Suzy Favor Hamilton Knihy

During the 1990s, three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton was the darling of American track and field. An outstanding runner, a major sports apparel spokesperson, and a happily married wife, she was the model for an active, healthy, and wholesome life. But her perfect facade masked a dark truth: manic depression and bipolar disorder that drove her obsession to perform and win. For years after leaving the track, Suzy wrestled with her condition, as well as the loss of a close friend, conflicted feelings about motherhood and her marriage, and lingering shame about her athletic career. After a misdiagnosis and a recommendation for medication that only exacerbated her mania and made her hypersexual, Suzy embarked on a new path, and assumed a new identity. Fueled by a newfound confidence, a feeling of strength and independence and a desire she couldn't tamp down, she became a high-priced escort in Las Vegas, working as "Kelly." But Suzy could not keep her double life a secret forever. When it was eventually exposed, it sent her into a reckless suicidal period where the only option seemed out. Finally, with the help of her devoted husband, Suzy finally got the proper medical help she needed. In this startling frank memoir, she recounts the journey to outrun her demons, revealing how a woman used to physically controlling her body learned to come to terms with her unstable mind. It is the story of a how a supreme competitor scored her most important victory of all -- reclaiming her life from the ravages of an untreated mental illness. Today, thanks to diagnosis and therapy, Kelly has stepped into the shadows, but Suzy is building a better life, one day at a time. Sharing her story, Suzy is determined to raise awareness, provide understanding, and offer inspiration to others coping with their own challenges

Cornwall is a fascinating domain. Here, Celtic mythology melded Christianity with an earlier faith. Moreover, the Cornish are a musical people. A young lady violinist is brought into supernatural contact with a Queen from another universe. This Queen (Catharine) is a lineal descendant of Guinever, the wife of King Arthur, and a contemporary of Morgan le Fey - a Queen who helped to transport the injured Arthur to be healed in the island of Avalon. The story is a fast-moving construction focusing on the Spear of Joseph of Arimathea who brought it to what is now England, at the same time as the Holy Grail. The Spear has enormous psychic power, which can be used for good or ill as its owner desires. Centuries later, the Spear becomes located in the sealed crypt of a Cornish church, where evil men seek to force entry. They are foiled by a small band of people, including a violinist, Jennifer Parsloe, and a student, Arthur Marazion. Numerous adventures follow, including transference through time and space.