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In this powerful memoir, "The Mother - The Soldier -The Activist," activist Kathy Greggs takes readers on an inspiring journey through her life of activism and advocacy. From her early days in the military to her tireless efforts in fighting for justice and equality, Greggs shares her experiences, challenges, and triumphs with raw honesty and unyielding determination.In " The Mother - The Soldier -The Activist," Greggs fearlessly addresses the urgent issues of sexual assault, police accountability, and the transformative potential of artificial intelligence. Through her personal stories and insights, she shines a spotlight on the need for change, providing a thought-provoking exploration of the intersection between activism and advocacy.Greggs further shares her struggles and victories, inviting readers to join her in the fight for a better world. Her unwavering commitment to making a difference and her belief in the power of collective action inspire and empower readers to take their own steps toward positive change."The Mother - The Soldier -The Activist" is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and a call to action for those who believe in creating a more just and equitable society. Greggs' journey serves as a reminder that every individual has the power to effect change and that together, we can rise above adversity and shape a brighter future.

Jeder Mensch sehnt sich nach Liebe. Doch was geschieht, wenn den rosigen Zeiten in Zweisamkeit eine Reihe mysteriöser Todesfälle im engsten Familienkreis folgt?In "Kontrollverlust - Lügen werfen lange Schatten" entführt Armin Calakovic die Leserschaft in eine Welt, in der Liebe und Dunkelheit miteinander verschmelzen. Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte von Carla, einer selbstbewussten Schönheit, mit der er durch eine Zufallsbegegnung eine leidenschaftliche Beziehung beginnt. Doch der Absturz ist von Anfang an vorprogrammiert.Der Autor enthüllt in seinem Erstlingswerk ein Liebesdesaster, das ihn selbst an den Rand des Wahnsinns führte. "Kontrollverlust - Lügen werfen lange Schatten" ist mehr als nur ein Roman; es ist eine fesselnde Mischung aus Autobiografie und fiktiver Erzählung, die Leserinnen und Leser in den Bann ziehen wird.

« Mais si, mais si, j¿écris, mais bien sûr que j¿écris, puisque je suis autrice. C¿est ce qüon dit, et que j¿essaie de dire, bouffie d¿imposture. Mais ça bouchonne au portillon, toutes les idées se bloquent, toutes les images se figent. Tant que celui-là ne sera pas écrit, je n¿écrirai rien d¿autre. Celui-là, l¿auto-fiction, le roman, la pièce, le monologue, le dialogue, la chose, là, sur ma mère. La chose qui me mine et m¿étouffe, le cri, la gueulante qui ne me lâche pas, et me coince, et m¿empêche. Le merdier où surnagent des mots pêchés dans un lac de fer, modelage, inquiétude, humiliation, inquisition, fusion et asphyxie, il va bien falloir l¿ordonner, le mettre en langage, l¿apprivoiser en souvenir, le délier, le délivrer, j¿ai mal où tu as disparu. »C¿est le portrait d¿une femme dévastée, superbe, obsédée par la beauté des corps et brisée par la Shoah.C¿est l¿histoire d¿un silence et d¿une enfance minée par le secret, d¿une relation mère-fille fusionnelle dans l¿amour et la haine.C¿est un membre fantôme qüil va falloir, un jour, apprivoiser.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.“Compelling . . . An intimate, honest recollection of Griner’s time held captive in Russia. Coming Home reads as a deeply personal, publicly powerful documentation of what happened—what is still happening—to her body and mind.” —Slate On February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA offseason playing for the Russian women’s basketball team where she had been the centerpiece of previous championship seasons. Instead, a security checkpoint became her gateway to hell when she was arrested for mistakenly carrying under one gram of medically prescribed hash oil. Brittney’s world was violently upended in a crisis she has never spoken in detail about publicly—until now.In Coming Home, Brittney finally shares the harrowing details of her sudden arrest days before Russia invaded Ukraine; her bewilderment and isolation while navigating a foreign legal system amid her trial and sentencing; her emotional and physical anguish as the first American woman ever to endure a Russian penal colony while the #WeAreBG movement rallied for her release; the chilling prisoner swap with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout; and her remarkable rise from hostage to global spokesperson on behalf of America’s forgotten. In haunting and vivid detail, Brittney takes readers inside the horrors of a geopolitical nightmare spanning ten months.  And yet Coming Home is more than Brittney’s journey from captivity to freedom. In an account as gripping as it is poignant, she shares how her deep love for Cherelle, her college sweetheart and wife of six years, anchored her during their greatest storm; how her family’s support pulled her back from the brink; and how hundreds of letters from friends and neighbors lent her resolve to keep fighting. Coming Home is both a story of survival and a testament to love—the bonds that brought Brittney home to her family, and at last, to herself.

