Dagbøker og memoarer

A month before his college graduation, Paul Rousseau is accidentally shot in the head by his best friend. As Paul survives and recovers, he finds himself embroiled in legal ramifications as the relationship between himself and his best friend disintegrates.

'Honest and powerful' Ian Rankin'Heart-breaking and poignant' Fi GloverThe heart-warming coming of age story set in 1970s Glasgow from the much-loved broadcasterFrom a vivacious child to a teenage loner, Aasmah candidly shares the highs and lows of growing up between two cultures - trying to fit in at school and retreating to the safe haven of a home inhabited by her precious but distant little brother and Helen, her family's Glaswegian guardian angel.Intricately woven into this moving memoir is the story of Aasmah's mother, as we follow her own life as a young girl in 1950s Pakistan to 1960s Scotland and beyond. Both mother and daughter fight, are defeated and triumph in different battles in this sharp and moving story. A Glasgow Girl is a remarkable memoir about family, identity and finding yourself where you are.'An interwoven tale of love, loss, life in Glasgow and Pakistan across multiple generations' The Sunday Times'Evocative and vivid' The ScotsmanThis book was previously titled A Pebble in the Throat.

"Albert Camus's novel The Plague will go down in literary history as one of the most talked about books of the Covid-19 crisis. Originally intended as an allegory of World War II, this story of an Algerian city gripped by an epidemic has been a staple of literature classes since 1947. Generations of students have learned that Camus was "really" writing about his experience of occupied Paris. In 2020, that reading tradition was transformed. The epidemic brought the novel close to readers who began to read it as a book about their own lives-a book to help them get through a global health crisis. Alice Kaplan, who teaches Camus at Yale, and Laura Marris, translator of a new edition of The Plague, wondered how Camus could know so much about what we were living through in mid-2020. His novel has it all: the official denials in the face of mounting deaths, the end of travel, the separation from one another during quarantine, the numbing grief. They wrote States of Plague in response-as a guide to these moments where the written and the real collide. For many people, The Plague feels personal now. And through this lens, certain features became vital: Camus's sensitivity toward illness, his experience of a contagious disease, the cost of separation in his own life, and the psychology and politics of the city in quarantine. Because they come to the book from different perspectives, Kaplan and Marris alternate their voices so that their chapters offer two complementary ways of looking at Camus. They find that their sense of Camus evolves under the force of a new reality, alongside the pressures of illness, recovery, concern, and care in their own lives. Kaplan herself is struggling with a case if Covid as the book opens; as it closes, Marris receives her first vaccine shot. In between, they find, aspects of Camus's novel that once seemed merely literary spoke directly to their own fear and grief. They uncover for us the mysterious way a great writer can imagine the world during a crisis and draw back the veil on our possible futures"--

Britain's most famous explorer and bestselling author's new book on extreme cold.

¿¿ Wir alle haben keine Gedanken. Alles ist ein Schrei ¿ ein Schrei der Ohnmacht.Lass Bilder kommen! Sie betäuben mich. Ich möchte das Leben in die Hand nehmen und es dauernd bewegen ¿ einmal hierhin, einmal dorthin. Die Kinder tun es ähnlich. Sie schaufeln den Sand und sie kletternauf den Baum. Sie kriechen in Schlupfwinkel und sind ganz erfüllt. Sie träumen von der Kraft ihres Lebens. Und wir?- Es ist ein wilder Schrei, der sich selbst erstickt. Du musst beten, du darfst nicht schreien! Bewundere deine Welt, spüre sie auf, beschreibe das! Das musst du tun, nicht aufsässig sein!Ich höre dich und ich höre den Fluch meiner Seele. Was treibt den Keil in die Harmonie? Wie kommen Fluch und Andacht zusammen? Rätselhaft, wie alles geht. Aber es geht. Spiralen drehtmein Herz, tönende Spiralen.¿-In seinem dritten Lebensjahrzehnt, wo er Gott und die Welt kritisierte und anzweifelte, nahm der Autor im Rahmen seiner Tagebuchführung unbewusst Verbindung zu geistigen Welten auf.In Dialogen erfährt er seelischen Beistand, und es wird ihm, ohne dass er dieses Geschehen begreift , unter anderem der Vorgang der Inspiration erklärt. In den Gesprächen, in welchen auch niedere Geistwesen mit entsprechenden Absichten zu Wort kommen, bedient er sich oft der Traumsymbolsprache, die ihm damals noch völlig unbekannt war.

