New York Times Bestseller ""There is no writer quite like Dolly Alderton working today and very soon the world will know it.” —Lisa Taddeo, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Three Women “Dolly Alderton has always been a sparkling Roman candle of talent. She is funny, smart, and explosively engaged in the wonders and weirdness of the world. But what makes this memoir more than mere entertainment is the mature and sophisticated evolution that Alderton describes in these pages. It’s a beautifully told journey and a thoughtful, important book. I loved it.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and City of Girls The wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking internationally bestselling memoir about growing up, growing older, and learning to navigate friendships, jobs, loss, and love along the ride When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, journalist and former Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, realizing that Ivan from the corner shop might just be the only reliable man in her life, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else— realizing that you are enough. Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton’s unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of every age—making you want to pick up the phone and tell your best friends all about it. Like Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true, Everything I Know About Love is about the struggles of early adulthood in all its terrifying and hopeful uncertainty.

Everything I Know About Love

WINNER OF AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS Read by the author, Patric Gagne. 'Deliciously wicked and insightful.' - The Guardian 'Addictively page-turning.' - The Telegraph 'Thought-provoking and surprisingly life-affirming.' - Cosmopolitan Sociopath: A Memoir is the astoundingly honest true story of a life lived on the edge of the law, and a fascinating account of one woman’s battle to understand her diagnosis. Jaw-dropping, moving and illuminating, it will challenge everything you thought you knew about sociopathy. 'Your friends would probably describe me as nice. But guess what? I can't stand your friends. I'm a liar. I'm a thief. I'm highly manipulative. I don't care what other people think. I'm capable of almost anything.' From stabbing elementary school classmates with pencils to stealing car keys from fellow frat party guests and joyriding around her college town, to breaking and entering, even stalking, Patric Gagne doesn’t hold back when it comes to describing the behaviour that, eventually, made her realize she is a sociopath. But her discovery forced her to question the official descriptions of sociopathy. After all, she had a plan for her life, had nurtured close relationships and was doing her best (most of the time) to avoid harming others. While her darker impulses warred against her attempts to live a settled, loving life with her partner, Patric began to wonder – was there a way for sociopaths to integrate happily into society? And could she find it before her own behaviour went a step too far? 'Surprising, thoughtful and deeply personal.' – Pandora Sykes 'Arresting and addictive.' - The Times 'She is compelling, like a movie character – a sociopath who’s beautiful, warm and funny, articulate and charming' - The Guardian

Sociopath

From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog – now the subject of a new Disney+ docuseries – and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how, in the face of unimaginable pain, she found freedom and healing. Shari Franke’s childhood was a constant battle for survival. Her mother, Ruby Franke, enforced a severe moral code while maintaining a façade of a picture-perfect family for their wildly popular YouTube channel 8 Passengers, which documented the day-to-day life of raising six children for a staggering 2.5 million subscribers. But a darker truth lurked beneath the surface – Ruby’s wholesome online persona masked a more tyrannical parenting style than anyone could have imagined. As the family’s YouTube notoriety grew, so too did Ruby’s delusions of righteousness. Fueled by the sadistic influence of relationship coach Jodi Hildebrandt, together they implemented an inhumane and merciless disciplinary regime. Ruby and Jodi were arrested in Utah in 2023 on multiple charges of aggravated child abuse. On that fateful day, Shari shared a photo online of a police car outside their home. Her caption had one word: 'Finally'. For the first time, Shari will reveal the disturbing truth behind 8 Passengers and her family’s devastating involvement with Jodi Hildebrandt’s cultish life coaching program, 'ConneXions'. No stone is left unturned as Shari exposes the perils of influencer culture and shares for the first time her battle for truth and survival in the face of her mother’s cruelty.

The House of My Mother

* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,” eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?” She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income. In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (“Hi Gale!”), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants. Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.

I'm Glad My Mom Died

A medio camino entre el ensayo y la autobiografía, Las pequeñas virtudes reúne once textos de tema diverso que comparten una escritura instintiva, radical, una mirada comprometida llana y conclusivamente humana. La guerra y su mordedura atroz de miedo y pobreza, el recuerdo estremecedor y bellamente sostenido de Cesare Pavese y la experiencia intrincada de ser mujer y madre son algunas de las historias de una historia –personal y colectiva– que Natalia Ginzburg ensambla magistralmente, en estas páginas de turbadora belleza, con una reflexión sagaz siempre atenta al otro, arco vital y testimonio del oficio –vocación irrenunciable, orgánica– de escribir. "Uno de sus mejores libros… La irónica, perspicaz, delicada y detallista observadora; el consciente y lúcido testigo de su época."—Mercedes Monmany, ABC "Un atinado retrato de la indigente Italia de Posguerra; un agudo y humorístico análisis de su relación conyugal, la recreación de su prolongada estancia en Londres, un sobrio y sentido homenaje a su amigo Cesare Pavese."— El País "Breves y exquisitos ensayos autobiográficos, fruto de una escritora de vocación, de una inteligencia cordial y de una enorme honestidad."—Josep Maria Esquirol, ABC "La elevación de lo particular y cotidiano a categoría filosófica tiene lugar con una frescura y naturalidad que logran llegar hasta lo más abstracto, sin desprenderse nunca del hilo concreto de su experiencia como mujer dotada de una capacidad de observación poco común."—Carmen Martín Gaite

El Acantilado

Las pequeñas virtudes

Si esto es un hombre, libro que inaugura la trilogía que Primo Levi dedicó  a los campos de exterminio nazis, surgió en la imaginación de su autor durante los días de horror en Auschwitz, cuando la principal preocupación de los prisioneros era que, de sobrevivir, nadie creería la atrocidad de la historia vivida. Los campos de concentración y exterminio, más que resguardados por las alambradas y los guardias, lo estuvieron por su propia monstruosidad, que los hacía inconcebibles. Es la sobriedad del testimonio de Primo Levi, una víctima que no grita pero que arranca el grito de la garganta de su lector, lo que devuelve al horror su realidad y lo hace inteligible como una siniestra señal de peligro. Un libro conmovedor de un hombre con una indestructible fe en la razón.

IMPRESCINDIBLES

Si esto es un hombre

Una relación que comenzó con intensa pasión y ternura se convirtió en controladora, humillante y años de abuso emocional. Tenía un buen trabajo, dos hijos maravillosos y muchos amigos. Sin embargo, estaba tan sometida que perdí mi brújula interior. Por fuera aparecíamos como una pareja feliz, una mujer independiente y un hombre cariñoso. Juntos construimos un fuerte muro contra el mundo exterior, e incluso mis seres queridos no tenían idea de lo que realmente estaba sucediendo detrás de escena. Esta es mi historia personal de cómo fue vivir con un hombre que eventualmente me derrumbó por completo. Es una historia sobre el infierno que llamé amor.

