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A captivating testament to the mutual rewards and delights of keeping chickens, by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flower YardMost of us want a dog, or a cat, or a pony when we are young - but for Arthur Parkinson, it was always hens. Growing up in an ex-mining town in Nottinghamshire, the other kids in the playground called him 'Chicken Boy'. The quiet fulfilment of keeping hens became his sanctuary, a tonic for mental and physical health, a connection with his family and the natural world. Illustrated with Arthur's own characterful watercolours and photographs of his 'girls', Chicken Boy is a one-of-a-kind memoir of a life in nature.

Lawrence Hamm's life links the most powerful social movements of the last 50 years. Appointed to the Newark, New Jersey Board of Education in 1971 at the age of 17, he balanced the radical world of Newark's Black Power Movement with a racially-divided city's practical public policy concerns. What were his rewards? Harsh criticism in the press, dropping out of Princeton University, being publicly attacked by the man who appointed him--Kenneth Gibson, Newark's first Black mayor--and an attempted framing on a gun he never had. It's the story of how one man juggled Princeton, the power and contradictions of the People's Struggle, employment in corporate America, marriage and fatherhood, with some days being better than others. His greatest accomplishment was helping to found the People's Organization for Progress, a grassroots activist group that for the past 39 years has been a fixture in New York tri-state area activist circles. From fighting to free Mandela in the 1970s and 1980s to protesting local police brutality cases in George Floyd/Breonna Taylor 2020 and beyond, this autobiography--an intimate portrait of one man who took his elite education, tremendous oratory skills and well-honed stamina and created a transmutational spear from it--documents how he always knew his journey meant nothing without the People.

A unique memoir of a lifetime's friendships - from one of Britain's most beloved literary companions.

Over the past three decades, Alec Baldwin has established himself as one of Hollywood's most gifted, hilarious, and controversial leading men. In Nevertheless, Baldwin transcends his public persona, shedding light on facets of his life he has long kept private. In this honest, affecting memoir, he introduces us to the Long Island child who felt burdened by his family's financial struggles and his parents' unhappy marriage; the Washington, DC, college student gearing up for a career in politics; the young soap actor learning from veterans of the theater; the man struggling with a brief addiction to drugs and alcohol; the husband and father who acknowledges his failings and has battled to overcome them; and the consummate professional for whom work is everything. Told with his signature candor, astute observational savvy, and devastating wit, Nevertheless reveals an Alec Baldwin we have never fully seen before.

Fresh out of college, Brandon Harris needs an affordable place to live?a search that leads him to the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. Making Rent in Bed-Stuy explores the history and cultural importance of Brooklyn's largest historically black community as it illuminates the experiences of one young man at the dawn of an era in which urban class warfare is politely referred to as gentrification. Bookended by two different breakups, a roommate and a lover, both from the white American elite, the memoir interweaves Harris's story with a serious look at some of Bed-Stuy's most salient legacies. From the childhood of Jay-Z to the disappointing late career of Spike Lee, Making Rent in Bed-Stuy takes account of the famous heart of black Brooklyn's cultural scene. Recounting Harris's own encounters with figures as far-flung as Lena Dunham, doyenne of the Brooklyn zeitgeist who would never take the J train into Bed-Stuy to catch a house party, to Paul MacLeod, a gun-toting Mississippi man who makes a living charging $5 for a tour of his extensive Elvis collection?Making Rent in Bed-Stuy poignantly captures what happens when youthful idealism clashes head-on with adult reality.Blending in-depth reportage and personal narrative, Making Rent in Bed-Stuy investigates the disappointments and ironies of millennial life, revealing Harris's radicalization and the things he lost, and gained, along the way.

Discovering George Michael's Faith confirmed for David Crabb what every bully already knew: he was gay. What saved him from high school was finding a group of outlandish friends who reveled in being outsiders. David found himself enmeshed with misfits: wearing black, cutting class, staying out all night, drinking, tripping, chain-smoking, idolizing the Pet Shop Boys?and learning lessons about life and love along the way.Richly detailed with nineties pop-culture, and including black-and-white photos throughout, Bad Kid is as laugh-out-loud funny as it is poignant. David Crabb's journey through adolescence captures the essence of every person's struggle to understand his or her true self.

