Best Selling Books by Matthew Perry

廣受喜愛的《六人行》主演之一帶我們來到幕後 一窺知名情境喜劇的花絮 與他面對成癮症的種種掙扎 這部真誠、風趣又極具啟發性的回憶錄 傳遞了關於希望與堅持不懈的動人寓意 推薦序 麗莎．庫卓Lisa Kudrow ||| 有一件事我做對了：我從未放棄。 ||| | The one thing I got right was that I never gave up. | ──馬修．派瑞Matthew Perry 未經粉飾且毫不避忌，是一部需要勇氣才寫得出來的回憶錄。馬修．派瑞果然擁有十足的勇氣，帶我們一同經歷他的成癮症、疾病，以及難以承受的孤獨……說到底，這本書充滿了對未來的希望。想認識真正的馬修．派瑞，就別去看那些八卦報導，改讀這本書吧。 ──瑪塔．考夫曼Marta Kauffman，NBC情境喜劇《六人行》共同創作者 「嗨，我是馬修，不過你看到我可能會聯想到另一個名字。朋友都叫我馬蒂（Matty）。還有，我早就該死了。」 備受好評的演員馬修．派瑞，以這句話揭開他引人入勝的人生故事，帶領我們一同走過他的童年抱負、成名與成癮，以及在一場危及生命的健康危機後，一步步復原的旅程。在頻繁出入醫院與康復中心之前，5歲的小馬修因為父母分居，在蒙特婁和洛杉磯之間來回穿梭；14歲的馬修，是加拿大名列前茅的網球新星；24歲的馬修，抓住機會加入備受矚目的試播劇《我們這樣的朋友》（Friends Like Us），成了令其他人又羨又妒的主演之一……在本書中，我們會看到許多不同時期、不同面貌的馬修。 在這個唯有他能講述的、超乎尋常的故事中，馬修更以他獨有的真誠、幽默與溫暖親切口吻來述說一切。他毫無保留地揭露育養他（卻也放任他自生自滅）的破碎家庭、驅使他追求名聲且被人認可的渴望，以及即使遠大的夢想成真亦無法填補的內心空洞。此外，他也詳述遠離酒精與藥物而獲致的寧靜、對《六人行》無處不在的影響力有何感想，並分享劇中其他演員的小故事，還有他一路走來認識的明星與他們的奇聞軼事。派瑞以坦率、帶有自我意識又富有標誌性幽默感的文字，鮮活地敘述自己這一生和成癮症的搏鬥，以及看似擁有一切，卻仍為成癮症所苦的原因。 《朋友、戀人與最糟糕的事》是令人難以忘懷的回憶錄，揭露了私密的故事，使人眼界大開，同時也對努力擺脫成癮症的所有人伸出了友誼之手。直言不諱、感動人心、極其風趣，正是喜愛馬修的人們殷切盼望的一本書。

„Un memoir autentic, scris cu un curaj uimitor. Matthew Perry ne deschide larg ușile vieții lui, vorbind onest despre dependență, boală și singurătatea lui paralizantă. Această carte este însă plină de speranță. Dacă vreți să aflați cine este Matthew Perry, stați departe de zvonuri și citiți acest memoir.” Marta Kauffman, cocreator al serialului Friends Îndrăgitul star din Friends ne conduce în culisele acestui serial de succes și povestește despre lupta cu dependența în stilul său inconfundabil, amuzant și ingenuu, prin acest memoir plin de speranță. „Bună, mă numesc Matthew, deși e posibil să mă știi după alt nume. Prietenii îmi spun Matty. Și ar cam trebui să fiu mort.” Așa începe povestea captivantă a celebrului actor Matthew Perry, care ne poartă în călătoria lui, pornind de la ambiția din copilărie de a deveni faimos și ajungând până la dependență și recuperare. Înainte de vizitele frecvente la spital și perioadele petrecute la dezintoxicare, a existat Matthew, copilul de cinci ani, care călătorea de la Montreal la Los Angeles, vizitându-și părinții divorțați. În acest memoir, facem cunoștință și cu Matthew, adolescentul de paisprezece ani, care a fost vedetă națională a tenisului canadian, dar și cu Matthew, tânărul de douăzeci și patru de ani, care a pus mâna pe un rol foarte râvnit de mulți actori, în episodul-pilot din serialul despre care vorbea toată lumea și care, la vremea respectivă, se numea Friends Like Us, și multe altele. Într-o relatare extraordinară, pe care numai el o putea face în stilul său sincer, hilar și extrem de familiar, Matthew Perry dezvăluie mai multe despre familia destrămată, care l-a crescut (și, de asemenea, care l-a și lăsat să se descurce singur), despre dorința de validare, care l-a condus spre faimă, dar și despre golul interior, care nu a putut fi umplut nici măcar de cele mai mari visuri devenite realitate. Actorul vorbește despre liniștea pe care a simțit-o în momentele de luciditate, despre experiențele trăite alături de colegii din Friends, dar și despre alte vedete pe care le-a întâlnit pe parcurs. Franc, conștient de sine și cu umorul său caracteristic, Perry își descrie lupta de o viață cu adicția și tot ceea ce a alimentat-o de-a lungul anilor. Friends, iubiri și marele lucru teribil este un memoir de neuitat, deopotrivă intim și revelator, precum și o mână întinsă oricui se luptă cu probleme asemănătoare. Visceral de onestă, emoționantă, amuzantă, aceasta este cartea pe care fanii o așteptau...

