’ve never seen him before.

A chronicle of the 1947 baseball season during which Jackie Robinson broke the race barrier is a sixtieth anniversary tribute based on interviews with Robinson''s wife, daughter, and teammates.

The real story of how the federal government finally apprehended and convicted America’s most notorious criminal, Al Capone. Drawing on recently discovered government documents, wiretap transcripts, and Al Capone’s handwritten personal letters, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Eig tells the dramatic story of the rise and fall of the nation’s most infamous criminal in rich new detail. From the moment he arrived in Chicago in 1920, Capone found himself in a world with limitless opportunity. Within a few years Capone controlled an illegal bootlegging business with annual revenue rivaling that of some of the nation’s largest corporations. Along the way he corrupted the Chicago police force and local courts while becoming one of the world’s first international celebrities. Legend credits Eliot Ness and his “Untouchables” with apprehending Capone, but Eig shows that this wasn’t so. In Get Capone, the man known as “Scarface” emerges as a complex man, doomed as much by his ego as by his vicious criminality. This is the real Al Capone.

Another Lola Jones escapade with our book-loving third grader! Lola and her twenty-nine classmates don''t understand the words to a traditional song they''re meant to sing at the upcoming Winter Concert, so they make up their own, very silly (and very funny) words. Lola''s mother and her Grampa get involved too, and we all learn not only the words to the song, but something about global warming, by the time of the concert.

2020 Foreword Indies Finalist - Juvenile Lola''s grandfather does the best pigtails ever. But her principal isn''t so sure. Lola has a mind of her own and a love for books. With the help of Grandpa Ed and the support of her mother and friends, she learns how to use her determination to right a wrong at school.

A Chicago Tribune "Best Books of 2014" • A Slate "Best Books 2014: Staff Picks" • A St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Best Books of 2014" The fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century. We know it simply as "the pill," yet its genesis was anything but simple. Jonathan Eig''s masterful narrative revolves around four principal characters: the fiery feminist Margaret Sanger, who was a champion of birth control in her campaign for the rights of women but neglected her own children in pursuit of free love; the beautiful Katharine McCormick, who owed her fortune to her wealthy husband, the son of the founder of International Harvester and a schizophrenic; the visionary scientist Gregory Pincus, who was dismissed by Harvard in the 1930s as a result of his experimentation with in vitro fertilization but who, after he was approached by Sanger and McCormick, grew obsessed with the idea of inventing a drug that could stop ovulation; and the telegenic John Rock, a Catholic doctor from Boston who battled his own church to become an enormously effective advocate in the effort to win public approval for the drug that would be marketed by Searle as Enovid. Spanning the years from Sanger’s heady Greenwich Village days in the early twentieth century to trial tests in Puerto Rico in the 1950s to the cusp of the sexual revolution in the 1960s, this is a grand story of radical feminist politics, scientific ingenuity, establishment opposition, and, ultimately, a sea change in social attitudes. Brilliantly researched and briskly written, The Birth of the Pill is gripping social, cultural, and scientific history.

Lola is back! Fresh from her escapades at her school when the principal is not exactly impressed with her very unusual pigtails, and straight from her hard-pressed victory with the boys who don’t want to let the girls play soccer, Lola now has to convince her mother that having a dog is a good idea.

BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2017. SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR. WINNER OF THE PEN/ESPN AWARD FOR LITERARY SPORTS WRITING. THE TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR. The most comprehensive and definitive biography of Muhammad Ali that has ever been published, based on more than 500 interviews with those who knew him best, with many dramatic new discoveries about his life and career. When the frail, trembling figure of Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic flame in Atlanta in 1996, a TV audience of up to 3 billion people was once again gripped by the story of the world''s most famous sporting icon. The man who had once been reviled for his refusal to fight for his country and for his fast-talking denunciation of his opponents was now almost universally adored, the true cost of his astonishing boxing career clear to see. In Jonathan Eig''s ground-breaking biography, backed up with much detailed new research specially commissioned for this book, we get a stunning portrait of one of the most significant personalities of the second half of the twentieth century. We are not only taken inside the ring for some of the most famous bouts in boxing history, we also learn about his personal life, his finances, his faith and the moments when the first signs of his physical decline began to show. Ali was a symbol of freedom and courage, a hero to many, but this is also a very personal story of a warrior who vanquished every opponent but was finally brought down by his own stubborn refusal to quit. An epic tale of a fighter who became the world''s most famous pacifist, Ali: A Life does full justice to an extraordinary man. ‘Ali: A Life is the business – 640 pages of patient scholarship and intelligent reassessment written in crackly prose’ Giles Smith, The Times ‘[A] richly researched, sympathetic yet unsparing portrait ... Ali: A Life is an epic of a biography’ Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times