El infierno que llamé amor

Pentsamenduaren dinamita-kartutxo gisa darabil aforismoa Igerabidek, bere aleetako batean Nietzscheri leporatzen dion bezala. Dinamita ez baita beti suntsitzailea, eraikuntzaren lehen urratsa ere izan ohi da. Baina ez bakarrik dinamita gisa. Luma leun ferekatzaile ere bihurtzen zaio tarteka. Edo ezten zorrotz. Edota gogoa goratzeko hegal. Inoiz zirto umoretsu… Beti irakurlearen bidaide.

Noiz arte arrazoi

Després de la invasió d’Holanda, els Frank, comerciants jueus alemanys emigrats a Amsterdam el 1933, es van amagar de la Gestapo en una mansarda connectada a l’edifici on el pare de l’Anna tenia les seves oficines. Eren vuit persones i van romandre-hi recloses des de juny de 1942 fins l’agost de 1944. En aquell lloc i en les més precàries condicions, l’Anna, una nena de tretze anys, escriví el seu esgarrifós Diari: un testimoni únic en el seu gènere sobre l’horror i la barbàrie nazis, i sobre els sentiments i les experiències que van viure ella mateixa i els seus acompanyants. Ana Frank fue una escritora alemana y judía. A la temprana edad de cuatro años, huyó de Alemania a Amsterdam, quedando sin nacionalidad. Cuando las fuerzas Nazis ocuparon Países Bajos, su familia se escondió en un anexo secreto de una fábrica de Pectina donde trabajaba el padre de Ana. Fue aquí donde Ana escribió su obra El Diario de Ana Frank, hasta que fue descubierta y arrestada por las fuerzas Gestapo, que la transfirieron a ella y su familia a Auschwitz, donde pereció en el campo de concentración de Bergen-Belsen a los quince años.

Classic

Diari de Ana Frank

Mosaic és l'únic llibre que Víctor Català va escriure en primera persona. Ara el camí no el fa la imaginació: ella és el seu propi personatge, t'acull en la intimitat per mostrar-te com s'ha format l'artista i com ha batallat per ser lliure des de ben petita. Intimitats serà el primer de tres volums que recuperem a Club Editor, íntegres per primer cop. Les curadores, Agnès Prats i Blanca Llum Vidal, han descobert 17 peces inèdites del Mosaic al Fons Víctor Català de l'Escala: són els "Fòssils", records de la primera infància de Caterina Albert. Són episodis curts, impresos tan vivament en la memòria que esclaten en ser rescatats. N'hi ha de deliciosos, com quan juga amb les bestioles del jardí de la infància. I d'impressionants, com quan t'ensenya les parets que va pintar al menjador de casa, personals pintures rupestres. A la segona part del llibre hi ha el conte "Mon niu", on la Víctor descriu les golfes des d'on escriu —¿i no és aquesta la cambra pròpia? Cal posar Víctor Català al costat de les seves germanes Virginia Woolf, Alice Munro o Marguerite Duras.

Mosaic

"Trenes tallades. Records d'una nena de Rússia", és el relat corprenedor dels anys d'exili forçat de la Roser Rosés, una nena de 12 anys, que l’any 1938 va ser enviada pels seus pares a la URSS per a salvaguardar-la dels estralls de la Guerra Civil, del que va tornar l’any 1947 convertida en una dona amb unasensibilitat i una formació incompatible amb l’Espanya franquista. És la història lúcida, tendra i intensa d'una infantesa i adolescència marcades per les guerres que ha tardat molts anys en poder ser explicada. «Quedaven enrere a l’URSS set anys i mig de la meva vida, set anys i mig de vivències inimaginables a través dels 12.000 quilòmetres de desplaçaments i perilloses evacuacions que havia hagut de fer a causa de la maleïda guerra; allà quedaven una part de la meva infantesa i tota la meva adolescència, en una estada que havia esdevingut molt més llarga del que ningú havia previst, en aquell immens país. M’emportava amb mi uns estudis, unes alegries —poques— i molta dissort. I la sensació de sentir-me forta i afortunada per haver sobreviscut a tot.»

Trenes tallades

El domini absolut de l’escenari, l’elegància, la tendresa, una dicció perfecta i una eficaç expressivitat angelical mescla de timidesa i intensitat, van convertir Carles Sabater en l’ídol més carismàtic de la seva època. Al llarg de dotze anys frenètics d’ascensió a la fama, va forjar un estil magnètic d’estar sobre l’escenari on, tant si cantava com si actuava, establia una connexió immediata i íntima amb un públic que l’estimava amb una tendresa incondicional. Cor trencat és la reconstrucció dels darrers dies, setmanes i mesos de la vida d’algú que no sabia que caminava al caire de l’abisme. Amb una prosa rotunda, delicada i honesta, Pep Blay retroba persones i llocs en una recerca íntima de l’ídol caigut, de l’amic que havia de ser, per preguntar-se si les coses haurien pogut ser d’una altra manera, per descobrir finalment què i com va trencar el cor de Carles Sabater.

Cor trencat (Mort i vida de Carles Sabater)

Follem? és un assaig que examina la sexualitat i el plaer i ho fa des d'una exploració més enllà dels clixés i els tabús. Aquest llibre parteix d'un nou inici per mirar la sexualitat sense la vergonya, les imatges preconcebudes o els papers autoimposats. És una nova manera de mirar cap a l'interior del desig i dels cossos humans i també cap a l'exterior, cap a les persones amb les qui compartim aquest anhel. Escoltar al cos, a l'ànima i no fer cas a tot el que s'ha imposat per defecte. En Follem?, Bel Olid explica una nova forma d'explorar el plaer propi i el de l'altra persona. Bel Olid (Catalunya, 1977) és escriptora, traductora i professora de llengua. Es va llicenciar en Traducció i interpretació i des de llavors s'ha dedicat a la traducció. En 2008 va publicar la seva primera obra, un relat que va rebre el Premi Qwerty al millor relat infantil. Ha publicat més de deu obres de ficció, no-ficció i literatura juvenil i infantil, que han guanyat diversos premis, entre ells el premi Documenta 2010. Des de 2015 és presidenta de l'Associació d'escriptors en llengua catalana.

Llibres digitals

Follem?

Quim Monzó i Sergi Pàmies són dos escriptors popularíssims. Dels seus llibres de narrativa se n'han fet desenes d'edicions. Han col·laborat amb molt d'èxit a la ràdio i a la televisió i han ofert un contrapunt crític i humorístic a temes d'actualitat: del futbol a la cuina creativa i del porno a les manifestacions de l'Onze de Setembre. Fruit de l'amistat que es va iniciar als anys vuitanta, han compartit copes i restaurants, llibres i pel·lícules, obsessions i compulsions. En una llarga entrevista de més de dotze hores, parlen amb Julià Guillamon de la família i la infantesa, dels progres, de la Barcelona moderna, dels programes de ràdio on han col·laborat, de l'articulisme, de la llengua dels seus llibres i de la seva visió de la literatura. Sergi Pàmies: "Jo tinc la sensació que una de les característiques d'ell és aquesta: la compulsió per damunt de la mitjana. Jo vaig a rebuf. Jo soc com allò del Marc Màrquez. Si ell sopa dues vegades doncs es sopa dues vegades". Quim Monzó: "Com deia Groucho Marx ¿per què m'hauria de preocupar jo per la posteritat si la posteritat no ha fet mai res per mi?".

