Dagbøger og erindringer

"More than two decades after teaching English during the early part of China's economic boom, an experience chronicled in his book River Town, Peter Hessler returned to Sichuan province to instruct students from the next generation. At the same time, Hessler and his wife enrolled their twin daughters in a local state-run elementary school, where they were the only Westerners. Over the years, Hessler had kept in close contact with many of the people he had taught in the 1990s. By reconnecting with these individuals-members of China's "Reform generation," now in their forties-while teaching current undergrads, Hessler gained a unique perspective on China's incredible transformation. In Peter Hessler's hands, China's education system is the perfect vehicle for examining the country's past, present, and future, and what we can learn from it, for good and ill"--

"Growing up in the mountains of Utah, Cory Richards was constantly surrounded by the outdoors. His father, a high school teacher and a ski patroller, spent years teaching Richards and his brother how to ski, climb, mountaineer, and survive in the wild. Despite a seemingly idyllic childhood, the Richards home was fraught with violence, grief, and mental illness. After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and dropping out of high school, Richards subsumed himself in the worlds of photography and climbing, seeking out the farthest reaches of the world to escape the darkness. Then, in the midst of a wildly successful career in adventure photography, a catastrophic avalanche changed everything, forcing Richards to confront the trauma of his past, evaluate his own mental health, and learn to rewrite his story"--

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend a boarding school.

"Trauma blocks love. Love heals trauma. Frank was just six years old when he learned there was something wrong with him. Seriously wrong. But no one told him what it was. Instead, between attending weekly therapy sessions, navigating the passion and violence of his home life, and reading between the lines of dark family secrets, he was left to figure out for himself what the world expected him to be. Despite an unstable childhood, his remarkable intelligence, caring nature, and desperation for love and acceptance carried him from the top of his high school class to the elite residency program at Harvard University, where he ultimately became one of the world's leading experts in the treatment of trauma. Along the way, his encounters with those suffering from abuse, addiction, and mental illness inspired a sense of purpose... and an earth-shattering awakening of his authentic self. Ignited by this newfound identity, Frank embarked on a profound, sometimes painful, and redemptive journey that brought the love and acceptance he always longed for. In To Be Loved, renowned trauma expert Dr. Frank G. Anderson shares the complicated experience of growing up gay in an Italian-American home that was at once fiercely loving and culturally close-knit while at the same time unaccepting, abusive, and rife with secret shame. With compassion, humor, and disarming honesty, Frank invites the reader into his formative experiences: coming out amid the LGBTQ+ carnival atmosphere of 1990s Provincetown, finding love and forming a family within the staid Boston suburbs, and coming home to confront his family's legacy of abuse. By forging paths for forgiveness, he found that his truth and tenacious spirit were stronger than his trauma"--

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITINGTHE TIMES / WATERSTONES TOP 10 BESTSELLERAN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK TO READ IN 2023A STYLIST NONFICTION MUST-READ FOR 2023A SUNDAY TIMES GARDENING BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2023Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a quest to change that. To understand what encourages women to go out, work the soil, plant seeds and nurture them, even when so many other responsibilities sit upon their shoulders. To recover the histories that have been lost among the soil.Why Women Grow is a much-needed exploration of why women turn to the earth, as gardeners, growers and custodians. This book emerged from a deeply rooted desire to share the stories of women who are silenced and overlooked. In doing so, Alice fosters connections with gardeners that unfurl into a tender exploration of women's lives, their gardens and what the ground has offered them, with conversations spanning creation and loss, celebration and grief, power, protest, identity and renaissance.Wise, curious and sensitive, Why Women Grow follows Alice in her search for answers, with inquisitive fronds reaching and curling around the intimate anecdotes of others

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ¿ In this funny and honest feel-good memoir, social media star Kacie Rose offers a refreshingly honest take on navigating a new life abroad.In 2021, Kacie decided to leave her life as a pro dancer in New York City and move to Italy - and she never looked back. Okay, that isn't strictly true... In You Deserve Good Gelato, Kacie reflects on everything from travel fails and homesickness to the joy of culture shocks and the power of doing the s*** that scares you. Because life is too short not to.In this joyful memoir, you will find:Personal essays that tell Kacie's story and empower you to challenge yourselfA candid outlook on life as an expat, covering everything from the terror of driving on Italian roads to the trials of speaking a new language and the genuine beauty of a slower pace of lifeInspirational quotes that encourage you to step out of your comfort zoneBy sharing her personal stories of life under the Tuscan sun, Kacie explains how travel is a privilege, why cultural differences are the coolest things in the world, and how there's a positive you can take away from literally any situation. You Deserve Good Gelato will have you taking the leap and embracing this big beautiful world that we call home.New York Times Bestseller - June 2024

