Author: M. Villaneuva
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781497446335
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Everyone has a story to tell, and everyone's story is unique. This is a coming of age, a coming of terms novel of a 26 year old girl who experiences both the highs and lows of life. From the loss of a best friend, the unravelling of a family secret and to the realization that love does exist, this novel leaves no emotional stone unturned. Touching on sadness to happiness, confusion and insight. This novel tells the tale of overcoming the everyday obstacles of growing up, how even with the cards stacked against you, it is all about the journey, the life lessons, the memories. It is about the people whom you meet and make it the journey, the adventure, the story that it is. At every corner a realization is made, an epiphany uncovered and lesson taught and learned. Hearts mended and hearts broken. This novel will take you on the journey of an ordinary girl with an extraordinary story, which has transpired into this masterpiece. With every page, an unleashing of emotion, or truth, of realization and appreciation is made.
An Autobiography of a Somebody
Author: M. Villaneuva
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781497446335
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Everyone has a story to tell, and everyone's story is unique. This is a coming of age, a coming of terms novel of a 26 year old girl who experiences both the highs and lows of life. From the loss of a best friend, the unravelling of a family secret and to the realization that love does exist, this novel leaves no emotional stone unturned. Touching on sadness to happiness, confusion and insight. This novel tells the tale of overcoming the everyday obstacles of growing up, how even with the cards stacked against you, it is all about the journey, the life lessons, the memories. It is about the people whom you meet and make it the journey, the adventure, the story that it is. At every corner a realization is made, an epiphany uncovered and lesson taught and learned. Hearts mended and hearts broken. This novel will take you on the journey of an ordinary girl with an extraordinary story, which has transpired into this masterpiece. With every page, an unleashing of emotion, or truth, of realization and appreciation is made.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781497446335
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Everyone has a story to tell, and everyone's story is unique. This is a coming of age, a coming of terms novel of a 26 year old girl who experiences both the highs and lows of life. From the loss of a best friend, the unravelling of a family secret and to the realization that love does exist, this novel leaves no emotional stone unturned. Touching on sadness to happiness, confusion and insight. This novel tells the tale of overcoming the everyday obstacles of growing up, how even with the cards stacked against you, it is all about the journey, the life lessons, the memories. It is about the people whom you meet and make it the journey, the adventure, the story that it is. At every corner a realization is made, an epiphany uncovered and lesson taught and learned. Hearts mended and hearts broken. This novel will take you on the journey of an ordinary girl with an extraordinary story, which has transpired into this masterpiece. With every page, an unleashing of emotion, or truth, of realization and appreciation is made.
Somebody to Love?
Author: Grace Slick
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0446554421
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
A candid autobiography of the great rock diva of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, revealing her wild life at the forefront of the Sixties and Seventies counterculture. She has been called rock and roll's original female outlaw, as famous for her bad behavior as for her haunting singing voice. In her 25-year career as a musician, Grace Slick charted dozens of hits and sold millions of albums. From "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" to "Sarah" and "Miracles", the songs she performed became the anthems of a generation. Whether describing her antics at the White House with Abbie Hoffman or the unforgettable experience that was Woodstock, Slick's recollections have the same rich imagery found in her lyrics. In this provocative narrative, readers will discover the many sides of Grace Slick: as artistic pioneer; she records songs with Jerry Garcia and David Crosby; as practitioner of freedom and rebellion; she sleeps with Jim Morrison and gets arrested for DUI on three separate occasions (without actually being in a car); and as a loving mother to actress China Kantner, she tries to balance casual friendship with parental wisdom. Slick offers a revealing self-portrait of the complex woman behind the rock-outlaw image, and delivers a behind-the-scenes, no-holds-barred view of the people and spirit that defined a quarter-century of American pop culture. Wildly funny, candid, and evocative, Somebody to Love?tells what it was really like during, and after, the Summer of Love-and how one remarkable woman survived it all to remain today as vibrant and rebellious as ever.
