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Als Tochter koreanischer Einwanderer wächst Cathy Park Hong voller Scham, Misstrauen und Melancholie auf. Erst später versteht sie, dass diese "Störgefühle", wie sie sie nennt, eine Bandbreite negativer Emotionen, immer dann aufkommen, wenn sie anti-asiatischen Rassismuserfahrungen ausgesetzt ist. Mit Sinn für Komik und cooler Intelligenz liefert sie ausgehend von ihrer eigenen Lebensgeschichte eine eingehende Betrachtung davon, wo Menschen mit asiatischen Wurzeln heute stehen.

Schoolboy Luke runs away to London, far from the abusive orphanage where he grew up. He’s desperate not to end up as a petty criminal and forced to beg for scraps on the street. Luke wanders the East End docks, struggling to find honest employment and morsels of food to fill his grumbling stomach. Longing to be a part of the close-knit community, Luke volunteers to work with the local doctor and his wife. Their kind words and welcoming home is everything he’s ever wished for. But not everyone wants the best for Luke and his new friends.

Welcome to Sound Insight, the podcast that explores our complex relationship with work and life. I’m your host, Cathy Jacob. For 20 years, I’ve coached executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, and creators to do the work they love without sacrificing the rest of their lives in the process. For inspiration in an earbud, each episode will challenge your thinking, expand your perspective and offer practical strategies to take you from tired to inspired. For a written adaptation of each episode, visit my blog at cathyjacob.com/blog. You’ll find a transcript of the episode plus more articles...

More fact than fiction, the author reveals her Armenian roots in this historical novel, chronicling her family members’ love, strength, and resolve to both survive and thrive in treacherous times. Reflecting the traumas suffered by all people displaced from their homelands, this Armenian story focuses on one family’s challenge to find light in the dark days of the waning Ottoman Empire. Anyone with the diaspora in their family heritage will relate.

If you’re the parent of a teen, you know first-hand that your teenager isn’t telling you everything...uh, make that...anything about their life. We interview teens (and other non-teen experts on teens) to help you gain valuable insight into your teenager’s world. Because parenting is hard AF. Your hosts, the dynamic duo of Cathy Chen and Meredith Herrera are teen experts (yes, that’s a thing!). We have worked as college admissions officers, prep school administrators, and have coached and mentored thousands of teens in our lifetimes.

In My Two Elaines, author Marty Schreiber, former governor of Wisconsin, watches his beloved wife, Elaine, gradually transform from the woman he fell in love with in high school, and who diligently supported his political career, to the Elaine who knows she is declining and can’t remember how to cook a meal, and finally to the Elaine who no longer recognizes Marty or their children. Beyond sincere, practical advice, My Two Elaines gives the listener permission to feel the full spectrum of emotions, including humor, even in the face of this relentless illness.

This audiobook outlines one woman's journey from daughter-in-law to mother-in-law. The purpose is to help daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law communicate more effectively. Cathy's story is told through the lens of her Christian faith, but she is confident that the principles surrounding healthy communication can be enjoyed by all. Healthier connections between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law have the power to transform families.

Être HP ou hypersensible, c'est comme être au volant d'une voiture avec un hyper-moteur, alors qu'on n'a jamais appris à conduire. Grâce à ce livre audio, vous comprendrez le fonctionnement de votre cerveau et saurez en exprimer tout le potentiel. Anxiété, ruminations mentales, émotivité, fatigue, burnout... reprenez le contrôle ! Vous êtes fatigué de ne pas pouvoir vous empêcher de penser à tout et en toutes circonstances. Vous êtes en permanence assailli d'émotions dont le contrôle capte toute votre énergie.

Eleven-year-old Rigel Harman loves her life in off-the-grid Alaska. She hunts rabbits, takes correspondence classes through the mail, and plays dominoes with her family in their two-room cabin. She doesn't mind not having electricity or running water - instead, she's got tall trees, fresh streams, and endless sky.

Terrorists target Lady Liberty. The Hudson River and Long Island Sound provide historic, vibrant, and simply beautiful settings - until terrorists begin setting off dirty bombs along their shores. Kendra Hale and Ian Starbuck, special agents for the FBI’s Special Projects Group, are called in to stop the mayhem, uncovering a sophisticated network of jihadists whose goal is to render Manhattan uninhabitable. Nuclear waste is their weapon of choice, and they have the financing and maritime assets in place to deliver unprecedented chaos.

