Биографии и Мемуары
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Meet Paris, the spunky seeing-eye dog. This yellow Labrador had style, intelligence, and such a mischievous nature that she could simply ignore you if you tried to interrupt what she was doing.<br><br>With a playful demeanour, soft coat and paintbrush tail, Paris was just Paris; a larger than life character who gave unconditional love to everyone in the family and beyond.<br><br>In the nine years that she lived with Stephen Hayes, she laid her paws on the hearts of many....
| Автор | Stephen Hayes |
PRISON PUZZLE PIECES (the first of a three volume series) is a non-fiction account of a corrections officer working in Stillwater Prison in Minnesota after he stopped traveling the country performing standup comedy and improv. Through examples, explanations and experiences, he explains how the entire system works, piece by piece, by presenting hundreds of events that occurred in that dysfunctional little city contained within those walls and razor ribbon. His unique perspectives earned him the...
| Автор | Dave Basham |
New York City, 1971, a balmy August evening: Just seven blocks from her childhood home, a young woman walks into a Park Avenue apartment and into the troubled arms of her first trick. So begins Blue Money —a mostly true account of life in New York's gritty downtown scene— and an intimate, no-holds-barred portrait of prostitution in the lawless era before AIDS and the War on Drugs. Janet quickly embraces «the Life» and despite a ferocious addiction to speed and semi-frequent hallucinations,...
| Автор | Janet Capron |
For Love of the Dollar is a young writer’s tale of ambitions undermined by economic forces, racial divides and artistic hubris. Hilarious, irreverent, even cynical, Servín worked in kitchens, gas stations, golf courses, and finally, as a “manny" for a dysfunctional Connecticut family. His view of the plight of the undocumented worker confronts as much what it means to be Mexican, as it does American, laying bare a version of the American dream few have had the courage to articulate.
| Автор | J.M. Servin |
Everyday Heaven is the much-awaited fourth installment in Donna Williams' series of best-selling autobiographies about her life with autism. A humorous, riveting, roller-coaster of a book, Everyday Heaven covers the monumental nine years from the time Ian left their accidental, 'autistic marriage', to Donna's candid, funny, often bumbling explorations of sexuality and orientation, the challenge of coming to terms with the sudden deaths of those closest to her and finally...
| Автор | Donna Williams |
"Bill Hill is the Rill Dill."—Kent and Keith Zimmerman, authors of Hell's Angels , Rotten , and Operation Family Secrets "Hillmann knows the streets, and he also knows how to tell stories—you might know his work from the Chicago Tribune , Salon.com, and NPR. So it's not surprising to see him deliver a big, sprawling, lacerating, steely-eyed account of one young man's coming of age in a mixed-race family in Chicago."—Barbara Hoffert, ...
| Автор | Bill Hillmann |
"Evocative, fiercely intelligent, and beautifully constructed. In telling her story, Zolbrod becomes a time traveler, making elegant leaps from early childhood to her unconventional coming of age to the embattled but deep satisfactions of her own motherhood. The Telling is a necessary memoir in every way."—Emily Rapp, author of The Still Point of the Turning World Zoe Zolbrod remained silent about her early childhood molestation for nearly a decade. When she finally decided to...
| Автор | Zoe Zolbrod |
Heartfelt, earnest, and humorous, the essays in Everything We Don't Know examine the journey of growing up in contemporary America. Aaron Gilbreath contemplates the ocean-bound debris from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, his nostalgia for the demolished buildings of his youth, quitting smoking, the etymology of the word «radical,» and more. A deftly-crafted debut from a wise, bold voice. Aaron Gilbreath's essays have appeared in Harper's, the New York Times, Paris...
| Автор | Aaron Gilbreath |
"Funny, touching, observant, philosophical, sad, world-weary, artful and wonderful are the stories that pepper this book. There has never been a cab driver like Dmitry Samarov and, since he's given up for keeps late-night for-hire driving, there never will be."—Rick Kogan, hall-of-fame reporter for the Chicago Tribune "With his gorgeous pen and ink drawings and funny, tragic, and all too true stories, Samarov's chronicle of his adventures as a Chicago taxi driver...
| Автор | Dmitry Samarov |
This biography of Admiral Thomas C. Hart is important not only because it is the story of a man whose central guiding force in life was the U.S. Navy, but also because it is a study of some fifty-five significant years of American history. This book, based in part on the twenty-one volume Hart diary, investigates the forces and circumstances that shaped Hart’s actions during a memorable and influential career that spanned three wars and was followed by brief service in the U.S....
| Автор | James Leutze |
In 1966, The Sand Pebbles captivated moviegoers across the United States, introducing many Americans to the little-known China Station of the 1920s. Based upon a novel by first-time novelist, Richard McKenna, the importance of The Sand Pebbles in contributing to popular history cannot be understated. Despite the importance of The Sand Pebbles, however, there is no book-length biography of its author.Brought to life by veteran historian Dennis Noble in this new book, McKenna’s life...
| Автор | Dennis L. Noble |
A high-growth success story Martyn Dawes set out to build a high-growth business with a simple idea and the will to do whatever was required to make it a success. Twelve years later he sold this business – Coffee Nation – for £23m. Along the way, among many highs and lows, there was the thrill of seeing an idea come to life, costly failed trials and false starts, countless business plans, learning how and when to raise funding, the personal journey of surviving when success seemed so...
