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In less than a year, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. That lack of direction lead him on a 55,000 mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back again.

Miles Franklin began the candid, passionate, and contrary My Brilliant Career when she was only 16, intending for it to be the Australian answer to Jane Eyre. This thinly veiled autobiographical tale of a young girl hungering for life and love in the outback was so beyond its years when first released in 1901 that Franklin insisted it not be published again until 10 years after her death. My Brilliant Career is a coming of age story for all of the ages.

In 1984, at the age of 20, Duff McKagan left his native Seattle - partly to pursue music, but mainly to get away from a host of heroin overdoses then-decimating his closest group of friends in the local punk scene. In LA only a few weeks and still living in his car, he answered a want ad for a bass player placed by someone who identified himself only as "Slash." Soon after, the most dangerous band in the world was born. Guns N' Roses went on to sell more than 100 million albums worldwide.

In 11 propulsive and deeply felt chapters, Chai recounts her investigations into SARS quarantine wards, a childhood suicide epidemic, the human cost of industrial pollution, and organized crime, while looking back at her growth as a journalist. Chai Jing shares the philosophical and emotional complexity of the ethical challenges that are always present in such revealing reporting, while she also finds hope and purpose, time and again, in the vital and intimate stories of her interviewees.

Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development, The Larry Sanders Show) is "Maura", the Pfefferman Family patriarch turned matriarch. Here, he discusses the discovery of personal authenticity, what it's like to inhabit the psyche of a transitioning woman on her "maiden voyage", and his newfound appreciation for getting his nails done.

Millions of families are affected by eating disorders, which usually strike young women between the ages of fourteen and twenty. But current medical practice ties these families' hands when it comes to helping their children recover. Conventional medical wisdom dictates separating the patient from the family and insists that 'it's not about the food', even as a family watches a child waste away before their eyes.

J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - and coordinated its daily life - at the request of the president and his family. He directed state functions; planned parties, weddings, funerals, gardens, playgrounds, and extensive renovations; and with a large staff, supervised every activity in the presidential home.

Wanda Sykes, LeVar Burton, Leslie Odom, Jr., and Gabourey Sidibe head a cast of beloved actors performing 23 selections from the speeches, sermons, and essays of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—many never recorded during his lifetime. For the first time, teachers, students, and thoughtful listeners can hear dramatic interpretations of Dr. King’s words, chosen and introduced by Cornel West.

Ginsburg and Amanda Tyler, Berkeley Law professor and former Ginsburg law clerk, bring together RBG's most penetrating opinions - many previously unpublished - sharing details from Justice Ginsburg's family life and long career.

Esta antología de semblanzas biográficas, textos críticos, análisis cinematográficos y reveladoras entrevistas con sus colaboradores de confianza, es el resultado de años de consagración al apasionado estudio de la obra de tan prolífica hermandad. El crítico de cine Adam Nayman, además de celebrar y diseccionar los logros de este singular contubernio, nos acerca a su obra para trazar, como él mismo proclama con la pompa que la ocasión merece, una gran teoría unificada de lo que el propio Nayman ha dado en llamar «coentáneo».

Nova Reid, author of The Good Ally, delves into the untold stories of extraordinary, unsung Black women who created and shaped pivotal moments in world history, British culture and society. Through powerful storytelling, personal insights and new research, Nova delves into the lives of pioneers, journalists and rule-breakers who made vital contributions to civil rights, yet have been mythologised, are unknown or erased from history.

If Truth Be Told: A Monk's Memoir is an honest and straightforward account of Om Swami's life, one of the foremost spiritual leaders of India.

"Sono in questa vita da cinquant'anni, ne scruto l'enigma da quarantadue, e da trentacinque tengo un diario pieno di idee su come risolverlo. Appunti su successi e fallimenti, gioie e dolori, cose che mi hanno stupito o che mi hanno fatto ridere di cuore. Appunti su come essere sereno. Come stressarmi di meno. Come godermela. Come fare meno male agli altri. Come fare meno male a me stesso. Come diventare un brav'uomo. Come dare un significato alla mia vita. Come essere più io."

"If you won't get her vision, who will?" With these words from Bhairavi Ma echoing in his heart, a young monk who had renounced a multimillion-dollar business empire retreated into the Himalayas. For thirteen months, he engaged in intense meditation, seeking the finest reward there is: self-realization. But what truly unfolded in those serene yet desolate mountains? Faced with biting cold, prowling wild animals, crippling hunger and overwhelming isolation, Om Swami tested the limits of his mind and body.

高卒で光通信からＵＵＵＭ創業者。ＨＩＫＡＫＩＮ、はじめしゃちょー、東海オンエアらとインフルエンサー＆ユーチューバーを人気職業に押し上げてきた怒涛の人生。「仕事ができる人」に生まれ変わるための２０個の質問を投げかける、仕事論＆創業秘話！

Written in snippets and diary form, insights are made along small, domestic trips and big, international journeys. The struggling journalist takes leaps of faith and grows spiritually, emotionally, and physically while managing relationships with money, men, and herself. Through self-awareness as well as trial and error, one young woman comes to some sense of redefined success, ease, and enlightenment.

¿Quién fue realmente Miguel de Cervantes? ¿Un genio literario o un aventurero con más intereses en el comercio que en las letras? ¿Por qué fue un escritor tardío? Soldado en Lepanto, cautivo en Argel, comerciante y cobrador de impuestos, Cervantes vivió entre aventuras y constantes reinvenciones, con una vida marcada por intrigas, dudas sobre su fe y relaciones tan misteriosas como polémicas.

From age 11, in 1974, until she left the show, in 1981, Melissa Anderson literally grew up before the viewers of Little House on the Prairie. Melissa, as Mary, is remembered by many as the blind sister - and she was the only actor in the series to be nominated for an Emmy. In The Way I See It, she takes listeners onto the set and inside the world of the iconic series created by Michael Landon, who, Melissa discovered, was not perfect, as much as he tried to be. In this memoir she also shares her memories of working with guest stars like Todd Bridges, Mariette Hartley, Sean Penn, Patricia Neal, and Johnny Cash.

16歳の今しか、伝えられない言葉がある。当時小学5年生だった東日本大震災から5年。あの日を学びに変えるために立ち上がった三人の16歳の高校生の語り部。ポプラ社が発売する本書の一部朗読とご本人たちのインタビューを公開。監修を務めた”小さな命の意味を考える会”代表佐藤敏郎さんのインタビューも含め宮城県東松島市で収録。

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La storia di ogni grande donna è la storia delle sue guerre. Quelle di Coco Chanel sono state almeno quattro: due conflitti mondiali, le battaglie sindacali degli anni Venti e Trenta, e la guerra contro i suoi fantasmi. Questa, la più cruenta di tutte, comincia con l'abbandono da parte del padre, prosegue con l'infanzia lontana dalla famiglia, "esiliata" in un convento di suore – che però, conquistato il benessere, sosterrà economicamente – e poi con la perdita di un grande amore, il più grande, e con la rinuncia a una casa vera e propria per trasferirsi al Ritz.