Niezachwianie szczera, poruszająca i zabawna. To jest książka, na którą wszyscy czekali! Matthew Perry, gwiazda serialu „Przyjaciele”, przenosi czytelników na scenę najbardziej znanego sitcomu wszechczasów, jednocześnie opowiadając o swoich prywatnych zmaganiach z uzależnieniem. Z typowymi dla siebie poczuciem humoru i szczerością szczegółowo opisuje trwającą całe życie walkę z chorobą i to, co ją napędzało, pomimo posiadania „wszystkiego”. „Przyjaciele, kochankowie i ta wielka, straszna rzecz” to autobiografia zawierająca najbardziej intymne szczegóły dotyczące utraconej miłości Perry’ego, jego najciemniejszych dni i najlepszych przyjaciół. „Jeśli chcesz się dowiedzieć, kim naprawdę jest Matthew Perry, nie czytaj brukowców – sięgnij po tę książkę” Marta Kauffman, współtwórczyni serialu NBC „Przyjaciele”

From the Author I love history, and I have spent my entire adult life teaching kids about our past. Throughout my time in the classroom, I have accumulated a bevy of weird and wacky stories for my students. Most people grow up hating history because they weren''t told about the good stuff, they just read their textbook and drooling in a stupor. I have made it my goal to end the era of sleeping in history class, and this book is the culmination of that work. Check out these and other great tales at www.theoddpast.com

Matthew Perry''s years of experience teaching music to children make this book and CD a wonderful way to enhance listening skills, literacy development, self esteem and concentration. Ages 2-5 years.

Praise for "A West Virginia Rebel" from seriousreading.com ''A West Virginia Rebel'' is definitely a must-read for readers who always want to explore new horizons in the history genre. Matthew A. Perry has thoroughly investigated all the events that took place in Jenkins''s life and penned down a book perfectly draped in the backdrop of West Virginia. Matthew A. Perry''s attempt to recreate history is surely worth reading for everyone who wants to know the ins and outs of Albert Jenkins'' life and the history of West Virginia, alongside the sectional conflict of the American civil war." Albert Gallatin Jenkins was a wealthy lawyer and farmer living in the Western Counties of Virginia prior to the Civil War. After the war began, Jenkins would form a Ranger command and conduct many raids in the area that would become West Virginia. Jenkins would fight at Gettysburg and would eventually die for his cause. Against the backdrop of West Virginia statehood and the sectional strife of the Civil War, this book investigates one man''s decision to fight against his own neighbors and eventually give the last full measure for his cause.

Want to get your children or preschool students up and marching to the beat? ''Rhyme and Song Singalong'' will help you to do just that.This fun new book and CD set from Matthew Perry provides an excellent introduction to music for babies, toddlers and kids up to age five. The book offers mainly familiar rhymes and songs, including favourites like ''Old MacDonald'', ''Twinkle, Twinkle'', ''Hickory Dickory Dock'' and more. For parents and teachers, each song is supported by a page of activity suggestions.From simple ideas such as rocking a baby in time to the beat, to suggestions for introducing concepts such as ostinato to older children, these pages are a valuable addition which make the set different from other nursery rhyme collections.

