Real Diaries

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The story of Marie Duplessis, the courtesan who consumed Parisian high society in the 19th Century, and the inspiration behind masterpieces such as Alexandre Dumas Fils' The Lady with the Camellias and Verdi's La Traviata, is one that overwhelms with its soul-searing tragedy. This peasant girl, who endured cruelty, abandonment, and the torment of a woman’s lot in her time, clawed her way through the class and cultural strata of Paris from one rich man to another, with her sensational beauty lighting the way. Yet her beauty wasn’t the only thing capturing hearts, but also her ...

In 2014, Mackenzie Basham dropped her little boy off at her Mother's house on a Friday night, and never returned. The following week her family saw 19-year-old Mackenzie's mug shot on the local evening news channel, she has not been home since. This is the true story of Mackenzie's mother's personal diaries to her daughter through years of her incarceration, and Mackenzie's letters written back.

Ever feel like your life is one chaotic, caffeine-fueled rollercoaster where you forgot the seatbelt but remembered the glitter? Same. Welcome to The Diary of Mrs. Jolly Good—a raw, unfiltered, and laugh-out-loud journey through the glorious dumpster fire that is my entrepreneurial life. This isn’t your average memoir. It’s a journal-stuffed explosion of emotional venting, hilariously inappropriate oversharing, and entrepreneurial f*ck-ups with a side of sparkle. I’ve built businesses from scratch, tanked a few spectacularly, wrangled pugs mid-panic attack, delivered Uber Eats while...

The official companion book to the HBO series Gentleman Jack created by Sally Wainwright and starring Suranne Jones In 1834, Anne Lister made history by celebrating and recording the first ever known marriage to another woman. This is her remarkable, true story. Anne Lister was extraordinary...

Dive into the riveting world of healthcare with "When Scrubs Stumble: The Diary of a Healthcare Professional." Based on true stories and real-life situations observed in the operation theater of Lady Reading Hospital. This book provides an authentic and gripping account of the challenges, triumphs, and unforgettable moments faced by medical professionals, discussed in his clinical diary. Book Highlights: True Stories: Each chapter unveils genuine experiences from the operating theaters, recovery rooms, and bustling hospital corridors. Emotional Insights: Experience the emotions and ...

Aged and increasingly ailing European film icon Lída Baarová is taken care of by her stepmother Marcela, a woman five years her junior. As Lida becomes distraught by the effects of the Parkinson disease ravaging her body, and riddled with the fear of dying, her stepmother thinks up a way to distract her—she should recount her life, and leave a lasting legacy to her fans. For the next several months, Marcela records on paper as the actress tells her story. In 1936, at the height of her career, the film star has it all—recognition, a man she loves, worshiping fans all over the continent...

The Last Supper with a Psychopath A Criminologist’s Chilling Diary of a Real Family Murder On a cold November night in 1987, the quiet town of Ina, Illinois, was devastated by a crime so brutal it defied comprehension. The Dardeen family—Keith, Elaine, their 2-year-old son Peter, and a newborn baby girl—were found murdered in their modest trailer home in one of the most disturbing and mysterious homicides in American history. Why was there no forced entry? Why was nothing stolen? And who could commit such unimaginable violence—murdering even a baby born during the attack? In The ...

This book is about just some of the true-to-life and factual experiences that I have had since 1974 in regards to visions, stories of hope, and most of all, about God’s precious gift of eternal life that we can all have through his one and only son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. It is my hope that after listening to this audiobook, you will come to understand that hell is not some fictional or made-up place, but is rather very much real.

"Naturally, this is not a novel; it is the purge of my heart." With that unfiltered frankness, the author opens the door to a youth forged from fear and excess, from encounters and farewells, from long nights and broken dreams. Between lectures, bars, and sudden passions, a raw yet luminous portrait of the human soul takes shape, where vulnerability and audacity live side by side. This is a book that, more than telling a story, gives back to the reader the intensity of being twenty: the laughter, the vertigo, the melancholy, the hope.

