14 true stories explore how certainathletes, coaches, parents, fans,and politicians did or did not:Gain friends or be left lonelymake war or peacegrow personally or notwhile dancing to the musicof soccer in old Seattleand around the world.This book will take you to...

Archipelago is one of the most important and influential literary magazines of the lasttwenty years. Running to twelve editions, it was edited by Andrew McNeillie, with theassistance later of James McDonald Lockhart, and began as an attempt to reimagine therelationships between the islands of Ireland and Britain. Archipelago has brought togetherestablished and emerging artists in creative conversations that have transformed the studyof islands, coasts and...