Author: Luther Benson
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The book, written in the 19th century by an individual who was striving to overcome alcoholism, is sure to greatly impact the reader's perspective on individuals struggling with this affliction. It is a genuine account and the experiences showcased are remarkably true to stories that might not be too unfamiliar to those who have been around others who suffer from a similar affliction. Through the author's personal experiences and struggles, the reader is given an intimate and candid look into the mind and daily life of an individual grappling with alcoholism. It is highly recommended as a must-read.
Fifteen Years in Hell: An Autobiography
Author: Luther Benson
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The book, written in the 19th century by an individual who was striving to overcome alcoholism, is sure to greatly impact the reader's perspective on individuals struggling with this affliction. It is a genuine account and the experiences showcased are remarkably true to stories that might not be too unfamiliar to those who have been around others who suffer from a similar affliction. Through the author's personal experiences and struggles, the reader is given an intimate and candid look into the mind and daily life of an individual grappling with alcoholism. It is highly recommended as a must-read.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The book, written in the 19th century by an individual who was striving to overcome alcoholism, is sure to greatly impact the reader's perspective on individuals struggling with this affliction. It is a genuine account and the experiences showcased are remarkably true to stories that might not be too unfamiliar to those who have been around others who suffer from a similar affliction. Through the author's personal experiences and struggles, the reader is given an intimate and candid look into the mind and daily life of an individual grappling with alcoholism. It is highly recommended as a must-read.
Fifteen Years In Hell An Autobiography
Author: Luther Benson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9361425633
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Luther Benson's "Fifteen Years in Hell: An Autobiography" is a terrifying first-person narrative of the author's experiences in the American jail system in the late 19th century. Benson's story describes his unfair conviction for a crime he did not commit and the fifteen years of torture he spent in several prisons throughout that time. Benson describes in graphic detail the cruel circumstances, physical mistreatment, and mental anguish he and the other prisoners endured. Benson provides insights into the human spirit's resiliency in the face of misfortune by maintaining his resolve and determination to survive in the face of unfathomable tragedy. The book is a monument to the miseries of imprisonment and the never-ending search for justice and atonement, as the title suggests. Benson's autobiography offers a moving meditation on the long-lasting impact of trauma and tenacity while shedding light on the shortcomings and injustices present in the prison system of his day.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9361425633
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Luther Benson's "Fifteen Years in Hell: An Autobiography" is a terrifying first-person narrative of the author's experiences in the American jail system in the late 19th century. Benson's story describes his unfair conviction for a crime he did not commit and the fifteen years of torture he spent in several prisons throughout that time. Benson describes in graphic detail the cruel circumstances, physical mistreatment, and mental anguish he and the other prisoners endured. Benson provides insights into the human spirit's resiliency in the face of misfortune by maintaining his resolve and determination to survive in the face of unfathomable tragedy. The book is a monument to the miseries of imprisonment and the never-ending search for justice and atonement, as the title suggests. Benson's autobiography offers a moving meditation on the long-lasting impact of trauma and tenacity while shedding light on the shortcomings and injustices present in the prison system of his day.
Fifteen Years in Hell
Author: Luther Benson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alcoholics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alcoholics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Before We Were Strangers
Author: Renée Carlino
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501105787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501105787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M
Fifteen Years in Hell
Author: Benson Luther
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318733767
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318733767
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
Author: Tucker Max
Publisher: Citadel
ISBN: 0806535938
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
The “highly entertaining and thoroughly reprehensible” #1 New York Times bestseller—now with sixteen pages of photos and a new introduction (The New York Times). My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way: I share my adventures with the world. --from the Introduction Actual reader feedback: "I find it truly appalling that there are people in the world like you. You are a disgusting, vile, repulsive, repugnant, foul creature. Because of you, I don’t believe in God anymore. No just God would allow someone like you to exist." "I’ll stay with God as my lord, but you are my savior. I just finished reading your brilliant stories, and I laughed so hard I almost vomited. I want to bring that kind of joy to people. You’re an artist of the highest order and a true humanitarian to boot. I'm in both shock and awe at how much I want to be you."
