Showing results for "A Birthday" in Biographies & Memoirs

Some of you may know Alix Summers from her previous podcast series, All Woman, some of you may not. This podcast is incredibly different. In 2019 Alix Summers spent time interviewing a woman called Josie Fair for what she thought was going to be a light-hearted podcast on the theme of being birthday twins. As you will all know by now, that project was shelved abruptly as real life collided with the podcast and things turned very, very dark. It’s taken months for Alix to feel ready to revisit the podcast and its aftermath, but she’s ready now.This is Hi! I’m Your Birthday Twin. #...

Flake, the legendary keyboardist for the German band Rammstein, takes listeners on a journey of what it is to be a touring musician. The excitement, the boredom, the moments that will be remembered and those that are forgotten. It's the World's Birthday Today is a strange and moody book about life on the road. 

'Richard, Rick, Ricky - more like a Rocky story which led to a rollercoaster of fabulous nights, taking a down-to-earth lad from Hyde to Vegas and into the Boxing Hall of Fame. With those spine-tingling Blue Moon ring walks, and rip-roaring action, Richard Hatton MBE was both a sporting icon and...

Patti Eddington always knew she was adopted, and her beloved parents seemed amenable enough to questions—but she never wanted to hurt them by expressing curiosity, so she didn't. The story of her mother cutting off and dying her hair when she was a toddler? She thought it was eccentric and funny, nothing more. When she discovered at fifteen that her birthday wasn't actually her birthday? She believed it when her mother said she'd changed it to protect her from the "nosy old biddies" who might try to discover her identity.

Richard hits the big 4-0 and spends his birthday in the British Musuem, harassing waiters and lamenting his demise into old age. An hilarous episode from Richard's new book How Not to Grow Up.

Follow one woman's journey as she receives the diagnosis of a fast-spreading form of cancer on her 35th birthday to discovering the tools to heal from the inside out. By using these powerful tools to help her transition from NPS, the need to please syndrome, to healing on deep levels from the inside out. She discovers that this internal journey leads to a powerful spiritual awakening.

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In Rachel Edwards’ collection of short romance fiction, authors can create their own audiobooks with stories that explore the power of storytelling. Follow Edwards as she grapples with heartache and joy while learning how to find her voice in today's world.

Martin Milnes was born in the wrong era or at least that's how it seemed. As a child, he wore jazz-shoes to his junior school disco, expecting eight-year-olds to Mambo like the dancers in West Side Story.... But his childhood and school days were no Broadway musical. Martin was different: the cat who walked alone. Birthdays, stingingly empty, held a horrific reminder that he possessed no talent for friendship. Yet once Martin emerged on stage, the jeering turned to cheering; the lonely void was filled by Hollywood stars of yesteryear, worshiped from afar.

Honoring the bestseller The Secret Language of Birthdays written in 1994, this podcast introduces personality profiles as written by Gary Goldschneider in his bestseller. Gary Goldschneider’s theory of Personology is a wholly unique approach to personality based on the day of birth. Gary’s Goldschneider’s groundbraking theory of personology posits that astrology, history and psychology are related to the congruence of three cycles: the astrological zodiac, the earth’s rotation around the sun as represented by the seasons of the year and the typical path of a human life. Gary’s ...

The book blends memoir, investigative nonfiction, and family history into a poignant and suspenseful journey. Through letters, military records, census and newspaper archives and outreach to strangers-turned-allies, the author pieces together the life of a boy nearly lost to time. Along the way, the story explores themes of memory, intergenerational connection, and the lasting impact of wartime experiences. In Search of a Boy Named Chester is a story that shows us how even the most fleeting encounters can reveal who we are and who we may become.

Collectively Speaking is a podcast where people passionate about Singapore, from all walks of life, gather to chat about our past, present & future across multiple themes pertinent to a thriving & harmonious society. Each episode features a panel of experts (in their own right) who open the curtain on a specific theme through multiple perspectives in an attempt to develop ideas about Singapore's future. Subscribe to the show, follow us on IG @thebirthdaycollective for occasional AMAs with panelists and FB (The Birthday Collective) to discover more content and opportunities the collective has ...

At the age of 68, Dr. Zeev Gilkis, a cancer survivor, decided to gift himself an unusual present for his 70th birthday - to run his first full marathon. In his previous book Running Back in Time, the author, writing at the time at age 69, told the story of the first half of his journey. The Beautiful Addiction relates the second part of his journey, through which Zeev gradually increases the distance of his runs from 21 kilometers to 42 kilometers while sharing his thoughts about life and becoming ageless, all the way to the surprising ending.