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Мемуары Саммари книг

Scatter Brain

— Shaparak Khorsandi • 2023

From lost shoes to a working system: a comedian's chaotic road to a late ADHD diagnosis.

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🧠 Adult Adhd 👩 Women And Adhd 🔍 Late Diagnosis 📚 Neurodiversity Memoirs 🍷 Adhd And Addiction

Scatter Brain

From lost shoes to a working system: a comedian's chaotic road to a late ADHD diagnosis.

— Shaparak Khorsandi 2023 256 стр.

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475 оценок

🧠 Adult Adhd 👩 Women And Adhd 🔍 Late Diagnosis 📚 Neurodiversity Memoirs 🍷 Adhd And Addiction

Chasing Daylight

— Eugene O'Kelly • 2005

A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.

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🕊️ Facing Mortality ⚡ Energy Management 🌸 Savoring 🌅 Present Moment 👋 Intentional Goodbyes

Chasing Daylight

A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.

— Eugene O'Kelly 2005 179 стр.

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🕊️ Facing Mortality ⚡ Energy Management 🌸 Savoring 🌅 Present Moment 👋 Intentional Goodbyes

Option B

— Sheryl Sandberg • 2017

The three traps that keep you stuck after loss, and how growth can follow grief.

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🕯️ Grief And Loss 🧱 Building Resilience 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 💗 Self Compassion

Option B

The three traps that keep you stuck after loss, and how growth can follow grief.

— Sheryl Sandberg 2017 226 стр.

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🕯️ Grief And Loss 🧱 Building Resilience 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 💗 Self Compassion

On the Brink of Everything

— Parker J. Palmer • 2018

The best preparation for death isn't withdrawal from life but deeper immersion in it.

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🧘 Conscious Aging 📿 Spiritual Memoir 🕯️ Contemplative Practice 🌱 Inner Life 🎯 Vocation

On the Brink of Everything

The best preparation for death isn't withdrawal from life but deeper immersion in it.

— Parker J. Palmer 2018 198 стр.

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🧘 Conscious Aging 📿 Spiritual Memoir 🕯️ Contemplative Practice 🌱 Inner Life 🎯 Vocation

365 Thank Yous

— John Kralik • 2010

One thank-you note a day, one year, one life pulled back from the brink.

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🧱 Gratitude Practice 📖 Self-Help Memoir 🧠 Positive Psychology ✉️ Handwritten Letters 🔄 Personal Reinvention

365 Thank Yous

One thank-you note a day, one year, one life pulled back from the brink.

— John Kralik 2010 240 стр.

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🧱 Gratitude Practice 📖 Self-Help Memoir 🧠 Positive Psychology ✉️ Handwritten Letters 🔄 Personal Reinvention

Miracle in the Andes

— Nando Parrado • 2006

Sixty days trapped in the Andes. One promise. A ten-day trek without gear to find help.

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📖 Survival Memoir 🏔️ Andes Plane Crash ⛏️ Extreme Survival 💪 Human Endurance ⛰️ Mountaineering Disasters

Miracle in the Andes

Sixty days trapped in the Andes. One promise. A ten-day trek without gear to find help.

— Nando Parrado 2006 304 стр.

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📖 Survival Memoir 🏔️ Andes Plane Crash ⛏️ Extreme Survival 💪 Human Endurance ⛰️ Mountaineering Disasters

Girl, Interrupted

— Susanna Kaysen • 1993

One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.

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🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 👩 Women And Madness 🤝 Ward Friendships 🎭 Darkly Comic Memoir 🏚️ Life Inside An Asylum

Girl, Interrupted

One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.

— Susanna Kaysen 1993 169 стр.

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🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 👩 Women And Madness 🤝 Ward Friendships 🎭 Darkly Comic Memoir 🏚️ Life Inside An Asylum

Born on a Blue Day

— Daniel Tammet • 2006

A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.

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🧩 Living With Autism 🌈 Synesthesia 👁️ Sensory Perception 🧠 Savant Abilities ♾️ Neurodiversity

Born on a Blue Day

A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.

— Daniel Tammet 2006 226 стр.

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🧩 Living With Autism 🌈 Synesthesia 👁️ Sensory Perception 🧠 Savant Abilities ♾️ Neurodiversity

Based on a True Story

— Norm Macdonald • 2016

SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedic Memoir 🎬 Snl Alumni 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🎭 Show Business

Based on a True Story

SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.

