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When I¿ve been overtaken, I have stood and watched the water in my porridge simmer away into the air, and then the oats turn black and crackle with dryness, and my ears fill with the smoke alarm¿s shriek.When Adele Dumont is diagnosed with trichotillomania ¿ compulsive hair-pulling ¿ it makes sense of much of her life to date. The seemingly harmless quirk of her late teens, which rapidly developed into almost uncontrollable urges and then into trance-like episodes, is a hallmark of the disease, as is the secrecy with which she guarded her condition from her family, friends, and the world at large.The diagnosis also opens up a rich line of inquiry. Where might the origins of this condition be found? How can we distinguish between a nervous habit and a compulsion? And how do we balance the relief of being `seen¿ by others with our experience of shame?Reminiscent of the writing of Leslie Jamison and Fiona Wright, The Pulling is a fascinating exploration of the inner workings of a mind. In perfectly judged prose, both probing and affecting, Dumont illuminates how easily ritual can slide into obsession, and how close beneath the surface horror and darkness can lie.

A prismatic memoir of loss and reckoning, as a young woman seeks to discover the lives of the parents she lost to AIDS, and what it means to 'go viral' in an era of explosive contagion.

Raw, sinuous, high-stakes, Bite Your Friends is a history of the body as a site of resistance to power, and a subversive memoir.

New expanded edition of iconic British musician Jah Wobble's crictically acclaimed autobiography featuring a new introduction by Jon Savage.

A powerful exploration of postpartum psychosis and motherhood -- and a call to end the stigma and blame.Early motherhood is supposed to be joyous, but for Aaisha Alvi those early days were ruined by terrifying thoughts about her baby and family. Her experience was the antithesis of everything she had ever been told about motherhood, far beyond the trials of breastfeeding or putting her baby to sleep.Aaisha did recover and began to enjoy motherhood. She was thrilled when she fell pregnant again. Sadly, that pregnancy ended in a miscarriage, and the psychosis returned. This time, however, she was blindsided by the unimaginable: voices urged her to stab her daughter and to harm innocent people. Aaisha felt evil, worthy of taking her own life. But each time she sought medical help, she was turned away.With unflinching honesty, Aaisha takes readers beyond the vitriol and blame that is flung at women suffering from postpartum psychosis. Hers is a clarion call for increased awareness of a condition that need never result in tragedy.

Liverpool Football Club Ruined My Life is a personal and nostalgic account of Bob Waterhouse's 60 years supporting Everton. It examines why Liverpool overtook the Toffees as the dominant Merseyside club. Along the way, the author reflects on some of the major events and eras he lived through.

When on 24 February 2022 Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Jaap Scholten went to the border to help a young family from Kyiv. In the weeks and months that follow, he became more and more involved in the conflict. Scholten collected money for drones, traveled with an American sniper in his pickup through the country at war and attended a funeral in Irpin with the director of a Kyiv cake factory. From the American sniper Scholten heard about life at the front and about the mission to save a six-day-old baby from an underground hospital in Mariupol.Three Bags of Ladies Clothes and a Sniper is a personal logbook and a unique report of the astonishing courage, resilience and solidarity that the warhas unleashed in the Ukrainians.

Stroke of Luck: My Life in Amateur Athletics is a chronicle of passion and rediscovery-the emotional story of a dedicated competitive runner, Steven Kelly, whose participation in the sport spans fifty years. As a teenager, Steve searches for his niche while dealing with challenges that will be familiar to many families. After he discovers running, it soon becomes part of his identity.Steve's adventures take him across North America and Europe, and he fulfills a lifelong dream by running in the 2001 Boston Marathon. Along the way, Steve comes to realize that much of his personal success is due to the enduring presence of running in his life.A series of strokes threaten not only Steve's athletic pursuits but his life. By eventually returning to the road, he realizes new opportunities for growth. Steve's story, told with honesty and humility, will resonate with athletes in all sports and with anyone who has faced adversity in their life.

