Showing results for "Arms" in Biographies & Memoirs

Jean-Pierre Abraham a fait le choix du phare d'Armen comme on décide d'entrer dans un monastère. Ce sera le lieu de l'attente. Les mains occupées par les besognes routinières comme le moine est requis par le cycle des rites, le gardien de phare se fait guetteur de lui-même : "Si quelque chose doit surgir, ce ne peut être que du fond de moi. Et voilà que je guette encore, comme si on allait frapper à la porte".

Die Erzählung "Arme Leute" schildert die intensive Brieffreundschaft zwischen einem älteren Mann und einer deutlich jüngeren Frau. Man schätzt sich so sehr, dass persönliche Probleme besprochen werden und man sich gegenseitig bei der Lösung der selbigen beisteht. Die Unterstützung füreinander grenzt an Selbstaufopferung. Man ist sich im Laufe der Zeit immer nähergekommen und hofft jeweils auf das Lebensglück des anderen. Aus heiterem Himmel wird der Frau ein Heiratsantrag von einer unbekannten Person unterbreitet.

“An explosive tell-all book.”—Sports Illustrated “This is a must-read masterpiece.”—Paul Finebaum, ESPN college football analyst and New York Times bestselling author Two of the nation’s most respected sports journalists team up for a vital, hard-hitting investigation into the...

In "Arm, aber ziemlich glücklich" beschreibt Gerd Bayer seine Jugend zwischen Rhein und Mosel, rund ums Deutsche Eck in Koblenz. Es war eine Zeit der Armut und Entbehrungen - aber auch ein schönes Leben für den Jungen aus Moselweiß. Sein "Dorf", der Stadtteil von Koblenz, steht im Mittelpunkt der frühen Erinnerungen. Ein paar Straßenzüge am Kemperhof werden lebendig, die Karthause und das Moselweißer Feld sind Orte des Geschehens, aber auch Lützel und Brenderweg, die Metternicher Kippe und Ecken am Stern.

Mitt under brinnande krig skickas en grupp finska soldater långt in bakom Röda armens linjer. Deras uppgift är att skära av järnvägstransporter till stridsplatserna. Sammanhållningen är stark men uppdraget livsfarligt och påfrestningarna enorma. Långt ifrån alla kommer att återvända hem. Trots de svåra förhållandena lyckas man spränga en järnvägsstation och uppehålla fienden. Men när vapenvilan väl utlyses befinner sig patrullen fortfarande i fält och utmaningarna fortsätter.

In 1945, Ditha Bruncel was living with her parents in the small town of Lossen, in Upper Silesia. Close Jewish friends had vanished, swastikas hung from every building, and neighbors were disappearing in the middle of the night. At the same time, more than fifteen hundred British and Commonwealth airmen were being marched out of Stalag Luft VII. Twenty-three of these prisoners managed to escape from the marching column—and by chance hobbled into Lossen. One among them, Warrant Officer Gordon Slowey, was the man Ditha was destined to meet and fall in love with.

Griefland. It's a place no one wants to visit - a place without borders where language is inadequate and pain is constant. It's a place where every morning, one awakens to the stark reality that a loved one will never be seen, heard - or embraced - again. This is a place that Armen Bacon and Nancy Miller know all too well, for both of them, when they met, had lost a child to drug addiction. Both of them had also enjoyed a comfortable, middle-class life - until it was rocked by the sudden death of a son Alex, and a daughter, Rachel.

Rahel Levin Varnhagen, geboren vor 250 Jahren in Berlin, war eine ausgesprochene Netzwerkerin. Als Salonnière empfing sie regelmäßig bekannte und unbekannte Gäste verschiedener Stände. Als exzessive Briefeschreiberin reflektierte und kommentierte sie kritisch wie humoristisch ihre persönliche Gegenwart. Dennoch erlebte sie als deutsche Jüdin immer wieder Antisemitismus, was nicht zuletzt Hannah Arendt zu einer Biografie über Varnhagen bewegte.

God's Arm is Not Too Short is a collection of true stories revealing the very real and active presence God had in Cindy's life. Blossoming from a believer to a knower that God is real, her world was transformed. She weathered through her terrible marital storm and not only found the chance to continue her education and obtain her degree in psychology, but met the man who would become the love of her life.

This is my experience as an Independent Parent who went through a surrogacy journey in pandemic. With the help of an incredible medical team, an angel surrogate mother and her family helped bring my daughter to life. It was years of holding back on the idea of it, but it took leaving all I knew & loved in order to push through to becoming a mom. As I try to grow my family and the platform of assisted reproductive technology evolves, there’s a lot to navigate. I wanted to provide a resource for anyone dealing with infertility.

What does it take to be a successful business owner in a foreign country? This audiobook tells one man's extraordinary story of business and personal success against all odds. In this unflinchingly honest account of David's journey, you'll discover how an ordinary person can become a high achiever and do amazing things. Listen to this audiobook, apply its lessons, and you too can become bulletproof in life and in business. David García González is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur and CEO of GoLocalise, one of the UK's most successful translation and localisation businesses.

Annie Oakley was without a doubt the greatest markswoman who ever lived. Born in 1860 in Darke County, Ohio, she built herself from obscure and impoverished beginnings into the best known woman of her time.

L'opération Mincemeat (littéralement "chair à pâté") était un plan britannique organisé par le Système Double Cross durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. L'opération doit convaincre les Allemands de leur interception de documents hautement confidentiels qui détaillaient avec précision les futurs plans d'invasion des Balkans et de la Sardaigne, afin d'éloigner de la Sicile - véritable objectif des Alliés - les troupes allemandes.

A Call to Arms Bible Study - Duty and Discipleship Faith on the FrontlinesWeekly Bible Study teaching seriesDuty and Discipleship: Faith on the Front Lines is a Bible study podcast created specifically for police officers and first responders who serve in high-stress, high-stakes environments. Each episode connects Scripture to the real challenges of the job—duty, authority, trauma, moral injury, family strain, and faith under pressure.This podcast is about grounding those who run toward danger in biblical truth, spiritual resilience, and the unshakable hope found in Christ—on the street, ...

Bestselling author Douglas Century reveals the untold story of the epic rise and fall of Boris Nayfeld, also known as Biba, one of the most notorious Russian mob bosses of our era. Boris Nayfeld, a.k.a. “Biba,” is the last living boss of the old-school Russian mob in America, and he’s...

In the spirit of Evicted, Bait and Switch, and The Big Short, a shocking, heart-wrenching investigation into America’s housing crisis and the modern-day robber barons who are making a fortune off the backs of the disenfranchised working and middle class—among them, Donald Trump and his inner...

Keyboardist and songwriter with the band Journey, Jonathan Cain writes this long-awaited memoir about his personal story of overcoming and faith, his career with one of the most successful musical groups in history, and the stories behind his greatest hits including "Don't Stop Believin'." When...

A raccoon bite on the arm doesn’t seem that serious, but it soon becomes a life-or-death medical crisis for Melissa Loomis. After days of treatment for recurring infection, it becomes obvious that her arm must be amputated. Dr. Ajay Seth, the son of immigrant parents from India and a local...