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More than seven years after his death, Michael Jackson continues to fascinate the world. Shana Mangatal was one of Jackson's only constant and true rocks of stability for nearly two decades. Their relationship was quiet and sweet and real - a closely guarded secret, known only to a few trusted employees and friends. Shana is now coming forward to tell their love story. Her story is rich with every little detail.

DON'T SAY A WORD is the empowering memoir of Kate Marshall, a mother of four from Manchester. Ripped from her many brothers and sisters at the age of eight, Kate's mother uproots her to a new life in which love and safety are not priorities. With little explanation, Kate is thrown into a world of chaos and neglect, a world which her Uncle Phil exploits through a campaign of shocking abuse over many years.

Um relato franco, comovente e por vezes hilariante sobre a gravidez, o casamento e os delicados vínculos familiares. Começo de 2020. Prestes a completar 40 anos, depois de muitas hesitações profissionais e afetivas, Martha Nowill se questiona se deve ou não engravidar. Quando ela e o marido—que tem dois filhos do casamento anterior—finalmente "liberam" e recebem a confirmação da gravidez, descobrem que estão esperando gêmeos.

The Shutter of Snow is a semi-autobiographical novel reflecting author Emily Holmes Coleman's own experiences with postpartum psychosis. Originally published in 1930, the experimental stream-of-consciousness style takes on a new life in audiobook format for the first time. Fall into the world of...

В период Второй мировой войны юная Пиппа Латур в качестве британского секретного агента выполняла опасные поручения на территории оккупированной Франции, в частности перед высадкой союзников в Нормандии собирала информацию о расположении немецких военных частей. На закате своей долгой жизни она поделилась воспоминаниями об этой тяжелейшей работе, о событиях тех дней, о людях, помогавших ей. Захватывающий рассказ Пиппы Латур о специальной подготовке женщин-агентов, высадке во вражеском тылу, об арестах гестапо, о находчивости в критических ситуациях погружает в атмосферу военного времени.

Maud Steiner, fille d'un père architecte Prix de Rome et d'une mère sculpteur, a grandi dans les années 60, à Saint-Germain-des-Prés dans la toute haute bourgeoisie et aristocratie française. Après le suicide de son frère Fabien, elle cherche durant quinze ans une explication à son geste et à sa propre incapacité de trouver le sommeil. Au cours d'un travail thérapeutique, des images surgissent et l'amnésie se dissipe.

To The Woman is Audible UK's flagship podcast series for International Women's Day.

NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR! The star of the legendary HBO series The Sopranos and podcast co-host with Christina Applegate, Jamie Lynn Sigler opens up about the vicissitudes of life, from early stardom to heartache and love, motherhood, and illness, offering readers an unflinchingly vulnerable...

Having been told by doctors that due to Izzy's polycystic ovarian syndrome they would have difficulty conceiving - and after two years of trying - Izzy and Harry turned to IVF. Izzy's aim drawing on her own experience is to break through some of the taboos surrounding miscarriage, IVF and fertility issues. This brutally honest and deeply personal account will acknowledge the struggles that so many couples go through but will ultimately focus on the positive life-changing and remarkable results that IVF can yield.

At 23, Theresa Kishkan met an artist who became obsessed with her. She was young, she was flattered, and the situation quickly overwhelmed her. He drew and painted her for a few months, after which she went away for a year. When she returned, she was determined not to resume the relationship. But the artist made contact with her after the birth of her first child and became a family friend, bringing gifts of paintings.

Victoria Wood was a true pioneer among entertainers, earning her the rightful place as a national treasure time and time again. So one of the greatest sadnesses following her death in 2016 was that she left the world without giving her own full account of her life, having never written her autobiography. Now, with complete and exclusive access to Victoria's extensive archive of personal and professional material, and with intimate interviews with her family and closest friends, Jasper Rees will finally tell her rich story in full.

Kim naprawdę była Kleopatra VII – kobieta, która zafascynowała Szekspira, Bernarda Shawa i pokolenia filmowców? Czy rzeczywiście była wyłącznie piękną uwodzicielką, jak chce legenda, czy może nieprzeciętną władczynią, która z pasją broniła niezależności Egiptu? Ta książka rzuca nowe światło na postać ostatniej królowej z dynastii Ptolemeuszy – od walki o tron z własnym bratem, przez burzliwe związki z Juliuszem Cezarem i Markiem Antoniuszem, aż po dramatyczny finał jej życia.

Based on author Herbie J Pilato's exclusive interviews with Elizabeth Montgomery prior to her death in 1995, Twitch Upon a Star includes insider material and commentary from several individuals associated with her remarkable life and career before, during, and after Bewitched, including her classic feature films The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955), Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed? (1963), and Johnny Cool (1963).

Laura was in her early twenties and directionless when she quit her job to backpack in Bolivia. Fate landed her at a wildlife sanctuary on the edge of the Amazon jungle where she was assigned to a beautiful and complex puma named Wayra. Wide-eyed, inexperienced, and comically terrified, Laura made the scrappy, make-do camp her home. And in Wayra, she made a friend for life.

*Longlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction* 'Not simply a memoir. It is an indictment of failure at the highest levels of police, press and politics' Tom Watson 'Intensely personal ... turning fear into bravery and pain into power' Cosmopolitan 'A powerful memoir ... the astonishing...

The spring of 1903 proved disastrous for the Murphy family. On April 22, the infant Ruth Murphy died in her crib. Within an hour, her mother, Gertrude, experienced a violent spasm before she, too, died. Ten days later, John Murphy followed his wife and child to the grave after suffering from a crippling convulsion. While neighbors whispered about a curse and physicians feared a contagious disease, Kalkaska County sheriff John W. Creighton and prosecuting attorney Ernest C. Smith searched for answers. As they probed deeper into the suspicious deaths, they uncovered a wicked web of intrigue.

"Was kann passieren, wenn du mal richtig Gas gibst?" Nicola Winter findet es heraus: Als eine der ersten Jetpilotinnen Deutschlands verwirklicht sie ihren Traum, das Fliegen zum Beruf zu machen. Sie lernt, in Extremsituationen ruhig zu bleiben und erkennt, dass die Fähigkeiten, die im Cockpit entscheidend sind, auch im Berufs- und Alltagsleben zum Erfolg führen.

Etty Hillesum, scomparsa poco prima di compiere trent’anni ad Auschwitz, con il suo diario e le sue lettere ci ha lasciato una straordinaria testimonianza del cuore nero del Novecento ed è diventata un simbolo della resistenza spirituale di fronte al Male. Ma prima di trasformarsi in una figura simbolica, racconta Elisabetta Rasy in questo libro, la intrepida ebrea olandese è stata una giovane donna libera, inquieta e irriverente, tenacemente intenta alla scoperta di sé stessa e del senso dell’esistenza, desiderosa di amore e di amicizia nelle loro mutevoli forme.

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable childhood, searching for a better option in life, to Olympic champion and the world's best rugby sevens player. After a childhood filled with neglect Ruby yearned for another path. Determined not to let her upbringing limit her, she survived abuse, drugs and tragedy to become one of the most successful women's rugby players in the world.

From royalty to suffragettes and from campaigners to contemporary rebels, Sky News Presenter Sophy Ridge explains the ways that women have changed the face of politics. Sophy Ridge, presenter for Sky News, has uncovered the extraordinary stories of the women who have shaped British politics...