| Автор | Martyn Dawes |
• The subject of the book, Suzanne, was the author's grandmother. Having never met her, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette hired a private detective to learn more about her life, and this book is a fictionalized account of her true story. • Offers a window into the world of Québec's Les Automatistes, a group of Québécois artistic dissidents who helped to fuel the province's Quiet Revolution. • A translation of the acclaimed novel La femme qui fuit, winner of the Prix des libraires du...
| Автор | Anais Barbeau-Lavalette |
How did a seven-year-old boy born in a small Polish town get caught up in the dislocation, losses and trauma of the Holocaust, one step ahead of the advancing Nazis, yet<br />survive? Despite hunger, fear, loneliness and loss, with the help and guidance of others, Zwi Lewin eventually came to Australia which he gratefully embraced.<br /> <br />Though a successful businessman and now patriarch of a large family, he has never forgotten his 'sack full of memories', and...
| Автор | Zwi Lewin |
This book reconstructs the story of Roy Coupland Winn 1890-1963, Australia's first fulltime practising psychoanalyst, of whom it was said that he was 'dedicated to the continual inner search to understand himself and others'.<br /> <br />From a background of privilege, he volunteered in 1915 and cut his teeth as a military medic on Gallipoli. On the Western Front he gained a Military Cross, lost his foot and was left wondering if he wasn't losing his mind too. In...
| Автор | Margaret Winn |
This entertaining, quirky yet profound quasi-memoir is full of delightful stories about a determined and loving young English girl who marries a larrikin boy from Bondi. He tells her: 'You'll like it, Rosa, St Kilda's by the beach, we can go swimming. And we can go on picnics, take the Lambretta to visit the Dandenongs.' Rosa assumed the Dandenongs were 'Mr and Mrs', another of these weird Australian names, didn't sound like a Jewish family … As British as...
| Автор | Ros Collins |
A biography of Arthur Upfield as told to Jessica Hawke with an introduction by Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte.<br /> <br />Here is Arthur Upfield's own story, the author of those remarkable murder mysteries set in odd corners of Australia and featuring the Aboriginal sleuth named 'Bony'. A detailed dossier compiled with the cheerful candour of the subject himself.<br /> <br />An Englishman by birth, Arthur Upfield tried his luck in Australia. After...
| Автор | Jessica Hawke |
A masterclass in resilience and humanity' – Cecilia Burgess, COO of Bell Gully, NZ<br /> <br />This story gives a compelling insight into the effects of a major stroke that strikes down a vibrant businesswoman, mother and grandmother and her amazing recovery.<br /> <br />Kathleen Jordan, with Vicki Steggall, recounts her stroke journey through hospital wards and rehabilitation units and, finally, her return to semi normalcy and everyday life, sharing with the...
| Автор | Vicki Steggall |
Yet another great read from Garry Willmott. Small Farm Warriors is filled with lives and stories of men who contributed, in a special way, to the Australia we all know today. From the war-torn streets of France to emus in the Outback, from Kokoda to sheep farms – Garry tells us how these fellas fought and then worked to create a life for themselves and their new families. In some cases, this appears not to have worked so well and in others … well, where would we be without their efforts on the...
| Автор | G. S. Willmott |
Growing up on a farm, June Alexander was a happy, energetic child. At age 11, she became consumed by thoughts of losing weight, and spent the next 40 years struggling with an inner 'tormentor' which threatened to ruin her health, her family and her relationships.<br /> <br /><b><i>A Girl Called Tim</i></b> is the shocking, painful story of living with an eating disorder and reveals how triumph over this crippling disease is possible.
| Автор | June Alexander |
Albert Speer was one of the most brilliant and controversial men of the Twentieth Century. Although he was the Adolf Hitlers favourite for many years, Speer refused to share in his suicide and was condemned to twenty years in Spandau Prison for war crimes. His open confession of guilt at the Nuremberg Trials spared him the noose but, to this day, a question mark hangs over his head. What was the level of his involvement in the Holocaust? Was he a man of integrity caught up in a web of evil from...
| Автор | Paula Astridge |
Hermann Goering, one of the most senior members of the Third Reich, was one of those responsible for murdering millions. His brother Albert risked his own life to rescue hundreds of Jews from the nazi death machine. Ernst Udet won the Blue Max for his record number of kills. Captain Wilm Hosenfeld used his position in the Wehrmacht to save many persecuted Poles. This is the story of their intertwining lives – of two men who worked in the way of Reich and two men who stood in the way of the...
| Автор | Paula Astridge |
Susan Cutsforth and her husband, Stuart, are 'ordinary' people living an extraordinary life. They both work full-time: one is a teacher librarian of thirty years, and the other, a middle-level clerk in the public service. But, as Susan recounts in <i>Our House is Not in Paris</i>, they own a holiday house in France – the other side of the world. And not only that, this <i>petite maison</i> required significant renovating, which they accomplished almost...
| Автор | Susan Cutsforth |
A gripping story of power, deceit and passion, this historical fiction is based on the true story of Mary Ann whose case is said to have brought about the Married Women's Property Act.<br /> <br />When Mary Ann inherits her family's property, her husband soon begins selling off portions of the land without her consent. Not only does he cheat her of her birthright he then wants to bring his 'fancy' woman to live there. Driven by desperation, Mary Ann fights with...
| Автор | Angela Badger |