Weitere Bücher, die Sie mögen werden

• 

  Ten Steps to Nanette - A memoir...

  Hannah Gadsby

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  The memoir from Australia's much-loved comedian, Hannah Gadsby, whose stand-up show and self-described swan-song, Nanette, played to sold-out houses in Australia, the UK and the US. Its launch on Netflix, and subsequent Emmy and Peabody wins, took Nanette (and Hannah) to the world. 
   
  'There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.' Hannah Gadsby, Nanette 
   
  Multi-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette, even as she declared that she was quitting stand-up. Now, she takes us through the defining moments in her life that led to the creation of Nanette and her powerful decision to tell the truth — no matter the cost. 
   
  Gadsby's unique stand-up special Nanette was a viral success that left audiences captivated by her blistering honesty and her ability to create both tension and laughter in a single moment. But while her worldwide fame might have looked like an overnight sensation, her path from open mic to the global stage was hard-fought and anything but linear. 
   
  Ten Steps to Nanette traces Gadsby's growth as a queer person from Tasmania-where homosexuality was illegal until 1997-to her ever-evolving relationship with comedy, to her struggle with adult diagnoses of autism and ADHD, and finally to the backbone of Nanette - the renouncement of self-deprecation, the rejection of misogyny, and the moral significance of truth-telling. 
   
  Equal parts harrowing and hilarious, Ten Steps to Nanette continues Gadsby's tradition of confounding expectations and norms, properly introducing us to one of the most explosive, formative voices of our time. 
   
   “Hannah is a Promethean force, a revolutionary talent...This hilarious, touching, and sometimes tragic book is all about where her fires were lit.” EMMA THOMPSON 
   
  ‘Gadsby wields her craft like a weapon, lancing out the trauma and forcing us to look at it.’ THE GUARDIAN 
   
  ‘As uproariously funny as it is profoundly furious.’ NEW YORKER on Nanette 
   
  ‘The laughs of her show are a means to an end, which is, at its core, a ferocious attack on comedy itself.’ NEW YORK TIMES 
   
  ‘Nanette is the kind of work that leaves you shaken. Not because it’s really funny (it really is), or because it’s equally heartbreaking, but because it finds a fusion of those two modes that’s incandescent.’ 
  THE ATLANTIC

  Zum Buch

• 

  Good Morning Blake: Growing Up...

  Blake "Crash" Priddle

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  From non-verbal to radio announcer...Good Morning Blake: Growing Up Autistic and Being Okay lays bare - from cradle to adulthood – the myriad steps Blake has taken to find his voice and rightful place in society. Eighty-five percent of Blake's autistic peers do not have meaningful employment, so what facilitators occurred in his life to help him break from this dismal statistic? While the struggles cannot be ignored, the real fight is in shifting society to walk the talk and make schools, workplaces and communities more inclusive. Echolalia, dysfluency, sensory disintegration, anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and self-stimulatory behaviours are all touched upon in Blake's memoir. While it is one story by one autistic person, Blake's story offers strategies and tips for making our world kinder, more inclusive and a safer place for those who march to the beat of a different drum. What makes this book unique? Raw, uninhibited perspectives from fifty of Blake's peers, family members, friends, teachers and work colleagues who demonstrate it takes a village to raise a child. Blake's positive attitude will make you feel good even though he doesn't sugar coat his struggles. As a reader you will laugh, cry and cheer him on as he strives in his career and succeeds to live as an independent adult. 
  AUTHOR BIO 
  Many say an autistic person could never work in journalism because it's a social and fast-paced field – skills that autistics struggle with. Blake "Crash" Priddle has proven them wrong. He is a news guy and radio personality whose broadcasts have been heard daily across northern Manitoba and Nova Scotia, Canada. When Blake's not busy working his spare time is filled with hunting, fishing, hiking, and when it's minus 40C writing novellas, painting landscape scenes or watching funny shows. https://www.blakecrashpriddle.com/

  Zum Buch

• 

  The Plane Thief - Colton the...

