Showing results for "Cake" in Biographies & Memoirs

Carl Radke’s path from reality TV’s party-loving star to a life centered around recovery has been anything but straightforward. Famous for his role on Summer House, Carl’s journey in the spotlight has forced him to confront personal battles under public scrutiny. Beyond the cameras, he’s faced struggles with addiction, the weight of toxic masculinity, the heartbreaking loss of his brother and a quest to find real joy in a world that equates fun with alcohol.

Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first boss to siccing the cops on her mysterious neighbor...

This is a story of hope. Of profound, personal change from a life of obesity and depression to a life of love and freedom.

From suicide attempts to claiming her mother cursed her, to miscarriages, and losing 10 of her 14 children, Leonarda’s life wasn’t easy. Protecting her four surviving children became something of an obsession for the woman. Perhaps tragedy loosened her grip on reality, or maybe the fear of losing her oldest to war caused a mental break. Whatever the cause, Leonarda’s chilling deeds will raise the hair on the back of your neck and leave you wondering if those around you are capable of the same evil.

We all have habits we know we should change, but what happens when the cost of keeping them becomes too high? For years, Gerardo “Jerry” Gutierrez told himself he had time. Time to eat better. Time to take his health seriously. Time to break the patterns he had inherited. But after a third bout with pancreatitis and a lifetime of unchecked habits catching up with him, time ran out. All My Cake & What It Cost Me is a deeply personal journey of reckoning with the habits we inherit, the choices we avoid, and the slow, intentional process of real change.

A memoir is only a slice of a life. This "questory" (quest + history) covers more than the beloved cake-eating hippo. Not Just a Piece of Cake is a candid memoir of the realistic process of the process of creativity, via anecdotes.

Who in their right mind starts a fruitcake business in a world that hates fruitcake? Add kids, a husband, several pets, and a full-time job and you get twelve years of disasters, laughter, and the lingering question: was it brilliance, madness, or both?

In this irresistible memoir, the New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Anna Quindlen writes about looking back and ahead—and celebrating it all—as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all the stuff in our closets, and more. As she did...

After wandering through the valley of despair...facing trauma. I stumbled upon baking and it saved my life.

She ran enough. And running away could not be the option with so much at stake. Unexpectedly receiving a 194-page email attachment, a Texas school counselor’s hopes of a fair system shattered. In black and white, the pages reflected systemic racism. Immediately, Darline understood why her supervisors’ microaggressions dominated the workplace. How does a Pastor’s wife turn the other cheek while doing the right thing?

This is a safe space where we're gonna touch on ALL THE THINGS from relationships to friendships to Polyamory to sex to mental health and spirituality.

Ciao! Siamo Barbara Regini e Nicole di Unicorns Eat Cookies. Entrambe lavoriamo nel mondo del cake design da oltre 10 anni e sappiamo quanto, preparare e decorare una torta, possa essere un’attività piuttosto solitaria… perché ci siamo passate anche noi! É per questo che abbiamo pensato di creare un podcast con il quale farti compagnia, proprio in quei momenti! In ogni puntata ripercorreremo le gioie “e i dolori” che hanno caratterizzato il nostro percorso professionale. Per aiutarci a non sforare, la nostra amica Alexa ci darà sempre (e solo!) 50 minuti di tempo.

"Hast du dich jemals gefragt, was in den letzten Sekunden im Kopf eines Opfers vorgeht? Oder was den Täter antreibt, seine dunkelsten Gedanken in die Tat umzusetzen?" "In Cake and Crime tauchen wir tief in die Psyche von Opfern und Tätern ein. Wir erzählen wahre Verbrechen aus einer neuen, packenden Perspektive – mit fesselnden Details, dramaturgischen Elementen und einer Prise Fiktion, die die Geschichten lebendig macht."

Twenty-five years ago, Margaret Weiss, RD, CDCES, was happily raising her family in central New Jersey when she was diagnosed with celiac disease. With little support for what was then a relatively unknown condition, she was forced to face her reactions and behaviors as she navigated many, often unpleasant, life changes to accommodate this disease.

In the age of The Biggest Loser and the "war on obesity", we’re pressured to conform to certain body standards at any cost. Sure, everyone should eat right and get exercise, but what if you do that and you still don’t fit into the clothes at the mall? In Two Whole Cakes, Fatshionista extraordinaire Lesley Kinzel tells stories, gives advice, and challenges stereotypes about being and feeling fat. Kinzel says no to diet fads and pills, shows by example how to stop hating your body, celebrates self-acceptance at any size, and urges you to finally accept the truth: Your body is not a tragedy!

The author of An Invisible Sign of My Own, whose work has been presented at Selected Shorts performances, discusses her second novel, a lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really a devastating curse. She is interviewed by Heidi Julavits (novelist and co-editor of The Believer). A selection is performed by Lillo Way.

Join Addy and Rick as they delve into ancient mysteries (loosely defined) to try and find The Truth (even more loosely defined). A Fictional True Crime Podcast, starring Evan Gwen Davies as the enthusiastic crime podcaster Addy; and Hal Faux as Rick, her long suffering friend who simply doesn't want to be here.Contains profanity and discussion of murder (amongst other crimes).The Theme song is Jazzy Detective by John Bartmann Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by author Lynn Montagano, and infused with a lot of humor, this podcast follows her journey from TV news writer to full time novelist. Come join the fun to laugh, learn, level up and get inspired.

Confessions of an All-American Girl.

Following in the fire trails of his first two raucous assortments of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll stories, author DJ Ass Maggots spins a third literary record off the presses, this one affectionately titled Cupcake Factory. It delivers a playlist of semiautobiographical stories organized into five major parties, and the beat never stops.