The #1 best-seller by spiritual thought-leader and social activist Shaman Isis. Get inspired by Memory Mansion, the self-love memoir that reads like a thriller. "Cindy, you asked me to warn you if anyone ever came looking for you. Now might be a good time to get lost," starts the astonishing new self-love memoir Memory Mansion: How To Glow The Fu%k Up by best-selling author, philosopher, and mystic Shaman Isis, who pens a powerful and inspiring story of resilience, healing, and transformation.She never used her real name during the decades she was on the run, initially from a human trafficking ring and eventually from her own mistakes. Still, she managed a Cinderella-like fashion career in NYC, a city the FBI helped her run to in the mid-90s. Her dark secrets and culture-influencing work, which created the influencer marketing industry and inspired several episodes of a famed TV show, also caused her a breakdown and dramatic transformation.Memory Mansion, named after the mansion in her mind where she stored her wild-child memories, shares the madly entertaining, darkly humorous, and motivational story of the orphan turned accidental PR pioneer turned spiritual guru Shaman Isis.Be prepared to laugh, cry, and look at your life's potential with new eyes in Memory Mansion: How To Glow The Fu%k Up.
This extraordinary autobiography is a window to the life of the great leader and social worker, M. K. Gandhi. It projects his journey from early childhood through to 1921. This first-hand account of his life offers insight into the workings of Gandhi's cognizance, his views and ideas-an insight into the complexities of his times that drove this seemingly ordinary man to the heights of being the father of a nation, India - to be known around the worlds as the flag-bearer of peace and harmony.
"But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavour, a better and happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it; as those who aim at perfect writing by imitating the engraved copies, their hand is mended by the endevour, and is tolerable while it continues fair and legible" ¿ Benjamin Franklin This book is a first-hand account of the great American leader, Benjamin Franklin. The book offers an enthralling journey of a persona that took over the world through his ideologies. Franklin's life has by no means been ordinary. This astonishing self-written account will inspire you to spread your wings and utilise your maximum potential to cultivate a better world, a better you.
Alexis Ortiz es un escritor, periodista, político y consultor electoral. Con experiencia en Venezuela como diputado, alcalde, articulista de los principales diarios, director de revista, diario y emisora, dirigente estudiantil, vecinal y ambientalista, escritor sobre temas culturales y deportivos. Corresponsal de revistas en España, Francia e Inglaterra. Ha escrito 21 libros y mile de artículos de prensa, crónicas, reportajes, folletos y cuentos. Recibió por su labor, la Medalla del Congreso de Estados Unidos. En este libro escribe 99 reflexiones sobre figuras y hechos históricos importantes como Ángela Merkel, José Martí, Simón Bolívar, Miguel de Cervantes, Moshe Dayan, Winston Churchill, Teresa de Ávila (Santa Teresa de Jesús), Carlos Gardel, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Cristiano Ronaldo, Derek Jeter, Teresa de Calcuta, Mario Moreno Cantinflas, Edith Piaf, Joan Manuel Serrat, Rómulo Betancourt, Carlos Andrés Pérez, Jorge Luis Borges, Lincoln, Einstein, Kissinger, Andrés Bello, Juárez, Luther King, Whitman, Adenauer, Miñoso y otros...********** Alexis Ortiz is a writer, journalist, politician and electoral consultant. With experience in Venezuela as a deputy, mayor, columnist for the main newspapers, magazine, newspaper and station director, student, neighborhood and environmental leader, writer on cultural and sports issues. Magazine correspondent in Spain, France and England. He has written 21 books and thousands of press articles, chronicles, reports, brochures and stories. He received the United States Congressional Medal for his work. In this book he writes 99 reflections on important historical figures and events such as Winston Churchill, José Martí, Carlos Gardel, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Cristiano Ronaldo, Derek Jeter, Angela Merkel, Teresa of Calcutta, Mario Moreno Cantinflas, Edith Piaf, Moshe Dayan, Joan Manuel Serrat, Teresa of Ávila (Saint Teresa of Jesus), Romulo Betancourt, Carlos Andrés Pérez, Jorge Luis Borges, Lincoln, Einstein, Kissinger, Andrés Bello, Juárez, Luther King, Whitman, Adenauer, Miñoso and others...
