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  Summary of Kevin Hart & Neil...

  Falcon Press

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  Buy now to get the main key ideas from Kevin Hart & Neil Strauss's I Can't Make This Up 
    
  I Can’t Make This Up (2017) is superstar comedian Kevin Hart’s funny, heartbreaking, and inspiring memoir about survival, achievement, and the value of believing in yourself. Written with bestselling author Neil Strauss, the memoir starts with Hart’s childhood and chronicles all the obstacles he has faced. His father was a heroin addict who was in and out of jail, his sibling was a minor thief and a crack dealer, and his mother was harsh, slapping him with belts, frying pans, and even his own toys. 
  Hart overcame family problems, struggles in school, and a rocky start as a comedian in his rise to international fame, wealth, and success. He did it not only through hard work, determination, and talent, but also via his unique perspective on the world. Hart sees life like a book - a collection of chapters that we each get to compose for ourselves. 
   

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  Everyone Versus Racism: A Letter...

  Patrick Hutchinson

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  'The best of England' The New Statesman 
  'A powerful open letter about racism' The Sun 
  ‘I just want equality, equality for all of us. At the moment, the scales are unfairly balanced and I just want things to be fair for my children, my grandchildren and future generations.’ 
  On 13 June 2020, Patrick Hutchinson, a black man, was photographed carrying a white injured man to safety during a confrontation in London between Black Lives Matter demonstrators and counter-protestors. The powerful image was shared and discussed all around the world. 
  Everyone versus Racism is a poignant letter from Patrick to his children and grandchildren. Writing from the heart, he describes the realities of life as a black man today and why we must unite to inspire change for generations to come. 
  In Everyone Versus Racism, Patrick Hutchinson, a top-rated activist, shares his experiences as a parent in the face of global social and political challenges. His autobiography, a compelling biography of his life, underscores the importance of family and relationships in the fight for equality. 
  For fans of David Harewood (Maybe I Don't Belong Here), Lenny Henry (Rising to the Surface), Bernardine Evaristo (Manifesto), Barbara Makeda Blake Hannah (Growing Out), and Lee Lawrence (The Louder I Will Sing).

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  Charles Manson - The American...

  Kelly Mass

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  Charles Milles Manson was an American crook who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. He got involved in the Church of Scientology and had a difficult childhood. Going to jail twice didn’t teach him the lesson he was supposed to learn, and eventually, he was incarcerated a third time. 
  Perhaps through the study of this short-read, you can figure out what makes a criminal and murderer, how it can be prevented, and why we do the things we do. Charles Manson’s life is an example of how things clearly went into the wrong direction. Let’s learn from him so that we don’t repeat the same mistakes.

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  Victor Hugo A Biography

  Multiple Authors

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  Victor Hugo is one of the best-known French writers, and is part of the greatest literary figures of all time. His poetry made him famous very early, cementing his reputation as one of the greatest lyric poets when he was only 20 years old. He was also a novelist and a dramatist, and furthered the cause of Romanticism, this exalted artistic movement which toyed with Sublime and soared on the winds of emotion. The high-achieving poet was also actively involved in politics, defending the poor until his last breath; he was even forced into exile, from which he kept on writing, beloved by the masses he stood up for. When he died, it was an intense day of mourning in France, and more than two million people joined his funeral procession to the Panthéon. Today, most large towns in France have at least a street named after him. His life was of the most colorful kind: full of romantic conquests, heartbreak, political turmoil, even a dabble in occultism: discover every aspect of this monumental character with this documented audiobook, narrated by Katie Haigh.

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  Behind the Laughter - A...

  Anthony Griffith, Dr. Brigitte...

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  How do you keep going when your world is falling apart? Discover the powerful story of stand-up comic Anthony Griffith and how to navigate grief through persistence, faith, humor and love.  
  Just as Anthony’s career in stand-up comedy launched him onto the stage of The Tonight Show, he and his wife Brigitte faced an unimaginable personal nightmare: their two-year-old daughter, Brittany Nicole, was dying from cancer. While Anthony performed under bright lights, he struggled not to succumb to the darkness of losing a child. 
  In this stirring memoir, Anthony Griffith and his wife of more than thirty years, Brigitte Travis-Griffin, share the powerful story of living between life’s funniest moments and its most heartbreaking tragedies. 
  With humor and deep insights into the human spirit, Behind the Laughter explores Anthony’s life and career as well as the bonds between parent and child and husband and wife. The surprising twists along Anthony’s path highlights experiencing God’s sustaining presence in the darkest moments as well as the sweetest dreams. 
  Behind the Laughter explores:Powerful, relatable emotions and lessons that are universal and inspiringNew perspectives on difficult topics that everyone can relate toThe power of finding humor in spite of adversity 
  Find true inspiration along with laugh-out-loud humor in this remarkable story of resilience and grace in the face of loss.

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  Wild Wales

  George Borrow

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  Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first published in 1862 and now a classic travel text on Wales and the Welsh. The book recounts Borrow's experiences, insights and personal encounters whilst touring Wales alone on foot after a family holiday in Llangollen in 1854. Although contemporary critics dismissed its whimsical tone, it quickly became popular with readers as a travel book and more importantly as a very lively account of the literary, social and geographical history of Wales. Borrow’s engaging character comes across especially in his meetings with various itinerants – mostly native and peasant – along the muddy Welsh path. Borrow’s keen ear for dialogue may remind us of a Dickens or Trollope, and like the latter his wit and wisdom are rarely absent. Indeed the author has been described as an "eccentric, larger-than-life, jovial man whose laughter rings all through the book". Borrow makes much of his self-taught Welsh and how surprised the natives are by his linguistic abilities – and also by his idiosyncratic pronunciation of their language. He loves to air his knowledge of Welsh culture, especially the Bardic tradition. And like his contemporary, William Wordsworth, he has a habit of quoting verses to the heavens as he walks. As the author finally reaches South Wales towards the end of his account, we meet for the first time evidences of modern industrialism, introduced to the reader in the form of a Dante’s Inferno of coal mines and iron foundries. Today, most will remember and value the book for these and other vivid nineteenth-century landscapes – along with Borrow’s gallery of fascinating, human characters. (SUMMARY BY STEVE GOUGH BASED ON WIKIPEDIA)

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