Wie ist das, wenn die 46jährige Tochter sich zum zweiten Mal scheiden lässt und vorübergehend Unterschlupf bei ihrer über achtzigjährigen Mutter sucht?¿Muddi¿, dem Leser bereits bestens aus ¿Mutti geht¿s gut¿ und ¿Mutti hebt ab¿ bekannt, begleitet Laura, ihre Tochter, auf der Job-, Wohnungs- und Männersuche. Hierbei macht sie zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben Bekanntschaft mit Online-Singlebörsen, den darin sich anbietenden Herren, die sich ihrer Tochter mit all ihren vermeintlichen Vorzügen vorstellen und für allerhand Wirbel sorgen. Muddi ist vor jedem Date von Laura die große Zweiflerin und Verfechterin der Moral, - wobei sie wiederum gern bei einem Glas Wein aus ihren alten Zeiten plaudert, als Männer noch Männer waren. Verwirrt von den Erzählungen ihrer Tochter, begibt sich Lauras Mutter sogar als verkappte Anstandsdame mit auf ein Treffen und gibt aus der Ferne Zeichen, um Laura vor einer negativen Erfahrung zu bewahren. Männer mit fürchterlichen Dialekten, Swingerclub Besucher, Regionalsenderbesitzer und sogar ein Internet-Fake aus Alabama führen ¿ hoffentlich ¿ letztlich dann doch zum Mann fürs Leben. Der tritt plötzlich und unerwartet in die traute Dreisamkeit von Muddi, Laura und deren Sohn Phillip, der ebenso wie Muddi von jeder Partnerschaftsanbahnung weiß.¿Mutti datet mit¿ ist mit allergrößter Wahrscheinlichkeit ein Ratgeber und Mutmacher für Frauen Ü 40, die noch einmal den Sprung in ein neues Leben wagen und bisher dachten, dass einige Fältchen unter den Augen und dünner gewordenes Haar die Männerwelt auf Abstand hielte. Dem ist gar nicht so. Im Gegenteil. Und Muddi datet mit!

"I don't want to write an architectural bible. I want to sell stories that show what defines me and my work." Matteo ThunIn the world of design and architecture there are few personalities whose influence is as profound and lasting as that of Matteo Thun. From pioneering resorts, company headquarters, public buildings, residential and office buildings around the world to the iconic Illy espresso cup, the renowned architect has left his unmistakable signature everywhere and his designs have shaped our perception for decades. His impressive product design, imposing architecture and pioneering concepts bear witness to more than 40 years of professional experience and a life that unfolds between the vibrant metropolises of Milan and Munich. Numerous fascinating stories have emerged from this exciting journey through life. As an author, Matteo Thun has now captured these stories in a captivating book that has been created for his admirers, companions and perhaps also a little bit for himself.

