Results for "Seven" in Biographies & Memoirs

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A gritty, inspiring, heart-wrenching memoir by the Academy Award-winning legend and icon Sylvester Stallone, about his unlikely path to stardom and the creation of the greatest underdog story ever told. Read by Sylvester...

What if the hardest moments of our lives are not the end of your story—but the beginning of a comeback you never could have imagined? Seven: In the Lane of Hope by Michael Marini is an inspiring true story of second chances and unexpected comebacks. Seven sisters. Seven lives. Seven gifts. Through moving stories of faith, running, and deep relationships, Michael reflects on the people and moments that shaped his understanding of perseverance.

Si vous êtes à la recherche d’une histoire avec un véritable monstre, Gertrude Wright, La mère tortionnaire, devrait être votre prochaine lecture! Si vous n'avez jamais entendu parler de cette femme, êtes-vous au moins un fan de true crime ? Oui, probablement vous l'êtes, car vous êtes ici et intéressé ! La descente dans la folie de Gertrude Wright s'est accompagnée de tortures, de mutilations inattendues et de traitements horribles infligés à Sylvia Likens, une adolescente qui lui avait été confiée.

Brought to you by Penguin. The enthralling account from from Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing tackling life and leadership in the high-stakes world of Formula 1. Zak Brown led one of F1’s most iconic teams to the 2024 Constructors’ Championship after over a quarter of a century. McLaren...

Si vous avez été l’un des patients de ce médecin tueur en série prolifique, vous avez de la chance d'être encore en vie. Faites la connaissance de Harold Shipman, un tueur en série avec une propension troublante à assassiner un type spécifique de patients. Avec environ 250 victimes, il ne fait aucun doute que son nombre de meurtres pourrait être bien, bien plus élevé. Mais qu'est-ce qui l'a poussé à tuer ? Vous allez devoir continuer à lire pour le découvrir.

Although T. E. Lawrence, commonly known as "Lawrence of Arabia’, died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his role in leading the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War. A reluctant leader, and wracked by guilt at the duplicity of the British, Lawrence nevertheless threw himself into his role, suffering the blistering desert conditions and masterminding military campaigns which culminated in the triumphant march of the Arabs into Damascus.

Richard Trenton Chase commença sa vie sans accrocs. Populaire et apprécié, son avenir semblait aussi radieux que le soleil californien… Mais ceux qui l’entouraient ignoraient les sombres vérités qu’il portait en lui. Le mariage de ses parents se désintégrait rapidement, et bientôt il commença à souffrir de troubles de santé étranges. En chute libre, il ne vit qu’une seule solution…

T. E. Lawrence’s memoir of his involvement in leading a portion of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire during the first World War. The Ottomans had joined the side of Germany and the Central Powers in the war, and Britain hoped that a successful revolt would take them out of the war effort. Britain had also promised the Arabs that England would recognize a single Arab state. With the support of Emir Faisal and his tribesmen, T. E. Lawrence helped organize and carry out attacks on the Ottoman forces from Aqaba in the south to Damascus in the north. 

An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman's terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom. As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal communist regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom....

They were like a band of brothers...In 1983 Andy McNab was assigned to B Squadron, one of the four Sabre Squadrons of the SAS, and within it to Air Troop, otherwise known as SEVEN TROOP. This is Andy McNab's gripping account of the time he served in the company of a remarkable group of men - from the day, freshly badged, he joined them in the Malayan jungle, to the day, ten years later, that he handed in his sand-coloured beret and started a new life.

Rattler One-Seven puts you in the helicopter seat, to see the war in Vietnam through the eyes of an inexperienced pilot as he transforms himself into a seasoned combat veteran. Soon after the war, Gross wrote down his adventures, while his memory was still fresh with the events. Rattler One-Seven (his call sign) is written as he experienced it, using these notes along with letters written home to accurately preserve the mindset he had while in Vietnam.

Belle Gunness, victime devenue meurtrière ou tueuse de sang-froid ? À vous d’en juger ! De la pauvreté à la chance en amour, Belle a trouvé son bonheur avec un homme nommé Mads… du moins, c'est ce que tout le monde pensait. Mais lorsque le riche Mads meurt dans des circonstances mystérieuses, Belle encaisse l'assurance-vie et se remarie… uniquement pour que son nouveau mari décède subitement. Alors que les choses passaient d'étranges à sinistres, d'autres hommes sont morts mystérieusement ou ont disparu autour de Belle.

Through captivating storytelling, Leah Pump takes you along for an intimate journey. Her quest to leave the table when love was no longer being served and to rediscover the greatest love of all inspires us to bear witness to the mistakes, missteps, men, and the myriad of circumstances experienced that ultimately prepared her for the abundance of blessings.   

Né dans une ferme en déclin et rapidement abandonné par son père, la vie de Carl Panzram fut sombre dès le départ. Tandis que d’autres enfants jouaient ou allaient à l’école, lui travaillait sans relâche, sous la menace constante de punitions brutales.

'I was 22 years old, a hard-on with a pulse: wretched vice-ridden, too much to burn and not enough minutes in a hour to do so. 1995 was a full 365-day year of drinking, fucking, lying, raging and exploration for me - not a dull one in the bunch. It was a time of self-shit: self-importance...

Brought to you by Penguin. The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd. This book is about death, but in it I will take readers on a journey through life... What can death teach us about life?...

From one of the 20th century's best-loved Christian writers comes this extraordinary spiritual testament. Thomas Merton was a man who experienced life to its fullest in the world before entering a Trappist monastery. In this memoir, he recounts his spiritual quest, one that led to his conversion to Catholicism.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of T. E. Lawrence's role in the Arab Revolt against the Turkish Empire. The book is mostly set in the deserts of Arabia with a great deal of time spent marching through them with camels and the telling of the events through Lawrence's eyes.

As the adopted son of two cult leaders, Benjamin Risha was raised to someday assume a place of leadership in the Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation with the Bible, and his parents’ interpretation of it, as his guide. He believed the prophecies of his adoptive mother and father. However, when none of it happened, and the foundation slid from bucolic communal lifestyle to insufferable criminality that included absolute obedience to the Alamos, Benjamin knew he had to escape.

Punish yourself on purpose. Avoid feeling at all costs. Never forgive yourself. Raw, visceral, and full of dark humour, this is a true story of excess, ruin, and eventual recovery - and of one woman's journey to make sense of her actions. Told through seven rules for life only to be followed if...