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Recovery is the longest road toward a better future. "When you are that far into addiction, one of the things you are ruled by, you live for, is the drug. It becomes your mother, your father, your sister, your brother, your lover." In The Longest Road, Joe Calendino relives his harrowing journey from full-patch Hells Angel to rock bottom. Consumed by drugs and alcohol, he spiralled out of control and ended up strung out, desperate and destitute. Now it's his mission to protect at-risk youth from that same fate.

The powerful story of a mother's struggle to save her son from addiction—and the strength and hope for change that she found in her grief. When the author's son, Tristan, began experimenting with drugs at age of fourteen, Kathy Wagner told herself it was just a phase. But by the time he was fifteen, she had to face the gravity of Tristan's addiction.

After the sudden death of her husband, a woman unearths surprising revelations about the man she was married to for seventeen years. A compulsively readable, darkly funny, posthumous love story about loss, grief, and unresolved relationships. Jessica Waite's successful, charismatic husband, Sean, is on his way home from a business trip when he collapses in a Houston airport. Having begun the day as a wife, by noon she is a widow and the sole living parent to their nine-year-old son.

La méthode simple et follement efficace pour vivre plus heureux. Je médite - Je privilégie la joie aux plaisirs - J'arrête d'attendre - Je fais une seule chose à la fois - J'affronte mes peurs pour rendre ma vie magique. Les Antisèches du bonheur, ce sont 18 principes et pratiques redoutablement efficaces pour diminuer l'impact et la durée de nos pensées et émotions négatives au quotidien. À l'intersection des sagesses ancestrales et de la science contemporaine, cette méthode innovante a déjà transformé la vie de milliers de personnes.

From "weird, scary, ingenious" (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, an instant New York Times bestselling, brutally honest, and "laugh-out-loud funny" (Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems—from Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Richard Simmons, to 12-step programs. Maria Bamford is a comedian's comedian (an outsider among outsiders) and has forever fought to find a place to belong.

The #1 New York Times bestseller – The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life – distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone. The world's greatest bodybuilder. The world's highest-paid movie star. The leader of the world's sixth-largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a joke, but this is no joke. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger. And this did not happen by accident.

Instant New York Times bestseller. From the award-winning, multihyphenate global entertainer Keke Palmer comes the inspiring true story of her journey to understanding her genuine value. A most anticipated book of Fall 2024 – Bookshop – Apple Books – People – BookRiot – and more. Keke Palmer thought she knew who she was. What it means to be a good person and what it takes to be a success. It all seemed so simple, until she realized the challenges she would have to face to prove to herself who she wanted to be.

Told from the perspective of an adult female formerly sexually abused as a child, this book takes a deep look into the world of pedophiles and their behaviors. Find out what cultivates their mindset, and propels them into committing atrocious acts against children. Telling cases from history and real events from her past help paint a more vivid picture of the 'Chester Molesters' who are hiding in plain sight.

New York Times Bestseller – An intimate memoir of love, desire, and personal growth that follows a happily married mother as she explores sex and relationships outside her marriage. "This book about open marriage is going to blow up your group chat" – The Washington Post. Molly Roden Winter was a mother of small children with a husband, Stewart, who often worked late. One night when Stewart missed the kids' bedtime – again – she stormed out of the house to clear her head. At a bar, she met Matt, a flirtatious younger man.

En France, on s'avoue rarement alcoolique. Quand on boit on est festif, irrévérent, drôle. Français. Un jour pourtant, Claire arrête de boire. Elle prend conscience que cet alcool, prétendument bon-vivant, est en vérité en train de ronger sa vie. Il noyaute ses journées, altère sa pensée, abîme ses relations. En retraçant son passé, elle découvre à quel point l'alcool a été le pilier de sa construction et de son personnage de femme. Sans alcool est le journal de son sevrage. Un chemin tortueux, parfois rocambolesque, à travers son intimité.