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Com relatos marcantes, esta obra resgata memórias muitas vezes esquecidas, valorizando a trajetória de cidadãos de todas as classes sociais e profissões. Mais do que um simples livro, é um convite para fortalecer o orgulho de um povo, preservando o legado de quem construiu Pedro Afonso.

A probing essay collection that chronicles one woman’s complicated quest to find home in a fractured America, from the award-winning author of Field Study and contributor to Four Hundred Souls, edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain Where do I belong in a country that has never loved me?...

A Committee of One: How Faith + Action = A PurposeFULL Life is an inspirational memoir/self-help book from the Grandmother of Juneteenth that will be a testament to the transformative power of resilience, faith, and love. In 2016, then-90-year-old Opal Lee began her Opal Walks 2 DC campaign...

Together, two friends with vastly different backgrounds share their vision for a reconciled country—one in which small, daily actions can make a monumental difference Derek Aronhie:nens Montour is an Indigenous man who grew up on the Kahnawà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka Territory. Elin Sandberg...

Martin Frank lebt schon sein ganzes Leben lang auf dem Bauernhof seiner Familie, zusammen mit Hühnern, Ziegen, Katzen und Kühen – doch in diesem Jahr ist damit Schluss, der Vater wird den Hof aufgeben, und die letzte Kuh verlässt den Stall. Er zieht auf den Biohof seines Lebensgefährten, eines Landtierarztes – und ein ganz neues Kapitel beginnt.

Andrei Tarkovsky: A Life on the Cross by Lyudmila Boyadzhieva is an intimate portrayal of the renowned Soviet filmmaker’s life, struggles, and artistic legacy.

FLORIAN KIRNER, auch bekannt als PRINZ CHAOS II. , erzählt mit Charme und Finesse, wie er ohne Geld zur Rettung eines schwer sanierungsbedürftigen Schlosses in Südthüringen antrat: eine spektakuläre Geschichte über die Integration und Sturheit eines Bayern in Ostdeutschland - vollgestopft mit saukomischen und hochdramatischen Begebenheiten. Ein Buch über Denkmalpflege und Verwaltungslogik, zwischenmenschliche Schönheiten und Abgründe, wilde Schlossfeste, Wandergesellen, Neonazis, Paradiesvögel und die Absurditäten der Corona-Politik im ländlichen Raum.

The Last Courtesan was his mother's story. Nautch Boy tells his own. A sweet-faced, quiet boy dressed in matching pink shorts and a top poses demurely for a photograph in a kotha, holding a flower vase with plastic white daisies in it. Powdered, scented women around him sparkle and pirouette...

Sarah Lutterodt’s inspirational memoir, Worlds Apart, traces her life from a sheltered post-war childhood in southern England through transformative years teaching university in Ghana to the hustle and bustle of the American business world and her return to Ghana in retirement.

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands is the bold, witty memoir of Mary Seacole, a Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who defied racism and sexism to care for soldiers during the Crimean War in the 1850s. Writing in her own voice, Seacole recounts her travels across the Caribbean, Central America, and Europe, sharing vivid stories of healing, hardship, and independence.

'One of the best Dublin memoirs I've ever read' Donal Fallon Peig McManus was born into the last of Dublin's tenements before moving to one of Ireland's first social housing estates in Cabra. Her father believed that children should earn their keep and learn to face reality as soon as possible. While that reality was poverty, class prejudice and strict Catholicism, at the heart of Peig's earliest memories are music, hoolies and the bonds of family and community. I Will Be Good is the story of a girl who rebelled against societal expectations and dreamed of further education.

From Sicily to the South is a heartfelt and historically grounded family memoir that traces the journey of Giuseppe Murana, a young Sicilian boy who left everything he knew behind in 1904 to begin a new life in America. At just five years old, Giuseppe arrived at the port of New Orleans with his parents aboard the S.S. Liguria—unaware that his journey would one day shape generations to come.

Weeping Becomes a River, narrated by award-winning author and performer Siphokazi Jonas, weaves seemingly discordant worlds, rooted in her experiences of growing up in an Afrikaans dorpie, attending an English boarding school, and going on annual holidays to a village emaXhoseni during the transition years of South Africa’s democracy.

Assad and Me blends personal biography and national history. It is a description of the Syrian revolt and the murderous regime it opposed. I am the first Syrian journalist to cover the events of the Syrian revolution inside Syria: this is my report years after the catastrophe in my country. I have presented details about security, the economy, and Iranian penetration into the deep state leading to the Syrian civil war.

As a young Latina and Native American lawyer and former wife of California’s attorney general and treasurer, Nadia Davis has long been subjected to public scrutiny. In this powerful homage to finding one’s worth in the face of mental health struggles, addiction, and public shaming, Davis shares her remarkable story. She reveals the depths of the darkness she went through, while gracefully offering transformational healing and an end to the choking grasp of shame.

Growing up on the whitewashed Central Coast in the 1980s and attending an elite school as a scholarship student from the wrong side of the tracks, Lebanese-Cypriot Simone Amelia Jordan felt like an outcast among her peers for years. Her lifeline was hip-hop, then in its golden age. From girlhood, Simone recognised the art form's pro-Black consciousness, and the rappers' resonant words inspired her to embrace her own identity and back herself.

Feisty is the story of a woman with attitude—told in short reflections that capture a life of awakening activism. From her exploits as a five-year-old New Jersey cowboy to hosting Gloria Steinem in Alabama and an awkward drink with a young Clarence Thomas, Jean Peelen shares her civil rights journey and the most vulnerable moments in her life.

Painting evocative pictures of the island with her words, Thompson draws the reader into an inner circle that is a slice-of-life slideshow about growing up in Jamaica in the 1960s and 1970s. Set against a backdrop of current events, island life comes alive, from school, church, and extended family, to influential mentors, marriage, children, and a series of successful businesses. Woven throughout this life story is the abiding presence of God and angels guiding and protecting her.

The quotes in this audiobook reflect the rapid changes and corruption in Indian culture through the valuable feedback received from the general public, students, and working professionals from India who expressed their issues.

Unbroken is an extraordinary work of memoir and investigative journalism focusing on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, written by an award-winning Gitxsan journalist who survived life on the streets against all odds.