Tagebücher & Memoiren

Potent and propulsive, a lyrical meditation on loss and what comes after - TARA WESTOVERFor most of her adult life, Sloane and Russell worked together and played together as they navigated the corridors of office life, the literary world, and the dramatic cultural shifts in New York City. One day, while Russell is still alive, Sloane's apartment is broken into. Along with her most prized possessions, the thief makes off with her sense of security, leaving a mystery in its place.When Russell dies exactly one month later, his suicide propels her on a wild quest to right the unrightable, to explore what constitutes family and possession as the city itself faces the staggering toll brought on by the pandemic.Crosley's search for truth is frank, darkly funny, and gilded with a resounding empathy. Upending the 'grief memoir' in this deeply moving and surprisingly suspenseful portrait of friendship, Grief Is for People is a category-defying story of the struggle to hold on to the past without being consumed by it. A modern elegy, it is a book about loss packed with verve for life, rising precisely to console and challenge our notions of mourning during these grief-stricken times.

Hildegard Hemmen, geboren 1950 in Lindern, ist eine engagierte Frau, die ihr Leben ihrem Beruf und ihrer Familie widmen wollte.Nach ihrer Heirat im Jahr 1972 ließ sie sich in Cloppenburg nieder und wurde Mutter von drei Kindern. Obwohl ihre Karriere als Rechtsbeistand und Immobilienmaklerin erfolgreich war, entschied sie sich nach der Geburt ihrer Zwillinge im Jahr 1983, ihre Zulassung zurückzugeben. Ihre Zeit und Kraft galten nun ganz den Zwillingen und ihren besonderen Bedürfnissen.Trotz der Herausforderungen, die das Leben ihr abverlangte, gab sie niemals auf und sammelte ihre Erfahrungen in über dreißig aufreibenden Jahren. Diese Erfahrungen aus einem Alltag "auf Programm" hat sie nun in einem Buch zusammengefasst, das einen tiefen Einblick in das bewegte Leben der Familie bietet.

Experience a Journey from Darkness to Light: Unearth the Power of Divine Transformation.When life pushes us into the deepest pits of despair, where do we find the strength to climb out? How do we discover purpose in the midst of chaos? Dive into God Inspired: A Life Worth Living, a stirring memoir by Benjamin R. Dever, and uncover the answers.In a world rife with uncertainty, Benjamin's account stands as a testament to God's transformative power. Journey with him from a childhood scarred by abuse and violence to an adulthood illuminated by faith. With every chapter, readers are invited to witness the profound impact of God's love, even in the bleakest moments.Benjamin's raw and heartfelt narrative resonates with authenticity. Whether you're wrestling with questions about God's existence or seeking solace from life's trials, this book serves as a beacon of hope. Beyond a story of redemption, it offers practical insights for those eager to cultivate a deeper relationship with God.Every page echoes with familiar emotions-pain, doubt, joy, and revelation. But overarching all is a message of hope, assuring readers that with faith, the impossible becomes possible. Unearth the inspiration you need to face life's challenges head-on, fortified by the knowledge that you're not alone.For anyone standing at the crossroads of faith, wondering where to turn, God Inspired: A Life Worth Living provides direction, empathy, and reassurance. Let Benjamin R. Dever guide you through his transformative journey and ignite your own path towards a life filled with God's grace.

Muerte y Vida, Cartas para Sanar el Alma, relata las reflexiones personales de una mujer que a los 49 años de edad enviuda de manera inesperada y violenta, quedando sola y con su proyecto de vida destruido. Ella y su esposo vivían solos, no pudieron tener hijos y sus familias estaban a más de 1.500 km de distancia. Tenían un matrimonio feliz y bien constituido. Eran felices y se proyectaban así hasta la ancianidad. De forma completamente inesperada, su esposo comienza con inusuales síntomas, los que día a día fueron acentuándose. Luego de consultar médico se enfrentaron a una sentencia de muerte. Una cruel enfermedad, sin tratamiento, sin cura y que afecta a una persona por cada millón de habitantes. Un transtorno cerebral degenerativo que invariablemente conduce a la muerte. En tan solo mes y medio, su esposo, fallecería a causa de esta enfermedad. Es así como ella comienza un largo e inspirador camino de sanación para superar el duelo y el dolor que significó la muerte de su esposo escribiendo las cartas contenidas en este libro. Estas cartas están escritas con mucha honestidad y valentía, en un lenguaje simple y directo, motivador e inspirador y también reflexivo e inquisidor que no evade los temores más profundos ni rehúye al duelo, ni la soledad. Solo busca de esta forma desafiarse para encontrar las respuestas que le ayuden a superar el duelo, sanar el alma y así poner en marcha, una vez más, la vida. La vida plena y feliz que todos merecemos porque la vida siempre se impone y triunfa por sobre la muerte.

