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--- Semifinalist, 2025 Autumn House Nonfiction Prize --- England, 2015. Madelyn dreads telling her young children about her mother, who died by suicide decades earlier. But when her child asks about skin tone and eye color, she's compelled to share the painful truth. A Cantonese village, 1895. Emigrating to America seems inevitable for teenage Song, whose family is starving during a drought. His grandmother tells him about Chinese emigrants' ordeals...

In the early 20th century, Westerns were one of the most popular genres in Hollywood, and one of the young stars at the forefront was Gene Autry, a Texan whose life story made him a natural to be the country's most famous "singing cowboy". Autry would become a symbol of masculinity and morality on screen during the 1930s, but it was effortless for someone who had already grown up riding horses to school. Autry came of age at a time when the "singing...

Amor em quatro tempos é uma obra autobiográfica visceral, tocante e absolutamente necessária. Maria Kassimati compartilha com coragem e sensibilidade sua trajetória desde a infância na Grécia até a vida adulta no Brasil, marcada por abandono, violência sexual, traumas familiares, violência doméstica e superações inimagináveis. Com uma narrativa envolvente e sincera, somos convidados a mergulhar em uma jornada de dor, resiliência e autoconhecimento....

La enramada narra la vida del autor, desde la infancia hasta su adultez en la España de finales del siglo XX. A través de los lugares donde creció -Torremuelle, Torrequebrada y Sayalonga-, reconstruye el universo familiar que lo formó: la dureza y el trabajo de sus abuelos, la tenacidad de su tía peluquera, las tensiones entre la fe de los testigos de Jehová y la resistencia paterna. El libro sigue el hilo del miedo -a Dios, a los espíritus,...

Cучасныя мэмуары. Чытае аўтар. Упершыню прагучалі на хвалях Радыё Свабода з 10.10.2005 па 31.10.2005.

Weaving two different parts of her life, Linda Wright combines the care she received from her parents and the care she gave to them when they became elderly and frail. She was born with a rare bleeding disorder, so even the slightest bump created deep bruises on her body and a minor injury kept her out of school. The disorder limited her ability to grow up like a typical kidriding bikes, climbing, and running. Despite the many hospitalizations for...

In the quiet moments of our lives, when the world slows down and reflection takes over, we often ponder the paths weve walked and the choices weve made. This book delves into the life of a young man who stood at the crossroads of failure and triumph. His journey begins in the shadows of poor decisions, choices that could have defined his existence in ways both limiting and predictable. Yet, within him burned a fierce resilience, an unyielding determination...

Genghis Khan was more than just a conquerorhe was a visionary leader who built the largest contiguous empire in human history. From his brutal early struggles as a tribal outcast to his rise as the supreme ruler of the Mongol Empire, his story is one of strategy, resilience, and ambition. This audiobook takes you inside the mind of the man who revolutionized warfare, unified warring tribes, and reshaped civilizations across Asia, the Middle East,...

"The Broken Path: Native Tribes and the Tragedy of the Trail of Tears" delves into one of the darkest chapters in American history, documenting the harrowing experiences of Southeastern Native American tribes during the forced relocations known as the Trail of Tears. This book offers a poignant exploration of the devastating consequences of U.S. government policies that sought to remove Indigenous peoples from their ancestral lands. Through the lens...

The Hope at the End of the Tunnel- A beautifully told memoir of once-in-lifetime kind of love, unexpected loss and discovering hope through the tunnel of grief. In her debut memoir, author Erica Hansentells a beautiful, Rom-Com level love story, complete with a meet-cute, chance encounter at Costco. Set against a musical backdrop,The Hope at the End of the Tunnelis about her whirlwind romance that ended abruptly with the tragic and unexpected loss...