Showing results for "Demon" in Biographies & Memoirs

Best-selling author Bryan Burrough recently made a shocking discovery: The small town of Temple, Texas, where he had grown up, had harbored a dark secret. One of his high school classmates, Danny Corwin, was a vicious serial killer. In this chilling tale, Burrough raises important questions of whether serial killers can be recognized before they kill or rehabilitated after they do. It is also a story of Texas politics and power that led the good citizens of the town of Temple to enable a demon who was their worst nightmare.

One part Educated, one part rebuttal to Hillbilly Elegy, On Fire for God explores the ways evangelical Christianity has preyed upon its followers while galvanizing them into the political force known today as the Christian right. “Of all the books I've read about young people devastated by the...

It's the monster you can't see. The exhaustion that feels like concrete. The pins and needles that are anything but a joke. For over 20 years, Jenny has wrestled with Multiple Sclerosis. She knows the fear, the struggle, and the courage it takes to survive. Forget the clinical definitions. Get ready for the real talk. The raw, scary, and surprisingly hilarious truth of what it's like to live with The Demon Within.

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A dazzling biographical study of the greatest German philosopher of the nineteenth century by one of the most widely read German-language authors of the twentieth century. In this vivid and eloquent biography, Zweig largely eschews the traditional academic discourse on the philosopher's work, instead concentrating entirely on Nietzsche as a person, his habits, his passions and his obsessions. Stefan Zweig describes the tragedy of Nietzsche's existence, his seclusion from the world, in self-imposed isolation, in a compelling and impressive way.

In 2006, journalist Deborah Cassrels embarked on a personal odyssey to the Indonesian island of Bali. She was quickly enchanted by everything that most tourists find - its beauty, easy lifestyle, exotic culture, stunning beaches and striking landscapes. Three years later she moved there and became The Australian newspaper's first Bali-based correspondent, covering events throughout Indonesia. Peeling back the tourist veneer, Cassrels soon found herself caught up in a tapestry of beauty, mystery, power, corruption and violence.

In the aftermath of a night filled with debauchery and gambling, John Ferguson is haunted by a petrifying dream. His neighbor is savagely butchered by an unseen enemy in the dream, and to his horror, he wakes up to the sight of a mysterious, blood-stained woman clambering through his window, her memory lost. His terror heightens when he discovers his dream wasnt merely a nightmare, but a gruesome reality. His neighbor was indeed savagely murdered. As suspicion surrounds the enigmatic woman, Ferguson embarks on a quest to unveil her identity and apprehend the ruthless murderer. First published ...

With full cooperation from the late Gordon's family and based on his trademark extensive, detailed research, Joel Selvin’s account is at once an epic journey through an artist’s monumental musical contributions, a rollicking history of rock drumming, and a terrifying downward spiral into the unimaginable madness that Gordon fought a valiant but losing battle against. One of the great untold stories of rock is finally being told.

Though he was a great statesman, one of America's founding fathers, and the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson suffered from depression. In Jefferson's Demons, Michael Knox Beran examines episodes of melancholia in Jefferson's life. In particular, he focuses on the journey Jefferson made to Europe in 1787 to escape the depression that set in due to his tumultuous experience as governor of Virginia following the Revolution and his wife Martha's death.

Asked to name a great physicist, most people would mention Newton or Einstein, Feynman or Hawking. But ask a physicist and there’s no doubt that James Clerk Maxwell will be near the top of the list. Maxwell, an unassuming Victorian Scotsman, explained how we perceive color. He uncovered the way gases behave. And, most significantly, he transformed the way physics was undertaken in his explanation of the interaction of electricity and magnetism, revealing the nature of light and laying the groundwork for everything from Einstein’s special relativity to modern electronics.

On September 5th, 1934, a young beachcomber made a gruesome discovery on the shores of Cleveland’s Lake Erie: the lower half of a female torso, neatly severed at the waist. The victim, dubbed “The Lady of the Lake,” was only the first of a butcher’s dozen. Over the next four years, twelve more bodies would be scattered across the city. The bodies were dismembered with surgical precision and drained of blood. Some were beheaded while still alive.

When he graduated from Columbia in 1958, John Giorno was handsome, charismatic, ambitious, and eager to soak up as much of Manhattan's art and culture as possible. Poetry didn't pay the bills, so he worked on Wall Street, spending his nights at the happenings, underground movie premiers, art shows, and poetry readings that brought the city to life. An intense romantic relationship with Andy Warhol - not yet the global superstar he would soon become - exposed Giorno to even more of the downtown scene, but after starring in Warhol's first movie, Sleep, they drifted apart.

Angels & Demons Podcast is a raw, honest podcast that brings awareness to mental health through voices of real people. We explore the lightest and darkest moments of life—those personal stories that define resilience, vulnerability, and growth. Through candid conversations using both audio and video, we share powerful journeys that can help others feel seen, heard, and less alone. This platform is a space where people are free to talk about what it’s like to face their inner demons and embrace their angels. Whether it’s surviving trauma, managing depression, celebrating healing, or ...

Throughout this book we learn about the suffering of a baby boy, unwanted by his teenage parents. This boy grew up with an aggressive and womanizing father that constantly reminded him that he was a mistake that ruined his father's life. While been beaten and mentally abused, all he craved from his parents was love but received nothing but humiliation and sufferance from his father. This caused detrimental trauma to the young boy, and he grew up believing that he would not achieve anything in life. I was this little boy, and this is my story.

Historie mają wielką moc, a ich opowiadanie sprawia ogromną przyjemność. Nie ma większego planu, są historie mniej lub bardziej znanych postaci, które wyciskają życie jak cytrynę, czasem przy okazji trafiając kogoś prosto w oko.

The Demon Inside is a look into real murder cases, where the motive is not clearly seen, but could be, the Demon Inside. I am your host John Venom and I have noticed patterns through some of the most horrendous crimes to show you that there are demons hiding in plane sight. I dive into the worlds of Family annihilators, spree killers, serial killers and so many more to prove that demons exist and to give answers as to why? Judge for yourself and tell me, "Is there a demon inside?" thedemoninsidepodcast.transistor.fm

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In this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional Asian family whose members blamed their woes on ghosts and demons when in fact they should have been on antipsychotic meds.

A mixture of paranormal and true crime genres in which I explore various topics that are tied to the occult, demonic, or in the realm of killings.

This is the Fighting Demons Podcast, we are building a community platform to inspire the next generation. We all have a story to tell, we want to highlight the importance in talking about your problems and give you a voice. Everyone fights demons in their life, turning negative situations into a positive reality and developing a resilience to negativity. We advocate finding strength through courage, overcoming adversity and challenging the stigma in society in men's mental health. I’m Jon Edge, I have a big mouth and a big heart. I personally have overcome many struggles, that’s why I’...