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Being a Girl with Glasses isn't just a style choice; it's a way of life. If you've ever had your specs steam up when walking into a bar, squinted into the sun on the soccer field, or laid eyes on a new haircut only after your locks are strewn across the floor, you know what it's like to be a GWG. Marissa Walsh has worn glasses since third grade. Now - 10 pairs of glasses, one pair of prescription sunglasses, and endless pairs of contacts later - she has fully embraced her four-eyed fate.

A True Crime Podcast, focused on unsolved murders in Toledo, Ohio. Toledo has hundreds of unsolved murders, and the goal is to get the community talking about these crimes.

The Shattered Glass is a powerful journey through Valerie Conner's life, filled with raw emotion, resilience, and the fight to survive.

A raw, existential podcast about living life from the inside out — and what keeps us boxed into glass, societal boxes.

Looking Through Rose Colored Glasses is a memoir by Rosalie Richardson that takes listeners on a journey through her life. From her childhood filled with challenges to her struggles with addiction and the search for stability, Rosalie shares her story with honesty and courage. In this inspiring book, Rosalie reflects on the impact of her upbringing, the strength of family bonds, and the importance of resilience. She describes the pain of moving around, facing abuse, and battling addiction, but also highlights moments of hope and love that helped her find her way.

Part cultural history, part literary criticism, and part memoir, A Body Made of Glass is a definitive biography of hypochondria. Caroline Crampton’s life was upended at the age of seventeen, when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a relatively rare blood cancer. After years of...

The night before her father dies, 18-year-old Jeannie Vanasco promises she will write a book for him. But this isn't the book she imagined. The Glass Eye is Jeannie's struggle to honor her father, her larger-than-life hero but also the man who named her after his daughter from a previous marriage, a daughter who died. After his funeral, Jeannie spends the next decade in escalating mania, in and out of hospitals - increasingly obsessed with the other Jeanne. Obsession turns to investigation as Jeannie hunts for clues into the mysterious circumstances of her death.

Award-winning architectural critic and biographer Mark Lamster's The Man in the Glass House lifts the veil on Johnson's controversial and endlessly contradictory life to tell the story of a charming yet deeply flawed man. A roller-coaster tale of the perils of wealth, privilege, and ambition, this book probes the dynamics of American culture that made him so powerful and tells the story of the built environment in modern America.

From the survivor of ten Nazi concentration camps who went on to create the New England Holocaust Memorial, a "devastating...inspirational" memoir (The Today Show) about finding strength in the face of despair. On August 14, 2017, two days after a white-supremacist activist rammed his car into a...

In "The Mr. Glass Story, Darrin Andrus opens up about his journey, sharing an honest and hopeful account of escaping the clutches of gangs and addiction. This book is more than just a story-it guides those grappling with similar challenges, offering practical lessons and a path to redemption.

Beth is a sweet-natured child who appears to have been well looked after. But it isn't long before Cathy begins to have concerns that the relationship between Beth and her father is not as it should be. Little Beth, aged 7, has been brought up by her father Derek after her mother left when she was a toddler. When Derek is suddenly admitted to hospital with psychiatric problems, Beth is taken into care and arrives at Cathy's.

Chanrithy Him felt compelled to tell of surviving life under the Khmer Rouge in a way "worthy of the suffering which I endured as a child." In a mesmerizing story, Chanrithy Him vividly recounts her trek through the hell of the "killing fields." She gives us a child's-eye view of a Cambodia where rudimentary labor camps for both adults and children are the norm and modern technology no longer exists. Death becomes a companion in the camps, along with illness.

People in Glass Houses tells how a small church in a suburban Australian school hall became a multimillion-dollar tax-free enterprise and a powerful international force. Providing memorable portraits of charismatic leaders Brian and Bobbie Houston, this is a powerful, personal, and at times very funny exploration of an all-singing, all-swaying mega church. The church is more than a faith—it’s a brand. And one fraught with scandal.

Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements as the first woman to command an American space mission as well as the first to pilot the space shuttle to her early years as one of the Air Force's first female pilots. She was in the first class of women to earn pilot's wings at Vance Air Force Base and was their first female instructor pilot. She was only the second woman admitted to the Air Force's elite Test Pilot Program at Edwards Air Force Base.

“Highly detailed and fast-paced, Charles Glass’s They Fought Alone is a must-read for those whose passion is the Resistance literature of World War II.” —Alan Furst, author of A Hero of France From the bestselling author of Americans in Paris and The Deserters, the astounding story...

A fresh and practical guide to successfully managing children’s behaviour – from babies to young adults. Cathy Glass has been a foster carer for 30 years, during this time fostering more than 150 children, as well as bringing up three of own. Many of these children have had severe...

The stories contained in 7 Foot Man Eating Chicken are meant to drive the listener around the world of professional basketball as seen through the unusual tales of a sports agent.

Life is hard and people are trash! but can you tell the people you meet during you week exactly what you think of them? No! You cannot! But we feel your pain and we are going to do something about it. Listen in while we say all the negative things that you have been thinking so that you don't have to. And we will do it while trying new wines and letting you know what wines you should drink with us! Your hosts and new-found friends; Andy, Geena, and Zane, have some things to get off their chests. And they are not shy about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Glass Mic is a “No Script, Just Transparent Talk” podcast hosted by Chan’tal . Each episode includes raw and shameless conversations from relationships, sex, mental health, and surviving everyday life as a human. We’ve coined the phrase “Breaking generational curses, one episode at a time.” We pride ourselves in making our guests feel great at what they do in a relaxed setting and leaving the listeners aka “The People” with fruitful nuggets with each episode.

Are you interested in mysteries? Puzzles? Crimes that remain unsolved or unresolved? So are we. The Looking Glass is an unusual podcast – a hybrid of true crime and history. While there are many journalists, amateur historians, and true crime enthusiasts producing excellent podcasts these days, this one is different. Host Matthew Kraig Kelly is a historian by training and a criminal investigator by profession. He aims to bring this expertise and experience to bear on the crimes we will be investigating and hopes to offer listeners valuable insights along the way. With a bit of luck, we may ...