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  Life Wild Open

  Kez Colley

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  "It cost me everything. I would do it all over again."  
  In Life Wild Open, a powerful and evocative memoir, the author takes readers on a journey from the tight-knit streets of lower-income United Kingdom housing to the far-flung corners of Asia and the vast highways of America. 
  At sixteen, she left home with nothing but a backpack and a scrap of paper written in a language she couldn't read. She handed it to a taxi driver in a foreign city and trusted he'd take her where she needed to go. That leap of faith led to twenty years in Southeast Asia as a missionary and business owner, navigating cultural shocks and building a life in villages most maps don't mark. 
  She learned early that life doesn't wait for permission. She held out for love, married in her early thirties, and thought she'd found forever. Overnight, she became a widowed immigrant in a country she barely knew, with no family and nowhere to go. Homeless. Alone. Starting over from nothing. 
  When life demanded she rebuild, she climbed into an eighteen-wheeler-80,000 pounds of steel and a woman who refused to stay down. She found love again in the most unexpected places. And she learned that survival isn't enough. You can choose to thrive, even when nothing is guaranteed. 
  Life Wild Open is a testament to the wisdom of instinct, the power of radical acceptance, and the beauty of living with hands open to whatever the road may bring.

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  A Rare Recording of Arthur C Clarke

  Arthur C. Clarke

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  Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (December 16, 1917 - March 19, 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, television series host, and influential proponent of space travel. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all time. For many years Clarke, Robert Heinlein, and Isaac Asimov were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction. The following is a speech Clarke gave at a reception for the 2001 film release.

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  I Got You Babe - A Celebration...

  Annie Zaleski, Cyndi Lauper

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  Covering her life and sixty-year career from Sonny & Cher to show-stopping solo performer, award-winning actress, fashion icon, and beyond, this is a glorious retrospective of one of the world’s most enduring entertainers, Cher. Featuring a foreword by Cyndi Lauper!   Commemorating six decades since her first #1 hit in 1965, I Got You Babe captures Cher’s one-of-a-kind life. Written by award-winning writer and editor Annie Zaleski, this celebration of the fearless, down-to-earth “Goddess of Pop” explores key moments in her life and career in words and photos. Among the topics covered:  Her 50-year friendship with fellow diva Tina Turner, which began in 1975 when they performed “Shame, Shame, Shame” together.  Her story of creating a “revenge dress” with designer Bob Mackie for the 1986 Oscars after being snubbed for a nomination for her performance in Mask. The night in 1989 she made the Navy wish it could “Turn Back Time” by arriving at the USS Missouri to film her video not wearing the coveralls they expected but a barely-there fishnet bodysuit.  Cher’s unfiltered social media presence. From classic posts like “BREAKING NEWS: IM BEING BURIED IN MY FISHNETS” to weighing in on issues she believes in.  When Cher learned about Kaavan, dubbed “the world’s loneliest elephant.” The creature was kept in chains in a zoo in Pakistan and forced to perform for decades. After fans brought the problem to her attention, Cher eventually helped get him moved in 2021, and her efforts were captured in a Smithsonian documentary.  Amid these moments are photo after photo of some of the most eye-popping outfits ever worn in life and on stage. As an avid clothes horse who wasn’t afraid to wear a see-through dress to the Met Gala in 1974, Cher’s many looks will be given their due in this engaging, career-spanning retrospective.

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  Pertinax - The Son of a Slave...

  Simon Elliott

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  The son of a former slave, Pertinax was the Roman Emperor who proved that no matter how lowly your birth, you could rise to the very top through hard work, grit and determination. 
   
   
   
  Born in AD 126, Pertinax made a late career change from working as a grammar teacher to a position in the army. As he moved up the ranks and further along the aristocratic cursus honorum, he took on many of the most important postings in the Empire, from senior military roles in fractious Britain, the Marcomannic Wars on the Danube, to the Parthian Wars in the east. He held governorships in key provinces, and later consulships in Rome itself. When Emperor Commodus was assassinated, the Praetorian Guard alighted on Pertinax to become the new Emperor, expecting a pliable puppet. But Pertinax was nothing of the sort and when he then attempted to reform the Guard, he was assassinated. His death triggered the beginning of the "Year of the Five Emperors" from which Septimius Severus, Pertinax's former mentoree, became the ultimate victor. 
   
   
   
  This previously untold story brings a fascinating and important figure out of the shadows. A self-made everyman, a man of principle and ambition, a role model respected by his contemporaries, Pertinax's remarkable story offers a unique and panoramic insight into the late 2nd century AD Principate Empire.

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  Confessions Of a Sex Addict

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  "Love it to death." A Sign In The Notorious Red Light District Of Bangkok Already in midlife noted actor author Geoffrey Giuliano abandoned his rambling 12-acre estate in rural New York and retired from his long, lucrative career as an internationally best-selling biographer to live, love, and be brokenhearted at the hands of the tempestuous young Thai women who would bring him to his knees. This is the intense story of the dramatic, almost unbelievable, and near-fatal romantic adventures of a man searching for love in the throbbing heart of Asia's red-hot Golden Triangle in the post-Covid era of helplessness, hopelessness, and extreme trauma. A red hot cautionary tale of breath-taking self-inflicted encounters with a man's sexual mortality.Rated XXX

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  Life As I See It - Finding...

  A.R. Harris

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  We’ve all had our good days where we’ve wished for time to freeze and wanted some memories to stay with us forever. Life changes and this is inevitable. We cannot always get what we wish for and acceptance of this fact is wherein lies the beauty of it all. It takes knowing sadness to know what happiness is, listening to noise to appreciate silence, and dealing with one’s absence to value presence. Some people just want to live a happy life, and Angela was certainly one of them. Living her life to its fullest, she was convinced that it couldn’t get any better or any worse. That was when fate decided to prove her wrong. A vibrant young lady with great passion and joy, Angela was left shattered when the diagnosis of a brain tumor turned her world upside down. “Life As I See It: Finding Strength Through Adversity” discusses Angela’s struggles and highlights how she coped with trying times. It shows her resilience, her fortitude, and her optimistic approach toward life despite all the difficulties she faced. Her arduous journey took her to unprecedented lows but Angela always looked at the positive side of life and tried to overcome every challenge fate threw in her path. “Life As I See It: Finding Strength Through Adversity,” shows you the rare colors of life from the perspective of a person who sees the world around her in a special way. Join Angela on her journey to see how she develops skills and learns to navigate the world after losing her vision.

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