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  Life Unseen - A Story of Blindness

  Selina Mills

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  Imagine a world without sight. Is it dark and gloomy? Is it terrifying and isolating? Or is it simply a state of not seeing, which we have demonised and sentimentalized over the centuries? And why is blindness so frightening? 
   
  In this fascinating historical adventure, broadcaster and author Selina Mills takes us on a journey through the history of blindness in Western Culture to discover that blindness is not so dark after all. 
   
  Inspired by her own experience of losing her sight as she forged a successful journalistic career, Life Unseen takes us through a personal and unsentimental historical quest through the lives, stories and achievements of blind people - as well as those sighted people who sought to patronize, demonize and fix them. From the blind poet Homer, through the myths and moralising of early medieval culture to the scientific and medical discoveries of the Enlightenment and modern times, the story of blindness turns out to be a story of our whole culture.

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  First Words - Earliest Writing...

  Paul Mandelbaum

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  Many kids write stories, but only a few of them grow up to be successful authors. Before there was Carrie, there was " Johnathan and the Witchs." And before there was Rabbit Angstrom, Toyota dealer, there was Manuel Cirarro, famous detective. Could we have seen the seeds of success in Stephen King's and John Updike's juvenilia? These young writers are the same people who dominated the best seller lists and occupy the most celebrated spots on bookshelves in our stores, libraries, and homes. Here is a funny and surprisingly informative gathering of childhood creations by celebrated writers— authors who were amused by and happy to share their own early efforts.
  
  
  • Kevin McCarthy reads Allan Gurganus
  
  • Judith Ivey reads Margaret Atwood
  
  • Andre Braugher reads Amiri Baraka
  
  • Alfre Woodward reads Gloria Naylor
  
  • Elliott Gould reads Pat Conroy
  
  • Susan Anspach reads Joyce Carol Oates
  
  • Roger Rees reads Gore Vidal
  
  • Daphne Zuniga reads Susan Minot
  
  • Nana Visitor reads Ursula K. Le Guin
  
  • Kevin McCarthy reads John Hersey
  
  • Melissa Manchester reads Rita Dove
  
  • Elliott Gould reads Stephen King
  
  • Amy Tan reads Amy Tan
  
  • David Ackroyd reads Norman Mailer
  
  • Joel Grey reads Paul Bowles
  
  • Maxine Hong Kingston reads Maxine Hong Kingston
  
  • Arte Johnson reads Roy Blount Jr.
  
  • Andre Braugher reads Charles Johnson
  
  • Roger Rees reads William Styron
  
  • Harvey Fierstein reads Stanley Elkin
  
  • Samantha Eggar reads Madeleine L' Engle
  
  • David Ackroyd reads Louis Auchincloss
  
  • Jeff Fahey reads Fred Chappell
  
  • Harvey Fierstein reads Tobias Wolff
  
  • Tim Matheson reads W.P. Kinsella
  
  • Jean Smart reads Gail Godwin
  
  • Jeff Fahey reads Stephen Dixon
  
  • Andre Braugher reads Vance Bourjaily
  
  • Elliott Gould reads John Updike
  
  
  Kevin McCarthy reads Allan Gurganus
  
  
  Judith Ivey reads Margaret Atwood
  
  
  Andre Braugher reads Amiri Baraka
  
  
  Alfre Woodward reads Gloria Naylor
  
  
  Elliott Gould reads Pat Conroy
  
  
  Susan Anspach reads Joyce Carol Oates
  
  
  Roger Rees reads Gore Vidal
  
  
  Daphne Zuniga reads Susan Minot
  
  
  Nana Visitor reads Ursula K. Le Guin
  
  
  Kevin McCarthy reads John Hersey
  
  
  Melissa Manchester reads Rita Dove
  
  
  Elliott Gould reads Stephen King
  
  
  Amy Tan reads Amy Tan
  
  
  David Ackroyd reads Norman Mailer
  
  
  Joel Grey reads Paul Bowles
  
  
  Maxine Hong Kingston reads Maxine Hong Kingston
  
  
  Arte Johnson reads Roy Blount Jr.
  
  
  Andre Braugher reads Charles Johnson
  
  
  Roger Rees reads William Styron
  
  
  Harvey Fierstein reads Stanley Elkin
  
  
  Samantha Eggar reads Madeleine L' Engle
  
  
  David Ackroyd reads Louis Auchincloss
  
  
  Jeff Fahey reads Fred Chappell
  
  
  Harvey Fierstein reads Tobias Wolff
  
  
  Tim Matheson reads W.P. Kinsella
  
  
  Jean Smart reads Gail Godwin
  
  
  Jeff Fahey reads Stephen Dixon
  
  
  Andre Braugher reads Vance Bourjaily
  
  
  Elliott Gould reads John Updike

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  Anything But a Wasted Life