When it comes to dating, everyone makes mistakes. Rosa Blasi made hers with professional athletes . . . over and over again.There was the hockey player (whose body part she mistook for a rolling pin), the basketball center (her karmic "grim reaper?), the baseball outfielder (a catch "on paper?...until she read too much about him in the papers), and finally the NFL running back who led her to athlete sobriety. Over the course of ten years, actress Rosa Blasi had serious relationships with stars from several professional sports. And now she shares the intimate details of her wild journey with self-deprecating candor?offering juicy behind-the-scenes details of her romantic misadventures with jocks.From sneaking into the Playboy Mansion to her debut spread in Maxim magazine, Rosa details with acerbic wit and raw honesty the surprising ups and sometimes frightening downs of dating sports "heroes." Jock Itch is an eye-opening and often hilarious cautionary tale guaranteed to make anyone contemplating a relationship with a pro athlete turn and run as fast as possible to the opposite end zone.

After matriculating from a top Jewish school, Nikki Munitz finds herself in the clutches of a heroin addiction. She's sent to a remote rehab, run by a pastor who brandishes a tattoo of Satan. There she meets the handsome son of a wealthy Afrikaans family.

UN LIBRO QUE MUCHOS TRATARÁN DE OCULTAR: Crónica de unos lamentables hechos reales que cambiaron para siempre la vida del padre del autorEl 18 de septiembre de 2017, Vicente Pes -vecino del Puerto de Sagunto (Valencia)- sufrió una gravísima caída en unas escaleras mecánicas de la Estación de Atocha Cercanías Renfe (Madrid). En ese momento se dirigía junto a su mujer a tomar un tren para ir a la Terminal 4 del Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, puesto que, al día siguiente, iban a viajar en avión a Guatemala, para pasar varios días de vacaciones.Al caer se golpeó con aproximadamente 35 escalones metálicos que le provocaron un derrame cerebral, fractura de ambos húmeros y múltiples heridas por todo el cuerpo (manos, piernas, etc.) especialmente en la cara, donde además recibió 15 puntos en la frente.Después de la caída, inicialmente fue llevado en ambulancia al Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz (FJD), perteneciente al Grupo Quirónsalud, pero allí recibió un trato horrible a lo largo de las más de 90 horas que permaneció en un box de urgencias, sintiéndose humillado y muy mal tratado. Posteriormente, fue trasladado al Hospital de Sagunto, donde fue atendido dignamente y operado del húmero izquierdo.Necesitó 13 largos meses de rehabilitación y, aun así, le quedaron secuelas importantes con las que tendría que convivir el resto de su vida.Por otra parte, de manera fortuita, su hijo Carlos descubrió que existía una problemática con las escaleras mecánicas donde sucedió el accidente y con otras de diferentes estaciones de trenes de Cercanías de Madrid: Zarzaquemada, Méndez Álvaro, etc. Dicha problemática fue la causa de que, después de muchas vicisitudes, en julio de 2019, Vicente pusiera una demanda judicial a Renfe Viajeros S.A.En esta obra, Carlos Pes relata cómo sucedieron tales hechos y todas las acciones que emprendió para intentar que lo que le ocurrió a su padre no le pudiera pasar a nadie más. Algunas de dichas acciones fueron: ponerlo en conocimiento de diferentes autoridades y medios de comunicación, presentar una queja al Defensor del Pueblo, etc.El libro está dirigido, especialmente, a todos aquellos que quieran conocer esta historia real, personal y familiar, que su autor jamás se hubiese planteado escribir antes de ver el gran sufrimiento por el que pasaron sus padres, como consecuencia de las decisiones que tomaron ciertas personas en determinadas circunstancias. Un sufrimiento que, sin duda alguna, podrían haberles evitado, pero no lo hicieron, con las consecuencias que ello conllevó. De no haber sido así, según afirma el autor: este libro no existiría.OPINIONES DE LECTORESAlgunas opiniones de lectores que leyeron esta obra en su proceso de edición fueron: Es una denuncia de unos hechos reales que ponen en aviso al lector para no dudar en reclamar aquello que consideremos justo en circunstancias similares.La primera parte es trepidante, vives la angustia que está viviendo el narrador. Te engancha a seguir leyendo para ver qué ocurre. Vives la historia en primera persona, minuto a minuto.El autor da sugerencias muy buenas de cómo actuar en caso de que pueda ocurrirte un hecho semejante.Creo que el autor hace muy bien a la sociedad con su libro, independientemente de que esa sociedad pueda preferir continuar en el estado de indiferencia y mediocridad actual.

