Love Needs Care
Author : David Elvin Smith
Publisher :
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 39,35 MB
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : Drug abuse
ISBN : 9780316801430
Work Won't Love You Back
Author : Sarah Jaffe
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 33,32 MB
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1568589387
Book Description
A deeply-reported examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives. You're told that if you "do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." Whether it's working for "exposure" and "experience," or enduring poor treatment in the name of "being part of the family," all employees are pushed to make sacrifices for the privilege of being able to do what we love. In Work Won't Love You Back, Sarah Jaffe, a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social movements, examines this "labor of love" myth—the idea that certain work is not really work, and therefore should be done out of passion instead of pay. Told through the lives and experiences of workers in various industries—from the unpaid intern, to the overworked teacher, to the nonprofit worker and even the professional athlete—Jaffe reveals how all of us have been tricked into buying into a new tyranny of work. As Jaffe argues, understanding the trap of the labor of love will empower us to work less and demand what our work is worth. And once freed from those binds, we can finally figure out what actually gives us joy, pleasure, and satisfaction.
Chaos
Author : Tom O'Neill
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 37,38 MB
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 0316477575
Book Description
A journalist's twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to "gobsmacking" (The Ringer) new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this "kaleidoscopic" (The New York Times) reassessment of an infamous case in American history. Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, then eight months pregnant. With no mercy and seemingly no motive, the Manson Family followed their leader's every order -- their crimes lit a flame of paranoia across the nation, spelling the end of the sixties. Manson became one of history's most infamous criminals, his name forever attached to an era when charlatans mixed with prodigies, free love was as possible as brainwashing, and utopia -- or dystopia -- was just an acid trip away. Twenty years ago, when journalist Tom O'Neill was reporting a magazine piece about the murders, he worried there was nothing new to say. Then he unearthed shocking evidence of a cover-up behind the "official" story, including police carelessness, legal misconduct, and potential surveillance by intelligence agents. When a tense interview with Vincent Bugliosi -- prosecutor of the Manson Family and author of Helter Skelter -- turned a friendly source into a nemesis, O'Neill knew he was onto something. But every discovery brought more questions: Who were Manson's real friends in Hollywood, and how far would they go to hide their ties? Why didn't law enforcement, including Manson's own parole officer, act on their many chances to stop him? And how did Manson -- an illiterate ex-con -- turn a group of peaceful hippies into remorseless killers? O'Neill's quest for the truth led him from reclusive celebrities to seasoned spies, from San Francisco's summer of love to the shadowy sites of the CIA's mind-control experiments, on a trail rife with shady cover-ups and suspicious coincidences. The product of two decades of reporting, hundreds of new interviews, and dozens of never-before-seen documents from the LAPD, the FBI, and the CIA, Chaos mounts an argument that could be, according to Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Steven Kay, strong enough to overturn the verdicts on the Manson murders. This is a book that overturns our understanding of a pivotal time in American history.
The Streets of San Francisco
Author : Christopher Lowen Agee
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 18,28 MB
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 022612231X
Book Description
During the Sixties the nation turned its eyes to San Francisco as the city's police force clashed with movements for free speech, civil rights, and sexual liberation. These conflicts on the street forced Americans to reconsider the role of the police officer in a democracy. In The Streets of San Francisco Christopher Lowen Agee explores the surprising and influential ways in which San Francisco liberals answered that question, ultimately turning to the police as partners, and reshaping understandings of crime, policing, and democracy. The Streets of San Francisco uncovers the seldom reported, street-level interactions between police officers and San Francisco residents and finds that police discretion was the defining feature of mid-century law enforcement. Postwar police officers enjoyed great autonomy when dealing with North Beach beats, African American gang leaders, gay and lesbian bar owners, Haight-Ashbury hippies, artists who created sexually explicit works, Chinese American entrepreneurs, and a wide range of other San Franciscans. Unexpectedly, this police independence grew into a source of both concern and inspiration for the thousands of young professionals streaming into the city's growing financial district. These young professionals ultimately used the issue of police discretion to forge a new cosmopolitan liberal coalition that incorporated both marginalized San Franciscans and rank-and-file police officers. The success of this model in San Francisco resulted in the rise of cosmopolitan liberal coalitions throughout the country, and today, liberal cities across America ground themselves in similar understandings of democracy, emphasizing both broad diversity and strong policing.
