A Little Girl Shattered is my true story from my childhood into adulthood. In 2016 if someone would have asked me if I would be writing my story for the world to read, my answer would have been no. This is my account of the difficulties I have faced throughout my life. Between the ages of 6 to 9 years old I was groomed, sexually abused and raped. My cousin was brutally murdered when I was 8 years old, and my father was a gay man living with HIV in...

Nicole du Hausset ist bekannt für ihre berühmten Memoiren über ihre Zeit am französischen Hof, die erstmals 1824 veröffentlicht wurden und als wertvolle Quelle über historische Persönlichkeiten dienen. Sie war die Kammerzofe und persönliche Vertraute von Madame de Pompadour. Nicole du Hausset war die arme, aber gut vernetzte Witwe eines Adligen und sollte Pompadours Anpassung am königlichen Hof erleichtern. Wir lesen die Erinnerungen von...

Heinrich Mann: Zwischen den Rassen Entwicklungsroman einer jungen Deutsch-Brasilianerin Neu editierte 2021er Ausgabe, mit zahlreichen erklärenden Fußnoten Der heute irritierende, aber von Heinrich Mann wertfrei verstandene Titel Zwischen den Rassen bezeichnet den Entwicklungsroman einer in Rio geborenen jungen Deutsch-Brasilianerin, die von ihrem Vater zur Ausbildung in ein Internat in die deutsche Provinz gebracht wird und von nun an zwischen zwei...

In the heart of Boston in the 1980's-a city engulfed in turmoil and racial tensions, an unlikely friendship develops between two students at Cathedral High School. Patrick is an Irish-Catholic born leader. His friends follow him with blind allegiance. Nate is a young, disciplined, black athlete-focused on finding his way out of the neighborhood alive. The two young men find themselves on hectic school grounds, in a culture that shuns friendships like...

It is in the Eastern part of Tennessee this story begins, in the small town of Johnson City, located one hundred miles northeast of Knoxville-a lovely city nestled in among lush green mountains. The year is 1954, population 23,000. Johnson City is a town that has flourished, from its beginning. It is rich in history, but this is not a story of history. This story centers on the strife and hardships of one dirt-poor Southern family and one little girl's...

Cuando vives una vida intentando encontrar una razón, un por qué, una nueva motivación, te das cuenta de que la rutina es un asesino silencioso, lleno de conformidad y aceptación, olvidando los sueños que te mantienen activo con ganas de progresar, de ser alguien importante. En este relato trato de plasmar un pequeño diario lleno de fantasía, aventuras, adrenalina, pequeños cambios, meditaciones en la manera de pensar y actuar en el momento...

This is the entire collection of the Love and Resistance in WWII Germany trilogy consisting of the books Unrelenting, Unyielding and Unwavering. Berlin, Germany 1932. In a time of political unrest and strife, one man finds the courage to fight back... The Trilogy consisting of Unrelenting, Unyielding, and Unwavering in one book. Follow Dr. Wilhem "Q" Quedlin, chemical engineer and inventor, and Hilde Dremmer through the rise of Hitler and into...

On a tropical island paradise in Africa, the natives were unaware of the incognito vacationer participating in their daily lives as they engaged in life giving and pleasurable activities. The stranger named knowledge garnered on local indulgencies and intolerances Indulrances. Unwittingly, the locals engaged into a long enduring dancing partnership of survival of the fittest. Latent cultural beliefs enabled the stranger to transmigrate into their...

Do you know your ancestry; your parents, grandparents, great grandparents and great-great grandparents? Have you taken the time to document your life since the day of your birth? I do and I did. In Volume 1, I'll take you back to the old countries of France and Italy where my story begins with my great-great grandparents. Their off-spring came to America, the first generation of Americans. I'll guide you through the second generation who gave birth...

Lily, a beautiful five-year-old, leaned over the fire to poke at the wood. A spark flew up and landed on the collar of her high-necked velvet dress. She brushed at the spark, but it had caught the lace and was burning her neck. Another spark landed in her hair. "Momma," she screamed, as she frantically brushed at the flames that seemed to be crawling up her body.An accident that changes Lily's life. But there are other changes affecting the family...