A Ghost S Memoir
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A Ghost S Memoir
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Author : John McDonald
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2003
A Ghost S Memoir written by John McDonald and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The story of the ghostwriting of Alfred P. Sloan's best-selling memoir, General Motor's attempts to block the book's publication, and the author's eventual triumph over the corporation. Published in 1964, My Years with General Motors was an immediate best-seller and today is considered one of the few classic books on management. The book is the ghostwritten memoir of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (1875-1966), whose business and management strategies enabled General Motors to overtake Ford as the dominant American automobile manufacturer in the 1920s and 1930s. What has been largely unknown until now is that My Years with General Motors was almost not published. Although it was written with the permission of General Motors -- and slated for publication in October 1959 -- at the last minute General Motors tried to suppress the book out of fears that some of the material in it could become evidence in an antitrust action against the company. This book, by John McDonald, Sloan's ghostwriter, tells the behind-the-scenes story of the book's writing, its attempted suppression, and the lawsuit that eventually led to its publication. McDonald's narrative is partly the David-and-Goliath story of a lone journalist taking on the world's then-largest corporation and partly a study of strategy in its own right. McDonald's struggle to publish the book led him to navigate a complicated course among the competing interests of General Motors, Fortune magazine (his employer), and Time, Inc. (Fortune's owner). In many ways this "book about the book" parallels the Sloan book as a tale of successful, brilliantly planned strategy.
Seeing Ghosts
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Author : Kat Chow
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-08-24
Seeing Ghosts written by Kat Chow and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This "graceful, captivating" (New York Times Book Review) story from a singular new talent paints a portrait of grief and the search for meaning as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family—perfect for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander. Kat Chow has always been unusually fixated on death. She worried constantly about her parents dying---especially her mother. A vivacious and mischievous woman, Kat's mother made a morbid joke that would haunt her for years to come: when she died, she'd like to be stuffed and displayed in Kat's future apartment in order to always watch over her. After her mother dies unexpectedly from cancer, Kat, her sisters, and their father are plunged into a debilitating, lonely grief. With a distinct voice that is wry and heartfelt, Kat weaves together a story of the fallout of grief that follows her extended family as they emigrate from China and Hong Kong to Cuba and America. Seeing Ghosts asks what it means to reclaim and tell your family’s story: Is writing an exorcism or is it its own form of preservation? The result is an extraordinary new contribution to the literature of the American family, and a provocative and transformative meditation on who we become facing loss. AN NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2021 PICK * A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF 2021 PICK * A NEW YORK TIMESNOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 * A HARPER'S BAZAAR BOOK YOU NEED TO READ IN 2021 * A TOWN & COUNTRYBEST BOOK OF 2021 PICK * A FORTUNE BEST BOOK OF 2021 PICK
Giving Up The Ghost
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Author : Hilary Mantel
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2004-09-01
Giving Up The Ghost written by Hilary Mantel and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
New York Times bestselling author Hilary Mantel, two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize, is one of the world’s most accomplished and acclaimed fiction writers. Giving Up the Ghost, is her dazzling memoir of a career blighted by physical pain in which her singular imagination supplied compensation for the life her body was denied. Selected by the New York Times as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years “The story of my own childhood is a complicated sentence that I am always trying to finish, to finish and put behind me.” In postwar rural England, Hilary Mantel grew up convinced that the most extraordinary feats were within her grasp. But at nineteen, she became ill. Through years of misdiagnosis, she suffered patronizing psychiatric treatment and destructive surgery that left her without hope of children. Beset by pain and sadness, she decided to “write herself into being”—one novel after another. This wry and visceral memoir will certainly bring new converts to Mantel’s dark genius. “Mesmerizing.”—The New York Times
Walking With Ghosts
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Author : Gabriel Byrne
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2020-11-12
Walking With Ghosts written by Gabriel Byrne and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Destined to be a classic' Sunday Independent 'Gabriel Byrne tells his story brilliantly' - Edna O'Brien 'Dazzles with unflinching honesty' Washington Post 'An absolutely marvellous book' - Colm Tóibín Born to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, Gabriel Byrne harboured a childhood desire to become a priest. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled from an English seminary and he quickly returned to his native Dublin. There he took odd jobs as a messenger boy and a factory labourer to get by. In his spare time he visited the cinema, where he could be alone and yet part of a crowd. It was here that he could begin to imagine a life beyond the grey world of ’60s Ireland. It was a friend who suggested Byrne join an amateur drama group, a decision that would change his life forever and launch him on an extraordinary forty-year career in film and theatre. Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and reflections on stardom in Hollywood and on Broadway, often through the lens of addiction. Hilarious and heartbreaking Walking With Ghosts is a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies.
Memoirs Of A Haunted Life
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Author : Sandra Brothers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-12-21
Memoirs Of A Haunted Life written by Sandra Brothers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-21 with categories.
