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Time and space weave the past and present into the story like an unfurling frond holding layers of memories in a single moment. This memoir explores becoming and belonging on the shores of the Atlantic and Pacific and in the mystical and spiritual realms.Rebecca Beardsall's transnational narrative between the United States and Aotearoa, New Zealand, The Unfurling Frond, investigates land and place as physical space, home, and moments in time. The collection wrestles with the concept of personal transformation through time with the added complexity of settler colonization.As she travels between her two selves/two moments in time, her histories/two nations' histories, Beardsall senses and feels where her physical body aligns with the spiritual, telling her that she is home, that she belongs.Longlisted for the C & R Press - Nonfiction AwardLonglisted for the Santa Fe Writers Project - Literary Awards Program

Everything you know about alcohol is a lie. ​Dustin Dunbar had it all. A beautiful wife, two sweet baby girls, a degree in psychology, and properties around the world--the building blocks of a nascent real estate empire. All the while, he happily believed every lie alcohol told him: "Real men drink." "One drink won't kill you." "You're the life of the party." > He believed these lies and many others until it was too late. Because of his addiction, he risked everything he valued most and nearly lost everyone he cared for--until he started to figure out that most of what we experience with alcohol is completely fabricated, a big lie packaged with bright lights and big names to distract us from the truth. Dunbar calls this non-reality "the alcohol matrix," and it took him years to break out of it and finally start enjoying a life free of alcohol addiction. Just as Holly Whitaker offered women a radical path to sobriety in her New York Times bestselling Quit Like a Woman, Dunbar combines his own experiences with his extensive background in psychology to expose the lies we all too willingly accept about alcohol and interrogates the part culture plays in reinforcing these lies, particularly for men--and shows readers how they too can break free from alcohol addiction. An inspiring, hilarious, and much-needed approach to addiction and self-acceptance, You're Doing Great!: Debunks the myth that alcohol washes away the pain. Explains the toll alcohol takes on our emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. Illustrates the steps to deal with our problems head-on. Exposes the practices used by advertisers and marketers to entrap us to drink. Proves that AA isn't the only option for battling alcohol addiction. Teaches readers to activate skills of self-empowerment. > Filled with entertaining true-life tales, hard-earned wisdom, and easy-to-follow advice for recognizing the truth about alcohol, You're Doing Great! is a powerful invitation to discover the real you that thrives on the other side of addiction.

"A memoir of traditional and postcolonial life in North Africa. Separated from his family in the aftermath of the failed decolonization process in Western Sahara, Bahia Mahmud Awah was sustained by recollections of his mother. In this memoir, he describes her sacrifices, her optimism, and her deep love. His family's experiences exemplify the larger story of loss and displacement in the region even as his story shows how shared memories can nourish community and culture across generations, even in exile. Incorporating poetry in Hassaniya, the traditional Saharawi language, the work highlights the role of language in shaping identity and resisting colonialism. First published in 2011 as La maestra que me enseänâo en una tabla de madera (The Woman Who Taught Me on a Wooden Slate), this edition includes the first complete English translation and a new epilogue by the author featuring further remembrances of his mother and examples of her poetry"--

"Originally published as La maestra que me enseänâo en una tabla de madera (Sepha, 2011)."--Title page verso.

In 1991, Lynn Crook successfully sued her parents for sexually abusing her as a child. But by 1994, a sinister concept had seized headlines and the public imagination: the idea that therapists could implant "false memories" in their patients, particularly survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Despite having won her case in court, Lynn suddenly found herself confronted with suspicion and mistrust from the outside, and a new level of psychological turmoil from within.Determined to investigate the "false memories" story and its grip on the news cycle, Crook uncovered a shocking discovery: a well-planned, highly successful $7.75 million-dollar media campaign by accused parents to silence adults who had been molested as children.This is the story of Crook's case against her parents, her investigation into the "false memories" narrative, and her exposure of the organized publicity campaign that upended countless lives through gaslighting and manipulation. This harrowing, meticulously-researched account is also a story of hope: a testament to the enduring strength of abuse survivors, and a revelatory exposé on the tactics used to question and undermine them to this day.

