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Picturing Identity: Contemporary American Autobiography in Image and Text
by Hertha D. WongIn this book, Hertha D. Sweet Wong examines the intersection of writing and visual art in the autobiographical work of twentieth- and twenty-first-century American writers and artists who employ a mix of written and visual forms of self-narration. Combining approaches from autobiography studies and visual studies, Wong argues that, in grappling with the breakdown of stable definitions of identity and unmediated representation, these writers-artists experiment with hybrid autobiography in image and text to break free of inherited visual-verbal regimes and revise painful histories. These works provide an interart focus for examining the possibilities of self-representation and self-narration, the boundaries of life writing, and the relationship between image and text. Wong considers eight writers-artists, including comic-book author Art Spiegelman; Faith Ringgold, known for her story quilts; and celebrated Indigenous writer Leslie Marmon Silko. Wong shows how her subjects formulate webs of intersubjectivity shaped by historical trauma, geography, race, and gender as they envision new possibilities of selfhood and fresh modes of self-narration in word and image.
Picturing Prince: An Intimate Portrait
by Steve ParkePICTURING PRINCE sees the late icon's former art director, STEVE PARKE, revealing stunning intimate photographs of the singer from his time working at Paisley Park. At least half of the images in the book are exclusively published here for the first time; most other images in the book are rare to the public eye.Alongside these remarkable images are fifty engaging, poignant and often funny written vignettes by Parke, which reveal the very human man behind the reclusive superstar: from shooting hoops to renting out movie theatres at 4am; from midnight requests for camels to meaningful conversations that shed light on Prince as a man and artist. STEVE PARKE started working with Prince in 1988, after a mutual friend showed Prince some of Steve's photorealistic paintings. He designed everything from album covers and merchandise to sets for Prince's tours and videos. Somewhere in all of this, he became Paisley Park's official art director. He began photographing Prince at the request of the star himself, and continued to do so for the next several years. The images in this book are the arresting result of this collaboration.
Picturing Prince: An Intimate Portrait
by Steve ParkePICTURING PRINCE sees the late icon's former art director, STEVE PARKE, revealing stunning intimate photographs of the singer from his time working at Paisley Park. At least half of the images in the book are exclusively published here for the first time; most other images in the book are rare to the public eye.Alongside these remarkable images are fifty engaging, poignant and often funny written vignettes by Parke, which reveal the very human man behind the reclusive superstar: from shooting hoops to renting out movie theatres at 4am; from midnight requests for camels to meaningful conversations that shed light on Prince as a man and artist. STEVE PARKE started working with Prince in 1988, after a mutual friend showed Prince some of Steve's photorealistic paintings. He designed everything from album covers and merchandise to sets for Prince's tours and videos. Somewhere in all of this, he became Paisley Park's official art director. He began photographing Prince at the request of the star himself, and continued to do so for the next several years. The images in this book are the arresting result of this collaboration.
Picturing Prince: An Intimate Portrait
by Steve ParkePICTURING PRINCE sees the late icon's former art director, STEVE PARKE, revealing stunning intimate photographs of the singer from his time working at Paisley Park. At least half of the images in the book are exclusively published here for the first time; most other images in the book are rare to the public eye.Alongside these remarkable images are fifty engaging, poignant and often funny written vignettes by Parke, which reveal the very human man behind the reclusive superstar: from shooting hoops to renting out movie theatres at 4am; from midnight requests for camels to meaningful conversations that shed light on Prince as a man and artist. STEVE PARKE started working with Prince in 1988, after a mutual friend showed Prince some of Steve's photorealistic paintings. He designed everything from album covers and merchandise to sets for Prince's tours and videos. Somewhere in all of this, he became Paisley Park's official art director. He began photographing Prince at the request of the star himself, and continued to do so for the next several years. The images in this book are the arresting result of this collaboration.
A Piece of Cake
by Cupcake BrownThe bestselling memoir of Cupcake Brown's harrowing and inspiring life from the streets to one of the nation's largest law firms Rdazzles you with the amazing change that is possible in one lifetimeS ("Washington Post Book World").
A Piece of My Heart: The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam
by Keith WalkerA decade after America pulled out of Vietnam, the seeds of the often heart- wrenching oral history, A Piece of My Heart, were sown when writer and filmmaker Keith Walker met a woman who had been an emergency room nurse in Cu Chi and Da Nang. She and 25 others recount the time they spent "in country" as part of 15,000 American women who volunteered or served as nurses and in the military.NOTE: This edition does not include photographs.
