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Tina Knowles, the mother of three iconic singer-songwriters Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Solange Knowles, and bonus daughter Kelly Rowland, is known the world-over as a Matriarch with a capital M: a determined, self-possessed, self-aware, and wise woman who raised and inspired two of the great artists of our time. But this story is about so much more than that. This is a story about the wisdom that women pass down to each other, from mothers to daughters, across generations.

One ordinary day, out of the blue, the heart-shaped tin in which Bee Wilson baked her wedding cake falls to the ground. This should have been unremarkable, except that two months earlier her husband left her for another woman. In a search of others who had also invested kitchen objects with strong meanings and emotions, Wilson found that this way of thinking might be the rule rather than the exception. Even those who believe they’re not at all sentimental might have a weak spot – a grandmother’s wooden spoon or a salt shaker inherited from a parent.

Former Newcastle United winger Paul Ferris was 51. He had successfully forged a post-football career as a physio, barrister and then a CEO, and his award-winning memoir, The Boy on the Shed, was just about to be published. But then he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. This honest, sometimes brutal and frequently funny book tells the story of what happened next.

He Called Me Tin is a story of triumph and perseverance. From childhood distress to an attempt at suicide to being scarred by religion to being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis to the strife of racism and discrimination as a government employee to being assaulted and nearly kidnapped abroad, she has overcome in peace....

With Inside Greatness, you're going to learn how different people express themselves through their professions and how they spend their lives on an everyday basis. The contributors to this book have spent hours upon hours honing their crafts. Their crafts are their lvies. This book helps you peer into their souls and see what gets them out of bed in the morning, and you can learn from them.

"Endnu et besøg er slut. Jeg lukker stille døren bag mig til værelse 107, der har været mors hjem i en årrække. Jeg hører tonerne af "Efteråret" fra Vivaldis "De fire årstider" spille videre bag den lukkede dør. Jeg har endnu engang sagt farvel til hende og takket hende for vores fælles minder og liv sammen. Jeg har hvisket til hende, at det er i orden med mig, at hun giver slip på det jordiske liv og rejser videre. Til noget nyt. Forhåbentligt til et sted og til et liv uden demens.

"Den blå hest" er fortaellingen om et liv med udiagnosticeret Asperger og ADHD. Om den lange og hårde kamp det er at finde sig til rette i tilvaerelsen, når omgivelserne ikke forstår, hvad der rører sig i ens sind - og man så heller ikke selv er meget klogere på det. For Susanne Longhi var opvaeksten svaer og ensom, og voksenlivet blev ligeledes praeget af et indre kaos, der taerede på kraefterne. Først da hendes diagnose endelig blev stillet, fik hun fred i sjaelen og overskud i hverdagen.