After the demise of Lemuria, new races emerged on Atlantis from the surviving ape-like creatures. This led to the Atlantean races, beginning with the black skinned "Rmoahal" and leading to the "copper coloured" Tlavatli, who were ancestor-worshippers, and then the "Toltecs", who had advanced technology including "airships". The Toltecs were succeeded by "First Turanians" and then "Original Semites". These later produced further sub-races, the Akkadians and Mongolians. A group of Akkadians migrated to Britain 100,000 years ago, where they built Stonehenge. The crudity of the design in contrast to Atlantean architecture is explained by the fact that "the rude simplicity of Stonehenge was intended as a protest against the extravagant ornament and over-decoration of the existing temples in Atlantis, where the debased worship of their own images was being carried on by the inhabitants."
100 confirmed enemy kills, Sandhurst Sword of Honour, SAS selection pass, and a winning entry in the Royal Signals junior officer essay writing competition. Captain Nesbitt achieved none of these things! Instead follow Nesbitt through the rituals of Officer training, on to life in one of the Army's last major military outposts in Germany, and finally to war in Afghanistan. Will he mange to come through the perversions and horrors of these experiences with his sanity intact? Find out in this hilarious and moving memoir!
International paperback-version, second edition. In 1988 Dutch journalist Bamber Delver, interviewed the artist Leigh Bowery. By then, Leigh wasn¿t world-famous yet but a well-known clubber in the eighties scene of London. Leigh¿s fashion career was just as wild as it was short-lived: he died in 1994, 33 years old. Decades after his death, Leigh Bowery¿s influence is omnipresent. From Alexander McQueen to Cirque du Soleil, from Lady Gaga to the drag queens of RuPaul. In this book 15 artists around the globe admire his guts, his looks and fashion-philosophy which is nowadays called ¿queer¿: no boundaries, no gender, no age, no sexuality, no restrictions of the human-form. This book contains the original interview with never published photos. Ann Holt, with whom Leigh travelled to London at 17, shares her memories. Leigh's sister Bronwyn tells about her childhood with Leigh. This book is a pure fashion, queer-art book about one of the most original designer-artists ever!
Admiral Halsey's Story, first published in 1947, is the gripping autobiographical account by William F. Halsey (1882-1959), legendary commander of the U.S. Third Fleet during World War II. The book covers Halsey's life and career, with detailed descriptions of his command - and the men and ships in his command - during the war years in the Pacific. This edition includes all 16 maps and 25 pages of photographs found in the original edition, and a complete index.
Ein bayerischer Exportschlager, eine gewitzte japanische Unternehmerin und die überaus erfolgreiche Geschichte deutsch-japanischer Zusammenarbeit - davon erzählt Kazuko Yamakawa in ihrem autobiografischen Werk "Enn".Nach der japanischen Philosophie des Enn sind alle Begegnungen und Ereignisse das Ergebnis eines langen Wirkungsprozesses: Viele kleine Verknüpfungen von Lebensfäden lassen Neues entstehen. Eine solche glückliche Verknüpfung gelang dem Ehepaar Aaron und Kazuko Yamakawa mit der oberfränkischen Firma Feiler. Die Frottier- und Chenille-Weberei war in den 1970er Jahren kaum bekannt, als sich die Yamakawas den exklusiven Japan-Vertrieb der luxuriösen Stoffe sicherten.Der kometenhafte Aufstieg der Marke Feiler zu "Japan Number One", dem Inbegriff von Luxus "made in Germany", begann - über Jahrzehnte vorangetrieben von Kazuko Yamakawa, die nicht nur als Geschäftsfrau traditionelle japanische Rollenbilder mächtig ins Wanken brachte. Heute setzt sie in ungebrochener Verbundenheit mit Feiler und Bayern als Stifterin Maßstäbe: Rund um den Feiler-Firmensitz in Hohenberg an der Eger entstanden das "Yamakawa Seniorenhaus" und der "Spiel- und Sportpark Hohenberg".
