Showing results for "Only for You" in Biographies & Memoirs

ONLY YOU, c’est une parenthèse hors du temps, une bulle déconnectée dans un monde qui va trop vite. Un moment de radio privilégié pour partir ensemble à la rencontre de l’imaginaire amoureux et artistique de celles et ceux qui font vibrer la scène.Comédien·nes, artistes, voix singulières : chaque invité se raconte autrement, à travers les mots, les silences, les émotions. Des confidences, des frissons, et cette intensité rare qui fait battre le cœur un peu plus fort.Envie de frissonner sous votre pull ?Tendez l’oreille.Laissez-vous porter par la voix et le talent de celles...

Songs Only You Know: A Memoir plunges listeners into the Detroit hardcore punk scene with 18-year-old Sean and spans a dark decade during which his father succumbs to crack addiction, his younger sister spirals into a fatal depression, and his sense of home crumbles. Sean's salvation is music, as well as the many eccentrics and outsiders he befriends as front man of a band once referred to by Spin magazine as "an art-coremindfuck".

If Only You People Could Follow Directions is a spellbinding debut by Jessica Hendry Nelson. In linked autobiographical essays, Nelson has reimagined the memoir with her thoroughly original voice, fearless writing, and hypnotic storytelling. At its center, the book is the story of three people: Nelson’s mother Susan, her brother Eric, and Jessica herself.

The long-awaited autobiography of entertainment icon Jerry Blavat, You Only Rock Once is the wildly entertaining and unfiltered story of the man whose career began at the age of 13 on the TV dance show Bandstand and became a music legend. Lifelong friendships with the likes of Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra, a controversial relationship with Philadelphia Mafia boss Angelo Bruno that resulted in a decade-long FBI investigation, and much more colors this amazing journey from the early 60s through today.

Over the last three years, Forbes has published in depth profiles of this new batch of billionaires, including the founders of Spotify, Dropbox, Tumblr, and Twitter. Now, in a compilation introduced and updated by Forbes editor Randall Lane, fans and critics alike will get a comprehensive look at who these super-entrepreneurs are and what they say about their own success and their plans for the future.

Everyone has a story, and helping people tell their stories has been Nancy Slonim Aronie’s life mission. Building on her acclaimed Memoir as Medicine, this new guide tackles the short personal essay. With warmth and humor, Nancy provides prompts, inspiration, and hard-won wisdom to empower you to write an unforgettable narrative. You’ll learn to begin with an irresistible hook (“kill ’em with the first line”) and employ compelling direct quotes, drama, vulnerability, universal themes, and self-reflection to get readers into your corner.

If You Were Only White explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever—an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country. Leroy "Satchel" Paige was arguably one of the world's greatest pitchers and a premier star of Negro Leagues Baseball. But in this biography, Donald Spivey reveals Paige to have been much more than just a blazing fastball pitcher.

Roll with us on If You Only Knew the Half podcast. This no excuses podcast explores how real “soulja’s” survive. This is real talk because we’re living it. You all know, it ain't real unless you've lived it. Gloves off, no excuses, nowhere to hide conversations. We’re your hosts, Soulja and Wild Child. Our survival is real, and angels are your only witness—society counted us out a long time ago, but we’ve still here. Each week, we’ll drop an episode and a beat and talk about life and what keeps us hopeful and how we overcome obstacles. We’ll be talking about things like ...

Roll with us on If You Only Knew the Half podcast. This no excuses podcast explores how real “soulja’s” survive. This is real talk because we’re living it. You all know, it ain't real unless you've lived it. Gloves off, no excuses, nowhere to hide conversations. We’re your hosts, Soulja and Wild Child. Our survival is real, and angels are your only witness—society counted us out a long time ago, but we’ve still here. Each week, we’ll drop an episode and a beat and talk about life and what keeps us hopeful and how we overcome obstacles. We’ll be talking about things like ...

In 1985, Mark Bryan heard Darius Rucker singing in a dorm shower at the University of South Carolina and asked him to form a band. For the next eight years, Hootie & the Blowfish-completed by bassist Dean Felber and drummer Soni Sonefeld-played every frat house, roadhouse, and rock club in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast, becoming one of the biggest independent acts in the region.

For a long time, when people asked Dr. Meera Shah what she did, she would tell them she was a doctor and leave it at that. "I'm an abortion provider," she will now say. And an interesting thing started to happen each time she met someone new. One by one, people would confide that in fact they'd had an abortion themselves. And the refrain was often the same: You're the only one I've told. This book collects those stories as they've been told to Shah to humanize abortion and to combat myths that persist in the discourse that surrounds it.

Mike Medavoy is a Hollywood rarity: a studio executive who, though never far from controversy, remained loved and respected through four decades of moviemaking. He helped bring to the screen some of the most acclaimed Oscar-winning films of our time, including Apocalypse Now, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, and Sleepless in Seattle.

A longtime contributor to Field and Stream, Bill Heavey knew more than a little about hunting and fishing when he embarked on an ambitious project a few years ago to see how far he could get eating wild. But Heavey knew next to nothing about gardening or foraging, and he lives in northern Virginia, close to Washington, D.C. The rural wilds, this was not. Is it any surprise that his tasty triumphs were equaled by his hilarious misadventures?

Our suffering connects us more profoundly than you might expect. You’re Not The Only One shares true, real-life stories of trauma, addiction, PTSD, depression, and resilience, all told by those who have lived through them. Sometimes, all it takes is the reassurance that You’re Not The Only One. "Sometimes people don't need advice. Sometimes they just want to hear that they aren't the only one” -Matthew McConaughey.

Two chaotic minds discussing all things weird & mysterious. We both have ADHD and feed off each other's random thoughts. We may go off subject a bit, but we will provide you with a large variety of weird, creepy, and interesting topics. We touch a bit on true crime, strange places, haunts, literally anything that isn't "normal". We talk fast and can be a little weird at times, but join us.... only if you can keep up!

Miscellaneous interests, topics and such! From affirmations to a variety of topics, to 420 friendly, to meditation and relaxation methods, tips and tricks galore! This is a safe space! No judgment, just good times.. 😎