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Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo was taught about plant medicines, foraging, oral storytelling, and shamanism by her elders. Age 14, she left the forest for the first time to study with an evangelical missionary group in the city. Eventually, her ancestors began appearing in her dreams, pleading with her to return and embrace her own culture. She listened. Two decades later, Nemonte has emerged as one of the most forceful voices in climate-change activism.

We Only Came to Dream is a memoir, not a novel, of the Counterculture Era (“hippie”). It is often one of high humor, silent introspection, and even danger. It was a time of social upheaval, a redefinition of the role of sex and race, and what it meant to be part of the mainstream…or not. Rediscovery was in the air, a marijuana-filled air, and often included quite a bit of travel.

This is a book about sex, drugs and rock and roll. It's about life from a Nazi Concentration Camp to pleasure consciousness. It's about Morehouse: including, sex courses, boxing, French maids and hustling. It is about the love between a man and a woman and how to have a great relationship. Everything in this book happened. Some of the stories may seem wilder than fiction.

Die türkischstämmige Buket erzählt von ihrer arrangierten Ehe im Alter von 15 Jahren und den katastrophalen Folgen für ihren weiteren Lebensweg. Über viele Jahre hinweg erduldet sie Einschüchterung, Gewalt und extreme Einschränkungen in einer muslimischen Parallelgesellschaft mitten in Berlin. Erst als es für sie um Leben und Tod geht, gelingt es Buket, sich aus den Fesseln ihres Mannes und seiner Familie zu befreien.