Engaging Life: Memoirs of a Charming, Willful Southern Woman of the 20th Century chronicles the true story of the life of Marcellite, a mischievous, sophisticated, and thoroughly Southern woman with great depth of character. Highly social and fun-loving, Marcellite-cousin, once removed, of author Dr. Henry Dolive and granddaughter of A Touch of Glory! protagonist, William Louis Dolive- immersed herself with people and their activities everywhere she went. Like its prequel, which takes place two generations prior during Reconstruction, Engaging Life is packed with three-dimensional characters full of vim and vigor and humorous action. Engaging Life highlights various stages of Marcellite's life, from her childhood until her death at 102, including three marriages, although she only counted two. Her life was shaped by the fascinating history of her time: World War I, living in southern cities, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and, in her second, 34-year military marriage, World War II, post-war Germany, the Korean Conflict, Huntsville and the space race, caring for her mother on the historic family grove, another marriage and extensive travel-both domestic and overseas. Although she had no biological children of her own, Marcellite was a cherished "mother" and "grandmother" to her descendants by marriage.
5,000 Miles Towards Tokyo, first published in 1945, is the story of four U.S. Navy escort-carriers forming Air Group 60, especially the Suwannee (a converted oiler and home to the author) in the South Pacific during 1943 and 1944. The Group played a vital role in every important Pacific invasion from the Gilbert Islands to the Philippines, with its pilots flying thousands of bombing missions and patrols. The book looks at daily operations aboard the ships, plus paints a bigger picture of the action taking place in the South Pacific such as the strategies and decision-making of high-ranking officers, such as Generals MacArthur and Halsey. Author Green Peyton (pseudonym for Green Peyton Wertenbaker) was a noted science-fiction writer prior to the War; during the conflict he served as an air combat intelligence officer aboard the USS Suwannee, the focus of much of this book. The author worked daily with the Hellcat pilots of his squadron. Included are 18 pages of maps and illustrations and a complete index. Green Peyton died on July 26, 1968.
Can Love and Talents Survive Opposite Political and Economic Environments?This author believes that it is important to narrate how he has been affected by living under opposing political and economic systems.This book shows how the command economy differs from the market economy through the example of a highly qualified Cuban economist and scholar who has lived for decades in developing and developed market economy and command economy countries.Another very important and interesting aspect of this book is that it establishes the talents of this man's two big loves' -- his mother and his second wife -- as important and influential contributors in developing his behavior in the politico-socio-economic environment in which his life has so far taken place. This book is divided into four sections: CHAPTER I contains an analytic summary of chaotic situations in Cuba and the United States, in which he had personally participated. CHAPTER II is a comparison of the political, social, and economic advantages and disadvantages existing between the market and the command economies, and the social democracy according to his international scholarly and personal experience, in developing and developed countries, especially during the last half of the twentieth and the first two decades of the twenty-first centuries. CHAPTER III explains in depth what is meant by each one of this author's seven talents: reading and writing, pedagogy, tenacity, learning foreign languages, traveling around the world, singing, and being empathetic. CHAPTER IV explains how these talents are related to those of the two women who had considerably influenced the performance of his life.