"Ich will keine Architekturbibel schreiben. Ich möchte Geschichten erzählen, die das zeigen, was mich und meine Arbeit ausmacht." Matteo Thun. IN DER WELT DES DESIGNS UND DER ARCHITEKTUR GIBT ES NUR WENIGE PERSÖNLICHKEITEN, deren Einfluss so tiefgreifend und nachhaltig ist wie der von Matteo Thun. Ob es sich um wegweisende Resorts, Firmenzentralen, öffentliche Bauten, Wohn- und Bürogebäude auf der ganzen Welt bis hin zur ikonische Espressotasse von Illy handelt - überall hat der renommierte Architekt seine unverkennbare Handschrift hinterlassen und seine Entwürfe prägen seit Jahrzehnten unsere Wahrnehmung. Sein beeindruckendes Produktdesign, seine imposante Architektur und seine wegweisenden Konzepte zeugen von mehr als 40 Jahren beruflicher Erfahrung und einem Leben, das sich zwischen den pulsierenden Metropolen Mailand und München entfaltet. In dieser spannenden Lebensreise sind zahlreiche faszinierende Geschichten entstanden. Diese Geschichten hat Matteo Thun nun als Autor in einem fesselnden Lesebuch festgehalten, das gleichermaßen für seine Bewunderer, Weggefährten und vielleicht auch ein kleines Stück weit für sich selbst geschaffen wurde.

Ein kleines Notizbuch für Ihre Gedanken, Ideen, Pläne oder Träume. Mit diesem Notizbuch sammeln Sie Ihre kreativen Einfälle!Als Schmankerl werden 40 Genussorte und Wanderungen, Ausflüge und Verweilorte für Ihre Freizeitplanung empfohlen. 40 Genussorte im Pfaffenwinkel und Oberland.

Sie ist jung, sucht Grenzerfahrungen, will wissen, dass Gott trägt - auch wenn sie nur mit einer Plastiktüte loszieht. Alles, was sie hat, verschenkt sie an Brasiliens Strassenkinder, bringt die krassesten Schicksale aus den Slums zwischen Buchdeckel. Jetzt erzählt Damaris Kofmehl ihren eigenen "True Life Thriller", vom Leben mit den Helden aus ihren Büchern. Und auch von der Liebe zu Demetri, Ex-Drogendealer aus den USA: die interkulturelle Hochzeit, Hand in Hand für Menschen am Rand der Gesellschaft, Intrigen, Verrat, Flucht und der tragische Tod der Liebe ihres Lebens. Plötzlich bricht Damaris¿ Welt zusammen. Ihr Glaube steht vor einer Zerreissprobe. Bis Gott ihr mitten im Schmerz den Mut schenkt, allen Umständen zum Trotz wieder aufzustehen ...

Gedichte erlauben uns Dinge auszusprechen, die wir uns sonst nie getraut hätten. Diesen Gedichtband widme ich allen einsamen Seelen und auch jenen, die einen Sinn für Romantik haben oder die gerne durch die Blume sprechen, weil sie noch erschrocken über ihre eigenen Gefühle sind. Das Englische wirkt dabei wie ein schützender Filter, die wir ja mittlerweile so gewohnt sind. Das Spiel mit Worten hat eine ganz besondere Magie. Mögen die kleinen Gedichte euch genauso viel Freude bereiten und Flügel verleihen wie mir.Poems allow us to express things that we would never dare to say otherwise. I dedicate this poetry collection to all the lonely souls and also to those who have a sense of romance or who like to speak in a roundabout way because they are still scared of their own feelings. English acts as a protective filter, which we have become so used to. Playing with words has a very special magic. May these little poems touch your souls and give you wings like they have done to me.

Taucht ein, in eine dunkle Vergangenheit. In eine Kindheit, umgeben von Süchten und Ängsten.

Ce livre raconte un itinéraire personnel, un chemin de vie, où le sourire de l'humour apparaît comme un remède, un moyen de conjurer, sans la nier, l'essentielle imperfection de l'existence.

Love gone wrong!This collection of supernatural shorts will have you howling with laughter at the chaos of magical dating mishaps.From a villainess on a speed dating rampage to a lovesick reaper's night shift gone awry, these enchanting stories are filled with sassy witches, fierce femmes, cinnamon roll shifters, and more. Prepare for hijinks, mayhem, and disaster as fated mates collide and curses wreak havoc.Fall in love with this bewitching bundle of disastrous supernatural dates!