This book is the published version of my PhD thesis, which was defended at the University of Glamorgan now known as the University of South Wales, United Kingdom, on August 21st 2003. The original text was edited in accordance with the needs of the book publishing industry and also to appeal to a larger audience. In this work, I tried to show what was at the core of the naturalistic aesthetics: determinism. In Zola's views, determinism is all about the combination between the influence of the social milieu and that of heredity which determines every human being's fate. Beyond that, I took great interest in showing how much we are indebted to Zola due to his undeniable contribution to the renewal of the novel writing techniques. I notably pointed out the anachronistic discourses, the mise en abyme, the hypertrophy of the true detail, the opulence of the metonymic and the synecdochic digressions, or the intrusion of the pagan and religious myths in the naturalistic novel. Beyond that purely aesthetic aspect, I discussed Zola's autobiography which is all about the criticism of the author. That led me to specify the strengths and weaknesses of the man, a prodigiously talented writer despite the controversies surrounding him in his day. Ideologically, Zola was a natalist and a republican who loved justice. All his journalistic and literary production can be summed up in a single word: struggle. He was a wrestler obsessed with the denunciation of the privileges of the elite of the Imperial society and of the various injustices the people suffered from. His tireless struggle against these two unbearable scourges had the sole purpose of putting an end to them altogether so that progress and social welfare would benefit all of his fellow citizens.

I received a five year prison sentence for crimes committed during my years of drug use and abuse. Drugs were the love of my life. Using drugs, alcohol, and other mind-altering chemicals took away and numbed the emotional pain and hurt I often felt inside. I wanted to feel good all the time. This selfish way of life only increased my problems and inflicted pain and hurt on many people. Ultimately, my addictive lifestyle destroyed all my dreams and came between me and every relationship I had. It cost me my family, jobs, friends, and my dignity. It diverted me from my responsibilities as a woman and a mother, and kept me from a real relationship with God. Drugs took me to the highest highs, the lowest lows, and the sickest places I could ever imagine. I almost died from drugs and some dangerous situations in my life. Amazingly, as you will discover in my story, my five year stint behind bars held the key to my freedom! Had I not gone to jail, I don't think I'd be alive today. Imprisonment led to my sobriety and salvation. I am an extreme makeover, far removed from the person I used to be. I offer my testimony in hopes of helping someone who is now living in a similar situation as I was in my past. Perhaps, revealing my experiences, and my eventual triumph over addiction, will save a life; or save someone from the anguish of wasting so many years, as I did. It took some time for me, but it happened when I totally surrendered my life to God.

Kirja dokumentoi yhden, vuosien 2020-2023 välillä koetun Suomen historian väitöskirjan tekoprosessin.Siinä toivossa, että viisikymppisen, historiaa lähes 30 vuotta harrastaneen systeemi- ja operaatiotutkimuksen diplomi-insinöörin historian väitöskirjan teko pandemian aikana, omalla rahalla, kävelyetäisyydellä Suomen suurimmasta tutkimuskirjastosta ja melkein rajoittamattomilla ajankäyttömahdollisuuksilla sisältäisi epätavanomaisuudestaan huolimatta piirteitä, joista olisi hyötyä tai apua muille.

Angel" by Michael Singleton is a heartwarming story that follows the lives of two young individuals, Jeff and Julie, as they navigate the complexities of friendship, love, and loss. The story begins with Jeff's vivid recollection of his first encounter with Julie, a girl who stood out to him from the very beginning. Despite their initial coldness towards each other, a series of events, including a memorable fight and a shared punishment, lead to the development of a deep and enduring bond between the two. As their friendship blossoms, they experience the joys of childhood, from playing games to embarking on adventures in their suburban neighborhood. However, their idyllic world is soon shattered by a tragic event that leaves Jeff grappling with grief and regret. Through poignant storytelling and rich character development, the author takes the reader on a poignant journey that explores the beauty of human connection and the enduring power of love. "Angel" is a timeless tale that will resonate with readers of all ages, reminding us of the profound impact that others can have on our lives, and the importance of cherishing those we hold dear.

