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Silicon Valley Porn Star

av Jason Portnoy • 2022

He built startups by day and a sex addiction by night. Then his wife called.

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256

🖥️ Silicon Valley Culture 🔞 Pornography Addiction 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience

Silicon Valley Porn Star

He built startups by day and a sex addiction by night. Then his wife called.

av Jason Portnoy 2022 222 sidor

4.32

256 betyg

🖥️ Silicon Valley Culture 🔞 Pornography Addiction 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience

Enchantment

av Katherine May • 2023

Wonder is not rare. It waits in ordinary things for anyone who remembers how to look.

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🍃 Nature Writing ✨ Everyday Wonder 🙏 Sacred Ordinary 🌿 Nature Connection 😰 Modern Anxiety

Enchantment

Wonder is not rare. It waits in ordinary things for anyone who remembers how to look.

av Katherine May 2023 212 sidor

3.59

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🍃 Nature Writing ✨ Everyday Wonder 🙏 Sacred Ordinary 🌿 Nature Connection 😰 Modern Anxiety

The Dark Side of Innocence

av Terri Cheney • 2011

She earned straight As while a dark compulsion swung her between euphoria and despair.

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🧠 Bipolar Disorder 👶 Childhood Bipolar 📖 Mental Illness Memoir 🍷 Self-Medication 🎓 Perfectionism

The Dark Side of Innocence

She earned straight As while a dark compulsion swung her between euphoria and despair.

av Terri Cheney 2011 290 sidor

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1 000+ betyg

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 👶 Childhood Bipolar 📖 Mental Illness Memoir 🍷 Self-Medication 🎓 Perfectionism

The Beauty of Dusk

av Frank Bruni • 2022

A stroke took half his eyesight. Blind climbers showed him what fills the space loss creates.

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🏥 Memoir Of Illness 🦯 Living With Disability 🛡️ Resilience 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🔄 Reframing Adversity

The Beauty of Dusk

A stroke took half his eyesight. Blind climbers showed him what fills the space loss creates.

av Frank Bruni 2022 316 sidor

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🏥 Memoir Of Illness 🦯 Living With Disability 🛡️ Resilience 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🔄 Reframing Adversity

Sastun

av Rosita Arvigo • 1994

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

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🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice

Sastun

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

av Rosita Arvigo 1994 208 sidor

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500+ betyg

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice

So Sad Today

av Melissa Broder • 2016

A vomit fetish, an open marriage, and the internet addiction that makes it all bearable.

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📖 Confessional Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💻 Internet Addiction 🖤 Dark Humor 🔥 Sexual Candor

So Sad Today

A vomit fetish, an open marriage, and the internet addiction that makes it all bearable.

av Melissa Broder 2016 206 sidor

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17 000+ betyg

📖 Confessional Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💻 Internet Addiction 🖤 Dark Humor 🔥 Sexual Candor

Bruce Lee

av Bruce Lee • 2001

A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.

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1 000+

🏙️ Midcentury America 🧒 American Childhood 📷 Nostalgia Memoir ☢️ Cold War Culture 🚬 Teenage Rebellion

Bruce Lee

A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.

av Bruce Lee 2001 288 sidor

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🏙️ Midcentury America 🧒 American Childhood 📷 Nostalgia Memoir ☢️ Cold War Culture 🚬 Teenage Rebellion

Iron Man

av Tony Iommi • 2011

A factory press severs his fingertips. Leather thimbles, detuned strings: heavy metal is born.

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🎸 Heavy Metal Memoirs 💰 Music Industry Greed 🩹 Post-Injury Creativity 🥁 Band Dynamics 🔮 Occult Rock

Iron Man

A factory press severs his fingertips. Leather thimbles, detuned strings: heavy metal is born.

av Tony Iommi 2011 381 sidor

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🎸 Heavy Metal Memoirs 💰 Music Industry Greed 🩹 Post-Injury Creativity 🥁 Band Dynamics 🔮 Occult Rock

A Heart That Works

av Rob Delaney • 2022

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

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🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

A Heart That Works

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

av Rob Delaney 2022 196 sidor

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🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

Know Your Power

av Nancy Pelosi • 2008

She ran for Congress at 47 with five children. Her precinct-by-precinct organizing made her Speaker.