Lola and her friends want to play soccer. The boys don’t want them to. The girls are not only good players, they’re also strategic, and end up scoring for the team.

Um retrato íntimo e nuançado de Martin Luther King Jr., nesta que é mais abrangente biografia já escrita sobre ele. Martin Luther King Jr. é dos "pais fundadores" dos Estados Unidos. Essa ideia, que à primeira vista pode soar excêntrica, ganha consistência — e se torna até tímida — com a leitura desta biografia, fruto de pesquisa exaustiva e baseada em arquivos do FBI só agora liberados pela Casa Branca. Aliás, podemos ir mais longe e ver King como um dos fundadores da própria democracia liberal moderna. Neste livro, Jonathan Eig recusa a narrativa do herói determinado a lutar até a morte por justiça e liberdade e nos mostra King de perto: no recesso do lar, com a família e amigos; na sua intimidade, com suas dúvidas e atribulações mais pessoais; e em perspectiva, contra o pano de fundo de sua atuação política nacional e internacional. Assim, descobrimos que o equilíbrio emocional e a retidão moral projetados por sua figura pública contrastavam com distúrbios psíquicos, vícios mundanos e desvios de conduta na vida privada. Em tempos de acirrada discussão sobre a crise da democracia — e seu possível destino — revisitar a vida de King à luz de suas contradições é exercício instigante, inspirador e, sobretudo, necessário.

La biografía más completa y definitiva de Muhammad Ali que jamás se haya publicado. Muhammad Ali se llamaba a sí mismo "El más grande", y muchos estaban de acuerdo. Era el más ingenioso, el más guapo, el más descarado, el más malo, el más rápido, el más ruidoso, el más rudo. Ahora llega la primera biografía completa y no autorizada de una de las figuras más fantásticas del siglo XX. Basada en más de 500 entrevistas con quienes mejor conocieron a Ali que han sobrevivido, y mejorada por el descubrimiento por parte del autor de miles de páginas de registros del FBI y entrevistas de Ali recientemente descubiertas de la década de 1960, lo que ha permitido conocer muchos nuevos y espectaculares datos sobre su vida y su carrera, este es el impresionante retrato de un hombre que se convirtió en una leyenda. Cuando la frágil y temblorosa figura de Muhammad Ali encendió la llama olímpica en Atlanta en 1996, una audiencia televisiva de hasta 3.000 millones de personas volvió a quedar atrapada por la historia del icono deportivo más famoso del mundo. El hombre que en su día fue vilipendiado por su negativa a luchar por su país y por su verborrea al denunciar a sus oponentes era ahora adorado casi universalmente, y el verdadero coste de su asombrosa carrera boxística estaba a la vista. En la innovadora biografía de Jonathan Eig, respaldada por nuevas y detalladas investigaciones encargadas especialmente para este libro, obtenemos un impresionante retrato de una de las personalidades más significativas de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. No sólo nos lleva al interior del cuadrilátero en algunos de los combates más famosos de la historia del boxeo, sino que también conocemos su vida personal, sus finanzas, su fe y los momentos en que empezaron a aparecer los primeros signos de su declive físico. Ali fue un símbolo de la libertad y el valor, un héroe para muchos, pero esta es también una historia muy personal de un guerrero que venció a todos sus oponentes, pero que finalmente fue derribado por su propia obstinación en no abandonar jamás. Una historia épica de un luchador que se convirtió en el pacifista más famoso del mundo, ''Ali: Una vida'' hace plena justicia a un hombre extraordinario.