A concrete mix of memoir, biography, and journal of the paranormal, Memoirs of a Haunted Life chronicles the author's experiences, Sandra Brothers, and her strange relationship with spirits. Sandra has been a "ghost magnet" for as long as she can remember. True life accounts from her life will have readers looking over their shoulders as they journey through paranormal happenings, scary occurrences, and even scientific facts. Whether you are an aspiring ghost hunter, new to the paranormal, or have dealt with unseen forces, Memoirs of a Haunted Life is entertaining and educational. It will highlight the downsides of looking for ghosts, help readers understand the dangers of opening the doors to the unknown and much more. Learn more about the fascinating equipment used by paranormal researchers and explore new theories and findings of the afterlife. What makes a ghost story more exciting? When it is true.
Memoirs Of A Ghost
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Author : Andrea Cagan
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-06-26
Memoirs Of A Ghost written by Andrea Cagan and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-26 with Ghostwriters categories.
"To be a ghostwriter means to work unseen-- to hide in the shadows while others claim your words as their own. When a book is finished, you are a phansatm-- a waft fo literary smoke that dissolves into the ethers. Andrea Cagan has lent her ghostwriting services to celebrities in every walk of life, including rock stars and movie stars, news anchors and divas, award-winning athletes and motivaional speakers. Now, she's ready to tell her own story. Memoirs of a Ghost exposes readers to the secretive, fascinating world of ghostwriting, intertwined with Cagan's own extraordinary life expierences throughout significant historical eras. The professional ballerina, author, researcher and world traveler has had a life every bit as amazing as that of her most interesting client. Her work has resulted in multple best sellers over the years." --
The Boy Who Lived With Ghosts
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Author : John Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-07-01
The Boy Who Lived With Ghosts written by John Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-01 with categories.
A disturbing though often hilarious memoir, told uniquely through the eyes of a young child. This is a coming-of-age story of a boy, growing up in 1960s England. As shocking as it is, this is a story of survival and a boy's desperate attempts to save his mother from the madness and the horror. "Mitchell's overview of then rundown Portsmouth, England in the 1960s shocks as he deftly bypasses all the clichéd elements of the 60s via gruesome images of destitution, a cast of unbelievably crazy misfits and the smells, local language, and music of a bleak and impoverished part of England. It's a wakeup call that not everyone experienced the 'summers of love.' The most amazing aspect of the book is his ability to re-capture his own voice at ages 5, 7, 8 and 13. John Mitchell's debut memoir dazzles. It's original, clever, and amid all the horror, funny." -- IndieReader "The title suggests a ghost story, but a boy witnessing firsthand the onset and evolution of a mental breakdown is as bloodcurdling as anything supernatural, perhaps more so. A startling, sometimes-chilling tale of mental illness and familial abuse." -- Kirkus Reviews "The Boy who Lived with Ghosts is a brilliant read. John's story triggered a lot of emotions for me when I was reading and it brought me close to tears...I think it's simply brilliant, I am going to recommend this book to you because it offers an insight into John's heart-breaking childhood which will make you appreciate all that you have a lot more, The Boy who Lived with Ghosts is definitely a worthwhile read." -- Online Book Club
When We Were Ghouls
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Author : Amy E. Wallen
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2018-03
When We Were Ghouls written by Amy E. Wallen and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03 with BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY categories.
When Amy E. Wallen’s southern, blue-collar, peripatetic family was transferred from Ely, Nevada, to Lagos, Nigeria, she had just turned seven. From Nevada to Nigeria and on to Peru, Bolivia, and Oklahoma, the family wandered the world, living in a state of constant upheaval. When We Were Ghouls follows Wallen’s recollections of her family who, like ghosts, came and went and slipped through her fingers, rendering her memories unclear. Were they a family of grave robbers, as her memory of the pillaging of a pre-Incan grave site indicates? Are they, as the author’s mother posits, “hideous people?” Or is Wallen’s memory out of focus? In this quick-paced and riveting narrative, Wallen exorcizes these haunted memories to clarify the nature of her family and, by extension, her own character. Plumbing the slipperiness of memory and confronting what it means to be a “good” human, When We Were Ghouls links the fear of loss and mortality to childhood ideas of permanence. It is a story about family, surely, but it is also a representation of how a combination of innocence and denial can cause us to neglect our most precious earthly treasures: not just our children but the artifacts of humanity and humanity itself.
Living With Ghosts A Memoir
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Author : Mark Veggente
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-06-02
Living With Ghosts A Memoir written by Mark Veggente and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-02 with categories.
My name is Mark Veggente and I see dead people. It sounds preposterous on the face of it, a tag line from a Hollywood movie. But it is true. I have seen ghosts and felt their presence all my life.The encounters I relate in this short book are true. Many of the encounters were witnessed by other people as well as my self. These are real life ghost stories.The book is short, but the stories are chilling. I hope you enjoy it.
Ghosts
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Author : Curdella Forbes
language : en
Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
Release Date : 2012
Ghosts written by Curdella Forbes and has been published by Peepal Tree Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Fiction categories.
After their brother's violent death, his four oldest sisters come together to write, tell, or imagine what led up to it, unravelling conflicting versions for the the younger generation of their large extended family.