— Norm Macdonald 2016 256 стр.

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedic Memoir 🎬 Snl Alumni 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🎭 Show Business

Straight Shooter

— Stephen A. Smith • 2023

Fired by ESPN. Dyslexic. A Queens kid's improbable rise to the top of sports television.

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🎙️ Sports Broadcasting 📺 Media Careers 📝 Sports Journalism 🔄 Career Comebacks 🚀 Self-Made Success

Straight Shooter

Fired by ESPN. Dyslexic. A Queens kid's improbable rise to the top of sports television.

— Stephen A. Smith 2023 288 стр.

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🎙️ Sports Broadcasting 📺 Media Careers 📝 Sports Journalism 🔄 Career Comebacks 🚀 Self-Made Success

Until We Are Free

— Shirin Ebadi • 2016

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

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🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression 🧕 Women Under Theocracy ✈️ Exile And Displacement

Until We Are Free

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

— Shirin Ebadi 2016 304 стр.

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🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression 🧕 Women Under Theocracy ✈️ Exile And Displacement

Lessons from Madame Chic

— Jennifer L. Scott • 2011

The French art of looking polished, eating joyfully, and turning ordinary days into occasions.

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🇫🇷 French Lifestyle 👗 Capsule Wardrobes 👔 Personal Style 💄 Natural Beauty 🛍️ Mindful Consumption

Lessons from Madame Chic

The French art of looking polished, eating joyfully, and turning ordinary days into occasions.

— Jennifer L. Scott 2011 283 стр.

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🇫🇷 French Lifestyle 👗 Capsule Wardrobes 👔 Personal Style 💄 Natural Beauty 🛍️ Mindful Consumption

Soul Boom

— Rainn Wilson • 2023

Our crises are spiritual. The cure: a joy-fueled revolution with death as a teacher.

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✊ Spiritual Activism 🕊️ Post-Religious Spirituality 💖 Radical Compassion 💀 Memento Mori 🧘 Engaged Spirituality

Soul Boom

Our crises are spiritual. The cure: a joy-fueled revolution with death as a teacher.

— Rainn Wilson 2023 304 стр.

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✊ Spiritual Activism 🕊️ Post-Religious Spirituality 💖 Radical Compassion 💀 Memento Mori 🧘 Engaged Spirituality

The Year of Living Biblically

— A.J. Jacobs • 2007

A secular journalist spent a year following every Bible rule literally. Most people just quit.

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🧪 Experimental Memoir 🗞️ Immersive Journalism 📖 Biblical Literalism 🎪 Stunt Memoir 🙏 Gratitude Practice

The Year of Living Biblically

A secular journalist spent a year following every Bible rule literally. Most people just quit.

— A.J. Jacobs 2007 400 стр.

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🧪 Experimental Memoir 🗞️ Immersive Journalism 📖 Biblical Literalism 🎪 Stunt Memoir 🙏 Gratitude Practice

Самый богатый человек в Вавилоне и Волшебная история

— Джордж С. Клейсон • 2002

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

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🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

Самый богатый человек в Вавилоне и Волшебная история

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

— Джордж С. Клейсон 2002

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🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market

— Nicolas Darvas • 2017

A globe-trotting dancer made $2 million in the market. His method: a simple visual price pattern.

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🏦 Stock Trading 📈 Trend Following 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology 🌱 Growth Investing

How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market

A globe-trotting dancer made $2 million in the market. His method: a simple visual price pattern.

— Nicolas Darvas 2017 141 стр.

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🏦 Stock Trading 📈 Trend Following 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology 🌱 Growth Investing

How to Tell When We Will Die

— Johanna Hedva • 2024

The body fails. That's the truth ableism hides. A manifesto for those already living it.

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♿ Disability Justice 🩻 Chronic Illness 💸 Anti-Capitalism 🤝 Care Ethics 🧬 Body Politics

How to Tell When We Will Die

The body fails. That's the truth ableism hides. A manifesto for those already living it.

— Johanna Hedva 2024 384 стр.

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♿ Disability Justice 🩻 Chronic Illness 💸 Anti-Capitalism 🤝 Care Ethics 🧬 Body Politics

The Dealmaker

— Guy Hands • 2021

After building a private equity empire, one acquisition cost him €78 million in legal fees alone.