Si la memòria no ens falla

Joan Margarit, que ha complert 80 anys aquest mes de maig, fa unes memòries d'infantesa que tenen una profunditat il·luminadora. El poeta no espigola agendes o àlbums familiars, no es deixa amanyagar gaire per la nostàlgia, ni el preocupa gens quedar bé, sinó que es capbussa de ple en els records que li han quedat clavats i tracta d'entendre per què són allà i de quina manera tenen a veure amb la construcció de la seva vida i de la seva poesia. Joan Margarit escriu per entendre la vida, no només la seva. Un bon poeta fa d'una anècdota personal un símbol universal. La intenció d'aquestes pàgines és descobrir el valor de la vida en una infantesa i adolescència que no sempre van ser amable. A la coberta, el lector veurà el nen Margarit en un balcó de Girona; també va viure a Sanaüja, a Rubí, a Figueres, a Barcelona, a Santa Coloma de Gramenet i finalment a la lluminosa ciutat de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, d'on anava i tornava en uns lents i solitaris vaixells de càrrega que han impregnat per sempre més els seus poemes. Narrat per Jordi Coromina. Amb la col·laboració de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Cultura.

A TOT VENT

Per tenir casa cal guanyar la guerra

«Aquest audiollibre recorda la vida del meu avi, que és la història d'un temps, d'un país. És un homenatge a una generació sencera d'homes i dones que van sobreviure a una guerra quan eren nens i que ara han hagut de fer front a la pandèmia des de la residència geriàtrica. La compilació d'una vida que abraça gairebé la totalitat del segle xx m'ha portat per viaranys insòlits. He descobert secrets del meu avi, i també he entès millor algunes de les decisions que va prendre al llarg de la seva vida». Toni Cruanyes s'allunya, en aquesta obra narrada per ell mateix, de la seva faceta més periodística per oferir-nos un retrat íntim, lúcid i precís. La Vall de la Llum, un poble de canyes, vent i fang, es desperta a la modernitat a través de les vivències amb què una família pagesa s'obre pas en un món que es transforma molt de pressa. Un relat verídic però escrit com una novel·la, amb un alt contingut dramàtic i evocador. «Cinquanta-dos anys després que Teresa Pàmies guanyés el Premi Josep Pla amb Testament a Praga, tornem a gaudir amb una crònica destinada a ser la memòria viva d'uns fets extraordinaris». Montse Barderi, escriptora i filòsofa

L'ANCORA

La Vall de la Llum

Història dels meus límits «Fem mal per por. Un bloc enganxifós de culpa i vergonya, massa sovint invisible. Fucking New York, man. Van ser uns anys d'aventures majúscules, que són les que ens expliquen». Fucking New York. Història dels meus límits és la memoir d'una noia que fuig a Nova York per retrobar el seu lloc al món. La ciutat, imponent i descarnada, li farà el joc de la pròpia inseguretat i ella la utilitzarà, igual que les cases on viu i les persones que troba, per escriure un relat que sempre es mou entre els extrems. El pànic acabarà quatre anys més tard quan finalment la dona es fa responsable dels seus actes i comprèn l'amor.

Fucking New York

«Odio el tenis, l’odio amb tota l’ànima, i tanmateix hi continuo jugant, continuo picant la pilota matí i tarda, perquè no tinc alternativa. Encara que tingui ganes de parar, no ho faig. Continuo suplicant-me de parar, i continuo jugant. I aquest abisme, aquesta contradicció, sento que és l’essència de la meva vida.» Andre Agassi Quan era molt petit, li van posar una raqueta de joguina a la mà. Des d’aleshores, Agassi no ha fet altra cosa que donar cops de pilota. El seu pare, obsessionat a convertir-lo en un astre del tenis, va construir una màquina (el Drac) que disparava 2.500 pilotes al dia contra el petit Andre. Escrita pel premi Pulitzer J. R. Moehringer, Open és la semblança a cor obert d’Andre Agassi, que en aquestes memòries es mostra tal com és: un home que es va haver d’enfrontar a les pressions de la seva família, i de la fama, però que sempre va conservar el valor de la amistat i un sentit altruista de la vida. En aquesta fascinant autobiografia, Agassi revela, amb sentit de l’humor i tendresa, una vida definida per la contradicció entre un destí imposat i l’anhel de complaure els qui ho van sacrificar tot per ell. La premsa ha dit: «Open ja és un clàssic del periodisme esportiu de to literari, amb plecs emocionals, ritme narratiu i poc Netol per fer lluir els trofeus i medalles. Que ara puguem llegir-lo en català és una pilota de matx que es mereix ser guanyada.» Jordi Puntí «La biografia d’Agassi és senzillament addictiva. Més intensa que un partit a cinc sets.» Joan Lluís Garcia «Si us agrada el tenis, us encantarà. Si no, també. I per fi en català.» Anna Guitart «Un llibre difícil d´oblidar on triomf i inseguretat, talent i dolor, avancen alhora.» Jordi Nopca «Open humanitza un gran esportista. Poder llegir-lo en català és una celebració.» Jordi Corominas «Per fi en català el millor llibre sobre esports que he llegit mai, un Grand Slam literari. Això si se’l pot considerar un llibre d’esports. Perquè en realitat és una obra magnífica, emocionant i profunda, sobre la creuada de la vida i sobre una condemna concreta: ser el millor en una cosa que odies» Miqui Otero «Et corprèn i et transporta a un món molt diferent del tenis. M’apassiona i alhora em trastorna. Incommensurable.» Albert Espinosa, El Periódico «Una aventura existencial única amb la qual és molt fàcil identificar-se. No he pogut parar de llegir.» Juan José Millás «Una absorbent narració psicològica amb personatges turmentats que busquen el seu destí.» Sergio Vila-Sanjuán «Aquest llibre perillosament hipnotitzant és una commovedora història sobre la tirania de l’èxit i del fracàs i sobre les moltes vides que hi ha en una vida.» Rosa Montero, EPS «Quan acabes, sents que estimes el protagonista i que el que has llegit no és una biografia, sinó una cosa que t’ha confiat un amic. Vibrant com pocs.» Jesús Carrasco «El millor llibre que he llegit en l’última dècada.» Alessandro Baricco, La Repubblica «Es llegeix amb diversió i ganes de més.» David Trueba, «Honesta, una genuïna novel·la d’aprenentatge, divertida i commovedora.» The New York Times Review of Books «Escrita amb un estil vigorós i enlluernador.» The Times «N’hi ha prou amb un parell de paràgrafs per saber que estem davant d’un gran llibre.» Corriere della Sera «De com Agassi s’ha convertit en Andre.» Le Monde

Open. Memòries

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Arguably no person in history had such a direct and negative impact on the lives of so many as Joseph Stalin. Under the Red Tsar terror knew no limits, it did not discriminate; no one was safe, no institution, no single town or village was immune. Yet, following his death in 1953, Stalin was deeply mourned. He had ‘received the country with a wooden plough, and left it with a nuclear missile shield’. And no-one else, some claimed, could have led the Soviet Union to victory in the Second World War. So who was Joseph Stalin, what was his role during the Russian Revolution; how did he come to power, what made him such a destructive tyrant, and how did he impose his will on the Soviet Union for so long? Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour…