Pieces of a Girl
by Stephanie KuehnertA raw and bold memoir about abuse and addiction, and the power of expression and community that helped Stephanie Kuehnert, the author of Ballads of Suburbia and regular Rookie contributor, survive and thrive. Told in varied narrative styles, including journal entries, original illustration, and pages torn from her actual diaries and zines, this is the memoir of Stephanie's life as a struggling outsider who survived substance and relationship abuse to become a strong young woman after years and years trapped in a cycle that sometimes seemed to have no escape.
Pieces of Me: Genetically Flawed - Surviving the Breast Cancer I May Never Have (Big Sky Publishing Ser.)
by Veronica NeaveA vibrant performer, film director and mum, life for Veronica Neave was always a little crazy and unpredictable. When she tested positive for the BRCA2 'breast cancer gene' the turmoil in her life reached a new high.The genetic test, combined with her family's history, increased the probability of Veronica one day battling breast cancer to more than 85%. Veronica had watched her mother's ongoing struggle and knew well the history of other relatives dying young at the hands of this persistent disease. When Veronica's two sisters also tested positive for the gene, it seemed the deadly pattern was destined to continue.Veronica's options - on paper - seemed simple: prevention through high maintenance testing, medication, or the more intrusive step of removing her healthy breasts, and possibly her ovaries too, in the hope of prevention. With her breasts now centre stage, the decision was extremely personal and introspective and yet also seemed to be everybody's business. As she unravelled the information of experts from across the medical spectrum and views from others, Veronica battled her own beliefs about sexuality, body image and even the thought that her breast removal and reconstruction would be seen as a cosmetic 'improvement' by many, not as a life-saving operation. One thing was certain. The science of genetic identification was expanding faster than cures or treatments and Veronica needed to make a decision now. On one hand she had been forewarned of the potential risks, on the other, there was no certainty of prevention or a cure. Veronica confides, "It's strange. Until a few years ago, my family had never heard of the BRCA2 gene, and now it seems to be everywhere. It's a bizarre predicament to be in, dealing with the concept that you may have cancer, but not yet and to be making decisions on a future that may or may not happen but could kill you. I was screaming out for someone to tell me what to do. I was so confused and wondering just how much time I really had before fate took the decision out of my hands?" Pieces of Me is a beautifully written, informative and thought-provoking account of Veronica's journey from initial diagnosis with the BRCA2 gene mutation to her decision to remove her healthy breasts. It's a topic guaranteed to divide any dinner party. Along the way she shares her choices, insights and fears as she untangles the different perspectives and advice, to eventually find her own way. "My mother consciously always talked to us of death so we would not be afraid. She said she did this because she knew the history of cancer in our family was more than just a coincidence. My great grandmother, my great aunt and my grandmother all died of breast cancer by the time they were 50 years old. My mother developed breast cancer at 49 and her sister a little later at age 59. Needless to say, while growing up there was a shadow of awareness that breast cancer was 'in my genes'." Veronica Neave
Pieces of My Heart: A Life
by Robert J. WagnerRobert J. Wagner's autobiography covers over 60 years as an actor. He tells stories of his career in various media and his many personal relationships, including marriages to Natalie Wood. Adult Content.
Pieces of My Heart: A Life
by Robert J. Wagner Scott EymanThe Hollywood icon tells about his rise to Hollywood stardom among legends like Cary Grant and Barbara Stanwyck and his troubled marriage, divorce, and remarriage to starlet Natalie Wood.In the revelation-filled memoir from one of Hollywood’s most talented actors, readers have a candid and deeply personal look at the life and career of Robert Wagner. Wagner’s long career began in the Hollywood of the 1950s, when studios were dominant and even the love lives of actors were dictated by what benefited the studio. His memoirs will chronicle in a very personal way his rise to stardom, his decline, and his resurrection. Wagner will talk candidly about his famous relationship with Natalie Wood and the circumstances surrounding her tragic death. His friendships and stories include major Hollywood personalities in the last half of the 20th century.When his family moved to Los Angeles, a young Wagner held a variety of jobs (including one as a caddy for Clark Gable) while pursuing his goal, but it was while dining with his parents at a restaurant in Beverly Hills that he was “discovered” by a talent scout.Known as much for his on-screen abilities as his off-screen personal heartbreak, Wagner will discuss for the first time his complicated and ultimately tragic relationship with Hollywood sweetheart Natalie Wood. It was implied that Wagner played a role in Natalie Wood’s tragic drowning off the coast of Catalina Island in 1981 and Wagner, for the first time ever, will set the record straight.With at least two dozen photos to illustrate his real Hollywood-style tell-all, this will be the extremely candid autobiography of Robert Wagner.
