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This is about posh class in unexpected places: St Neots, and the bed-hopping life of a Russian princess, often dressed in just a mink coat.

Step into the poignant and riveting world of a little rebel whose childhood innocence transforms amidst the echoes of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This memoir unfolds in three compelling parts, beginning with an intimate exploration of the author's early years-marked by mischievous escapades, tender friendships, and the lasting influence of charismatic figures. In the gripping second part, witness the family's unwavering resilience during the Bosnian War, navigating displacement, separation, and the harrowing realities of conflict. The final part transports you to post-war life, painted with the warmth of familial bonds, mischievous shenanigans, and the poignant decision to leave everything behind for a new life in Canada. With evocative prose and powerful storytelling, this memoir delves into the universal themes of love, loss, and the indomitable human spirit.

Embark on a transformative journey with Britta Eskey in Initiations in Love. In this captivating spiritual memoir, Eskey invites readers to explore one of life's most important questions: What do we do with our pain? Through the lens of Love's five initiation stages-The Awakening, The Call, The Transformation Cauldron, The Emerging, and The Gift- she unveils a roadmap for navigating suffering and discovering profound meaning.Sharing her passage-from her German atheistic roots to immersion in New Age practices, Indian ashrams, and U.S. Catholic monasteries-with poignant insight and unwavering honesty, Eskey's spiritual journey is as unconventional as it is enlightening.Eskey's narrative illuminates how every challenge, whether agonizing or euphoric, can serve as a catalyst for personal growth and spiritual awakening. Her experiences resonate deeply, offering readers meaningful ways to process their own pain and find solace in the genuine nature of Love.Initiations in Love is more than a memoir; it's a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of Love. Prepare to be moved, inspired, and forever changed by this in depth exploration of the human condition and the journey towards true connection."If you yearn to walk an authentic spiritual path in these complex times, this beautiful book will show you the way."- Miranda Macpherson, author of The Way of Grace

Hey, I'm Jamie, a 29-year-old trans guy from the UK. I've been transitioning for 12 years now after realising I was trans (by accident!) at sixteen years old. I knew I was a boy since the age of four, but realised whilst growing up that I was different. It was only in my teens that I found the words to express who I was and what I needed to do. Since then, I've been on testosterone for more than a decade - I know, I can't believe it either - I've also had top and bottom surgery and legally changed my sex, so I know a few things about the transitioning process and being trans!I want to welcome you to The T in LGBT where you can explore and learn about so many topics surrounding gender identity: realising you're trans, starting hormones, considering surgery, and everything in between. Whether you're questioning your own identity and are looking for advice on certain stages of transition, or whether you're wanting to learn about the trans experience to support someone or understand allyship, I hope this book can be your one-stop guide to everything trans related.And don't just take my word for it either - this book is packed full of advice, tips, and the personal stories of a range of trans voices, because no one journey is the same.

The tell-all memoir of Lunden Roberts's tumultuous relationship with Hunter Biden. "He was sitting there wearing nothing but parrot boxer briefs, organizing his crack pipes on his Rosemont Seneca desk, with the Obama's senate seat behind him, and I thought, this is definitely a guy I want to get to know better." That was the first time Lunden Roberts met Hunter Biden. She had come to DC from Arkansas to escape the yoke of her mother's overbearing expectations. Hunter radiated the "live-for-the-moment" energy she sought. What followed from that first meeting was a wild journey that would come to define Lunde's young life in ways she never could've anticipated: from cooking crack in the kitchen of Rosemont Seneca, to strip clubs where Hunter was the one on the pole, to stories that make the laptop debacle seem every day, to giving birth to the grudgingly acknowledged grandchild of the sitting President of the United States. When a hailstorm of media hit, painting Lunden as a stripper and one-night stand, Lunden retreated to Arkansas to live in the shadows. She's ready to set the record straight. Her book is a sweetly raw, tell-all memoir of the crazy year she met and dated Hunter, and the chaotic, secret life that followed of mothering and protecting the nation's first granddaughter.

An inspirational and moving memoir from Britain's bestselling classical artist - this is Russell Watson, the man behind the voice.

Amir, an Afghan officer, faces trials and survival in the battlefield, rising through the ranks amid challenges.Following the defeat of the Taliban in 2001 Amir joined the Afghan Army becoming an officer. For the next five or so years he is involved in fighting the resurgent Taliban alongside American, British and other coalition soldiers. During an operation to capture a district in Faryab province, his friend Jawad and several other of his soldiers are killed in an ambush and he berates the Afghan Brigade Commander in front of other senior officers, including some from the coalition. Arrested on suspicion of sympathy with the Taliban he faces Court Martial until a US Marine who had been an adviser attached to the Afghan battalion defends him, producing evidence that the Afghan Brigade Commander deliberately suppressed intelligence because the Taliban were holding some of his family hostage. Amir is acquitted but is advised that many senior Afghan officers distrust him for what they see as a betrayal leading Amir to transfer to Special Forces where he is put in command of his own team.On one operation in Helmand, Amir and his team are cut off and besieged in an old fort for nine days, forced to survive by eating snakes and lizards after their food runs out. Fortunately, just before their ammunition ran out a British force backed up by helicopter gunships and American bombers breaks the siege.Amir went on to become a battalion commander for his last four years serving as the US started to withdraw troops and hand over responsibility to the Afghan Army.

The debut book from comedian and Taskmaster breakout star, Ivo Graham.