Stalin: History in an Hour

Bestselling author Rob Bell returns with a provocative new book which gets to the heart of questions about life and death. His perspective, encapsulated by his famous slogan ‘love wins’, will surprise and challenge both Christians and atheists, and will inspire people of all faiths and none. A recent Gallup survey showed that over half of British people believe in heaven. But what is it? Who is it for? Why does it matter? And how do we know if we’re going there? Rob Bell believes that even the most fervent Christians and the most committed atheists, are still not satisfied with their traditional answers to these questions. Out of respect for their traditions they keep quiet, confiding to a few close, safe friends their doubts and questions about why they are here and where they are going. For many years, on sermons and DVDs and on bumper stickers and t-shirts, bestselling Chrisian author Rob Bell has been saying that ‘Love Wins’. But ‘Love Wins’ is much more than a pithy slogan. ‘Love Wins’ is a philosophy drawn out from deep within religious tradition and writings. It provides answers to the deepest and most difficult questions about life and faith, and about heaven and hell. And it is a call to arms for all of us to live a more meaningful life.

Love Wins

Best-known as Glee’s sharp-tongued Sue Sylvester, Jane Lynch’s on-screen persona is someone that many love to hate. But when she’s not prowling the corridors in Sue’s shiny tracksuit, who is the real Jane Lynch and how did this Golden Globe and Emmy winner learn to channel such delicious nastiness? This is no typical Hollywood memoir of torment, grief, regret and plastic surgery. It’s a simple but candid story of how a girl from Chicago came to Hollywood, overcame her demons, and finally hit the big time. Taking a good, hard look at herself, Lynch reveals that she and Sue Sylvester actually aren’t all that different. At times in her life she ‘was a real pain in the ass’. ‘I was an anxiety-stricken kid with a big, scary secret.’ How difficult it is to imagine this funny, bright, intelligent woman hitting rock bottom, but she is frank about her self-loathing during those years and paints a vivid picture of drunken nights, angry tirades and a person with no friends. In short, she was a real-life Sue Sylvester. Yet this very same woman has starred in string of great, fun movies, including Talladega Nights, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Role Models and Julie and Julia, with actors such as Steve Carrell, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd and Meryl Streep. With her impeccable comic timing and quick wit, she has transformed what was originally a guest part on Glee into one of the programme’s most central and defining characters, and has won several awards for doing so. Lynch relates the story of her comedy career in a voice that is modest, hilarious and endlessly entertaining, even though her own life hasn’t always been such a laugh.

Happy Accidents

From elite marathoner and Olympic hopeful Becky Wade comes the story of her year-long exploration of diverse global running communities from England to Ethiopia—9 countries, 72 host families, and over 3,500 miles of running—investigating unique cultural approaches to the sport and revealing the secrets to the success of runners all over the world. Fresh off a successful collegiate running career—with multiple NCAA All-American honors and two Olympic Trials qualifying marks to her name—Becky Wade was no stranger to international competition. But after years spent safely sticking to the training methods she knew, Becky was curious about how her counterparts in other countries approached the sport to which she’d dedicated over half of her life. So in 2012, as a recipient of the Watson Fellowship, she packed four pairs of running shoes, cleared her schedule for the year, and took off on a journey to infiltrate diverse running communities around the world. What she encountered far exceeded her expectations and changed her outlook into the sport she loved. Over the next twelve months—visiting 9 countries with unique and storied running histories, logging over 3,500 miles running over trails, tracks, sidewalks, and dirt roads—Becky explored the varied approaches of runners across the globe. Whether riding shotgun around the streets of London with Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt, climbing for an hour at daybreak to the top of Ethiopia’s Mount Entoto just to start her daily run, or getting lost jogging through the bustling streets of Tokyo, Becky’s unexpected adventures, keen insights, and landscape descriptions take the reader into the heartbeat of distance running around the world. Upon her return to the United States, she incorporated elements of the training styles she’d sampled into her own program, and her competitive career skyrocketed. When she made her marathon debut in 2013, winning the race in a blazing 2:30, she became the third-fastest woman marathoner under the age of 25 in U.S. history, qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Trials and landing a professional sponsorship from Asics. From the feel-based approach to running that she learned from the Kenyans, to the grueling uphill workouts she adopted from the Swiss, to the injury-recovery methods she learned from the Japanese, Becky shares the secrets to success from runners and coaches around the world. The story of one athlete’s fascinating journey, Run the World is also a call to change the way we approach the world’s most natural and inclusive sport.

Run the World

Your Chinese Horoscope for Each and Every Year is a helpful and informative guide on Chinese horoscopes. Built on the long-standing success of Your Chinese Horoscope, this new book gives insights into each of the Chinese signs as well as special success tips to help readers make the most of their sign. The book also contains inspirational quotes for each sign as well as a section in each chapter concerning relationships and how signs relate to one another. However a key feature of the book will be the detailed horoscopes given for each sign and covering each of the Chinese years. The horoscopes will highlight trends for the year, giving indications of how readers can make the most of the year as well as areas which could prove problematic. Each horoscope ends with some special tips for the year. In the many years Neil Somerville has written Your Chinese Horoscope, he has built a reputation for the advice and helpfulness given in his books. Your Chinese Horoscope for Each and Every Year is a book designed for the long-term and one of lasting value.

Your Chinese Horoscope for Each and Every Year

A fascinating collection of letters from English poet Rupert Brooke. Description from the introductory note: The author started in May 1913 on a journey to the United States, Canada, and the South Seas, from which he returned next year at the beginning of June. The first thirteen chapters of this book were written as letters to the Westminster Gazette. He would probably not have republished them in their present form, as he intended to write a longer book on his travels; but they are now printed with only the correction of a few evident slips. The two remaining chapters appeared in the New Statesman, soon after the outbreak of war.

Letters from America

Have you ever looked at your email, then texts, then Facebook, then Twitter, then email, then Instagram, then Candy Crush, then texts, then Snapchat, then texts again, and now you’ve wasted the time you had set aside for more important things? Jedediah Bila has solved her own Obsessive Compulsive Tech Disorder, and she did it without throwing away her devices. It's time to switch on airplane mode and settle into Jedediah Bila’s #DoNotDisturb: How I Ghosted My Cell Phone to Take Back My Life. In this timely, entertaining and inspiring book, Jedediah Bila chronicles her chaotic, confusing, and all-consuming love-hate relationship with - her cell phone. Stepping back from the whirlwind of texting, social media, and an endless sea of apps, Bila questions how our relationships, character, and sanity have suffered from our deep dive into the digital abyss. Exploring the toll that tech addiction took on her life, Bila reveals her missteps and mistakes, including several upending, life-altering months swirling in an ex-boyfriend’s cell-phone-enabled double life, and how a low-tech millennial later stole her heart. Travel with Jedediah through the embarrassing and catastrophic consequences of Ménage-a-Tech relationships, social media's Perception Deception, and the One-Potato-Chip-Problem of trying to resist Silicon Valley's hypnotic, slot-machine software designed to lure you in. Bila reveals how she navigated away from an unhealthy, oversaturated diet of tech junk food to striking just the right balance with technology to let her unplugged, real-life moments take charge. In #DoNotDisturb, Bila applies her trademark no-nonsense, common-sense, personal responsibility and accountability-centered approach, warning us that if we don’t stop acting like robots, our very humanity is at stake. Through warm anecdotes and cold, hard truths, Bila reveals how she pulled her way out of the tech fog to keep her eyes focused on the life right in front of her. And how you can too.