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0446554421
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
A candid autobiography of the great rock diva of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, revealing her wild life at the forefront of the Sixties and Seventies counterculture. She has been called rock and roll's original female outlaw, as famous for her bad behavior as for her haunting singing voice. In her 25-year career as a musician, Grace Slick charted dozens of hits and sold millions of albums. From "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" to "Sarah" and "Miracles", the songs she performed became the anthems of a generation. Whether describing her antics at the White House with Abbie Hoffman or the unforgettable experience that was Woodstock, Slick's recollections have the same rich imagery found in her lyrics. In this provocative narrative, readers will discover the many sides of Grace Slick: as artistic pioneer; she records songs with Jerry Garcia and David Crosby; as practitioner of freedom and rebellion; she sleeps with Jim Morrison and gets arrested for DUI on three separate occasions (without actually being in a car); and as a loving mother to actress China Kantner, she tries to balance casual friendship with parental wisdom. Slick offers a revealing self-portrait of the complex woman behind the rock-outlaw image, and delivers a behind-the-scenes, no-holds-barred view of the people and spirit that defined a quarter-century of American pop culture. Wildly funny, candid, and evocative, Somebody to Love?tells what it was really like during, and after, the Summer of Love-and how one remarkable woman survived it all to remain today as vibrant and rebellious as ever.
The Autobiography of A. Somebody
Author: A. Somebody
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781478395485
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Everybody is A.Somebody! It is not only celebrities who have interesting lives. This autobiography takes the reader on a journey through an ordinary young man's life who feels he never quite fits society's blueprint. Later as a happily married and successful individual, he still feels something is missing. He knows if life is to be fulfilling he will have to follow a different path. With the words "monotony is the only reward of the cautious" ringing in his ears he decides to step off the treadmill and leave the grey skies of London behind for a new life in the South of France. His journey is full of frustrations, even danger, but also hilarious episodes, exciting challenges and ultimately an enriched and more rewarding life. This is an autobiography with a twist that adds an element of fun and discovery for the reader. CUSTOMER REVIEWS "A very funny book that shows there is life after the corporate world and London." "Lots of laugh out loud moments" "A thoroughly enjoyable book. Thought provoking and so very funny. Looking forward to the next book." "An entertaining and inspirational book about an ordinary persons life changes. A heart warming and fun story where the author bares his soul enabling the reader to empathise with his journey. Highly recommended." "Really enjoyable. A light, pleasant and humorous read of someone's (Somebody's) journey away from the life of the corporate tie-in and all that life entails. To have all the typically desired nice house, good job, decent salary and have the courage to walk away and take a few risks recognising that these do not constitute the end aim is something that will appeal to many. Left a smile on my face and perhaps a feeling of `I could do something like that', or even better, `I should do something like that'. "
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781478395485
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Everybody is A.Somebody! It is not only celebrities who have interesting lives. This autobiography takes the reader on a journey through an ordinary young man's life who feels he never quite fits society's blueprint. Later as a happily married and successful individual, he still feels something is missing. He knows if life is to be fulfilling he will have to follow a different path. With the words "monotony is the only reward of the cautious" ringing in his ears he decides to step off the treadmill and leave the grey skies of London behind for a new life in the South of France. His journey is full of frustrations, even danger, but also hilarious episodes, exciting challenges and ultimately an enriched and more rewarding life. This is an autobiography with a twist that adds an element of fun and discovery for the reader. CUSTOMER REVIEWS "A very funny book that shows there is life after the corporate world and London." "Lots of laugh out loud moments" "A thoroughly enjoyable book. Thought provoking and so very funny. Looking forward to the next book." "An entertaining and inspirational book about an ordinary persons life changes. A heart warming and fun story where the author bares his soul enabling the reader to empathise with his journey. Highly recommended." "Really enjoyable. A light, pleasant and humorous read of someone's (Somebody's) journey away from the life of the corporate tie-in and all that life entails. To have all the typically desired nice house, good job, decent salary and have the courage to walk away and take a few risks recognising that these do not constitute the end aim is something that will appeal to many. Left a smile on my face and perhaps a feeling of `I could do something like that', or even better, `I should do something like that'. "
Becoming a Somebody
Author: Steven Nyczyk
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459743792
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Ignat Kaneff arrived in Canada in 1951 with a mere five dollars to his name, no English, and very little education. Within five years, he had started a construction company and broken ground on his first subdivision, kicking off a career as one of the country’s top businessmen. His is one of Canada’s great immigrant success stories.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459743792
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Ignat Kaneff arrived in Canada in 1951 with a mere five dollars to his name, no English, and very little education. Within five years, he had started a construction company and broken ground on his first subdivision, kicking off a career as one of the country’s top businessmen. His is one of Canada’s great immigrant success stories.
