Résultats pour "Freaks" dans Biographies et mémoires

In 1967, 21-year-old Pauline Butcher was working for a London secretarial agency when a call came through from a Mr Frank Zappa asking for a typist. The assignment would change her life forever. For three years, Pauline served as Zappa's PA, moving with him, his family and the Mothers of Invention to a log cabin in the Hollywood Hills, where the straight young English girl mixed with Oscar winners and rock royalty. 

When Jared Dillian joined Lehman Brothers in 2001, he fulfilled a life-long dream to make it on Wall Street - but he had no idea how close to the edge the job would take him. Like Michael Lewis' classic Liar's Poker, Jared Dillian's Street Freak takes listeners behind the scenes of the legendary Lehman Brothers, exposing its outrageous and often hilarious corporate culture.

This is the story of one man’s wrestling with God over control. It’s the story of his discovery that being a control freak could mean the destruction of his family and of his ability to contribute, or even survive in this life.

The story of Hunter S. Thompson's crusade against Richard Nixon and the threat of fascism in America--and the devastating price he paid for it Hunter S. Thompson is often misremembered as a wise-cracking, drug-addled cartoon character. This book reclaims him for what he truly was: a fearless...

Fishing for piranhas in the Amazon, getting stoned at Fijian kava ceremonies, and witnessing the ancient ritual of land diving on Pentecost Island is the stuff of National Geographic cover stories - and Nevin Martell’s childhood vacations. His family’s globetrotting took them from the South Pacific to South America and many points nowhere in between.

Kacy Tellessen is a grunt. After completing high school in rural Washington, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and began the hero's journey he imagined might parallel those epic tales he'd consumed throughout adolescence. But what Tellessen lived through—from boot camp to the battlefield and home again—had little in common with Homer's tales or Hollywood's depictions. In his memoir, Tellessen offers a truer account of life as an infantryman: the complicated, conflicting, adrenaline-pumping, and traumatic experience of war.

Entertainment Weekly's controversial critic of more than two decades looks back at a life told through the films he loved and loathed. Owen Gleiberman has spent his life watching movies-first at the drive-in, where his parents took him to see wildly inappropriate adult fare like Rosemary's Baby...

The designer of Unreal and Gears of War offers an eye-opening personal account of the video game industry as it grew from niche hobby to hundred-billion-dollar enterprise. Video games are dominating the planet. In 2020, they brought in $180 billion dollars globally—nearly $34 billion in the...

"I came late to Christianity", writes Sara Miles, "knocked upside down by a mid-life conversion centered around eating a literal chunk of bread. I hadn't decided to profess an article of doctrine, but discovered a force blowing uncontrollably through the world." In this book, Sara Miles tells what happened when she decided to follow the flesh and blood Jesus by doing something real. For everyone afraid to feed hungry strangers, love the unlovable, or go to dark places to bless and heal, she offers hope. 

What's it like to crowd-surf at a music festival in a wheelchair? How does someone with ADHD survive a Monday morning inbox? And what does gaming look like when you’re blind? Freaks No More! is a podcast about visible and invisible disabilities, neurodiversity, and inclusion. Following the motto "nothing about us without us", people with disabilities and neurodivergent voices share their personal stories and social perspectives. Freaks No More! fights stigma and gives a platform to lived experiences, making diversity and accessibility part of the conversation. By the end of each episode, ...

Rarely has such an original, brilliant voice captured the chaos, the ecstasy, and the zeitgeist of the modern dad. A mad mash-up of David Sedaris, P.J. O'Rourke, Dave Barry, and Hunter S. Thompson, Mr. Bell selflessly cracks open his head like a walnut and shines a brilliant light onto the thinking matter of an older, first-time dad. The silly fears, the poignant observations, and the constant ebb and flow of his manhood make for an irreverent and hilarious first-person examination of all things holy and unholy in the parenthood universe.

Freak Hour dives into the shadows of the strange and unsettling. From chilling true crime cases to unexplained paranormal events, and everything weird and creepy in between, this is your hour of darkness where the ordinary meets the terrifying. Tune in… if you dare.

Welcome to Freakouts Plus where we tell Crazy Karen, entitled tantrum, and public freakout stories. The assiduity of these Karens and their need to prove just how stupid they are can leave us shaking our heads in disbelief and provides us with a good laugh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Freaks and Creeps is a paranormal and true crime podcast created and hosted by two sisters, Stacy Krajicek and Keri Davison. They bring you bone-chilling content each week spanning listener ghost stories, weird cryptids, true crime and so much more! Tune in each Wednesday for a dose of all things freaky and creepy!

We like to talk about everything that gives us the creeps

Crime Freaks Podcast is a weekly true crime show. Join us each week as we dive deep into a baffling case or a spooky paranormal tale.

Steve Almond doesn't just love candy, he unabashedly worships every aspect of confectionary culture, from the creation of an exceptional malt ball through the tragic demise of a badly conceived candy bar, from the emotion-laden memories stirred by a bite of chocolate to his near-drooling anticipation of spotting a new package on the candy shelves.

We are two sisters who are obsessed with True Crime, Aliens, Ghost, Ect. Host Amanda and Co Host Hannah invite you to Enter the world of the Lovely Freaks.

I'm Shawn Ventura, the Host of TRUE CRIME FREAKS. I have always been a True Crime fan going back to DATELINE and Unsolved Mysteries. True Crime podcasts are what I listen to relax on my long walks. There is something about being scared and shocked that snaps me out of my daily routine. I created TRUE CRIME FREAKS after I created the Lights, Camera, Pro! Podcast, a Film and TV Interviews and reviews podcast. I hope you enjoy the crazy and sometimes horrifying stories of this podcast you TRUE CRIME FREAKS.

A stage for the stars you've never heard of, for those who just see the world in a way that no one else can.