Anthology Memoir

Scott Pomfret serves as a lector at St. Anthony Shrine in Boston. He also writes gay porn. His boyfriend is a flaming atheist, and his boyfriend’s Protestant grandmother counts Catholicism as a sin worse than sodomy. From Pentecost to Pride, from the books of the Bible to the articles of The Advocate, Pomfret's wry, hysterically funny memoir maps with matchless humor the full spectrum of the gay Catholic experience.

Every year, we look back in horror at the sheer evil mankind is capable of, and 2017 was no different. Across the world, but particularly in the United States, startlingly horrific crimes have almost become commonplace, causing us to double-lock our doors at night and look over our shoulders, wondering if we're safe, no matter how crowded or well-lit our location is. In this true crime release, we've compiled some of the most gripping and gruesome crime stories of 2017.

Warning! The following true crime book may shock and frighten the faint hearted. In this book are assembled 12 of the strangest true crime stories in human history. There is no doubt that some of these cases will disturb you, but it is equally assured that you will not be able to stop listening!

The '90s were a time when big changes were happening across the world. Unfortunately, with big changes also comes instability and crime, resulting in many heinous individuals that got a chance to commit them and cases that many are terrified to just hear about. In this audiobook, find 12 such cases from all over the world.

A Dark Twist on Classic Tales of Fear and Desire Step into a world where the stories you thought you knew are far from what they seem. Vampires, curses, and dark magic await in this reimagining of timeless fables. Dark Fairytales: Grimmer Than Grimm takes you on an eerie journey through the shadows of beloved childhood stories. These aren’t the fairy tales you grew up with—this collection unveils the sinister truths behind familiar legends like Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, and more. Witness the cold calculation of a princess whose beauty masks a chilling intelligence, a cursed forest ...

Tarana Burke and Dr Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organisers, artists, academics and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.

Six words to tell a story. Not three or eight or 20. You may ask - is six enough? Well, trust me, six is plenty. A new collection of more than 500 original stories, each one exactly six words long. Some stories are funny, some poetic, some vulgar, and some are a little disturbing.

In this stunning debut, Laura Lee weaves unforgettable and eye-opening essays on a variety of taboo topics. In “History of Scars” and “Aluminum’s Erosions”, Laura dives head-first into heavier themes revolving around intimacy, sexuality, trauma, mental illness, and the passage of time. In “Poetry of the World”, Laura shifts and addresses the grief she feels by being geographically distant from her mother whom, after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, is relocated to a nursing home in Korea.

Almost every year, we believe that nothing can top the abject horror of the last 12 months when it comes to true crime stories, homicides, execution-style murders, or serial killers that are still on the prowl, leaving behind a trail of blood, tears, and sorrow. Then, of course, the New Year begins.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Secret Footballer: What Goes on Tour by The Secret Footballer. Since his first book was published in 2012, The Secret Footballer has been able to take the listener behind the scenes of footballers' lives like no other player has been or will ever be able to do. Anonymity has been a potent weapon in revealing the real world of football stars, and five years on, he has now penned the work that all his fellow professionals have been urging him to do from the start: The Secret Footballer: What Goes on Tour.

Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning were united not only as man and wife, but also as writers who shared and debated ideas, values, and literary craft.

This second collection of Debbie Young's lighthearted yet thoughtful columns for the Tetbury Advertiser record the author's thoughts during the tumultuous five-year period from 2016 through 2020 - the era of Brexit and of President Trump - when even in her quiet corner of the Cotswolds, it often seemed the world had gone mad. Charming the readers of this multiple-award-winning community magazine with her homespun philosophy, with playful wit and with vivid imagination, Debbie Young provides a sense of perspective about what really matters in life.

Affectionately dubbed "the Jewel in the Crown of the Tetbury Advertiser" by its ever-patient editor, Debbie Young has been a regular columnist for this award-winning community magazine since 2010. In its ten issues per year, she shares her homespun philosophy and wry English humour with its loyal readers. This collection brings together her columns from 2010-2015, charting history in the making as it affects local residents, and giving her whimsical perspective on the wider world from the heart of the Cotswolds.

The Unpublishable Memoirs is not a personal memoir, but a collection of mystery stories by Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach (1876-1952) a famous American collector and seller of rare books and manuscripts. At Sotheby's in London, Rosenbach was known as "The Terror of the Auction Room" and in Paris, he was called “The Napoleon of Books”. The protagonist of these “memoirs" is Robert Hooker, a sly and unscrupulous bibliophile who cons the wealthy out of their rare books and manuscripts.

Heines philosophisches Denken, das Denken eines wahrhaft "freien Geistes" und seine respektlos poetische Religiosität sollen, in enger Zusammenschau mit dem Bild seiner Persönlichkeit, in diesem Hörbuch besonders herausgestellt werden. "Nach mehrmaligem Durchstudieren des Kantschen Hauptwerkes glaube ich zu erkennen, daß die Polemik gegen jene bestehenden Beweise für das Dasein Gottes überall hervorlauscht, und ich würde sie weitläufiger besprechen, wenn mich nicht ein religiöses Gefühl davon abhielte.

"Hätte Hegel seine ganze Logik geschrieben und im Vorwort gesagt, daß sie nur ein gedankliches Experiment sei, in welchem er sich obendrein an vielen Stellen vor etwas gedrückt hat, dann wäre er wohl der größte Denker gewesen, der jemals gelebt hat. Nun ist er nur komisch." Die Abneigung Kierkegaards gegen das Hegelsche System oder gegen Systematiker überhaupt stellt ihn in eine Linie mit verwandten Denkern "freien Geistes" - von den Gnostikern bis zu Nietzsche.

Harvard Square is at the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is the business district around Harvard University. It’s a place of history, culture, and some of the most momentous events of the nation. But it’s also a gathering place for some of the city’s homeless. What is life like for the homeless in Harvard Square? Do they have anything to tell people about life? And God? That’s what Harvard student John Frame discovered and shares in Homeless at Harvard.

In the underground tunnels below Grand Central Terminal, Lee Stringer - homeless and drug-addicted for 11 years - found a pencil to run through his crack pipe. One day he used it to write. Soon writing became a habit that won out over drugs, and before long Stringer had created one of the most powerful urban memoirs of our time. With humane wisdom and a biting wit, Stringer chronicles the unraveling of his seemingly secure existence as a marketing executive and his odyssey of survival on the streets of New York.

"Das Böse ist immer nur extrem, aber niemals radikal, es hat keine Tiefe, auch keine Dämonie. Es kann die ganze Welt verwüsten, gerade weil es wie ein Pilz an der Oberfläche weiterwuchert. Tief aber und radikal ist immer nur das Gute." (Hannah Arendt in einem Brief an Gershom Sholem) Dieser Satz, bei der Beschäftigung mit der Frage um die Natur des Bösen sicherlich von weitreichender Bedeutung, kennzeichnet auch die persönliche Peripetie und Befreiung der Autorin; er steht für Arendts Besinnung auf die Quellen ihres Grundvertrauens und die Entwicklung eines philosophischen Glaubens.

Fresh off the exposé of an organized crime syndicate, an award-winning investigative reporter lives in fear for his life. Relocating to Detroit under a new government issued identity, Nathan Davies finds himself dealing with the underbelly of American society once again. America's most notorious thief, Zachary Landon, thrives upon the wealthy residents of the Motor City. Only targeting those who oppress the weak, Landon has become known as a modern day Robin of the Hood.