Биографии и Мемуары
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A conversation starter regarding the survivors of childhood sexual abuseAn estimated one in five women experience childhood sex abuse. For men, that number is one in six. While these ratios are comparable, victim narratives almost always skew female. Resources for men are fewA long-needed book on this underreported crime, particularly as told from a spouse’s perspectivePerfect access point to start debate about how to prevent childhood sexual abuse. Consider the recent papal support and...
| Автор | Shonna Milliken Humphrey |
The late Michael Foot, once leader of the Labour party, lives on as a major figure in British political history, although he is best remembered as a fiery and eloquent standard-bearer for socialist beliefs and policies. But what of the man behind the politics? In this new biography, Carl Rollyson chronicles the intricacies and intimacies of the life Michael Foot led away from the public eye. Fashioned from transcripts of more than two hundred conversations between author and subject that took...
| Автор | Prof Carl Rollyson |
'Clear, authentic and utterly engaging . . . it is as successful as it is authentic' Independent on Sunday Born to an unhappy marriage and into a deeply sexist society, Nance Russell worked hard for everything she had, and while the world changed around her, she went on to university, to opening businesses and raising a family. One Life is Nance's story – and many other women's too – beautifully captured by her daughter, the bestselling novelist Kate Grenville. Kate draws...
| Автор | Kate Grenville |
James Rhodes' passion for music has been his absolute lifeline. It has been the thread that has held him together through a life that has encompassed pain, conflict and turmoil. Listening to Rachmaninov on a loop as a traumatised teenager or discovering an Adagio by Bach while in a hospital ward – such exquisite miracles of musical genius have helped him survive his demons, and, along with a chance encounter with a stranger, inspired him to become the renowned concert pianist he is today. ...
| Автор | James Rhodes |
They saved a little bird . . . And in return she saved them too After a near-fatal fall left Sam Bloom paralysed, no one – not her husband Cameron, nor their three boys – could reach her in the darkest days of her struggle. But everything changed when a new member of the family unexpectedly landed in their lives: an injured magpie chick abandoned after she fell from her nest, whom they named Penguin Bloom. Powerful and tender, Penguin Bloom is a beautifully written account of how...
| Автор | Cameron Bloom |
If he is to become a man, what sort of man should Thomas Page McBee be? To find out, McBee must confront the suffering he has endured at the hands of men: the abuse he endured as a child from his father, and the violent mugging which almost killed him as an adult. Standing at the brink of the life-changing decision to transition from female to male, McBee seeks to understand these examples of flawed manhood, and reclaim his body on his own terms. Powerful, uplifting and profound, Man Alive...
| Автор | Thomas Page McBee |
Ray Winstone's amazing talent for bringing out the humanity buried inside his often brutal screen characters – violent offender in Scum, wife-beater in Nil by Mouth, retired blagger in Sexy Beast – has made him one of the most charismatic actors of his generation. But how do these uncompromising and often haunting performances square with his off-duty reputation as the ultimate salt-of-the-earth diamond geezer? The answer lies in the East End of his youth. Revisiting the bomb-sites and...
| Автор | Ray Winstone |
An Unfortunate Woman, An Unforgettable Journey was the final book written by Richard Brautigan before his death in 1984 and lay unpublished for sixteen years. Originally written in the 160 pages of a loose-leaf notebook, the narrator of the book is trying to come to terms with the death of a friend by going on a personal odyssey which zigzags through time and landscapes, from Oakland to Hawaii, and the wilds of Montana. An Unfortunate Woman, An Unforgettable Journey walks a fine line between...
| Автор | Richard Brautigan |
NO MORE GAMES. IT'S TIME FOR THE TRUTH. Neil Strauss made a name for himself advocating freedom, sex and opportunity as the author of The Game. Then he met the woman who forced him to question everything. Neil's search for answers took him from Viagra-laden free-love orgies to sex addiction clinics, from cutting-edge science labs to modern-day harems, and, most terrifying of all, to his own mother. What he discovered changed everything he knew about love, sex, relationships and,...
| Автор | Neil Strauss |
This is the story of Maxine and Sheila Kohler, two sisters who grew up in the suffocating gentility of 1950s South Africa. When Maxine is just shy of her fortieth birthday her husband, a brilliant and respected surgeon, drives their car off the road and kills her. Devastated, Sheila returns to the country of her birth, haunted by questions. How had she failed to protect her sister? Was Maxine's death a matter of chance, or destiny? What lies in the soil of their troubled motherland that...
| Автор | Sheila Kohler |
When the bottom fell out of Carol Masheter's life at age 50, she took up mountaineering to cope with her grief and anger. Little did she know that mountaineering would lead her to try Everest when she was 61 in 2008. "No Magic Helicopter: An Aging Amazon's Climb of Mount Everest" chronicles her preparation for the climb, the struggle to the summit, and the blind descent that nearly cost her life. Currently, Dr. Masheter is the second oldest woman in the world to...
| Автор | Carol PhD Masheter |
She received two Emmy Awards as the irrepressible Phyllis on The Mary Tyler Moor Show . . .she won an Oscar for her supporting role as a frustrated housewife in The Last Picture Show . . .she delighted audiences with her deliciously villainous turns as Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein and Nurse Diesel in High Anxiety . . .and she earned even more award nominations playing a hard-drinking grandmother in Spanglish. Now, for the first time, the incomparable Cloris Leachman reflects on her...
