Dagbøker og memoarer

By age seven, Rebecca Quin, now known in the ring as Becky Lynch, was already defying what the world expected of her.Raised in Dublin, Ireland in a devoutly Catholic family, Rebecca constantly invented new ways to make her mother worry - roughhousing with the neighbourhood kids, getting older and hosting secret parties while her parents were away, enrolling in a warehouse wrestling school, nearly breaking her neck and almost kneecapping a WWE star before her own wrestling career even began - and she was always in search of a thrilling escape from the ordinary.Rebecca's deep love of wrestling as a child set her on an unlikely path. With few female athletes to look to for guidance, Rebecca pursued a wrestling career hoping to change the culture and move away from the antiquated disrespect so often shown directed at the elite female athletes that grace the ring. Even as a teenager, she knew that she would stop at nothing to earn a space among the greatest wrestlers of our time, and to pave a new path for female fighters.Culled from decades of journal entries, Rebecca's memoir offers a raw, personal, and honest depiction of the complex woman behind the character Rebecca Quin plays on TV, and a fascinating insight into the world of professional wrestling.

A long-awaited, myth-busting, and deeply affecting memoir by the daughter of legendary rock star "Mama Cass" Elliot.

Luca Dalen Espseth er en 35 år gammel mann. I motsetning til de fleste andre menn har han aldri vært gutt. De første 20 årene av sitt liv, levde han som jente. Når man er annerledes, slik som Luca er, får man ofte spørsmål om hvem man er og hvorfor man er som man er.«Er du født sånn eller blitt sånn?»«Hvordan tok foreldrene dine det?»«Hvordan kan du være sikker på at du er mann?»«Hva hvis du angrer?»Denne boken er Luca sin sterkt berørende historie om hans vei til et liv som mann. Luca har deltatt i det offentlige ordskiftet rundt trans, så både offentlig og privat har han måttet svare på utallige spørsmål om kjønn, trans og sitt eget liv. Over alt får han de samme spørsmålene, igjen og igjen. For ham kjennes det ut som om han alltid må forklare og forsvare seg bare for å få lov til å eksistere. Selv om han har studiepoeng i både biologi, kjønnsteori og filosofi så blir aldri svarene "gode nok". De samme spørsmålene igjen og igjen. Ofte svarer han bare for å tilfredsstille et eller annet behov hos andre. Ofte lyver han for å slippe å brette ut hele livet sitt for Gud og hvermann.I årevis har folk krevd å få høre historien hans i en versjon som de kunne tro på. En historie som passet med deres forståelse av kjønn.Så han lagde én historie for offentligheten, én historie for fremmede på fest, én historie for legene, én historie for familien sin. Så oppdaget Luca at han hadde glemt å lage en historie for seg selv.«Fortell meg livshistorien din,» sa legen på Rikshospitalet og satte øynene i ham. Nå får vi Lucas historie, en kraftfull og personlig historie om å få være seg selv i en verden som veldig ofte ser annerledes på deg enn du gjør selv. Og som ofte mistror deg.Det er også en klok og tankevekkende tekst om samfunnet vi lever i. Ved å lese denne boka vil du få ny kunnskap om kjønn, om strukturer og kanskje også om deg selv og egne mønstre du ikke hittil har vært bevisst.

Mike Rinder's parents began taking him to their local Scientology center when he was five years old. After high school, he signed a billion-year contract and was admitted into Scientology's elite inner circle, the Sea Organization. Brought to founder L. Ron Hubbard's yacht and promised training in Hubbard's most advanced techniques, Mike was instead put to work swabbing the decks. Still, Rinder bought into the doctrine that his personal comfort was secondary to the higher purpose of Hubbard's world-saving mission, swiftly rising through the ranks. In the 1980s, Rinder became Scientology's international spokesperson and the head of its powerful Office of Special Affairs. He helped negotiate Scientology's pivotal tax exemption from the IRS and engaged with the organization's prominent celebrity members. Yet Rinder couldn't shake a nagging feeling that something was amiss--Hubbard's promises remained unfulfilled at his death, and his successor, David Miscavige, was a ruthless and vindictive man who did not hesitate to confine many top Scientologists, Mike among them, to a makeshift prison known as the Hole. In 2007, at the age of fifty-two, Rinder finally escaped Scientology, becoming one of the organization's biggest public enemies.

Egentlig burde det være enkelt å få det bedre: Drikk mindre. Spis sunnere. Snakk om det som plager deg. De som kommer til Peder Kjøs har prøvd mange slike tips, og endt opp med å føle seg verre, fordi de ikke har fått til det som virker så enkelt for andre. Men når moren hans dør, opplever psykologen at han treger hjelp til å sortere i trådene som har floket seg sammen. Hvorfor var han ikke mer til stede når hun trengte ham? Hvorfor var det alltid en distanse mellom dem? Og hvordan forsoner han seg med at ting ble som de ble? For å få det bedre med seg selv, tar den erfarne psykologen Peder Kjøs i bruk kunnskap, erfaringer og metoder han har opparbeidet seg gjennom sitt virke som terapeut. I denne nære og varme boken forteller han om hva som har hjulpet ham - i håp om at det også kan hjelpe deg.

