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  Will You Read This Please?:...

  Joanna Cannon

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  ‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS 
  ‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD 
  ‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRROR 
  How do we give a voice to those who so often remain unheard? Will You Read This, Please? is a frank and impactful collection of twelve stories written in conjunction with our best British writers, including Tracy Chevalier and Clare Mackintosh, based on the lived experience of people who have faced mental illness in the UK. 
  Edited by Sunday Times bestselling author Joanna Cannon, the stories told here are powerful, resonant and heart-breaking. This is a ground-breaking and unforgettable collection, shining a light on the stigma and isolation of living with mental illness, while also showing the strength and resilience of the human spirit. 
  The anthology, curated by the Sunday Times bestselling author, Joanna Cannon, is a top pick in the literary fiction genre. It provides a biographical insight into the medical struggles of mental illness, making it a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the human spirit's resilience. 
  For fans of Elizabeth Strout (Tell Me Everything), Margaret Atwood (The Blind Assassin), Rachel Joyce (The Homemade God), Marianne Cronin (Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love), and Clare Leslie Hall (Broken Country). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  The Pursuit of Porsha - How I...

  Porsha Williams

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  Porsha Williams, entrepreneur and one of today’s most recognizable media personalities, opens up about family, faith, fame, and becoming an agent for change. Porsha Williams is a remarkable voice in the television and podcast communities. In The Pursuit of Porsha, she takes readers on a deeply personal journey as she searches for happiness and self-acceptance, giving fans a first-hand look into the defining moments of her life that have not been captured on-screen or in the press.   Charged with candor, vulnerability, and the sharp wit Porsha is known and loved for, The Pursuit of Porsha brings readers back to the beginning and along her path of self-reflection and discovery. She details her upbringing as the granddaughter of civil rights activist Hosea Williams and her painful recollections of childhood bullying and gives readers a look at her search for love and her journey into the spotlight. Porsha shares every moment that has tried–and restored –her faith, over and over again.  Through it all, Porsha proves that she is more than a soundbite, headline, or rumor. She is an empowering role model to black women and an icon for women everywhere. In The Pursuit of Porsha, readers will see Porsha as they have never seen her before.

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  Dark History of Penn's Woods -...

  Jennifer L. Green

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  When ships under the command of white Europeans first sailed into the Delaware Bay in 1609, southeastern Pennsylvania's documented history of the strange and unusual began. This book tackles seven true "dark histories" from Chester and Delaware counties, which include tales of murder, witchcraft, cannibalism, tragic accidents, and macabre events that actually happened in the Greater Philadelphia region. All stories are meticulously researched and placed within the greater context of Pennsylvania and world history. For example, the murder of three children by an indentured servant is placed within the context the kidnapping of children into servitude in England for sale to the Americas. The trial and execution of a woman for killing her infants is placed within the context of the rights of women in early America and how the court system failed them. The treatment of witchcraft is placed within the larger relationship of Quakers with the supernatural in Pennsylvania. This is not a book of ghost stories; this is an exploration of the real events that led people to believe in ghosts. It aims to strike a balance between a colloquial work that is accessible by a variety of listeners, and an solid academic work.

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  My Captivity Among The Sioux...

  Fanny Kelly

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  "My Captivity Among The Sioux Indians" is a memoir written by Fanny Kelly, recounting her harrowing experience as a captive among the Sioux tribe in the mid-19th century. Kelly's narrative provides a first-hand account of her capture, the challenges she faced during her captivity, and her eventual release. Through her vivid descriptions and personal insights, she sheds light on the complex relationships and cultural dynamics between the Native American tribes and the settlers during that period.The memoir begins with the dramatic story of Fanny Kelly's capture by a Sioux raiding party while traveling with her husband in 1864. She describes the fear and uncertainty she felt as she was separated from her husband and forced to adapt to the customs and lifestyle of her captors. Kelly's detailed observations offer readers a glimpse into the daily lives, rituals, and beliefs of the Sioux people, highlighting their resilience and resourcefulness in the face of adversity.Throughout her narrative, Fanny Kelly confronts the challenges of survival, including scarce resources, harsh weather conditions, and the constant threat of violence. She vividly portrays the emotions and struggles she experienced, as well as the moments of compassion and kindness she encountered among her captors. Kelly's memoir not only provides a personal account of her own captivity but also serves as a valuable historical document, shedding light on the complex interactions between Native Americans and European settlers during a pivotal time in American history.

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  On James Baldwin

  Colm Tóibín

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  Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tóibín first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university and was struggling to free himself from a religious upbringing. Inspired by the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, Tóibín found a writer who would be a lifelong companion and exemplar. 
   
   
   
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  Baldwin was interested in the hidden and dramatic areas in his own being, and was prepared as a writer to explore difficult truths about his own private life. In his fiction, he had to battle for the right of his protagonists to choose or influence their destinies. He knew about guilt and rage and bitter privacies in a way that few of his White novelist contemporaries did. And this was not simply because he was Black and homosexual; the difference arose from the very nature of his talent, from the texture of his sensibility. "All art," he wrote, "is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story, to vomit the anguish up." 
   
   
   
  On James Baldwin is a magnificent contemporary author's tribute to one of his most consequential literary progenitors.

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  From Wall Street to the White...

  Anthony Scaramucci

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  Learn from the successes, the fights, and the failures of businessman and former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci. 
   
  Have you just been fired? Did that job you were hoping to get not pan out? Did you recently end up embarrassing yourself in a major way in front of people you really wanted to impress? 
   
  Not to worry. There’s a way out of whatever you’re going through, and Anthony Scaramucci—or “The Mooch,” as he’s known to his friends—is the perfect person to point you in the right direction. Whatever you’re going through, he’s been through it already. Probably twice.  
  And he’s learned a whole lot of lessons along the way. 
   
  In From Wall Street to the White House and Back, the Mooch sets down twentysix of these lessons. Along the way, he tells wild tales from his time working in finance, politics, and a few strange places in between. 
   
  Readers will spend time in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump, visit the Bahamas with the disgraced crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried, and encounter pearls of wisdom from a few other unlikely sources in the world of business, national politics, and publishing. 
   
  If you’re interested in Eminem, Leo Tolstoy, Sigmund Freud, or Tony Robbins—all of whom are mentioned at least once in these pages—and you want to learn from the mistakes of one of the all-time great mistake-makers of our age, jump in.

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