Dive into the world of Neal Middleton, an intrepid Military Policeman who served during the tail end of the Vietnam War. MP: Of The Troops and For The Troops chronicles his riveting journey-from his enlistment's backstory to his gripping experiences stationed abroad. Travel with Neal as he navigates PTSD, confronts fatal traffic accidents, encounters deadly drug overdoses, and witnesses the tension of race riots. Germany and Ft Sill, Oklahoma, become backdrops to his life's most transformative moments. While some of his tales evoke heavy emotions, others are tinged with humor, revealing the multifaceted nature of life as an MP. The memoir is a testimony to a soldier's resilience, shedding light on both the profound challenges faced and the camaraderie that kept spirits high. Whether you're curious about military life or the personal sacrifices made by those who wear the uniform, this memoir offers a deep, introspective view into a soldier's soul, told with unflinching honesty.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of History Biography, E740 History America
Ace of Aces: The Story of Fighter Pilot Dick Bong was first published in 1960, and recounts the exploits of Major Richard "Dick" Bong at the helm of his P-38 Lightning. Bong received the Medal of Honor for his achievement of downing 40 enemy Japanese planes in the southwestern Pacific theater, and he became a household name in America. His tally made him the highest-scoring American ace of all time, a record unlikely to ever be broken. Sadly, Bong died at the young age of 24 on August 6, 1945, in a flight accident during testing of the P-80 Shooting Star fighter. In Ace of Aces, his former commanding officer General George C. Kenney, recounts Bong's life: from his early days in Wisconsin, his sweetheart Marge, his aerial exploits and Kenney's own personal anecdotes. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
First published in 1956, Never a Shot in Anger is Colonel Barney Oldfield's thesis that World War II was the high-water mark of what he believes is a rapidly vanishing profession-that of the war correspondent. As a public relations officer who knew most of the correspondents to cover World War II, he treats them from a new point of view and sees most of them in less heroic, but more humorous, proportion than they have seen themselves. A complete roster of the more than 1,800 U.S. accredited war correspondents is included in his book.Never a Shot in Anger is full of unusual incidents, none more comforting to the author than the one which discloses how he made good on a wild prophecy. Barney reported in 1942 to Lieutenant Colonel James M. Gavin, regimental commander of the 505th Parachute Infantry. Gavin saw no use for Barney's crazy-quilt background of press and publicity, saying, "The 505th is going to fight and doesn't need a press agent." Barney jested that Gavin might be the one to "lead the boys home in victory someday, and you'll need one then." Gavin waved him off, but on January 12, 1946, Major General James M. Gavin did march ahead of the 82nd Airborne Division up Fifth Avenue in New York "representing all the troops of all services who fought in World War II." And making many of the press, radio, photographic, and newsreel arrangements ahead of that march was Lieutenant Colonel Barney Oldfield-just as he had predicted.From early maneuvers in Tennessee and Louisiana all the way through to the Victory March on Fifth Avenue, Barney Oldfield was in the thick of the melee, the man in the middle, the military public relations officer who tried to satisfy the insatiable appetite of the press while staying within the bounds of military security. Both sides gave him a rough ride most of the way-from Grosvenor Square to the rubble of Berlin.Famous names are included in these pages-by-liners of the great newspapers and magazines, radio commentators, columnists, photographers, and the top generals of the European Theater: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Montgomery, Parks, Simpson, Gavin. Their personalities, foibles, orders, clashes with the press, achievements provide much of the material for the book.If Barney Oldfield's problems were many, they were also funny at times. He talked a bunch of news-hawks into becoming paratroopers. He played St. Nicholas to a group of Dutch orphans when the Battle of the Bulge was breaking a short distance away. He lugged a typewriter 75 miles into German held territory to get the story of a lieutenant with a 24-man platoon who had "surrounded" a German army of 20,000 men. He kept his Ninth Army press camp so close behind the advancing troops that it was first over the Rhine...but these are just a few of the intimate and entertaining tales Barney describes in Never a Shot in Anger.