Pieces of My Mother
by Melissa Cistaro"A story that lingers in the heart long after the last page is turned." --HOPE EDELMAN, bestselling author of Motherless Daughters and The Possibility of EverythingThis provocative, poignant memoir of a daughter whose mother left her behind by choice begs the question: Are we destined to make the same mistakes as our parents?One summer, Melissa Cistaro's mother drove off without explanation Devastated, Melissa and her brothers were left to pick up the pieces, always tormented by the thought: Why did their mother abandon them?Thirty-five years later, with children of her own, Melissa finds herself in Olympia, Washington, as her mother is dying. After decades of hiding her painful memories, she has just days to find out what happened that summer and confront the fear she could do the same to her kids. But Melissa never expects to stumble across a cache of letters her mother wrote to her but never sent, which could hold the answers she seeks. Haunting yet ultimately uplifting, Pieces of My Mother chronicles one woman's quest to discover what drives a mother to walk away from the children she loves. Alternating between Melissa's tumultuous coming-of-age and her mother's final days, this captivating memoir reveals how our parents' choices impact our own and how we can survive those to forge our own paths.
Pieces of Time: The Life of James Stewart
by Gary FishgallThis book covers the life of Jimmy Stewart, focusing primarily on each movie in which he acted and starred. There is no in-depth personal information, the book preferring to focus on each of his pictures and what critics of the day had to say about them. people
Pieces of White Shell: A Journey to Navajoland
by Terry Tempest WilliamsSteeped in the lore of the Navajo reservation, where she worked as a teacher, the author came to see Navajo legend and ritual as touchstones for evaluating her own experience.
Piecing It All Together: A Collection of Memoirs
by Kathleen LindseyPiecing it all Together: A Collection of Memoirs depicts various events in my life. The book symbolizes my lifelong story pieced into my imaginary quilt. God and his grace is the strong doubled threads that helped piece my quilted blocks together into a God-given masterpiece. Many years ago, God gave me a special gift - the art of quilt making. In my autobiography, I reveal how I have pieced my sometimes-difficult life together.As a child, I always wanted answers to questions like, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” I was born in the Baby Boomer era, which was a time when children were seen and not heard. As an adult, I have become a voice of utterance through my deliverance in which God has set me free!Through the years I have faced many unpredictable and grievous encounters. I lost my mom at the age of six. When my son was killed by a drunk driver, I wanted to be angry with God, “Why God, why my son? There are so many bad people in this world, Lord.” But He sent me a comforter, the Holy Spirit. I faced many difficult times during my life. Times when I was hungry, the time when I almost drowned, multiple times I was overcome by carbon monoxide, received beatings so much that it broke my spirit, and other occurrences that young children or adults should not have to suffer for the sake of pleasing others. As a young bride I encountered numerous marital problems. Eventually prayer and perseverance made our marital union grow stronger. My faith in God helped me to rise above my difficult dilemmas. He was always there beside me and guiding my footsteps.Today, I enjoy the pleasures and satisfaction of events that life brings. I chose joy!Being a child of God, daughter of the King, and woman of faith, I thank Him every day for loving me, forgiving me, helping me to forgive others, and bringing me comfort and joy in my darkest hours. I thank Him for lifting me up with laughter and joy when I am overwhelmed with love and happiness. He is a Mighty Good God!