This is what it is to survive. You find what floats and you hold on. Even if it is smaller than you. Holding on is all fourteen-year-old Stephanie Clare Smith can do when she's left home alone in New Orleans during the summer of 1973. As she seeks to ease her solitude through her summer school algebra class, her wandering in the city, and her friendship with a streetcar operator, adults?particularly men?fail her again and again, with devastating consequences. Dreamlike and beautifully paced, this lyrical debut memoir traces the events of one harrowing summer and its repercussions throughout Stephanie's life, including her work with families in crisis and as a caregiver for the mother who abandoned her all those years ago. Through a mosaic of trauma and transcendence, memory and metaphor, scarcity and neglect, Stephanie reveals how she built connections in and to a world that had largely left her behind. Her hard-won survival echoes that of countless other survivors whose stories are never told, and her strength stands as a testament to the power of creativity.

Andet bind i kvartetten om tjenestepigen Betty og hendes vej gennem livet.Stockholm, 1942. Betty er gift med Carl-Axel, sønnen af lægefamilien Molander, hvor hun tidligere arbejdede som tjenestepige. Udadtil ser Betty ud til at have alt, hvad hun kunne ønske sig: en vidunderlig datter, et smukt hjem i en af Stockholms nye forstæder og et givende job på et forlag. Alligevel er hun ikke glad. Ægteskabet med Carl-Axel knirker, og hun er bekymret over sin mands manglende evne til at håndtere penge og alkohol. Samtidig martres hun over, hvad der egentlig skete med hendes store forelskelse og datterens rigtige far, den jødiske universitetslektor Martin Fischer, der forsvandt sporløst ved krigens begyndelse. En dag forsvinder Carl-Axel også, og Betty er nødt til at få styr på hans indviklede affærer.Ved et tilfælde finder hun ud af, at Martin er i live ­ og bor kun få timers togrejse fra Stockholm. Hendes umiddelbare lettelse forvandles til vrede. Hvorfor har han ikke kontaktet hende? Men hendes brændende længsel efter at se ham igen overgår vreden.Samtidig er krigen på sit højeste. Fra radioen lyder grusomme rapporter, gaderne mørklægges og unge mænd går i krig langt hjemmefra.

"Just Go offers readers the adventure of a lifetime, presenting not only the tricks Drew himself used in his trips, but also the best-kept secrets from every corner of the world. Just Go is equally a practical handbook for globetrotters and aspiring travelers as it is an intimate and heartwarming celebration of people and cultures all over"--

På et plejehjem skriver Bitten sine erindringer ned på ternet papir. På en plastikstol mellem viltre brombærranker betragter Henning sine bier. På en sofa med tre puder i ryggen venter Frida på døden. På en kirkegård går Inger rundt mellem gravene og taler med de døde.I en tid, hvor velfærdsstatens indsatser målrettet de ældste især handler om forebyggelse og behandling, som forlænger livet, udforsker denne bog i stedet de eksistentielle sider af livets uundgåelige afslutning.Gennem 12 portrætter af mennesker, som nærmer sig eller har rundet de 90 år, kaster bogen lys på en generations håndtering af aldring og død. Vi følger også forfatterens bestræbelser på at forstå, hvorfor mange af de ældste er så stilfærdige i deres omgang med livets afrunding og ofte griner forlegent af hendes spørgsmål.Stine Grønbæk Jensen er antropolog med en ph.d. i historie og er tilknyttet Syddansk Universitet og Københavns Universitet. Hun forsker i den erfarede og erindrede velfærdsstat og har blandt andet skrevet Livtag med fortiden. Når børnehjemsbørn erindrer (2022).

A memoir of love, adventure and finding your own path.

