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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Billy Graham & Me contains 101 fascinating stories from all the living U.S. presidents, well-known pastors, country singers and other celebrities, and world leaders, relating their personal experiences with Billy Graham. Renowned Evangelical preacher Billy Graham has touched tens of millions of lives, inspiring faith and hope around the world. And you will get to know the beloved preacher better in these inspiring personal stories by the people who know him best. You will meet the real Billy Graham, the man behind the public figure.

Marty Nothstein, one of the greatest cyclists of all time, arrived at the 1996 Olympic Games a heavy favorite. In the match sprint at the Atlanta Olympics, an event akin to prizefighting on a bicycle, he raced around a banked, oval track. Nothstein lost by a hair's width on the finish line and vowed to win the gold at the next Olympics, saying, "I didn't come here for a silver medal."

Un viaggio, per quanto terribile possa essere, nel ricordo si trasforma in qualcosa di meraviglioso. La vita è un viaggio, e come tutti i viaggi si compone di ricordi. In questo audiolibro, Banana Yoshimoto raccoglie preziosi frammenti di memoria e ci porta con sé, lontano nel tempo e nel mondo. Dalle emozioni del primo amore alla scoperta della maternità, dalle piramidi egiziane alla Tokyo degli anni settanta.

El reinado de Isabel I de Castilla fue uno de los momentos clave para entender la historia de España en siglos posteriores. Isabel, junto a su marido el rey Fernando, sentaron las bases de las estructuras políticas, sociales y económicas que determinarían el devenir de los distintos reinos gobernados por ellos. Breve historia de Isabel la Católica aborda su propia vida encajada en el tiempo en el que le tocó vivir. Una existencia apasionante que simboliza el final de la Edad Media y el principio de la España Imperial.

Ele participou de duas guerras nas quais o seu país foi derrotado e serviu ao maior criminoso que a História conheceu. Mesmo assim, o militar Erwin Rommel é lembrado como um dos grandes guerreiros do século XX e o maior general alemão da Segunda Guerra Mundial.

El secret del meu turbant explica la història real de Nadia Ghulam, una noia afganesa que amb només vuit anys va patir greus ferides a causa d'una bomba. En sortir de l'hospital dos anys més tard, el règim talibà s'havia instaurat a l'Afganistan i ella va prendre una decisió radical: es va vestir de noi i, durant deu anys, es va fer passar per home per poder portar un sou a casa, ja que el nou govern havia prohibit que les dones treballessin fora de la llar.

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed contains a dozen short works by John Irving, beginning with three memoirs, including an account of Mr. Irving’s dinner with President Ronald Reagan at the White House. The longest of the memoirs, The Imaginary Girlfriend,” is the core of this collection.

Até hoje alvo de diversas críticas e controvérsias, acusado de charlatanismo, ocultista e até antissemita, Carl Gustav Jung é um dos maiores contribuintes para a psicologia como a conhecemos atualmente. O suíço, que chegou a nutrir uma íntima amizade com Freud, formulou conceitos amplamente utilizados até hoje, como os arquétipos e o processo de individuação. Além disso, contribuiu para o entendimento dos tipos de personalidades e métodos de interpretação de sonhos como um caminho para entender os níveis mais profundos da psique.

Fruto do blog que o autor mantém no site "bebe.com.br", Enfim, grávidos!, escrito com sensibilidade e bom humor, nos dá a chance de conhecer de perto a relação de um pai com seu filho muito antes do nascimento. Hamilton conta, em tom de crônica, as diversas etapas que ele e sua mulher Magie enfrentaram até a gravidez tardia de João Pedro finalmente se consolidar.

