An autobiographical novel about growing up gay in a working-class town in Picardy.“Every morning in the bathroom I would repeat the same phrase to myself over and over again . . . Today I’m really gon
GIFTS of LOVEGift Books for every occasion and celebration?I began writing these poems in the 1970s, when my children were reaching the age of reason and I as I found myself in the position of becomin
I healed myself through food. After suffering from a barrage of mysterious illnesses that left me bedridden, I was able to recover with the help of clean, simple eating. Removing all foods that wher
"Life sometimes is hard. There are challenges. There are difficulties. There is pain. As a younger man I sought to avoid them and only ever caused myself more of the same. These days I choose to face
"Sometimes I feel myself to have been the last colonial." This, in his own words, is the extraordinary story of the life and career of Stuart Hall—how his experiences shaped his intellectual, politica
Sexting. Virginity. Consent. The Big O ... Let's face it, doing it can be tricksy. I don't know anyone (including myself) who has sex all figured out. So I've written a book full of honest, hilarious
What I myself have done is I have taken a lot of Daily Everyday Words that's used in daily everyday life which I have put in Alphabetical order and came up with meanings that I found more relating to
"I, too, asked myself if I could not sell something and succeed in life... Finally the idea of inventing something insincere came to me and I got to work immediately." With this statement, penned for
After failing to learn a new language on five separate occasions, I taught myself to speak Spanish like a native in just six months by watching movies and TV shows, listening to music, and reading boo
Writing is how I attempt to repair myself, stitching back former selves, sentences. When I am brave enough I am never brave enough I unravel the tapestry of my life, my c
?For myself I am an optimist,” said legendary British politician Winston Churchill. ?It does not seem to be much use being anything else.”Have you ever wanted to deliver the ultimate Churchillian wise
Recounting his 1897-98 Klondike Gold Rush experience Jack London stated: “It was in the Klondike I found myself. There nobody talks. Everybody thinks. There you get your perspective. I got mine.” This
Being a telepath, I should have seen the hell I was getting myself into - I used to be one of the most powerful telepaths in the guild. That was before my drug addiction and before they kicked me out.
'Sue Fortin writes with skill and pace, filling her pages with tension. With great characters and a gripping storyline, I was immediately pulled in and found myself desperate to turn the pages' – Aman
This book covers about 14 years in the lives of my wife and myself. It is the story of why we decided to seek marriage, how we met, how cycling played a big role in the development of our relationship
The Mommy MD Guide to Surviving Morning Sickness features more than 150 tips that 25 doctors use to make it through morning sickness and related pregnancy symptoms.
From age eighteen on, I had a partner, a kindred spirit. I had a friend. Someone bound and determined to keep me from the worst in myself. At a private East Coast college, two young women meet in art
This book has been part of me for over six years, and I started it as a research for myself and a way for me to deal with my same-sex sexual preferences and torment. I searched for a book and for help
This book has been part of me for over six years, and I started it as a research for myself and a way for me to deal with my same-sex sexual preferences and torment. I searched for a book and for help
""The subject of woman, that is to say, the modern woman, with her varying instincts, pursuits, and peculiarities alone would fill many large volumes. I feel bound, therefore, to confine myself to the
“I don’t trust myself and I’m always worrying about what others think of me”... Does this sound familiar? With astounding clarity, Chapman identifies the gender conditioning women receive from the mom
Now that I'm 61, I look back on this adventure and am so glad I took time away from my career, my thoughts of what life should be, and allowed myself this freedom. There's no way I could have had th
“It is not by the help of gold or gems that I hope to render myself acceptable to the Al- mighty Father . . . , but rather by resignation to His will and a sense of my own nothingness.” —Saint Hedwig
"I'm doing the right thing, not feeding myself. It's the only thing I can do, so I will do it. Gloria can somehow have the energy I don't take in, and it will help her stay alive."Twenty years ago, fo
I have been sleuthing my mother's symptoms for as long as I can remember. If I see myself as an unwilling detective with a desire for justice, is her illness an unsolved crime? If so, who is the vil
One night of peace in a world of war. "Christmas Day, 1914. . . My dear sister Janet. . . It is 2:00 in the morning and most of our men are asleep in their dugouts -- yet I could not sleep myself
This book is about my life. I was born on August 1, 1948 in Seattle, Washington, at Puget Sound Hospital. I ask myself why anybody would want to read a book about me, but it's not necessarily a book a
This book is about my life. I was born on August 1, 1948 in Seattle, Washington, at Puget Sound Hospital. I ask myself why anybody would want to read a book about me, but it's not necessarily a book a
Poetry. '"I took much trouble into myself,' says Tim Earley at the beginning of this audacious and revelatory book. Like an Appalachian Whitman, he consumes everything — work, kinship, sex, love, illn
'shades of Sarah Waters...irresistible' - The Guardian'I would like to make myself the heroine of this story - an innocent victim led astray. But alas sir, I would be lying...'London, 1756: In Newgate
Donika Kelly's fierce debut collection, winner of the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry PrizeI thought myself lion and serpent. Thoughtmyself body enough for two, for we.Found comfort in never being lonely.What
Today Sophie Spikey has a very big problem. She has lost her shoes, again! There is no way she is asking her mum for help, though. I can fix it all by myself, she thought.Sophie did not have an easy s
I watch.I study.I prowl.I hunt.I always go in with a plan. A set of rules for myself. I don't take unnecessary risks. That's how I've been able to evade capture all these years.But there's something a
I will hold myself to a standard of grace, not perfection. ?As a busy wife, new mother, business owner, and designer, Emily Ley came to a point when she suddenly realized she couldn’t do it all. She n
Raw, poetic and compulsively readable. In Molly Brodak’s dazzling memoir,Bandit, her eye is so honest, I found myself nodding like I was agreeing with her, sometimes cringing at what she sustained, an
Ever since the day I was dropped at her family’s door HUNGRY, DIRTY, and TORN, I’ve wanted her. But to taint her perfect skin with my black touch would be a SIN. So I made a pact with myself— NEVER TO
'We were kids - but good kids. If I may say so myself. We're much smarter now, so smart it's pathetic. Except for Bavink, who went crazy' A husband forms gruesome plans for his new fridge; a governm
