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Author | : Paul Mainville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2019-12-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781950339532 |
Paul Mainville believed at an early age that there was something missing in his life. His loving parents had never kept his adoption a secret, but it was when his neighborhood friends started peppering him with questions about his "real" parents that he began to question who he really was.Through the years, these questions would haunt him and lead to a lifetime of insecurity and low self-esteem-causing not only substance abuse and several failed relationships, but also profound moments of introspection, faith, and self-discovery. Told with honesty and humility and filled with heart-warming and humorous anecdotes from his life, Fifteen Miles, follows a man's lifelong quest to find his birth mother, only to discover something at the end of that journey that was not what he expected.Fifteen Miles was written to help adopted and foster children everywhere, as well as for those who have struggled to find their own identity.
Author | : Rinker Buck |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2015-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1451659164 |
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Total Pages | : 1562 |
Release | : 1859 |
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Author | : H. De Vere Stacpoole |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2019-12-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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"The Man Who Lost Himself" by H. De Vere Stacpoole is a comedy-drama novel. The plot revolves around an American from Philadelphia, Victor Jones, arriving in London to find himself the exact Doppelgänger of a British aristocrat. American Victor Jones finds himself penniless and stranded in London. He meets the Earl of Rochester, and the similarity between the two is so noticeable that even friends mistake Jones for the Earl. To escape his own troubles, the Earl gets Jones drunk and sends him to the Rochester mansion in his place.
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Total Pages | : 848 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : Juvenile delinquency |
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Author | : Lang Lang |
Publisher | : Aurum |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2014-08-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1781314284 |
Journey of a Thousand Miles tells the remarkable story of a boy who sacrificed almost everything – family, financial security, childhood and his reputation in China’s insular classical music world – to fulfil his promise as a classical pianist. Lang Lang was born in Shenyang in north-eastern China just after the end of the Cultural Revolution. He began piano lessons at three years old and by age ten had been awarded a place at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In order to continue his studies he moved thousands of miles from home, living with his exacting father in a cramped, shared apartment, while his mother stayed at home to earn the money to pay his fees. At fifteen he moved to the United States to take up a scholarship at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia; by nineteen he was selling out Carnegie Hall. His tutor and mentor Daniel Barenboim was perhaps the first to describe him as ‘extraordinarily talented’; today his assessment is shared by millions. Now in adulthood, Lang Lang tours relentlessly, delighting sell-out audiences with his trademark flamboyance and showmanship. Journey of a Thousand Miles is a tale of heartbreak, drama and ultimately triumph. His inspiring story demonstrates the courage and self-sacrifice required to achieve artistic greatness.
Author | : Brian J. Quattlebaum |
Publisher | : Brian J. Quattlebaum |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2024-03-30 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
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This is an honest recounting of my childhood and teenage years. It covers sensitive subjects such as childhood sexual, physical, emotional, mental, institutional, and substance abuse. It is told in my Southern American internal dark humor voice that has helped me get through these things. Hopefully my story will help you as well.
Author | : Jonny Garza Villa |
Publisher | : Skyscape |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2021-06-08 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781542027052 |
A poignant, funny, openhearted novel about coming out, first love, and being your one and only best and true self. Julián Luna has a plan for his life: Graduate. Get into UCLA. And have the chance to move away from Corpus Christi, Texas, and the suffocating expectations of others that have forced Jules into an inauthentic life. Then in one reckless moment, with one impulsive tweet, his plans for a low-key nine months are thrown--literally--out the closet. The downside: the whole world knows, and Jules has to prepare for rejection. The upside: Jules now has the opportunity to be his real self. Then Mat, a cute, empathetic Twitter crush from Los Angeles, slides into Jules's DMs. Jules can tell him anything. Mat makes the world seem conquerable. But when Jules's fears about coming out come true, the person he needs most is fifteen hundred miles away. Jules has to face them alone. Jules accidentally propelled himself into the life he's always dreamed of. And now that he's in control of it, what he does next is up to him.
Author | : Mark Haddon |
Publisher | : Anchor Canada |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2009-02-24 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307371565 |
A bestselling modern classic—both poignant and funny—narrated by a fifteen year old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions. Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. At fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbour’s dog Wellington impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing. Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer, and turns to his favourite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents’ marriage. As Christopher tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, the narrative draws readers into the workings of Christopher’s mind. And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon’s choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotions. The effect is dazzling, making for one of the freshest debut in years: a comedy, a tearjerker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.
Author | : Thomas Thwaites |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2016-05-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1616894938 |
The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, "stuck in a big, dark hole." Luckily, a research grant offers the perfect out: a chance to take a holiday from the complications of being human—by transforming himself into a goat. What ensues is a hilarious and surreal journey through engineering, design, and psychology, as Thwaites interviews neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, prosthetists, goat sanctuary workers, and goatherds. From this, he builds a goat exoskeleton—artificial legs, helmet, chest protector, raincoat from his mum, and a prosthetic goat stomach to digest grass (with help from a pressure cooker and campfire)—before setting off across the Alps on four legs with a herd of his fellow creatures. Will he make it? Do Thwaites and his readers discover what it truly means to be human? GoatMan tells all in Thwaites's inimitable style, which NPR extols as "a laugh-out- loud-funny but thoughtful guide through his own adventures."