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Fans know her as the spoiled, rich cheerleader Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights or as the affluent, mysterious Samantha on the HBO megahit Euphoria. But as revealed for the first time in this book, Minka Kelly’s life has been anything but easy. Raised by a single mother who worked as a stripper and struggled with addiction, Minka spent years waking up in strange apartments as she and her mom bounced around the country, relying on friends and relatives to take them in. Now an established actress and philanthropist, Minka takes this next step in her career as a writer.

How do we reckon with our losses? In Animal Bodies Suzanne Roberts explores the link between death and desire and what it means to accept our own animal natures, the parts we most often hide, deny, or consider only with shame-our taboo desires and our grief.

Born and Razed recounts the author's gripping and deeply personal journey. Beth's life began at Grenville, where her parents were teachers. The picturesque campus on the banks of the St. Lawrence River masked a dark reality: behind its idyllic facade lay a world of strict control, religious zealotry, and emotional abuse.

The trauma of surviving an abusive marriage didn’t make Kelly Sundberg stronger. In fact, it nearly broke her. But leaving the abuse behind was not the end of the story but the beginning of a new one. In that journey, Sundberg learned in ways both good and bad, that one doesn’t necessarily get to leave abuse behind. Sometimes, everywhere you go, the memories of the abuse go with you.

This rich compilation of Joyce Carol Oates’s letters across four decades displays her warmth and generosity, her droll and sometimes wicked sense of humor, her phenomenal energy, and most of all, her mastery of the lost art of letter writing. In this generous selection of Joyce Carol Oates’s letters to her biographer and friend Greg Johnson, listeners will discover a never-before-seen dimension of her phenomenal talent.

In her stirring, vulnerable new memoir, Karena Dawn reveals what it was like to grow up with a mother suffering from severe mental health issues, and how, during her teenage years, she desperately tried to escape her own inner demons. Addicted to pain-numbing drugs and crippled by severe depression, Karena learned how to use grief as a teacher, releasing herself from guilt and shame and finding the inner strength to go from abandonment to forgiveness, from hopelessness to healing.

In Sisters Loved and Treasured: Stories of Unbreakable Bonds, award-winning ABC News journalist and New York Times best-selling author Deborah Roberts curates a giftable collection of conversations, meditations, and anecdotes from her own sisters, celebrity friends, and everyday people alike who share deeply personal accounts of how their relationships as sisters shaped their lives.

The spoiler is that Platinum, the shiny precious metal we may associate with glamour and wealth, was an ingredient in one of the chemo compounds. In this context, it functioned as a poison, carrying out the bizarre miracle of chemotherapy where death and life meet. Tracing through the paradoxical tensions of treatment, healing from treatment, succumbing to medicine and claiming autonomy, Hannah Kate guides us through essential components of the journey. There are material resources that will support you—yet much of what is needed requires connecting with the fundamental elements of life.

Что итальянец может рассказать нам про величайшую русскую поэтессу? Анна Ахматова — та, что, как говорил Иосиф Бродский, "одним только тоном голоса или поворотом головы превращала вас в гомо сапиенс". Женщина, пережившая две мировые войны и ставшая самым популярным голосом России в тяжелые для страны времена. Она страдала, как страдают души, которые, даже сдаваясь, не сдаются. Она не переставала писать, даже когда ее стихи могли передаваться только из уст в уста. В конце жизни она смогла стать тем, кем хотела — величайшей поэтессой своего времени.

В "Записках" имеются ценные сведения о времени царствования Петра III, о воцарении Екатерины II и роли Дашковой в перевороте, о полной интриг придворной жизни, подробности десятилетнего скитания княгини по Европе, зарисовки московского быта середины XVIII в., характеристики известных русских и европейских деятелей, с которыми автора мемуаров сталкивала судьба.

Однако для всего этого Ольге пришлось пройти тернистый, но интересный путь в закрытом мире настоящей магии. Страхи и непонимание могут быть и вашими спутниками на магическом Пути, однако эта книга докажет, что доверять Миру, своей интуиции, быть смелым и отважным гораздо важнее. Ваше собственное путешествие станет поистине удивительным. Эта книга не пособие по заговорам и ритуалам, но история, которая наглядно показывает: только сам человек способен изменить свою жизнь. Лишь путь практики, проб и ошибок, падений и взлетов способствует раскрытию нашего потенциала.