Hatten Tiere die besseren Seelen? Sie waren freundlich zu mir, wenn ich gut mit ihnen umging. Und das tat ich immer.Nun hatten wir also ein Rehkitz zuhause. Es war noch zu klein, um selbst zu fressen. Hätten wir es jetzt schon wieder ausgesetzt, wäre es verhungert. Bald kam es zutraulich auf uns zu, um seine Flasche Milch zu leeren ... John Barns verbringt seine Kindheit und Jugend auf dem elterlichen Bauernhof inmitten ländlicher Idylle. Aufgrund eines körperlichen Gebrechens jedoch muss er Hohn, Spott und Gewalt ertragen.Umso mehr wendet er sich den Tieren zu. Ob mit Hunden oder Katzen, Schwalben oder Pferden, mit jedem von ihnen verstand er sich gut. Ein Bussard wurde sogar sein bester Freund und beschützte ihn. In diesem Buch erzählt er ihre Geschichten. Ein einfühlsames Buch über unsere tierischen Gefährten und auch außergewöhnliche Begegnungen mit besonderen Tieren.

When Philip told me he was writing his memoirs I never doubted he would 'just do it'. This is his mantra.His story is of a remarkable passage of time in a life of discovery, personal growth and change, part memoir and part reality, from business success to a deeply felt love of natural life whether nurturing his home garden or protecting the lands and forests of the Niagara Escarpment.As a founder of the Bruce Trail and his leadership in its building, by volunteers in one year in 1962, he will be his best remembered by Ontarians.In notable recognition of his many achievements and philanthropy are his Awards of the Order of Canada and Hon LLD. from the University of Guelph.

Biografia della Famiglia Manzoni Dante/Biographie der Familie Manzoni Dante

Love and hate were once the main purveyors of the gallows. The tragic fates of three women executed by hanging in the days of New France and the United-Canada bear witness to this. Reconstructing the events from historical articles and, above all, from the Ottawa Criminal Archives, the author recounts these little-known stories that animated the lives of former Canadians:¿The crime and hanging of a young Montreal slave, Marie-Joseph Angélique, who, out of hatred, set fire to half the city of Montreal in 1734.¿the murders perpetrated by the legendary Marie-Josephte Corriveau, and her execution in 1763, on the very spot where Quebec's National Assembly now stands.¿the crimes committed by Marie-Anne Crispin, the murder of her husband and that of her lover's wife, as well as her problematic death on the gallows with her accomplice in 1858, which provoked an extremely violent riot in the streets of Montreal.This plunge into the heart of the crimes, trials and executions gives us an unusual opportunity to relive a part of Quebec's judicial History.

Make Dinner Wage War is an alarming horn in the darkness, much like a lighthouse that helps the lost or misguided find a way to come home. This book is a means to see through the delusions of this day designed to cause confusion and obliterate the nuclear family. I.E - God's design.Make Dinner Wage War is a counter-cultural call to action and a rallying of the troop's women of God. It is written in a way to see lies exposed and see the solution through the lens of the scriptures. It's time to Read, Pray, and Fight equipped with facts and the truth of God's word. This book is for all the Christian women who love God and their families, and others enough to say the devil can't have their souls. Ready ladies? Let's make dinner and wage war.

Konrad von Faber du Faur was born in Paris, France on the 27th of May, 1895. He had one older sister, Maria, who was born in 1893 and died in 1950, and a younger sister, Vera, who was born in 1898 and died in 1990. Vera is the author of this book.... With the outbreak of the War in August, 1914, Konrad entered the Imperial Army, serving in the Kavallerie (the cavalry), in a Schwere Reiter-Regiment. He fought in Belgium and France early in the War, and then on the Eastern Front, going deep into Russia, including territory which is now Lithuania, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia, Poland, Russia and Ukraine. He loved horses but found that they had value mostly for scouting. In a war of machine guns and high explosive shells, trenches and barbed wire, cavalry charges were obsolete.

