Author: Lewis Kempfer
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781543970753
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A horrifying childhood. A devastating disease. In his darkest despair, he finally found hope... Lewis Kempfer nearly destroyed himself searching for something that would make him happy. His battle with self-hatred began with physical and psychological abuse from the trusted male adults in his life and continued into adulthood when the church rejected him for being gay. Traumatized and suicidal, his only salvation came from getting himself on stage. Moving from city to city in search of fame and love, he lands in the dog-eat-dog-world of Hollywood showbiz. But a terrifying diagnosis casts a dark shadow on a promising Tinseltown career, and he falls into a downward spiral of dangerous liaisons and hardcore drug addiction. It will take a near-death overdose in his blackest hour to find strength from the last place he ever expected... Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Having a Bad Life is a raw, rapid-fire account of one man's frightening journey to self-acceptance. From dicey sex clubs to crystal meth motels, Lewis holds nothing back in this bittersweet tell-all. His emotional tale of love, loss, and redemption will move anyone who's ever felt alienated or outcast. It is a shockingly candid true-life story. If you like authentic narratives, stories of triumph, and surmounting the challenges of being LGBTQ, then you'll be enthralled by Lewis Kempfer's riveting memoir. Winner of the 2021 IndieReader Discovery Awards for the Category LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction, recipient of a 2021 Gold Medal from Literary Titan; 2020 and 2021 Winner of the Silver Medal for respectively, Autobiography and LGBT, from the Reader's Favorite International Book Awards; Finalist in the 2021 Page Turner Book Awards, and an Honorable Mention for Memoir in the 2019 Writers Digest Self-Published eBook competition.
Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Having a Bad Life
Author: Lewis Kempfer
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781543970753
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A horrifying childhood. A devastating disease. In his darkest despair, he finally found hope... Lewis Kempfer nearly destroyed himself searching for something that would make him happy. His battle with self-hatred began with physical and psychological abuse from the trusted male adults in his life and continued into adulthood when the church rejected him for being gay. Traumatized and suicidal, his only salvation came from getting himself on stage. Moving from city to city in search of fame and love, he lands in the dog-eat-dog-world of Hollywood showbiz. But a terrifying diagnosis casts a dark shadow on a promising Tinseltown career, and he falls into a downward spiral of dangerous liaisons and hardcore drug addiction. It will take a near-death overdose in his blackest hour to find strength from the last place he ever expected... Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Having a Bad Life is a raw, rapid-fire account of one man's frightening journey to self-acceptance. From dicey sex clubs to crystal meth motels, Lewis holds nothing back in this bittersweet tell-all. His emotional tale of love, loss, and redemption will move anyone who's ever felt alienated or outcast. It is a shockingly candid true-life story. If you like authentic narratives, stories of triumph, and surmounting the challenges of being LGBTQ, then you'll be enthralled by Lewis Kempfer's riveting memoir. Winner of the 2021 IndieReader Discovery Awards for the Category LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction, recipient of a 2021 Gold Medal from Literary Titan; 2020 and 2021 Winner of the Silver Medal for respectively, Autobiography and LGBT, from the Reader's Favorite International Book Awards; Finalist in the 2021 Page Turner Book Awards, and an Honorable Mention for Memoir in the 2019 Writers Digest Self-Published eBook competition.
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781543970753
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A horrifying childhood. A devastating disease. In his darkest despair, he finally found hope... Lewis Kempfer nearly destroyed himself searching for something that would make him happy. His battle with self-hatred began with physical and psychological abuse from the trusted male adults in his life and continued into adulthood when the church rejected him for being gay. Traumatized and suicidal, his only salvation came from getting himself on stage. Moving from city to city in search of fame and love, he lands in the dog-eat-dog-world of Hollywood showbiz. But a terrifying diagnosis casts a dark shadow on a promising Tinseltown career, and he falls into a downward spiral of dangerous liaisons and hardcore drug addiction. It will take a near-death overdose in his blackest hour to find strength from the last place he ever expected... Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Having a Bad Life is a raw, rapid-fire account of one man's frightening journey to self-acceptance. From dicey sex clubs to crystal meth motels, Lewis holds nothing back in this bittersweet tell-all. His emotional tale of love, loss, and redemption will move anyone who's ever felt alienated or outcast. It is a shockingly candid true-life story. If you like authentic narratives, stories of triumph, and surmounting the challenges of being LGBTQ, then you'll be enthralled by Lewis Kempfer's riveting memoir. Winner of the 2021 IndieReader Discovery Awards for the Category LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction, recipient of a 2021 Gold Medal from Literary Titan; 2020 and 2021 Winner of the Silver Medal for respectively, Autobiography and LGBT, from the Reader's Favorite International Book Awards; Finalist in the 2021 Page Turner Book Awards, and an Honorable Mention for Memoir in the 2019 Writers Digest Self-Published eBook competition.