Piedras en los bolsillos: La madre que escribió un nuevo destino para su hijo
by Marta BrulePremio Malamadre Nacida para Luchar 2019RECOMENDADO POR LAURA BAENA, MALAS MADRES ¿Pueden el amor y la fuerza de una madre cambiar el destino de su hijo? Esta es la historia de Marta, una aventura de superación y amor de una madre que ha de enfrentarse a la enfermedad de su hijo, al que diagnostican un cáncer y le auguran el peor de los finales posibles. En el libro ella misma nos cuenta su particular batalla contra la enfermedad y cómo, con fuerza y tenacidad, logró vencer el miedo y transformarlo en coraje para afrontar el dolor. Emocionante y necesario, su testimonio es la prueba de que, con un espíritu positivo y el apoyo y la solidaridad de los demás, podemos intentar que la historia de nuestras vidas y de la de aquellos a los que amamos tengan un final feliz. «Cuando me preguntan si creo en los milagros, siempre contesto que sí, que tengo uno en casa». «Durante todo el proceso de la enfermedad de Guille sentía y repetía que el amor es la energía que movía y mueve el universo. Y que si cada persona conocida o desconocida tenía al día un pensamiento positivo sobre Guille, lo íbamos a conseguir». Reseñas:«Este libro está escrito con el amor de una madre que ha nacido para luchar y que es capaz de todo. Marta y Guille ya son parte de mi vida desde aquel día. También lo serán de la tuya desde hoy».Laura Baena, Malas Madres «Leed su libro con atención, porque detrás de sus palabras hay una experiencia dolorosa, pero también una increíble aventura de superación y, sin duda, de felicidad».Paco Arango, presidente de la Fundación Aladina
La piel
by Sergio del MolinoSergio del Molino nos lleva a un territorio que nos pertenece a todos: la piel. El autor de La España vacía vuelve para hacer que nos miremos como nunca lo habíamos hecho. «Sergio del Molino mira donde nadie mira y por eso ve lo que nadie ve. Y lo cuenta con trazo de escritor grande.»Iñaki Gabilondo «Tendrá que hacer como yo: mirar a los demás para evitar mirarse a sí mismo.» Los monstruos existen y se pasean entre nosotros, quizá seamos nosotros mismos. Este es el punto de partida de la nueva obra de Sergio del Molino, un viaje que esta vez nos enseña a mirar hacia el territorio más común y a la vez el más individual: la piel humana. Una grave psoriasis, que llena el cuerpo de costras y hace imposible mostrar la desnudez, le sirve al narrador para analizar la vida de diversos personajes conocidos que han sufrido las consecuencias de la mala piel. La vergüenza de sentirse observado y la necesidad de ocultarse, la cultura de la imagen y de la hipermedicalización, el racismo y el clasismo son paradas de este viaje por los secretos que cubrimos con la ropa y que hacen de nuestra piel una frontera con el mundo. La crítica ha dicho...«Sergio del Molino se deja la piel [...]. El escritor deslumbra con unas memorias propias y ajenas, [...] un libro atípico. No se puede catalogar como unas memorias ni tampoco como un ensayo científico, una novela convencional ni un bestiario. [...] Hiere y hace sonreír. Conmueve y escuece. Sacude y divierte. [...] La mejor virtud del libro consiste en la naturalidad de la narración, la atención que suscitan sus vaivenes, la armonía con que se traslada de la ironía a la sensibilidad, del sarcasmo a la angustia, de la erudición al coloquialismo.»Rubén Amón, El Confidencial «Sergio del Molino mira donde nadie mira y por eso ve lo que nadie ve. Y lo cuenta con trazo de escritor grande.»Iñaki Gabilondo «La crónica personal de una enfermedad, la soriasis, pero también una historia cultural de la monstruosidad, del racismo y el estigma. Con apariciones estelares de Nabokov, Cyndi Lauper, Stalin#»Carlos Pardo, Babelia «No sabemos cómo clasificar el libro, es un híbrido. Memorias propias y ajenas. Escrito con sentido del humor, dureza, ironía y mucha lucidez, que habla de lo autobiográfico con todo lo que implica mentir sobre uno mismo. [...] Todos los recuerdos son un ejercicio de ficción, así que nunca sabes cuál es la barrera que separa la memoria de la literatura. [...] Sergio ha escrito un libro extraordinario.»Ahora que el autor no nos oye - La Cultureta (Onda Cero) «Sergio del Molino sabe de lo que habla cuando se detiene en los pormenores de esta maldición cutánea y sabe de lo que escribe cuando juega con los espejos de los monstruos yde la sociedad. [...] Puede que la verdadera memoria se Sergio del Molino se encuentre más en su piel que en sus recuerdos.»Rubén Amón, La Cultureta (Onda Cero) «La piel es una obra sincera y libre y el relato se construye a partir de su condición de enfermo de psoriasis, arriesgando como una buena persona sin complejos y sin miedo a mostrarse cruel o temeroso en según qué circunstancias. [...] Muchos dermatólogos deberían recetar este libro en lugar de muchas cremas con corticoides. [...] Un libro que me ha emocionado muchísimo, un auténtico disfrute.»Isabel Vázquez, La Cultureta (Onda Cero) «Un libro muy entretenido, lleno de caminos, te sorprende y te deja bien desconcertado, esperando qué te va a contar. [...] Un libro de libros, muy recomendable: me hubiese gustado tanto aunque no fuese de un amigo; de hecho, me hubiese gustado aunque fuese de un enemigo.»Guillermo Altares, La Cultureta (Onda Cero) «No es una novela estrictament
Piero, mi querido Piero