Was stimmt bloß nicht mit Lilli? Von einer auf die andere Minute hält sie ihr kleines Köpfchen schief, ständig ist sie müde und schlapp, möchte nicht mehr laufen. Dabei ist sie eigentlich ein zweijähriger Wirbelwind - nie zu bremsen. Nach monatelangem Rätselraten dann die niederschmetternde Diagnose: Hirntumor, Ependymom, unheilbar. Der aussichtslose Kampf gegen den Krebs beginnt. Doch gemeinsam mit ihrer Familie gibt Lilli nicht auf und reist für ihr Überleben sogar um die halbe Welt. Wird ihr Traum ein Schulkind zu werden in Erfüllung gehen? Eine wahre Geschichte über den beispiellosen Überlebenskampf eines kleinen Mädchens mit großem Optimismus.

Lucky Bug and Fragile Power is the story of one survivor's complicated relationship with love, trust, and power as a consequence of those ripples. Cynthia Culpepper suffered abuse and neglect at the hands of her alcoholic parents. Running away to elope at eighteen, she started her adult life with nothing but the clothes on her back and the trauma from her upbringing. This memoir chronicles how Cynthia overcame poverty, trauma, loss, and betrayal to become a successful business owner, wife, and mother. Follow her journey and see how she fought her way to her greatest achievement: happiness.

*** Also Available on ebook ***What would you do if you were abused as a child and then shared with his friends, their little play thing?Would you want to talk about it?This is the story of my life, the ups and the downs. How I ended up living with Complex PTSD after childhood trauma, then hidden for over 30 years. If you have or know anyone who struggles with any form of Mental Health then this book could be for you. Together we can break down the walls and challenge the Stigma around Mental Health. Let's start talking before it's too late.Step into the intriguing "Call of the Void" world, where a seemingly idyllic day at the Polo Club takes a chilling turn. A tale of trust shattered by deceit, friendship-masking manipulation, and thehaunting echo of betrayal that spans decades."Call of the Void" delves deep into the intricacies of trust, the deceptive allure of friendship, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of betrayal. A journey of self-discovery, redemption, and the pursuit of truth, reminding us that even the strongest bonds can harbor hidden shadows.Robbie S Stephens is an author and a couragcous advocate for mental health awareness. His willingness to share his story demonstrates his commitment to fostering a world where individuals facing mental health challenges can find solace, understanding, and support.I remember the day like any other trip to the Polo Club. I was chatting to Jilly Cooper about her latest film. Prince Harry was playing with his dad. We locked up and grabbed our bikes. Headed off through the woods. We dumped the bikes and off I walked down a track."Nice"That's the only word he used, whispering it into my ear. I can still smell his breath, the fags, the booze, the Sherry. I got a bonus that day for all my hard work £120.If I told people they wouldn't believe it. They would try to ruin our special friendship. You once said to me. "No one will believe you"You were my friend and I trusted you. I believed what you said was true. 30 years later, I realise it was all a lie.Together we can make a difference. Together we can help. Together we can challenge Mental Health.