Stand Up! tells the story of ten historic female figures who changed the world by standing up for what's right, including legendary Civil Rights activists like Ruby Bridges and Rosa Parks and spanning to contemporary role models like Bree Newsome, who removed the confederate flag from the South Carolina state house grounds, and Mari Copeny, a youth activist who fought for clean water in Flint, Michigan.

In this second edition of The Murder of Biggie Smalls, Cathy Scott delves behind the scenes to pore over police records, coroner reports, FBI files, and interviews, including with Biggie’s mother, Voletta Wallace, to reveal new startling facts surrounding the gangsta rapper’s murder. The Notorious B.I.G. exploded onto the hip-hop scene in 1995 with his platinum-selling album Ready to Die. Biggie Smalls, born Christopher Wallace and performing as Notorious B.I.G., grew up in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

Have you ever wished that you kept a first-aid kit in the car or berated yourself for not keeping a pair of flip-flops in your purse at all times? Ever wondered when it’s okay to geo-tag a social media post or when it’s best to lie to strangers? Just need some tips on how to feel safer and more prepared in today’s digital world? Well, Cathy Pedrayes has you covered. Known as the Mom Friend of TikTok, Cathy posts practical everyday safety and security tips that everyone should know and incorporate into their routine.

Cathy and January are sisters. And escorts. Cathy and her husband Dan are exploring her sexual awakening by making men pay for the privilege of having sex with her. January is letting her wild child loose before the impending birth of their first child makes it harder for sex to be a priority, and her husband is happy to watch.

First Nations Comedy Experience is the first ever Native American and World Indigenous stand-up comedy series. Each volume gives a voice to top Native Standups from across the country, up-and-coming Native Standups breaking new ground, and features some of the biggest names in stand-up comedy outside of the Native world, like Nikki Glaser, Craig Shoemaker, Chris Fairbanks, Jimmy Dore, and more. This show aims to shine a light on Native comedy, bringing these amazing comics into the mainstream!

Listen to this book to discover guides to inner peace and personal freedom to keep you motivated on days where you need an extra kick to keep you going. You’ve got what it takes to push you through any challenge you may face. Whether you’re looking to accomplish a massive goal; free your mind from the enslavement of worry, anxiousness, and stress; or feel like yourself again, the power is in your hands.

No longer having carpet in your bathroom. Losing a job, finding a calling. Listening to elk bugle. Planting a garden. Discovering dyslexia in a child. Moving out of your in-laws’ house. Game nights with married children. Rest and nature walks. Unexpected time with grandmother. Teaching kids to fish and not to panic. Zoom for visiting, schooling, worshiping, celebrating, working. These are victories under any circumstances, but especially so under the murky, heavy clouds that 2020 forced on us. Here is proof that hope illuminated the darkness of even our worst days.

Susan Berman was reared in the lap of Las Vegas luxury as the daughter of Davie Berman, a notorious casino mogul and mafia leader. It wasn't until college - well after her father's death - that she learned what her dad did for a living. She ultimately dedicates her life to learning about Vegas and its underworld mob, publishing two acclaimed books on the subject: Easy Street and Lady Las Vegas. Her story takes a turn for the bizarre in 1982, when Kathie Durst - the wife of college friend and heir to a New York real estate fortune Robert Durst - mysteriously disappears.

Kendra Hale and Ian Starbuck, agents for the FBI’s Special Projects Group and fresh from their recent case solving a string of murders on the Maine coast, are tasked with stopping a group of wreckers, modern-day criminal counterparts of 19th-century marine salvors. Technology is their weapon of choice, and blackmail is the payoff. Can the duo stop a plot to destroy an iconic harbor on the New England coast?

Cathy and Dan decide the best way for them to hotwife is to hire Cathy out as an escort. A week after the bachelor party Cathy gets a call from the host, Mike, who wants to hire her for a "date". Cathy’s internal conflict builds when her 9 year old daughter Molly asks about the "soldier who spent the night". Cathy can’t tell her the truth and doesn’t want to lie. Later Cathy’s pregnant little sister, January, comes over with her husband and discovers Dan’s collection of Cathy’s adventures.