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What are you going to do for the rest of your life? For David Lawrence, Jr., a brilliant newspaper editor and publisher with a distinguished, three-decade-long journalism career who retired in 1999 at the age of 56, the answer in his words was to dedicate his life to a "[N]ewly energized purposefulness: that every child have a real chance to succeed."

FonoLibro se complace en presentar Cala Contigo: El Poder de Escuchar escrito y narrado por el célebre periodista y presentador de Cala en CNN en Español, Ismael Cala. Ismael, en una excelente narración, nos enseña a escuchar para evolucionar y mejorar nuestras vidas. Tras conversar con presidentes, intelectuales y celebridades de todos los campos, Cala nos confía la clave de su éxito como entrevistador: saber escuchar a los demás, para que compartan con nosotros cómo son y cómo piensan.

Part memoir and part spirit guide, Wild Words is a book about the intersection of our creative soul with everything else, and how to make peace, make priorities, and ultimately, make progress by slowing down and embracing whatever season we’re in, right now.

Women today feel a constant pressure to improve themselves and just never feel like they’re “enough.” All too often, they live their daily lives disheartened, disillusioned, and disappointed. That’s because joy doesn’t come from a new self-improvement strategy; it comes from rooting their identity in who God says they are and what he has done on their behalf.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Katie Couric but were afraid to ask! As co-anchor of The Today Show for 14 years, Katie Couric is now the one in the hot seat. Find out about how she became a household name, what gets her attention, and what is next on her "to do" list.

Dan Savage’s mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says “no thanks” because he doesn’t want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son, D.J., says his two dads aren’t “allowed” to get married but that he’d like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into the mix Dan’s straight siblings, whose varied choices form a microcosm of how Americans are approaching marriage these days, and you get a rollicking family memoir that will have everyone - gay or straight, right or left, single or married - howling with laughter.

Part memoir, part manifesto, and including chapters on dating, work, sport, babies, families, anger and friendship, it is based on the simple premise that understanding why we fail ultimately makes us stronger. It's an audiobook about learning from our mistakes and about not being afraid. Uplifting, inspiring and rich in stories from Elizabeth’s own life, How to Fail reveals that failure is not what defines us; rather it is how we respond to it that shapes us as individuals.

Having suffered the unimaginable loss of her first husband and child, Lindsay Nicholson worked her way up to become the most successful lifestyle magazine editor in Britain. But when a would-be suicide ran in front of her car, the pages of her picture-perfect life fell apart once more. In just one year, Lindsay lost her marriage, job and home, and was even arrested. Suicidal and suffering from profound PTSD, she tried medication, therapy and New Age courses – until she found the answers she was looking for in the pages of her former magazine.

Uno de los testimonios más divertidos y conmovedores que se publicarán este año. Este es un audiolibro dirigido a todas las personas que creen en el amor y en la igualdad. También es para las que aún sienten temor, inseguridad y dudan si eso que sienten en su corazón está bien, que están definiendo quiénes son, qué camino tomar y que descubrirán a partir de este conmovedor relato, que cuando se vive con valentía y coherencia todo deja de ser tan complicado.

During her career in sports broadcasting, Guerrero covered Super Bowls, Worlds Series, NBA Finals, and interviewed sports superstars. From the outside it seemed glamourous, but often she was miserable, told to smile more, argue less, and show a lot of leg and cleavage. Colleagues would joke—sometimes on national TV—that she clinched big interviews because of sexual acts rather than talent. She made a mistake on air during the opening game on Monday Night Football that cost her her sportscasting career... and almost her life.

In 2021, Charlie Bird was diagnosed with motor neurone disease—a man whose voice was so synonymous with his career faced losing it completely. Yet knowing he had just a short time left with family and friends, what emerged was a great sense of resilience and motivation to take advantage of every moment. Here, Charlie reflects on his life and phenomenal broadcast career through the lens of his diagnosis, as he ponders the big questions and takes stock of the small moments that we so often overlook.

It was early evening and a new acquaintance had come to retrieve his daughter from a play date. Instead of driving up in a minivan, he arrived by water, tacking his sailboat smartly across a squiggly channel in the marsh, throwing a rope overboard, and zipping back home, his gleeful daughter riding in the wake. Who knew you could do such a thing? And how could you resist befriending a man such as that?

In an increasingly divided society, Iain examines why we've all become so disrespectful and intolerant. Using experiences from his career in politics and the media, he says it doesn't have to be this way and suggests how we can all emerge from tribalism and division and become more respectful to each other and those who govern us. It is a book that is optimistic about the fundamental decencies embedded in human nature and uses deeply personal anecdotes to explain why we can look forward in a positive way to a better life both in personal and material terms.

Alles zu schnell, alles zu viel - jeden Tag hetzen wir durch unser Leben. Nie genug Zeit für die wichtigen Dinge des Lebens und immer darauf erpicht, so viel Zeit wie möglich einzusparen. Aber was machen wir mit der gewonnen Zeit? Wieso ist "schnell" sexy und "langsam" so erotisch wie Fußpilz? Ständig sind wir unzufrieden mit der Zeit, meist vergeht sie zu schnell, dann langweilen wir uns wieder und die Zeit gibt uns das Gefühl stehen zu bleiben. Aber wie verhält es sich mit der Einstellung zur Zeit, wenn man plötzlich merkt, dass sie auch bald ablaufen könnte?

Before the advent of social media, which has been a powerful tool for amplifying the voices of women, the experience of sexual harassment and abuse was both insidious and isolating. Egregious workplace behavior toward women was tolerated with the unspoken acceptance that "men will be men" and complaints about sexual assault in and outside the office often ended up with the victims being blamed.

In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired.

These days, the road to success can feel jampacked with scheduling, networking, nonstop hustle, and flat-out absurdity. And no one knows that better than Al Roker - beloved cohost of The Today Show, weatherperson extraordinaire, and the man we all secretly wish we could turn to for wisdom and wisecracks in our everyday lives. Al has learned worthwhile lessons over a long, successful career. And now, for the first time, Al is ready to unleash savvy advice on how to embrace happiness.

Marcel van Roosmalen over zijn dementerende moeder in het verpleegtehuis ten tijde van de coronapandemie - ontroerend eerlijk, droogkomisch en actueel. Wanneer de moeder van Marcel van Roosmalen na een val niet terug kan keren naar het ouderlijk huis, en onderdak vindt in een verpleegtehuis in Velp, lijkt een rustige periode voor haar en haar kinderen aan te breken. Totdat in maart 2020 de coronapandemie om zich heen grijpt. Het verpleegtehuis wordt ontruimd vanwege de vele positief geteste bewoners en moeder Van Roosmalen wordt getransporteerd naar de bossen bij Groesbeek.

The witty, incisive and frank memoir of the best-selling author of The Victorians, Jeremy Paxman, whose career at the BBC included 25 years as the uncompromising presenter of Newsnight. Covering insights on politicians of every stamp over the last half century, reporting from war zones, the state of the BBC, the role of journalism in our political system and much more, Jeremy Paxman's long-awaited and candid memoir is packed with opinions and good humour on every page.

Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Paul Brinkley Rogers has lived an adventurous life all over the world. But there is one story he cannot forget: that of his haunting love affair with a mysterious older Japanese woman in 1959. Paul was a sailor aboard the USS Shangri La that long ago summer when he met Kaji Yukiko in the seaport of Yokosuka. A fierce intellectual, Yukiko shared her astonishing knowledge of literature, film, and poetry with Paul and encouraged, even demanded, that he use his gifts to become the writer he is today.