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Rose Cartwright has OCD, but not as you know it. Pure is the true story of her 10-year struggle with ‘Pure O’, a little-known form of the condition, which causes her to experience intrusive sexual thoughts of shocking intensity. It is a brave and frequently hilarious account of a woman who refused to give up, despite being undermined at every turn by her obsessions and enduring years of misdiagnosis and failed therapies.

In Pure, Linda Kay Klein uses a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir to take us “inside religious purity culture as only one who grew up in it can” (Gloria Steinem) and reveals the devastating effects evangelical Christianity’s views on female sexuality has had...

In this funny, lovely, moving memoir, Danielle Steel tells the story of how she met a dog the size of a mouse with a personality that could light up an entire room. From Minnie's arrival at home in San Francisco to clothes-shopping jaunts in Paris, her adventures provide the perfect backdrop for a heartfelt look at the magic that dogs bring to our lives and how they become part of the family.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this nostalgic and raucous collection of sixteen original essays, Ira Madison III—critic, television writer, and host of the beloved Keep It podcast—combines memoir and criticism to offer a brand-new pop-culture manifesto. “This is the most fun I’ve had reading...

As 2000AD and Judge Dredd celebrate their 40th birthday in 2017, Pat Mills at last writes the definitive history of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic and the turbulent, extraordinary and exciting events that shaped it. The story begins in a garden shed in Scotland sometime in 1971...Pat Mills is the creator of 2000AD and one of the comic's top writers.

From perverse acts of cannibalism and dark sexual fantasies to vicious acts motivated by greed and a simple lust for blood, this book reveals the methods and motivations of some of the world's most notorious serial killers, including Juan Corona, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, Pee Wee Gaskins, and Ivan Milat.

Andy Berry is a man, a husband, a father and a son. From creating Digital Content, to raising three sons, Andy is a bit like an onion – he has many layers, and really doesn’t do well if left out in the sun! Some of those layers might include selling cloth nappies, driving proper size trucks, publishing books, creating videos, managing a podcast channel and launching a Global Media Organisation and Radio Station – Pure247Radio.org.

Through most of the Roaring '20s, Jack Dempsey was the heavyweight champion of the world. With his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, he was a fighter perfectly suited to his time. In A Flame of Pure Fire, renowned sports writer Roger Kahn not only chronicles the thrilling, brutal bouts of the Manassa Mauler, but also illustrates how the tumultuous 1920s shaped Dempsey - and how the champ, in turn, left an indelible mark on sports and American history.

A biography of the remarkable, and in her time scandalous, seventeenth-century writer Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle.

Pure Act tells the story of poet Robert Lax, whose quest to live a true life as both an artist and a spiritual seeker inspired Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac, William Maxwell and a host of other writers, artists and ordinary people.

Probably the most naturally gifted musician the world has ever known, Mozart began his career early as a child prodigy. By the age five, he was already proficient on the violin, the harpsichord, and piano keyboard, and had begun composing music that had integrity. He was a showman as well, according to contemporary documents, and charmed many of the crowned heads of Europe with his performance and his manner.

A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism offers a spirited introduction to the life and work of this legendary but underappreciated musician, composer, and poet. Paul Youngquist explores and assesses Sun Ra’s wide-ranging creative output - music, public preaching, graphic design, film and stage performance, and poetry - and connects his diverse undertakings to the culture and politics of his times, including the space race, the rise of technocracy, the civil rights movement, and even space-age bachelor-pad music.

"Se plonger dans les histoires de drogue est l'unique point de vue qui m'ait permis de comprendre vraiment les choses. Observer les faiblesses humaines, la physiologie du pouvoir, la fragilité des relations, l'inconsistance des liens, la force colossale de l'argent et de la férocité. L'impuissance absolue de tous les enseignements mettant en valeur la beauté et la justice, ceux dont je me suis nourri. La coke était l'axe autour duquel tout tournait.

Eva Hermans-Kroot vertelt openhartig en ontwapenend hoe haar leven 180 ° draaide 'Mocht je een lesje leven willen: lees dit boek van Eva. Het is prachtig.' Tim Hofman Hoe is het om op je 22ste de diagnose ongeneeslijke longkanker te krijgen? Hoe beleven je partner, vriendinnen, ouders dat? En hoe is het als mensen altijd willen weten hoe het met je gaat, zelfs op het moment dat je een chemo-infuus in je arm geprikt krijgt? Hoe is het, om tegen alle verwachtingen in, toch nog de 26 aan te tikken? Om het concert van Beyoncé vanaf een brancard te aanschouwen?

Join Peter Marlton, writer, musician, public defender, and former New York City cab driver, as he dives deep into a fun and intellectually robust journey into the essence and nature of stories and the effect they can have on us, from the most transient to something life-changing. These stories include what we see in film, TV, theater and the other usual suspects, as well as those we tell ourselves and each other. Guests include other podcasters, writers, lawyers who tell stories in trial, and many more. Whether any of these stories is "pure" or "impure" doesn't matter. The point is to have a...

Nineteen people from across the globe, ranging in age from 20 to 70-plus, tell their stories of living and thriving in diverse fields - in sport, the arts, medicine, business, and more. With refreshing frankness, they share their successes along with their struggles - grit is the one characteristic they all have in common. These are not stories of people overcoming disability - they’re stories of people accommodating disability while pursuing their dreams. Pure Grit shines a light on boundless possibility whatever the individual challenge.

Pure Land is the story of the most brutal murder in the history of the Grand Canyon and how McGivney's quest to investigate the victim's life and death wound up guiding the author through her own life-threatening crisis. On this journey stretching from the southern tip of Japan to the bottom of Grand Canyon, and into the ugliest aspects of human behavior, Pure Land offers proof of the healing power of nature and of the resiliency of the human spirit.

In Pure Evil, we will not only discuss the heinous crimes committed, but also go in depth of the background and psychological makeup of these killers. You can expect to hear cases ranging from Cold Cases, Solved Homicides and Missing Persons.

Welcome to Pure Malice — where real crimes run deeper than you ever imagined. We unravel the darkest corners of true crime, from cold cases and infamous murders to chilling disappearances and twisted psychological tales. These are the stories that haunt communities — the ones buried in shadows, silence, or scandal. Whether it’s a case you thought you knew or one you've never heard of, we dive in with fresh eyes, new theories, and a relentless search for truth. Evil doesn’t always wear a mask… sometimes, it blends right in. Subscribe now & follow us down the rabbit hole — if you ...

We take a short 20-30 min drive into some incredible people, how they accomplished their goals and what drove them to be better than what others told them they could be.