Don't Mind Me
Author: Esther Cohen
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 9781401322380
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
We all tell lies. But Jewish lies are a little bit different. Here's an example: It doesn't matter if you read this. The Jewish people speak many languages. There's English, of course, and Hebrew, and let's not forget Yiddish and Ladino. But the language Jews have mastered is saying one thing and meaning another. And after a while, everyone understands the real meaning of the "lie." Esther Cohen has been listening all her life. She's written down what she's heard, and the result is this small book with a big punch: the first ever list of these subtle (sort of), sly (very), and hilarious Jewish "lies." New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast is a master interpreter of lies herself--bringing this particular set to life in her inimitably quirky style. Don't Mind Me is a unique compilation of all-too-familiar phrases guaranteed to make you smile. For anyone who's ever been on the receiving end of one of these lies, this is one book that rings absolutely true.
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 9781401322380
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
We all tell lies. But Jewish lies are a little bit different. Here's an example: It doesn't matter if you read this. The Jewish people speak many languages. There's English, of course, and Hebrew, and let's not forget Yiddish and Ladino. But the language Jews have mastered is saying one thing and meaning another. And after a while, everyone understands the real meaning of the "lie." Esther Cohen has been listening all her life. She's written down what she's heard, and the result is this small book with a big punch: the first ever list of these subtle (sort of), sly (very), and hilarious Jewish "lies." New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast is a master interpreter of lies herself--bringing this particular set to life in her inimitably quirky style. Don't Mind Me is a unique compilation of all-too-familiar phrases guaranteed to make you smile. For anyone who's ever been on the receiving end of one of these lies, this is one book that rings absolutely true.
Goodbye Curate
Author: Fred Secombe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006276852
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The continuing fictionalized memoirs of a young curate in the Welsh valleys. The third volume about the hazards and surprises of life in the small town of Pontywen. Fred Secombe won the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera Award for Utopia Limited in 1968.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006276852
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The continuing fictionalized memoirs of a young curate in the Welsh valleys. The third volume about the hazards and surprises of life in the small town of Pontywen. Fred Secombe won the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera Award for Utopia Limited in 1968.
Can't Hurt Me
Author: David Goggins
Publisher: David Goggins
ISBN: 1544512260
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller Over 2.5 million copies sold For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare -- poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him "The Fittest (Real) Man in America." In Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Goggins calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential.
Publisher: David Goggins
ISBN: 1544512260
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller Over 2.5 million copies sold For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare -- poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him "The Fittest (Real) Man in America." In Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Goggins calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential.