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🗳️ Women In Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Democratic Politics 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 👩‍🏫 Mentorship For Women

Know Your Power

She ran for Congress at 47 with five children. Her precinct-by-precinct organizing made her Speaker.

av Nancy Pelosi 2008 192 sidor

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🗳️ Women In Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Democratic Politics 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 👩‍🏫 Mentorship For Women

The Gates of Gaza

av Amir Tibon • 2024

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

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🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure 🚜 Zionist Pioneers 🗳️ Israeli Politics

The Gates of Gaza

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

av Amir Tibon 2024 352 sidor

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🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure 🚜 Zionist Pioneers 🗳️ Israeli Politics

A Marriage at Sea

av Sophie Elmhirst • 2024

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

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🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure 🕯️ Grief And Loss 📖 Literary Nonfiction

A Marriage at Sea

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

av Sophie Elmhirst 2024 256 sidor

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🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure 🕯️ Grief And Loss 📖 Literary Nonfiction

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life

av Rosie Pérez • 2014

She survived the Catholic Home for Children. Then she had to survive Hollywood.

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📖 Latina Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 💃 Dancer Memoir

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life

She survived the Catholic Home for Children. Then she had to survive Hollywood.

av Rosie Pérez 2014 320 sidor

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📖 Latina Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 💃 Dancer Memoir

Please Stop Laughing at Us...

av Jodee Blanco • 2008

Traditional punishment fails bullies. A survivor's guide to what heals the scars and stops torment.

3.87

234

🚸 School Bullying 📖 Survivor Memoir 🫂 Compassionate Discipline 🌱 Trauma Healing ✋ Anti-Bullying

Please Stop Laughing at Us...

Traditional punishment fails bullies. A survivor's guide to what heals the scars and stops torment.

av Jodee Blanco 2008 506 sidor

3.87

234 betyg

🚸 School Bullying 📖 Survivor Memoir 🫂 Compassionate Discipline 🌱 Trauma Healing ✋ Anti-Bullying

Bloomberg by Bloomberg

av Michael R. Bloomberg • 1997

Fired with $10 million, he built a terminal that reshaped finance, then ran New York City.

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💼 Wall Street Stories 📊 Financial Technology 📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏢 Startup Culture 🔄 Failure To Success

Bloomberg by Bloomberg

Fired with $10 million, he built a terminal that reshaped finance, then ran New York City.

av Michael R. Bloomberg 1997 280 sidor

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💼 Wall Street Stories 📊 Financial Technology 📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏢 Startup Culture 🔄 Failure To Success

How to Fail

av Elizabeth Day • 2019

What divorce, infertility, and not fitting in taught her that success never could.

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🧱 Embracing Failure 🔄 Redefining Success 💪 Resilience Building 🔥 Female Anger 🎭 Perfectionism

How to Fail

What divorce, infertility, and not fitting in taught her that success never could.

av Elizabeth Day 2019

3.93

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🧱 Embracing Failure 🔄 Redefining Success 💪 Resilience Building 🔥 Female Anger 🎭 Perfectionism

Sous Chef

av Michael Gibney • 2014

From morning delivery to last ticket: a sous chef's 24 hours of heat, hierarchy, and precision.

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🍳 Professional Kitchens 🧑‍🍳 Kitchen Hierarchy 🍽️ Service Culture 📖 Kitchen Memoirs 🏢 Restaurant Industry

Sous Chef

From morning delivery to last ticket: a sous chef's 24 hours of heat, hierarchy, and precision.

av Michael Gibney 2014 240 sidor

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🍳 Professional Kitchens 🧑‍🍳 Kitchen Hierarchy 🍽️ Service Culture 📖 Kitchen Memoirs 🏢 Restaurant Industry

The Water Is Wide

av Pat Conroy • 1972

The island kids couldn't tell time. Their teacher drove them to Washington.

