Author : Louis A. Ruprecht
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 32,78 MB
Release : 1996-07-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791429341
Reading both philosophical and theological texts, this book presents an argument against nostalgia: against the myth of a Golden Age, against the posture that sees "modernity" as a problem to be solved.
Author : Sky Blossoms
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 25,78 MB
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1614485836
Best Thing Ever is a transformational step-by-step guide to building a truly magical life partnership. It invites the reader to prepare for future commitment by building a strong foundation within and offers an array of practical tools. The author’s profound insights into the nature of healthy, successful relationships was a lifetime in the making, and included intrepid acts such as walking on hot coals and testing the limits of her innate abilities. Spiced with humor and true stories of the author’s extraordinary road to authentic love, as well as captivating vignettes from other successful couples, Best Thing Ever will deepen your understanding of love and transform the quality of your relationships.
Author : Feminist Alternatives
Publisher : Fahamu/Pambazuka
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 18,35 MB
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1906387915
This book is the fruit of their collective efforts and provides a unique insight into the lives and thinking of 19 South African-based activists who bring a feminist perspective to their work and daily lives. --
Author : Michele P. Bratina
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 24,3 MB
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1000624153
In this book author Michele P. Bratina demonstrates how the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) supports integration of the U.S. healthcare and justice systems to offer more positive outcomes for offenders with mental illness. The book describes a criminal justice–mental health nexus that touches every population—juvenile and adult male and female offenders, probationers and parolees, the aging adult prison population, and victims of crime. In the United States today, the criminal justice system functions as a mental health provider, but at great cost to society. The author summarizes the historical roots of this crisis and provides an overview of mental illness and symptoms, using graphics, case studies, and spotlight features to illustrate the most pressing issues encountered by justice and behavioral health professionals and the populations they serve. Forensic Mental Health takes a multidisciplinary approach, addressing social work, psychology, counseling, and special education, and covers developments such as case law related to the right to treatment and trauma-informed care. Designed for advanced undergraduates, this text also serves as a training resource for practitioners working with the many affected justice-involved individuals with mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders, including juveniles and veterans.
Author : Christopher K. Passante
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 25,48 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781592576708
Never has the world of journalism been so explosive, so global, and so competitive. Forget hourly news flashes; we live in a world of 24-hour breaking news with radio and TV stations and Internet sites updating stories by the minute and newspapers adjusting to stay fresh, in-depth, and relevant. While the number of newspapers and TV and radio stations has dropped over the last half century in the United States, instant, free-access Internet news portals have grown precipitously to not only fill any gaps in coverage but to force Big Media to change its game plans or risk losing readership. But in no way does this suggest any aspect of journalism is heading for the garbage heap-especially newspapers. Never before have Americans been so engaged in their world, and many mediums are needed to satiate that collective appetite for knowledge.
Author : Alexis Johnson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 12,46 MB
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1499054114
This book contains lessons that I have learned and my observations about life. As I enter the last third of my life, I look back on what has happened so far and try to let it help me navigate this time in my life that is at once easier and yet more difficult.
Author : Buddy Levy
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 48,38 MB
Release : 2019-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1250182204
National Outdoor Book Awards Winner Winner of the BANFF Adventure Travel Award “A thrilling and harrowing story. If it’s a cliche to say I couldn’t put this book down, well, too bad: I couldn’t put this book down.” —Jess Walter, bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins “Polar exploration is utter madness. It is the insistence of life where life shouldn’t exist. And so, Labyrinth of Ice shows you exactly what happens when the unstoppable meets the unmovable. Buddy Levy outdoes himself here. The details and story are magnificent.” —Brad Meltzer, bestselling author of The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one of the most harrowing adventures in the annals of polar exploration. In July 1881, Lt. A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps. Their goal: Farthest North. What would follow was one of the most extraordinary and terrible voyages ever made. Greely and his men confronted every possible challenge—vicious wolves, sub-zero temperatures, and months of total darkness—as they set about exploring one of the most remote, unrelenting environments on the planet. In May 1882, they broke the 300-year-old record, and returned to camp to eagerly await the resupply ship scheduled to return at the end of the year. Only nothing came. 250 miles south, a wall of ice prevented any rescue from reaching them. Provisions thinned and a second winter descended. Back home, Greely’s wife worked tirelessly against government resistance to rally a rescue mission. Months passed, and Greely made a drastic choice: he and his men loaded the remaining provisions and tools onto their five small boats, and pushed off into the treacherous waters. After just two weeks, dangerous floes surrounded them. Now new dangers awaited: insanity, threats of mutiny, and cannibalism. As food dwindled and the men weakened, Greely's expedition clung desperately to life. Labyrinth of Ice tells the true story of the heroic lives and deaths of these voyagers hell-bent on fame and fortune—at any cost—and how their journey changed the world.
Author : Ramsey F. Venner
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,10 MB
Release : 2014-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1493174916
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Page : 92 pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 1994-01
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From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.
Author : Grand Ole Opry
Publisher : Center Street
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 20,8 MB
Release : 2008-10-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 1599951843
The Grand Ole Opry has been home to the greatest legends of country music for over eighty years, and in that time it has seen some of conutry music's most dramatic stories unfold. We'll hear of the great love stories ranging from Johnny Cash and June Carter in the 1960s to Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, who married in 2005. We'll get the truth of the tragedies that led to the loss of three stars all in the same month, starting the rumor of the "Opry Curse." We'll learn how after being stabbed, shot, and maimed, Trace Adkins calls his early honky-tonk years "combat country," and we'll find inspiration from DeFord Bailey, an African American harmonica player in 1927 crippled by childhood polio who rose to fame as one of the first Opry stars. Our hearts will break for Willie Nelson, who lost his only son on Christmas Day, and soar for Amy Grant and Vince Gill, who found true love. Based on over 150 firsthand interviews with the stars of The Grand Ole Opry, these are stories that tell the heart of country--the lives that are lived and inspire the songs we love.