Talvella 1975 lähetystösihteeri Pertti Torstila sai siirtomääräyksen Pariisista Budapestiin. Suurlähettiläs Ralph Enckell varoitti rautaesiripun toiselle puolelle lähtevää nuorta alaistaan ¿vaipumasta fenno-ugristiseen hömpötykseen¿. Kului vuosia, ja Unkari kutsui uudelleen. Euroopan ¿ihmeiden vuoden¿ 1989 jälkeen Torstila nimitettiin suurlähettilääksi sosialismin kahleista vapautuneeseen maahan.Unkari tempaisi Torstilan mukaansa tavalla, jota hän ei muissa asemamaissaan ollut kokenut. Hän seurasi, kuinka Unkari ensin varjeli paikkaansa itäblokin ¿iloisimpana parakkinä ja kuinka vapaus 15 vuotta myöhemmin palasi kovia kokeneen kansan pariin. Hän näki ystäväpiirinsä takinkäännöt ja sen, miten kovista kommunisteista tuli yhdessä yössä kiihkeitä kapitalisteja. Viimeisten kolmen vuosikymmenen aikana unkarilainen politiikan heiluri on liikkunut vasemmalta oikealle, sitten oikealta vasemmalle ja taas takaisin oikealle pysähtyen ¿ ainakin hetkeksi ¿ kiihkeään nationalismiin.Komennus Budapestiin ei ole perinteinen diplomaatin muistelmateos. Kirja elää tässä hetkessä ja selvittää lukijalle, miksi Unkarin ymmärtäminen juuri nyt on tärkeää. Sijaintinsa, historiansa ja vaikutusvaltansa takia Unkari on kokoaan tuntuvasti painavampi tekijä myös Euroopan unionin tulevaisuutta arvioitaessa.
A fascinating insight into the life of a boy who grew up in Wales to fulfil his dream of becoming a soldier. The author's journey through his 26 years army service gives a captivating glimpse into the life of an ordinary soldier, exciting, entertaining, and sometimes not for the faint hearted. For a boy who'd barely been outside of Wales we read how Kevin completed two 6-month construction tours as part of the Royal Engineers Corp business and follow this young sapper's adventures as he experiences the reality of living with the wildlife in Kenya's Aberdare National Park, including a very close and personal encounter with an elephant which will stay with him forever, and his hilarious encounter with a skunk whilst driving a dirt track in Canada. An accomplished novice skydiver with over 150 jumps under his belt, he competed in the Tri-Service championships two years running and took part in parachuting exercises in Cech Republic and California. He also witnessed the devastating scars left behind in war torn Bosnia and Herzegovina shortly after the Bosnian war and in the early 1990s, has dodged mortars and rockets in Iraq and Afghanistan.
En France, les trois premiers cas à partir de la découverte du virus Covid-19, sont officiellement recensés le 24 janvier 2020.Tout en feuilletant la presse, comment puis-je imaginer un seul instant que nous allons être confrontés à une épidémie qui va bouleverser le monde des vivants, physiquement et psychologiquement. Les nouvelles de plus en plus alarmantes, relayés par la voie médiatique, nous confrontent à la réalité d'une situation sanitaire qui va nous faire connaître une des plus grandes épidémies de ces cinquante dernières années.Partant de ces premiers constats déjà dramatiques, je décide d'écrire cette page inédite de la pandémie comme un journal, au plus près de la vérité, sans concession, au fil des observations personnelles que j'ai pu en faire...En racontant la Covid-19, c'est un message d'espoir que j'essaie de vous insuffler.
Sie waren einander eng verbunden: die Bodes aus Braunschweig, die auf eine lange Ahnenreihe namhafter Gelehrter zurückblicken konnten, und die Rimpaus, innovative Landwirte mit Rittergütern in der Nähe von Halberstadt. Aber auch wenn es schien, als seien die beiden von Kindesbeinen an füreinander bestimmt gewesen, hat es lange gedauert, bis der aufstrebende Kunsthistoriker Wilhelm Bode (1845-1929), der zum Generaldirektor der Berliner Museen avancieren sollte (und 1914 geadelt wurde), und seine Cousine Marie Rimpau (1845-1885) einander das Jawort gaben. Denn der Widerstand der Familien gegen diese Verwandtenehe war groß.Birgit Jochens gibt anhand der überwiegend bisher unveröffentlichten Briefe und Familienchroniken von Wilhelm Bode und Marie Rimpau einen Einblick in die Lebenswelt großbürgerlicher Milieus in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Im Briefwechsel gerät der weniger bekannte, der private Wilhelm Bode in den Blick. Wenn auch von der Museumsarbeit besessen, erweist er sich darin als liebenswürdiger, mit Humor und Selbstironie begabter Familienmensch, der mit seinerproblematischen Befindlichkeit - mit Krankheit, überbordendem Selbstbewusstsein und Streitsucht - zu ringen hatte. DieBriefe Marie Rimpaus wiederum machen mit einer starken Frau bekannt, die im Zusammenleben mit ihrem »Bodo« undin der Teilhabe an seiner Arbeit Erfüllung fand.