Heart is my big, beautiful, intelligent, Leadersheep that lives on Coldstream Icelandic Sheep Farm. It took me three years to figure out why she never lambed. I just thought she was just waiting for her Prince Charming. Four different rams came through the farm and left without a lamb for her. I know that she loved lambs because she was present for each one's birth. After the lambs were born, Heart would continually watch over them and protect them. All the lambs love their Auntie Heart and played around her every day. They often showed off in their lamb races. Sometimes Auntie Heart would spring along with them as if her legs were Pogo Sticks. It was hilarious watching a 200-pound ewe bouncing around with the lambs. I had a veterinarian examine her a few years ago to try and figure out why she never lambed. She told me that Heart could never lamb because her gender was not defined. After that revelation I took her name off the ewe breeding list and gave her the position she had deserved all along. Heart the Leadersheep Protector of all things small.

Sexual abuse. Heroin addiction. A childhood lost and a life nearly ended. He Calls Me Redeemed is a raw and gripping memoir of pain, addiction, and the redeeming power of faith.In He Calls Me Redeemed, Arman explores his past at the intersection of faith, addiction, abuse, family, culture, and death. He walks the reader through his life, typical in some ways but painted with a unique touch of Armenian culture and the harsh realities of sexual abuse in his drug-rich Jersey Shore community. As a boy, he tries to manage the pain of being sexually abused while stumbling toward manhood. Young Arman looks up to his loving father. His father, however, holds a tragic secret inside. His father's struggles foreshadow his own path, culminating in gripping drug addiction and crime. The depths of Arman's addiction and anguish make rock bottom hard to reach. Hopeless and on the verge of suicide, Arman begs to be saved from his pain. It's at that exact moment the love of God transforms him. What follows is an exploration of self on the other side of pain, which presents its own challenges. Despite his spiritual salvation and redemption, Arman reinforces the imagery of physical scars as he describes more heartbreak. Luckily for the reader, the final message is one of hope as the boy and son become a man and father, flawed and scarred but Redeemed. A hotel on the beach served as a literal home for young Arman. In He Calls Me Redeemed, he takes us through his past via "rooms," each containing salient memories and insights. The rooms are intimate, each having a look into his soul as he encounters family history, culture, religion, sex, drugs, death, and fatherhood. Arman's appeal as an author is his ability to lay his naked truth on the pages without condition. He remains accountable throughout, allowing us to read his vividly detailed experiences as they were. He is not seeking redemption from the reader; we can simply take in his powerful story.Walk through the rooms of Arman Kaymakcian's life in this vividly detailed, emotionally charged memoir. Witness the intersection of faith, family, and addiction as Arman stumbles toward manhood in the wake of childhood sexual trauma. He Calls Me Redeemed lays bare the naked truth-no holds barred. An unflinching portrayal of the darkest depths of human experience and the triumph of the human spirit. Scroll up and grab your copy today.

"Recognizing God's Fingerprints: Miracles of Rescue, Reset and Rejoicing" is a collection of miraculous moments in the author's life, when it was obvious that God intervened to rescue, reset, or simply pour out blessings on her life.It is often only in hindsight that we see God's fingerprints on our life story. The book not only shares some of the wonderful things that God has done in her life, but also invites the reader to recognize their own miracle stories. It is an inspiring read that will deepen your faith, increase your hope, and release a spirit-lifting joy that will come by realizing that amidst the seemingly random circumstances you find yourself in, that God indeed has a plan for your life, and for the world as well.In the author's words: "This book is like a spiritual charm bracelet for me; each testimony commemorating a special moment where I knew beyond all doubt that God intervened in my life when I most needed Him to. Perhaps a miracle, or a miraculous moment, is one of the most natural of all of life's moments."

