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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Wednesday's Child, the autobiography of a retired Cardiologist, spans seven decades and is written in three parts: Youth, Manhood, and Old Age. It is an intimate vignette of incidents, personal and medical anecdotes, facts, and opinions.

The instant New York Times bestseller! “Warm and perceptive.” —New York Times“Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story." —Washington Post"Dunne is a prospector for the incandescent detail.”  —Los Angeles Times“What a remarkable and moving story filled with twists and turns, the most famous of faces, and a complex family revealed with loving candor. I was blown away by Griffin Dunne’s life and his ability to capture so much of it in these beautifully written pages.” —Anderson CooperGriffin Dunne’s memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan finds wicked humor and glimmers of light in even the most painful of circumstancesAt eight, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion and uncle John Gregory Dunne’s legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. At sixteen, he got kicked out of boarding school, ending his institutional education for good. In his early twenties, he shared an apartment in Manhattan’s Hotel Des Artistes with his best friend and soulmate Carrie Fisher while she was filming some sci-fi movie called Star Wars and he was a struggling actor working as a popcorn concessionaire at Radio City Music Hall. A few years later, he produced and starred in the now-iconic film After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese. In the midst of it all, Griffin’s twenty-two-year-old sister, Dominique, a rising star in Hollywood, was brutally strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend, leading to one of the most infamous public trials of the 1980s. The outcome was a travesty of justice that marked the beginning of their father Dominick Dunne’s career as a crime reporter for Vanity Fair and a victims' rights activist.And yet, for all its boldface cast of characters and jaw-dropping scenes, The Friday Afternoon Club is no mere celebrity memoir. It is, down to its bones, a family story that embraces the poignant absurdities and best and worst efforts of its loveable, infuriating, funny, and moving characters—its author most of all.

Lesen Sie jetzt die spektakuläre Biografie des Bomberpiloten Klaus Deumling, der mit der geheimen Fernlenkbombe Fritz X das italienische Flaggschiff Roma versenkte!September 1943: Klaus Deumlings Einheit, das Kampfgeschwader 100 ¿Wiking¿, erhält einen brisanten Auftrag: Italien ist aus dem Krieg ausgeschieden und plant, seine Flotte in Malta an die Alliierten zu übergeben. ¿Wiking¿ erhält den Befehl, den italienischen Verband auf der Überfahrt anzugreifen und seine Schiffe mit neuartigen Fernlenkbomben vom Typ Fritz X zu versenken. Klaus Deumling nimmt als junger Pilot an diesem Einsatz teil, der als spektakulärer Erfolg in die deutsche Militärgeschichte eingeht.Diese Biografie erzählt von Deumlings militärischem Werdegang als Bomberpilot im 2. Weltkrieg. Die im Buch beschriebenen Stationen seines Lebens sind:- Die harte Ausbildung zum Kampfpiloten der Luftwaffe- Die Übergabe der Fritz X an die Truppe- Der aufsehenerregende Angriff auf die italienische Flotte und die Versenkung der Roma- Das Chaos der letzten Kriegsmonate- Die grauenvolle sowjetische KriegsgefangenschaftD-Day-Experte Helmut Konrad von Keusgen hat Deumlings Geschichte nach zahllosen Gesprächen und akribischen Recherchen zu Papier gebracht. Seine Hingabe zu den Details und seine präzisen Beschreibungen zeichnen diese Biografie aus. Zahlreiche Originalfotografien und Abbildungen von Dokumenten liefern Ihnen zudem spannende Einblicke in das Leben Deumlings.Dieses vielschichtige Buch eröffnet verschiedene höchst interessante Blickwinkel: den des jungen Deutschen, der sich im Glauben an das Regime mit 17 Jahren freiwillig zur Luftwaffe meldet. Den des eifrigen Bomberpiloten, der den Einsatz der Fernlenkbombe Fritz X von der ersten Stunde an miterlebt. Und schließlich den des desillusionierten Soldaten im Chaos der letzten Kriegsmonate und dann in Kriegsgefangenschaft. Erfahren Sie zudem alles über die verworrene Vorgeschichte des Angriffes auf die Roma als Folge des ¿Doppelspiels¿ der italienischen Führung.Sichern Sie sich jetzt diese überarbeitete Neuauflage des lange vergriffenen Buchs, das erstmals im Jahr 2008 erschienen ist. Die spektakuläre Biografie des Bomberpiloten Klaus Deumling liefert Ihnen einmalige Einblicke in den Einsatz der geheimen Fernlenkbombe Fritz X!

