An inspiring and powerful memoir of surviving the Jonestown massacre and becoming a fearless voice against injustice and inequality by California congresswoman Jackie Speier.Jackie Speier was twenty-eight when she joined Congressman Leo Ryan’s delegation to rescue defectors from cult leader Jim Jones’s Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana. Ryan was killed on the airstrip tarmac. Jackie was shot five times at point-blank range. While recovering from what would become...

Four successful women share their hardships and their strength: "An object lesson in the power of friendship—and the power of perseverance." —Arianna Huffington, author of On Becoming FearlessFor over a decade, four women came together for weekly "kitchen table coaching" sessions designed to support each other through life's ups and downs. They experienced marriage and motherhood, divorce and widowhood. They'd had their hearts broken by a failed adoption or...

Este libro comenzó simplemente con cuatro amigas que se reunieron "en torno a una mesa de cocina" para hablar sobre sus vidas. Durante más de una década, semana tras semana e historia tras historia, se dieron cuenta de que su apoyo mutuo podría ayudar a otras mujeres que luchan con los innumerables problemas de la vida, el trabajo, la familia y el amor, así como las grandes preguntas de la vida y la muerte. Esta no es la vida que pedí es la culminación de las sesiones semanales diseñadas p...

John Joseph Kelly—the quintessential Good Samaritan—changed the lives of thousands of people in need, first as a devoted Catholic priest; then as a champion of the poor and a father figure to troubled minority youth; and finally, as a one-on-one mentor offering hope and guidance to hardcore San Quentin inmates.A humble man, Kelly shared traits with St. Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa, Dorothy Day, and Mahatma Gandhi…but was embarrassed by these comparisons. Kelly was nevertheless ...

A revised, updated, and expanded edition of the best-selling self-help book that encourages women to overcome adversity, embrace change, and discover their power.This Is Not the Life I Ordered is the culmination of weekly "kitchen table coaching" sessions that took place for more than a decade and were designed to support four extraordinary women through life's ups and downs. These women realized that their support of one another could help other women str...

John Joseph Kelly—the quintessential Good Samaritan—changed the lives of thousands of people in need, first as a devoted Catholic priest; then as a champion of the poor and a father figure to troubled minority youth; and finally, as a one-on-one mentor offering hope and guidance to hardcore San Quentin inmates.Kelly was a spiritual superstar and a role model for anyone who truly desired to make a difference in their own community. When he died in 2019 at age ninety, thousands who k...