Tina Turner: What's Love Got To Do With It (Tina Turner Biography) by Sam Cousins Price verified 40 minutes ago

** IN "TINA TURNER: WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT" ACCLAIMED JOURNALIST AND BIOGRAPHER SAM COUSINS CAPTURES THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF A MUSIC ICON WHOSE LIFE STORY TRANSCENDS THE RHYTHM OF ROCK AND ROLL. ** Cousins delves deep into Tina Turner's journey from her humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to becoming a global superstar known for her electrifying performances and unforgettable voice. Drawing on exclusive interviews with Turner herself, her close associates, and meticulous archival research, Cousins presents a vivid portrait of a woman who overcame personal and professional adversities to revolutionize the music industry. Known for his empathetic and insightful writing, Cousins sheds new light on Turner's career highs and personal lows, illustrating how she became a symbol of strength and perseverance. "Tina Turner: What's Love Got To Do With It" is an inspiring tribute to the woman who dared to challenge the norms and chart her own destiny, making it a must-read for ...

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I RAN THE WORLD: If you could change the world, would you? by Chris Long (13 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

'Astonishing mix of inspiration, famous names, connections and heart breaking honesty of one man's desire to make the world listen, take notice and help change the world for the better.' Reader review 'I could not put this book down. I laughed, cried and was amazed in equal measure.' Reader review 'Read this from cover to cover in one sitting!! Can't believe this was 35 years ago, feels like yesterday! An amazing story of the biggest mass participation event in history - EVER - to raise money for the starving in Africa.' Reader review A truly remarkable and inspiring memoir by the man who founded and organised the largest mass participation demonstration the world has even seen. Inspired by Bob Geldof, Band Aid and Live Aid, Chris Long organised his game-changing event 35 years ago, before the internet, mobile phones and social media. Sport Aid and Run the World was huge and captured the imagination of Politicians, Heads of State, Royalty, Celebrities, Sports Stars and 19.8 million ...

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Hollywood's Grandma: The Life & Career of Adeline DeWalt Reynolds (Women In History Series Book 4) by Paula C Henderson Price verified 15 hours ago

Adeline De Walt turned out to be a role model for all people over the age of 60, and an inspiration to all of us of any age. Born in Benton County, Iowa in September of 1862, during the Civil War, she would go on to be one of the most admired women of her time. She enrolled in college for the first time in her sixties and starred in her first feature film at age 79. She was cast in such favorites as The Ten Commandments, The Human Comedy, The DuPont Story, Son of Dracula, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, and A Witness to Murder; just to name a few.

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After the Fire: Finding Life Again Within the Burn Scar (California Jackson Butte Fire 2015) by N M Reed (1 Review)    Price verified 15 hours ago

After the Fire: finding life again in the burn scar. The Butte Fire Re-population, follow-up to Home Is Where the Horse Is: Surviving the Jackson Butte Fire Evacuation The follow up story of the Jackson Butte Fire disaster, "Home is Where the Horse Is: Surviving the Jackson Butte Fire Evacuation of 2015". When the fire broke out on September 10th 2015, the author was forced to evacuate her ranch in the woods and try to take as many of her animals and possessions with her in the 15 minutes provided by the county sheriff. The evacuation itself was a disaster. But the follow-up story is heart breaking. A week to week journal of all that happened between re-population and the final settlement with the power company 2 1/2 years later, the story unfolds like a bad adventure novel. Everything seems to go wrong, from illegal tree poaching to gun fights and running for their lives. But the author lives to tell the tale, of bare earth and flooding rain and mud slides, to the ground turning ...

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Miss Mai by Lewis MacLeod (48 Reviews)    Price verified 16 hours ago

"Miss Mai" is a romantic memoir set in the final years of the Vietnam War. The author's progress as a naive draftee through the rigors of military training as an intelligence analyst inexorably lead him to the exotic streets of wartime Saigon. He meets Tuoi Mai under accidental circumstances and his life is altered forever after.

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The Claimant: Butcher or Baronet? by Paul Terry (3 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

It's 1866 and from the dusty frontier town of Wagga Wagga comes a man who sets Victorian Britain alight - the likes of which have never been seen before or since. It's a tale so preposterous that it's still debated today. Tom Castro - or was he Arthur Orton? - an obese, toothless butcher who lives in a slab hut, suddenly comes forward and claims to be Roger Tichborne, the rightful Baronet of Tichborne Park, Hampshire, and head of one of England's oldest noble families. Incredibly, Roger's mother agrees. So sets in motion a journey that takes our Claimant on a rollercoaster ride of fame, glory, prison and penury, unleashes a 12th century curse, disturbs Queen Victoria, delights Mark Twain, immortalises our Claimant in wax at Madame Tussaud's, and strikes at the very heart of the English class system. And, at the end of a tumultuous life, a strange posthumous victory to the Claimant leads some to still ask - was he Roger Tichborne, a baronet, or Arthur Orton, a butcher?