This Bright Future
Author: Bobby Hall
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982158263
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The instant New York Times bestseller and “inspiring and vulnerable” (Trevor Noah) memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplatinum recording artist known as Logic and the #1 bestselling author of Supermarket. This Bright Future is a raw and unfiltered journey into the life and mind of Bobby Hall, who emerged from the wreckage of a horrifically abusive childhood to become an era-defining artist of our tumultuous age. A self-described orphan with parents, Bobby Hall began life as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, the only child of an alcoholic, mentally ill mother on welfare and an absent, crack-addicted father. After enduring seventeen years of abuse and neglect, Bobby ran away from home and—with nothing more than a discarded laptop and a ninth-grade education—he found his voice in the world of hip-hop and a new home in a place he never expected: the untamed and uncharted wilderness of the social media age. In the message boards and livestreams of this brave new world, Bobby became Logic, transforming a childhood of violence, anger, and trauma into music that spread a resilient message of peace, love, and positivity. His songs would touch the lives of millions, taking him to dizzying heights of success, where the wounds of his childhood and the perils of Internet fame would nearly be his undoing. A landmark achievement in an already remarkable career, This Bright Future “is just like the author—fearless, funny, and full of heart” (Ernest Cline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ready Player One) and looks back on Bobby’s extraordinary life with lacerating humor and fearless honesty. Heart-wrenching yet ultimately uplifting, this book completes the incredible true story and transformation of a human being who, against all odds, refused to be broken.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982158263
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The instant New York Times bestseller and “inspiring and vulnerable” (Trevor Noah) memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplatinum recording artist known as Logic and the #1 bestselling author of Supermarket. This Bright Future is a raw and unfiltered journey into the life and mind of Bobby Hall, who emerged from the wreckage of a horrifically abusive childhood to become an era-defining artist of our tumultuous age. A self-described orphan with parents, Bobby Hall began life as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, the only child of an alcoholic, mentally ill mother on welfare and an absent, crack-addicted father. After enduring seventeen years of abuse and neglect, Bobby ran away from home and—with nothing more than a discarded laptop and a ninth-grade education—he found his voice in the world of hip-hop and a new home in a place he never expected: the untamed and uncharted wilderness of the social media age. In the message boards and livestreams of this brave new world, Bobby became Logic, transforming a childhood of violence, anger, and trauma into music that spread a resilient message of peace, love, and positivity. His songs would touch the lives of millions, taking him to dizzying heights of success, where the wounds of his childhood and the perils of Internet fame would nearly be his undoing. A landmark achievement in an already remarkable career, This Bright Future “is just like the author—fearless, funny, and full of heart” (Ernest Cline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ready Player One) and looks back on Bobby’s extraordinary life with lacerating humor and fearless honesty. Heart-wrenching yet ultimately uplifting, this book completes the incredible true story and transformation of a human being who, against all odds, refused to be broken.