#DoNotDisturb

Are you spiritually in tune? Do you connect with a higher power easily or do you find it confusing and out of reach? Would you like to learn how you can successfully connect spiritually? Billions of people around the world look to a higher power every day. It is manifested in their speech, actions and deeds and helps us to live better and more productive lives that are worthwhile and valued. But connecting with God is harder than it seems for some. This new book, Spiritual Books: The Ultimate Collection to be a Success at Connecting Spiritually, aims to change all of that by helping you to find ways of connecting through chapters on: - Spiritual Resolutions Basics - Be Good To Yourself - Keep Up With Prayer - Set Aside Time To Meditate - Learn To Listen To Your Inner Voice - Get A Grateful Mindset - Use Affirmations To Stay On Course - The Benefits Of Your Spiritual Resolution - And Much More… With these tips and ideas, plus your faith, you will have an unbreakable alliance that will propel you towards a greater understanding and meaning of your life. Get a copy and see how it change yours!

Spiritual Books: The Ultimate Collection To Be A Success At Connecting Spiritually

Born in Africa, at the age of twelve Fiori Giovanni's marriage was already arranged. By fourteen, she was recruited into the Eritrean army. Her destiny, like that of so many girls in Third World countries, had been dictated, defined and determined. It was yet, though, to be defied. At fifteen, Fiori made the agonizing decision to flee war-torn Eritrea without friends or family. She crossed five continents and twenty countries in search of knowledge, personal growth and wisdom, eventually settling in Australia where she's now a highly sought-after and respected business and executive coach, as well as a keynote speaker and media commentator. After repeatedly overcoming harrowing experiences and insurmountable obstacles, Fiori decoded her own steps to survival, transformation and success, creating a framework that empowers others to do the same. This framework is now available to you in her book, 'Defy Your Destiny', released in February 2019. After listening to this audiobook, you will be uplifted by Fiori's spirit, inspired by her courage, and motivated to take positive action in all areas of your life.

Defy Your Destiny: Make your most painful walk your most triumphant journey

We’ve all read - and loved - the adventures of Harry Potter and his friends in the Wizarding World. But what of the genius behind it all, J.K. Rowling? Was getting the first book published easy for her, or was it a long struggle? How did she come up with so many amazing ideas for the books? How did her own life influence the characters in the series, both good and bad? And what about her life away from magic and mystery? This fascinating audiobook contains more than one hundred amazing facts about the author, separated into sections for easy listening. So whether you simply enjoy a good biography, or you’re the world’s most dedicated Harry Potter fan, this is the perfect audiobook for you.

101 Amazing Facts

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling ...and Harry Potter

'Jane Eyre' is a story about an orphan child. Jane's parents died when she was still too little to remember them, and it is her uncle (her mother's brother) who takes her in. Jane's uncle also dies not to long after this, and he makes hir wife, Mrs. Reed, promise him that she will take care of his niece as if she were her own. Unfortunately for Jane, her aunt does not fulfill that promise: She considers Jane a bourdain and dislikes her for being poor. Her children are no better. Under their mother's indulgence, they mistreat their cousin constantly, always making it clear that she is inferior to them. It is only at age ten that Jane managed to get out of her aunt's house, but her quality of life does not improve much. She is sent to Lowood, a charity school directed by the cruel Mr. Brocklehurst, who does not hesitate in making the pupils face hunger, cold and even physical punishments in what he considers a chance to 'save their souls'. Our protagonist remains at Lowood for eight years, six as a pupil and two as a teacher. After that, she decides that it is time to find a new situation and advertises in a paper offering her services to educate children. The only answer she receives comes from a place called Thornfield, in Millcote, and is addressed by a Mrs. Fairfax, who hires her to be the governess of only one child. Jane's life in Thornfield Hall is more satisfactory that she could have expected. She likes Mrs. Fairfax, the housekeeper, and her little pupil Adele, who soon become very fond of her, too. Jane also gets to know Mr. Rochester, owner of Thornfield, with whom she develops a strange friendship that eventually turns into love. But it will be no long until she discovers that the unequal social positions and the difference of age are not the biggest obstacles that their relationship has to overcome. On the eve of their wedding a terrible secret comes out, tearing Jane away from everything she has ever known.

Jane Eyre

Content: YOU CAN, by George Matthew Adams AS A MAN THINKETH, by James Allen EIGHT PILLARS OF PROSPERITY, by James Allen FROM POVERTY TO POWER, by James Allen FOUNDATION STONES TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS, by James Allen THE SECRET OF SUCCESS, by William Walker Atkinson THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION, by William Walker Atkinson MEDITATIONS, by Marcus Aurelius HOW TO MAKE MONEY, by B.F. Austin THE ART OF MONEY GETTING, by P.T. Barnum YOUR INVISIBLE POWER, by Genevieve Behrend THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON, by George S. Clason THE SECRET OF THE AGES, by Robert Collier ACRES OF DIAMONDS, by Russell H. Conwell THE KEY TO SUCCESS, by Russell H. Conwell PRAYING FOR MONEY, by Russsell H. Conwell WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR WILL POWER, by Russell H. Conwell SELF MASTERY THROUGH CONSCIOUS AUTOSUGGESTION, by Emile Coue PROSPERITY, by Charles Fillmore THE MENTAL EQUIVALENT, by Emmet Fox AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by Benjamin Franklin THE WAY TO WEALTH, by Benjamin Franklin THE PROPHET, by Kahlil Gibran THE POWER OF AWARENESS, by Neville Goddard THE MASTER KEY SYSTEMS, by Charles F. Haanel MAKING YOUR SELF THE MASTER, by Harvey Hardman THINK AND GROW RICH, by Napoleon Hill THE LAW OF SUCCESS, by Napoleon Hill A MESSAGE TO GARCIA, by Elbert Hubbard DOLLARS AND SENSE, by William Crosbie Hunter WHY SOME SUCCEED WHILE OTHERS FAIL, by H.A. Lewis THE PRINCE, Niccolo Machiavelli HOW TO SUCCEED, by Orison Swett Marden AMBITION AND SUCCESS, by Orison Swett Marden ARCHITECTS OF FATE, by Orison Swett Marden THE POWER OF OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, by Joseph Murphy THE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS, by Miyamoto Musashi THE STRANGEST SECRET, by Earl Nightingale HOW TO ATTRACT SUCCESS, by F.W. Sears THE GAME OF LIFE AND HOW TO PLAY IT, by Florence Scovel Shinn HOW TO GROW SUCCESS, by Elizabeth Towne IN TUNE WITH THE INFINITE, by Ralph Waldo Trine TAO TE CHING, by Lao Tzu THE ART OF WAR, by Sun Tzu THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH, by Wallace D. Wattles