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Chris Broad explores Japan in all its quirky glory..Endlessly fascinating!'Will Ferguson, author of Hokkaido Highway Blues'Carves a unique path across Japan bringing him into contact with far too many cats, heartening renewal in Tohoku, and even pizza with Ken Watanabe.'Iain Maloney, author of The Only Gaijin in the Village'Fascinating, fact-packed and very funny..An excellent and enjoyable read for the Japan-curious. I loved it and learned a lot.'Sam Baldwin, author of For Fukui's Sake: Two years in rural JapanWhen Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history?Abroad in Japan charts a decade of living in a foreign land and the chaos and culture clash that came with it. Packed with hilarious and fascinating stories, this book seeks out to unravel one the world's most complex cultures.Spanning ten years and all forty-seven prefectures, Chris takes us from the lush rice fields of the countryside to the frenetic neon-lit streets of Tokyo. With blockbuster moments such as a terrifying North Korean missile incident, a mortifying experience at a love hotel and a week spent with Japan's biggest movie star, Abroad in Japan is an extraordinary and informative journey through the Land of the Rising Sun.Number one Sunday Times bestseller, August 2023

You can become the change driver of your own life. The celebrated poet, educator, and author of Welcome Home shows you how in this practical, wise, and tender guide to all of life’s changes.“Change is hard—but Najwa shows you what’s on the other side, and she’s the one you want to lead you through it.”—Melissa Urban, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Boundaries In The Only Constant, Najwa Zebian guides you through the changes we must make and those we must endure in life, offering support, stabilizing practices, and step-by-step guidance to make it through the uncertainty. With timeless wisdom, Najwa shares stories of change from her own life, including the bonds to the past she needed to break so that she could live more honestly, the loss of a loved one, and accepting the changes required to manage chronic illness. She also guides you through changes like:• The end of a romantic relationship or friendship• Setting boundaries with a friend or family member• Changing your educational and career path• Grieving the death of a loved one• Breaking trauma bonds • Venturing outside of your survival mode• Living an authentic life• Practicing radical acceptance  A highly practical guide to unfamiliar terrain, The Only Constant teaches that the purpose of change is to be true to yourself. Zebian simplifies change, teaches us to accept ourselves as we are now, and helps us focus on the necessity and unexpected beauty of those messy transitional times. And she guides you through it so that you can not only reach the better life that awaits you on the other side, but also so that you can take the wheel and become the driver of change in your own life.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on her 42-year marriage with Dick Goodwin, one of the shining stars of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and the journey of going through the letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia he saved over the years.

A mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy.

The remarkable story of the powerful visionary episodes Stephen Harrod Buhner experienced over half a century ago. The demands that were made for his reformulation of the self, and his subsequent training with the plants of the high Rocky Mountains into their uses as medicines and ecological modulators for planetary health. And as well, his meeting and training with some of the most innovative teachers of the latter half of the twentieth century. This is the most extensive description of visionary experience since that of Black Elk's in Black Elk Speaks and Manual Cordova Rios's in Wizard of the Upper Amazon.

The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world¿s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

I Min fede hjerne tager journalist, dokumentarist og forfatter Mette Korsgaard på en personlig, humoristisk og ærlig rejse med slidsomme slankekure, der viser sig at være håbløse på den lange bane. Igennem et år fører hun dagbog, og vi er med, når nætter med sult bliver alenlange, når alt, hun kan koncentrere sig om i en dramatisk italiensk mafiafilm, er en pastaret, og når lægen ihærdigt prøver at holde hendes mod oppe til endnu en måned på slankemedicin.Løbende konsulterer hun videnskaben, hvor nogle af de tungeste vægtforskere bidrager med forklaringen på, hvorfor verdens befolkning bliver tykkere og tykkere, når  de fleste af os helst vil være tynde. Og hvorfor hun selv gør det, trods diæter og løbebånd.Mette Korsgaard sætter til sidst spørgsmålstegn ved samfundets definition på den sunde krop, og vi bliver klogere på, hvorfor det sundeste vil være at melde sig ud af verdens slankecirkus.

#17 on the PW Bestseller Trade Paper Frontlist Growing up amid addiction and chaos in a Minnesota trailer park, Tyler Zed and his two brothers broke the cycle of abuse and forged a different path.