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Join one man on his journey living a life alongside the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River. Inspired by his first book, Del Rio: A Memoir, the author takes the listener on a continuous path of the trials and tribulations associated with addiction while living in one of the most beautiful settings in our world: the Upper Snake River Valley in Idaho. Witness significant events of the last century which our ancestors experienced while settling the West as they attempted to tame the wild rivers that spring forth from the Rocky Mountains.

Depuis son enfance, Julien Sandrel est bercé par les récits de ses aïeux italiens du côté de son père. Pourtant, il n'a jamais mis les pieds à Naples, berceau de sa famille. Et si son paradis perdu était là-bas ? Accompagné de ses frères, il part en quête de la tombe de son arrière-grand-mère, qu'il n'a pas connue, et nous entraîne dans un voyage plein de complicité et de rebondissements inattendus, à la découverte des secrets de son histoire familiale.

This is a book about sex, drugs and rock and roll. It's about life from a Nazi Concentration Camp to pleasure consciousness. It's about Morehouse: including, sex courses, boxing, French maids and hustling. It is about the love between a man and a woman and how to have a great relationship. Everything in this book happened. Some of the stories may seem wilder than fiction.

A best-selling novelist turns to memoir in this compelling story of a son’s love, a mother’s obsession, and the malevolent grip of the past. Indian-American author Manil Suri grew up in a large, crumbling apartment in Bombay (now Mumbai), which his parents, who were Hindu, shared with three...

Birgit Maria Kemphues turns expat life in the UAE into a rapid-fire comedy of wrong guesses, identity quizzes, and strangers who treat your face like public property. One day it’s Arabic coffee in a majlis. Next day it’s Germans aggressively sorting recycling into 17 bins while debating pretzel temperature. Airports? Full theatre: “Where are you REALLY from?” “Speak German.” Maybe sing the anthem. (Most Germans can’t.)

Diary Writer beschreibt in ihrem Buch „Raum“ zuerst, wie sie ihre Kindheit als türkisches Mädchen in Deutschland erlebt hat. Die kulturellen Unterschiede, die unbegreiflich sind, aber stets präsent, führen immer wieder zu Konflikten – innerlich und auch äußerlich – ob das in Deutschland ist oder in der Türkei im Urlaub. Die Autorin nimmt den Leser mit und erzählt von über ihre Kindergartenzeit, über ihre die Zeit mit ihren Eltern und ihren beiden Schwestern in der kleinen Zwei-Zimmer-Wohnung in Köln, bis hin zu ihrem Leben als junge Mutter und Ehefrau.

Wir waren Kinder einer besonderen Zeit, zwischen Schrankwand, Milch im Kännchen und zwei Fernsehprogrammen. Unsere Eltern kamen aus dem Krieg, wir aus den Ruinen ins Wirtschaftswunder. Wir gingen zu Fuß zur Schule, spielten draußen, bis es dunkel wurde, und lernten früh den Respekt vor Erwachsenen.

Desde la esclavitud (Up from Slavery) Por Booker T. Washington · Traducción de Mateo Calderón. La inspiradora autobiografía de uno de los grandes educadores y líderes afroamericanos de la historia.

Bloomsbury presents Writing Black Panther by Howard Rambsy II, read by Greg Lockett A timely look at contemporary African American creative works through the lens of Ta-Nehisi Coates's ground-breaking entry into the comic book industry. Writing Black Panther traces Ta-Nehisi Coates’s presence...

When Hurricane Betsy hit Louisiana in 1965, the first year that Nelda Stidham-Woodruff had moved back to the South from California, was an experience she'll never forget. Betsy was only the first in a chain of hurricanes and hot, humid climate in the bayou. Follow Nelda as she recounts some of the unbelievably dangerous encounters she's been through while living her best life in the Louisiana bayou. Filled with her passion for the bayou and the culture of the area, Nelda's stories will keep you on the edge of your seat and leave you craving Cajun cuisine and hot summers.

Told in fast-moving vignettes, Chronicles of a Miami REELtor is part memoir, part social commentary, and part love letter to a city where nothing is ever what it seems. From whisper-network off-market deals to Russian money parked in penthouses, from Brazilian crypto cowboys to buyers who “need to sell ahora,” Max captures the madness with razor-sharp humor and unsettling honesty.

This true, inspiring story follows a young girl forced to flee her home in Wonsan, North Korea, embarking on a dangerous journey of nearly 350 miles toward the DMZ border in search of freedom. Through years of hardship, fear, and relentless struggle, she survives unimaginable circumstances—driven not only by the desire to free herself, but to secure a better future for the generations to come.

In an Afghan village, a boy learns his letters under a mullah’s stick and dreams of a life free of the Taliban; in Virginia, a cadet learns to read a map and lead a platoon into combat. Years later, on a wind-scoured ridgeline overlooking Zabul Province, helicopters roaring overhead, Afghan interpreter Abdulhaq Sodais and US Army Lieutenant Spencer Sullivan must learn to trust each other if they hope to survive. In 2021, when the US withdraws from Afghanistan, the Taliban reassert their rule, disappearing, torturing, and killing US collaborators, including Abdulhaq’s fellow interpreters.

"Book Of Gosh" is an extraordinary autobiography that takes listeners on a captivating journey through the vibrant culture of Zimbabwe. Written and narrated by Kudakwashe Pfekerai also known as Gosh Da Reel, a Zimbabwean rapper. This audiobook tells the inspiring story of a man who defied the odds to pursue his dreams. From his early struggles with skeeter syndrome and rhotacism, Gosh found solace in music, which ultimately became his refuge and source of strength.

In "Chance or Circumstance?" author, James R. Mapp, takes listeners on a gripping journey through the tumultuous 1960s, offering an insider's perspective on the relentless fight for Civil Rights. At its core, the book poses a poignant question: What compels an individual to risk everything for justice and equality? The answer unfolds through the life of the author, who undeterred by dangers to himself and his family, becomes a catalyst for change in his adopted hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

As a young girl, Razina Theba makes her way every day to the tiny family flat on Vorster Street in Fordsburg. It is here, just outside of the Johannesburg city center, where she grows up, playing in the Yard with countless cousins, learning to enjoy perfect syrupy paan and the best way to brew chai for her bajee. It is also where she observes her family’s harassment by the Security Branch, as well as her parents’ determination to make their business at the Oriental Plaza a success.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Dr Jessica Taylor grew up on a council estate where brutality and coercion were normalised, and where substance abuse was a day-to-day occurrence. Now one of the UK's most spirited advocates for women's rights, and a leading chartered psychologist helping women and...

For most of her adult life, Sloane and Russell worked together and played together as they navigated the corridors of office life, the literary world, and the dramatic cultural shifts in New York City. One day, while Russell is still alive, Sloane's apartment is broken into. Along with her most prized possessions, the thief makes off with her sense of security, leaving a mystery in its place. When Russell dies exactly one month later, his suicide propels her on a wild quest to right the unrightable.

In terms of drama, my childhood memoir appears sadly lacking. It starts promisingly, Mum and Dad arguing just after my birth, but deteriorates thereafter into eighteen years of relative wellbeing. The working title 'Nothing Much Happened' always seemed appropriate and yet?

La conmovedora historia de Armenuhi, abuela de la autora, que sobrevivió a la persecución y muerte en el Genocidio Armenio y llegó sola a la Argentina a los 14 años. Armenuhi enhebró en Buenos Aires el presente y futuro de toda la familia. Fue paciente, amorosa y determinada. Protegió y guió a cada uno de los suyos, como lo había hecho su padre cuando escapaban por el desierto con hambre, frío y sed.