The Prosperity & Wealth Bible

Blind since birth, a once-spirited kid with big dreams now finds herself in a locked psychiatric facility—a wounded young woman in the midst of a global pandemic. This memoir spans decades and continents to tell a story of the beautiful similarities that make us all human. From meeting unlikely allies in the dirty streets of some of Latin America's most impoverished neighbourhoods, to discovering difficult truths about discrimination in her home country of Canada, Heather Hutchison offers poignant insight into mental health awareness, and what it means to strive for an ordinary life when you are often treated as anything but ordinary. At once heartbreakingly honest and strikingly witty, 'Holding On by Letting Go' is the unforgettable true story of one woman's journey through despair to acceptance and hope. Ultimately, it is a portrayal of the light that can be found in the darkest of times.

Holding On by Letting Go

Heavily in debt, and earning peanuts as a 'trolley dolly', Saskia Swann desperately needed to get her life back on track. After a chance meeting, she landed a job as cabin crew - but this time on a private jet. Suddenly, she found herself transported into the glittering world of oligarchs and billionaires where the hostesses wear Prada, seven-course meals are served on fine china, the bodyguards carry guns, and the mile-high shenanigans not only take place in luxury cabins, but in the cockpit itself. In this gripping exposé, Saskia Swann pulls back the first-class curtain on the lifestyles of the mega-rich and famous.

Above and Beyond

From Victoria Glendinning, winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and (twice) the Whitbread Prize for Biography. ‘It’s Succession in tailcoats and spats … This is a vivid and eye-opening group biography, backgrounded by the rise of supermarket moguls from humble beginnings’ Sunday Times Who was John Lewis? What story lies behind the retail empire that bears his name? Behind the glass windows and displays of soft furnishing, this book reveals the family that founded the shops in all their eccentricities, and whose relationships became blighted by conflicts of epic proportions as their wealth bloomed. Born into poverty, John Lewis was orphaned at the age of seven when his father died in a Somerset workhouse. Dreaming of a better life, the young man travelled to London at the start of what would become a retail revolution. From early years as a draper’s apprentice, we see how Lewis’s first pokey little business opened on Oxford Street in 1864, and expanded as an emerging middle class embraced the department stores as a recreational experience. Prize-winning biographer Victoria Glendinning has had full access to the company and family archives to write this eye-opening story. She captures the toxic relationships that unfolded between Lewis and his two sons, Spedan and Oswald, as they collided over the future of their retail empire – their worst moments including emotional blackmail, face-slapping and a kidnapping – and much litigation between father and both sons. Yet the family never broke up and Spedan’s vision of a Partnership model to act as an ethical corrective and foster a community of happier, more productive workers was eventually realised and survives to this day. With riveting personal detail, this brilliant group biography captures a rags-to-riches story and a tempestuous family saga, all unfolding against the dramatic social and political worlds of nineteenth-century London. The book concludes with an assessment of the position John Lewis holds in British sensibilities, and whether John Lewis and institutions like it have a place in our future.

Family Business

¿No sabes hacia dónde va tu vida? ¿Estás buscando la guía del poder superior de Dios? Discernimiento Espiritual: Una Guía Para Confiar en la Dirección de Dios es una guía completa para escuchar, sentir y reconocer la voz de Dios en tu vida. Esta guía abarca distintos temas, desde tu verdadero propósito hasta las cosas de cada día. Angela Grace usa un lenguaje amigable y fácil de entender para que todas las personas, creyentes o no, puedan entenderlo y aplicarlo a sus vidas. Ella desmitifica el don del discernimiento, muchas veces incomprendido, y te brinda hábitos simples de seguir que te ayudarán a cultivar este don espectacular y te guiará hacia tu misión definitiva. Discernimiento Espiritual: Una Guía Para Confiar en la Dirección de Dios te ayudará a entender e implementar aspectos que cambiarán tu vida: ¿Cómo puedo escuchar a Dios? ¿Cómo puedo saber que es Dios? ¿Qué debo hacer con mi vida? ¿Por qué es importante tener un propósito? ¿Cómo puedo encomendar mi vida a Dios? ¿Qué es el mundo espiritual? ¿Cómo puedo distinguir los buenos espíritus de los malos espíritus? ¿Cómo puedo vivir con sabiduría? Bono: Audio de meditación guiada de 10 minutos gratis (en inglés). Y muchos temas más. Únete a Angela Grace en este camino de autodescubrimiento y crecimiento hacia la iluminación espiritual. Entonces, si tienes un deseo ferviente de alcanzar tu verdadero destino, pasa a la acción hoy mismo; compra este audiolibro hoy.

Discernimiento Espiritual

A TRIBUTE FROM THE AUTHOR OF 'PAINT IT BLACK THE MURDER OF BRIAN JONES' AND 'THE ROLLING STONES ALBUM', SQUID GAME STAR GEOFFREY GIULIANO "I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing." "I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night." "It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge." "I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them." Charlie Watts Charlie Watts provided the foundation that underpinned the music of the Rolling Stones. The band became a by-word for rock 'n' roll excess but for Watts, playing with the Stones did not become the ego trip that drove Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. A jazz aficionado, Watts vied with Bill Wyman for the title of least charismatic member of the band; he eschewed the limelight and rarely gave interviews. And he famously described life with the Stones as five years of playing, 20 years of hanging around. Charles Robert Watts was born on 2 June 1941 at the University College Hospital in London and was raised in Kingsbury, now part of the London Borough of Brent. His father was a lorry driver and Watts was brought up in a prefabricated house to which the family had moved after German bombs destroyed hundreds of houses in the area. A childhood friend once described how Watts had an early interest in jazz and recalled listening to 78s in Charlie's bedroom by artists such as Jelly Roll Morton and Charlie Parker. ©2021 Eden Garret Giuliano (P) 2021 Eden Garret Giuliano

Rock Hard! Charlie Watts The Rolling Stones Remembering A Legend

Embark on a captivating journey through the wonders of science with this collection of 100 enlightening quotes. Whether you're a seasoned scientist, a curious learner, or simply fascinated by the wonders of the universe, "100 Quotes About Science" will ignite your curiosity! Discover the awe-inspiring words of renowned scientists, philosophers, and thinkers who have unlocked the mysteries of the cosmos, delved into the intricacies of nature, and revealed the beauty of the scientific method.