Taking the Mask Off... was a hard book for me to write. What started out as daily journal entries that centered around losses, regrets, family, and the beauty of nature, all written during COVID isolation but covering my entire life's experiences were now over 150 handwritten short stories contained in four 5 X 7-inch memorandum books filled in front to back. It took me six months to realize that my writings were more than simple journalling; they were therapy. Therapy that told a story of my movement from mind to heart, from being compartmentalized to being vulnerable, from seeking purpose over comfort, from moving from my name card to my calling card, from understanding that to really love someone else, you first needed to love yourself. So, I invite you to join me on part one of this non-judgmental journey representing over 65 of my short personal stories. Stories that represent someone who really had to turn the telescope of their life around and learn from each problem. Yes, I continue to be on that uphill, rocky, slippery climb from thinking with my brain to feeling with my heart, but I am improving because now instead of asking, "Why me, God?" I simply ask, "God, what are you trying to teach me?" Please join me on this journey of my stories and let's learn to be better together.

The conversations have been gathered, and narrated as an artist by the author. The author takes an abstract perspective of a conversation to assemble conversation essays. Conversation essays help to enhance reading, sharing, learning and presenting abilities of a person in any setting. The author associates abstract topics and relates these topics to conversations that are similar, diverse, parallel, angular, and criteria based for a differentiation perspective. A few techniques such as variance, logic, algorithmic, and objective have been used to progress a conversation from abstraction to stories, for a difference of a story. The author wrote several poetry classics including business books, Reserved Words and Comments, A View To A Door and Scrum Art Handbook. Durga Madiraju writes under the pen name of Jane Summers (Poetry Classics). She is also the author of the new language, Durvue. She excels in several areas such as, as a Software Engineer, Poet, Author, Composer (Piano Classics) , and Director (Movie Direction, and Acting).

'Thirty-Five Years A Nurse...But I Wanted To Be A Vet!' Is a humorous collection of memoirs from Ruth Gathercole's varied and interesting career in nursing. From the early days of her nurse training in the 1980's, along with all the hilarious mishaps and endearing patients, through her years as a staff nurse on Children's Ward and beyond. Midwifery training, Neonatal Nursing, Sexual Health clinics, being a School Nurse and all the shenanigans that go with that territory! Later becoming a Specialist Nurse for Looked After Children, Ruth captures all the most memorable moments of her nursing journey, sometimes moving and heartwarming, sometimes just downright funny!

The author, born in Holywood, has stepped back in time to capture some of what has been happening in the town of Holywood over the past years. In his book, he has brought to the fore snippets of news and information that people may be unaware of - or have forgotten. The book makes interesting reading in capturing small nuggets of time from the past in the town that are now gone forever. He has delved right back to the 1800s when some say life was tougher, others would say it was more relaxed, either way, one can get a very small comparison as to what was happening then and now. Different advertisements and news items will stir the imagination, bringing back those memories of places we knew and reminding us of our younger days. Age may dull our memories but the author's book will bring back some of those thoughts of how we remembered Holywood's past.

BIOGRAPHY - AUTOBIOGRAPHY - MEMOIRBeing raised just above the poverty line in Parkersburg, WVA, Janie didn't have big aspirations and dreams for her life. Yet moving to Columbus, Ohio changed everything about her including her name.She was in a dead-end job at the phone company when a dare from her best friend took her to an interview to become a Stewardess. Fearful she would be rejected on sight because of her height; she was shocked when she was accepted to be the one out of 5,000 applicants who applied for the job.A whole new world opened up to her. Seeing places she had only read about, spending time with politicians, movie stars and professional athletes. One very special athlete, a professional basketball player named Wendell Ladner stole her heart with his southern charm. An extraordinary 'connection' with the King of Rock & Roll (Elvis Presley) allowed her the unique experience to spend 'one on one' time with him and remain in touch until his passing. You'll share with her the challenges of marrying someone so different from her upbringing and coping with the attempts to try and fit in. Behind Her Smile reveals a devastating event that deeply affected Beverly and made her reexamine her life and what she truly wanted out of it.

