Author: Martin Hansen Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 8743008232 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 86
Book Description
I suffer from bipolar disorder. This collection is a description of my life in the psychiatric system. It is a description of sorrow and of the darkest corners in a mental hospital. A description of failure, but also of small victories appearing from the cold earth, where they are least expected. I have painted pictures of a world viewed through glasses of a manic depressive. They are mood pictures from my life describing how my illness has shaped me to the person I am today. I have a good life today and I have learned to live with my illness. I just have to take care of myself. Sometimes more than I think necessary.
Author: Den Patrick Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 057513416X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 373
Book Description
An ornate yet dark fantasy, with echoes of Scott Lynch, Robin Hobb and Jon Courtenay Grimwood. An original and beautifully imagined world, populated by unforgettable characters. A debut novel which garnered rave reviews on publication from fellow authors, bloggers and the likes of SFX magazine. Lucien de Fontein has grown up different. One of the mysterious and misshapen Orfano who appear around the Kingdom of Landfall, he is a talented fighter yet constantly lonely, tormented by his deformity, and well aware that he is a mere pawn in a political game. Ruled by an insane King and the venomous Majordomo, it is a world where corruption and decay are deeply rooted - but to a degree Lucien never dreams possible when he first discovers the plight of the 'insane' women kept in the haunting Sanatoria. Told in a continuous narrative interspersed with flashbacks we see Lucien grow up under the care of his tutors. We watch him forced through rigorous Testings, and fall in love, set against his yearning to discover where he comes from, and how his fate is tied to that of every one of the deformed Orfano in the Kingdom, and of the eerie Sanatoria itself.
Author: Keith Brymer Jones Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton ISBN: 1529385237 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 338
Book Description
'During downtime on the pottery throwdown Keith made my hair curl with some of his tales - he's a great raconteur and recounts his story in this book as he does in real life - with joy, charm & mischief.' - Sara Cox 'Fans of Throw Down will enjoy this warm autobiography.' - Daily Mail 'An engaging read by an endearing, unassuming man who has always stayed true to his passions.' - Daily Mirror Ballet dancer. Front man in an almost famous band. Judge on The Great Pottery Throwdown. How did all that happen? By accident mostly. But I always say we make our own luck. What if an art teacher hadn't given me a lump of clay? What if the band had been really successful? What if I hadn't taken a photograph of a bowl to the buyer at Heals in London? What if she'd hated it? Or hadn't seen it... What if I hadn't agreed to dress up as Adele to make a crazy YouTube video? Every chapter of my book is based around an object (usually a pot) that's been significant in my life. It's just a trigger to let me go off in a lot of different directions and tell a few stories. A lot of stories. Dyslexia. The art teacher who changed my life. My Mother. My Father. A life-changing job interview with a man who lay under his car throughout. That video. Sifting through half-forgotten memories, trying to pick out the golden nuggets from the stuff that is definitely dross has been a curious, and at times hilarious, sometimes sad, but definitely enlightening process. So here it is - my pottery life with some very loud music and some pretty good dancing. And a lot of throwing, fettling and firing. Oh ...and a good dose of anxiety.
Author: Eunice Hanger Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia) ISBN: Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 202
Book Description
The spiders / Ron Hamilton. - I've come about the assassination / Tony Morphett. - Witzenhausen, where are you? / Barry Oakley. - A squeaking of rats / Elizabeth Perkins. - The man on the mountain / Irene M. Summy. - The pier / Michael Thomas.
Author: Joanna Reyes Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359417477 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 120
Book Description
This work by Joanna Reyes is a compilations of a fraction of the poems she's written throughout her life. In it are poems centralizing around the themes of love, growth, beauty, femininity, and divine nature.
Author: Den Patrick Publisher: Gollancz ISBN: 1473218411 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1216
Book Description
An ornate yet dark fantasy, with echoes of Mervyn Peake, Robin Hobb and Jon Courtenay Grimwood. An original and beautifully imagined world, populated by unforgettable characters. In a castle that is, itself, reminiscent of Gormenghast in its size and brooding presence a collection of young, flawed but resilient outsiders find their way in a dangerous society teetering on the brink of dramatic change, even as it learns the fantastical secrets of its past. The Boy with the Porcelain Blade: Lucien de Fontein has grown up different. One of the mysterious and misshapen Orfano who appear around the Kingdom of Landfall, he is a talented fighter yet constantly lonely, tormented by his deformity, and well aware that he is a mere pawn in a political game. The Boy who Wept Blood: Sworn to protect the silent queen Anea as she struggles to bring a new democracy to Demesne, Dino finds himself drawn into a deadly game of political intrigue as the aristocratic families of Landfall conspire to protect their privilege. The Girl on the Liar's Throne: Anea is the Silent Queen and she is struggling to bring change to the ancient society of Landfall. Vested interests and dark magics alike are determined to hold onto power and in a society where the loyalties of many are fluid and the true nature of the players is hidden the game of politics can be a lethal one even for those close to the throne.
Author: Joseph Brytte Publisher: Xulon Press ISBN: 1619966859 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 344
Book Description
Choices. In this age, we make hundreds if not thousands of choices every day. Do we eat healthy or grab something quick on the run? When you see a yellow traffic light, do you speed up and drive through it or do you prepare to stop? We make so many choices on a daily basis that we almost do it subconsciously. The most important choices that we make could have a significant impact on our lives for years to come, and yet, even these choices are often done subconsciously. Survival and time take precedence now, while our consequences are delayed. John St Cyr is just such a person. He is a sportswriter who lives just outside of Chicago with his wife, Sera, and his young daughter, Gabby. John and his wife are trying to stay afloat financially like so many of us. Outwardly, they are living the American dream, but on the inside, their life is a nightmare. There are stacks of bills and mortgage payments that can't be paid, and every day that goes by, they become deeper in debt. Addictions, infidelity, and bad habits get fed, as John tries to make sense of his life. On an unseasonably warm day in February, John takes a trip to Las Vegas to do an article on the Superbowl, and his life is changed forever. A domestic terrorist plot seems to be unfolding, and he may be in the middle of it. His strange dreams of angels and wraiths are haunting him and he knows he must do something. He must find a tall menacing dark man named Euroclydon. But is he too late? John has never been a spiritual man, nor has he been God fearing. That may or may not change. He has an important choice to make.
Author: Bea Brommer Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004293329 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
To my dear Pieternelletje describes a ten-year period in the lives of Pieternella van Hoorn and her grandfather Willem van Outhoorn, former governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. Eleven years old, Pieternella left for Amsterdam and the only contact possible was by mail. Numerous letters have survived and combined with contemporaneous documents, most of them never published before, they offer a vivid and clear picture of their private life and feelings, forming a most welcome addition to official VOC-history. Van Outhoorn not only acted as Pieternella’s mentor while she tried to adjust to her new but unknown fatherland, but also sent her numerous exquisite presents, the greater part of which has been traced and described in full, thus offering new insight in the cultural history of Asia.
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