Don't Make Me Think
Author: Steve Krug
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 0321648781
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published, it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read Steve Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still discovering it every day. In this second edition, Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike. Don't be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about Web design. Three New Chapters! Usability as common courtesy -- Why people really leave Web sites Web Accessibility, CSS, and you -- Making sites usable and accessible Help! My boss wants me to ______. -- Surviving executive design whims "I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book. Don't Make Me Think! showed me how to put myself in the position of the person who uses my site. After reading it over a couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book. In this second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on doing the wrong thing. If you design, write, program, own, or manage Web sites, you must read this book." -- Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 0321648781
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published, it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read Steve Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still discovering it every day. In this second edition, Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike. Don't be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about Web design. Three New Chapters! Usability as common courtesy -- Why people really leave Web sites Web Accessibility, CSS, and you -- Making sites usable and accessible Help! My boss wants me to ______. -- Surviving executive design whims "I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book. Don't Make Me Think! showed me how to put myself in the position of the person who uses my site. After reading it over a couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book. In this second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on doing the wrong thing. If you design, write, program, own, or manage Web sites, you must read this book." -- Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards
Surviving Me
Author: Jo Johnson
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1789650623
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Tom has decided he doesn't want to live. Adam wishes he had a choice. Tom's lost his job and now he's been labelled 'spermless'. He doesn't exactly feel like a modern man, although his double life helps. Yet when his secret identity threatens to unravel, he starts to lose the plot and comes perilously close to the edge. All the while Adam has his own duplicity, albeit for very different reasons, reasons which will blow the family's future out of the water. If they can't be honest with themselves, and everyone else, then things are going to get a whole lot more complicated.
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1789650623
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Tom has decided he doesn't want to live. Adam wishes he had a choice. Tom's lost his job and now he's been labelled 'spermless'. He doesn't exactly feel like a modern man, although his double life helps. Yet when his secret identity threatens to unravel, he starts to lose the plot and comes perilously close to the edge. All the while Adam has his own duplicity, albeit for very different reasons, reasons which will blow the family's future out of the water. If they can't be honest with themselves, and everyone else, then things are going to get a whole lot more complicated.
Keep Me in Mind
Author: Jaime Reed
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545883830
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A girl who doesn't remember. A boy who can't forget her. An incredible novel from a striking new talent. Ellia Dawson doesn't recognize the handsome boy who sits in tears by her hospital bed. He claims he's her boyfriend, Liam. But to Ellia, he's a stranger. She remembers her name. Her parents. Her best friend, Stacey. But Liam is a total blank in her life.Liam McPherson is devastated. His girlfriend, Ellia, suffered a terrible accident--maybe because of him--and now she's lost her memory. But the harder Liam tries to reach Ellia, and remind her of what they had, the more she pulls away. As Ellia begins on the slow road to recovery, Liam begins work on a secret project that he hopes will bring back the girl he loved. But can there ever be a future when the past is in pieces?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545883830
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A girl who doesn't remember. A boy who can't forget her. An incredible novel from a striking new talent. Ellia Dawson doesn't recognize the handsome boy who sits in tears by her hospital bed. He claims he's her boyfriend, Liam. But to Ellia, he's a stranger. She remembers her name. Her parents. Her best friend, Stacey. But Liam is a total blank in her life.Liam McPherson is devastated. His girlfriend, Ellia, suffered a terrible accident--maybe because of him--and now she's lost her memory. But the harder Liam tries to reach Ellia, and remind her of what they had, the more she pulls away. As Ellia begins on the slow road to recovery, Liam begins work on a secret project that he hopes will bring back the girl he loved. But can there ever be a future when the past is in pieces?
Separation Anxiety
Author: Gavin Bradley
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 1772127086
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
This poignant debut by Gavin Bradley explores the emotional toll of different kinds of separation: from a partner, a previously held sense of self, or a home and the people left behind. The main narrative describes the deterioration of a long-term relationship, interweaving poems dealing with the loneliness of immigration and the anxiety of separation from Northern Ireland, the poet’s homeland. These personal poems enter their stories through a variety of characters and places, from dock builders to dogs, from shorelines to volcanoes, to “mouths soft and humming like beehives.” Other sections of the collection examine a post-Troubles’ experience in Northern Ireland (evoking the lived-experience of growing up with bombs and domineering Catholicism), tell grandfather stories, and show a lasting love for the people, the language, and the land. Separation Anxiety ultimately conveys a message of hope, reminding us that “we’ll be remembered for / ourselves, and not the spaces we / leave behind.”
