Kategoria BISAC: Biography & Autobiography >> Women

The title is a reflection of her main daily activity. Each day she turned a pot of water into a delicious Italian style meal for her large family, and anyone else who happened to visit. In the back of my book are some of her tasty, simple, and nutritious recipes.

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"She jumped into the hay and hollowed out a couch for herself. Then she stretched out on her back, not caring if she mussed her new gingham dress."

"She remembered all the times Mama had come looking for her. She wished she could hear Mama calling, "Lizzie! Lizzie! Where are you?" Lizzie closed her eyes and pictured her mama as...

In 1953, when Dorothy Stephens and her husband lived in married student housing at the University of Michigan, she envisioned a safe, conventional life ahead. She never imagined living in Kenya toward the end of the Mau Mau uprising, plunged into an exotic new world, facing safari ants, wild bees, and a vicious monkey, and discovering a core of strength deep in her security-loving soul.

See Kenya through her eyes in its last tumultuous days as a British colony and witness the transformative effect on her life. Meet the emerging young leaders of the independence movement and the...

"The Truth Exposed" takes you along a tender journey of pain rooted in childhood abuse, religious conflict, and sexuality. This journey begins with the impact of a domineering, controlling, and abusive mother, a life alone at eighteen-battling sexuality and Christianity, and the sudden death of the author's father, to self-acceptance and spiritual wholeness. "The Truth Exposed" reveals the infinite possibilities present even when met with complete chaos, uncertainty, and aloneness. It offers profound insight and deep healing. "The Truth Exposed" is more than a book; it is a profound...

"This book is a true and authenticated story of an epic victorious struggle of a Christian family of love and faith against Satan's evil demons. This book should be read and studied by all Christian persons and families in struggles of unknown origin."
-Dr. Frank R. Babish, DEd, DMin, ThD, DD

"Very interesting and extremely well written.
-Dr. William Roll, PhD, University of West Georgia

"Lisa picked up the remote and turned down the volume. "Heidi, I want you to think real hard. This is very important. You know the man you met in the backyard today?

"Yeah, Mr. Gordy."

"Have...

Revenge fantasies begin to fade when an American divorcee finds sanctuary and adventure in Italy. While recovering from her losses she enjoys the intimacy of small town life, ponders the future from her window on a lake, and revels in a succession of both comedic and serious lovers.

Her memoir is about the islands one finds on a map - others, places where she says "arrivederci" to her former existence and embraces life Italian style: high heels on motorcycles, prosecco toasts atop a castle in Rome, sensual nights which end when the sky grows light - exhilarating moments provided by the...

"Teall offers insight into the spirit and power of God as she meets him in the faces and circumstances along her walk in the valley. Teall shares poignant observations into a bleeding, broken world reminding me that I am commanded by Christ to help those in need."-Tom O'Neil, Crosswise Ministries, Founder.

"Why Not Me? Oh God Why Me?"-a reflection of the personal journey of Sue Teall during her battle with breast cancer. Teall's snap-shot vignettes reveal her thoughts, observations, and challenges, offering insights into: God's tapestries of life the power of prayer the beauty of second...

"Coming out of Fundamentalist Christianity" is an autobiographical account of one woman's journey from growing up in a rigid, troubled fundamentalist Christian home where she discovered at an early age her attraction to women, and how she survived and fled the oppression of her family of origin, later coming to terms with and joyously embracing her sexual orientation and a life-affirming spiritual path. It is an account of foolish errors and wise choices on the way to embracing all parts of herself and her total humanity-the people, places, and experiences that shaped those choices and...

Author Veronique Renard omitted something critical in her popular 2003 memoir Pantau in India. As if leaving behind Dutch corporate life, converting to Buddhism, and living among Tibetan refugees in the Himalayas was not amazing enough, Veronique transitioned from male to female 25 years ago and has never mentioned it since.

Until now. In her remarkable follow-up memoir Pholomolo, Veronique opens up for the first time. Laugh-out-loud moments punctuate this heartfelt portrait of her childhood struggles to express herself in a world that told her she had to be a boy. After transition at...