For more than a century, the real Kahlil Gibran has been waiting for you to meet him. Unlocked for the first time in this book are hundreds of his never-published stories of his homeland. Come meet Kahlil Gibran, a proud son of Lebanon.The world knows Kahlil best as the author of The Prophet, the top-selling book of the Twentieth Century. But to his soulmate-friend, Mary Elizabeth Haskell, he talked about no subject more than he did about the geographic region that comprises modern Lebanon and Syria. For most of his adult life, while Kahlil painted and wrote, he fought tirelessly for the independence of his home from the Ottoman Empire. And now from Mary's private collection of letters and journals, many of which have waited a century to be published for the first time, is Kahlil's story of his Lebanon. From hundreds of preserved writings from 1910 through 1932 are his own stories of his efforts to secure freedom for his people, the history of the region and his love of his country. Kahlil's descriptions of Lebanon are uplifting and evocative: "In the valley [is Bsharri] - to the east up the steep hills to Mar Mema - just above the perpendicular cliff is a waterfall - in the most mysterious valley I know. Only at midday the sun shines there for those high mountains on the east. Halfway up the cliff, black scratches mark caves cut in the rock by prehistoric Phoenician folk and carved within by them with God figures primitive and beautiful in the Egyptian way. In the spring, the fields and slopes are white with flowers and the wind at dawn blowing down, goes over them, fills [Bsharri] with their fragrance for two or three weeks in the spring - every day. I believe this is one of the things that make the people of northern Lebanon religious." (June 1911) And his fight for Lebanon was heartbreaking: "News from Syria and Mt. Lebanon are more than one can bear. It all seems like one long, black dream - and sometimes I feel quite lost." (February 1917) For those who love Kahlil, this book is the opportunity to get to know him best: as a son of Lebanon.

Irene had created a nice life- she married her high school sweetheart, became a mother to two children, and was a teacher with her Master's Degree in Education. And yet, there was dull aching and a quiet yearning that persisted to the point of depression and reaching her breaking point. When Irene quit her teaching career in the middle of the school year in 2018, she stared at her life and herself, baffled and heartbroken, and determined to rise. She began a journey, a treasure hunt, searching for the love and fulfillment she so desperately wanted in her life.This book transcribes her personal journey, one where she faces her inner villain and becomes the hero of her story. She discovers inspiration from many sources and finds love, beauty, and connection in the world that now fills her life with joy and a sense of belonging In addition to her raw and vulnerable story, Irene shares how you can experience this transformation for yourself by leaning into discomfort and through her one-of-a-kind process of study and application. IRENE VIVANCO is a wife, mom, nature lover, and the founder of Viva Your Vision. She teaches people how to share their unique wisdom through online course creation. You can find her online at: www.vivayourvision.com

The Clark Haggan's Story: A Steelers Legacy" delves deep into the remarkable life and career of Clark Haggans, a legendary NFL linebacker who left an indelible mark on the Pittsburgh Steelers. From his humble beginnings to his rise to Super Bowl glory, this captivating biography explores Haggans' journey with raw authenticity and gripping storytelling. Readers will be taken on a thrilling ride as they discover the incredible determination and unwavering passion that defined Haggans' path to success. Within these pages, you'll witness Haggans' unwavering commitment to his craft, his relentless work ethic, and his ability to inspire those around him. Explore the pivotal moments that shaped his career, from his early days on the gridiron to his transformation into a formidable force on the Steelers' defense. As you turn each page, you'll witness the trials and triumphs that Haggans encountered throughout his career. Discover the intense battles fought on the field, the camaraderie shared with his teammates, and the unwavering bond between Haggans and the city of Pittsburgh. "The Clark Haggan's" Story also provides an intimate look at Haggans' life beyond football, offering a glimpse into his personal challenges, sacrifices, and the values that guided him both on and off the field. From his philanthropic endeavors to his enduring impact on the community, Haggans' story serves as an inspiration to all. Through exclusive interviews, untold anecdotes, and vivid storytelling, this book brings to life the essence of Clark Haggans' legacy. Whether you're a die-hard football fan, a Steelers enthusiast, or simply someone seeking a tale of determination and triumph, this biography will captivate and inspire you. "The Clark Haggan's Story: A Steelers Legacy" is a compelling tribute to a true NFL icon, showcasing the profound impact he had on the game, his team, and the hearts of football fans everywhere.

"...endearing and laugh-out-loud funny...""...laugh a minute and impossible to put down...""...acutely observed, irreverent and funny...""...reading this was like a soft warm blanket on a cold winter's night..."Join George, his long-suffering wife, and their three young children, as they pack their bags to begin an exciting new life in South West England. Picking up where Every Day Is a Holiday left off, George continues his celebration of an eclectic mix of weird and wonderful calendar days, proving that fun and adventure can be found in the most unlikely situations.Life's a Beach is a follow-up to Every Day Is a Holiday, but is equally enjoyable on its own.

