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Book SynopsisConfronted with the reality of her HIV-positive status, Rosemarie Stone also has to deal with husband Carl’s illness and his rapid decline to death as a result of AIDS. She not only has to cope with the shock and feeling of betrayal but also with the guilt and shame as well as the stigma and discrimination that follows anyone living with the virus. In No Stone Unturned, Rosemarie Stone describes in vivid and heartbreaking detail her first reactions to the news of Carl’s illness and the elaborate attempts they both engineer to cover-up their status from Jamaican society and even close family members. This is the story of Rosie’s own fight against the debilitating effects of the virus and against the inevitable stigma and discrimination; of her retreat from Jamaican society; of the solace and comfort she has found in family and close friends and in contact with others living with the virus. Her story describes the realities of our worst fears – the absolute dread of those who find they are HIV positive, which is the result of the stigma NOT the virus itself. It is a woman’s story of courage and resilience; but it is also an amazing love story, however love is defined. After 13 years, Rosie makes the agonizing decision to share her story with the world. Told without bitterness or recrimination, it is sad but at the same time inspirational and educational. No one reading these memoirs will remain untouched by her experiences.

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Book SynopsisJesse Dayton''s story reads like a who''s who of American music. In his debut memoir Beaumonster, Dayton reveals the stranger-than-fiction encounters and outlandish experiences that have ensued across his wide-ranging career. After sneaking into night clubs to play gigs in his youth, eighteen-year-old Dayton and his trio began packing clubs and theaters across Houston, Dallas, and Austin. His first solo record which featured great luminaries like Doug Sahm, Flaco Jiménez, and Johnny Gimble, hit number one on the Americana radio charts and then he was off to the races- touring the world solo and with punk legends Social Distortion and the Supersuckers. While doing press in Nashville, he caught the attention of Waylon Jennings and was whisked off to Woodland Studios, where he was greeted by none other than Johnny Cash, who told Dayton, We''ve been waiting for you.Since then, Dayton''s ride across the entertainment industry, traversing genres and formats, has only gotten

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Book SynopsisBy day, Faith Jenkins is the host of the nationally syndicated TV show Divorce Court; by night, she''s a happily married newlywed who navigated these dating streets for years before learning how to attract the love of her dreams. When she turned 35 without a wedding ring in sight, like most women, she started getting tons of questions about not being married. But she made a decision: I. Will. Not. Settle. As an attorney and arbitrator, Faith has presided over hundreds of cases, and has helped couples avoid and resolve a wealth of drama. And she''s seen it all! In Sis, Don''t Settle, she''s gathered an arsenal of love, wisdom and advice for women on how to play it smart.Modern culture would have women believe they can''t have it all-and be smart, successful, strong women with authentic love to boot. Wrong. Told in her signature style-sometimes salty and sometimes sweet-Faith provides real solutions that will teach you how to thrive in relation

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Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER ? Bono?artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2?has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he?s lived, the challenges he?s faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. ? A VOGUE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ?A brilliant, very funny, very revealing autobiography-through-music. Maybe the best book ever written about being a rockstar.? ?Caitlin Moran, award-winning journalist?When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I?d previously only sketched in songs. The people, places, and possibilities in my life. Surrender is a word freighted with meaning for me. Growing up in Ireland in the seventies with my fists up (musically speaking), it was not a natural concept. A word I only circled until I gathered my thoughts for the book. I am still grappling with this most humbling of commands. In the band, in my marriage, in my faith, in my life as an activist. Surrender is the story of one pilgrim?s lack of progress ... With a fair amount of fun along the way.? ?BonoAs one of the music world?s most iconic artists and the cofounder of the organizations ONE and (RED), Bono?s career has been written about extensively. But in Surrender, it?s Bono who picks up the pen, writing for the first time about his remarkable life and those he has shared it with. In his unique voice, Bono takes us from his early days growing up in Dublin, including the sudden loss of his mother when he was fourteen, to U2?s unlikely journey to become one of the world?s most influential rock bands, to his more than twenty years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing with candor, self-reflection, and humor, Bono opens the aperture on his life?and the family, friends, and faith that have sustained, challenged, and shaped him.Surrender?s subtitle, 40 Songs, One Story, is a nod to the book?s forty chapters, which are each named after a U2 song. Bono has also created forty original drawings for Surrender, which appear throughout the book.

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Book SynopsisThe rediscovered classic: an unforgettable memoir by a trailblazing black woman in post-war London, introduced by Bernardine Evaristo (''I dare anyone to read it and not come away shocked, moved and entertained'')Benjamin Zephaniah: ''A must-read. Her life makes you laugh. Her life makes you cry. Get to know her.''Jacqueline Wilson: ''A superb but shocking memoir ... Imaginative, resilient and inspiring.''Christie Watson: ''A beautiful memoir of one woman''s strength and dignity against the odds.''Steve McQueen: ''Gilroy blazed a path that empowered generations of Black British educators.''David Lammy: ''This empowering tale of courage, resistance, and triumph is a breath of fresh air.''Diana Evans: ''Important, enlightening and very entertaining, full of real-life drama ... Inspirational.''Paul Mendez: ''Written with a novelist's ear and sense of atmo

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Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME’S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2022 • In an inspiring follow-up to her critically acclaimed, #1 bestselling memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world.  There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life’s big challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we can all locate and lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux. In The Light We Carry, she opens a frank and honest dialogue with readers, considering the questions many of us wrestle with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences? What tools do we use to address feelings of self-doubt or helplessness? What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much? Michelle Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt to change and overcome various obstacles—the earned wisdom that helps her continue to “become.” She details her most valuable practices, like “starting kind,” “going high,” and assembling a “kitchen table” of trusted friends and mentors. With trademark humor, candor, and compassion, she also explores issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging readers to work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness. “When we are able to recognize our own light, we become empowered to use it,” writes Michelle Obama. A rewarding blend of powerful stories and profound advice that will ignite conversation, The Light We Carry inspires readers to examine their own lives, identify their sources of gladness, and connect meaningfully in a turbulent world.

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Book SynopsisA film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed.“The story of a legend, written by the legend himself! Impressive, inspiring, entertaining and endearing.” —J. J. AbramsBilly Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household of love and sophistication. As a young boy, he made his stage debut working with Lotte Lenya in an Ira Gershwin/Kurt Weill production where Williams ended up feeding Lenya her lines. He studied painting, first at the High School of Music and Art, with fellow student Diahann Carroll, and then at the National Academy of Fine Art, before setting out to pursue acting with Herbert Berghoff, Stella Adler, and Sidney Poitier.His first film role was

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Book SynopsisNew York Times Bestseller ? Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as seen on Today ? Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiography ? Winner of the American Library Association Alex AwardA young poet tells the inspiring story of hismigration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this?gripping memoir? (NPR) of bravery, hope, and finding family. Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction ? One of the New York Public Library?s Ten Best Books of the Year Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence and the PEN/Open Book Award?I read Solito with my heart in my throat and did not burst into tears until the last sentence. What a person, what a writer, what a book.??Emma Straub ?A riveting tale of perseverance and the lengths humans will go to help each other in times of struggle.??Dave EggersONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Vulture, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago??one day, you?ll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.? Javier Zamora?s adventure is athree-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and acrossthe U.S. border.He will leave behindhis beloved aunt and grandparentsto reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling aloneamida group of strangers and a ?coyote? hired to lead them to safety, Javierexpects histriptolast two short weeks.At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents? arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.A memoir as gripping as it is moving, Solito providesan immediate and intimate accountnot onlyof a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but alsoofthe miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is JavierZamora?sstory, but it?s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home.

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