4.17

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📚 Teaching Memoir ⚖️ School Inequality 🌴 American South 🧑‍🏫 Progressive Education 🏛️ Teacher Vs Bureaucracy

The Water Is Wide

The island kids couldn't tell time. Their teacher drove them to Washington.

av Pat Conroy 1972 260 sidor

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📚 Teaching Memoir ⚖️ School Inequality 🌴 American South 🧑‍🏫 Progressive Education 🏛️ Teacher Vs Bureaucracy

Canaries Among Us

av Kayla Taylor • 2022

Her neurodivergent daughter was bullied. The school blamed her. A mother's fight for the truth.

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🧠 Neurodiversity 🎒 School Bullying 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🧸 Child Mental Health 📚 Trauma-Informed Education

Canaries Among Us

Her neurodivergent daughter was bullied. The school blamed her. A mother's fight for the truth.

av Kayla Taylor 2022 378 sidor

4.26

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🧠 Neurodiversity 🎒 School Bullying 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🧸 Child Mental Health 📚 Trauma-Informed Education

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

av Alison Arngrim • 2010

America hated her on screen. Her fury was real, and her own brother had created it.

4.10

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🌟 Child Star Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎥 Behind The Scenes 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survivor Memoir

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

America hated her on screen. Her fury was real, and her own brother had created it.

av Alison Arngrim 2010 302 sidor

4.10

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🌟 Child Star Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎥 Behind The Scenes 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survivor Memoir

Black Box

av Shiori Itō • 2017

Arrest warrant canceled at the last minute. She named her rapist at a press conference anyway.

4.47

2 000+

⚖️ Sexual Assault Law 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Metoo Movement 🗾 Japanese Feminism 🏛️ Institutional Sexism

Black Box

Arrest warrant canceled at the last minute. She named her rapist at a press conference anyway.

av Shiori Itō 2017 230 sidor

4.47

2 000+ betyg

⚖️ Sexual Assault Law 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Metoo Movement 🗾 Japanese Feminism 🏛️ Institutional Sexism

Gray Matter

av David I. Levy • 2011

A neurosurgeon starts praying with his patients. Then he watches the unexplainable happen.

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🩺 Faith In Medicine 🧠 Neurosurgery Memoirs 🙏 Prayer And Healing ❤️‍🩹 Forgiveness And Health 💔 Emotional Roots Of Illness

Gray Matter

A neurosurgeon starts praying with his patients. Then he watches the unexplainable happen.

av David I. Levy 2011 304 sidor

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🩺 Faith In Medicine 🧠 Neurosurgery Memoirs 🙏 Prayer And Healing ❤️‍🩹 Forgiveness And Health 💔 Emotional Roots Of Illness

Don’t Burn This Book

av Dave Rubin • 2020

A former progressive's playbook for when the mob calls you a Nazi and demands an apology.

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3 000+

🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🌐 Intellectual Dark Web ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 📰 Media Bias

Don’t Burn This Book

A former progressive's playbook for when the mob calls you a Nazi and demands an apology.

av Dave Rubin 2020 256 sidor

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🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🌐 Intellectual Dark Web ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 📰 Media Bias

Orange Is the New Black

av Piper Kerman • 2010

A decade-old drug crime. A year in federal prison. The hidden world of women doing time.

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🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🔒 Prison Memoir ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 👩‍🦰 Women In Prison 💊 Drug War

Orange Is the New Black

A decade-old drug crime. A year in federal prison. The hidden world of women doing time.

av Piper Kerman 2010 314 sidor

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🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🔒 Prison Memoir ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 👩‍🦰 Women In Prison 💊 Drug War

Smart on Crime

av Kamala Harris • 2009

Tough on crime filled prisons without making us safe; a prosecutor's case for being smart instead.

3.75

346

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🚪 Reentry Programs 🤝 Community Policing 🛡️ Victim Advocacy

Smart on Crime

Tough on crime filled prisons without making us safe; a prosecutor's case for being smart instead.

av Kamala Harris 2009 205 sidor

3.75

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🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🚪 Reentry Programs 🤝 Community Policing 🛡️ Victim Advocacy

Pour Me, A Life

av A.A. Gill • 2014

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

4.08

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🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

Pour Me, A Life

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

av A.A. Gill 2014 288 sidor

4.08

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🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

Liar's Poker

av Michael Lewis • 1989

The bond desk taught one rule: whoever bluffs best wins. A young Michael Lewis took notes.