Viljo V. Kailan (1907-1958) kuvitetun elämäkerran kolmas osa. Ensimmäiset osat sisälsivät hänen nuoruuden päiväkirjansa. Perhehistorian kolmas osa kertoo hänen myöhemmät vaiheensa ja perustuu kirjeisiin, päiväkirjoihin ja valokuviin.Alussa nuori Turun TVH:n insinööri tekee vielä yhden myrskyisän purjehdusretken. Sitten hän purjehtii avioliiton satamaan ja lapset syntyvät. Äiti alkaa pitää lasten päiväkirjaa. Tie- ja vesirakennusinsinöörin ura kehkeytyy kaupungininsinöörinä Käkisalmessa, ja Vuokselle tehdään aurinkoisia kesäretkiä.Mutta kohta seuraa viisi vuotta sota-aikaa. Käkisalmesta muutetaan Rovaniemelle ja sieltä välirauhan aikana Viipuriin. Ville ei terveyssyistä pääse rintamalle, vaan toimii virassaan ja väestönsuojelussa. Hän on Viipurissa viimeiseen päivään asti "korjauttamassa kaupunkia". Sitten hän saa komennon Luumäelle "oman alan töihin" linnoittamaan Salpalinjaa. Perhe joutuu neljään kertaan evakkoon ja pula-aika piinaa kaikkia. Näiden erikoisten aikojen tunnelmat välittyvät aitoina kirjeistä.Rauhan tultua asetutaan Pankakosken tehdaspaikkakunnalle. Sieltä muutetaan Lahteen, jossa on auennut kaupungininsinöörin virka. Kesäparatiisi on Vääksyssä, Vesijärven rannalla. Lopussa Ville hymyilee tyytyväisenä 50-vuotispäivillään perheensä keskellä. Hän on jo sairaseläkkeellä, ja elämä päättyy 51-vuotiaana.200 sivua, koko A4, mustavalkovalokuvakuvitus, 2 värisivua.

Firefighting can be many things. Dangerous, rewarding, deadly, funny, and heart wrenching are just some of the things firefighting is. Day in and day out, men and women pull on their gear and roll out into the unknown. Just when a firefighter says, "I've seen it all", something new will come along to shake that belief.In Running Hot, firefighters tell their own tales, in their own words. The dangerous, rewarding, and the funny. You never know what's coming next. From the agony of watching someone take their last breath, to the fire that finally claims a firefighters life. The firefighters who have shared their stories have opened their hearts and souls for everyone to see.Running Hot is a real look into the lives of firefighters told in a way anyone can appreciate and enjoy. Short stories that get to the heart of firefighting. These tales will leave you heart sick, curious, or flat out laughing.Jump into the thick of things and roll out to every type of emergency imaginable as Americas heroes hit the streets, running hot to an emergency near you.

Dies ist die Geschichte einer besonderen Frau und ihrer Selbstfindung gegen alle Widerstände.Maja kennt weder ihre Eltern noch ihren Geburtstag oder ihren genauen Geburtsort. Nur wenige Wochen alt wird sie 1969 in Daegu (Südkorea) ausgesetzt. Nach zwei Jahren in einem Waisenhaus in Seoul wird sie zur Adoption nach Deutschland vermittelt.Hier bestimmen verstörende Grenzerfahrungen von Fremdheit, Ablehnung, häuslicher Gewalt, sexueller Nötigung und einem Suizidversuch ihre Kindheit.Immer deutlicher spürt sie ihren unbedingten Lebenswillen und ihre Sehnsucht nach Zugehörigkeit und einem selbstbestimmten Leben in ihrer neuen Heimat. Deshalb steht nicht die spätere Begegnung mit ihrem Geburtsland im Mittelpunkt der Novelle. Vielmehr vergegenwärtigen die Autorinnen in eindringlichen Szenen, wie Maja sich trotz bleibender Momente innerer Zerrissenheit erfolgreich ein erfülltes Leben erkämpft und welche Rolle ihre Tochter, ihr Ehemann und ihr Beruf als Yogalehrerin dabei spielen.So ist es auch die Geschichte der Freundschaft zweier auf den ersten Blick sehr unterschiedlicher Frauen. Vergangenes kann gemeinsam verarbeitet, Gegenwärtiges erlebt und Zukünftiges gestaltet werden.

