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Grantlee Kieza, the author of critically acclaimed best-selling biographies of such important figures reveals the extraordinary rise, devastating fall and enduring legacy of an Australian icon.

From a fierce and humorous new voice comes a relevant, insightful, and riveting collection of personal essays on the richness and resilience of black girl culture—for readers of Samantha Irby, Roxane Gay, Morgan Jerkins, and Lindy West. Shayla Lawson is major. You don’t know who she is. Yet...

“Phenomenal.... A memoir that opens into the world, with brilliance, courage, and elegant prose.... This is a book to read, read again, and remember.”—Imani Perry, New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award winner South to America Poet and journalist Shayla Lawson...

The iconic actor best known for his role as Jim McDonald in Coronation Street, Lawson unveils a life as dramatic off-screen as his on-screen roles. In his own words, he recounts his shenanigans at boarding school, his experience of the Troubles in his native Northern Ireland, his time at drama school and his first acting roles–as well many boisterous nights out and a short-lived attempt to run an illicit club night in 1980s East London.

Actress Cornelia Otis Skinner and journalist Emily Kimbrough offer a lighthearted, hilarious memoir of their European tour in the 1920s, when they were fresh out of college from Bryn Mawr.

🎙️ Embodied Living with MichelleBecause feeling safe in your body is the foundation for everything else. Welcome to Embodied Living, the podcast where we stop performing life and start living it from the inside out. I’m Michelle, a female empowerment and sexuality guide, Human Design specialist, and your personal permission slip to drop the shame, reconnect to your body, and do life your way.This is the space where Feminine wisdom meets real talk. Trauma healing doesn’t have to be so damn clinical and confidence is built through embodiment, not perfection. Expect raw solo episodes, ...

Brandon Mason Lawson was last seen when he left his San Angelo home at 11:53 pm August 9, 2013. He called his brother for help after running out of gas on Highway 277 near Bronte, Texas. When his brother arrived, there was no sign of Lawson. There was no damage to the vehicle and his keys and his cell phone were gone. Brandon phoned 9-1-1 that night — telling dispatch he needed help. There has been no activity on his bank accounts or his cell phone since that time. If you have any information please contact the Coke County Sheriff's Office at 325-453-2717. These episodes were originally ...

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Voices of Youth is a podcast that empowers adolescents to tell their stories, even the things they might want to keep hidden. By entering a place of openness and honesty, we can vanquish the culture of fear and stigma around personal struggles. These are stories from people, for people.

Após receber a notícia da morte prematura de mais um amigo, Jenny decide não se deixar levar pela depressão e revidar com intensidade, lutando para ser alucinadamente feliz. Mesmo ciente de que às vezes pode acabar uma semana inteira sem energia para levantar da cama, ela resolve que criará para si o maior número possível de experiências hilárias e ridículas a fim de encontrar o caminho de volta à sanidade.

Dans ce deuxième livre, Tara cède la parole aux enfants. C’est à leur tour de raconter, en mots et en dessins, leur quotidien au sein de cette famille pour le moins atypique. Le livre est enrichi de multiples photos tirées des tournages de la cinquième saison de la téléréalité.

On Christmas day, 1929 a rural North Carolina tobacco farmer brutally murdered six of his children, his wife and then killed himself. The horrific crime made the front page of the New York Times. It inspired a hit record and would conjure up rumor and speculation for generations to come. Some say Charlie Lawson just snapped while others believe it may have been centered around a troubled heart. But as brutal and bizarre as the murders were, what followed the funeral has become the stuff of legend. The crime scene became a tourist attraction with bloody photographs being sold as souvenirs. ...

In the Shadow of Fame, by the daughter of world-renowned psychoanalyst and theorist Erik Erikson, is the intimate story of her struggle to come to terms with her father's fame and to develop a sense of self in a family, and world, in which being famous is the very definition of being a worthwhile human being. And, while her story is unique in its personal details, it is also a description of the struggle faced by all of us in a modern world.

When Julia Scully was seven years old, her father committed suicide, and she and her sister were sent to an orphanage. Julia sought comfort in the rituals of the orphanage - learning to knit, roller-skating after dinner, listening to One Man's Family on the radio - and tried to adapt. But two years later, emotionally damaged by the isolation and brutality of the orphanage, the girls followed their mother to the near-wilderness of the gold-mining territory north of Nome, Alaska.

Artistic profile of one of the 20th century's great choreographers.The literature on Balanchine is vast, but it is primarily biographical. Balanchine Variations is the first book to concentrate on the ballets themselves, providing critical analysis and detailed descriptions of what the dancers actually do.

Spring Break 1986 changed everything forever in the lives of 19 students, three chaperones, and one bus driver. "It's all good until it turns bad." Was it the tequila? Based on one man's epic journey across two continents and four countries with 50 years of adventure.