Ergebnis für "Free:" in Biografien & Memoiren

When you are raised to believe that the person you are is unacceptable, you hide. And you stay hidden. If you are X-Men and Dance Academy star Tim Pocock, you become an expert at hiding - until you can't anymore. Tim Pocock was a born performer. At ten, he took to the stage as a professional...

Even before polyamory burst into the mainstream with its magnetic promise of liberation, Michelle Tea has been on the forefront, searching for a love without judgment. Her husband – though firmly monogamous – understands her enough to embark on a playful and sometimes painful adventure through such a marriage. With years of experience on the queer scene, Michelle Tea uncovers the risks and rewards of non-monogamy, the honesty it requires, the guilt it elicits.

"Manning reads her book in a sharp voice that is clearly accustomed to marshaling information..."- Washington Post "[Manning's] text and performance create a blistering autobiography that is both observant and instructive."- AudioFile "In both content and narration, Manning displays a keen...

Vicky Beeching, called “arguably the most influential Christian of her generation” in The Guardian, began writing songs for the church in her teens. By the time she reached her early thirties, Vicky was a household name in churches on both sides of the pond. Recording multiple albums and...

A revelatory and wildly entertaining chronicle of polyamory, from PEN/America Award winner, Guggenheim fellow, and beloved literary and tarot icon Michelle Tea. In recent years, polyamory has become a topic of fascination for the general public, but it has long enjoyed a great deal of popularity...

In Finally Free, Seth boldly and vulnerably chronicles his personal journey of self discovery and acceptance, sharing intimate details of his time in a conversion treatment program aimed at changing his sexuality. He skillfully interweaves his actual journal entries from those tumultuous days with poignant reflections from his current perspective as a therapist, ten years later.

Free Rose Light is the wide-ranging story of the people and community of South Street Ministries, in Akron, Ohio, told in the style of the ministry - improvisational, risky, and present. As much as this is the story of South Street through O'Connor's experience of the organization, it is also an invitation to the listener by example.

From a leading journalist and activist comes a brave, beautifully wrought memoir. When Darnell Moore was fourteen, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. They cornered him while he was walking home from school, harassed him because they thought he was gay, and poured a jug of...

A deeply personal, yet candid saga of a gay Secret Service Agent in the Obama era; an agent who was struggling with his own identity, marriage, discrimination, and balancing the demands that accompany being assigned to protect the most powerful people in the world.

Midlife Emergence is a revelatory memoir and an inviting guidebook; it is a compassionate companion that belongs in the collection of every woman who finds herself burning to reclaim powerful parts of herself that social conditioning locked away. Midlife doesn’t need to be a crisis or an emergency—rather, it’s an emergence, an opportunity to make those beautiful, unexpressed facets shamelessly visible.

In Pass the Salt, Robert Kingett invites you into his world of online dating in 2010s Chicago–a world filled with unexpected challenges, outrageous encounters, and more than a few colorful characters. As a gay man navigating not only the complexities of love but also life with disabilities, Robert’s journey is anything but ordinary.

THE BOOK OF PRIDE captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the movement and made it happen. These individuals fought battles both personal and...

Vicky Beeching, called "arguably the most influential Christian of her generation" in The Guardian, began writing songs for the church in her teens. By the time she reached her early thirties, Vicky was a household name in churches on both sides of the pond. Recording multiple albums and singing...

“A first-rate look at one of the world’s greatest and most misunderstood dynasties” (Christopher Andersen, #1 New York Times bestselling author)—the Getty family—perfect for fans of Succession and House of Gucci. Oil magnate J. Paul Getty, once the richest man in the world, is the...

PopDaddy is a novel from Southern writer Jeffrey Roach that recounts the heartwarming and hilarious tale of how he and his partner Ken started a family in one of the unlikeliest places. The book takes place in the early 2000s, when single parent adoptions were the only way for a gay couple to adopt a baby from Guatemala, and begins when the couple's best friend announces she's pregnant. Ken wants a baby too.