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  This is Not a Self-Help Book

  Mark Mehigan

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  Much of Mark Mehigan's twenties read like a how-to manual: How to get very drunk without raising people's suspicions you might be an alcoholic. Outwardly successful, inside he was drowning.
  Nearing 30, he was hurtling towards a nervous breakdown and using payday loans to fund a burgeoning cocaine habit. His only choice was to finally relinquish control and ask for help. In doing so he discovered a life beyond his wildest dreams.
  This new way of life embraced letting stuff go. Giving things up. He discovered the power of rigorous honesty, how to live without relying on destructive behavioural patterns and the joy of letting people in instead of keeping them out.
  Mark's story is one of recovery and sobriety. It brilliantly articulates the societal pressures that can leave people feeling isolated and lost, and offers a path to finding your own sense of 'good enough'. Perhaps Mark's story can be the spark that ignites that journey for you, or at the very least a guide on how not to mess up your life. Either way, it's definitely not a self-help book.

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  The Healing Power of Singing -...

  Emm Gryner

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  Vocal health tips, stories from the tour bus, and action items to improve your voice and boost your self-confidence from an award-winning musician and life coach 
  		 
  Performing with David Bowie, surviving the murky depths of the music business, enduring a painful divorce, and making the first music video in outer space, award-winning recording artist Emm Gryner has navigated through life’s highs and lows using a secret compass: singing.
  		 
  Her voice, and her desire to express herself in music, has been a constant: from the early days of playing in bands while growing up in a small town, to playing arena rock shows and stadiums. Across these years and on many travels, she’s discovered the human voice to be an unlikely guide, with the power to elevate and move people closer to authentic living. This book is about that discovery: part study in the art of singing, part guide to finding one’s voice, and part memoir. This book is a must-have for anyone who knows they should be singing.

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  Esmond and Ilia - An Unreliable...

  Marina Warner

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  Marina Warner's father, Esmond, met her mother, Ilia, while serving as an officer in the British Army during the Second World War. As Allied forces fought their way north through Italy, Esmond found himself in the southern town of Bari, where Ilia had grown up, one of four girls of a widowed mother. The Englishman approaching middle age and the twenty-one-year-old Italian were soon married. Before the war had come to an end, Ilia was on her way alone to London to wait for her husband's return and to learn how to be Mrs. Esmond Warner, an Englishwoman. 
   
   
   
  Ilia begins to learn the world of cricket, riding, canned food, and distant relations she has landed in, while Esmond struggles to support his wife and young daughter. He comes up with the idea of opening a bookshop, a branch of W.H. Smith's, in Cairo, where he had spent happy times during the North African campaign. In Egypt, however, nationalists are challenging foreign influences, especially British ones, and before long Cairo is on fire. 
   
   
   
  Esmond and Ilia is a picture of vanished worlds, a portrait of two people struggling to know each other and themselves, a daughter's story of trying to come to terms with a past that is both hers and unknowable to her. It is an "unreliable memoir" and a lasting work of literature, lyrical, sorrowful, shaped by love and wonder.

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  Brains Hearts and Wandering...

  Ann Amann

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  An extraordinary journey into the mind, around the world, and back to happiness.49, divorced, with two grown-up children, Ann Amann believes her days of romance are behind her, until she collides heart-first with neuroscientist Martin - a charming, exuberant 'lover of life' and world-renowned expert in the limbic system.Soulmates at first sight, opportunities blossom before them: Martin illuminating the inner world of the brain, and Ann sharing the bounties of her world in travel and tourism - from mountain gorillas in Uganda to hot-air balloon rides in Myanmar, from refugee camps on war-torn borders to the bustling orphanages of Kathmandu.The world is their oyster—until their whirlwind romance is cut short: Martin, the neuroscientist, suffers a stroke. Ann is transformed—at once—from nomadic 'free spirit' to the legs and mouthpiece of her husband, who can no longer walk or speak.But this is not a story of disability and barriers—but courage, freedom and hope. Powered by love and refusing to abandon her husband to the inadequacies of the Western 'system of care', Ann risks everything for the chance to save a life worth living, with and for her husband—and for herself.This, and so much more, they both find amongst the lush mountains, ancient temples and vibrant streets of Chiang Mai in Thailand, 'the Land of Smiles'.Love story, travelogue and road-map to a world less travelled, 'Brains, Hearts and Wandering Souls' is a joyous, positive and empowering book about living a self-determined life—even against all odds—sure to fire up 'free spirits' everywhere, and any one who dares to dream 'there must be a better way'.There is - listen to the inspirational true story of Ann and Martin now.

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  The Life and Times of Queen...

  Pearson Phillips

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  The reign of Queen Elizabeth II has seen huge changes in the lifestyle and expectations of peoples and nations. She has proved to be the constitutional monarch par excellence – while primarily a figurehead she has guided the concept of monarchy through difficult times, both national and personal. And even when her family has been rocked by scandals, she has maintained a quiet dignity. In this informative yet entertaining audio-biography, Pearson Phillips reflects on her life and times.

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  Blood in the Water - The Untold...

  Casey Sherman

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  "Blood in the Water is a twisty true crime narrative of greed, suspicion, and revenge, taking us from the high seas to the mansion of an enormously wealthy family. Compelling and cinematic, it keeps you guessing about the complicated family at the heart of this saga until the very last page."—Shawn Cohen, New York Times bestselling author of College Girl, Missing 
    
  Troubled waters hide deadly secrets … 
    
  When Nathan Carman, a young man with a complicated past, is miraculously rescued from a lifeboat bobbing in the unforgiving North Atlantic, questions swirl about the fate of his mother, who is presumed to have drowned when their fishing boat sank. Nathan is in remarkably good shape for being lost at sea for a week, and his account of what exactly happened out there on the waves raises questions from family members and law enforcement. 
    
  Nathan's story of a fishing trip gone awry doesn't quite add up, and suspicion mounts. The mysterious murder of Nathan's multi-millionaire grandfather a few years before had made Nathan's mother an extremely wealthy woman. With a seven-million-dollar fortune at stake, did Nathan commit the ultimate betrayal? Or is there more to this tragic tale than meets the eye? 
    
  From New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman comes a gripping contemporary true crime narrative for everyone who was fascinated by the Murdaugh murders, and for anyone compelled by the intersection between money, power, and family.

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