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The Todd Glass Situation: A Bunch of Lies about My Personal Life and a Bunch of True Stories about My 30-Year Career in Stand-Up Comedy
ISBN: 9781476714462 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A "triumphant" (The New York Times) memoir from beloved comedian Todd Glass about his decision at age forty-eight to finally live openly as a gay man, and the support from his illustrious collection of comedy pals, from Louis CK to Sarah Silverman. As Todd Glass tells it, growing up in a Philadelphia suburb in the 1970s was an easy life. Well, easy as long as you didn't have dyslexia or ADD, or were a Jew. And once you added gay into the mix, life became more difficult. So Todd decided to hide the gay part, no matter how comic, tragic, or comically tragic the results. It might...
A "triumphant" (The New York Times) memoir from beloved comedian Todd Glass about his decision at age forty-eight to finally live openly as a g...
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57,17 |
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Lions and Shadows: An Education in the Twenties
ISBN: 9780374535308 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lions and Shadows blends autobiography and fiction to describe the true education of a writer evolving from precocious schoolboy to dropoutatlarge in London's bohemia of the 1920s. Forced to withdraw from Cambridge University, "Christopher Isherwood" works as a tutor to the privileged, serves as the secretary to a busy string quartet, ill-fatedly attends medical school. Licensed by names he invents, he works up extravagant portraits of his brilliant contemporaries W. H. Auden, Edward Upward, and Stephen Spender, whose intimate friendships and cult of rebellion changed the literary... Lions and Shadows blends autobiography and fiction to describe the true education of a writer evolving from precocious schoolboy to dropouta... |
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91,43 |
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Sexy Serenity, A Memoir
ISBN: 9780989703741 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "No matter what anyone says, I'm not a whore." That becomes Miranda K. Simon's daily mantra as she struggles to save both her soul and her sanity dancing in some of the seediest strip clubs in Hollywood and Las Vegas. Her biggest challenge: Can she make it out of this shady underworld with her self-worth, ambitions, and priorities as a mother intact? "Sexy Serenity" is Miranda's unabashed diary of her life as a young college student who is forced by poverty to betray her long-held morals and become a dance hostess at an infamous underground club in downtown Los Angeles. With a one-year-old...
"No matter what anyone says, I'm not a whore." That becomes Miranda K. Simon's daily mantra as she struggles to save both her soul and her sanity danc...
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114,35 |
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Sexy Serenity, A Memoir
ISBN: 9780989703765 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "No matter what anyone says, Im not a whore." That becomes Miranda K. Simons daily mantra as she struggles to save both her soul and her sanity dancing in some of the seediest strip clubs in Hollywood and Las Vegas. Her biggest challenge: Can she make it out of this shady underworld with her self-worth, ambitions, and priorities as a mother intact?
"Sexy Serenity" is Mirandas unabashed diary of her life as a young college student who is forced by poverty to betray her long-held morals and become a dance hostess at an infamous underground club in downtown Los Angeles. With a one-year-old son,... "No matter what anyone says, Im not a whore." That becomes Miranda K. Simons daily mantra as she struggles to save both her soul and her sanity dancin...
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64,75 |
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Plain Radical: Living, Loving and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully
ISBN: 9781593766184 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There was nothing out of the ordinary about Jim Koplin. He was just your typical central Minnesota gay farm boy with a Ph.D. in experimental psychology who developed anarchist-influenced, radical-feminist, and anti-imperialist politics, while never losing touch with his rural roots. But perhaps the most important thing about Jim is that throughout his life, almost literally to his dying breath, he spent some part of every day on the most important work we have: tending the garden. Plain Radical is a touching homage to a close friend and mentor taken too soon. But it is also an...
There was nothing out of the ordinary about Jim Koplin. He was just your typical central Minnesota gay farm boy with a Ph.D. in experimental psycholog...