  Sita Kaylin

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  Working as a stripper and escort is anything but easy. You are often treated like a living blow-up doll and a therapist simultaneously. It’s a life that many judge easily…until you know more. Sita Kaylin, a California native who’s been in the sex industry since 1992, has lived the pitfalls of being naked in front of strangers and the absurdities that arise when you fake intimacy for a living.  
  Sita left home when she was sixteen, worked hard at several jobs and eventually started college after dropping out of high school. There, a roommate turned her on to stripping, revealing a way out of the crushing financial pressures she felt and her struggles as a pre-law student with very little time or energy to study. She had no idea how wild her journey would become and what a large part of her life it would be. Sita’s stories take shape through an often altered, occasionally sarcastic, sometimes illegal, and frequently funny magnifying glass she holds up to not just the sex industry, but also to human needs and desires, modern relationships, mental health, personal independence.  
  Anything But a Wasted Life is the autobiography of an unorthodox journey about a woman who has rarely said “no” to life. The majority of this book was written in strip clubs and dive bars around Los Angeles.

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  Warren Buffett: The Making of an...

  New York Angelo

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  Discover the untold story of Warren Buffett’s rise to becoming one of the greatest investors of all time. The Making of an Investment Legend takes you through the pivotal early years of Buffett’s life, revealing the influences, challenges, and key decisions that shaped his path to financial mastery. 
  From his humble beginnings during the Great Depression to his revolutionary transformation of Berkshire Hathaway, this book explores the milestones that defined Buffett’s journey:Early Ambitions: How an entrepreneurial spirit and lessons from his father, Howard Buffett, laid the foundation for his financial prudence.Education & Mentorship: The profound impact of studying under Benjamin Graham, the "father of value investing," at Columbia University.First Successes: Buffett’s rise through the 1950s and early 1960s with Buffett Partnership Ltd., demonstrating his genius for identifying undervalued opportunities.Lessons Learned: The challenges of activist investing, including the backlash over Dempster Mill Manufacturing, and how they shaped his approach to balancing profits with reputation.Strategic Evolution: The acquisition of Berkshire Hathaway, his partnership with Charlie Munger, and the decision to transform a struggling textile company into a diversified empire. 
  This is the story of how a young man with an insatiable curiosity for finance became a global investment icon. Perfect for aspiring investors, business enthusiasts, or anyone fascinated by the journey of an extraordinary mind.

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  All the Wide Border: Wales...

  Mike Parker

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  A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 
  A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England–Wales border: Britain’s deepest faultline. 
  There is a line on the map: to one side Wales, small, rugged and stubborn; on the other England, crucible of the most expansionist culture the world has ever seen. It is a line that has been dug, debated, defined and defended for twenty centuries. 
  All the Wide Border is a personal journey through the places, amongst the people, and across the divides of the border between England and Wales. Taking in some of our loveliest landscapes, and our darkest secrets, this is a region of immeasurable wonder and interest. It is here that the deepest roots and thorniest paradoxes of Britishness lie. The border between the countries, even as a concept, is ragged, jagged and many-layered. 
  Garlanded author Mike Parker has adored and explored these places his entire life. Born in England but settled in Wales, he finds himself typical of many in being pulled in both directions. His journey is divided into three legs, corresponding with the watersheds of the three great border rivers: the Dee in the north, the Severn in the centre, the Wye in the south. Neither quite England nor Wales, the furzy borderland he uncovers — the March — is another country. 
  Picking apart the many notions and clichés of Englishness, Welshness and indeed Britishness, Mike Parker plays with the very idea of borders: our fascination with them, our need for them, and our response to their power. In his hands, the England–Wales frontier is revealed to be a border within us all, and it is fraying, fast. 
  Mike Parker's All the Wide Border is a compelling exploration of the England-Wales border, blending history and social commentary in a series of insightful essays. This new addition to his collection of travelogues is a top pick for anyone interested in European history and culture. 
  For fans of Tom Bullough (Sarn Helen), Gavin Ortlund (Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't), Tim Hannigan (The Granite Kingdom), Chloe Dalton (Raising Hare), and Samantha Harvey (The Shapeless Unease). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  American Bulk - Essays on Excess

  Emily Mester

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  What if we explored our relationship to consumption with the same depth and feeling we use to tell stories of great loves and losses? 
   
   
   
  Americans are caught up in bulk. We guiltily watch Amazon boxes pile up on the porch, wade through endless reviews to find the perfect product, and crave the comforting indulgence of a chain restaurant. In American Bulk, Emily Mester intertwines cultural critique and personal history to explore how the things we buy, eat, amass, and discard become an intimate part of our lives. With humor and sharp intellect, she reflects on the joys and anxieties of family Costco trips, how a seasonal stint at Ulta Beauty taught her the insidious art of the sale, and what it means to get Mall Sad. In a nuanced examination of diet culture and fatness, Mester recounts her teenage summer at fat camp and the unexpected liberation she finds there. Finally, she ventures to Storm Lake, Iowa, to reckon with her grandmother's abandoned hoard, excavating the dysfunction that lies at the heart of her family's obsession with stuff. American Bulk introduces listeners to a striking new literary talent from the American heartland, one who dares to ask us to regard consumption not with guilt but with grace and empathy.

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