A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street. Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the PBS drama Mercy Street. Among the Union soldiers, doctors...

Deftly combining his Santa persona with his passion for God, Butchart reveals himself as a once-hardened Marine who found Jesus and began to serve others in unusual ways. Listeners will be enthralled by Santa's day job refurbishing medical equipment for the disabled, to the sweetest of secrets written in letters, to the story of how he found "Mrs. Claus". Woven throughout is a faith and a joy of giving that energizes Butchart's mission to spread love to all kinds of children and adults.

Intimate, captivating, never-before-seen true stories from the edge of modern sex and dating, compiled by Alyssa Shelasky, in the style of her wildly popular New York Magazine column—with an introduction from Esther Perel, renowned psychotherapist and NYT bestselling author of Mating in...

A PureWow Best Beach Read of 2022 A frisky, feminine, funny, and profoundly genuine essay collection on relationships, sex, motherhood, and finding yourself, by the editor of New York magazine's "Sex Diaries." Alyssa Shelasky has a lot to tell you. In this hilarious and intimate essay collection...

* BERYL AND FRED IN SPAIN now available, containing this book plus A Cat called Cheryl, with Fred and Beryl at a reduced price.* When Beryl and Fred decide to sell up and take a camper van tour around Spain with their lovable Cocker Spaniel, Ted, little do they realise how eventful their poorly planned trip will turn out to be. Intending to tour the whole country thoroughly in an anti-clockwise direction, one unexpected incident after another throws them off track and sees their faithful VW Camper, Vernon, transporting them to the south coast well ahead of any real or imagined schedule. ...

Diary of a Teen Mother – From Homelessness to Homeowner in Eighteen Months (Updated Edition) Teen pregnancy. Homelessness. Unbreakable love. At just 18 years old, I was homeless, scared, and about to become a mother. With no roadmap and no safety net, I turned to the only motivation I had - my baby. Diary of a Teen Mother is a raw, inspiring memoir of survival, resilience, and the power of maternal love to transform a life. In just eighteen months, I went from squatting in a vacant apartment to buying my first home and launching a business. This is the true story of how impossible ...

(THE TONKS IN SPAIN containing SETTLING IN SPAIN and PROSPERING IN SPAIN is now also on sale at a reduced price.) Ken E. Tonks, husband of the celebrated travel writer Doreen B. Tonks, has finally put pen to paper to give his version of their first months in Spain, before recording the exciting events of the following spring and summer. Ken, usually a man of few words, bares his soul in this eventful narrative set on and around the Costa del Sol. His budding friendship with Fede the artist proves to be his passport into a life far removed from the insular expat community, and the singular ...

J. Massey wasn't always a highly skilled investor, but through action steps that he shares in this book, he amassed an impressive portfolio of hundreds of properties in just six years using an intensive approach to learning and then putting to use what he learned immediately and at the Speed of Instruction. Starting from less than zero, he used other people's cash and credit to invest in properties, from single-family homes to multi-family dwellings and large apartment complexes to commercial properties.

The first two books in THE PEDLEY CHRONICLES series: BERYL, FRED AND A DOG CALLED TED: When Beryl and Fred decide to sell up and take a camper van tour around Spain with their lovable Cocker Spaniel, Ted, little do they realise how eventful their poorly planned trip will turn out to be. Intending to tour the whole country thoroughly in an anti-clockwise direction, one unexpected incident after another throws them off track and sees their faithful VW Camper, Vernon, transporting them to the south coast well ahead of any real or imagined schedule. Parked up and ready to enjoy the delights of ...

Dive deep inside the real diary of a teenage girl. Isabel shares her deception in her relationships, abuse that engulfs her and how she overcomes her struggle from rape, abuse, drugs/alcohol, anxiety, depression, and multiple suicide attempts. As you wrap yourself into her twisted journal entries, erotic poetry and lustful letters from her many boyfriends, she inspires you on how to survive it all.