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From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventionally honest, personal, and funny account of her remarkable life and career, full of insights that guided her through a global pandemic, showdowns with high-profile bullies, and even a kidnapping and assassination plot.

From Hell to Hope: A Memoir of Addiction and Mental Illness takes you on a visceral journey with Kate, from the confusion of her teenage years to the fragile beauty of motherhood. Witness her battle with addiction and bipolar disorder, the desperate lows that threatened to consume her, and the flickering moments of hope that fueled her fight.

Cindy Sherman, American painter and fotografer: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise.

Bitmek bilmeyen azmiyle binlerce yıl önce yaşayan insanların dilini öğrenip, onların yazdığı binlerce tableti okudu. Tarihin gizemli sokaklarında dolanıp eski insanlarla yaşadı, gördüklerini ise geleceğe aktardı. Uluslararası dil köprüsü kuran güçlü bir bilim insanı... Cumhuriyet değerleriyle yaşayıp yıldızlaşan Muazzez İlmiye Çığ’ın hayatının her bir satırı size ilham kaynağı olacaktır.

Cosa significa essere una buona amica? Non dire mai no agli inviti, accogliere le richieste d’aiuto, anche quando non hai il tempo per pensare a te stessa, ascoltare chi ha bisogno di sfogarsi, anche quando l’argomento ti ferisce. O almeno così crede Elizabeth Day che, a quasi quarant’anni, ha diversi libri di successo alle spalle, una carriera da giornalista ben avviata, un matrimonio, un divorzio. E, naturalmente, tonnellate di amici: una vera friendaholic. Poi arriva la pandemia e, con quella, giornate all’improvviso vuote di impegni e cariche di silenzi e assenze.

A lot happened while I was trying to get my Master's degree in Mathematics. I thought to share some of it with you, it will inspire you.

Feeling numb and scared and exhausted and angry, you're not alone. Sexual abuse is not something that any individual will ever “get over” in their lives. You are not alone.

In prachtige, wervelende taal brengt Milouska Meulens verschillende culturen en tijden, Nederland en Curaçao, tot leven en legt ze trefzeker maar subtiel steeds de vinger op de zere plek. Wanneer op Hemelvaartsdag 2017 haar vader overlijdt, belandt Milouska Meulens in een depressie. De daaropvolgende jaren strandt haar tweede huwelijk en raakt ze haar baan kwijt. Als ook nog de pandemie toeslaat, besluit ze haar kinderen bij hun vader te laten en naar haar moeder te gaan. Ze kan niet meer. Bij haar moeder mag ze schuilen, zonder schaamte voor het Grote Falen. Haar moeder, die een onbarmhartig verleden meetorst.

In Outside the Box, you will listen to chapters written by nine contributing authors, each of whom is a female entrepreneur, mom, and world traveler. Authors have committed to sharing their families journeys in the hopes of educating and inspiring other travel-loving moms.

I wrote this book during one of the most difficult years of my life. This is my journey through the grieving process of losing my 27 year relationship and trauma work before and after. It is a glimpse into how I used the therapeutic processes of Compassionate Inquiry and Internal Family Systems to navigate through the year, as well as chronicle how my childhood shaped my life and how I show up in relationship, my worldview, coping mechanisms, and more.

Jeanne’s life had not been a fairytale–not by a long shot. Bitter and broken, this feisty woman decided that her life and her happiness were worth fighting for. So began the adventure, one that forced her to face the world again and find a way to heal all that she had come through.

For most of us, the varied parts of our personalities are woven together and unified by our memories. But what happens when we have no memories? What happens when the components of memory (facts, feelings, and body states) are split apart and no longer relate to each other? When this story began more than 40 years ago, doctors and psychiatrists were mystified by patients with more than one personality. The diagnosis at the time was Multiple Personality Disorder.

Käthe Kollwitz, German paintress and world-famous sculptress : Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise.

The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in 1536 was unprecedented in English history and never before has there been a book devoted entirely to her fall. But here Alison Weir has reassessed the evidence and created a richly researched and detailed portrait of the last days of one of the most influential and important figures in English history.

On the night of September 28, 2016, twenty-five-year-old Carolyn Bush was brutally stabbed to death in her New York City apartment by her roommate Render Stetson-Shanahan, leaving friends and family of both reeling. In life, Carolyn was a gregarious, smart-mouthed aspiring poet, who had seemingly gotten along well with Render, a reserved art handler. Where had it gone so terribly wrong?

Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) is one of the most widely known Christians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. After the death of her husband, Jim, and four other missionaries at the hands of Waorani tribesmen in Ecuador, Elliot famously returned to live among the same people who had killed her husband. Her legacy, however, extends far beyond these events. In the years that followed, Elliot became a prolific writer and speaker, touching the lives of countless people around the world. Author Lucy S. R. Austen takes listeners on an in-depth journey through the life of Elisabeth Elliot.

Following in the tradition of Sara Ahmed (the originator of the concept "feminist killjoy"), Wunker brings memoir, theory, literary criticism, pop culture, and feminist thinking together in this collection of essays that take up Ahmed's project as a multi-faceted lens through which to read the world from a feminist point of view.

Käthe Kollwitz, deutsche Malerin und Bildhauerin von Weltruhm: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!