Showing results for "The Mine" in Biographies & Memoirs

Khalida Popal var med til at grundlægge det afghanske kvindefodboldlandshold og var holdets første anfører. Som barn flygtede hun sammen med sin familie fra Taliban og voksede op i en flygtningelejr i Pakistan. Da hun senere vendte hjem til Afghanistan, gav fodbolden hende og hendes holdkammerater styrke, kammeratskab og frihed. Men fordi hun kæmpede for kvinders rettigheder inden for sport, bragte hun sit liv i fare og måtte flygte påny, denne gang alene.

Gennem 30 år – længere end nogen anden dansk livvagt – har Torben Vigh passet på danske og udenlandske politikere, Muhammed-kritikere og ikke mindst hele tre generationer af det danske kongehus – fra dronning Margrethe over kronprinsparret til deres børn. I denne bog giver han et indblik i arbejdet med personbeskyttelse fra 1980'erne og frem til i dag, hvor der er sket store forandringer i både det danske samfund og verden udenfor. Torben Vigh har rejst verden rundt med sine VIP'er på både private ferier, officielle besøg og store statsbesøg.

On October 13, 2010, millions of television viewers on five continents literally stopped everything to watch the amazing rescue of 33 men trapped underground in the mine of San José de Copiapó in northern Chile. What had seemed at first a hopeless tragedy later became a triumph of human effort...

"Mine unge år" er Winston S. Churchills ungdomserindringer.

Her fortaeller det tyvende århundredes største statsmand om de år, der formede ham, fra tiden på kostskole og på officersskolen Sandhurst, til hans eventyrlige oplevelser som rytterløjtnant under felttogene i Indien og Sudan, som krigskorrespondent under boerkrigen, og som fremadstormende ung politiker på vej mod det engelske parlament og sin plads i historien.

This is a true story of war, the story of one man's transformation as he retraces the mine-strewn roads of a land itself transformed by mankind's most shockingly inhuman practice. It is the firsthand account of a member of one of the United States Army's three-man Tactical Psychological Operations Teams, groups of men tasked with winning the hearts and minds of Iraq's civilian population through leaflets, loudspeakers, conversation, and bribery.

I "Mine mange minder" beretter den landskendte og folkekaere programleder Otto Leisner om sit liv og om sin lange karriere i Danmarks Radio. Bogen indeholder minder fra barndom og ungdom, der har vaeret en forudsaetning for det senere virke, og erindringsglimt fra Leisners ofte morsomme, festlige og spaendende arbejdsliv. Otto Leisner (1917-2008) var en populaer og folkekaer dansk radio- og tv-vaert.

When therapist Elizabeth Heaney left her private practice to counsel military service members and their families, she came face-to-face with unheard-of struggles and fears. Emotions run deeply - and often silently - in the hearts of combat veterans in this eye-opening portrait of the complex, nuanced lives of service personnel, who return from battling the enemy and grapple with readjusting to civilian life.

Russell Joyce was born with a rare craniofacial disorder called Goldenhar syndrome, where the left side of his face was not formed. Years of patchwork surgeries made him more outwardly presentable, but not without deep pain and physical and emotional scars. But a life-changing encounter broke through to him with a power he never thought possible, in the very place he never thought to look—his broken face. This set Russell on a journey to understand what was hindering him and others from experiencing the power of God's grace and being truly set free.

In September 2001, Cindy Valenti-Scinto, a healthy young woman, suffered a heart attack that was only the beginning of a grueling seven-year journey through heart disease. Four years later, after 40 operations and several brushes with death, Cindy received a miraculous heart transplant that saved her life. Cindy relied on the Lord as her strength through all the trials and pain, providing her many opportunities to share His love with others. Her story is not only inspiring - it shows how trust in God provides the strength to get through any "disease" of the heart.

Niels Roos levede i mange år et liv i rampelyset som den feterede rapper Niarn, men bag facaden kaempede Niels med et voldsomt alkohol- og stofmisbrug. Det hele kulminerede i sommeren 2013, da Niels blev indlagt på Hvidovre Hospital med betaendelse i bugspytkirtlen og var taet på at miste livet. I Mit liv, mine regler fortaeller Niels sin historie med udgangspunkt i sin musikalske karriere samt sit mangeårige misbrug og skildrer, hvorledes de to elementer i hans tilvaerelse ofte har gået hånd i hånd.

