Showing results for "From There" in Biographies & Memoirs

They shouldn't have tear gassed best-selling (bald) author Adam Fletcher. It ruined his supposedly normal holiday in Istanbul, made him curious, and began a quest to visit places everyone else is trying to escape from, and tourists don't normally go to. In this hilarious travel memoir, he'll enter a blizzard in China armed with only biscuits; pose as a scientist to sneak into Chernobyl; be chased by Croatian police boats en route to Liberland (the world's newest country); become a reluctant diving board star in a North Korean water park, and much more.

A true collective account of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. There are few days in American history so immortalized in public memory as November 22, 1963, the date of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Adding to the wealth of information about this tragic day is We Were There, a truly unique collection of firsthand accounts from the doctors and staff on scene at the hospital where JFK was immediately taken after he was shot.

Beginning with his childhood in Rotherham, England, Nick recounts his personal and musical journey through the genres, first as a punk, then as a goth; how it all started when he was first inspired to pick up the sticks by Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook. Flash forward to the eighties. Nick spies an ad from his favorite band, Pulp, in a local club. He pays Jarvis Cocker and the gang a visit and the rest is history. From there, Nick describes his growth as a professional drummer and musician.

Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz brings readers behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at the chaotic, surreal, unbelievable backstage world of the WWE. With untold stories from a career spanning over 15 years and featuring the biggest names and controversial moments in wrestling...

Notes from the Not There Yet is the podcast for anyone navigating life’s messy middle - not lost, not arrived, just not there yet. Hosted by Bethany Wright, founder of The Not There Yet Project, this show brings you honest conversations, unpolished stories, and practical tools for finding meaning, belonging, and growth in your 30s, 40s, and beyond. Each episode dives into the real journeys of creatives, solopreneurs, leaders and seekers from Manchester, across the UK, and globally - people balancing work and wellbeing, chasing joy, and rewriting success on their own terms. From overcoming ...

Zak Grieve grew up in an outback town, at the crossroads between right and wrong, white and black, punishment and forgiving. Convicted of a brutal killing despite even the judge saying he wasn't there when it happened, he spent years writing letters describing his hopes and dreams, his role in what happened, and how when the real world came down on him with a ton of punishment, he wasn't ready. This is a book about growing up, about dying and about writing. In the end, it is only Zak's imagination, given life in the novels he also writes inside prison, that hold the key to his survival.

i>39 Years of Short-Term Memory Loss is a seriously funny, offbeat, and irreverent memoir that chronicles the early days of Saturday Night Live and features some of its greatest personalities---Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Michael O'Donoghue, and Chris Farley.

Is your answer to a simple "Where are you From?" anything but? Are you from both the East and the West? Do you feel that home is everywhere and nowhere? Can you relate to "them" but not vice versa? Does your mix of cultures, traditions, identities ever make you feel lost, in-between and voiceless? Join Waseem, MJ and Rashed, as they explore third culture experiences and the perspectives that come from them. Growing up in a culture different from their parents, they share the same sense of in-between-ess that you do. No topic is taboo and all views are permitted, discussed and debated. In each ...