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🏢 Private Equity 📈 Value Investing 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Business Memoir 😰 Executive Burnout

The Dealmaker

After building a private equity empire, one acquisition cost him €78 million in legal fees alone.

— Guy Hands 2021 339 стр.

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🏢 Private Equity 📈 Value Investing 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Business Memoir 😰 Executive Burnout

A Widow's Story

— Joyce Carol Oates • 2011

Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.

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🖤 Spousal Loss 📖 Bereavement Memoir ⚡ Sudden Death 🪞 Grief And Identity ✍️ Creative Block

A Widow's Story

Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.

— Joyce Carol Oates 2011 432 стр.

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🖤 Spousal Loss 📖 Bereavement Memoir ⚡ Sudden Death 🪞 Grief And Identity ✍️ Creative Block

Love Warrior

— Glennon Doyle Melton • 2016

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

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💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

Love Warrior

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

— Glennon Doyle Melton 2016 272 стр.

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💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts

— Santosh Nair • 2016

Insider whispers, auction tricks, and the crash of India's biggest bull: one trader's education.

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🇮🇳 Indian Markets 📖 Trading Memoirs 🤫 Insider Trading 🎭 Market Manipulation 💰 Rags To Riches

Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts

Insider whispers, auction tricks, and the crash of India's biggest bull: one trader's education.

— Santosh Nair 2016 395 стр.

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🇮🇳 Indian Markets 📖 Trading Memoirs 🤫 Insider Trading 🎭 Market Manipulation 💰 Rags To Riches

A Smile as Big as the Moon

— Mike Kersjes • 2002

They said special ed kids couldn't handle Space Camp. His class went anyway, and won.

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🧩 Special Education 🔬 Experiential Learning ✊ Disability Advocacy 🏫 Underdog Classrooms 👩‍🏫 Special Educators

A Smile as Big as the Moon

They said special ed kids couldn't handle Space Camp. His class went anyway, and won.

— Mike Kersjes 2002 288 стр.

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🧩 Special Education 🔬 Experiential Learning ✊ Disability Advocacy 🏫 Underdog Classrooms 👩‍🏫 Special Educators

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

— Donald Miller • 2009

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

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📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

— Donald Miller 2009 288 стр.

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📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

— Maya Angelou • 1993

Maya Angelou on dignity: short lessons from a life built from nothing.

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🕯️ Spiritual Memoir 📜 Wisdom Literature 👩🏿 Black Womanhood 💝 Self-Acceptance 🍂 Midlife Reflection

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

Maya Angelou on dignity: short lessons from a life built from nothing.

— Maya Angelou 1993 144 стр.

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🕯️ Spiritual Memoir 📜 Wisdom Literature 👩🏿 Black Womanhood 💝 Self-Acceptance 🍂 Midlife Reflection

Адольф Гитлер

— Спайк Миллиган • 1971

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

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🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor 🏕️ Army Life 🎭 Absurdist War

Адольф Гитлер

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

— Спайк Миллиган 1971 142 стр.

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🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor 🏕️ Army Life 🎭 Absurdist War

Sam Walton, Made in America

— Sam Walton • 1992

The five-and-dime that refused to act big and grew into the world's largest retailer.

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🏬 Retail Business 📖 Founder Memoir 😍 Customer Focus ⚙️ Lean Operations 🔄 Constant Improvement

Sam Walton, Made in America

The five-and-dime that refused to act big and grew into the world's largest retailer.

— Sam Walton 1992 346 стр.

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🏬 Retail Business 📖 Founder Memoir 😍 Customer Focus ⚙️ Lean Operations 🔄 Constant Improvement

I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2

— Baek Se-hee • 2020

A Korean twentysomething returns to therapy, still certain she looks wrong, still pushing love away.

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🇰🇷 Korean Memoir 🛋️ Therapy Transcripts 🧠 Cognitive Distortions 💗 Self-Acceptance 😰 Social Anxiety

I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2

A Korean twentysomething returns to therapy, still certain she looks wrong, still pushing love away.

— Baek Se-hee 2020 232 стр.