My book 'Don't Fear Death' is my autobiography, describing my memories of my earliest childhood on the Isle of Wight in southern England during WWII, followed by moving to London and growing up there. My schooling is described at various primary schools followed by secondary schooling at Woolverstone, Suffolk, at a boys' boarding school on the banks of the River Orwell. My university training in London is described, together with my geological work in Turkey as a student and as a graduate in Ghana, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. I then describe my return to UK for further studies firstly for an M.Sc.in Metallurgy, and later for a PhD in Mineral Technology. It also mentions the tragic death of my father just after I had finished my first degree.The book also describes my later formal immigration to Australia as a 'Ten-pound Pommie' and my subsequent interstate moves around Australia as I moved from job to job as my career as a mineral processing engineer developed. The latter half of the book is taken up by describing my experiences with occult arts like clairvoyancy, the Ouija board, and my meeting with the amazing clairvoyant Alan Pilkington. It was through him that I joined a Sai Baba group and eventually went to India to visit this spiritual master at Puttaparthi where I witnessed some amazing manifestations along with the rest my group. But even more amazing is that this spiritual journey was accurately predicted by a clairvoyant/trance channeling duo several years before it actually happened.My book finishes with a discussion about reincarnation and the very compelling evidence that attests to its reality.

I'm emotionally not in a good place. So begins Yolanda DeLoach's raw and redemptive Squatter, a tale of trails, trekking, and overcoming trauma. Between heartache and the realization that a relationship was never as it seemed, DeLoach pushes herself toward Wisconsin's historic Ice Age Trail, a place of friendship and, ultimately, forgiveness. But the forgiving starts from within, as she makes her way, section by section, along the trail's storied footways. Honest, heartfelt, and told with a survivor's grace, Squatter inspires, encourages, and listens, like a good friend on the trail.

What Started as a Love Matchlit the fire of a Thirty-year War.In 1828, the beautiful Rosina Wheeler married one of Victorian England's most successful and prolific writers, Edward Bulwer-Lytton. What followed shocked and entertained the public for over thirty years.After their marriage broke down, Rosina refused to be silenced. She pursued her husband with a single-minded and very public crusade to prove she was in the right. She even interrupted her husband's election campaign to denounce him to the assembled voters. Edward responded by threatening to have her committed to a lunatic asylum.But that was only the beginning.This fantastic novel from award-winning author Stephen Wyatt draws freely on Edward and Rosina's own words. Both have a convincing story to tell - except that they seem to disagree about absolutely everything...

It's a simple story - one that could be written by anyone who was raised in a small town or village in America. This story, however, is written about and dedicated to the community of Williams Bay, Wisconsin. It is a story that attempts to capture the time and rouse memories of those long ago friendships. In "The Whistle Always Blew At Noon" the old man (the author) transports the boy (the old man's memory) back to the village he grew up in. If the reader is looking for high drama, he or she will be disappointed - unless fishing, swimming, ice skating or sitting at the sodafountain counter qualify."Seems like yesterday but it was long ago" - Bob Seger

Alastair Ashford-Brown (Lala) grew up in Wiltshire on the edge of Salisbury Plain and attended the prestigious public school Marlborough College, from which he was expelled for cutting the rope of the school bell, after which his real schooling began as he set off on the road to seek romance and adventure.Hedges Ditches and Dreams recounts some of these adventures: how he learnt to survive on his wits, his meeting with Gypsies in the vineyards of France and his subsequent departure with them to live in their great encampment in the Pyrenees, clinging on to the outside of a train from Paris to Lisbon in pursuit of the lady of his dreams, shipwreck on the Baltic, imprisonment in a Greek jail, and encounters with some of the picaresque characters he met on his way. It tells the compelling story of a turbulent youth, of drunken escapades and passionate love affairs, evoking a Europe of traditional rural life and Bohemian cities in a world which has now largely disappeared.Alastair Ashford-Brown is the author of Hedges, Ditches and Dreams and two books of poetry: Songs of Sorrow and Joy and Nets in the Wind.

Une plongée dans la tourmente de la Deuxième guerre mondiale. Le récit poignant d'un jeune homme de 19 ans incorporé de force en 1942 dans l'armée allemande, en Alsace annexée par Hitler. Aujourd'hui centenaire, il se confie à sa fille, biographe de profession, pour raconter ses péripéties, pour dire les choix déchirants et l'épouvante ressentie par un homme isolé et loin de chez lui, tiraillé entre l'amour pour sa patrie et les craintes pour ses proches voués à la déportation en cas de désertion.Dans le silence pesant de l'après-guerre, les hasards du destin lui permettront d'affronter les fantômes du passé et de se réconcilier avec son histoire.

Durch meine berufliche Tätigkeit kam ich für 12 Wochen nach Rumänien. Meine Aufgabe war, eine Chemieanlage in Betrieb zu setzen. In dieser Zeit lernte ich das Land und die Menschen kennen. In diesem Buch erzähle ich diese Erlebnisse welche in mancher Hinsicht anders waren als in den Medien wiedergegeben.

