Self Biography

Imagine a company where people love coming to work and are highly productive on a daily basis. Imagine a company whose top executives, in a quest to create the most "fun" workplace ever, obliterate labor-management divisions and push decision-making responsibility down to the plant floor. Could such a company compete in today's bottom-line corporate world? Could it even turn a profit?

In this unique and exhilarating autobiography, Allan Jones - Canada’s first blind diplomat - vividly describes how an untreatable eye disease slowly decimated his visual world, most challengingly during his postings in Tokyo and New Delhi, and how he discovered and took to heart the revelatory Indian philosophy that changed his life.

From surviving an horrific dog attack as a toddler, to the tragic death of his father in a car accident, to the challenges of leaving the country of his birth and then finally to the very emotional divorce from his wife... this story has truth at its heart and purpose at its soul. Funny, tragic, and at times unbelievable, the story weaves its way from various towns in the regional Eastern Cape Province of South Africa to the cities of the Gold Coast, Sydney and Brisbane.

Biographies fill bookstores and libraries, but rarely if ever, do we find an explicitly self help biography. Step by step, through each period of his life, Andrew Bushard shows you how he has constantly improved himself, encouraging you to do the same. We reap the greatest rewards when we constantly improve ourselves and this work shows you exactly how.

In 2011, Jessica Buchanan found herself in the middle of a nightmare she could never have prepared for; she was a hostage in the desert, captured by Somali pirates, who held a 45 million dollar ransom demand on her head. Taken at gunpoint while on a routine field mission for her non-governmental organization, Jessica was forced to live in deplorable conditions, regularly tortured, and kept on a starvation diet for 93 days. On January 25, 2012, Jessica was successfully rescued by SEAL Team VI, upon order of President Obama, and finally brought home.

This is not just a memoir of a distinguished orthopedic surgeon. It is a blueprint for a life of purpose. Mark’s story reminds us that medicine is not just about fixing what’s broken—it’s about honoring what’s human. He shows us how to lead with humility, how to teach with integrity, and how to serve with empathy. He reminds us that the best physicians are also philosophers, that the best leaders are also listeners, and that the best legacies are built not in titles or accolades, but in the lives we touch.

Unabridged ? 11 hours This is the smart-mouthed, soul- searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for...

I'm Prancing as Fast as I Can is a coming of Gay story that takes us from a scared, self-hating kid who spends most of his time under his desk staring at the hunky man on the Doan's Pills box, to becoming a writer on Will & Grace, helping to make it a little easier for other scared, self-hating kids who might also be hiding and staring at their secret desire.

In seiner Biografie schildert Homayoon Pardis, dass es möglich ist, eine neue Heimat in Deutschland zu finden, ohne die eigene Herkunft zu vergessen. Denn Ankommen bedeutet viel mehr als das Finden einer Wohnung, eines Jobs und einer Kita für die Kinder. Es geht um Hoffnung, das Gefühl der Zugehörigkeit und den Glauben daran, einen Neustart erfolgreich meistern zu können. Homayoon Pardis macht deutlich, dass es nicht dem Zufall oder dem Glück überlassen ist, ob Integration in Deutschland gelingt.

At age 13, Darnell Davis stood in a courtroom as the key witness in a murder trial that sent his father to prison for life—a moment that shattered his childhood and marked the beginning of a long battle with pain, anger, and self-doubt. The Seven Wonders of Me is Darnell’s deeply personal memoir of navigating the darkness, confronting his deepest wounds, and finding healing against all odds.

Read by the author. With a little bit of country, a whole lot of faith, and a healthy dose of sass, award-winning singer-songwriter Lauren Alaina's debut book, Getting Good at Being You, invites you to take the road less traveled as you step right up to who God calls you to be. After years in...

Donna Freitas wants to believe. Raised Catholic, she sang songs about Jesus as a child and lived in a house where nuns and priests were regular guests, yet she found herself questioning the faith of her family, examining the reasons none of it added up, and distancing herself from the God of...

One of society’s main problems today is a lack of self-love; this is evident in the way most people live their lives–sadly, I was also part of the statistic. The fact that I was not living life to the full bothered me in many ways. I was not running my own race; I constantly compared myself to others; I had not accepted myself for who I was, and I had not taken full responsibility for my life. I was merely alive and confused. Although everything on the outside looked good, I felt miserable. I learned the hard way that what goes on inside us is more important than what people can see.

There are those stories of childhood that influence our way of thinking. One such story, told by her mother, ingrained a life-long mantra for I Am Joyce Johnson. In No Back Doors for Me, Joyce’s memoir of living out life and business by that mantra have been challenging. Learning to navigate in a world that has fallen short of creating diverse and inclusive workplaces has made Joyce a voice for Black women and Black professionals. As you listen to this book, you will cry, you will laugh, and you will evaluate your own thoughts and actions with a new lens.

Leaving her garden to the mercy of the slugs, award-winning writer Alys Fowler set out in an inflatable kayak to explore Birmingham's canal network, full of little-used waterways where huge pike skulk and kingfishers dart. Her book is about noticing the wild everywhere and what it means to see beauty where you least expect it. What happens when someone who has learned to observe her external world in such detail decides to examine her internal world with the same care?

Imposter syndrome can cause a constant fear of being found out that you aren't 'good enough' or called out for being a 'fraud'. It impacts people in different ways and can be debilitating and negatively affect relationships, personal life and careers. So what can you do about it? Love Your Imposter shows you how to take on your imposter self and use it as a driver to come out stronger.

We quickly became the typical I-must-talk-to-you-every-night-and-drive-over-to-your-house-at-10-p.m.-because-I-absolutely-cannot-go-to-sleep-if-I'm-not-in-the-same-bed-as-you couple falling in love...But just as quickly our honeymoon period came to an end. At first it wasn't clear. And then it was very clear. And then it was so fucking clear that John and I found ourselves driving to Beverly Hills for couples therapy.

Whether you are building a small business from the ground up or managing a multinational company, you can learn the seven key traits for leadership success from one of the greatest business innovators and creative thinkers of the 20th century: Walt Disney. Whether you know him as the first to produce cartoons in Technicolor, the mastermind behind the theme park Disneyland, or the founder of the largest entertainment conglomerate, Walt's story of creativity, perseverance in spite of obstacles, and achieving goals resonates and inspires as much today as it ever has.

What’s it like to parent a child in transition? Inspired by the acclaimed podcast How to Be a Girl, this is a highly personal and beautifully narrated memoir by Marlo Mack recounting the journey she’s been on since her three-year-old declared he should have been born a girl. And Mack agrees to the child’s request to be a girl.

Em seu primeiro livro, Edith Eva Eger emocionou o mundo ao contar como sobreviveu aos horrores da guerra e transformou seu sofrimento numa jornada de perdão e cura, ajudando milhares de pessoas a lidar com seus traumas mais profundos. Agora, em A liberdade é uma escolha, ela apresenta ensinamentos práticos que vão nos ajudar a identificar nossas próprias prisões mentais e a desenvolver as estratégias necessárias para nos libertarmos delas.