Resultados para "Ein Kind" en Biografías y memorias

Marianne ist sechs Jahre alt, als sie von ihrer Mutter an den Bahnhof in Berlin gebracht wird, wo sie im August 1939 die Reise in das ferne England antritt. Marianne ist eines von etwa 10.000 jüdischen Kindern, das dank des Engagements von Einzelpersonen und Organisationen vor der Vernichtung durch die Nazis gerettet wird.

Familiengeheimnisse und die Suche nach Wahrheit Als der britische Autor Joe Dunthorne gebeten wird, einen Vortrag über seine Familie im »Dritten Reich« zu halten, macht er bei seinen Recherchen dazu eine schier unglaubliche Entdeckung: Sein jüdischer Urgroßvater Siegfried Merzbacher, der in...

What happens when survival becomes who you are? Steps Within Man-Kind is a raw poetic memoir inspired by true events. A journey through trauma, survival, healing and self-discovery told through powerful spoken word poetry. At the center of the story is one man divided between two identities: Skip-Driven by instinct, survival and the streets. Nick-Searching for peace, purpose and the person he was always meant to become.

'I swear by Almighty God that the evidence I shall give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.' Follow Inspector Roy Teague down the rabbit hole as he explores the intriguing world of UFOs and other inexplicable events, told by the most reliable professional witnesses, UK...

Where do mental illness stories begin? Anna’s always had too many feelings. Or not enough feelings – she’s never been quite sure. Debilitating panic. Extraordinary melancholy. Paranoia. Ambivalence. Fear. Despair. From anxious child to terrified parent, mental illness has been a constant...

I don't know whether this is the story of Jeff the autistic individual, Jeff the man of God, or Jeff the medical enigma; but I do know it is the story of Jeff, my son. Jeff was so autistic, and yet not autistic at all if you used the textbook definition. He had huge sensory integration issues and appeared to be living inside of himself, but he cared so much for God and other people that their needs always came above his own. He had severe speech issues, only spoke one-word answers, but wrote beautiful papers and prayers when given the Canon communicator.

'A remarkable achievement' LOUISE KENNEDY 'A deeply moving memoir, raw with loss, yet luminous with love' SARAH WATERS 'What a kind, honest book. What a gift of love' DAVID MITCHELL 'Essential reading from an all-time great' SARA COLLINS Ghost Stories is Siri Hustvedt's most personal work yet, a...

It started with an epiphany and a desire to live life more fully. One fateful day in 2017, a thirty-something American woman—up until that point, a responsible, hard-working, tax-paying citizen—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.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Secret Service agent Darin Kinder was near the base of the South Tower when it began to collapse. What followed was a harrowing fight for survival—one that revealed the true meaning of courage, sacrifice, and calling. Bury Me in a Dirty Suit is a gripping...

Come Back Kinda Love is a story of timing, meeting the right person at the right time at the right moment, when a heart is open and ready to love. When Erika collides with John on a Saturday night in late September, she is just beginning the recovery from her divorce, unprepared for the rush of emotions that comes with meeting the man who at first night appears to be so right.

At the age of eight, Shari Moss lived in a single motel unit in the middle of the desert with her three siblings. Isolated from her peers and too poor for toys, she would spend hours flipping through the pages of the motel’s Sears catalog, imagining the home she so desperately wanted. Her journey crosses multiple cities in two countries as she finds love, goes through hell and back, and continuously searches for that perfect house and a life she can be proud of. After writing two books to help millennials through these challenging times, Shari Moss opens up about her own life.

'In a world where you can be anything, be kind.' Caroline Flack was the girl who had it all ... beauty, talent, money, fame and a hugely successful career. But, away from the television cameras and the fabulous parties, there hid a lonely, frightened young woman. Caroline was already a rising...

In One of A Kind: Making Things Happen, Tony Moore shares the remarkable true story of a life shaped by hardship, unexpected change, and the determination to rise above every challenge. Born in Northampton, England, Tony’s early life was, marked by the death of his mother, childhood illness, foster care, children’s homes, boarding school, loss, and uncertainty. Yet through every painful turn, he learned how to adapt, survive, and make the most of the hand life had dealt him.

During his lifetime, Brian Gari has had many "Close Encounters of the Celebrity Kind", and this audiobook, based on the popular Bear Manor Media book, gives the low-down on many of the people he has met over the years, including Eddie Cantor, Robin Williams, George Carlin, Chris Rock, Rodney Dangerfield, Danny Thomas, Soupy Sales, Jerry Stiller, Katherine Hepburn, Mia Farrow, Georgie Jessel, John Lennon and the Beatles, Little Richard, Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, Neil Sedaka, Jan and Dean, and many more!

Tunnelvisie: kind van de 'Maasbach-sekte' is het rauwe, razend spannende en onthullende verhaal van Danny Grootveld. Hij groeide op in de familie Maasbach, binnen de gesloten gemeenschap rond zijn charismatische maar controlerende oom, de tv-dominee die zijn jeugd vormde en zijn identiteit probeerde te breken.

When leading Princeton physicist Paul Steinhardt began working in the 1980s, scientists thought they knew all the conceivable forms of matter. The Second Kind of Impossible is the story of Steinhardt’s 35-year-long quest to challenge conventional wisdom. It begins with a curious geometric pattern that inspires two theoretical physicists to propose a radically new type of matter - one that raises the possibility of new materials with never-before-seen properties but that violates laws set in stone for centuries.

A controversial character largely known (as depicted in the movie Glory) as a Union colonel who led Black soldiers in the Civil War, James Montgomery (1814–71) waged a far more personal and radical war against slavery than popular history suggests. It is the true story of this militant abolitionist that Todd Mildfelt and David D. Schafer tell in Abolitionist of the Most Dangerous Kind, summoning a life fiercely lived in struggle against the expansion of slavery into the West and during the Civil War.

Clare Bowditch has always had a knack for telling stories. Through her music and performing, this beloved Australian artist has touched hundreds of thousands of lives. But what of the stories she used to tell herself? That 'real life' begins only once you're thin or beautiful, that good things happen only to other people. Your Own Kind of Girl reveals a childhood punctuated by grief, anxiety and compulsion and tells how these forces shaped Clare's life for better and for worse. This is a heartbreaking, wise and at times playful memoir.

Kinder gives us a gripping and raw insight into the life of a first responder, an opportunity to see through an invaluable lens that few will ever experience first hand. More importantly, it’s a story of hope and redemption.

In this poignant, wry, and powerful memoir, Nunn links the politics of Black Power to the movements for Black lives and dignified reentry today. His story underscores the power of coalition building, persistence in the face of backlash, and the importance of centering the voices of experience in the fight for freedom-and proves, once and for all, that jailbirds can fly.