100 Quotes About Science

In "Shakspere, Personal Recollections," John A. Joyce provides a rich tapestry of reflections on the life and works of William Shakespeare, drawing on both personal encounters and extensive research. Joyce'Äôs writing blends lyrical prose with meticulous scholarship, creating an intimate portrait of the Bard that captures not only his genius but also the cultural milieu of his time. The book is replete with evocative details and anecdotes that illuminate Shakespeare'Äôs character, motivations, and enduring impact on literature and theater, situating his work within the broader narratives of Elizabethan England and the Renaissance. John A. Joyce, a dedicated scholar of Shakespearean studies, has spent decades immersing himself in the playwright's works and historical context. His academic background is complemented by a profound passion for the theater, which has influenced his understanding of Shakespeare's plays as living texts capable of driving contemporary discourse. Joyce's firsthand observations and historical analyses bring a unique authenticity to his recollections, allowing readers to see Shakespeare through the eyes of a lifelong admirer who deeply appreciates the complexities and dualities of his celebrated subject. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in Shakespeare, offering both seasoned scholars and enthusiastic newcomers a captivating glimpse into the world of one of literature'Äôs most enigmatic figures. Joyce's personal insights, combined with his scholarly rigor, make "Shakspere, Personal Recollections" not only a significant contribution to Shakespearean literature but also an invitation to engage with the timeless artistry of the Bard.

Shakspere, Personal Recollections

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence. In 2016, Terence Davies released A Quiet Passion, a biographical film about the life of Emily Dickinson. The film stars Cynthia Nixon as the reclusive poet. It co-stars Emma Bell as young Dickinson, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff and Keith Carradine.

Emily Dickinson: Complete Poems

A journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine—and reveals the magic in the everyday. “I’ve always felt that the term fairy tale doesn’t quite capture the essence of these stories,” writes Emily Urquhart. “I prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe coupled with narrative. In a way, this is most of our stories.” In this startlingly original essay collection, Urquhart reveals the truths that underlie our imaginings: what we see in our heads when we read, how the sight of a ghost can heal, how the entrance to the underworld can be glimpsed in an oil painting or a winter storm—or the onset of a loved one’s dementia. In essays on death and dying, pregnancy and prenatal genetics, radioactivity, chimeras, cottagers, and plague, Ordinary Wonder Tales reveals the essential truth: if you let yourself look closely, there is magic in the everyday.

Ordinary Wonder Tales

Writing is, and always will be, an act defined by failure. The best plan is to just get used to it. 		Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have on their shelf to prepare them. Less a guide to writing and more a guide to what you need to continue existing as a writer, On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer describes the defining role played by rejection in literary endeavors and contemplates failure as the essence of the writer’s life. Along with his own history of rejection, Marche offers stories from the history of writerly failure, from Ovid’s exile and Dostoevsky’s mock execution to James Baldwin's advice just to endure, where living with the struggle and the pointlessness of writing is the point.

On Writing and Failure

«This life is not mine. It is evolving rhythmically through a regular breath that is not mine, cheered by a peaceful day that is not mine. There is nothing in this world that is yours. Sandra, realize it! It is all a gift in which the ‘Giver’ can intervene when and how he wishes. Take care of the gift given to you, make it more beautiful and full for when the time comes.» Sandra's Diary stops here, on 27th of April 1984. Words that seem to presage the tragic accident in which she will be involved two days later. Only after her death is her secret discovered: imprinted on pieces of paper, cards, diaries, school diaries you can find the heart of a girl who wants to lead every thought, every action, her whole being to Christ. An extraordinary spiritual journey that father Oreste Benzi had the intuition to collect and publish, giving life to Sandra's Diary. This edition contains – in addition to Sandra's writings – her story, Stefano Vitali's testimony on the miracle of healing, the prayer to ask for the intercession of the new Blessed.

Sandra's Diary

A New York Times Bestseller 'Profound… Shapiro's account is beautifully written and deeply moving – it brought me to tears more than once.' -- New York Times 'All my life I had known there was a secret. What I hadn't known: the secret was me.' In the spring of 2016 Dani Shapiro received the stunning news that her father was not her biological father. Months earlier, on a whim, she had submitted her DNA to a genealogy website for analysis. The results were astonishing, and revealed that everything she had believed about her life had been a lie. Shapiro's parents were no longer alive. With no one to turn to, and only a handful of figures on a webpage, Shapiro set out to discover the truth about herself and her identity. Inheritance is a genetic detective story; a memoir that reads like a thriller. It is a book about family secrets kept out of shame or self-protectiveness; secrets we keep from one another in the name of love. It is a book about the extraordinary moment we live in, where science and technology have outpaced both medical ethics and the capacities of the human heart to contend with the consequences of what we discover. 'Reads like a beautiful, lived novel, moving and personal and true.'-- Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion 'A fantastic writer.' -- Dolly Alderton 'A meditation on what it means to live in a time when secrecy, anonymity and mystery are vanishing. [Inheritance] encapsulates an ethical quandary with which our society has yet to fully grapple.' -- The New Yorker 'Shapiro writes with poetic precision in prose that sometimes sings. And she knows how to tell a story... Fascinating.' -- Sunday Times 'Those who like to insist that blood is always thicker than water should read Inheritance, and let their own hearts slowly and gently expand.' -- Rachel Cooke, Observer 'An intensely personal story, and a beautifully written enquiry into belonging and self. So warm and deft. I envy those yet to read it.' -- Nigella Lawson 'A compulsively-readable investigation into selfhood that burrows to the heart of what it means to accept, to love and to belong.' -- Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See 'A writer of rare talent.' -- Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild

Inheritance

Pepe Marais began his entrepreneurial journey as a newspaper delivery boy at the age of twelve. After finishing high school in 1986, he spent two years in the army completing what was then compulsory national service. On his way home at the end of his service, while waiting for a Vlossie at an airforce base in Rundu, he had a chance encounter with a graphic artist, an event which would change the course of his life. Pepe's latent talent for art was developed and honed at an art school in Cape Town, where he finished top of his class each year, which in turn would lead him to discover his passion for advertising. After six years in the industry he and his business partner Gareth Leck launched their enterprising Take-Away Advertising Agency and success seemed a foregone conclusion. However, in 2006, Pepe's business career and personal life began to disintegrate. At the lowest point of his life, he would discover a fundamental insight that became the foundation on which he would rebuild everything. It would also inspire the development of his Purpose for Business methodology and his deep interest in unlocking both human and business potential. While Growing Greatness contains many lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs, perhaps what is more important is the deep wisdom it offers. Through his growing awareness of what purpose means in both business and personal terms, Pepe points the way to growing your own greatness.