Although he left school at fourteen to work as an upholsterer and cabinet-maker, Walter White (1811-93) would spend forty years working in the library of the Royal Society. White was mostly self-taught, a voracious reader who also learnt German, French, and Latin, and a diligent attender at lectures and other events offering self-improvement. After a brief emigration to the United States, he returned to Britain in 1839, and was offered a post as 'attendant' in the Royal Society's library in 1844; this led to his cataloguing much of the collection, and in 1861 he was appointed Librarian. He became acquainted with many of the Society's members, including Thomas Carlyle, Charles Darwin, and Lord Tennyson. These journals, published posthumously by his brother in 1898, begin with a brief account of his early years before charting his intellectual progress and career, ending in the year he retired, 1884.

The world has defined an established system of "right" decisions and actions that will lead to success, and who doesn't want success? And, for people-pleasers, following this system creates opportunities for external validation, something we crave deep in our souls. But always doing the "right" things, as defined by others, has a way of burying our true passions under layers of expectations and "shoulds." A tension is created. We can do the right things and receive validation, or do the unright things which lean into our passions but risk upsetting people in our lives.Steve Fredlund is a life-long people pleaser who developed a deep internal dependence on external validation. But even after discovering this, he spent decades continuing to do what made other people happy, unwilling to take the steps needed to define and live the life he truly wanted. Now, at the age of fifty-three, Steve knows what it takes to do the unright thing, to follow his passions, and to not let his need for validation pull him back into a life focused on meeting the expectations of others.

In two decades of traveling throughout Mexico, Central America, and Europe, French priest Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg (1814-1874) amassed hundreds of indigenous manuscripts and printed books, including grammars and vocabularies that brought to light languages and cultures little known at the time. Although his efforts yielded many of the foundational texts of Mesoamerican studies-the pre-Columbian Codex Troana, the only known copies of the Popol Vuh and the indigenous dance drama Rabinal-Achi, and Diego De Landa's Relación de la cosas de Yucatán-Brasseur earned disdain among scholars for his theories linking Maya writings to the mythical continent of Atlantis. In The Manuscript Hunter, translator Katia Sainson reasserts his standing as the founder of modern Maya studies, presenting three of his travel writings in English for the first time.While civil wars raged throughout Mexico and Central America and foreign interests sought access to the region's rich resources, Brasseur focused on uncovering Mesoamerica's mysterious past by examining its ancient manuscripts and living oral traditions. His "Notes from a Voyage in Central America," "From Guatemala City to Rabinal," and Voyage across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec document his travels in search of these texts and traditions. Brasseur's writings weave vivid geographical descriptions of Central America and Mexico during the mid-1800s with keen social and political analysis, all steeped in vast knowledge of the region's history and interest in its indigenous cultures.Coupled with Sainson's thoughtful introduction and annotations, these captivating, accessible accounts reveal Brasseur de Bourbourg's true accomplishments and offer an unrivaled view of the birth of Mesoamerican studies in the nineteenth century. Brasseur's writings not only depict Central America and Mexico through the eyes of a European traveler at a key moment, but also illuminate the remarkable efforts of one man to understand and preserve Mesoamerica's cultural traditions for all time.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

"It is in sharing our struggles and vulnerabilities that we connect with others and inspire change in them. Empathy and experience are some of our most powerful connecting points. By offering my own personal struggles, I hope to let others know that they are not alone, and that there is always hope, even in the darkest of times."No one should ever feel ashamed for struggling mentally. Going to therapy for mental health should be as normal as going to a doctor for a broken leg. No one is a lost cause, and no one should ever be made to feel that way. Each and every human being on this planet should be given the opportunity to experience love and be given opportunities to turn their lives around. We never truly know what someone has gone through in their personal life. If we want to truly help someone, the most important thing we can do is listen to them. It doesn't matter where you come from or what you have been through, you can become anything you set your mind to. I hope you overcome the struggles you tell no one about."This world needs the healed and healthy version of you."Herb Stepherson founded Genesis of Recovery, an intervention firm that helps any and all who suffer from the disease of addiction. Since beginning his own recovery and healing journey, Herb has authored two books, given a TEDx talk, founded a domestic non-profit organization, and given his heart to God.Though he will undoubtedly struggle with mental health issues for the rest of his life, his mission is to make this world a better place.For more information, visitGenesisOfRecovery.comJunkboxdiaries.com

An autobiographical memoir of the author's unusual and unique life experiences with brief explanations of the astrological background of the events. No astrological analysis is given so that the book may be read and enjoyed by everyone, and hopefully, may inspire others to learn more about astrology as a guide to navigating life's challenges.