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Written by Harriet Ann Jacobs using the pen name Linda Brent Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an in depth chronological account of Jacobs s life as a slave and the decisions and choices she made to gain freedom for herself and her children It addresses the struggles and sexual abuse that young women slaves faced on the plantations and how these struggles were harsher than what men suffered as slaves

Back in 2012 everyone knew who Bradley Wiggins was Everyone that is but me Thirteen years after the summer that defined me I have finally defined myself The disguises have gone I ve made peace with myself Think you know Bradley Wiggins Think again Bradley Wiggins is the greatest British cyclist of his generation A national hero on both track and road he won five Olympic gold medals eight world titles and the Tour de France But his is a story mired in contradiction controversy and confusion Sat on a throne after winning gold at London 2012 just ten days after becoming the first Briton to win the Tour de France here was a man with the world at his feet Sporting hero People s champion Legend Everyone knew who Wiggo was Everyone that is but him Bradley s own truth was one of a chaotic and disturbing upbringing characterised by abandonment and abuse The bike had been his escape but he knew that the second he got out of the saddle he was a shadow man with no self belief and even less self worth With zero confidence in his value as a human being attention was his worst nightmare Bradley s answer was to wear a mask He became Sir Wiggo the loveable rogue the disguise slowly suffocating the real him crushing the last few remnants of self est

Bestselling author NYU professor and cohost of the Pivot podcast Scott Galloway offers a path forward for men and parents of boys Boys and men are in crisis Rarely has a cohort fallen further and faster than young men living in Western democracies Boys are less likely to graduate from high school or college than girls One in seven men reports having no friends and men account for three of every four deaths of despair in America Even worse the lack of attention to these problems has created a void filled by voices espousing misogyny the demonization of others and a toxic vision of masculinity But this is not just a male issue women and children can t flourish if men aren t doing well As we know from spasms of violence there is nothing more dangerous than a lonely broke young man Scott Galloway has been sounding the alarm on this issue for years In Notes on Being a Man Galloway explores what it means to be a man in modern America He promotes the importance of healthy masculinity and mental strength He shares his own story from boyhood to manhood He explores his parent s difficult divorce working through his anger and depression issues trying to make money and raising two boys He shares the sometimes funny often painful lessons he learned alon

In her first non fiction book in a decade the no 1 bestselling writer who taught millions of readers to live authentically Eat Pray Love and creatively Big Magic shows how to break free 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 All the Way to the River is a landmark memoir that will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love or to any other passion substance or craving and who yearns at long last for liberation

How do you rebuild yourself when your whole world changes overnight Thrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old after the Taliban s brutal attack on her life Malala quickly became an international icon known for bravery and resilience But away from the cameras and crowds she spent years struggling to find her place in an unfamiliar world Now for the first time ever Malala takes readers beyond the headlines in Finding My Way a vulnerable surprising memoir that buzzes with authenticity sharp humour and tenderness Finding My Way is a story of friendship and first love of anxiety and self discovery of trying to stay true to yourself when everyone wants to tell you who you are In it Malala traces her path from high school loner to reckless college student to a young woman at peace with her past Through candid often messy moments like nearly failing exams getting ghosted and meeting the love of her life Malala reminds us that real role models aren t perfect they re human In this astonishing memoir Malala reintroduces herself to the world sharing how she navigated life as someone whose darkest moments threatened to define her while seeking the freedom to find out who she truly is Finding My Way is an intimate look at the life of a young wo

An unparalleled biography of the author s grandfather U Thant the United Nations longest serving Secretary General and his crucial role in the Cold War

The first joint biography of the Duke and Duchess of York and the first full biography of either of them by renowned royal biographer and literary agent Andrew Lownie Drawing on four years of research numerous FOI requests and interviews with over a hundred people who have never spoken before the book traces the lives of the late Queen s second son and his ex wife through their childhoods courtship marriage divorce careers and royal and charitable activities Still living in the same house they claim to be the happiest divorced couple in the world The book investigates the reality of their relationship and their love lives It charts Andrew s record in the Falklands his business activities and reveals details of how the couple have been able financially to sustain their extravagant lifestyles It also recounts the full story of the Yorks links with Jeffrey Epstein Chronicling their lives in parallel the picture that emerges is of a spoilt prince unable to connect and a duchess pushed by her insecurities into a desperate need to maintain the attention her royal status brought Rigorously researched and packed full of revelations this is eye watering biography at its best

THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING STEVE CARELL AND BAFTA AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED TIMOTHEE CHALAMET What had happened to my beautiful boy To our family What did I do wrong Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff s journey through his son Nic s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery Before Nic Sheff became addicted to crystal meth he was a charming boy joyous and funny a varsity athlete and honor student adored by his two younger siblings After meth he was a trembling wraith who lied stole and lived on the streets With haunting candour David Sheff traces the first subtle warning signs the denial the 3am phone calls is it Nic the police the hospital the attempts at rehab His preoccupation with Nic became an addiction in itself and the obsessive worry and stress took a tremendous toll But as a journalist he instinctively researched every avenue of treatment that might save his son and refused to give up on Nic This story is a first a teenager s addiction from the parent s point of view a real time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the gradual emergence into hope Beautiful Boy is a fiercely candid memoir that brings immediacy to th

SEQUEL TO THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR Baek Sehee could never have predicted how many people I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki would reach across the world A runaway bestseller in South Korea Japan China Indonesia and the UK this record of conversations with her therapist demonstrated the realities of anxiety and depression in a uniquely intimate way But Baek s battle with dysthymia did not end there Grappling with mental health is an everyday struggle In I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki Baek s experiences become more complex as she demonstrates that striving contentment is an ongoing journey

Què són 150 anys? és la biografia més completa sobre la pedagoga Rosa Sensat, perquè abasta el període republicà amb la direcció del Grup Escolar Milà i Fontanals, on educativament i socialment Sensa

Longlisted for The Baillie Gifford Prize 2024 Prospect Magazine Books of the Year 2024 Lives Guardian Best Biographies & Memoirs 2024 Frantz Fanon was born in Martinique a French colony in 1925 As a young man he volunteered to fight in de Gaulle s army for the liberation of France and trained to become a doctor and psychiatrist His experiences as a Black man under French colonial rule had a profound effect on him In 1952 he wrote Black Skin White Masks a vital analysis of the effects of racism on the human psyche He was later re assigned to a hospital in French Algeria It was here that he became involved in the rebellion of the National Liberation Front FLN who fought to break free from colonial power Fanon s work for the FLN as a propagandist and psychiatrist became highly contentious His final work The Wretched of the Earth was published in 1961 just before he died at the age of 36 It has proved to be one of the most controversial yet influential books of our time The Rebel s Clinic is a searing biography of the short and harrowing life of Frantz Fanon and a brilliant nuanced exploration of his ideas whose legacy is still so powerful In an age when debates about race and the effects of colonialism are ever more urgent The Rebel s Clinic is

Entre 1276 y 1336, el reino de Aragón, enclavado en una Corona que mira al mar Mediterráneo con ambición, ha experimentado grandes cambios. El territorio se ha expandido y nada tiene que ver con aquel pequeño reino de Ramiro I. Llegan nuevos pobladores, nuevos oficios y nuevas riquezas. Es un periodo dominado por cuatro reyes, Pedro III, Alfonso III, Jaime II y Alfonso IV, por el flujo comercial con Oriente y por la abundancia de documentos en los archivos, indispensables para legitimar posesiones y guardar para la posteridad la gloria de las conquistas, que los cronistas de la epoca se encargaron de narrar. Pero algunas tradiciones se mantienen, como el papel de las mujeres en la casa real, que siguen siendo meras piezas de ajedrez manejadas por los hombres, como las esposas por conveniencia, las niñas casadas casi en la cuna y muchas jovenes que seran repudiadas o valoradas en funcion de las alianzas politicas.En la segunda parte de Reinas, damas y señoras, Anabel Lapeña y Ana Segura recuperan con rigurosidad y una voluntad amena y didactica, la vida de aquellas mujeres que fueron esposas o amantes de los reyes de Aragon entre buena parte de los siglos XIII y XIV. En este libro encontraran a reinas que fueron amadas y deseadas, despreciadas y humilladas. Muchas eran hasta ahora apenas un nombre. Las autoras las han rescatado del olvido para darles vida en este esplendido libro.