Ball of Fire
Author: Stefan Kanfer
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 030742491X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
As a movie actress Lucille Ball was, in her own words, “queen of the B-pluses.” But on the small screen she was a superstar–arguably the funniest and most enduring in the history of TV. In this exemplary biography, Stefan Kanfer explores the roots of Lucy’s genius and places it in the context of her conflicted and sometimes bitter personal life. Ball of Fire gives us Lucy in all her contradictions. Here is the beauty who became a master of knock-down slapstick; the control freak whose comic alter ego thrived on chaos, the worshipful TV housewife whose real marriage ended in public disaster. Here, too, is an intimate view of the dawn of television and of the America that embraced it. Charming, informative, touching. and laugh-out-loud funny, this is the book Lucy’s fans have been waiting for.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 030742491X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
As a movie actress Lucille Ball was, in her own words, “queen of the B-pluses.” But on the small screen she was a superstar–arguably the funniest and most enduring in the history of TV. In this exemplary biography, Stefan Kanfer explores the roots of Lucy’s genius and places it in the context of her conflicted and sometimes bitter personal life. Ball of Fire gives us Lucy in all her contradictions. Here is the beauty who became a master of knock-down slapstick; the control freak whose comic alter ego thrived on chaos, the worshipful TV housewife whose real marriage ended in public disaster. Here, too, is an intimate view of the dawn of television and of the America that embraced it. Charming, informative, touching. and laugh-out-loud funny, this is the book Lucy’s fans have been waiting for.
Somebody
Author: Stefan Kanfer
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400078040
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Stefan Kanfer, acclaimed biographer of Lucille Ball and Groucho Marx, now gives us the definitive life of Marlon Brando, seamlessly intertwining the man and the work to give us a stunning and illuminating appraisal. Beginning with Brando’s turbulent childhood, Kanfer follows him to New York where he made his star-making Broadway debut as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at age twenty-three. Brando then decamped for Hollywood, and Kanfer looks at each of Brando’s films over the years—from The Men in 1950 to The Score in 2001—offering deft and insightful analysis of his sometimes brilliant, sometimes baffling performances. And, finally, Kanfer brings into focus Brando’s self-destructiveness, ambivalence toward his craft, and the tragedies that shadowed his last years.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400078040
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Stefan Kanfer, acclaimed biographer of Lucille Ball and Groucho Marx, now gives us the definitive life of Marlon Brando, seamlessly intertwining the man and the work to give us a stunning and illuminating appraisal. Beginning with Brando’s turbulent childhood, Kanfer follows him to New York where he made his star-making Broadway debut as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at age twenty-three. Brando then decamped for Hollywood, and Kanfer looks at each of Brando’s films over the years—from The Men in 1950 to The Score in 2001—offering deft and insightful analysis of his sometimes brilliant, sometimes baffling performances. And, finally, Kanfer brings into focus Brando’s self-destructiveness, ambivalence toward his craft, and the tragedies that shadowed his last years.
Somebody to Love
Author: Matt Richards
Publisher: Weldon Owen
ISBN: 1681884097
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
For the first time, the final years of one of the world's most captivating rock showman are laid bare. Including interviews from Freddie Mercury's closest friends in the last years of his life, along with personal photographs, Somebody to Love is an authoritative biography of the great man. Here are previously unknown and startling facts about the singer and his life, moving detail on his lifelong search for love and personal fulfilment, and of course his tragic contraction of a then killer disease in the mid-1980s. Woven throughout Freddie's life is the shocking story of how the HIV virus came to hold the world in its grip, was cruelly labelled 'The Gay Plague' and the unwitting few who indirectly infected thousands of men, women and children - Freddie Mercury himself being one of the most famous. The death of this vibrant and spectacularly talented rock star, shook the world of medicine as well as the world of music. Somebody to Love finally puts the record straight and pays detailed tribute to the man himself.
