Resultados para "Spin" en Biografías y memorias

"Widow's Fire - A Seduction and Spiritual Journey" follows a woman's poignant journey through grief after her soulmate's death. Seeking solace in distant lands and spiritual encounters, she confronts the depth of sorrow, desire, and unexpected sexual awakenings. Amidst healers and ancient Ayahuasca rites, she teeters on vulnerability's edge. A narrative rich in emotion, it explores the resilience of the human spirit, the pursuit of healing, and the eternal quest for hope amidst life's darkest chapters.

Part autobiography, part a history of the Gay Revolution, part writing manual, part juicy gossip, with a few tasty recipes thrown in for good measure, Spine Intact, Some Creases is a summing up - alternately hilarious and touching, instructive and impassioned, and always entertaining - of the remarkable life and work of a writer hailed by top gay pulp historian Michael Bronski as "one of my heroes."

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Dolly's story took many twists and turns, but she found strength through her faith in God, and the love she received from family, friends, and strangers. Dolly had a winning spirit, and her faith allowed her the power needed to overcome the adversities...

Ascolta e scopri il capolavoro della più famosa pittrice messicana! Nel mondo dell'arte, Frida Kahlo è una delle donne più famose, insieme a pochi altri nomi noti come Tamara de Lempicka, Artemisia Gentileschi ed Elisabetta Sirani. Simbolo per eccellenza del suo Paese, il Messico, e della condizione sociale della donna nella metà del secolo scorso, Kahlo visse una vita breve ma molto intensa, tra incredibili sofferenze fisiche, un matrimonio con Diego Rivera che le portò tante gioie quanti dolori e una carriera altalenante.

Every American president, from Washington to Biden: Their lives, policies, foibles, and legacies, assessed with clear-eyed authority and wit. Authors of the acclaimed Killing books, the #1 bestselling narrative history series in the world, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard begin a new direction...

Ever wonder what evil lurks in your hometown? Spine-Chilling Murders in the Northeast takes you behind the scenes of some old-time killings in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and more.

Spine-Chilling Murders in Des Moines is a collection of true-crime stories - most of them rescued from old newspaper accounts published more than 100 years ago. Only a few of the events in this book have ever made it into print, except maybe in musky old county histories.

Spine-Chilling Murders in the Quad-Cities is a collection of true-life stories - most of them rescued from old newspaper accounts published over 100 years ago.

Ever wonder what evil lurks in your hometown? Spine-Chilling Murders in the Chicago takes you behind the scenes of some old-time killings in Chicago.

"This beautifully funny and highly entertaining book gives the reader a unique insight into what it’s like to be a military and commercial helicopter pilot. We make brief and joyous visits to Jamaica, Syria, Iran, Germany, Oman, Yemen, the North Sea, Sweden and Saudi Arabia. We live through two wars and we meet VIPs and Heads of State. Highly experienced helicopter pilot Nick Mylne constantly dazzles and entertains with his recollections of his professional life in a spin."

James Herriot, strapped into the cockpit of a Tiger Moth trainer, feels rather out of place, but he hasn't found a new profession and it surely won't be long before the RAF come round to his point of view. James Herriot's sixth volume of unforgettable memoirs sees him dreaming of the day when he can rejoin his wife Helen, little son Jimmy, veterinary partner Siegfried, the eternal student Tristan - and all the old Darrowby crows, both two-legged and four.

On September 1, 2004, three middle-aged buddies set out on one of the last geographic challenges never before attempted in North America: to hike the Comb Ridge in one continuous push. The Comb is an upthrust ridge of sandstone-virtually a mini-mountain range-that stretches almost unbroken for a hundred miles from just east of Kayenta, Arizona, to some ten miles west of Blanding, Utah. To hike the Comb is to run a gauntlet of up-and-down severities, with the precipice lurking on one hand, the fiendishly convoluted bedrock slab on the other-always at a sideways, ankle-wrenching pitch.

From the start of his glittering career in 1992 to his official retirement from all formats of the game in 2013, Shane Warne has long desired to tell his incredible story without compromise. No Spin is that very story. It offers a compelling intimate voice, true insight and a pitch-side seat to one of cricket’s finest eras, making this one of the ultimate must-have sports autobiographies.

What happens when the world applauds your strength—but that strength is quietly breaking you? In No More Free Passes, Dr. Khutso Madubanya disrupts the myth of independence and the pressure placed on women to hold everything together without faltering. With raw honesty and soul-level insight, she shares the moment that shattered her definition of strength—and rebuilt her life from the inside out.

Daniel Isenberg lost his vivacious, tenacious, and gifted Neapolitan wife after a four-year battle with a very rare, untreatable cancer. In “Not for You” Isenberg takes us with him on a uniquely honest, intimate, raw journey starting with the months leading up to his loss, and in the months after, grappling with the “knife” buried in his chest after her death.

From humble beginnings in Nigeria to the demanding halls of Howard University and Harvard, Faith and Purpose: The PML Story is the powerful true account of Dr. Babajide Ogunseinde’s journey through faith, sacrifice, adversity, and extraordinary achievement. Guided by conviction and sustained by grace, he overcame doubt, financial hardship, cultural transition, and the intense pressures of medical training to become a highly accomplished orthopedic spine surgeon. But this is more than a story of personal success. It is the story of purpose discovered through perseverance. As Dr.

Australia has always been a land of mysteries. Some are ancient, some are historical and many continue to perplex us today—and will probably continue to do so tomorrow. More often than most of us would like to think, things simply vanish and people disappear without explanation, leaving a trail of heartbreak across generations. Australia also has its fair share of buried loot and fabulous riches gone missing—somewhere. Master storyteller Graham Seal has gathered mysteries from around Australia.

What happens when silence protects the wrong person? Calling Out the Shadows: A Father's Stand Against the Current is the documented account of one father's decision to respond to chaos with clarity, to meet secrecy with transparency, and to choose love over anger for his daughter's sake. This memoir and practical guide does not tell you what to do. It shows you what one person did, why it held up, and how the framework behind it can be applied. This is not a book about revenge.

Bloomsbury presents The Power Within: Record-breaking, ultrarunning and fighting for change, written and read by Sophie Power **This audiobook includes a bonus conversation between Sophie and sports journalist Lily Canter** 'Gripping, informative and inspiring... it's one of the most riveting...

Bloomsbury presents Letters to a Young Writer written and read by Colum McCann. From the National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Let the Great World Spin and Transatlantic comes a passionate and practical book of advice, as essential for budding writers as Stephen King’s...