The 5 Love Needs of Men and Women
Author : Gary Rosberg
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 28,14 MB
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1414327897
Book Description
Husbands and wives cannot meet each other's needs until they know what they are. Surprising research gives great insight as Gary talks to women, and Barbara talks to men, about the top five love needs of men and women. Readers will discover how truly unique men and women are. The Rosbergs' honesty, vulnerability, and practical suggestions inspire couples to new levels of sacrificial, Christlike love. FEATURES Spouses will understand each other better Learn practical ways to meet your spouse's needs Survey results of 700 married couples
On Speed
Author : Nicolas Rasmussen
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,21 MB
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0814776272
Book Description
An extensively researched account of the ups and downs in the history of uppers Uppers. Crank. Bennies. Dexies. Greenies. Black Beauties. Purple Hearts. Crystal. Ice. And, of course, Speed. Whatever their street names at the moment, amphetamines have been an insistent force in American life since they were marketed as the original antidepressants in the 1930s. On Speed tells the remarkable story of their rise, their fall, and their surprising resurgence. Along the way, it discusses the influence of pharmaceutical marketing on medicine, the evolving scientific understanding of how the human brain works, the role of drugs in maintaining the social order, and the centrality of pills in American life. Above all, however, this is a highly readable biography of a very popular drug. And it is a riveting story. Incorporating extensive new research, On Speed describes the ups and downs (fittingly, there are mostly ups) in the history of amphetamines, and their remarkable pervasiveness. For example, at the same time that amphetamines were becoming part of the diet of many GIs in World War II, an amphetamine-abusing counterculture began to flourish among civilians. In the 1950s, psychiatrists and family doctors alike prescribed amphetamines for a wide variety of ailments, from mental disorders to obesity to emotional distress. By the late 1960s, speed had become a fixture in everyday life: up to ten percent of Americans were thought to be using amphetamines at least occasionally. Although their use was regulated in the 1970s, it didn't take long for amphetamines to make a major comeback, with the discovery of Attention Deficit Disorder and the role that one drug in the amphetamine family—Ritalin—could play in treating it. Today’s most popular diet-assistance drugs differ little from the diet pills of years gone by, still speed at their core. And some of our most popular recreational drugs—including the "mellow" drug, Ecstasy—are also amphetamines. Whether we want to admit it or not, writes Rasmussen, we’re still a nation on speed.
Quest for your Empowered Self
Author : Thomas Ventimiglia
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 2014-05-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1490826823
Book Description
This is NOT the required book for San Diego Community College Students. The life skills, techniques and exercises in this book will help you gain confidence to live the life of your dreams. The book seeks to help you answer the four meaningful questions: • Who am I? (Identity) • Where am I going? (Direction) • Why am I going there? (Purpose) • How will I get there? (Strategy) In order to be self-empowered, you must learn these key life skills within a self-empowerment model developed by author Thomas Ventimiglia. It consists of the eight elements of the self that make up the titles of the eight chapters in the book. You will find fifty-six high-powered strategies in bold print that can help you achieve each of the eight elements of the self. In addition, you will find 168 life skill exercises that can help you achieve these fifty-six strategies. These exercises have been proven to be successful with college students from ages 18 to 90, as measured by Ventimiglia in his twenty-four years of teaching. You’ll learn state-of-the-art skills in stress management; taking responsibility; raising self-esteem; emotional development; managing anxiety, depression, and grief; reframing negative thoughts and beliefs; energy psychology methods; learning style identification; meditations; clarifying cultural, family, religious, and societal value systems; life balance; goal achievement; personality style; attracting the right person; setting boundaries of communication; and much more. He has also used these strategies to help others eliminate anxiety, phobias, trauma, pain in the body, negative emotions, grief, PTSD, and many other ailments.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Children with Special Needs
Author : Jack Canfield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,72 MB
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1453275827
Book Description
Raising a child with special needs is a lifelong commitment that is as unique as each person who embarks on it. Written by a variety of authors who share in this distinctive relationship, Chicken Soup for the Soul Children with Special Needs offers a glimpse into the lives of others who are on a similar path. These stories provide insight, comfort, and connection with others who have walked this powerful and transformational journey. The authors of these candid stories relate their own experiences of adjusting, reaching out, and flourishing and share their universal worries, their tears, and the laughter that come with this extraordinary relationship. Most important, through these stories, you will be guided with the wisdom of fellow parents, caregivers, and those with special needs to help you be the very best parent or caregiver you can be.
Smack
Author : Eric C. Schneider
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 39,77 MB
Release : 2013-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0812203488
Book Description
Why do the vast majority of heroin users live in cities? In his provocative history of heroin in the United States, Eric C. Schneider explains what is distinctively urban about this undisputed king of underworld drugs. During the twentieth century, New York City was the nation's heroin capital—over half of all known addicts lived there, and underworld bosses like Vito Genovese, Nicky Barnes, and Frank Lucas used their international networks to import and distribute the drug to cities throughout the country, generating vast sums of capital in return. Schneider uncovers how New York, as the principal distribution hub, organized the global trade in heroin and sustained the subcultures that supported its use. Through interviews with former junkies and clinic workers and in-depth archival research, Schneider also chronicles the dramatically shifting demographic profile of heroin users. Originally popular among working-class whites in the 1920s, heroin became associated with jazz musicians and Beat writers in the 1940s. Musician Red Rodney called heroin the trademark of the bebop generation. "It was the thing that gave us membership in a unique club," he proclaimed. Smack takes readers through the typical haunts of heroin users—52nd Street jazz clubs, Times Square cafeterias, Chicago's South Side street corners—to explain how young people were initiated into the drug culture. Smack recounts the explosion of heroin use among middle-class young people in the 1960s and 1970s. It became the drug of choice among a wide swath of youth, from hippies in Haight-Ashbury and soldiers in Vietnam to punks on the Lower East Side. Panics over the drug led to the passage of increasingly severe legislation that entrapped heroin users in the criminal justice system without addressing the issues that led to its use in the first place. The book ends with a meditation on the evolution of the war on drugs and addresses why efforts to solve the drug problem must go beyond eliminating supply.
Love, Honor and Value
Author : Suzanne Mintz
Publisher : Capital Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,74 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781892123565
Book Description
This book is about family caregivers--those who are just beginning a caregiving journey and those for whom family caregiving is an integral part of their daily lives.
