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Bloomsbury presents Maggie & Me written and read by Damian Barr A unique, tender and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small town Scotland during the Margaret Thatcher years ________________________ 'Shocking and funny in equal measure, and will have you weeping with laughter and...

"The Blunder Years" — A hilarious boyhood memoir narrated by the guy who caused all the trouble. Before ADHD had a name, it had a kid named Phil. Growing up on Long Island in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, he stumbled through boyhood, leaving a trail of mishaps, misunderstandings, and accidental comedy. In this laugh-out-loud memoir, Phil revisits the true stories of his chaotic youth — from altar boy misadventures and Boy Scout fiascos to a Wyatt Earp getup that turned him into the self-appointed sheriff of the “lawless Long Island Territory.

Kiki is moulded and shaped by her employers' demands and those of her clients until she is forced to change who she is. At last, she gets her British passport and is able to initiate divorce proceedings. She enters survival mode, allowing herself to be receptive to new experiences and starting the healing process.

In his most personal and powerful release to date, Edward A. Julian, Sr., shares a gripping account of his journey from incarceration to transformation. With unflinching honesty, he exposes the raw realities of prison life, challenges the myths surrounding reentry, and unveils the mindset required to break destructive cycles and step boldly into purpose.

In A Story Rewritten, Nkechi Ezeani’s journey unfolds as a poignant tale of loss, survival, and rediscovery. Fleeing a life torn apart by war, she seeks refuge in 1970s New York, where reinvention becomes both her salvation and her burden. Amid the grit and vibrancy of the city, Nkechi builds a new life, finding unexpected connections and a love that offers her hope for the future. But the past is never truly left behind.

My Whole Childhood Was a Side Quest By Mike “PayDay” Danielson. What if the hardest part of your life wasn’t the main story… but the training ground? My Whole Childhood Was a Side Quest is a raw, gripping memoir about survival, identity, and becoming a man when the odds were stacked against you long before you knew what odds were. From a loving, stable childhood with grandparents in small-town Michigan…

"Misled" is a haunting memoir that exposes the dark reality of life inside the House of Judah. This religious cult masked child abuse behind the veneer of spiritual devotion. Listen to this impelling story through the eyes of a young boy who survived unspeakable trauma. His story reveals how false leaders can destroy families and steal childhoods under the guise of divine authority.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A collection of one hundred deeply personal stories—covering love and heartbreak, growth and resilience—brought to life by the creator of the wildly popular TikTok account @HunterProsper. Every person has a story. Dick knew that it was love at first sight...

"A Life to Tell" is a profound and unvarnished memoir that chronicles a remarkable journey from the stark realities of a remote Albanian village to the vibrant opportunities of modern democracy. Through deeply personal recollections, the author. The author invites listeners into a world shaped by extreme deprivation, pervasive state control, and an unyielding quest for knowledge and self-determination.

In Raised in Silence, Maria Gallucci invites you into the vivid, rarely seen world of growing up as a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults). With humor, heart, and unflinching honesty, she shares what it's like to bridge two cultures from the moment you can walk: the Deaf world of her parents and the hearing world outside their door.

Fresh out of the University of Colorado with a degree in geology, the author found himself embarking on an adventurous first job as an exploration geologist for Minas de San Luís, situated in the quaint pueblo of Tayoltita in Durango, Mexico. Nestled under Bolaños Peak and in the heart of the Sierra Madre Occidental, the mine was a remote gem accessible only by a solitary road winding 3,000 feet up the mountain.

Black North is set in the Northern California backdrop where you have to do anything you can to survive. Street gangs and affiliates are dictating anyone who has someone among their societal ranks. You are either taught to embrace or run away from the lifestyle many envy but can never attain. Drugs and guns are orchestrating what rules get followed and who falls and lies down under them. The structure is quite clear: you either put in everything you got, or you don't put anything in at all. With the murder rate so high, there's no room for slacking off when you have to put in work.

As irreverent as it is insightful, MONA turns the repressed Muslim girl trope on its head as Azra, academic by day and stripper by night, navigates a double life and a political awakening. Azra Liaqat Khan’s ordinary Muslim American childhood in Charlotte, North Carolina transforms after her...

Ao expor uma visão integral da cultura, considera tanto suas dimensões antropológica e política quanto o potencial econômico desta que é uma de nossas principais riquezas. A autora se vale de sua atuação como parlamentar e de sua experiência como Secretária Municipal de Cultura na cidade do Rio de Janeiro para demonstrar que a gestão democrática e inclusiva da vida cultural pode se converter em um instrumento poderoso de transformação. Conduzidos por Jandira Feghali somos levados à importante compreensão de que Cultura é Poder!

Dieses Buch lädt ein in ein Elsass, das im Herzen weiterlebt: zu einer Zeit, als der Alltag langsamer war, die Wege kürzer, aber die Geschichten dahinter nicht weniger tief. Es erzählt von Menschen, Landschaften und Momenten, die man nicht in Geschichtsbüchern findet, sondern in Erinnerungen, in alten Erzählungen am Küchentisch und in dem leisen Gefühl von Heimat.

A collection of moving, often funny vignettes about a childhood spent in the Soviet Union poignantly captures what life could be like behind the old Iron Curtain.

Join one man on his journey living a life alongside the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River. Inspired by his first book, Del Rio: A Memoir, the author takes the listener on a continuous path of the trials and tribulations associated with addiction while living in one of the most beautiful settings in our world: the Upper Snake River Valley in Idaho. Witness significant events of the last century which our ancestors experienced while settling the West as they attempted to tame the wild rivers that spring forth from the Rocky Mountains.

Depuis son enfance, Julien Sandrel est bercé par les récits de ses aïeux italiens du côté de son père. Pourtant, il n'a jamais mis les pieds à Naples, berceau de sa famille. Et si son paradis perdu était là-bas ? Accompagné de ses frères, il part en quête de la tombe de son arrière-grand-mère, qu'il n'a pas connue, et nous entraîne dans un voyage plein de complicité et de rebondissements inattendus, à la découverte des secrets de son histoire familiale.

This is a book about sex, drugs and rock and roll. It's about life from a Nazi Concentration Camp to pleasure consciousness. It's about Morehouse: including, sex courses, boxing, French maids and hustling. It is about the love between a man and a woman and how to have a great relationship. Everything in this book happened. Some of the stories may seem wilder than fiction.

A best-selling novelist turns to memoir in this compelling story of a son’s love, a mother’s obsession, and the malevolent grip of the past. Indian-American author Manil Suri grew up in a large, crumbling apartment in Bombay (now Mumbai), which his parents, who were Hindu, shared with three...