Publisher: Citadel
ISBN: 0806535938
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
The “highly entertaining and thoroughly reprehensible” #1 New York Times bestseller—now with sixteen pages of photos and a new introduction (The New York Times). My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way: I share my adventures with the world. --from the Introduction Actual reader feedback: "I find it truly appalling that there are people in the world like you. You are a disgusting, vile, repulsive, repugnant, foul creature. Because of you, I don’t believe in God anymore. No just God would allow someone like you to exist." "I’ll stay with God as my lord, but you are my savior. I just finished reading your brilliant stories, and I laughed so hard I almost vomited. I want to bring that kind of joy to people. You’re an artist of the highest order and a true humanitarian to boot. I'm in both shock and awe at how much I want to be you."
My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell
Author: Arthur Bear Chief
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
ISBN: 1771991755
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell is a simple and outspoken account of the sexual and psychological abuse that Arthur Bear Chief suffered during his time at Old Sun Residential school in Gleichen on the Siksika Nation. In a series of chronological vignettes, Bear Chief depicts the punishment, cruelty, abuse, and injustice that he endured at Old Sun and then later relived in the traumatic process of retelling his story at an examination for discovery in connection with a lawsuit brought against the federal government. He returned to Gleichen late in life—to the home left to him by his mother—and it was there that he began to reconnect with Blackfoot language and culture and to write his story. Although the terrific adversity Bear Chief faced in his childhood made an indelible mark on his life, his unyielding spirit is evident throughout his story.
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
ISBN: 1771991755
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell is a simple and outspoken account of the sexual and psychological abuse that Arthur Bear Chief suffered during his time at Old Sun Residential school in Gleichen on the Siksika Nation. In a series of chronological vignettes, Bear Chief depicts the punishment, cruelty, abuse, and injustice that he endured at Old Sun and then later relived in the traumatic process of retelling his story at an examination for discovery in connection with a lawsuit brought against the federal government. He returned to Gleichen late in life—to the home left to him by his mother—and it was there that he began to reconnect with Blackfoot language and culture and to write his story. Although the terrific adversity Bear Chief faced in his childhood made an indelible mark on his life, his unyielding spirit is evident throughout his story.
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Author: Ned Vizzini
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1423141083
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life—which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job—Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does. That's when things start to get crazy. At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he's just average, and maybe not even that. He soon sees his once-perfect future crumbling away.
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1423141083
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life—which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job—Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does. That's when things start to get crazy. At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he's just average, and maybe not even that. He soon sees his once-perfect future crumbling away.
All We Knew But Couldn't Say
Author: Joanne Vannicola
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459744241
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Finalist for the 2020 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Nonfiction Joanne Vannicola grew up in a violent home with a physically abusive father and a mother who had no sexual boundaries. After being pressured to leave home at fourteen, and after fifteen years of estrangement, Joanne learns that her mother is dying. Compelled to reconnect, she visits with her, unearthing a trove of devastating secrets. Joanne relates her journey from child performer to Emmy Award–winning actor, from hiding in the closet to embracing her own sexuality, from conflicted daughter and sibling to independent woman. All We Knew But Couldn’t Say is a testament to survival, love, and the belief that it is possible to love the broken, and to love fully, even with a broken heart.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459744241
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Finalist for the 2020 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Nonfiction Joanne Vannicola grew up in a violent home with a physically abusive father and a mother who had no sexual boundaries. After being pressured to leave home at fourteen, and after fifteen years of estrangement, Joanne learns that her mother is dying. Compelled to reconnect, she visits with her, unearthing a trove of devastating secrets. Joanne relates her journey from child performer to Emmy Award–winning actor, from hiding in the closet to embracing her own sexuality, from conflicted daughter and sibling to independent woman. All We Knew But Couldn’t Say is a testament to survival, love, and the belief that it is possible to love the broken, and to love fully, even with a broken heart.
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Author: Rob Lowe
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429996021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Actor Rob Lowe's memoir presents a wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye. A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties, leading to his quest for family and sobriety. Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. Rob Lowe's New York Times bestselling autobiography, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, shares tales that are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429996021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Actor Rob Lowe's memoir presents a wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye. A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties, leading to his quest for family and sobriety. Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. Rob Lowe's New York Times bestselling autobiography, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, shares tales that are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.