4.15

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🏦 Wall Street 📼 1980s Finance ✍️ Wall Street Memoir 🃏 Trading Culture 🦈 Corporate Raiders

Liar's Poker

The bond desk taught one rule: whoever bluffs best wins. A young Michael Lewis took notes.

av Michael Lewis 1989 256 sidor

4.15

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🏦 Wall Street 📼 1980s Finance ✍️ Wall Street Memoir 🃏 Trading Culture 🦈 Corporate Raiders

How to Murder Your Life

av Cat Marnell • 2017

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

3.88

21 000+

🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

How to Murder Your Life

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

av Cat Marnell 2017 384 sidor

3.88

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🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

In Trump Time

av Peter Navarro • 2021

A Trump insider: the pandemic was engineered, the cure suppressed, and the election stolen.

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🏛️ Trump Presidency 🦠 Pandemic Politics 🔬 Covid Origins 🗳️ Election Integrity 🤐 Covid Censorship

In Trump Time

A Trump insider: the pandemic was engineered, the cure suppressed, and the election stolen.

av Peter Navarro 2021 344 sidor

4.53

500+ betyg

🏛️ Trump Presidency 🦠 Pandemic Politics 🔬 Covid Origins 🗳️ Election Integrity 🤐 Covid Censorship

In Love

av Amy Bloom • 2022

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

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🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief 🕊️ Assisted Suicide 💀 Death Acceptance

In Love

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

av Amy Bloom 2022 240 sidor

4.26

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🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief 🕊️ Assisted Suicide 💀 Death Acceptance

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

av Wes Ely • 2021

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

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🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

av Wes Ely 2021 347 sidor

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🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

av Vic Armstrong • 2011

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

3.67

403

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes ✨ Special Effects 🪂 Hollywood Stunts

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

av Vic Armstrong 2011

3.67

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🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes ✨ Special Effects 🪂 Hollywood Stunts

In My Time

av Dick Cheney • 2011

From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.

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🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ White House Insider 🌍 Gulf War 🗺️ Post-Cold War Era 🛡️ Defense Policy

In My Time

From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.

av Dick Cheney 2011 576 sidor

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🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ White House Insider 🌍 Gulf War 🗺️ Post-Cold War Era 🛡️ Defense Policy

Girl Logic

av Iliza Shlesinger • 2017

Women seem crazy but are actually running a complex internal calculus. A comic explains.

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😂 Feminist Humor 🎤 Comedic Memoir 👩 Modern Womanhood 🌀 Overthinking 👯 Female Friendships

Girl Logic

Women seem crazy but are actually running a complex internal calculus. A comic explains.

av Iliza Shlesinger 2017 264 sidor

3.84

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😂 Feminist Humor 🎤 Comedic Memoir 👩 Modern Womanhood 🌀 Overthinking 👯 Female Friendships

A Million Little Pieces

av James Frey • 2003

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

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💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

A Million Little Pieces

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

av James Frey 2003

3.69

200 000+ betyg

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

A Journey

av Tony Blair • 2010

From rewriting Labour's soul to the order for war: the private memoir of a prime minister.

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4 000+

📖 Political Memoirs 🇬🇧 Uk Politics 🌹 Social Democracy 🌍 Humanitarian Intervention 🏥 Public Sector Reform

A Journey

From rewriting Labour's soul to the order for war: the private memoir of a prime minister.

av Tony Blair 2010 720 sidor

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📖 Political Memoirs 🇬🇧 Uk Politics 🌹 Social Democracy 🌍 Humanitarian Intervention 🏥 Public Sector Reform

Love & Autism

av Kay Kerr • 2023

Autistic women hide themselves to find love. What happens when they stop hiding is the real story.

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🧠 Neurodiversity Paradigm 👩 Autistic Women 🎭 Autistic Masking 💞 Autistic Relationships 🌀 Sensory Processing

Love & Autism

Autistic women hide themselves to find love. What happens when they stop hiding is the real story.

av Kay Kerr 2023 235 sidor

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🧠 Neurodiversity Paradigm 👩 Autistic Women 🎭 Autistic Masking 💞 Autistic Relationships 🌀 Sensory Processing

Blind Injustice

av Mark Godsey • 2017

How good people convict the innocent: a former prosecutor on the cognitive traps built in justice.