We talkin’ about practice, man. Not a game. «Stiamo parlando di un allenamento, amico. Non di una partita». È il ritornello che Allen Iverson, in preda ai fumi dell’alcol, pronunciò all’infinito in una famigerata conferenza stampa del 2002. I suoi Sixers erano stati buttati fuori dai playoff e lui si era scontrato per l’ennesima volta con il coach Larry Brown. È attorno a questo episodio, presagio di una vertiginosa caduta, che si avvolge come una spirale l’irrequieta esistenza di A.I., o The Answer, com’era noto a quei tempi.

Jess McDonald was a true crime junkie and Line of Duty sofa sleuth with a strong sense of justice. Under a year later, thanks to a controversial new initiative, she was a detective in the London Metropolitan Police Service. The Met Police's Direct Entry Detective scheme was aimed at turning people with no experience of the police into detectives. No Comment is Jess' candid, eye-opening and often shocking account, exploring the reality of being a detective in the Met and responsible for 'keeping London safe for everyone'.

Superstar comedian and Hollywood box-office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the, a, for, above, and even even. Put them together and you have the funniest, most heartfelt, and most inspirational memoir on survival, success, and the importance of believing in yourself since Old Yeller.

In 1978 Deanna met her hermit husband in Northern BC while she was working as a forestry lookout attendant. For the next thirteen years she led the life of a pioneering mother in the wilderness. Over a hundred miles from the nearest paved road and cut off from most contact with the outside world, Deanna and her husband Jay built a life and raised their children in the stunning beauty and staggering isolation of the Ningunsaw Valley.

"How did you get this number?" Those were the first words Jill Biden spoke to US senator Joe Biden when he called her out of the blue to ask her on a date. Growing up, Jill had wanted two things: a marriage like her parents' - strong, loving, and full of laughter - and a career. An early heartbreak had left her uncertain about love until she met Joe. But as they grew closer, Jill faced difficult questions: How would politics shape her family and professional life? And was she ready to become a mother to Joe's two young sons?

Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy was granted unprecedented access to the company, and in this revelatory book he takes listeners inside Google headquarters - the Googleplex - to explain how Google works.

What happens when a young Wall Street investment banker spends a small fortune to have lunch with Warren Buffett? He becomes a real value investor. In this fascinating inside story, Guy Spier details his career from Harvard MBA to hedge fund manager. But the path was not so straightforward. Spier reveals his transformation from a Gordon Gekko wannabe, driven by greed, to a sophisticated investor who enjoys success without selling his soul to the highest bidder.

Guerrilla Warfare by the revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara, written in 1960, has become a how-to manual for thousands of guerrilla fighters in various countries around the world. Guevara intended it to be a guidebook on guerrilla warfare, as inspiration for the revolutionary movement. Fascinating to admirers and adversaries alike, he captured the minds of millions with his leadership and his belief in guerrilla warfare as the only effective agent to achieve political change.

In a deeply personal investigation, award-winning journalist Sadiya Ansari takes us across three continents and back a century as she seeks the truth behind a family secret. Why did her grandmother Tahira abandon her seven children to follow a man from Karachi to a tiny village in Punjab? And though she eventually left him, Tahira remained estranged from her children for nearly two decades. Who was she in those years when she was no longer a wife or mother?

A neurodivergent's guide to embracing your true self and finding your happily ever after. Growing up, Chloé Hayden felt like she'd crash-landed on an alien planet where nothing made sense. Eye contact? Small talk? And why are you people so touch-oriented? She moved between 10 schools in 8 years, struggling to become a person she believed society would accept, and was eventually diagnosed with autism and ADHD. When a life-changing group of allies showed her that different did not mean less, she learned to celebrate her true voice and find her happily ever after.

Após desligar-se de sua gravadora, Amanda recorreu ao então recém-lançado Kickstarter, site de financiamento coletivo, para conclamar os fãs a colaborar financeiramente para a produção do próximo álbum de sua banda. O projeto arrecadou mais de 1 milhão de dólares, recorde que chamou atenção tanto da imprensa como da indústria fonográfica. Desse episódio surgiu o convite para uma celebrada palestra nos TED Talks. O tema: saber pedir.