| Автор | Cloris Leachman |
"These are stories to cherish, as brilliant and charming as the writer himself."—Olivia Laing "The sensibility of a magician, a trickster's dark humor, and a formidable musical and literary erudition."— The New York Times Joseph Keckler's signatures are his magnificent three-plus-octave operatic voice and the mesmerizing stories he tells. Combining original pieces with material from his acclaimed performances, Keckler confirms his storytelling mastery, revealing still more...
| Автор | Joseph Keckler |
"This is my story and the stories of other doctors who chose to walk away. Ours is a private anguish filled with the niggling suspicion that we should have been stronger, more committed, more able to handle the daily realities of practising medicine in South Africa." As a young medical student from Soweto, Maria Phalime had high expectations for life as a doctor. Then she started to practise and was confronted with inhuman hours, overflowing emergency rooms, poor resources and little...
| Автор | Maria Phalime |
The Van Bredas were the perfect family. Wealthy, successful and well-liked. In a luxury estate just outside Stellenbosch they lived what seemed like a dream life. But everything changed overnight. The gruesome murders of Martin, his wife Teresa and their son Rudi shocked South Africa. Julian Jansen, one of the first reporters on the scene, immediately realised that the case was going to place exceptional demands on the police. He was also deeply shaken by the events. As relatives and friends one...
| Автор | Julian Jansen |
Die Van Breda's was die perfekte gesin. Skatryk, suksesvol en geliefd. In 'n luukse landgoed buite Stellenbosch lei hulle oënskynlik 'n droomlewe. Tot alles oornag verander. Die grumoorde op Martin, sy vrou, Teresa, en hul seun Rudi skok die land tot stilstand. Julian Jansen, een van die eerste joernaliste op die toneel, besef dadelik: dié saak gaan buitengewone eise aan die polisie stel. Terselfdertyd raak die gebeure hom diep. Van die familie en vriende stort mettertyd hul harte...
| Автор | Julian Jansen |
Wat beteken dit as ’n jong Afrikanerman jou beskryf as “nogals orraait”? Hoe trek jy die gehoor se aandag as die basaarpoeding hulle gemesmeraais het? En waar o waar in die wêreld is die Pomona Spur – en hoekom sal jy nooit jou vyfjarige se verjaardagpartytjie daar wil hou nie? Sedert hy enkele jare gelede die SA komediewêreld betree het, het Schalk blitsig ’n ikoniese figuur geraak. Hy’t al vir Trevor Noah geopen, hy was die skattige Danny in die kykNET-reeks Hotel, die uiters gewilde aanbieder...
| Автор | Schalk Bezuidenhout |
Ideal market: spirituality readers are a large and enthusiastic market active across the media spectrum. Interest in Wicca has been strong for decades and is growing, as confirmed by search term research, comp title data, and religious identity polling finding more than one million Americans self-identify as Wiccan. Author’s voice is engaging and book is hard to put down, and author has broad media reach. Book is two-color with author’s hand-drawn illustrations on the cover...
| Автор | Misty Bell Stiers |
Lieutenant-General Richard Rohmer is arguably Canada's most decorated citizen. A commander of the Order of Military Merit and an Officer of the Order of Canada, his career began in World War II where he earned the reputation as one of Canada's top Mustang reconnaissance pilots. For his service, which includes flying over the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, he received the Distinguished Flying Cross. A lawyer, litigator, journalist and best-selling author of 28 fiction and non-fiction...
| Автор | Richard Rohmer |
Lawren Stewart Harris’ artistic career began in the first decade of our century. Well known for the nationalist-inspired landscapes that he painted between 1908 and 1932, Harris turned resolutely in 1934 to the painting of abstractions. He continued to create works that reflected his own modernist and mystical developments until the end of his life. Canadians praise Harris’ landscapes and admire him as a planner of innovative and heroic-sounding sketching trips into the North. He is also...
| Автор | Peter Larisey |
A vivid first-person account of life on a troubled reserve that illuminates a difficult and oft-ignored history. Globe and Mail 100: Best Books of 2016 • The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016 • 2017 RBC Taylor Prize – Longlisted • 2017 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction – Shortlisted • 2016 Speaker's Book Award – Shortlisted When freelance journalist Alexandra Shimo arrives in Kashechewan, a fly-in, northern Ontario reserve, to investigate rumours of a fabricated water crisis and...
| Автор | Alexandra Shimo |
Author Col. John Conrad is an expert and experienced author whose book What the Thunder Said sold over 2,220 copies in Canada The subject is exceedingly topical/relevant and will remain so for many years as more Canadian veterans of Afghanistan try to come to grips with PTSD. The narrative informs on two challenges that need resolution: care for serving soldiers inside the Defence Department and ongoing medical support and benefits for those who have left the service and must rely on the...
| Автор | John Conrad |
A doctor grapples with the challenges of mother-and-child health in the developing world. Recounting medical missions in one-third of the forty-five countries in which she has worked for the past thirty years in Africa, Asia, and, the Caribbean, and the South Pacific, Dr. Gretchen Roedde shares the grim reality of world politics and bureaucratic red tape on the front lines as a doctor in mother-and-child health and HIV/AIDS. This second edition updates the progress in reproductive, maternal,...
| Автор | Gretchen Roedde |
Covers the history of black football players moving to Canada to find opportunities denied them in the United States, from the 1940s to the present day Begins in the early days of the integration of football, introducing athletes who broke the colour barrier in Canada from coast to coast An in-depth look at an era where the NFL accepted black athletes, but not in leadership positions, prompting many to pursue quarterback careers north of the border Also looks at the present day, and why Canada...
| Автор | James R. Wallen |