4.39

345

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 👁️ Eyewitness Misidentification 🧠 Cognitive Bias 🏢 Banality Of Evil

Blind Injustice

How good people convict the innocent: a former prosecutor on the cognitive traps built in justice.

av Mark Godsey 2017 265 sidor

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⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 👁️ Eyewitness Misidentification 🧠 Cognitive Bias 🏢 Banality Of Evil

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

av Amy Chua • 2011

Straight As, zero sleepovers, hours of daily music. The daughters excelled, then one rebelled.

3.67

54 000+

🧳 Immigrant Parenting 🧱 Authoritarian Parenting 🧨 Cultural Clash 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🧧 Asian American Experience

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Straight As, zero sleepovers, hours of daily music. The daughters excelled, then one rebelled.

av Amy Chua 2011 256 sidor

3.67

54 000+ betyg

🧳 Immigrant Parenting 🧱 Authoritarian Parenting 🧨 Cultural Clash 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🧧 Asian American Experience

Pastoral Song

av James Rebanks • 2020

The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.

4.42

8 000+

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🚜 Traditional Farming 🪱 Soil Health 📖 Agrarian Memoir 🍽️ Food Systems Critique

Pastoral Song

The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.

av James Rebanks 2020 304 sidor

4.42

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🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🚜 Traditional Farming 🪱 Soil Health 📖 Agrarian Memoir 🍽️ Food Systems Critique

Blue Like Jazz

av Donald Miller • 2003

I found God at the most godless college in America, and it looked nothing like church.

3.90

100 000+

🧳 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Post-Evangelical 🤔 Doubt And Faith 🙌 Grace Over Works 🔍 Self-Examination

Blue Like Jazz

I found God at the most godless college in America, and it looked nothing like church.

av Donald Miller 2003 243 sidor

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🧳 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Post-Evangelical 🤔 Doubt And Faith 🙌 Grace Over Works 🔍 Self-Examination

The Heart and the Fist

av Eric Greitens • 2011

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

4.12

9 000+

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🛡️ Moral Courage 🎌 Cultural Competence

The Heart and the Fist

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

av Eric Greitens 2011 320 sidor

4.12

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🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🛡️ Moral Courage 🎌 Cultural Competence

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

av Brianna Madia • 2024

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

4.14

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🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

av Brianna Madia 2024 208 sidor

4.14

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🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship

The Empathy Exams

av Leslie Jamison • 2014

Empathy isn't a feeling but a practice, and these essays examine what it demands of us.

3.67

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📝 Personal Essays 📰 Literary Journalism 🩺 Medical Humanities 👁️ Ethics Of Witnessing 🗣️ Pain And Narrative

The Empathy Exams

Empathy isn't a feeling but a practice, and these essays examine what it demands of us.

av Leslie Jamison 2014 230 sidor

3.67

15 000+ betyg

📝 Personal Essays 📰 Literary Journalism 🩺 Medical Humanities 👁️ Ethics Of Witnessing 🗣️ Pain And Narrative

Unfinished Business

av Anne-Marie Slaughter • 2015

Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.

3.91

3 000+

🏢 Workplace Equality 🧱 Care Infrastructure 🔄 Career Reentry 🏠 Flexible Work 💼 Working Mothers

Unfinished Business

Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.

av Anne-Marie Slaughter 2015 352 sidor

3.91

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🏢 Workplace Equality 🧱 Care Infrastructure 🔄 Career Reentry 🏠 Flexible Work 💼 Working Mothers

We Were Dreamers

av Simu Liu • 2022

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

4.33

30 000+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations 🌏 Asian Representation 🎨 Starving Artist

We Were Dreamers

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

av Simu Liu 2022 320 sidor

4.33

30 000+ betyg

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations 🌏 Asian Representation 🎨 Starving Artist

I've Tried Being Nice

av Ann Leary • 2024

A bat on her pajamas, a famous spouse, and the moment she stopped being nice.

3.78

1 000+

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