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64,61 |
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Dusty: An Intimate Portrait of a Musical Legend
ISBN: 9781849548762 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Karen Bartlett's biography sends you back to the music to the extraordinary, dusky vulnerability of her voice." "Daily Telegraph" Known the world over for her unique musical style, distinctive look, and a voice that propelled her into the charts time and time again, Dusty Springfield was undoubtedly one of the biggest and brightest musical stars of the twentieth century. Never one to be shy of the spotlight, Dusty broke the mold as the first female entertainer to publicly admit she was bisexual, and was famously deported from South Africa for refusing to play to segregated audiences... "Karen Bartlett's biography sends you back to the music to the extraordinary, dusky vulnerability of her voice." "Daily Telegraph" Known the worl... |
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50,40 |
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Trans/Portraits: Voices from Transgender Communities
ISBN: 9781611688078 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although transgender people are increasingly represented in academic studies and popular culture, they rarely have the opportunity to add their own voices to the conversation. In this remarkable book, Jackson Shultz records the stories of more than thirty Americans who identify as transgender. They range in age from fifteen to seventy-two; come from twenty-five different states and a wide array of racial, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds; and identify across a vast spectrum of genders and sexualities. Giving voice to a diverse group of individuals, the book raises questions about...
Although transgender people are increasingly represented in academic studies and popular culture, they rarely have the opportunity to add their own vo...
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118,09 |
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Proud: My Autobiography
ISBN: 9780091958343 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The inspiring true story of one of the first professional athletes to come out while still playing
Gareth Thomas had it all. He was a national hero and a sports icon. He was a leader of men, the captain of Wales and the British Lions. To him, rugby was an expression of cultural identity, a sacred code. It was no mere ball game. It gave him everything, except the freedom to be himself. This is the story of a man with a secret that was slowly killing him; a secret that might devastate not only his own life but the lives of his wife, family, friends, and teammates. The only place where he... The inspiring true story of one of the first professional athletes to come out while still playing
Gareth Thomas had it all. He was a national he... |
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56,43 |
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To the Cross and Back: An Immigrant's Journey from Faith to Reason
ISBN: 9781634310482 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Mexican immigrant and rising star within the Christian community abandons his faith and comes out as a gay atheistIn this exceptionally moving and soul-searching memoir, Fernando Alcantar recounts his incredible journey from poor Catholic boy on the dusty streets of Mexico to globetrotting missionary and high-profile Christian leader in the United States where he eventually left his celebrated life behind to advocate for the liberating power of reason and equality. With heart-wrenching honesty, he shares stories of trauma, tragedy, prejudice, uncertainty, survival, and, ultimately,...
A Mexican immigrant and rising star within the Christian community abandons his faith and comes out as a gay atheistIn this exceptionally movin...
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60,80 |
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The Argonauts
ISBN: 9781555977351 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts is a genre-bending memoir, a work of "autotheory" offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. At its center is a romance: the story of the author's relationship with the artist Harry Dodge. This story, which includes Nelson's account of falling in love with Dodge, who is fluidly gendered, as well as her journey to and through a pregnancy, offers a... An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family Maggie Nelson's The Argonau... |
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64,80 |
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Black Battle, White Knight: The Authorized Biography of Malcolm Boyd
ISBN: 9781596272477 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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125,59 |
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Fifty Shades of Grace: Love Changes Everything
ISBN: 9781512385755 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A New Love Story for a New Millennium. Nick grew up on a typical American farm in the heart of the great Midwest. But when his best friend in college invites him into a romantic relationship, Nick's life takes an unexpected twist. Join Nick as he explores and experiences all the glorious, unpredictable and multi-faceted dimensions of a life lived in love-love with men, love with women and even love with God Himself. Filled with passion and romance, heartbreak and sex, you'll keep turning pages to find out what's next WHAT READERS ARE SAYING "A gripping story-a page turner for sure... A New Love Story for a New Millennium. Nick grew up on a typical American farm in the heart of the great Midwest. But when his best friend in co... |
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51,99 |
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Out of Orange: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780062376145 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The real-life Alex Vause from the critically acclaimed, top-rated Netflix show Orange Is the New Black tells her story in her own words for the first time--a powerful, surprising memoir about crime and punishment, friendship and marriage, and a life caught in the ruinous drug trade and beyond. Fans nationwide have fallen in love with Orange Is the New Black, the critically acclaimed and wildly popular Netflix show based on Piper Kerman's sensational #1 New York Times bestseller. Now, Catherine Cleary Wolters--the inspiration for Alex Vause, Piper's... The real-life Alex Vause from the critically acclaimed, top-rated Netflix show Orange Is the New Black tells her story in her own words fo... |
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72,38 |
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Manchu Decadence
ISBN: 9789881998286 / Angielski / Miękka / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1898 a young Englishman walked into a homosexual brothel in Peking and began a journey that he claims took him all the way to the bedchamber of imperial China s last great ruler, the Empress Dowager Tz u Hsi. The man was Sir Edmund Backhouse, and his controversial memoirs, "Decadence Mandchoue," were published for the first time by Earnshaw Books in 2011. This edition, renamed" Manchu Decadence," is abridged and unexpurgated, meaning that it focuses on the most extraordinary and valuable elements of Backhouse s narrative. Backhouse was a talented sinologist, and his book provides a unique...
