Ergebnis für "1" in Biografien & Memoiren

Death isn't the end. Marie didn't expect to be given the opportunity to go to a new universe when she died, but when it was offered she held to the offer with all her might. Taking the name of Talyn, she was accompanied to the new world by the goddess Melody as her assistant, as she seeks out a more rewarding life for herself, no matter what challenges may stand before her. Even if the introduction of some game mechanics and a goddess to her life has unanticipated consequences.

In May 2023, author Thibault THIBAULT– then Sarah– began a weekly newsletter called Art Date to write about burn-out, art-making, and finding more creative agency and connection in the sprawling isolation of Los Angeles. What resulted was a wild year filled with rejections, wins, media attention, a digital detox, and the beginning of a multi-year process of coming out as trans.

Better Man is a story about love, heartbreak, and the difficult lessons learned while traveling the treacherous road of dating. Striving to become a better man, the author learns about his own values, what he's looking for in a partner, and that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is run. Getting through break-ups, navigating partners with differing values, and having the realization that just because sparks fly when you meet doesn’t always mean it’s meant to be – these are just a few of the harder truths the author learns along the way.

In his first collection of condensed stories, James uses his quick wit and bizarre sense of humor to provoke laughter and gaiety. From the awkward moment that ensues after his boss mistakenly discovers a pornographic image on his cellphone, to the struggles of toilet training three cats in a one-bedroom apartment, James always has a way of finding the silver lining.

This provocative story is about an adolescent who was initiated into a clandestine sexual society. He was spirited to the Middle East, from his UK boarding school. He attended the Bahriji School in the United Arab Emirates in preparation for serving in harems for the wealthy and elite.

Resilience isn’t inherited. It’s a hard-fought skill forged by our ability to pick up the broken pieces of our past and remake them into something new. Meet four-year-old Delicia, a poor but carefree child who is about to have her world shattered. Along with her seven-year-old brother Nile, she is kidnapped from her Los Angeles home by her estranged father and taken to Iraq, a foreign world she has never known. This is just the beginning of a string of traumas, hardships, and assaults Delicia will endure throughout her tumultuous childhood.

Dual Citizen records the true story of how a boy navigated this world after he met the Tall Shiny Silver Figure when he was three years old. Read by the authors, the engaging narrative chronicles Tracy’s journey through childhood, Tracy’s intimate relationship with Him through his career and personal life as a black man, and ultimately answers the question, "How did you get here?" from guests checking in to the Black Walnut Point Inn.

Life is becoming more and more chaotic. Don't you think it's about time someone took ahold of the wheel and steered our crew to some less choppy waters? Have no fear, the hap-hazardous Christopher Colombus is here in an all new self-help comedy book to assist what ails you. From traveling in literal modes of transportation, to dealing with the complacency of now, to planning the unthinkable future, and literally everything in between, CC will advise you.

Simon Fisher-Becker is a stalwart of stage and screen and recently found further fame thanks to his appearance in Dr. Who as bright blue black marketeer Dorium Maldovar. My Dalek Has a Puncture is a frank, no-holds-barred look at Simon's life and work, read by Simon himself. We hesitate to call it an autobiography, as it is in equal parts educational, informative, motivational, and heart-breaking.

An extensive interview with a veteran who has more than a decade in the adult industry. Learn about the brains behind the brawn as Jaxton Wheeler talks about his past, present, and future.

An epic work of multi-decade reporting immersed in the lives of two gay soldiers before, during, and after Don't Ask, Don't Tell, from the author of the bestselling contemporary classic, Columbine. Years before he became a celebrated author, Dave Cullen, in denial about his own sexuality...

Before Jacqueline Woodson met Juliet, before her own self-realization, there were decades of friends, lovers, and family who defined the woman she’d become. In this haunting story of memory and identity, Jacqueline shares the profound impact they had on bending the path of her life; how they informed the dreams of her future; and how each one - some lost, all loved - would bring her to Juliet, her one and only.