Life Positive: A Journey to the Center of My Heart
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00GWOWQBO |
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| Number of Pages | : | 205 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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If your life has been changed forever in an instant by an event or challenge and you have had to decide what to do next despite incredible opposition, you need this book."Kristin Johnson, Editor. From Hollywood to Bangkok, to Bali and beyond, including Kuala Lumpur and Palm Springs—with profound expansion to Singapore, Mumbai and throughout all of Asia, and ultimately in 21 languages across the globe—Life Positive: A Journey to the Center of My Heart could easily be titled Eat, Pray, Disclose."Dedicated to the tens of millions of people in the world living with HIV, most of whom do not yet know their status; to everyone who fights for us; and to those who still fear us. Get tested and live longer and be strong." Nicholas SnowSYNOPSIS: In Bangkok, Thailand, Hollywood's primo promo homo on the go-go Nicholas Snow is eking out a modest living as a foreign correspondent, actor and media personality when, in a moment of personal desperation, he makes a decision that changes his life forever.D
About the Author Nicholas Snow is a journalist, author, actor, radio and television host, singer/songwriter, LGBT rights activist, and a world-renowned, openly-gay, openly-HIV positive advocate for HIV testing and safer sex. When he learned he had become HIV positive through a rare slip in his safer sex behavior, he held a press conference and has ultimately reached millions of people with his experience, strength, and hope. He has been openly-gay in the media for about three decades, and is often referred to as "one of the world's primo promo ho
An inspiring read, and a must-read A. Oswald Sometimes it is as much about the destination as it is about the journey, especially when the experience, as a whole, enables a process of rediscovery of self and reevaluation of life. Such idea comes to mind upon reading Life Positive: A Journey to the Center of My Heart, a new book by foreign correspondent, actor, activist and media personality Nicholas Snow, who delivers a candid story about the power of perseverance, and the necessity of believing in and following one's dreams in spite of all odds.In many ways in Life Positive Snow tells an intimate story as it happens, as it unfolds in real time for. Direct and revealing words from a man bent on making things better in his own life and the lives of others Nicholas Snow does a remarkable thing in this book: he brings us clearly and closely to himself. With brutal honesty and directness, he reveals his broad vision for the betterment of others while also letting the reader know he knows he himself isn't perfect. Specifically, he wants people to have safe sex so that there will be no more HIV transmissions; and he wants all who may have been exposed to HIV to get tested as soon as possible so they can receive the treatments that will help them to live the longer and fuller lives they can. Those are great goals.He tells his story from real-time journal entrie. A Positive Man Nicholas takes you right in the heart of his life and to a journey you will not believe. If you ever passed judgement on someone, try reading his story. Nicholas has a gift from God to show us all how to live through all the trials in life and how to continue on. Rock on Nicholas! I learn a lot about you, your lifestyle, and most of all how to love people. This book will be read over again and again.
Snow tells this story in his riveting, written-as-he-lived-it, living-powerfully-with-HIV memoir, "Life Positive: A Journey to the Center of my Heart." He is also the author of "A Return to Brokeback Mountain: Photos and Interviews from the Historic Hollywood Premiere." For most of the 1990's, Nicholas produced and hosted the hit Los Angeles-area television programs, Tinseltow