In 1898 a young Englishman walked into a homosexual brothel in Peking and began a journey that he claims took him all the way to the bedchamber of imp...
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85,33 |
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The Argonauts
ISBN: 9780993414916 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts is a genre-bending memoir, a work of "autotheory" offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. At its center is a romance: the story of the author's relationship with the artist Harry Dodge. This story, which includes Nelson's account of falling in love with Dodge, who is fluidly gendered, as well as her journey to and through a pregnancy, offers a... An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family Maggie Nelson's The Argonau... |
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55,44 |
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Battles: More Stories from The Mee Street Chronicles
ISBN: 9781941754603 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Struggling to overcome wounds of growing up Black in the Jim Crow South, family conflicts, the strangling pressure to conform, and a descent into alcoholism, Frankie Lennon takes us to new battlefields in her new stories as she fights to break free of the prisons of racism, and homophobia to claim happiness, love, and her own life. Lennon's intimate stories allow us to feel what it's like to lose your way; then find it. With courage.
Struggling to overcome wounds of growing up Black in the Jim Crow South, family conflicts, the strangling pressure to conform, and a descent into alco...
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56,98 |
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Wild Animals I Have Known
ISBN: 9781937627287 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the late '70s there was a massive migration of young gay men to San Francisco. They left home in droves, traveling by plane, bus, Pinto or Volkswagen towards a life free from discrimination. Struggling to make ends meet, many worked in bookstores and restaurants, all the while taking advantage of a scene of sexual hedonism. Kevin Bentley faithfully kept a frank, literate diary of his experiences as this generation of gay men tumbled into the era of AIDS.
In the late '70s there was a massive migration of young gay men to San Francisco. They left home in droves, traveling by plane, bus, Pinto or Volkswag...
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60,98 |
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Fortitude: A PTSD Memoir
ISBN: 9780692730027 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anchored by ten years of unedited blog and journal entries, Fortitude illustrates a real-time account of an outwardly successful college student living with secrets of rape, childhood molestation, a closeted lesbian identity, PTSD, alcoholism, addiction, eating disorders, and suicide attempts. In her first year as a neuroscience doctoral student, Apryl learned of PTSD as more than a military issue, which led to her own PTSD diagnosis after nearly a decade of living with the disorder. She devoted the remainder of her life's research to understanding the effects of trauma on the brain but... Anchored by ten years of unedited blog and journal entries, Fortitude illustrates a real-time account of an outwardly successful college student li... |
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57,13 |
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Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball Odyssey
ISBN: 9780803285309 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Making My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a baseball scholarship, and the first to pitch and win a complete men's collegiate game. After Mike Veeck signed Borders in May 1997 to pitch for his St. Paul Saints of the independent Northern League, she accomplished what no woman had done since the Negro Leagues era: play men's professional baseball. Borders played four professional seasons and in 1998 became the first woman in...
Making My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-...
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107,26 |
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Born Both: An Intersex Life
ISBN: 9780316347846 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Fierce, brave, and a clarion call to celebrate our differences."---People From one of the world's foremost intersex activists, a candid, provocative, and eye-opening memoir of gender identity, self-acceptance, and love. My name is Hida Viloria. I was raised as a girl but discovered at a young age that my body looked different. Having endured an often turbulent home life as a kid, there were many times when I felt scared and alone, especially given my attraction to girls. But unlike most people in the first world who are born intersex--meaning they have...
"Fierce, brave, and a clarion call to celebrate our differences."---People From one of the world's foremost intersex activist...
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148,65 |
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