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  All the Ways Our Dead Still...

  Caleb Wilde

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  What if our dead remain with us? What if closure is not the goal? No matter what you believe about the afterlife, what if the hereafter intersects with the here and now? 
   
   
   
  Caleb Wilde, author of the acclaimed memoir Confessions of a Funeral Director, was a skeptic. The baffling stories people told him—deathbed visions of long-dead parents, visits from the other side—must be hallucinations or wishful thinking, he thought. But the more stories he heard, and the more he learned about non-Western understandings of body and spirit, the less sure he was. 
   
   
   
  All the Ways Our Dead Still Speak takes listeners on a lyrical and tender quest to encounter the hereafter. As Wilde picks up bodies, organizes funerals, and meets with grieving families in a small town in Pennsylvania, those who remain share with him—and us—what they experience in the thin places between life and death. Entwining these stories with his own as a sixth-generation funeral director, and with the findings of neuroscience and the solace of faith, Wilde creates a searching, reverent inquiry into all the ways our dead remain with us. In the process, he takes on prevailing dogmas about death: from a narrow Christian view of heaven and hell, to secular assumptions that death is the end, to pop-psychology maxims that say we all need "closure" after our loved ones die.

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  Himmler's Secret Desire - Gender...

  Davis Truman

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  In the whirlwind of early 20th-century Germany, Heinrich Himmler grapples with questions of masculinity and identity amidst a society in flux. Denied the opportunity to prove himself in war, Himmler is forced to confront his own biases when faced with the complexities of homosexuality. 
  Coming from a conservative background, Himmler's beliefs clash with the realization that masculinity can manifest in diverse ways, including within the LGBTQ+ community. As he ascends to power, his inner struggle reaches a climax with the notorious Bad Tölz speech of 1937, marking a dark chapter in Nazi history. 
  "Himmler's Secret Desire" delves deep into Himmler's journey, offering insights into Nazi attitudes towards gender and sexuality. It serves as a poignant reminder of the dangers of prejudice and the ongoing pursuit of acceptance and understanding.

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  When It All Falls Apart - A...

  Robert B. Haase

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  What do you do when life takes away everything you’ve worked for, including your voice—the very tool that defines you? In When It All Falls Apart, Robert B. Haase shares a deeply moving account of his journey through devastating challenges, including a life-changing cancer diagnosis, the loss of relationships, and the unraveling of long-held dreams. Yet, in the face of unimaginable hardship, Haase uncovers something extraordinary: the power of resilience, the importance of connection, and the beauty of hope. 
  With raw honesty and unexpected humor, Haase opens a window into his darkest moments—grieving profound losses, enduring physical and emotional pain, and finding the courage to start over. Along the way, he discovers the strength of family, the healing power of vulnerability, and the surprising ability to find meaning in chaos and humor in heartbreak. 
  More than just a story of survival, When It All Falls Apart is a testament to the human spirit’s capacity to thrive against all odds. Haase’s reflections will resonate with anyone who has ever faced life’s storms and wondered how to move forward. This is not just a memoir; it’s an inspiring reminder that even when life seems broken beyond repair, light can shine through the cracks. With each page, Haase offers a guide for embracing life’s imperfections, finding hope in the unlikeliest places, and discovering the strength to keep going.

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  A Kindness I Will Never Forget -...

  Lisa Ramelow

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  A Kindness I Will Never Forget tells the story of a young woman with a 2-year-old and a newborn, who suddenly becomes widowed at age 33. She explains the shock of coming home and finding her husband collapsed on her kitchen floor, of trying to save him, and of the futility of explaining his death to her young son. 
  She details how she navigated her way from deep sorrow and shock, to once again beginning to live life with joy and celebration. 
  She remembers all of the small acts of kindness shown to her along the way; and how they lifted her up and inspired her to keep going, and to try to find a new way of living for herself and for her children. She discovers just how much determination she has within to survive her tragedy, and to find a way to move forward in the way her husband would have wanted.

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  The Bottomless Cup - A Memoir of...

  Kevin Boehm

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  An eye-opening, entertaining, and unflinchingly honest memoir that reads like The Tender Bar meets The BearJames Beard Award–winning restaurateur Kevin Boehm has opened forty restaurants in his thirty-year career. He's worked with hard-core line cooks and celebrity chefs, suffered embarrassing setbacks, and won Michelin stars. Today his Boka Group is one of the most successful restaurant companies in the world.But Boehm's path was a complicated one. A turbulent family life and a shocking revelation about his father drove him out into the world in search of a home. He found one in restaurants. Amidst other gifted and damaged people, he discovered the magic of hospitality and the thrill of a dining room on the edge of chaos.The Bottomless Cup is Boehm's vibrant, funny, and frank account of a life in and out of restaurants. This is a memoir about dropping out and finding your place, about opening nights and what comes after, about chefs, partners, guests, and critics. The Bottomless Cup is a story of ambition and adrenaline, of reaching remarkable highs and reckoning with the costs.

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  Unwritten Novel An - From their...

  Virginia Woolf

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  Adeline Virginia Woolf was born on the 25th January 1882 in South Kensington in London. 
  Although lauded as a founder of modernist writing with such classics as ‘Orlando’, ‘Mrs Dalloway’ and ‘To the Lighthouse’ and, of course, many classic short stories, her background is filled with elements of tragedy that she somehow overcame to become such a revered writer.   Her mother died when she was 13, her half-sister Stella two years later and with it her first of several nervous breakdowns.  Appallingly it was later found that three of her half-brothers had sexually abused her so darkness must have seemed ever present.   
  She began writing professionally at age 20 but her father’s death two years later brought a complete mental collapse and she was briefly institutionalised.  Somehow she found within herself a literary career and with it great innovations in writing; she was a pioneer of “stream of consciousness”.    
  Her tight circle of friends were the founders of the Bloomsbury Group, a movement whose legacy still influences across the arts and society in many way to this day.   
  Whilst the dark periods continued to interrupt her emotional state her rate of work never ceased.  Until, on 28th March 1941, Woolf put on her overcoat, filled up its pockets with stones, and walked into the River Ouse, in Lewes, East Sussex and drowned herself.  Her body was not recovered until the 18th April.  She was 59. 
  She left behind a note which read in part “Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again.  I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times.  And I shan't recover this time.  I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate.  So I am doing what seems the best thing to do”.

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