A collection of excerpts from unpublished writings and speeches by the New York Times bestselling author of the Sea trilogy and the seminal Silent Spring

"Growing up in the mountains of Utah, Cory Richards was constantly surrounded by the outdoors. His father, a high school teacher and a ski patroller, spent years teaching Richards and his brother how to ski, climb, mountaineer, and survive in the wild. Despite a seemingly idyllic childhood, the Richards home was fraught with violence, grief, and mental illness. After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and dropping out of high school, Richards subsumed himself in the worlds of photography and climbing, seeking out the farthest reaches of the world to escape the darkness. Then, in the midst of a wildly successful career in adventure photography, a catastrophic avalanche changed everything, forcing Richards to confront the trauma of his past, evaluate his own mental health, and learn to rewrite his story"--

Miles Olsen's pure, clear voice brings readers into a world where loss, loneliness, vulnerability and failure are not obstacles to love but are messengers of its unlimited wisdom.An autobiographical story, Ten Lessons In Love looks with fearless intimacy at the beauty within the ordinary, sharing snapshots of a life that read like meditations, tales of unconventional love, and powerful illuminations delivered through brilliantly written direct experiences.

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend a boarding school.

This is a love story, but maybe not the kind you expect. It started with an epiphany and a desire to live life more fully. One fateful day in 2017, Sonya Moore-up until that point, a responsible, hard-working, tax-paying American woman-decided to leave her home and career and set off to explore the other side of the world. That choice led to a three-year journey laced with serendipity and unexpected twists of fate that would show her more than she ever could have imagined. Joyful and uninhibited, this soul-nourishing tale of love and adventure intertwined with discovery explores the mystery of life and human nature across continents, from the cloud-fringed mountains of Myanmar to the pristine beaches of southern France. Sometimes hilarious, occasionally shocking, always honest, this deliciously told travel memoir entertains and captivates while examining synchronicity, choice and destiny, the roots of happiness, and multiple facets of love against a vivid backdrop of some of the world's most beautiful and little-known places.

A sex and relationship columnist bares it all in a series of essays¿part memoir, part manifestöthat explore the author's coming-of-age and coming out as a bisexual man and move toward embracing and celebrating sex unencumbered by shame

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITINGTHE TIMES / WATERSTONES TOP 10 BESTSELLERAN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK TO READ IN 2023A STYLIST NONFICTION MUST-READ FOR 2023A SUNDAY TIMES GARDENING BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2023Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a quest to change that. To understand what encourages women to go out, work the soil, plant seeds and nurture them, even when so many other responsibilities sit upon their shoulders. To recover the histories that have been lost among the soil.Why Women Grow is a much-needed exploration of why women turn to the earth, as gardeners, growers and custodians. This book emerged from a deeply rooted desire to share the stories of women who are silenced and overlooked. In doing so, Alice fosters connections with gardeners that unfurl into a tender exploration of women's lives, their gardens and what the ground has offered them, with conversations spanning creation and loss, celebration and grief, power, protest, identity and renaissance.Wise, curious and sensitive, Why Women Grow follows Alice in her search for answers, with inquisitive fronds reaching and curling around the intimate anecdotes of others

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ¿ In this funny and honest feel-good memoir, social media star Kacie Rose offers a refreshingly honest take on navigating a new life abroad.In 2021, Kacie decided to leave her life as a pro dancer in New York City and move to Italy - and she never looked back. Okay, that isn't strictly true... In You Deserve Good Gelato, Kacie reflects on everything from travel fails and homesickness to the joy of culture shocks and the power of doing the s*** that scares you. Because life is too short not to.In this joyful memoir, you will find:Personal essays that tell Kacie's story and empower you to challenge yourselfA candid outlook on life as an expat, covering everything from the terror of driving on Italian roads to the trials of speaking a new language and the genuine beauty of a slower pace of lifeInspirational quotes that encourage you to step out of your comfort zoneBy sharing her personal stories of life under the Tuscan sun, Kacie explains how travel is a privilege, why cultural differences are the coolest things in the world, and how there's a positive you can take away from literally any situation. You Deserve Good Gelato will have you taking the leap and embracing this big beautiful world that we call home.New York Times Bestseller - June 2024

This is what it is to survive. You find what floats and you hold on. Even if it is smaller than you. Holding on is all fourteen-year-old Stephanie Clare Smith can do when she's left home alone in New Orleans during the summer of 1973. As she seeks to ease her solitude through her summer school algebra class, her wandering in the city, and her friendship with a streetcar operator, adults?particularly men?fail her again and again, with devastating consequences. Dreamlike and beautifully paced, this lyrical debut memoir traces the events of one harrowing summer and its repercussions throughout Stephanie's life, including her work with families in crisis and as a caregiver for the mother who abandoned her all those years ago. Through a mosaic of trauma and transcendence, memory and metaphor, scarcity and neglect, Stephanie reveals how she built connections in and to a world that had largely left her behind. Her hard-won survival echoes that of countless other survivors whose stories are never told, and her strength stands as a testament to the power of creativity.