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For the past six years, Whitney Dafoe has been confined to a bedroom in the back of his parents' home, unable to walk, eat or speak. His diagnosis? The mysterious disease myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) which affects 20 million people around the world who lar

The extraordinary true story of a young man who fled war-torn Iraq, came to Australia as a refugee by boat, survived the Australian detention centre and went on to become a pioneering surgeon.

In 1999, Munjed Al Muderis was a surgical resident working in Baghdad when the Military Police m

Sein Name steht für Nervenkitzel und Adrenalin – Schweizer, Jochen. Aber aus dem Stuntman, Abenteurer und Draufgänger ist inzwischen ein erfolgreicher, verantwortungsbewusster und auch nachdenklicher Unternehmer geworden. In seinem Buch beschreibt er nicht nur die vielen Abenteuer seines

Fintan O'Toole Ireland's leading public intellectual and author of Heroic Failure tells a history of Ireland in his own time a brilliant interweaving of memoir and historical narrative.Fintan O'Toole was born in 1958, and so his life covers Ireland's journey out of underdevelopment and dom

Enid Elliot Linder was the daughter of a butler and a lady's maid in service in some of England's grandest country houses.

Evoking the lost world of a childhood ‘below stairs', Linder's touching memoir describes how her life changed as Britain headed towards war.

After the family mo

Strategien für das Spiel des Lebens. Während der Pandemie hat das Schachspiel einen neuen Boom erlebt. Das freut auch Elisabeth Pähtz, Deutschlands beste Schachspielerin, die seit 17 Jahren unangefochten die deutsche Rangliste der Frauen anführt. Bereits im Alter von fünf Jahren saß

In 1982 Murakami began running to keep fit. Here, he reflects on his running experiences. Equal parts travelogue, training log, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this i