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Born into a daring, musical family in 1886, Annette Kellerman was a force of nature and made for the stage – her first love – and encouraged to defy social norms from a young age. But after she was diagnosed with rickets as a child she took up swimming for therapy, and soon she became an Australian champion, beating boys, breaking records and astonishing huge crowds by diving from great heights. By 1905, Kellerman was 18 and on her way to England in an attempt to swim the Channel and challenge endurance records in the Thames.

Neuroscientist Lipska was diagnosed early in 2015 with metastatic melanoma in her brain's frontal lobe. As the cancer progressed and was treated, she experienced behavioral and cognitive symptoms connected to a range of mental disorders, including dementia and her professional specialty, schizophrenia. Lipska's family and associates were alarmed by the changes in her behavior, which she failed to acknowledge herself.

Part memoir, food history, and cultural critique, Bibb Country explores Lonnae O’Neal’s journey as she details six generations of her family history against the sweep of American history using, in part, the gourmet lettuce named for the Kentucky Bibb family of enslavers as her unlikely lens.

Beyond Barron, the second volume of a memoir initiated by the publication of Back to Barron (in 2008), encompasses captivating humor and telling detail to narrate the story of author Van Tassel and his wife’s life together and their kindred careers. It focuses on schools and colleges and universities attended, taught at, and visited; homes purchased, built, modified, and redecorated; vehicles and pets acquired; and travels and forms of recreation that served as accompaniments to their academic careers and enhancements of family life.

A Force for Nature is a biography of Nancy Russell and her successful campaign to establish and protect the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Bowen Blair tells the story of the activist who fought one of the most fiercely contested conservation battles of the 1980s, interweaving it with the natural and political history of the legendary landscape that inspired her.

Sharing remarkable experiences from the world of professional surfing, Christo Hall offers a unique perspective on how we operate under pressure. Beyond the Break tells the story of a man finding his path in life—and the surf lessons along the way that shaped his attitude for entrepreneurial success. From big waves in Hawaii to swimming with sharks in South Africa, Christo reveals an intimate glimpse inside the mindset and lifestyle of a pro surfer.

Ever wondered what it was really like for a nurse on the frontline during the Covid pandemic? How did they juggle work and home life during this unprecedented time? This audiobook shares one nurse’s experience of being redeployed to set up and manage a ward during the first wave of the pandemic, all while running a household and caring for her parents after her mother’s two recent brain haemorrhages.

From Lagos to London: An African Immigrant’s Guide to Property Prosperity charts a remarkable journey of resilience and triumph. In this captivating memoir, Funmi Anu Bankole takes us on a rollercoaster ride through her life, from the highs of success in the competitive world of real estate to the devastating lows brought on by the global financial crisis of 2007/2008.

As a Pennsylvania Game Warden for more than three decades, Wasserman investigated thousands of game law violations and arrested many violent career poachers. But another big part of his job was in the public relations and education field where he penned a weekly newspaper column entitled It’s a Wild Life. Hence, the title of this audiobook, which contains twenty-six of his most notable stories selected from more than seven hundred published over a fifteen-year period.

ब्रिटेन में रहने वाले लक्ष्मी निवास मित्तल दुनिया की सबसे बड़ी स्टील कंपनी आर्सेलर मित्तल के चेयरमैन और सीईओ हैं. कलकत्ता में अपने पिता के स्टील बिज़नेस से शुरुआत करने वाले मित्तल आज दुनिया के सबसे अमीर लोगों की लिस्ट में गिने जाने वाले भारतीयों में से एक हैं

मुकेश अंबानी रिलायंस इंडस्ट्रीज़ के चेयरमैन और मैनेजिंग डायरेक्टर हैं, और भारत के सबसे अमीर बिजनेसमैन भी हैं। उन्होंने अपने पिता धीरूभाई अंबानी के बिज़नेस को लगातार बढ़ाया है और इसीलिए आज रिलायन्स पेट्रोलियम के साथ-साथ भारत का सबसे बड़ा रिटेलर 'रिलायंस रिटेल', भारत की सबसे तेज़ी से बढ़ने वाली टेलीकॉम कंपनी 'रिलायंस जियो', और 50 से ज़्यादा टीवी चैनल वाला 'नेटवर्क 18' भी उनकी रिलायंस इंडस्ट्रीज़ का हिस्सा हैं।

Alan Turing was the mathematician whose cipher-cracking transformed the Second World War. Taken on by British Intelligence in 1938, as a shy young Cambridge don, he combined brilliant logic with a flair for engineering. In 1940 his machines were breaking the Enigma-enciphered messages of Nazi Germany's air force. He then headed the penetration of the super-secure U-boat communications.

Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future. Twelve months of confusion later, journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what's really happening in the stormy seas of the ADHD brain and write the guide she wished she'd had. The Year I Met My Brain is the ultimate travel companion for navigating and enjoying life as an ADHD adult

Senator John McCain once decried mixed martial arts as "human cockfighting," while the New York Times despaired that the sport offered a "pay-per-view prism" onto the decline of western civilization. But the violent spectacle of cage fighting no longer feels nearly as scandalous as it did when the sport debuted in 1993.

Some $65 billion evaporated during Bernie Madoff’s epic confidence game. Two people were driven to suicide in the wake of the Ponzi Scheme’s exposure. Others went to prison. But there has never been a satisfying accounting for how Bernie got away with so much, for so long. Until now. Shocking, infuriating, riveting (and at times absurdly funny), Madoff shows us how Bernie ensnared thousands of investors. As Behar’s dogged reporting over the last fifteen years makes clear, however, there aren’t many innocents left standing by the end of this tale.

قول نصر الله في كتابه هذا: (إذا ما أراد الغرب أن يفهمنا حقاً فإن عليه أن يكف عن الاستماع لنفسه، وأن يتركنا نتحدث بصدق عما يحدث فينا، وأن يتقبل حقيقة قول الصدق حتى وإن لم يأخذ بها في النهاية)

In October 2008, someone going by the name Satoshi Nakamoto posted a white paper outlining 'a peer-to-peer electronic cash system' called Bitcoin to an arcane listserv populated by Cypherpunks. No one in the community had heard of Nakamoto, and just as people were starting to wonder who he was, he vanished. As the years passed, and the scope of Nakamoto's achievement became clear, the truth of his identity grew into the greatest unsolved mystery of our time. The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto traces Benjamin Wallace's attempt to unmask the figure behind the currency and the world it wrought.

An ode to one man's enduring love affair with hunting, The Fragrance of Grass stands as a testament to Guy de la Valdène's deep affection for and abiding respect of the natural work and all its inhabitants. Set in places as far afield as France and Montana, Saskatchewan and Florida, this beautifully written memoir is a treatise on dogs, birds, and wildlife; food, wine, and women.

How one baby blanket altered the course of this corporate trainer's life

Meet the former Apple employee who co-founded fresh skincare brand Nat Habit.