"Roots of my mountain heritage run deepand the tendrils of these roots are wrappedgently around my heart forever."- Coal Poet Sarah L. Cornett - Hagen

These are the memoirs of Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan (1891-1980), a civil engineer in the NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), during the British Indian period. A member of the Imperial Service of Royal Engineers, his memoirs provide a riveting account of the turbulent historical period in the NWFP, which saw the decline of the British Raj from its zenith, under Queen Victoria, to the exit of the British, the Partition of India, and the creation of Pakistan. He made a significant contribution to the irrigation development of the NWFP and Balochistan. After Independence he was appointed a member of the delegation to negotiate the Indus Water Dispute with India. The author is widely recognized as an eminent engineer and his historical perspective on the water resources development of arid regions is a useful reference for those interested in working on these issues in Pakistan.

An illustrated exploration of the story behind Fendi, one of the finest and most celebrated luxury brands in the world.

Written by her daughter Ruth and rich in social history, this is the story of a real-life woman police sergeant at the top of her game, guiding her WPCs through the immense societal changes of the early 1960s.

The most famous slave memoir of the 18th century. Equiano's Travel's recounts the extraordinary life and times of Olaudah Equiano, from his early life in Africa to his long struggle for freedom in the West Indies. 'I who had been a slave in the morning, trembling at the will of another, was become my own master, and completely free.' Olaudah Equiano was only eleven when he and his sister were kidnapped from the Kingdom of Benin and forced into slavery. His description of the inconceivable horrors he endured on slave ships and in the West Indies offer a rare and significant insight into the realities of the transatlantic slave trade.Published in London in 1789, Equiano's memoirs became an instant success and paved the way for the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. Introduction by Professor S. E. Ogude. Edited by Paul Edwards. 'A powerful and terrifying read.' Guardian 'Central to our understanding of Atlantic slavery.' The Times 'A gripping account from 1789 of life as a slave.' New York Times

This six-month guided journal, drawn from the author's best-selling works, will help readers tap into their intuition with five-minute daily entries.

The Corncrake's Welcome continues the story of the author's Irish family, begun in Voyages with my Grandfather'. Spanning a hundred years, Hanna shares his parents' memories of the turbulent birth of Northern Ireland and of wartime Belfast, and his own experience in the 1960s, growing up in Windsor Manse.

In 2009, Rachel Cooke started a monthly column for The Observer on cooking and eating: here are her fifty best.In Kitchen Person, unfussy eater Rachel Cooke chronicles several food upheavals since then: new TV cooks, Brexit, viral recipes, the home delivery phenomenon, and the global pandemic. She journeys from her childhood in Sheffield with Henderson's relish and Granny's lamb chops, to a job interviewing top chefs and eating in fancy restaurants, to learning to shop and cook well herself, all the time growing more knowledgeable and opinionated about food.

The book has fifteen chapters. It starts with the early and formative years of the two main characters - Bob Yates in Zambia and Alan Bottomley in rural Gloucestershire. Yes, quite different backgrounds and characters, probably a reason for their enduring friendship.

*The memoirs of Boris Johnson, complete and unabridged, including all the great material he had to take out for being either too incendiary or too obviously made up*Ghostwritten by Lucien Young, while Boris was sunbathing on a donor's private island.Offering a comprehensive account of his meteoric rise (and even more meteoric fall) we follow Boris from Eton and the Bullingdon club, via stints in journalism and as London mayor, before finally making it into Number 10 via slick and sophisticated campaign tactics such as lying and hiding in a fridge. It will outline in bonce-combusting detail the up and downs - but mostly ups! - of his tenure in Downing Street, from Getting Brexit Done and battling the Wizards of Woke, to nearly dying because he shook too many hands. This is BoJo as you've never seen him before.

An unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood'You and your partner want a baby. But your two bodies can't make a baby together.'If you want a baby but your body says otherwise -If you don't know the polite way to say thank you for the sperm -If you're waiting for the sound of a brand-new heartbeat -If you know it takes a village to raise a baby but have no idea who should be doing what -If you're lurching between bliss and bewilderment -If you don't fit the shape of what you've been told a mother should be -Reach for The Unfamiliar and don't let go.Moving and immersive, and written with wisdom, disarming humour and raw honesty, The Unfamiliar casts a fresh eye on motherhood and challenges our assumptions about pregnancy, gender roles, queer identity and what it means to be a parent.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR'Tyson Fury is an amazing real-life champion' - Sylvester Stallone, star of Rocky'The People's Champion' - Times'A boxing phenomenon...the anarchic and enormous sports star may prove to be the last of the boxing greats' - John Sutherland, The TimesSon. Father. Husband. Brother. Fighter. Showman. Mental health champion. Told with unflinching honesty and rock-star charisma, Gloves Off by Tyson Fury is the autobiography of a sporting icon, the like of which we may never see again.The undefeated heavyweight champion Tyson Fury looks back on his life and career to understand his remarkable rise, fall, and rise again, which has seen him journey from the brink of suicide to boxing immortality, culminating in his sensational knockout victory against Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium in front of a record-breaking 94,000 fans.Tyson's book reveals surprising and personal new sides to his character: he opens up about his fairy-tale romance with beloved wife Paris, and their down-to-earth life raising six beautiful children. He describes how his Traveller upbringing forged him, and how his fighting family, including dad John and his brothers, have sustained him.In the process, Tyson discusses his mental health and weight battles, his faith and his greatest boxing experiences. He discloses deeply moving new stories: in the weeks before the biggest fight of his career, Tyson was sleeping on a hospital floor in intensive care tending to his baby daughter, Athena, who was born premature and fighting for her life.Funny, frank and never less than entertaining, this is Tyson Fury at his very best, as you have never read before.

Some of My Favorite People Are Elephants is a collection of short stories chronicling the author's four years spent traveling with a traditional American circus in the mid-1980s--first as a musician, then (quite unintentionally) as an acrobat and flying trapeze artist. Each short story playfully hints at a life lesson learned by a carefree young man on his unusual journey to adulthood.

When Mallika Stubbs was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) right before her 35th birthday, her first thought was to strategically inform her family and friends without alarming them of the bleak prognosis the doctors had shared hours before. As it turned out, explaining cancer was only the beginning. A cancer diagnosis is terrifying and causes many ongoing changes in the body-all of which can be isolating, confusing, and depressing.As a survivor of anything, your resilience is amplified, and your purpose becomes clear. reMISSION helps individuals on their healing journal as they recommit to a purpose-driven life after being dealt life's most powerful blow. It aims to provide skills to build capacity, empower change and restore hope as you navigate traumatic experiences.This collection of short stories, poetry, and quotes helps us reflect, heal, and live more fully. Using prompts and techniques encouraging you to embrace and harness your power, you'll learn to root yourself in self-care and manifest your hopes and dreams. reMISSION allows us to acknowledge, hold space for, and unpack those uniquely beautiful experiences that prepare us for GREATNESS.

"Bellringer" is a football term used to describe a player that attacks, hits, intimidates, but respects, and shows sportsmanship, to players on an opposing team. Jerry Pitts, was given this nickname by his college coach. It summarizes his life on and off the arena of athletics. However, this is not just book about sports, it also tell the story of how many people shaped a life, the success and failures over a lifetime, and the many times that the Hand of God was directly involved in preventing tragedy. It has humor, including humor about the author, and it has content that definitely says, "you can not make this up." Discover how unique, exciting, colorful, and thought-provoking events tell a story about a boy, teenager, and adult, who had almost all his dreams come true.

Obitelj u jednom gradu u sto godina promijenila je pet dr¿ava i pet sustava. I od svih je nastradala. Pri¿a o jednom nevänom Hrvatu i njegovom sje¿anju. O obitelji, o uni¿tenim ¿ivotima i srüenim nadama. O ratovima i ljubavi, o prljavoj politici i länoj vjeri. Hrvatska obitelj u raljama "povijesne zbiljnosti". Sto i pedeset godina stradanja i srüeni snovi. Spas u Isusu Kristu. Domovinski rat: je li izdan? Nismo li svi glumci u kazali¿tu istina i läi? Roman ne daje odgovore, ali otvara pitanja kroz sudbinu onih ¿ija imena povijest ne pamti. Osim möda obitelji, dok i ona ne nestane.A family in a single city has changed five countries and five systems in a hundred years. And she suffered from all of them.The story of an unimportant Croat and his memory. About family, about ruined lives and shattered hopes. About wars and love, about dirty politics and false religion. Croatian family in the jaws of "historical reality". One hundred and fifty years of suffering and broken dreams. Salvation in Jesus Christ. Homeland war: is it betrayed? Aren't we all actors in a theater of truth and lies? The novel does not provide answers, but opens up questions through the fate of those whose names history does not remember. Except maybe the family, until it disappears too.