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🇰🇷 Korean Memoir 🛋️ Therapy Transcripts 🧠 Cognitive Distortions 💗 Self-Acceptance 😰 Social Anxiety

Look Me in the Eye

— John Elder Robison • 2007

No eye contact. No friends. Flawless with machines. The reason hid in plain sight for forty years.

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🧠 Aspergers Memoir 🔍 Late Autism Diagnosis 🧩 Neurodiversity Movement 🔧 Mechanical Thinking 🎸 Music Industry Memoir

Look Me in the Eye

No eye contact. No friends. Flawless with machines. The reason hid in plain sight for forty years.

— John Elder Robison 2007 306 стр.

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🧠 Aspergers Memoir 🔍 Late Autism Diagnosis 🧩 Neurodiversity Movement 🔧 Mechanical Thinking 🎸 Music Industry Memoir

Dear Dolly

— Dolly Alderton • 2022

Love, shame, heartbreak, and the friends who outgrow you: an agony aunt's most honest answers.

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🖋️ Advice Columns 💔 Modern Dating 👯 Female Friendship 🩹 Heartbreak Recovery 👩 Millennial Womanhood

Dear Dolly

Love, shame, heartbreak, and the friends who outgrow you: an agony aunt's most honest answers.

— Dolly Alderton 2022 224 стр.

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🖋️ Advice Columns 💔 Modern Dating 👯 Female Friendship 🩹 Heartbreak Recovery 👩 Millennial Womanhood

The Great War for Civilisation

— Robert Fisk • 2005

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

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🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention 👀 War Witnessing 🏛️ Imperial Legacy

The Great War for Civilisation

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

— Robert Fisk 2005 1111 стр.

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🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention 👀 War Witnessing 🏛️ Imperial Legacy

Brewing Up a Business

— Sam Calagione • 2005

A tiny brewery's playbook: eccentric recipes, shoestring stunts, and business as a creative act.

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🍺 Craft Beer Industry 📖 Startup Memoir 🎯 Product Differentiation 🏷️ Brand Building 📣 Innovative Marketing

Brewing Up a Business

A tiny brewery's playbook: eccentric recipes, shoestring stunts, and business as a creative act.

— Sam Calagione 2005 280 стр.

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🍺 Craft Beer Industry 📖 Startup Memoir 🎯 Product Differentiation 🏷️ Brand Building 📣 Innovative Marketing

Room to Dream

— David Lynch • 2018

How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.

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🎬 Auteur Filmmaking 🖼️ Surrealism 💡 Creative Process 🌙 Subconscious In Art 🧘 Transcendental Meditation

Room to Dream

How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.

— David Lynch 2018 577 стр.

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🎬 Auteur Filmmaking 🖼️ Surrealism 💡 Creative Process 🌙 Subconscious In Art 🧘 Transcendental Meditation

The Dirt

— Tommy Lee • 2001

One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.

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📖 Oral History 🎸 Rock Memoirs 🥂 Fame And Excess 🤘 Glam Metal 💉 Addiction Recovery

The Dirt

One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.

— Tommy Lee 2001 431 стр.

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📖 Oral History 🎸 Rock Memoirs 🥂 Fame And Excess 🤘 Glam Metal 💉 Addiction Recovery

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

— Jordan Belfort • 2016

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

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💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

— Jordan Belfort 2016 530 стр.

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💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

This Is Woman's Work

— Dominique Christina • 2015

A poet's map of seven inner selves, and the one you've been most afraid to meet.

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🕯️ Sacred Feminine 🏛️ Women's Archetypes 🌑 Shadow Work 💔 Trauma Healing ✍️ Expressive Writing

This Is Woman's Work

A poet's map of seven inner selves, and the one you've been most afraid to meet.

— Dominique Christina 2015 208 стр.

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🕯️ Sacred Feminine 🏛️ Women's Archetypes 🌑 Shadow Work 💔 Trauma Healing ✍️ Expressive Writing

The Happiness of Pursuit

— Chris Guillebeau • 2014

A teenager sued her government to sail alone around the world. What's your quest?

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🗺️ Bucket Lists 🧭 Life Design 🏔️ Quest Narratives 🌍 Adventure Travel 🧱 Self-Reliance

The Happiness of Pursuit

A teenager sued her government to sail alone around the world. What's your quest?

— Chris Guillebeau 2014 304 стр.