The world turned against me. My husband divorcing me was one of the most difficult moments I would ever go through, as my struggles went on, also being confronted with the challenge of raising a child with autism. I chose not to be disappointed and vowed that my efforts would not be in vain. Despite names, labels, and unbearable misconceptions -- including being called a witch -- I chose to stand up for my son's life. The tough times I have endured during many difficult moments shaped who I have become! I have been able to impact the lives of thousands of children with autism in Tanzania by starting an organization named Living Together Autistic Foundation (Li-TAFO) to advocate for their rights and for the services they need for independence - and survival. This book was written to encourage parents (and especially single mothers) struggling to raise their children with autism, providing a message of hope to shake off their dust and rise again to maximize the abilities of those children whom they have been entrusted to by God. May this book become an encourager in your journey and be a source of inspiration and faith; to booster to every challenge placed in your path! You are not alone. I stand with you! God has faith that you will overcome and unlock those potential within your child.

At the age of 11-years, Olum Douglas was abducted and conscripted into the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel organisation. For about seven months, Olum witnessed his colleagues get killed. He was tortured, starved, forced to kill and narrowly survived death.The Captive is a first-hand account of the author's experience with the Joseph Kony led rebel organsation which terrorised northern Uganda for nearly two decades. Olum tells his story alongside those of many other children who suffered in the hands of the LRA, many of who died in captivity.

Santa Khurai was seventeen when she decided to start dressing like a woman.Born male, she had always believed herself to be female, and she claimed herfeminine identity fiercely and openly. Her bold act of wearing dresses and makeupin public brought down upon her the wrath of her father, insults and ridiculewherever she went, and, frequently, beatings at the hands of the armed forceswho are a constant presence in her native Manipur. The humiliation and physicalattacks did not deter her. In her words, 'My desire to be a woman, a beautiful,fashionable woman, was so strong that I was not afraid of challenging anythingthat came in the way... I felt that I could bear anything but I could not live like aman.'The price she has had to pay is high. Knocking on doors for a job, she found thatmost times, no one would employ her because of the way she looked. When sheeventually found success as a make-up artist, with her own beauty parlour, thestress of her struggles sent her spiralling into drug abuse and penury.Fighting her way through these troubles, she became involved with thetransgender movement, and in 2010, she was appointed Secretary of the AllManipur Nupi Maanbi Association (AMaNA). Since then, she has worked closelywith AMaNA and its sister organization, Solidarity and Action Against TheHIV Infection in India (SAATHII). Today, she is at the forefront of the LGBTQmovement in Manipur, travelling the world to speak for her community.Santa Khurai has known the heartbreak of an abusive marriage with aheterosexual man, and the joy of adopting a son; the highs and lows ofinternational recognition and disownment by her own family. Through it all,she has remained true to herself, and refused to be broken. Her story is aninspiration for all humanity.

Recovery Happens through Christ is taken from the journals of Marilynne Harrison, an otherwise regular person who found herself sexually abused as a child and exposed to a world of sin in such a way as to bring tears to one's eyes. By the time she was eleven, Marilynne was exposed to drugs, alcohol, and sex; and worst of all, was told to keep her situation to herself. The results of being robbed of her childhood led Marilynne to continue to live her life in the only way she knew, by continuing in the same sins. Finally, many years later, Marilynne makes a dramatic turn to God. He lifts her out of her pit in a truly impossible way. This book covers seventeen painful and then triumphant years in Marilynne' s life. She shares her tremendous struggles with sin, painful choices leading to more wrongdoing, and finally, a real call from our ultimate Savior, Jesus Christ. Celebrate her recovery and find hope for your own recovery, or that of your loved ones.Are you struggling with drugs, alcohol, and wrong sexual relationships? Are you trapped in a sex addiction and can't find your way out? Do you long to understand the relationship between the Christian and homosexuality? Is there real hope for gay and lesbian recovery? Do you feel as if there is no possibility for addiction recovery or abuse recovery? Before you lose all hope, find some quiet reading time and read the story of a lady with all the same reoccurring temptations and failures. With all her miserable existence, she provides hope to those who know exactly what she is talking about when she discusses her deplorable and self-destructive lifestyle. Do not give another moment of your life to yourself and Satan. Instead, allow yourself to be guided by the Holy Spirit to the One who also understands your temptations and is able to finally give you relief. Jesus Christ died for you, just as much as He did for Marilynne and the whole world. Just as He rescued Marilynne and gave her new life, He can surely do the same for you too.We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard ... People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood (Romans 3:22-25)

Life was different back in the day. Community was vital. Childhood antics, teenage exploits, and the challenges of young adulthood revealed I didn't know what I thought I knew. Through all of this, the greatest influence of my life was my mom. She helped me process the good and the bad. Instead of being one-dimensional live, love, and laugh with the great intention and anticipation of more. As she is no longer with me her words and laughter linger on, and I am emancipated. I learned that the greatest gift of life was and truly is love; unpretentious, nurtured, and existing to be shared with others.