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 1772127086
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
This poignant debut by Gavin Bradley explores the emotional toll of different kinds of separation: from a partner, a previously held sense of self, or a home and the people left behind. The main narrative describes the deterioration of a long-term relationship, interweaving poems dealing with the loneliness of immigration and the anxiety of separation from Northern Ireland, the poet’s homeland. These personal poems enter their stories through a variety of characters and places, from dock builders to dogs, from shorelines to volcanoes, to “mouths soft and humming like beehives.” Other sections of the collection examine a post-Troubles’ experience in Northern Ireland (evoking the lived-experience of growing up with bombs and domineering Catholicism), tell grandfather stories, and show a lasting love for the people, the language, and the land. Separation Anxiety ultimately conveys a message of hope, reminding us that “we’ll be remembered for / ourselves, and not the spaces we / leave behind.”
I Had a Black Dog
Author: Matthew Johnstone
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1780339038
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
'I Had a Black Dog says with wit, insight, economy and complete understanding what other books take 300 pages to say. Brilliant and indispensable.' - Stephen Fry 'Finally, a book about depression that isn't a prescriptive self-help manual. Johnston's deftly expresses how lonely and isolating depression can be for sufferers. Poignant and humorous in equal measure.' Sunday Times There are many different breeds of Black Dog affecting millions of people from all walks of life. The Black Dog is an equal opportunity mongrel. It was Winston Churchill who popularized the phrase Black Dog to describe the bouts of depression he experienced for much of his life. Matthew Johnstone, a sufferer himself, has written and illustrated this moving and uplifting insight into what it is like to have a Black Dog as a companion and how he learned to tame it and bring it to heel.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1780339038
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
'I Had a Black Dog says with wit, insight, economy and complete understanding what other books take 300 pages to say. Brilliant and indispensable.' - Stephen Fry 'Finally, a book about depression that isn't a prescriptive self-help manual. Johnston's deftly expresses how lonely and isolating depression can be for sufferers. Poignant and humorous in equal measure.' Sunday Times There are many different breeds of Black Dog affecting millions of people from all walks of life. The Black Dog is an equal opportunity mongrel. It was Winston Churchill who popularized the phrase Black Dog to describe the bouts of depression he experienced for much of his life. Matthew Johnstone, a sufferer himself, has written and illustrated this moving and uplifting insight into what it is like to have a Black Dog as a companion and how he learned to tame it and bring it to heel.
I Would, But MY DAMN MIND Won't Let Me
Author: Jacqui Letran
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781952719073
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
It wasn't just the stress or the constant frustration. It was the nonstop doubt and unhappiness.In today's world of social media reality distortion, teens face their toughest challenges yet. The battlefield is in the mind and they're not equipped for the fight.There's good news...Teen Confidence Expert, Jacqui Letran, is here to help. With a Masters of Science in Nursing and more than 18-years of experience aiding young people, she's skilled at equipping teens with the tools they need to win the battle with their mind.This book will teach you how to: - Challenge old negative beliefs and create positive new thought patterns - Stay calm and in control of even the most difficult situations - Keep unhealthy thoughts at bay and replace them with a positive mindset - Use the power of your mind to create the success you deserve - Make positive life choices, achieve goals, choose great friends and much, much more!You'll love this life-changing book because the examples are real and will show you a quick and easy path to a happier, healthier life.A Children Literary Classics' Lumen and Gold Medal Award Winner for Best Young Adult Non-Fiction Book of 2016.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781952719073
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
It wasn't just the stress or the constant frustration. It was the nonstop doubt and unhappiness.In today's world of social media reality distortion, teens face their toughest challenges yet. The battlefield is in the mind and they're not equipped for the fight.There's good news...Teen Confidence Expert, Jacqui Letran, is here to help. With a Masters of Science in Nursing and more than 18-years of experience aiding young people, she's skilled at equipping teens with the tools they need to win the battle with their mind.This book will teach you how to: - Challenge old negative beliefs and create positive new thought patterns - Stay calm and in control of even the most difficult situations - Keep unhealthy thoughts at bay and replace them with a positive mindset - Use the power of your mind to create the success you deserve - Make positive life choices, achieve goals, choose great friends and much, much more!You'll love this life-changing book because the examples are real and will show you a quick and easy path to a happier, healthier life.A Children Literary Classics' Lumen and Gold Medal Award Winner for Best Young Adult Non-Fiction Book of 2016.