A woman longing for a life defined by something deeper than weekly schedules, work roles, and cultural norms, Christie Green learned to hunt elk, turkey, deer, and other animals throughout her home state of New Mexico. Layer by layer, hunt by hunt, Green peels away societal skins that adhered to a prescribed grid, a manufactured tick of time, a picture of perfection. Tracking and tracing, moving in darkness, watching, smelling, listening, and following the animals, Green sheds the burdens of her domestic self and instead witnesses the animals defying reason as they walk her into their world, ambling her along, straddling night and day, waking and sleeping. Their ways of moving and sensing become her model. Through them, definitions of gender dissolve and boundaries blur. In the process, Green eclipses western society's definitions of her as a woman, mother, lover, and business owner in a male-dominated industry and ultimately finds independence, courage, and a profound connection to the animals and the places they call home.What she sought from these animals was food, but what she found was freedom.

Chile is 4,300 kilometers long but never more than 350 kilometers wide, lined by the Andes to the east and the Pacific to the west, with the Pan-American Highway giving you just two choices: north or south. Traveling along that dusty road takes you to both the driest desert on earth and to impenetrable cloud forests barring the way to Patagonian ice fields. Here is the true magnet of this jagged knife-edge of a country: the unique landscape born of its geography and the gorgeous plant and animal life. Few things are more thrilling than climbing the coastal mountains to see both the Andes and the Pacific at the same time.Natascha Scott-Stokes's remarkable travelogue is based on fifteen years of living and exploring this South American California. Tales from the Sharp End: A Portrait of Chile offers both a love letter to Chile and a heartfelt lament for a country living at the sharp end of human folly and climate change.

In 1998 Tim and Lucia Amsden left their familiar lives in Kansas City and moved to the Ramah Valley in northwestern New Mexico, where they lived for the next two decades. Love Letter to Ramah recounts their experiences there, nestled among an eclectic and diverse community of loving, earth-rooted people. It is an evocation of the rich human and natural history permeating the area and of the importance--central to the traditional beliefs of Indigenous people--of living in concert with the living earth.Living in that place and within that community gave Tim and Lucia a profound and visceral understanding of our need to move the fragile blue marble of our earth back into balance. Just as important, it enhanced their awareness that we must shift ourselves into acknowledgement of and respect for our global community. It also gave them a firm belief that those things are indeed possible.

On a hot July morning in 1986 the author and his family stumbled out of an El Al flight from New York onto the Holy Land, fulfilling a two thousand year dream of his People. The Wild East would be one way of describing their new home. Transitions were not always smooth, but it was worth the trouble. The Semenows encountered challenges universal to new immigrants to any country - new customs, new culture, schooling, employment, army service, etc. Through the years the author becomes a student, member of the Israeli Bar, rabbi, matchmaker, fundraiser, administrator and writer.In this volume you'll find intriguing stories from the Talmud, humorous and entertaining vignettes from the life and struggles of the author and his family and deep discussions of the foundations of Jewish Philosophy, Intelligent Design, Free Will and Determinism, Jewish religious law, and customs of modern Jewish dating and marriage. The author's politics and an analysis of the psychology of the supporters of Donald Trump are also put under his microscope.

Ben was 5 years old when he realized there was something different about him compared to other boys. He liked to look at boys, but preferred to play jacks, jump rope, and hopscotch with the girls rather than to play ball games. He received a lot of torment throughout his life because of his differences. All he wanted was to be loved. And thus, his adventure of life began.

The Believer is written by Romanian and Portuguese author Agnes Arabela. She is a painter and decorator. The Believer is about her life narrative and made the decision to publish this book in order to express her beliefs, life experiences and thoughts about the people, cults, organisations, and groups.

A touching and rewarding exploration of a childhood and life well lived. In her first memoir, Pam Shensky explores the pastoral Louisiana gardens and fauna that colored her experience of the world, from the early sixties to a contemporary Christmas with her family. Pam formed a beautiful bond with an older woman named Miss Sue, whose antiquated house and enchanting garden provide a wonderous setting for her younger self and whose non-materialistic approach to living touches her deeply. Bayou Shadows is a subtle and tenderly written experience that should be read by all.

Falsely convicted of the murder of her lover, Linda would go on to become Britain's longest-serving female prisoner. This is her story of life inside, and how she learnt to survive the many years she spent behind bars.

Henry Harford was a young officer in the British Army and the adjutant of his own regiment when tensions were rising between the British colonial government in Natal and the independent Zulu kingdom in 1878\. In the face of these tensions, Harford volunteered for temporary special service and first served as a Lieutenant in the Natal Native Contingent before going on to resume his commission and adjutancy of his regiment in Natal during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War. _The Zulu War Journal_ tells the true story of his experience during this time, providing readers with fascinating eye-witness accounts of the conflict. HarfordâEUR(TM)s journal chronicles key events in the Zulu Wars in captivating, eye-opening detail and pays tribute to all those who fought bravely alongside him. Among the episodes covered are: the disaster at Isandlwana; the heroic battle at RorkeâEUR(TM)s Drift; the recovery of the Queen's Colour of the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment, at Fugitive's Drift; and the hunt for the Zulu king Cetshwayo. This comprehensive new edition of the journal offers readers even more insight into and details about the conflict thanks to a host of contemporary photographs and expert commentary from leading Anglo-Zulu specialist John Laband. A truly fascinating and dramatic testimony, this updated edition of _Henry Harford's Anglo-Zulu War Journal_ is essential reading for anyone interested in military history. **About the author** Colonel Henry Harford C.B. was an experienced military officer who played a significant role in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879\. He first served as a lieutenant in the Natal Native Contingent before going on to resume his commission and adjutancy of his own regiment during the war. He became Colonel of the 99th (Wiltshire) Regiment and was invested a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) in 1907.