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A Glimpse Into The Life Of A Software Engineer by Diana De Rose (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Some people make music, some make art, some make buildings and some make food. I make software. There has always been a grey area around what a software engineer does, what makes them so special, why do they get paid so much, why do they work so late? This book may not provide answers to all your questions but will help you take a peek into the life of a software engineer.

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The Shining Place by Frances Bennett (128 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

In the 1960's Frances grows up in the remote desert town of Thermal, CA. Most nights her father gets drunk and beats her mother. The child feels her joy slip away. To survive she knows she must hold on to the truth and remember what happened. Decades later in psychotherapy, Frances revisits her childhood and becomes trapped in a memory world of little girls with big demands and a lot to say. "The Shining Place" is a magical story of recovery told by the girls, and an account of their therapy endured and paid for by the adult client. "The Shining Place" is a combined memoir and an account of psychotherapy, adapted from journals written over a ten year period. It addresses issues of transference, distrust, dissociation, and rupture in the therapeutic alliance. It's a fast read on an abusive childhood and the complexities of psychotherapy.

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The Angels and Demons of Houston : A True Crime Collection (Books at the Crime Scenes Book 5) by Michael M. Williams Price verified 2 hours ago

True crime is all around us, these days. From podcasts to television shows to movies and conventions, it's practically in the air we breathe. It's the true crime junkies' world -- we're all just living in it. But why do we hunger so powerfully for these stories? Why are we willing to commit hours of our lives to them, whether they appear on the page or on the screen? When it comes to literary true crime, these stories grip us unlike any other genre. For every suspense novel that shocks and awes readers, there are real life stories that make those fictions seem tame and predictable. True crime is a loaded genre: the best authors do not sensationalize violence and human suffering, but they provide context and depth to the crimes they study. Many of them highlight the fallibility of the legal system and the ruinous forces of internalized racism and misogyny. In these excellent books, we're reminded that true crime does not simply consist of a neatly constructed narrative with a criminal ...

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Lionel Messi : FIFA world cup Qatar 2022: The amazing story of the boy who became a legend by Javier jurado Alvarez (11 Reviews)    Price verified 3 minutes ago

"If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer, I would willingly play for nothing." - Lionel Messi. The idea that a young man from Argentina standing five feet seven inches tall might develop into the best soccer player in the world defies sense. A person who has been diagnosed with growth hormone insufficiency and lacks the financial means to pay for the costly treatment to address that disease would also not be the best prospect to succeed players like Diego Maradona, Ronaldo, or Pelé in the title of "World's Best." But Lionel Messi consistently defies reason ever since he joined his first soccer squad at the age of four. In this book, Lionel Messi's journey from his modest origins in a small hamlet in Argentina to his record-breaking fifth Ballon D'Or award will be chronicled. We won't believe that Messi merely inherited a plethora of natural talent, despite the temptation being great. Instead, we will go back and examine the steps that he took to become, without a doubt, the ...

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It's Me or the Horse: Family, Friendship, Dogs, Divorce, Narcissists, Healing and the Chestnut Mare who gave me voice. by Wiley Davis (21 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

"I want you to stop horseback riding so that I don't have to work, and I can focus on writing my screenplay," my husband said at the celebration dinner for my new six-figure job. I had worked for months to get the offer, and it would finally allow me to take horseback riding lessons at the little farm up Topanga Canyon more than once a week. I had been aching to get back in the saddle, something I loved throughout my lifetime. Chad was a writer, director, and producer for reality TV, and I had a modest-paying job in content marketing. We lived a simple life in Santa Monica, but my new career changed everything. "You've married the wrong girl." I thought to myself but didn't dare say out of fear of the temper for which he held a reputation. It was never about the horse. It was the question of what I was willing to give up for an idea of us. It was the fallout if I betrayed the half-truths, mistruths, and denials that I grew up with and accepted as a good "Preacher's Kid". This was ...

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Hearing You by MM Stine (7 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

You learn a little about my life before I suffer a life threatening respiratory illness that places me in a medically induced coma. While I am under sedation for an exceptional amount of time, I experience a version of my life that is as real to me as the lapse of time pulls me further in. Things that don't make sense become my reality while interactions of reality plays into my alternate state of mind. Do I really know that I am as sick as I am? Do I know that my life is in the balance and what is being done to me in attempt to return me to the life I once had? I invite you to experience my rendering of this alternate life and the reality that comes.

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The Real Napoleon - The Untold Story by John Tarttelin (A SOULADREAM PRODUCTION) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 10 minutes ago

THE REAL NAPOLEON - The Untold Story "An impressive and powerful piece of work" - Rupert Heath, literary agent. "Fresh and convincing" Andrew Lownie, literary agent. "Many thanks for this, which I found fascinating and very much enjoyed reading - despite the fact, or perhaps precisely because, it debunks many of my own long-held opinions about Napoleon... you do write nicely, with great passion and in a compelling style... I'm perfectly happy with the premise that British history has tarnished Napoleon unfairly... " Robin Wade, literary agent. "Passionately argued - a book you must read" Jean-Claude Damamme, French historian. In this book Napoleon is shown for what and who he was and not as the caricature described by many bigoted 'historians', especially of the British persuasion. He was not short, he was often generous and he seldom forgot a friend, particularly those from his early days before he was famous. France was attacked in 1802, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1809 and 1814 - yet it ...