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🗺️ Bucket Lists 🧭 Life Design 🏔️ Quest Narratives 🌍 Adventure Travel 🧱 Self-Reliance

Secondhand Time

— Svetlana Alexievich • 2013

A civilization vanished with the USSR, leaving millions unprepared for the freedom they craved.

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🎙️ Oral History 🪆 Post-Soviet Russia 🧠 Collective Memory ⛓️ Totalitarian Legacies 🏢 Everyday Socialism

Secondhand Time

A civilization vanished with the USSR, leaving millions unprepared for the freedom they craved.

— Svetlana Alexievich 2013 496 стр.

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🎙️ Oral History 🪆 Post-Soviet Russia 🧠 Collective Memory ⛓️ Totalitarian Legacies 🏢 Everyday Socialism

How We Think

— John Dewey • 1997

One grid, thirteen virtues, a lifetime of revisions: the system that built a founding father.

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🏛️ American Enlightenment 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🔄 Habit Formation 🦉 Practical Wisdom

How We Think

One grid, thirteen virtues, a lifetime of revisions: the system that built a founding father.

— John Dewey 1997 240 стр.

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🏛️ American Enlightenment 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🔄 Habit Formation 🦉 Practical Wisdom

Работа

— Роберт А. Каро • 2019

How one biographer's archival obsession made Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson give up their secrets.

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🔍 Biographical Research 📰 Narrative Journalism 📜 Archival Research 🏛️ Political Biography 🗺️ Sense Of Place

Работа

How one biographer's archival obsession made Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson give up their secrets.

— Роберт А. Каро 2019 231 стр.

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🔍 Biographical Research 📰 Narrative Journalism 📜 Archival Research 🏛️ Political Biography 🗺️ Sense Of Place

Slash

— Slash • 2007

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

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🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎵 Music Industry 🕶️ 80s Rock Scene

Slash

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

— Slash 2007 458 стр.

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🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎵 Music Industry 🕶️ 80s Rock Scene

Grief Is for People

— Sloane Crosley • 2024

A burglar took her jewelry. A suicide took her friend. Only one loss she could chase.

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💔 Suicide Loss 👥 Friendship Grief 📿 Objects And Memory 🌊 Grief Without Stages ✍️ Lyric Memoir

Grief Is for People

A burglar took her jewelry. A suicide took her friend. Only one loss she could chase.

— Sloane Crosley 2024 208 стр.

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💔 Suicide Loss 👥 Friendship Grief 📿 Objects And Memory 🌊 Grief Without Stages ✍️ Lyric Memoir

One Bullet Away

— Nathaniel Fick • 2005

A classics major becomes a Marine officer and leads a recon platoon through Afghanistan and Iraq.

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📖 Military Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🫡 Military Leadership 🏙️ Post-9/11 Wars 🤝 Unit Cohesion

One Bullet Away

A classics major becomes a Marine officer and leads a recon platoon through Afghanistan and Iraq.

— Nathaniel Fick 2005 372 стр.

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📖 Military Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🫡 Military Leadership 🏙️ Post-9/11 Wars 🤝 Unit Cohesion

Twelve Years a Slave

— Solomon Northup • 2013

Drugged and chained, a free New York violinist begins twelve years as a Louisiana slave.

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🎋 American Slavery ⛓️ Slave Narratives 📜 Abolitionist Literature 🕯️ Survival Under Bondage 🩸 Plantation Brutality

Twelve Years a Slave

Drugged and chained, a free New York violinist begins twelve years as a Louisiana slave.

— Solomon Northup 2013 363 стр.

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🎋 American Slavery ⛓️ Slave Narratives 📜 Abolitionist Literature 🕯️ Survival Under Bondage 🩸 Plantation Brutality

The Autistic Brain

— Temple Grandin • 2013

A free Black man is sold into slavery; a single smuggled letter holds his escape.

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🔗 American Slavery 📜 Slave Narratives ⛓ Kidnapping And Captivity 🏚️ Plantation Life 🛡️ Survival And Resistance

The Autistic Brain

A free Black man is sold into slavery; a single smuggled letter holds his escape.

— Temple Grandin 2013 240 стр.

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11 000+ оценок

🔗 American Slavery 📜 Slave Narratives ⛓ Kidnapping And Captivity 🏚️ Plantation Life 🛡️ Survival And Resistance

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