Editora: WriteLife Publishing
Mark Rickert, the grandson of Merle Kilgore, a country music legend and part of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, showcases some of the amazing stories of Merle's life with people like Hank Williams Sr., Webb Pierce, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, Jr. and more..
2 Years of Crazy Ideas and Implementation, Trial and Error, and Misunderstandings Packed into One Book! Take a journey with HR turned Entrepreneur through his first two years of entrepreneurship, from hiring his first project intern to adding 20+ over the next two years, from publishing a novel having a filmy title to building a SaaS application that reached pretty close to getting funding, from being invited to attend Digital India event inaugurated by Prime Minister of India to getting examined by a Clinical Physiatrist. In a true ‘as long as we are still alive, there is another wave to ride’ fashion, Mayank did not miss the opportunity when COVID-19 turned the world upside down and forced him to take a path he had always desired but never planned. The book is written in a first-person narrative style that is both playfully self-deprecating and boastful and is full of anecdotes. In ‘Brick by Brick…and one step at a time’, you will get insights about taking risks, building teams, creating products, choosing mentors, and prioritizing what truly matters in life - our family. “If you picked up this book because you are curious to know the psyche of an entrepreneur and what all they go through during their initial years, you’re in the right place.” “If you picked up this book because you are curious how an HR going through a midlife crisis decides to pivot, attempts tens of things simultaneously, and finds his Ikigai during the process, you’re again in the right place.”Ver livro
★ Did you know that the first KGB was called Cheka and formed in 1917? ★ ★ Did you know that the KGB once was the largest secret police and foreign-intelligence organization in the world? ★ ★ BUY THIS BOOK NOW AND LEARN ABOUT THE LARGEST SECRET POLICE TODAY! ★ In this book you will discover; · Why KGB is so feared · The Early Years of KGB - Cheka · The Early Years of KGB - GPU · The Early Years of KGB - OGPU · OGPU & The Soviet State · The NKVD and the Forming of KGB · The new KGB: FSK & FSB · How Stalin's NKVD Spies Took Down Trotsky · The end of a superpower - The collapse of the Soviet Union · How Novichok used as Political Instrument ★ BUY THIS BOOK NOW AND LEARN ABOUT THE LARGEST SECRET POLICE TODAY! ★Ver livro
The first biography of Bill Withers, the most accidental music supernova, who walked away from fame and never looked back. Bill Withers entered the music fray as hardly an afterthought, rewrote the rules for a decade, earned a fortune, then, unable to square himself with the requisites of the music business, took his leave. When he died in 2019 at eighty-one, he was every bit the mystery he was when he started. Born and raised in Slab Fork, West Virginia—his father a coal miner, his childhood spent in a pit of racism, and a shy kid who was asthmatic and stuttered—Withers had every reason to say, “People ask what are the blues. Hell, I was the blues!” His adulthood was spent running away from Slab Fork as a navy enlistee who worked military-related jobs, including making toilets for 747s. Music was a fantasy, ruled by unscrupulous brokers whom he thought he would never be able to live easily with. When he sang of calling on a “lonely brother” in “Lean on Me,” his biggest hit and an astounding feast for the ears, few knew that he was singing about himself. He was the lonely brother, and the business whose audio rules he refashioned only made him lonelier. His songs were not riling, but easing and caressing the deepest of emotional clefts that bore the weight of the world and the reassurance of a better day on his shoulders—“Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Lean on Me,” “Use Me,” “Lovely Day,” “Just the Two of Us”—as well as album cuts that leaped off the vinyl and helped form a coterie of evergreens among his fans. Yet he ruled in his precious fold of time—eight years in the sun—without as much as an agent, manager, lawyer, accountant, valet, or flunky. He was on his own in every way. This is the craziest success story music has known—a whirlwind that didn’t begin until Withers was in his thirties and carried on as if in neat slow-motion. Now, in this remarkable biography by acclaimed author Mark Ribowsky, Withers is brought to life in vivid detail, told with insights from those who knew him throughout his short but incredibly impactful career.Ver livro