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A Few Good Lines: Well, We All Have To Call Our First Book Something, Don't We? by Zebedee Abercorn (3 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

The first book published by everybody's favourite hyperliterate Glaswegian Tourettist gay dad, that tirelessly scribbling scriptomaniac to whom circumspection is alien and discretion is an abstract, is a series of essays on topics of personal interest as diverse as the British domestic energy market, canine husbandry, faith healing, the Royal Family, getting the snip (thank God for commas, what what!), and the hazards of dating in middle age - I know, trying to date the right sex would have helped, I suppose! - and so, so, Just SO much more! Enjoy!

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Stopping Napoleon : War and intrigue in the Mediterranean by Tom Pocock (94 Reviews)    Price verified 3 minutes ago

Following the Battle of Trafalgar, Britain had one objective: stopping Napoleon at all costs... After his defeat by Nelson at Trafalgar, Napoleon knew he could never invade England. Many thought he would try to take over the vast, crumbling Ottoman Empire, return to Egypt and even march on India. So the British concentrated on the Mediterranean: for a decade it became the scene of dangers, real or imagined, and of battles both on land and at sea. All was dictated by a fierce determination to stop Napoleon. Stopping Napoleon is a fast-paced, beautifully written account that should be read by all aficionados of the age of Nelson and Napoleon. Praise for Tom Pocock: 'Pocock has restored this neglected campaign to its true importance in this lively and important book' - Sunday Times 'Compendiously detailed, expert analysis... No detail escapes Mr Pocock' - The Spectator 'An enthralling read' - Brighton Argus Tom Pocock was the author of eighteen books (and editor of ...

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TRUE CRIME 1: The Crimes of this World by D. W. Loder (7 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

TRUE CRIME 1: The Crimes of this World Short and informative is reported here about the true crime cases of our world. Case 1, Jovan Collier From teen killer to obsessive stalker. Only 25 years later does his past come to light and he ended up behind bars. Case 2, David & Catherine Birnie A pair that together becomes a deadly combo. From the press it was only called "the Moorhouse murders". Case 3, Kris Kremers & Lisanne Froon Disappeared while hiking in the jungle. But what happened? An accident or murder? A mysteriously spooky unsolved case. Case 4, Emma Walker They were the ultimate high school dream couple. She cheerleader and he foodball player. But only until one of the two had to die. Case 5, Hinterkaifeck Six dead on a lonely farm in the middle of nowhere in Bavaria. Surrounded by fields, meadow landscapes and dark forest. What happened? Case 6, Lizzie Borden Mathew and Abby Borden are found executed in a bloodbath. Mathew's face was barely recognizable from the ...

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TRUE CRIME 7: The Crimes of this World by D. W. Loder (5 Reviews)    Price verified 3 minutes ago

TRUE CRIME 7: The Crimes of this World Short and informative is reported here about the true crime cases of our world. Case 1, Jayme Closs In October 2018, the 13-year-old American woman was kidnapped shortly before 1 a.m. in the middle of the night. The kidnapper shot her parents dead. Case 2, Camp Scott The Oklahoma Girl Scout murders took place on the morning of June 13, 1977 at Camp Scott in Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA. The victims were three girl scouts, between the ages of 8 and 10, who were raped and murdered. Case 3, Karina Holmer The young Swede fulfills her dream and travels to the USA as an au pair. But her stay quickly turns into a nightmare and ends with her brutal death. Case 4, Cyanide Tylenol A drug prepared with cyanide killed seven people in 1982. But who does that? Case 5, Freeway Phantom Between April 1971 and September 1972, Washington DC was terrorized by a serial killer known to this day only as the Freeway Phantom. While at large, the Freeway Phantom ...

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Simply Ichitantei, Zen Buddhism practices changed my life: Story of the unsui, Ashida Hōkan by Hōkan(峰寛) Ashida(芦田) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

I decided, "The life of constantly wanting to do this or that is over. From now on, to return this debt of gratitude, I will live for something other than myself, for my father, for my mother, for my family and friends, for those connected to me by fate in this temple, for those I have had connections with in the past or that I will connect with in the future." Despite the pain, cold, sleepiness and sadness, even as I cried and my nose ran, I kept meditating, focusing on the breath of life, turning into the breath itself, becoming aware of my devoted, self-sacrificing body, the selfless love of all my cells, the sanctity of life. I was able to become aware. I was enthralled, turned around by Buddha's arrangement of this world, with gratitude towards my parents for giving me this precious life, to the parents of my parents and onwards. It was as if a glass were being filled with water, drop by drop. Love of the world, love of the universe, this unconditional love had permeated deep ...

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