Two weeks after giving birth to her son Prince, Hera McLeod discovered that everything she knew about her son's father was a lie. After a 12-month custody battle in Family Court, full of terrifying evidence she uncovered, Prince's father murdered him during one of the first court-ordered unsupervised visitations. Determined to get justice for her son, Hera embarked on a mission to hold both the killer and the system that enabled him accountable. This story takes you through Hera's experience as the romantic target of a serial killer and the deep fractures in the American justice system that routinely leave women and children vulnerable. It will arm you with the knowledge necessary to join the fight, ideas for reform, and the inspiration to speak out against the silence.

El camino del norte es la historia de un joven que al abandonar su país, decide tomar una ruta peligrosa hacia los Estados Unidos de América, como lo han hecho muchos emigrantes centroamericanos que han dejado lo más preciado: su familia, y se han aventurado en busca de las promesas del sueño americano; sueño que para muchos se convierte en una pesadilla real en esa hostil travesía a bordo del ferrocarril que cruza por el territorio mexicano de sur a norte apodado la BESTIA, famoso por cargar en su lomo a miles de emigrantes que tienen la mirada puesta en la frontera sur de los Estados Unidos de América. Es una historia fascinante, llena de aventuras, dramas y peligros, pero también de fe, mucho valor, tenacidad, y creencia. El autor, Adonay Contreras, es el protagonista de esta historia a lo largo de El camino del norte.

The Way North tells the story of a young man who decides to embark on a perilous journey to the United States of America after leaving his home country, just like many Central American migrants who have left everything behind. They have traveled with their family to pursue the American dream, which for many becomes a real nightmare on the hostile journey aboard the railroad that crosses Mexican territory from south to north, nicknamed the BEAST. This train is famous for carrying thousands of emigrants who have their eyes set on the southern border of the United States of America. It's an exciting tale with many adventures, dangers, and dramas, but also featuring faith, courage, tenacity, and conviction. Adonay Contreras THE WAY NORTH.

What adventures and stories would your dehydrated mind create? This is a true story about how shrimp led Ash down a metaphoric rabbit hole when food poisoning deprived her of nutrients and sleep. It tells a tale of what her mind created. Fun for readers, but don't be fooled! It's a cautionary tale of how quick ones life can go from normal to tragic and imprisoned when a hospital fails you. What should have been a simple case of IV fluids, turned into a horror of abuse, neglect, and false imprisonment when one doctor sent Ash to a place she didn't need to go-the psych ward. Ash went from a normal, happy-go-lucky person with no mental health issues to scarred and traumatized with PTSD, panic attacks and so much more. It's a tale that can happen to anyone. But this tale is for you. Unfiltered. Ash's suffering shouldn't be wasted, no matter how dark it got. Can you see the horrors of the hospital through the imaginative overlay of back stories her mind created? In the end will you root for her to be able to get justice and sing again? Support her or not, that is up to you, reader. Enjoy her painful adventure.With 65 coloured images!

One wife's story of caring for her husband with dementia-and the lessons for caregivers she learned along the way. After the death of her husband, author Donna Larkin realized that she-and the other women in her dementia caregivers' support group-had accumulated invaluable strategies and tools that might be helpful for others recently finding themselves in a similar situation. In Enduring: A Story of Love, Dementia, and Lessons Learned, Larkin shares a chronology of her husband's Alzheimer's disease and her caregiving approaches, including those gleaned from her support-group friends and experts she met along the way. An honest, loving, and unflinching portrait of caregiving, Enduring draws on nine years' worth of notes, emails, and journal pages written while full-time caregiving at home and while later helping to transition her husband into a memory-care facility. A chronicle of the couple's journey from diagnosis to passing, her stories-with vulnerability, straight talk, and good humor-uniquely illustrate what it means to be a full-time caregiver for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease. As Larkin and her husband faced down the realities of his condition, a problem-solving approach kept her focused on finding solutions where possible-while her heart kept her focused on the man she knew her husband to be and the love they still shared in the face of many obstacles. For anyone struggling with the realities of a loved one's battle with dementia, Enduring is a reminder that you are not alone.