by Maurén Maya Sierra Piero BenedictiLa más completa biografía que se ha hecho sobre Piero. La vida de Piero es fascinante. Es un cúmulo de tristezas y alegrías, de éxitos y derrotas, siempre surcando la incertidumbre y la aventura: el cambio interior, la evolución personal y musical. La periodista Maureén Maya logra un impresionante retrato de este querido cantante. El exilio, sus amores, su vocación social, la muerte de su primer hijo, su amistad con grandes músicos como Mercedes Sosa, Pablo Milanés, Caetano Veloso, "Palito" Ortega, entre otros. Su trascendencia en la música latinoamericana, sus canciones que han dado la vuelta al mundo y han sido traducidas a múltiples idiomas, su presencia y nacionalidad colombiana, hacen parte de esta conmovedora biografía . El hombre talentoso que inmortalizó temas como "Mi viejo" y "Juan Boliche", que perdura en la memoria de varias generaciones, muestra en Piero, mi querido Piero, su faceta más humana y carismática. "Caminante de la música, Piero recorre caminos y con su canto siembra la esperanza en toda Latinoamérica". Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Piero's Light: In Search of Piero della Francesca: A Renaissance Painter and the Revolution in Art, Science and Religion
by Larry WithamAn innovative painter in the early generation of Renaissance artists, Piero dell Francesca was also an expert on religious topics and a mathematician who wanted to use perspective and geometry to make painting a "true science."Although only sixteen of Piero's works survive, few art historians doubt his importance in the Renaissance. A 1992 conference of international experts meeting at the National Gallery of Art deemed Piero "one of the most highly regarded painters of the early Renaissance, and one of the most respected artists of all time." In recent years, the quest for Piero has continued among intrepid scholars, and Piero's Light uncovers the life of this remarkable artistic revolutionary and enduring legacy of the Italian Renaissance.
Piero's Light
by Larry WithamIn the tradition of The Swerve and Galileo's Daughter, Piero's Light reveals how art, religion and science came together at the dawn of the modern world in the paintings of one remarkable artist.An innovative painter in the early generation of Renaissance artists, Piero dell Francesca was also an expert on religious topics and a mathematician who wanted to use perspective and geometry to make painting a &“true science.&” Although only sixteen of Piero&’s works survive, few art historians doubt his importance in the Renaissance. A 1992 conference of international experts meeting at the National Gallery of Art deemed Piero, &“One of the most highly regarded painters of the early Renaissance, and one of the most respected artists of all time.&” In recent years, the quest for Piero has continued among intrepid scholars, and Piero's Light uncovers the life of this remarkable artistic revolutionary and enduring legacy of the Italian Renaissance.
Pierre
by Nancy Southam#1 national bestsellerWhen Pierre Elliott Trudeau died in 2000, the outpouring of emotion was extraordinary. Thousands of people across Canada -- and all over the world -- mourned the loss of one of our greatest prime ministers, a man who touched the hearts and challenged the minds of a nation. In this book, Trudeau's close friend Nancy Southam has gathered more than 140 reminiscences and anecdotal narratives from journalists, former world leaders, politicians who battled and debated him, his sons' friends, RCMP bodyguards, girlfriends, canoeing buddies, and household staff. Among the contributors are luminaries as diverse as Conrad Black, Jean Chrétien, Leonard Cohen, John Kenneth Galbraith, Ivan Head, Jacques Hébert, Karen Kain, Margot Kidder, Harrison McCain, Toni Onley, Gordon Pinsent, Christopher Plummer, Roy Romanow, Ed Schreyer, and Barbra Streisand. With the blessing of his sons, Justin and Sacha, Southam has put together a remarkably transparent account of a deeply private person that is funny, honest, affectionate, and illuminating.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Pierre Berton: A Biography
by Brian MckillopThe first ever biography of one of Canada's best-known and most colourful personalities by an award-winning author.From his northern childhood on, it was clear that Pierre Berton (1920--2004) was different from his peers. Over the course of his eighty-four years, he would become the most famous Canadian media figure of his time, in newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and books -- sometimes all at once. Berton dominated bookstore shelves for almost half a century, winning Governor General's Awards for Klondike and The Last Spike, among many others, along with a dozen honorary degrees.Throughout it all, Berton was larger than life: full of verve and ideas, he approached everything he did with passion, humour, and an insatiable curiosity. He loved controversy and being the centre of attention, and provoked national debate on subjects as wide-ranging as religion and marijuana use. A major voice of Canadian nationalism at the dawn of globalization, he made Canadians take interest in their own history and become proud of it. But he had his critics too, and some considered him egocentric and mean-spirited.Now, with the same meticulous research and storytelling skill that earned him wide critical acclaim for The Spinster and the Prophet, Brian McKillop traces Pierre Berton's remarkable life, with special emphasis on his early days and his rise to prominence. The result is a comprehensive, vivid portrait of the life and work of one of our most celebrated national figures.From the Hardcover edition.