  Waleed Saleh

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  What happens when a 14-year-old boy with nothing to lose defies the entire FBI? 
  Meet Colton Harris-Moore - the notorious "Barefoot Bandit" who became America's most audacious teenage criminal. Born into a broken home on a remote island, abandoned by his father and neglected by his alcoholic mother, Colton began his criminal career stealing bread to survive. 
  But this wasn't your ordinary delinquent story. By age 17, Colton had masterminded 67 crimes across three countries, stealing houses, cars, yachts, and most incredibly - airplanes he learned to fly using only video games and manuals. Despite never receiving a single flying lesson, he piloted stolen aircraft across American states, leaving authorities baffled and the public mesmerized. 
  For two and a half years, this barefoot genius with supernatural escape abilities exhausted federal agents, special forces, and international law enforcement. He lived in luxury homes like a ghost, disappeared into forests for months, and transformed from a hunted criminal into a folk hero with thousands of devoted fans. 
  The Plane Thief reveals the shocking true story behind the teenager who redefined criminal audacity. From his tragic beginnings in a dilapidated trailer to his dramatic capture in international waters, witness how circumstances can forge both monsters and legends. 
  A gripping tale of survival, rebellion, and the thin line between victim and perpetrator - this is the most insane adolescence in modern criminal history.

  Zum Buch

• 

  Chester Alan Arthur - The...

  Zachary Karabell

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Chester Alan Arthur never dreamed that one day he would be president of the United States. A successful lawyer, Arthur had been forced out as the head of the Custom House of the Port of New York in 1877 in a power struggle between the two wings of the Republican Party. He became such a celebrity that he was nominated for vice president in 1880—despite his never having run for office before. 
   
   
   
  Elected alongside James A. Garfield, Arthur found his life transformed just four months into his term, when an assassin shot and killed Garfield, catapulting Arthur into the presidency. The assassin was a deranged man who thought he deserved a federal job through the increasingly corrupt "spoils system." To the surprise of many, Arthur, a longtime beneficiary of that system, saw that the time had come for reform. His opportunity came in the winter of 1882–83, when he pushed through the Pendleton Act, which created a professional civil service and set America on a course toward greater reforms in the decades to come. 
   
   
   
  Chester Arthur may be largely forgotten today, but Zachary Karabell eloquently shows how this unexpected president—of whom so little was expected—rose to the occasion when fate placed him in the White House.

  Zum Buch

• 

  ADHD Behind Closed Doors -...

  Mirka Frommenwiler

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  ADHD Behind Closed Doors is a heartfelt, unfiltered look at what it really means to parent a child with ADHD. It’s not a guidebook or a list of strategies. It’s a raw, honest account of the emotional reality behind the closed doors of families navigating neurodivergence. 
  Told through journal entries, personal stories, and the voice of a mother who has lived every word, this book shines a light on the moments we don’t often talk about, the shame, the guilt, the exhaustion, the deep love, and the quiet resilience it takes to keep going. 
  Mirka Frommenwiler doesn’t offer easy answers. She offers solidarity. With fierce honesty and deep compassion, she names what often goes unnamed, giving voice to the emotional truth of parenting a child who doesn't fit the mould. 
  If you’ve ever felt alone, overwhelmed, or unsure whether anyone else really understands, this book is for you.

  Zum Buch

• 

  The House of Beauty - Lessons...

  Arabelle Sicardi

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  "When I tell you that beauty is a monster, I need you to know it is my favorite kind." 
  So begins Arabelle Sicardi’s blazingly original collection of essays. A former beauty editor, Arabelle has devoted their entire adult life to the subject of beauty―they have analyzed it, criticized it, praised it, benefited from it, loathed it. Now, in The House of Beauty, they get to the contradictions at the heart of it: beauty and horror, two sides of the same coin. 
   
  With their signature blend of intellectual rigor and poetic sensibility, Arabelle explores how beauty myths are crafted, sold, and weaponized, from corporate boardrooms to your local nail salon. Follow alongside Arabelle as they trace the global trail of the shimmering mica in your beauty products, choose-your-own-adventure-style, or journey into the past to unearth the sinister connection between fragrance and fascism. Bear witness as they visit a tech convention focused on the next horrifying frontier of body modification, or as they ask what's at stake in the braids we weave in our hair. Sharp yet tender in their observations, Arabelle challenges listeners to reconsider beauty as more than a product of consumption, inviting a vision of beauty rooted in community and self-care, one that transcends industry-driven ideals.

  Zum Buch