Publisher: Weldon Owen
ISBN: 1681884097
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
For the first time, the final years of one of the world's most captivating rock showman are laid bare. Including interviews from Freddie Mercury's closest friends in the last years of his life, along with personal photographs, Somebody to Love is an authoritative biography of the great man. Here are previously unknown and startling facts about the singer and his life, moving detail on his lifelong search for love and personal fulfilment, and of course his tragic contraction of a then killer disease in the mid-1980s. Woven throughout Freddie's life is the shocking story of how the HIV virus came to hold the world in its grip, was cruelly labelled 'The Gay Plague' and the unwitting few who indirectly infected thousands of men, women and children - Freddie Mercury himself being one of the most famous. The death of this vibrant and spectacularly talented rock star, shook the world of medicine as well as the world of music. Somebody to Love finally puts the record straight and pays detailed tribute to the man himself.
I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else
Author: Danny Aiello
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476751927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Beloved stage and screen actor Danny Aiello’s big-hearted memoir reveals a man of passion, integrity, and guts—and lays bare one of the most unlikely success stories ever told. Danny Aiello admits that he backed into his acting career by mistake. That’s easy to see when you begin at the beginning: raised by his loving and fiercely resilient mother in the tenements of Manhattan and the South Bronx, and forever haunted by the death of his infant brother, Danny struggled early on to define who he was and who he could be. It wasn’t until he took to the stage in the wee hours to belt out standards that Danny Aiello found his voice and his purpose: he was born to act. Performing in converted churches and touring companies led to supporting roles in such films as The Godfather: Part II and Moonstruck, and an Oscar nomination for his role as the embattled Salvatore in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. For a guy who had never set foot in an acting class, this was supreme validation for being an outsider who followed his heart. In a raw and real chronicle of his gritty urban past, Danny Aiello looks back with appreciation, amusement, and frank disbelief at his unconventional road to success. He offers candid observations on working with luminary directors Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, and Robert Altman, among others, and a vast roster of actors, including Robert De Niro, Paul Newman, Madonna, Cher, and Lauren Bacall. He opens up about friends he loved, friends he lost, and the professional relationships that weren’t meant to be. Above all, Danny Aiello imparts a life lesson straight out of his own experience to anyone who’s ever felt like an outsider: It’s never too late to become who you want to be, to find happiness and fulfillment, and to embrace the winding road to get there.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476751927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Beloved stage and screen actor Danny Aiello’s big-hearted memoir reveals a man of passion, integrity, and guts—and lays bare one of the most unlikely success stories ever told. Danny Aiello admits that he backed into his acting career by mistake. That’s easy to see when you begin at the beginning: raised by his loving and fiercely resilient mother in the tenements of Manhattan and the South Bronx, and forever haunted by the death of his infant brother, Danny struggled early on to define who he was and who he could be. It wasn’t until he took to the stage in the wee hours to belt out standards that Danny Aiello found his voice and his purpose: he was born to act. Performing in converted churches and touring companies led to supporting roles in such films as The Godfather: Part II and Moonstruck, and an Oscar nomination for his role as the embattled Salvatore in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. For a guy who had never set foot in an acting class, this was supreme validation for being an outsider who followed his heart. In a raw and real chronicle of his gritty urban past, Danny Aiello looks back with appreciation, amusement, and frank disbelief at his unconventional road to success. He offers candid observations on working with luminary directors Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, and Robert Altman, among others, and a vast roster of actors, including Robert De Niro, Paul Newman, Madonna, Cher, and Lauren Bacall. He opens up about friends he loved, friends he lost, and the professional relationships that weren’t meant to be. Above all, Danny Aiello imparts a life lesson straight out of his own experience to anyone who’s ever felt like an outsider: It’s never too late to become who you want to be, to find happiness and fulfillment, and to embrace the winding road to get there.
Somebody Somewhere
Author: Donna Williams
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0804150419
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In the acclaimed sequel to Nobody Nowhere--in which Donna Williams gives readers a guided tour of life with autism--Williams explores the four years since her diagnosis and her attempts to leave her "world under glass" and live normally. NPR sponsorship.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0804150419
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In the acclaimed sequel to Nobody Nowhere--in which Donna Williams gives readers a guided tour of life with autism--Williams explores the four years since her diagnosis and her attempts to leave her "world under glass" and live normally. NPR sponsorship.