Mine de Rien 2.0 est ouverte à toutes rencontres, d' ici et ailleurs. D'ailleurs, c'est bien de cela dont il s' agit dans ce monde qui ferme ses frontières, qui robotise nos émotions, qui nous empêche de dire les choses comme on les pense par une vigilance surdosée. Mine de Rien, c'est remettre l' importance de la spontanéité, de libérer par la parole, d' accorder un temps d' écoute dans un monde où tout va vite Mine de Rien 2.0, c'est une résistance à un tableau du monde actuel. Mine de Rien 2.0, c'est du lien. Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/fr/politique-de-confidentialite ...

Man kunne kalde denne bog et livstestamente: Troels Kløvedal skriver om sit liv, sin familie, sin barndom og ungdom, om skønne kvinder, hvoraf han fik børn med fire, om dem og om børnebørn; om sit arbejde på teatre og andre steder i København, om årene i kollektivet Maos Lyst, om sine venner og veninder både der og andre steder, om hofballer og dannebrogsorden, og han skriver selvfølgelig om Nordkaperen, om, hvordan han ad mange omveje fandt skibet og købte det, han skriver om sine rejser jorden rundt, om dem, der var om bord - der er mange vidt forskellige skæbner, og Kløvedal har spillet en rolle i hver og en.

When Dr. Will Cooke, an idealistic young physician just out of medical training, set up practice in the small rural community of Austin, Indiana, he had no idea that much of the town was being torn apart by poverty, addiction, and life-threatening illnesses. But he soon found himself at the crossroads of two unprecedented health-care disasters: a national opioid epidemic and the worst drug-fueled HIV outbreak ever seen in rural America. Confronted with Austin’s hidden secrets, Dr. Cooke decided he had to do something about them.

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Forfatterens personlige beretning om sit forsøg på at få stillet en diagnose på sine ukontrollable rystelser, der starter under en mindetale, hun holder for sin afdøde far. Sygehistorien iblandes en neurovidenskabelig, litterær og filosofisk analyse af forholdet mellem krop og sind og af hvordan sygdom kan gå ind i vores identitetsopfattelse. Siri Hustvedt (f. 1955) er opvokset i Minnesota i USA med norsk-amerikanske forældre. Hun har en ph.d.

Welcome to Canaries in the Coal Mine — a podcast for people who notice deeply, tell the truth, and are breaking patterns they didn’t choose.I’m Shannon — a former party girl turned cycle-breaker, trauma survivor, boundary-setter, and fellow feel-everything human. I know what it’s like to grow up reading the room, managing emotions that weren’t yours, and learning to doubt your own instincts just to stay connected.This podcast is for anyone who was raised around addiction, emotional immaturity, narcissism, codependency, or emotional neglect — and grew up feeling “too much,” ...

Check out the animated trailer on YouTube.Mayhem, hugs, and hilarity — this is Aunty life, unfiltered.Hosted by Tanya MarchIt’s a cool day in 2004 when Tanya’s life is catapulted into a whole new world of wonder, joy and love beyond her expectations - it’s the day she becomes Aunty Tan. As her dreams of having her own family are being challenged at every turn, Tanya is commissioned with her most eminent role yet as Aunty to her five nieces and nephews.There will be negotiation sleepovers, unorthodox dog funerals, too many trips to Kennards, a No-Parents-Holiday tradition and not to ...

Two best friends catch up and chat about what's going on in their lives, the world, and really just anything at all. Sometimes we give advice. A comedy podcast. New episodes Friday.

CATHRINE MAHONEY IS A SELF-CONFESSED OVERSHARER. A PUBLICIST BY TRADE, AND CURRENTLY IN-BETWEEN HUSBANDS, THIS PODCAST PROVIDES A FASCINATING TASTE OF LIFE WITHOUT A TWO SECOND DELAY BUTTON. WARNING THIS PODCAST MAY CONTAIN FILTER-FREE OVERSHARING, PARENTING FAILS, CARB LOADING, MORE VODKA THAN SODA AND MANY TOM HARDY REFERENCES. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.