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From sold-out tours and standing ovations to Uber shifts and sold houses, drummer Gordy Marshall knows what it means to face the silence. In The Resilient Musician, he shares the raw, often funny, and always honest story of what happens when life hits pause-and how topress play again. This is not just a memoir, it’s more a roadmap for anyone who’s ever been knocked sideways and wondered how to get back up. Whether you’re a musician, a dreamer, a reinvention artist, or just someone trying to find the beat again, Gordy’s story offers more than inspiration — it offers truth.

Are you interested in philosophy? Do the greatest thinkers from the past influence the way you think and act? Philosophers have been shaping the world for centuries. Their ideas have shaped the way we act as individuals and groups for as long as we can remember, and their deep thought processes have been marveled at and replicated by millions across the world.

In June 1943, after long years of hardship and persecution, 13-year-old Thomas Geve and his mother were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Separated upon arrival, he was left to fend for himself in the men’s camp of Auschwitz I. During 22 harsh months in three camps, Thomas experienced and witnessed the cruel and inhumane world of Nazi concentration and death camps. Nonetheless, he never gave up the will to live. Miraculously, he survived and was liberated from Buchenwald at the age of 15.

In The Warrior's Heart, an adaptation of his best-selling memoir, The Heart and the Fist, Eric Greitens brings his adventures to life, sharing stories of friendship, struggle, and hard-earned wisdom. This remarkable book will inspire listeners to live every day with compassion and courage.

During her career in sports broadcasting, Guerrero covered Super Bowls, Worlds Series, NBA Finals, and interviewed sports superstars. From the outside it seemed glamourous, but often she was miserable, told to smile more, argue less, and show a lot of leg and cleavage. Colleagues would joke—sometimes on national TV—that she clinched big interviews because of sexual acts rather than talent. She made a mistake on air during the opening game on Monday Night Football that cost her her sportscasting career... and almost her life.

Since entering the NBA, Pau Gasol has created a legacy for himself as one of the best international basketball players to play in the NBA. As a dominant leader of the Memphis Grizzlies, a key contributor to an LA Lakers championship team, and now a valued member of the Chicago Bulls, Pau Gasol has adapted well to the different chapters of his basketball career, maintaining relevance on the court as a respected veteran. In this book we'll explore how Pau ended up in the NBA as well as the impact he has left behind on the game.

In The Revolution of Robert Kennedy, journalist John R. Bohrer focuses in intimate and revealing detail on Bobby Kennedy's life during the three years following JFK's assassination. Torn between mourning the past and plotting his future, Bobby was placed in a sudden competition with his political enemy, Lyndon Johnson, for control of the Democratic Party.

Jacinda Ardern – Ex-Premierministerin von Neuseeland: Eine Ikone des Female Empowerment erzählt von ihrem Weg an die Macht. Für alle, die nach einer anderen Art des politischen und gesellschaftlichen Miteinanders suchen. Sie revolutionierte unsere Vorstellung davon, was eine Politikerin ausmacht. Sie gilt als Hoffnungsträgerin, Mutmacherin, Verfechterin von Empathie und Gerechtigkeit: Jacinda Ardern, ehemalige Premierministerin von Neuseeland.

In this poignant memoir of personal transformation, Jill Soloway takes us on a patriarchy-toppling emotional and professional journey. When Jill’s parent came out as transgender, Jill pushed through the male-dominated landscape of Hollywood to create the groundbreaking and award-winning Amazon TV series Transparent. Exploring identity, love, sexuality, and the blurring of boundaries through the dynamics of a complicated and profoundly resonant American family, Transparent gave birth to a new cultural consciousness.

Before the dictator, there was a boy in love. Before the wars, the hatred, and the bloodshed, there was a silent teenager who watched a girl walk by every day without ever saying a word. That boy was Adolf Hitler. That girl was Stefanie Rabatsch. How can an unspoken infatuation become a seed of darkness? This psychological portrait dives into one of the most disturbing emotional paradoxes of the 20th century: Hitler’s adolescent obsession with a young girl he never approached — and how that silent longing evolved into inner repression, romantic delusion, and eventual historical ...

“Stop what you’re doing and read this now! These stories are medicine for your femme soul.”- Lauren Andrews, Author, Founder of Unicorn Exchange, Podcast Host of Let’s Get Stabby“ Honest, Powerful and Inspirational! An eclectic collection of endurance and the rising of powerful women who refuse to settle for mediocrity.” – Roksana Hussein, Transformation Coach, Podcast Host of Personal Power BoostWings of a Woman is a collection of personal stories by 15 Indian Women Writers from around the world who have overcome challenges to not just survive but thrive. These stories are ...

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In this heartfelt audiobook, author and breast cancer survivor Cynthia E. Razo shares her raw and powerful journey through one of life’s darkest valleys, guided and covered by the power of prayer. Told in her own voice, this audiobook invites listeners into a deeply personal space filled with faith-fueled moments, divine encounters, grief, grace, and miraculous strength.

Children of the Stone chronicles Ramzi's journey - from stone thrower to music student to school founder - and shows how through his love of music he created something lasting and beautiful in a land torn by violence and war. This is a story about the power of music, but also about freedom and conflict, determination and vision.

The loss of life, shattered personal faith, and the transformative journey of gifting teddy bears to those in pain.

In the autumn of 1992, two young women students at Melbourne University went to the police claiming that they had been indecently assaulted at a party. The man they accused was the head of their co-ed residential college. The controversial book that Helen Garner wrote about the resulting Ormond College sexual harassment case caused a social media storm. Prominent feminists were outraged at Garner's perceived support for the man involved, but many saw her approach a necessary and much welcome nuance towards the power dynamic between men and women.

In "Prayer of Power" Gabriella Avila captures the very essence of the impact unexpected change can have on an individual, their family, and their faith. Over the course of several letters and encounters, she pours out her heart as she fights through moments of hopelessness, fear, and heartbreak; which quickly resolves into moments of advocacy, hope, faith, courage, and love. Gabriella does this all while relying on the prayer of power!

Few people have sat across from the Iranians and the North Koreans at the negotiating table. Wendy Sherman has done both. During her time as the lead US negotiator of the historic Iran nuclear deal and throughout her distinguished career, Wendy Sherman has amassed tremendous expertise in the most pressing foreign policy issues of our time. Throughout her life - from growing up in civil-rights-era Baltimore to stints as a social worker, campaign manager, and business owner to advising multiple presidents - she has relied on values that have shaped her approach to work and leadership.

In The Power of a Plant, globally acclaimed teacher and self-proclaimed CEO (Chief Eternal Optimist) Stephen Ritz shows you how, in one of the nation's poorest communities, his students thrive in school and in life by growing, cooking, eating, and sharing the bounty of their green classroom.

In her final days in office she compiled the explosive State of Capture report and, two years before that, Secure in Comfort, the report on President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla residence. Praised and vilified in equal measure, Madonsela frequently found herself on centre stage in the increasingly fractious South African political scene. Yet, despite the intense media scrutiny, Madonsela remains something of an enigma. Who is this soft-spoken woman who stood up to state corruption? Where did she develop her views and resolve?