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Sickened exposes the twisted bonds of terror and love that made a child willing to sacrifice herself to win her mother's happiness. Interlaced with a fierce humour that somehow makes this story even more powerful, this book leaves an indelible mark on anyone who reads it.

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The day Koren turned fourteen she tasted alcohol for the first time. At fifteen she was piecing together forgotten fragments of drink, men and misplaced clothes. This is the story of a young woman coming of age within a society that finds it easier to turn a blind eye to binge-drinking than address the problem head on.

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This work goes beyond the basics of classroom management to consider the path of both teacher and student toward authentic intellectual maturity and spiritual growth.

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This work goes beyond the basics of classroom management to consider the path of both teacher and student toward authentic intellectual maturity and spiritual growth.

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But what happens when your dad is a manic-depressive who paints the front door in the middle of the night and sends good-wishes to Michael Crawford scrawled on a pair of underpants

Martin Townsend grew up with a father, Ron, who had suffered recurring mental illness since the early 1950s.

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With few jobs around, bland food and cold weather, the best that the author could hope for was a job at the local Findus factory. Her family didn't have it easy. Her baby brother was a cot death and the tragedy caused her mother to turn to the Jehovah's Witness faith. This title tells her story.

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The stories we tell about ourselves are guided by cultural patterns and enduring elements. It provides specific, practical, instructional details for telling our own stories and gives the necessary guidelines for assisting others in telling their life stories.

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The stories we tell about ourselves are guided by cultural patterns and enduring elements. It provides specific, practical, instructional details for telling our own stories and gives the necessary guidelines for assisting others in telling their life stories.

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An extraordinary and unique memoir from an international hostage negotiator.

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Throughout the ages philosophers have examined their own lives in an attempt both to find some meaning and to explain the roots of their philosophical perspectives. This volume is an introduction to philosophical autobiography, a rich but hitherto ignored literary genre that questions the self, its social context, and existence in general.

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A heartbreaking tale of childhood poverty, abuse and racism that happily becomes an inspiring story of an extraordinary woman's strength through adversity.

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The true story of Donna Ford, who between the ages of five and eleven was abused by her stepmother Helen.

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This remarkable account of overcoming the debilitating challenges of being both deaf and blind, has become an international classic, making Helen Keller one of the most well-known, inspirational figures in history. Originally published in 1903, this memoir narrates the events of her life up to her third year at Radcliffe College.

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An anthology that breaks with tradition. Part autobiography, part anthology - this is the definitive literary work on Twins.

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This book provides a detailed examination of the life and legal legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, including a discussion of the many legal cases in which he was involved.

Thurgood Marshall was the first African American Supreme Court Justice.

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An account of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the 1930s.

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This portrait of a unique partnership is also the story of a pivotal time and place in Australian art and politics.

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More charming tales from bobby-on-the-beat Martyn Johnson

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She finally thought she was safe

Toni Maguire, author of Number One Bestseller Don't Tell Mummy, takes up the story of her tragic childhood where she left off, revealing the awful truth about what happened when her father, sent to jail for abusing her, was released, and came home

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Barbara's father was a sadistic man at the best of times - his idea of fun was to kill the family dog by tying it to the back of his car and driving off.

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Selections from the autobiographies of twenty-five women, including Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Steinem, Jane Addams, Margaret Bourke-White, Maxine Hong Kingston, Maya Angelou, Margaret Mead, and Margaret Sanger.

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Taken to a penitentiary in the Nevada desert to serve a twelve-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter, this previously nice Jewish boy from Brooklyn ends up sharing a claustrophobic cell with Kansas, a hugely muscled skinhead with a swastika tattooed on his neck and a serious set of issues.