A process server crosses the path of a wealthy entrepreneur whose husband wants to help himself to her hard-earned fortune.

General orders and circulars issued by Commodore Matthew Perry to the commanders of the U.S. Navy ships MACEDONIAN, PREBLE, and PORPOISE. The "African Squadron" was sent to patrol the west coast of Africa and nearby islands to help suppress the slave trade in 1843.

Nous avons tous un acteur préféré. Mais pourquoi un tel plutôt qu''un autre ? Est-ce son physique avantageux, son talent, son sex-appeal, les rôles qu''il incarne, sa vie personnelle ou bien un mélange charismatique du tout ? Anciens journalistes au grand quotidien du Sunday Times, et cinéphiles avertis, les auteurs, George et Matthew Perry, recensent et présentent les cent meilleurs acteurs de cinquante ans de cinéma. En évoquant la séduction sensuelle et ténébreuse de Rudolph Valentino, l''image sophistiquée et suave de Cary Grant, le charme bagarreur de Steve McQueen, la non-conformité de Russell Crowe, l''icône toujours adulée que représente James Dean, et le beau Keanu Reeves, Héros d''Hollywood rend hommage à ces grandes stars hollywoodiennes qui figurent parmi les premières dans le cœur du grand public. Parfaite référence du panthéon des stars, ce livre fait découvrir dans le détail ces immenses comédiens et leur public. 100 grands acteurs du cinéma hollywoodien, de la grande star du muet, Rudolph Valentino, au grand héros ; Sean Connery, jusqu''au dernier élu, Brendan Fraser. 100 superbes photographies, comprenant des extraits de films et les grands studios. Biographie et profil de chaque acteur, analysant l''adulation de son public

This book is the story of my life with my father and my son Chance. The stories are how he told them and how I remember them. There are descriptions of Combat, discussions of PTSD, Suicide, and Death. If things like that bother you, tread lightly; Or do as the Master Sergeant would say and Put Some Tar on Your Socks.

Integrated primary care (IPC), the integration of medical and behavioral health professionals, is a viable part of the solution for the United States'' fragmented health care delivery system. Over the past decade or so, efforts have been made to examine the theory behind and effectiveness of this health care framework. As researchers and program developers continue to examine the impact of IPC on patient populations, it is becoming increasingly important to highlight the study design and program characteristic trends of IPC to ascertain the next steps in research development. This researcher sought to identify those trends by using a systematic review design to examine studies of IPC. Of the two systematic reviews conducted for this dissertation, the first review includes information from 112 articles regarding study design, sampling procedure, patient population characteristics, treatment outcome, geographical setting, and psychosocial measurement. The findings of this review indicate that a majority of researchers examined depression outcomes using experimental designs and that the average participant in such studies was a Caucasian female in her early 50s. Moreover, the researcher found that almost none of the IPC programs were oriented towards family systems. For the second systematic review, the researcher extracted data from 76 of the 112 articles to examine the characteristics of each IPC program including communication practices, models, interventions, provider type, training and supervision practices, and setting. Findings from this review show that most IPC programs include psychoeducation, medication, follow-up contacts, psychotherapy, and at least one care management strategy as part of treatment but that less than half of researchers are reporting communication between providers and even fewer are reporting collaboration practices. Moreover, the findings indicate that a third of researchers trained and/or supervised behavioral health providers to work in an IPC program, and a fourth recruited nurses as behavioral health providers. Suggestions for future research include more diverse research methods and patient populations as well as a focus on increasing communication and collaboration between providers.

When a gangster moves in next door, a mild-mannered dentist feels obliged to travel to Chicago to inform on his boss.

Living a Chosen Life is a guided exploration of the mindscape leading us towards manifestation and actualization through the transformation of our worldviews from how we were taught they should be into how we wish them to be. Our worldviews are the interface between the actual world around us and our own inner reality. This book allows us to literally remove old, unwanted beliefs about ourselves and our world, replacing them with only that which we wish to believe in. We can literally be the person we have always wanted to be and achieve all we have ever dreamt of not by doing, but by being. Living a Chosen Life puts us in a realm where everything is a choice, every thought, every emotion, every action, each and every moment is a choice. We become truly powerful through choice.

Transform your next car trip, with twenty songs including Stop at the Servo and Swim Between the Flags and lots of entertaining games and activities for toddlers. Ages 2+.