Pasta! Vino! Hill Towns! Coins in the Fountain will transport you to Italy where you can find out what it's really like to live the expatriate life. It's all here in the story of a couple who said "NO!" to middle age boredom and made a dash from a small-town in Oregon to cosmopolitan Rome when the author went to work for the United Nations. In between actually working there were Italian weddings to attend, music to be heard, a close-up with the Pope, travel with the wine club and country weekends in Umbria where the Etruscans still seemed to be lurking about. Nights spent "sleeping" on cardboard, a brush with the Italian medical system, an auto accident with the military police, a fall in the subway, interactions with an excitable landlord, and picking grapes at harvest time all became part of their daily adventures. And of course there were many new friends like the countess with her butt-reducing machine and the count who served as a model for statues of naked horsemen.Unexpectedly taking up early retirement, the author's husband met strange vegetables in his valiant efforts to learn to cook Italian-style. When not struggling in the kitchen he played golf on a course where the rough featured snakes and unexploded bombs and crewed on a sailboat he saved from sinking on the way to Greece.Part memoir, part travelogue to off-beat sites in Rome and elsewhere, you will be amused and intrigued with the stories of food, friends and adventures. You, too, will want to run away to join the Circus (the Circus Maximus, that is). And before you depart Rome, you will never forget to throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain to ensure a return to beautiful Rome and enchanting Italy.

Born in Costa Rica, I came to the US not knowing a word of English. Growing up, my home life was full of violence, starting with experiencing my father's abuse of my mother and siblings to witnessing my older siblings' perpetuate the abuse in their relationships, I had no frame of reference for what a loving, caring, and supportive relationship was. I was exposed to adult settings too early, sexualized too young, and put into many situations that I had no idea how to navigate-and that was all before I entered high school. By the time I was a teenager, all I knew was that I wanted to get out of my house and create a better life.But I always fell back on what felt normal comfortable, which was abusive relationship after abusive relationship. Many dark years, excruciating beatings, and five children later, I discovered that the only way to overcome the circumstances surrounding me was to break the cycle that I'd maintained for so long.My recovery became my journey. It was difficult to recover while I continued the same patterns in my life. I had to go back to the very beginning and unpack the initial trauma and how it continued to affect me for so long. After months in individual therapy dealing with the current and most obvious abusive relationships in my life, I finally paused long enough to address the deepest and most painful scar I carried.

This book chronicles thirty-eight years of the author's relationship with death-row inmate Judy Neelley

Do unsettling truths bring harsh judgment? They do, but the price of denial is steep. D.K. Sanz's story begins in the drug-infested New York City streets of Woodside, Queens, during the tumultuous HIV/AIDS pandemic of the Eighties and Nineties. It offers a glimpse into how a now often-overlooked pandemic impacted Sanz's nuclear family. From her earliest days, Sanz was the easily forgotten stranger, always a little out of sync with the rest of the world-a tough but naïve kid and aspiring writer. Her triumph over illness and addiction includes amusing anecdotes and nostalgic, heartwarming memories. Deep-dive into Sanz's confessional self-sabotage, self-destruction, and the harrowing downward spiral she almost didn't survive. Her never-before-told story ranges from recklessness and impudence to empathy, forgiveness, and love. This book discusses a specific person's experiences with drug overdose, HIV/AIDS, and mental health issues as a result of violence, abuse, and sexual assault. If necessary, please engage in self-care. The vulgar language is minimal but may offend those who prefer none at all.

Marisol was raised in a Panamanian culture. She went through life enduring many obstacles that consisted of being homeless as well as suffering emotional, verbal, and physical abuse. Through it all, Marisol was able to achieve her independence, while being a single mom with four kids. Determined not to let anything deter her focus, love was not on her agenda. Love for Marisol came and went as rapidly as the seasons changed. The only thing on her mind was being a mom, a Nana, and dealing with the life-threatening issues that surrounded her daily until Alfonso came along determined to break down the walls that Marisol has built around her heart. Will he be the missing piece to her puzzle, motivating her to give love a try and finally exhale? Join Marisol on her amazing journey through Obstacles and Uncertainty.