सन 1972 में किरण बेदी ने IPS पद का कार्यभार संभाला! ये सब जानते हैं कि वो पहली महिला हैं जो आज़ाद भारत में IPS पद के लिए चुनी गयीं. उनके चुने जाने से महिलाओं को प्रेरणा मिली और फिर कई महिलाएँ इस मुक़ाम तक पहुँची. आज भी कई लोग उनकी जीवनी से प्रेरणा लेते हैं. उनकी जीवनी यानी बायोग्राफ़ी पहली बार हिंदी ऑडियोबुक के तौर पर हिंदी साहित्य प्रेमियों के सामने है. किरण बेदी सामाजिक कार्यों में भी काफ़ी रूचि रखती हैं. उनके सामाजिक कार्यों को विश्व स्तर पर पहचान मिली है और सराहा गया है. उनके जीवन से जुड़े कई रोचक और प्रेरक पहलुओं को जानने के लिए इस ऑडियोबुक को ज़रूर सुनें.

Hörbuch-Kollektion mit über 100 Originalaufnahmen - leidenschaftliche Stimmen inspirierender Frauen. Susan Sontag, Coco Chanel, Emma Watson, Michelle Obama, Toni Morrison, Beyoncé, Simone de Beauvoir, Ruth Bader Ginsburg ... Egal, ob sie Schriftstellerinnen, Politikerinnen, Schauspielerinnen oder Musikerinnen sind, sie alle verbindet ihr leidenschaftliches Engagement für Frauenrechte, Gleichberechtigung, Mut. Sie alle haben ihre Stimme erhoben, auch wenn Gegenwind drohte. Und sie wurden gehört. Bis heute.

Ashes to Something Wonderful: A Journey of Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse by Edna J. White is a heartfelt account of resilience and recovery. Through her personal story, White shines a light on the struggles faced by survivors, from the devastating impact of silence and shame to the long-term effects of trauma on relationships and self-worth. This book offers a compassionate look at the healing process, sharing insights into the power of therapy, self-reflection, and self-compassion.

What do you do when your memories are lost, hidden somewhere deep in the dusty corners of your mind—especially the ones that matter most? Mum & Me at the Hippy Campus is a poetic and heartfelt journey into the foggy halls of memory, where one woman sets out to reclaim the flickering fragments of her mother, lost too soon. Blending memoir with lyrical reflection, this audiobook is both a tribute and a treasure hunt.

This is the story of my life, my neighborhood, values, trust, homicide, suicide, faith, forgiveness and everything else under the sun. Introducing the true untold story of the notorious Inglewood Queen Street Bloods.

Tras el fallecimiento de su padre, Rodrigo González, en el terremoto de 1985, Amanda Lalena Escalante, de seis años, se embarca junto con su madre en un avión con destino a la Ciudad de México, dando inicio a esta narración autobiográfica en la que Amanda, desde una profunda intimidad y honestidad, comparte su vida en momentos conmovedora y en otros dolorosa. En estas páginas, recorreremos su infancia marcada por la muerte de su padre y la compleja relación con su madre; las carencias económicas y emocionales que padeció.

En El poder de lo invisible, Paula Moreno nos cuenta cómo una mujer de 28 años, afrocolombiana y sin apellidos tradicionales o aristocráticos estuvo a cargo del Ministerio de Cultura un hecho sin precedentes en la historia del país, con el ánimo de que sus vivencias puedan servir de inspiración y empoderamiento a los jóvenes colombianos, especialmente aquellos que por alguna razón se sientan en la periferia, por hacer parte de una minoría o por haber sido discriminados de alguna u otra forma.

They were crop dusters and debutantes, college girls and performers in flying circuses—all of them trained as pilots. Because they were women, they were denied the opportunity to fly for their country when the United States entered the Second World War. But Great Britain, desperately fighting for survival, would let anyone—even Americans, even women—transport warplanes. Thus, twenty-five daring young aviators bolted for England in 1942, becoming the first American women to command military aircraft.

In 2000, Elizabeth Gilbert met Rayya. They became friends, then best friends, then inseparable. When tragedy entered their lives, the truth was finally laid bare: the two were in love. They were also a pair of addicts, on a collision course toward catastrophe. What if your most beautiful love story turned into your biggest nightmare? What if the dear friend who taught you so much about your self-destructive tendencies became the unstable partner with whom you disastrously reenacted every one of them? And what if your most devastating heartbreak opened a pathway to your greatest awakening?