Pierre Boulez Studies
by Edward Campbell Peter O’haganPierre Boulez is acknowledged as one of the most important composers in contemporary musical life. This collection explores his works, influence, reception and legacy, shedding new light on Boulez's music and its historical and cultural contexts. In two sections that focus firstly on the context of the 1940s and 1950s and secondly on the development of the composer's style, the contributors address recurring themes such as Boulez's approach to the serial principle and the related issues of form and large-scale structure. Featuring excerpts from Boulez's correspondence with a range of his contemporaries here published for the first time, the book illuminates both Boulez's relationship with them and his thinking concerning the challenges which confronted both him and other leading figures of the European avant-garde. In the final section, three chapters examine Boulez's relationship with audiences in the United Kingdom, and the development of the appreciation of his music.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (History Heroes #7)
by Damian HarveyPieter Bruegel, the greatest Flemmish painter of the 16th Century, developed a unique style of painting and created many masterpieces, often painting scenes of daily life.Discover the stories of people who have helped to shape history, ranging from early explorers such as Christopher Columbus to more modern figures like Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.These chapter books combine historical fact with engaging narrative and humourous illustration, perfect for the newly independent reader.
Pietro's Book: The Story of a Tuscan Peasant
by Pietro PintiPietro Pinti, born as he says 'in the Middle Ages,' worked the land with hoe and plow from his earliest youth. Growing up under Mussolini's Fascist regime on a farm near Florence, he and his family lived under conditions of extreme poverty, as sharecroppers to generally unscrupulous landowners. But during World War II, when millions in towns and cities suffered untold hardships, the hardy Tuscan peasants were well equipped to face the rigors of the era: war or no war, work on the land went on, and Pietro describes month by month a typical year in their lives: how they made wine and olive oil, planted and harvested the wheat by hand, made baskets and ladders from chestnut wood-skills now lost. With sly wit and salty wisdom, Pietro, a natural storyteller who played the trumpet, wrote poetry, and grew famous for his tales of peasants, knights, and brigands, recreates in colorful detail a world and peasant culture that is fast disappearing. Jenny Bawtree, an Englishwoman long settled in Tuscany, was so fascinated by Pietro's stories that she helped shape them into this autobiography, full of color and humor, hardship and nostalgia.
Piety & Power: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House
by Tom LoBiancoMIKE PENCE: THE ULTIMATE POLITICAL SHAPE-SHIFTER“I’m a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican . . . in that order.” —Mike PenceAs the impeachment of President Donald Trump remains a constant topic of discussion in political circles, the questions around our current vice president also continue to swirl, and in some ways, the puzzlement over his true nature has never truly been clear. Tom LoBianco, a longtime Pence reporter, cuts to the core of the nation’s most enigmatic politician in this intimate yet expansive account of the vice president’s journey to the White House. In Piety & Power, LoBianco follows Pence from his evangelical conversion in college to his failed career as a young lawyer, to his thwarted attempts at politics until he hitched his wagon to far-right extremism, becoming the Congressional poster boy for faith-based policy and Tea Party rhetoric. Giving readers a minute-by-minute account of the selection process that made him Donald Trump’s unlikely running mate in 2016, Piety & Power traces Pence’s personal and political life, painting a picture of a man driven by faith and conviction, yes, but also a hunger for power. LoBianco crafts a revealing portrait of the real Mike Pence—a politician whose understated style masks a drive for power, but also a surprising political acumen—by drawing on years of research, over one hundred exclusive interviews with those closest to the vice president, and deep ties both within the Beltway and Indiana state politics. Highlighting Pence’s strained, at times obsequious, relationship with Trump; his marriage to Karen; his deeply repressed personality; his presidential aspirations and plans for America’s future; and his deep-rooted faith in his country, in God, and ultimately himself; Piety & Power provides insights and answers as it sheds light on this ambitious Midwestern politician, his past, and his possible future.