History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from History of Scotland to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed. Scotland-its very name evokes a myriad of emotions. It's the country of romance, history, war, and hardship. It's the country of brave men dressed in kilts, playing the haunting music of the bagpipes, and raising gooseflesh on those who hear them. It's the country of crags and lochs, giant stags and of whisky distilled using water from deep peat bogs. Learning about history will keep you perceptive and make sure to not repeat mistakes that others made in the past. The different stories in this series will show the readers that history should not just be seen from one perspective, but from the different eyes of the groups of people involved. You never know, you might finally understand their choices, their actions and their reactions. In this historical series, you will discover:The history of different countries and culturesThe inner workings of major historical turning points in different countries.Different perspectives of major events in historyThe reasons behind different wars or battles throughout history This historical series are for anyone, no matter the age, gender or sexual orientation, who wants to learn fun, exciting and influential facts of what happened years before their time. Do you want to learn history through a multitude of different eyes?
Una storia di ideali e sacrificio nella Prima Guerra Mondiale.Domenico Sola, giovane studente di filosofia calabrese, condivide le idee futuriste e interventiste. Animato da sinceri ideali patriottici, tiene infuocati comizi per l'entrata in guerra dell'Italia. Allo scoppio del conflitto, si arruola volontario come ufficiale di fanteria e muore eroicamente in battaglia sul fronte del Pasubio nel 1916, durante la feroce Strafexpedition austriaca.La sua è una morte ricercata, un sacrificio per la Patria, che priva l'Italia di una promessa della cultura. In questo libro, attraverso una scrittura agile ed evocativa, rivivono la figura di Sola e le sue scelte, insieme alle grandi battaglie sul fronte trentino che segnarono il primo conflitto mondiale.Un ritratto toccante di una generazione idealista, che credeva nel riscatto dell'Italia attraverso il sacrificio estremo.
Der 175. Jahrestag der Einberufung der ersten deutschen Nationalversammlung in der Paulskirche bietet die Gelegenheit, über den Zustand unserer Demokratien in Deutschland, Italien und Europa nachzudenken. Angesichts der aktuellen tragischen Ereignisse, die unseren Kontinent noch immer erschüttern, erscheint es nur folgerichtig, dass Begriffe wie Frieden, Demokratie und Freiheit jeden Tag neu gelebt und verteidigt werden müssen. Genau zu der Intensivierung dieses Gedankenansatzes wollen die Überlegungen des vorliegenden Bandes beitragen.
This is the third revised edition of the original book which is about the songs I have written for my Richard III music project. It includes the lyrics for the songs which have been released on the albums by The Legendary Ten Seconds. The songs that I have recorded tell the story of the life and times of King Richard III. The introduction for the book has been written by the author Kathy Martin and her books include The Woodville Connection and The Beaulieu Vanishing. My book has been edited with the help of the author Sandra Heath Wilson who has had many novels published since the 1970's. Sandra wrote and read the narratives which accompany the songs for the second album about Richard III by The Legendary Ten Seconds. These narratives are included in my book. The original version of Songs About Richard III was published in 2016 and this revised edition includes details of the songs which have been recorded up until the end of 2022. It includes information about the Mer de Mort album which was recorded to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Mortimer History Society. It also includes details about the Torbay Pageant concept albums recorded by The Legendary Ten Seconds throughout 2020.
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