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'Rooms in Bombay are not big in size, but huge in heart. Manil Suri's memoir will make you want to hug your mother. Written in clean, direct prose and without sentimentality, it explores all the dimensions of the complicated bond between parent and child -- while also being laugh-out-loud funny...

A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics. Woolf's blazing polemic on female creativity, the role of the writer, and the silent fate of Shakespeare's imaginary sister remains a powerful reminder of a woman's need for financial independence and intellectual freedom.

When Namita is ten, her mother takes her to Dhondutai, a respected music teacher from the Jaipur gharana. Dhondutai's antecedents are rich-she is the only remaining student of the legendary Alladiya Khan, the founder of the gharana and of its most famous singer, the tempestuous Kesarbai Kerkar...

Thirty years ago, a professor threw a chair at Sina Queyras after they’d turned in an essay on Virginia Woolf. Queyras returns to that contentious first encounter with Virginia Woolf to recover the body and thinking of that time. Using Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own as a touchstone, this book is both an homage to and provocation of the idea of a room of one’s own at the center of our idea of a literary life. How central is the room? And what happens once we get one? Do we inhabit our rooms? Or do the rooms contain us?

जीन्स आणि बोजेट, च्युइंगम आणि इंटेल, कोडॅक ते कोकाकोला...

David Lynch – co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking films like Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive – opens up about a lifetime of extraordinary creativity, the friendships made along the way and the struggles he faced – sometimes successful, sometimes not – to bring his projects to fruition.

One of the most storied college basketball programs in America, the Kansas Jayhawks have produced some of the greatest legends to ever roam the hardwood. In this newly revised edition of Tales from the Kansas Jayhawks Locker Room, fans can sift through a treasure trove of first-hand memories from the players and coaches who made history at the University of Kansas.

In Tales from the New Jersey Devils Locker Room, former New Jersey goalie Chico Resch and coauthor Mike Kerwick bring listeners along for a wild ride from the lean early seasons to the three Stanley Cup championships of this beloved team.

The glory years for the Toronto Maple Leafs—four Stanley Cups in the 1960s—may be distant memories, but what the team lacks in recent accomplishments is made up for by their history, which is rich in drama, pathos, and, most of all, humor. Figures connected to the Maple Leafs from the 1950s to the present offer their best stories, including some new takes on the team’s legends

When most sports fans hear the stat 3,000, they immediately turn to baseball. But for those fans whose breath comes out in frosty puffs, and who bleed ice and snow, 3,000 can only mean one thing - the glory of Montreal Canadiens hockey. The "Original One" of the "Original Six", the Montreal Canadiens hockey team is practically synonymous with superlative: The most Stanley Cup championship victories, with 24? The Montreal Canadiens. The highest number of regular-season wins? The Montreal Canadiens. The oldest active franchise in the NHL? The Montreal Canadiens.

'Writes about hauntings with humour, curiosity and lightness - Roy turns the supernatural into something surprisingly warm and deeply human.'- Scroll.in 'A delightful oddity - part memoir, part ghost story, entirely charming. Roy's wit and warmth make even the spectral feel strangely comforting...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER '. . . a compelling memoir. Breezy and unpretentious, The Sanest Guy in the Room is a delightful collection of memories, insider information and after-dinner anecdotes' The Times 'Brilliant stories and wonderful behind-the-scenes glimpses of a life and career in...

Wafadari Imaandari Zimmedari, translated as ‘loyalty, integrity and responsibility’, is more loaded than this rendition.What are these qualities?Are these attributes in-built in a leader?Or are they inculcated and polished over the years?And, who is a genuine leader?Centred on the concept of...

Wagatha Christie. Depp vs Heard. The Paltrow ski-and-run case. Free Britney. These are moments that went down in pop culture history and resulted in celebrity court cases that had us all invested. Join Jackie Adedeji AKA your raven-haired Elle Woods, alongside a lawyer and an expert, as we investigate the trials that dominated your timeline. We’ve read the court transcripts - so you don’t have to. It’s giving law and order alongside a dollop of pop culture. So… are you ready to get served? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE REINVENTION ROOM PODCASTWelcome to The Reinvention Room Podcast — the space where transformation begins, second acts take center stage, and the courage to start over becomes your greatest superpower. New episodes drop every Tuesday at 6:00 PM CST.Hosted by Diana Staley, author of The Courage to Start Over, this show is for anyone who has ever stood at a crossroads, felt the ground shift beneath them, or wondered if it was too late to become who they were meant to be. Spoiler alert: it is never too late.Each episode of The Reinvention Room brings you intimate, unscripted conversations ...

Inside Room 13: The Cases That Haunt Us is a deep dive into chilling true crime, cold cases, twisted motives, and mysteries that refuse to rest. These are the stories that linger long after the headlines fade — the disappearances, the unanswered questions, the silence that follows. Each episode breaks down the evidence, the psychology, and the details that still haunt families and communities today. We don’t just tell the story… we step inside it. What makes a case unforgettable?Is it the crime — or the secrets that were never meant to surface? Press play. Lock the door.Welcome to Room...

Come take a seat and unwind in our living room with your three gay besties! Near and far, from earth to space, no topic is safe. Real, Reckless, and Always Raw...Welcome to Thee Beige Room Podcast. New episodes out every Friday!

The Unraveling Room with Liv is a Christ-centered podcast for women who discovered they were adopted as adults and are trying to make sense of what changed. Hosted by Liv, a late-discovery adoptee, wife, and mom, this is a space for honest conversations about identity, grief, belonging, family truth, and faith after discovery. Here, we tell the truth without rushing healing. We sit with the questions discovery leaves behind. We bring the story back to God, not with easy answers, but with honesty, Scripture, prayerful reflection, and one gentle next faithful step at a time.This is not therapy ...

Brought to you by Penguin. An intimate and beguiling memoir about what we keep behind the doors of the past, how it haunts the present and what it takes to make sense of it all. Helen Longstreth’s chaotic childhood: the relentless cycle of her father’s alcoholic relapses, the six kids coming...

The Side Room is hosted by Saf and Zoheb, two brown Muslim men from different parts of the UK: one from the city, one from the suburbs.The name comes from the room you were sent to as a kid when the adults wanted to talk properly. Years later, those are still the conversations people avoid, or only have in private.This podcast is about life in Britain, from faith and family to race, culture, marriage, masculinity, friendships, work, community, and the things that come with growing up between different worlds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.