Robert Glenn Butler (me) arrived June 24, 1951 at what was a woman's hospital or "sanitarium" in Ardmore, Oklahoma after a middle-of-the-night mad dash over dirt roads from somewhere to the west, probably Ringling. Sometime around 6 a.m. I came into this world, 5:47 if I remember correctly from my faded birth certificate. It turns out that another little boy was born about the same time from the same area, a boy who I would meet and know briefly and would learn a bit about his life and how different it was from, though they came into the world only a few hours apart, him before midnight and me early the next morning. That boy grew up in the small town of Ringling, Oklahoma, never experiencing the travels and influences that my family did. It would be interesting to compare life experiences, attitudes (personal philosophies), and political leanings. I suspect that we would be very different even though we entered the world only hours and a few feet apart. These are my travels, my experiences, good and bad. I believe that we all have a story to tell; each of our lives can be so very different. This is mine, at least what I can recall for this time period. It covers 1951-1974. Part II, whenever I can finish it, will describe the life and travels that I am my family have had since Part I. It's funny and sad and all true. Aren't those the best stories?

Today God is alive and well. Therefore, without a doubt, there is power in prayer. Through prayer it has given me the power to conquer this enemy called FEAR, and not to be easily moved. It is very difficult to please God without faith. God is real and does exist. He truly rewards those who earnestly seek him. For we must not worry about tomorrow. For God holds our tomorrow. Whatever way a trial starts, trust me, it shall not end that way. For the end of a matter is always better. Do you know who Jesus is? If not, I pray that after you finish reading my story it shall inspire you to search for him with all your heart.

Lost and led by passions, pleasures, money, and musical inspirations a stone-headed heart-driven southern girl ventures deeper down the wrong path of life. Despite being met with adversities and adversaries at nearly every point of her adventurous journey, truth is realized and a lost love is found.

MALCRIADAS FRONTERIZAS is a powerful anthology about life at the USA/Mexico border, through the eyes of the domestic workers whose courage and contributions are boundless. These are stories that the world needs to hear-that have been ignored far too long-written courageously by their protagonists. They are daughters and mothers, labor organizers, and community leaders battling the day-to-day injustices of living in the borderlands, separated from their own loved ones while providing care for the loved ones of others. Their stories show is what is possible when everyday women choose to be MALCRIADAS. Ai-Jen Poo. President of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. MALCRIADAS FRONTERIZAS es una poderosa antología sobre la vida en la frontera de los Estados Unidos y México, desde los ojos de las trabajadoras domésticas cuyo coraje y contribuciones son ilimitadas. Estas son historias que el mundo necesita escuchar, que han sido ignoradas durante demasiado tiempo, escritas con valentía por sus protagonistas. Las MALCRIADAS FRONTERIZAS son hijas y madres, organizadoras laborales y líderes comunitarias que luchan contra las injusticias cotidianas de vivir en las zonas fronterizas. Ellas están separadas de sus propios seres queridos mientras cuidan a los seres queridos de otros. Sus historias muestran lo que es posible cuando las mujeres comunes eligen ser MALCRIADAS.Ai-Jen Poo. President of the National Domestic Workers Alliance

Many people wonder how life might be different if they chucked in their nine-to-five existence and did something more interesting instead. Few follow through. This is the story of what happened when one family did just that: abandon suburban success for a life afloat: self-reliance, community and an alternative way of connecting with the world. Of course, things don't always go according to plan.

Charles Rae has been a journalist for over 50 years - with 30 of those at The Sun and TODAY newspapers. From Great Train Robbers to Royalty, he covered many history making news stories and had a ringside seat during the Princess Diana years. Now for the first time he takes you behind the scenes of some of those stories to tell you the humorous highs and lows that he and his colleagues had to go through to get the news to readers. Sometimes it all ended in failure - other times there was triumph. But there have been a lot of laughs and thrills along the way. He climbed the Himalayas with Fergie, the Duchess of York and also tells the secret of why Princess Diana left Sandringham one Christmas at breakneck speed to get back to London. And how his first meeting with The Queen ended in disaster.FLEET STREET FROLICS!........READ ALL ABOUT IT!