After the initial euphoria, one of the potholes along the road as we transition from work to retirement may be the need to discover a new purpose to fill the sudden void. Helpful ideas may be buried in a closet, an attic, or wherever else you store your personal artifacts.A Father's Letters: Connecting Past to Present shows how re-evaluating a father's writings to his family eventually illuminated his son's life trajectory. The letters chronicle two distinct periods: his days as a combat infantryman in World War Il Europe and-30 years later-as an accountant tethered to a desk job at a small Midwestern canning company in his hometown. Whether in France or rural Illinois, Glenn Browne Jr. always shared his experiences with candor, wit, and wisdom.A Father's Letters serves as a reminder of the unique qualities of personal correspondence, and how it can offer new insights into our own lives-past, present, and future.

In March 2020, the world entered a new phase none of us were expecting. The entire world as we knew it began to suddenly change. First we shut down, then we began wearing masks, and soon we were even banned from traveling or being in the same room together. Isolation became the norm. For some, binging TV shows became a lifeline. For others, life only became more intense than before. Everyone reacted differently, and every country had their own rules. This is not just the story of one woman, mother, wife, business owner's journey through the most life-altering year in recent history. It is a collection of stories from over twenty people worldwide sharing how their lives were affected by the Coronavirus. From an ER doctor living in Brooklyn, New York, to the General Manager of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs in Australia, everybody had a life-changing experience. It is a story of sorrow, of love, of compassion, of fear, and of hope. We know what happened on the outside world, but what happened behind closed doors? Inside these pages you will learn the power of the human spirit and the will behind these men, women, and children who made it through the year. You will witness how a war for the human race was fought, and how the world was changed forever.

" Comme un flic dubitatif contemple sur son mur une nuée de post-it, je me suis mis en tête de construire un livre à partir de mes plus récentes divagations littéraires, politiques ou résolument futiles. Et bien ce n'est pas de la tarte ! "Après une longue carrière dans une entreprise publique, Étienne Day a fondé et animé pendant 10 ans une petite maison d'édition, qui a publié 62 ouvrages.Pour clore cette belle aventure, il a réuni dans le dernier, aujourd'hui réédité, un grand nombre de ses billets d'humeur, mêlés à des souvenirs plus lointains, qui ont émaillé sa page Facebook au cours de ces dernières années.

Autobiography: Reverend Ned Kellar is an ordained United Methodist Minister now retired and living in Merritt Island, Florida. He was born in the small town of Picayune, Mississippi in 1937. He spent the first 18 years of his life in Picayune before leaving for college. He completed his undergraduate degree in 1960 from the University of Southern Mississippi, then known as Mississippi Southern College. While in college he met and married Dorothy Dickinson. In 1960, he and his new wife moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he began work on his Master of Divinity at Candler School of Theology at Emory University. After completing his degree, he moved back to Mississippi to begin a ministry at Sandersville.Reverend Kellar is a former Executive Director of the Brevard Library Foundation in Cocoa, Florida. He currently lives with his wife in Merritt Island, Florida. He has two grown children, a son, Kent, and a daughter, Kimberly. He is the proud grandfather of two girls, Phoebe and Madison.

The depth of our memories are the "life stones" within the stairway of a life lived. Never underestimate the gift that your life story will bring. It's the gateway to a peaceful journey. In her second book, A Walk In Rose's Garden: Our Stepping Stones in Life, author Karen Swasey has shared with us a treasure trove of stories, journeys taken on the stepping stones of the lives of many people she has known and helped over her years in the assisted living field. She entreats us to embrace the memories from our heritage and share the stories of old. "Keep the pathway of your life story alive for generations to come.. so that your loved ones may understand the path taken and lessons learned. Envision your place of tranquility and peace that you may visit this place of refuge. Lift the vail of miracles and faith so that one may find the gift of being present."Many of us say that we don't have time to write our stories. However it's important that we create an interest in sharing our memoirs and to make sure that not all is dependent on a wireless frequency... but it is a written tome, held in hand to be cherished.