Der erste Erfahrungsbericht zum aktuellen Thema LoverboysMerel ist fünfzehn, als sie Mike kennen lernt. Sie verliebt sich - ist doch egal, dass er so viel älter ist, eine kriminelle Vergangenheit hat und komische Freunde. Zu Hause gibt es eh nur noch Stress, und Mike fängt sie auf. Blind vor Liebe merkt Merel nicht, was Mike plant. Als das Geld mal wieder alle ist, glaubt sie sogar selbst, dass es keinen Ausweg gibt als den, dass Merel sich verkauft ...»In den Medien herrscht oft Unverständnis für die Opfer: Man lässt sich doch nicht so einfach auf den Strich stellen, hab ich dort so oft gehört. Sie wissen nicht, was Angst und Scham aus dir machen können.« Merel v. Groningen

Karl Christian Sartorius (geboren am 31. August 1796 in Gundernhausen bei Darmstadt und verstorben am 16. Januar 1876 auf seiner Hacienda Mirador, Veracruz, Mexiko) war Sohn eines Theologen und Gelehrter mit vielfältigen Interessen. Als junger Mann wegen seiner fortschrittlich liberalen Gesinnung von der Obrigkeit verfolgt, wanderte er im Jahre 1824 nach Mexiko aus, wo er zunächst verschiedenen land- und bergwirtschaftlichen Tätigkeiten nachging und schließlich 1839 sein eigenes Landgut, die Hacienda Mirador, gründete. Dem Interesse für Flora und Fauna, das den Tatenfrohen bei all seinen Unternehmungen in Mexiko begleitete, verdanken wir zahlreiche naturkundliche Sammlungen und Schriften. In seinen Memoiren und Briefen, später durch Erinnerungen seines Sohnes Florentin fortgeführt, schildert K. C. Sartorius mit geübter Feder sein Leben dies- und jenseits des Atlantiks, in welchem sich neben der Familiengeschichte auch immer die großen und kleinen gesellschaftlich-politischen Umwälzungen jener Epoche spiegeln.

Ein literarischer Streifzug durch Kästners München München war schon vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg immer wieder eine wichtige Anlaufstelle für Erich Kästner; nach dem Krieg machte er die Stadt zu seiner Wahlheimat. Hier wirkte er tatkräftig am kulturellen Wiederaufbau mit, übernahm die Feuilletonredaktion der Neuen Zeitung und engagierte sich im politischen Kabarett. Zahlreiche Künstler und Künstlerinnen debattierten auf seinem Sofa über Literatur und Theater, Kunst und Kino, Zigarettenpreise und Zementscheine. Für Kästner war München schließlich auch ein Neubeginn. Die vorliegenden Texte und Gedichte zeichnen ein fesselndes Panorama der bayerischen Landeshauptstadt aus Kästners Perspektive.

Erich Kästners Kampf für den Frieden In seinem Schaffen verdeutlicht Kästner immer wieder seine ethische Grundhaltung: die eines unerschütterlichen Pazifisten. Seine Erfahrungen aus zwei Weltkriegen und der Diktatur haben ihn stark beeinflusst und neben dem satirisch geschärften Blick auch den Kampfgeist für Frieden und Demokratie hervorgebracht. Diese Haltung spricht ebenso aus zahlreichen Gedichten wie aus seinen Prosatexten - mitunter erschütternd in ihrer Direktheit, aber stets unverkennbar in Kästners Tonfall. Die hier getroffene Auswahl bringt seine Sicht auf die Welt auf den Punkt.

Aufgewachsen in Teheran, studiert Schirin Zareh Philosophie und Gesang in Deutschland, heiratet zurück in den Iran, bevor sie sich schließlich definitiv für Berlin entscheidet. Mit Humor und Scharfsinn beschreibt sie in ihrem Buch das Pendeln zwischen den Welten und wie sie aus diesem Dazwischen ihre eigenständige Identität als Mensch und Frau herausmeißelt. Ihre lebendigen, märchenhaft anmutenden Erzählungen fesseln vom Anfang bis zum Schluss, und ihr Sinn für Mystik und das Lesen der Zeichen wirkt inspirierend ohne zu belehren. Wo sich die unterschiedlichen Schwingungssignaturen ihrer beiden Herkunftsländer überlagern, verdichten sie sich zu Knoten und werden zu Knöpfen. Und jeder dieser Knöpfe steht für die Essenz einer autobiographischen Erfahrung, die mitunter einen Transformationsimpuls in sich birgt.