Diaries Nonfiction

Maddie Ziegler had hoped to become a star—she just didn't know how soon that day would come. At just eight years old, she was cast on hit reality show Dance Moms and quickly won the hearts of fans everywhere with her natural talent and determination. Soon, she was catching eyes all over—including those of pop superstar Sia, who handpicked her to star in the incredibly popular music video "Chandelier". The rest, as they say, was history. In this inspirational memoir, Maddie explains the hard work she put into her rise to stardom and how she keeps her balance along the way.

This edition of Che Guevara's diary of the last year of his life describes Che's efforts to launch a guerrilla insurrection against the military government of Bolivia. It was found in his backpack when he was captured by the Bolivian Army in October 1967.

Anne Frank was one of the children who experienced the dreadful period of the Holocaust. But unlike those children whose names are only recorded in history, Anne Frank made a dent because of her diary. She wrote about her experiences, and her writings helped shed light on the cruelties the Jewish people experienced under Hitler’s rule.

Now that Freckles belongs to Emma, she's determined to turn him into the showjumper she's always dreamed of! When she starts going to competitions, she has a series of challenges facing her: Freckles' wild nature, strained friendships, and Themba's new irritability with her. Emma quickly realizes it will take a lot more than hard work to make her dreams come true.

Steve just wants to live a nice, quiet life on his farm. But, when he starts to get lonely, he sets out to tame an ocelot or a wolf for a pet. And that is when things start to go horribly wrong with his plans for a nice, quiet life. When a mysterious stranger pays him a visit, things really start to get weird.

Não há governo que pare de pé quando o governante provoca uma grave crise econômica. Nos últimos dois anos, o Brasil passou por uma recessão severa, com um rombo inédito nas contas públicas. Depois de mais de vinte anos, a inflação voltou a visitar o patamar de dois dígitos. Em agosto de 2016, quando o Congresso afastou definitivamente a presidente Dilma Rousseff, o desemprego abatia mais de 12 milhões de brasileiros.

Even when he was a kid, everyone thought Jeff Kinney was talented. People loved his drawings, and when he went to college his comic strip, Igdoof, was so popular that it spread to other universities! Still, Jeff faced challenges. His cartoons were rejected by syndicates that claimed his art was unprofessional. Then an idea struck: Jeff would write a journal from the perspective of a child, illustrated with doodles just like a kid might do. And so the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series was born - and it was a hit!

As a school project, Alexa raises an American crocodile named Jefe. Alexa brings him chicken and frogs to eat and measures his growth. Soon he will be big enough to return to the wild.

Originally published on www.lawfareblog.com, Brookings Senior Fellow and legal analyst Benjamin Wittes, reads the 448-page Mueller report carefully, and wrote his thoughts as he progressed. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Notes on the Mueller Report: A Reading Diary and learn about political science and the Federal Government.

A Day in the Life of a Soul has been a momentous endeavor of extracting, writing, and editing my diary entries which chronicle my lifetime experiences over the 66 years I have been with you here on earth. This book also details my four NDEs (near death experiences) and multiple OBEs (out of body experiences). Although this manuscript was originally intended to be a book of uplifting spiritual stories it transitioned into my own lifetime biography. Although the stories presented herein may not appear to have overt spiritual significance, they each have had a direct impact on the growth and evolution of my soul.

Un vent de changement souffle dans la vie d’Aurélie. Son école-privée-de-filles-avec-uniforme ayant fermé, elle se voit contrainte (après avoir perdu un féroce combat de roche-papier-ciseaux contre Kat) de fréquenter une école-publique-sans-uniforme-et-remplie-de-garçons.

À l’aube de ses quinze ans, Aurélie a décidé de devenir plus mature. Pendant qu’Aurélie se prépare à écouter gazouiller les moineaux et à observer la danse nuptiale des vers de terre tout l’été (déprimant!), elle ne peut imaginer les péripéties qui l’attendent....