Being forced to confront death is a profound opportunity to explore what it means to be alive. "An extra-ordinary book, which has been by my side in my own journey through cancer." - Ian Marchant, Author of A Hero For High Times and The Longest Crawl Jody White's eighteenth year of life filled his heart with young love – only to break him apart. Diagnosed with a rare form of Acute Leukaemia, he was given just two weeks to live. With intelligence, nuance, and sensitivity, Jody White draws the reader into the intimate whirlwind of treatment that followed. The stylistically golden story captivates and inspires, gathering wisdom out of what was a dark, dark time. A fascinating and inventive must-read, this deeply moving memoir masterfully challenges some of the received wisdoms on how illness should be written. Chimera is an absolutely inspiring page-turner.Ver livro
New from TOGETHXR—the sports media company that set the sports world on fire with their defining statement “EVERYONE WATCHES WOMEN’S SPORTS”—this inspiring collection of stories shines a light on the grit, smarts, and determination of record-setting and boundary-breaking female athletes around the world and across sports. Play It Forward features twenty‑five inspirational stories of badass women from all corners of the sports universe, curated by TOGETHXR, a sports media company founded by legends Sue Bird, Alex Morgan, Simone Manuel, and Chloe Kim. From profiles of professional athletes and Olympians at the top of their game to everyday women putting in the work without a crowd, these are true tales of fierce competitors, dedicated teammates, and passionate advocates who are all too accustomed to hearing the word “no.” Each story highlights an inspiring athlete or team who is defying expectations and rebelling against inequality in big and small ways, including: • Indigenous women forming a softball team in Mexico • Older women finding friendship and purpose through competitive swimming • A woman mountain-climbing her way out of oppression in Afghanistan • WNBA players developing a voice for social justice and influencing a pivotal election • Incarcerated women playing soccer to prepare for life after release For sports fans of all ages, Play It Forward celebrates and elevates the gutsy true stories of activists and dreamers who are changing the game, and the world of sports, for the better. WORLD’S GREATEST ATHLETES: A foreword and afterword by world-class athletes and Olympians Alex Morgan and Sue Bird set the stage and offer key context for this inspirational collection of stories of women who are defying the odds and breaking the rules. STORIES FROM ACROSS WOMEN'S SPORTS: TOGETHXR created the viral sensation "Everyone Watches Women Sports" that caught fire during the record-breaking NCAA 2024 Women's Basketball Tournament. Their ongoing mission is to elevate women's sports coverage in a space where culture, activism, lifestyle, and sports converge. In this powerhouse book, TOGETHXR gathers celebrity and everyday stories to create a breadth of inspiration from powerful women across a range of sports, from basketball, soccer, and hockey to swimming, gymnastics, rowing, and professional bowling. ENGAGING JOURNALISM: The stories are contemporary and underreported features covering athletes and teams that will be new to many readers. The essays are all written by acclaimed female and nonbinary journalists from around the world.Ver livro
Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number. Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best. In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both rivet the attention and inspire the imagination to visit their gems in a series of six, to roam across an author’s legacy in a few short hours and gain a greater understanding of their writing and, of course, to be lavishly entertained by their ideas, their narrative and their way with words. These stories can be surprising and sometimes at a tangent to what we expected, but each is fully formed and a marvellous adventure into the world and words of a literary master. 1 - Six of the Best - Rudyard Kipling - An Introduction 2 - Rudyard Kipling - An Introduction 3 - The Phantom Rickshaw By Rudyard Kipling 4 - They by Rudyard Kipling 5 - Mary Postgate by Rudyard Kipling 6 - Mark Of The Beast By Rudyard Kipling 7 - The Maltese Cat by Rudyard Kipling 8 - The Man Who Would Be King - Part 1 by Rudyard Kipling 9 - The Man Who Would Be King - Part 2 by Rudyard KiplingVer livro