Growing Greatness

'The best memoir of the past fifty years.' -- New York Times 'Why can't you find a nice man to be happy with?' my mother is saying. We are walking down Ninth Avenue after a noon-hour concert at Lincoln Centre. 'Why do you pick one schlemiel after another? Do you do this to make me miserable?' Vivian Gornick's relationship with her mother is difficult. At the age of forty-five, she regularly meets her mother for strolls along the streets of Manhattan. Occasionally they'll hit a pleasant stride – fondly recalling a shared nostalgia or chuckling over a mutual disgust – but most often their walks are tinged with contempt, irritation, and rages so white hot her mother will stop strangers on the street and say, 'This is my daughter. She hates me'. Weaving between their tempestuous present-day jaunts and the author's memories of the past, Gornick traces her lifelong struggle for independence from her mother – from growing up in a blue-collar tenement house in the Bronx in the 1940s, to newlywed grad student, to established journalist – only to discover the many ways in which she is (and always has been) her mother's daughter. Fierce Attachments is a searingly honest and intimate memoir about coming of age in a big city, and the perpetual bonds that keep us forever linked to our family. 'Admired, rightly, as "timeless" and "classic" . . . Fierce Attachments demands honour as the work of a breathtaking technician.' -- Jonathan Lethem 'The story of an abiding, difficult love, full of grace and fire.' -- New York Times Book Review 'Brimming with life . . . Fierce Attachments is a work of emotional cartography.' -- Los Angeles Times 'One hesitates to traffic in such stock reviewer's adjectives as "brilliant", "an American classic", but there are only so many words with which to say how very good this book is.' -- Washington Post

Fierce Attachments

"My Life" is an amazing story of an amazing life, regardless of your thoughts on Leon Trotsky's political views and stances. It is one of the most historically important autobiographies of the past century. Well worth reading and re-reading. “This book is not an objective photograph of my life,” Trotsky writes in his foreword to "My Life", “but a component of it. In these pages I am continuing the struggle to which my whole life is devoted… Recounting events, I analyse and appraise them; telling my story, I defend myself, and even more frequently attack.” When he wrote these words in 1929, Trotsky was fifty years old. He had left his old name of Lev Bronstein behind twenty-seven years ago, and in that interval he had escaped from Siberia twice, been imprisoned a number of times by a number of governments, met Lenin, fallen out with Lenin, fallen back in with Lenin, led the Petrograd Soviet, founded the Red Army, won the Civil War, produced a vast quantity of journalism, theory and even literary criticism and finally, after years of struggle against the rising Stalinist faction, found himself stripped of all power and exiled from the USSR. Once Lenin’s friend and equal, he was now reviled. His views, integral to the formation of Bolshevik and then Soviet policy, no longer had any expression. His face was being excised from pictures, his words from pages. His allies were dead, exiled or surrendered. These are the circumstances in which he began to write his memoirs. "My Life" is primarily a very carefully constructed testimony. Trotsky’s life and reputation were at stake. His story had to be watertight, explaining away his class origins (his parents were landowners), smoothing over his early conflicts with Lenin and ensuring that his religious and ethnic origins were not prominent. Every action had to be accounted for, every wrong step justified.

My Life

Buenos Aires in the 1920s was a fascinating destination for a young person looking for a new life: a place of fantasy, adventure and prospects of fast wealth. In Goodbye Buenos Aires Andrew Graham-Yooll weaves together a lightly fictionalized biography of his father, who arrived from Edinburgh, penniless, in 1928, and an account of twentieth-century Argentina. He provides a vivid description of the country, of the torment of emigration and of the catalogue of characters – from the Prince of Wales to Lawrence Durrell and Aristotle Onassis – who flaunted their fortunes and vented their fury about life in this city on the River Plate.

Goodbye Buenos Aires

SPLIT is a poetry book written by Alfred Harrell and the first published project by Listen Black Media. Alfred is bold in his imagery and direct in his storytelling. The deepest family secrets are being revealed in hopes to incite the riot needed to encourage change and healing. You see his courage as he speaks of his personal accounts of trauma, discovery, self-rediscovery, and even the rebirthing of himself into true manhood. The audiobook is narrated by a cast of actors that capture the gravity and immenseness of Alfred's words.

Split

«Hay unas pequeñas rosas rosadas sobre el escritorio. Qué extraña tristeza suelen desprender las rosas de otoño…» «Por primera vez en semanas, estoy aquí sola, dispuesta a retomar mi vida "real". Eso es lo extraño: que ni los amigos, ni siquiera los amores apasionados, son mi vida real, a menos que disponga de un tiempo a solas para explorar y descubrir cuanto está ocurriendo, o cuanto ya ha ocurrido». May Sarton espera abrirse camino «entre las abruptas y rocosas profundidades para llegar al núcleo de la matriz, donde aún quedan iras y violencias no resueltas. Mi necesidad de estar a solas siempre está en contrapunto con el miedo a todo aquello que sucederá si de repente, una vez adentrada en el enorme y vacío silencio, no puedo encontrar apoyo alguno». Sarton escribe con un riguroso sentido de la observación y una gran carga emocional sobre el mundo interior y exterior: las estaciones, la vida cotidiana, los libros, la gente, las ideas; y a medida que se detiene en todo ello, va conformando su viaje artístico y espiritual. En este libro nos encontramos más cerca que nunca de la esencia de su escritura.

Narrativas Gallo Nero

Diario de una soledad

* “A love story about the miracle of friendship.” —Maggie Smith * “Fearless and unflinching.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette * From the author of Group, a New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club Pick, a poignant, funny, and emotionally satisfying memoir about Christie Tate’s lifelong struggle to sustain female friendship, and the extraordinary friend who changed everything. After more than a decade of dead-end dates and dysfunctional relationships, Christie Tate has reclaimed her voice and settled down. Her days of agonizing in group therapy over guys who won’t commit are over, the grueling emotional work required to attach to another person tucked neatly into the past. Or so she thought. Weeks after giddily sharing stories of her new boyfriend at Saturday morning recovery meetings, Christie receives a gift from a friend. Meredith, twenty years older and always impeccably accessorized, gives Christie a box of holiday-themed scarves as well as a gentle suggestion: maybe now is the perfect time to examine why friendships give her trouble. “The work never ends, right?” she says with a wink. Christie isn’t so sure, but she soon realizes that the feeling of “apartness” that has plagued her since childhood isn’t magically going away now that she’s in a healthy romantic relationship. With Meredith by her side, she embarks on a brutally honest exploration of her friendships past and present, sorting through the ways that debilitating shame and jealousy have kept the lasting bonds she craves out of reach—and how she can overcome a history of letting go too soon. “An outstanding portrait of self-excavation” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), BFF explores what happens when we finally break the habits that impair our ability to connect with others, and the ways that one life—however messy and imperfect—can change another.

From the author of the international bestseller Sweetbitter, a memoir of survival, starting over, and love in all its complicated guises. Even after achieving her dream of selling her debut novel, Stephanie Danler feels adrift in New York. Struggling in the throes of a doomed relationship and haunted by her tumultuous childhood, something nameless compels her to return home to Southern California. In a cottage in Laurel Canyon, as a new life begins to shape itself, she finally succumbs to memories of the past that have proved impossible to escape. A father who swung in and out of her life erratically, charming and mercurial and prone to addiction. A mother now disabled by years of alcoholism and an aneurysm, who cannot remember the abuse she inflicted. The looming, desolate mountains of Colorado, and a teenage freedom that nearly killed her. And above all, the painful love and forgiveness for those who failed her over and over again. ‘It's such a thrill to watch a writer open up her greediest thoughts, to slice open little pockets of her skin and root around underneath her flesh.’ New York Times Book Review ‘A compulsive, neck-breaking masterpiece.’ Lisa Taddeo ‘This is a story of triumph: the triumph of grit, talent, grace, and beauty over the dark pull of inner demons.’ Dani Shapiro

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