Author: Sarah R. WhiteheadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Nelly Armstrong, by the author of 'Rose Douglas'.
Author: Sarah R. WhiteheadNelly
Author: Nelly BransonPublisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525508679
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A riveting and passionate account of the scourge of alcoholism and mental illness on families, Nelly takes readers on a journey of struggle and faith as they explore the honest analysis of one woman’s battle against these formidable foes. Holding little, if anything, back from her readers, the author shares tales and anecdotes from her childhood, her college days, and her life as a wife and mother. Sexual encounters, drug and alcohol use, and family dysfunction are not hidden in this memoir, but neither are they glorified. The reader rejoices as Nelly graduates from rehab and rebuilds her life, but they also grieve the circumstances surrounding those family members who do not emerge victorious over their demons. Challenging and emotional, refreshing and inspiring—Nelly unveils the ugly truth of mental illness, as well as the strength and power of the human spirit. It is a story that will challenge and inspire readers to face and defeat their own demons and support and encourage family and friends who battle mental illness every day.
The Metropolitan
Author: The North British Review
Author: Racing Calendar for ...
Author: The Racing Calendar for 1856
Author: R. JohnsonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 337516307X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.
The Metropolitan Magazine
Author: Catalogue of the Principal Books in Circulation at Mudie's Select Library, October, 1875
Author: Mudie's Library LtdThe Fallen Angel
Author: Sally MitchellPublisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879721558
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Discusses the figure of the unchaste woman in a wide range of fiction written between 1835 and 1880, including serious novels by Dickens, Mrs. Gaskell, and George Eliot; popular novels that provided light reading for middle-class women; sensational fiction; propaganda for social reform; and stories in cheap periodicals which reached a different and far wider audience than either serious or popular novels. During these years, some women were struggling to become women, instead of the angels of purity that sentimental morality had made of them. The sexual woman, the whore, the mistress, the runaway wife, the seduced or fallen innocent, all attracted a cluster of ideas about the differences between women and men, about the power structure in sexual relationships, and about women's place in the social and moral world. In considering these topics, this book traces women and illuminates differences in the fiction writer for different social classes. -- Publisher description
The Difference
Author: Scott E. PagePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400830281
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
In this landmark book, Scott Page redefines the way we understand ourselves in relation to one another. The Difference is about how we think in groups--and how our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of its parts. Why can teams of people find better solutions than brilliant individuals working alone? And why are the best group decisions and predictions those that draw upon the very qualities that make each of us unique? The answers lie in diversity--not what we look like outside, but what we look like within, our distinct tools and abilities. The Difference reveals that progress and innovation may depend less on lone thinkers with enormous IQs than on diverse people working together and capitalizing on their individuality. Page shows how groups that display a range of perspectives outperform groups of like-minded experts. Diversity yields superior outcomes, and Page proves it using his own cutting-edge research. Moving beyond the politics that cloud standard debates about diversity, he explains why difference beats out homogeneity, whether you're talking about citizens in a democracy or scientists in the laboratory. He examines practical ways to apply diversity's logic to a host of problems, and along the way offers fascinating and surprising examples, from the redesign of the Chicago "El" to the truth about where we store our ketchup. Page changes the way we understand diversity--how to harness its untapped potential, how to understand and avoid its traps, and how we can leverage our differences for the benefit of all.