Alquimistas arruinados por el ajenjo, luchadores que se enfrentan a tigres en combates cuerpo a cuerpo antes de convertirse al ascetismo, aeronautas temerarios que aterrizan en tejados de grandes almacenes parisinos, generales cosacos budistas, poliglotas ayunadores, aviadores infelices, inventores de cañones etereos, pintores monocromos devotos de santa Rita... De Cary Grant a Lovecraft, de Salgari a Pancho Villa y Buster Keaton, o de Arletty a Therese Neumann, no cabe duda de que los cuarenta y dos personajes a los que Alvi retrata en estas paginas son extravagantes y excentricos, pero ante todo hombres y mujeres cuyas irrefrenables ganas de vivir encarnan el proteico potencial del espiritu humano.

Si has vivido en una casa con seis hermanos, has cantado himnos en el patio del colegio y aún te emocionas al ver un Seat 600, este libro es para ti.Carlos Díez no escribe desde la distancia, sino desde la memoria compartida. Con ingenio, ironia y mucha chispa, le pone voz a lo que tantos vivieron y pocos se atrevieron a contar.Manual para boomers jubilados es un paseo irreverente, nostalgico y muy lucido por las decadas que moldearon a los nacidos entre los cincuenta y los sesenta en España. Desde los dias de colegio con olor a goma de borrar hasta las verbenas de barrio, pasando por la mili, la Transicion, la movida y los primeros viajes en coche sin aire acondicionado, este libro rescata anecdotas que parecen tuyas aunque nunca las hayas contado.Con una mirada tan critica como entrañable, el autor convierte lo cotidiano en recuerdos colectivos y lo personal en carcajada generacional.Aqui no hay moralejas, pero si mucha vida. Es un libro para reirse, asentir y recordar que envejecer no significa rendirse, sino tener mejores historias que contar.

Les memòries de Jaume Martínez Vendrell expliquen amb tota mena de detall la formació de la primera organització antifranquista. Aquesta organització va ser la primera que des de l’interior després d

Este libro narra a azarosa vida de Ángela Iglesias Rebollar -comunista, protestante, feminista, galeguista, sufraxista e pacifista-, unha viguesa de Teis valente que, xunto ao seu marido José Niebla Garcia, soñou cun mundo mellor, mais que pagou coa sua vida, xunto a del, o seu anhelo de liberdade, paz, igualdade e prosperidade nun dos episodios mais traxicos e crueis da guerra civil na nosa comarca.

En las páginas de Tiempo para aprender, Sonia Somalo abre su corazón para narrar, con honestidad y sin filtros, sus vivencias dentro de un hospital. Entre recuerdos, reflexiones y conversaciones con otros pacientes, construye un retrato humano de la fragilidad, la esperanza y la fuerza que se necesitan para seguir adelante. Un testimonio intimo y valiente que invita a mirar mas alla de los prejuicios, a valorar las pequeñas victorias y a no perder nunca la fe en uno mismo.

Una hija. Dos madres. Una verdad silenciada durante años. Raquel S. Wals creció entre sombras y silencios, sintiendo que algo en su historia no encajaba del todo. Años después, una revelación lo cambiaria todo: no solo su origen, sino tambien su forma de mirarse a si misma. Entre Almeria, Ibiza y Holanda, Mi verdad encontrada narra el viaje real de una mujer adoptada que se atrevio a buscar respuestas, sanar heridas invisibles y reconstruir su identidad pieza a pieza. Una historia valiente y luminosa sobre el dolor, el perdon y la fuerza de abrazar lo que somos, incluso cuando duele. Este libro no es solo una historia de adopcion. Es un canto a la resiliencia, a la verdad y al amor en sus formas mas inesperadas.

A través d'una mirada afinada i literària, aquesta jove pagesa i escriptora desgrana un moment determinant de la seva vida: després d'haver cursat estudis literaris, decideix tornar al Priorat i qued