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Author: Jacqueline Leckie Publisher: Massey University Press ISBN: 1991016735 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 390
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Mental depression is a serious issue in contemporary New Zealand, and it has an increasingly high profile. But during our history, depression has often been hidden under a long black cloud of denial that we have not always lived up to the Kiwi ideal of being pragmatic and have not always coped.Using historic patient records as a starting place, and informed by her own experience of depression, academic Jacqueline Leckie' s timely social history of depression in Aotearoa analyses its medical, cultural and social contexts through an historical lens. From detailing its links to melancholia and explaining its expression within Indigenous and migrant communities, this engrossing book interrogates how depression was medicalised and has been treated, and how New Zealanders have lived with it.
Author: Jacqueline Leckie Publisher: Massey University Press ISBN: 1991016735 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 390
Book Description
Mental depression is a serious issue in contemporary New Zealand, and it has an increasingly high profile. But during our history, depression has often been hidden under a long black cloud of denial that we have not always lived up to the Kiwi ideal of being pragmatic and have not always coped.Using historic patient records as a starting place, and informed by her own experience of depression, academic Jacqueline Leckie' s timely social history of depression in Aotearoa analyses its medical, cultural and social contexts through an historical lens. From detailing its links to melancholia and explaining its expression within Indigenous and migrant communities, this engrossing book interrogates how depression was medicalised and has been treated, and how New Zealanders have lived with it.
Author: Fred Hoyle Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141967498 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 318
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A 1959 classic 'hard' science-fiction novel by renowned Cambridge astronomer and cosmologist Fred Hoyle. Tracks the progress of a giant black cloud that comes towards Earth and sits in front of the sun, causing widespread panic and death. A select group of scientists and astronomers - including the dignified Astronomer Royal, the pipe smoking Dr Marlowe and the maverick, eccentric Professor Kingsly - engage in a mad race to understand and communicate with the cloud, battling against trigger happy politicians. In the pacy, engaging style of John Wyndham and John Christopher, with plenty of hard science thrown in to add to the chillingly credible premise (he manages to foretell Artificial Intelligence, Optical Character Recognition and Text-to-Speech converters), Hoyle carries you breathlessly through to its thrilling end.
Author: David Wright Falade Publisher: Grove Press ISBN: 0802159206 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 295
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Already excerpted in the New Yorker, Black Cloud Rising is a compelling and important historical novel that takes us back to an extraordinary moment when enslaved men and women were shedding their bonds and embracing freedom By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia, and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks. Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but Confederate irregulars still roamed the region. In December, the newly formed African Brigade, a unit of these former slaves led by General Edward Augustus Wild—a one-armed, impassioned Abolitionist—set out from Portsmouth to hunt down the rebel guerillas and extinguish the threat. From this little-known historical episode comes Black Cloud Rising, a dramatic, moving account of these soldiers—men who only weeks earlier had been enslaved, but were now Union infantrymen setting out to fight their former owners. At the heart of the narrative is Sergeant Richard Etheridge, the son of a slave and her master, raised with some privileges but constantly reminded of his place. Deeply conflicted about his past, Richard is eager to show himself to be a credit to his race. As the African Brigade conducts raids through the areas occupied by the Confederate Partisan Rangers, he and his comrades recognize that they are fighting for more than territory. Wild’s mission is to prove that his troops can be trusted as soldiers in combat. And because many of the men have fled from the very plantations in their path, each raid is also an opportunity to free loved ones left behind. For Richard, this means the possibility of reuniting with Fanny, the woman he hopes to marry one day. With powerful depictions of the bonds formed between fighting men and heartrending scenes of sacrifice and courage, Black Cloud Rising offers a compelling and nuanced portrait of enslaved men and women crossing the threshold to freedom.
Author: Mark Anderson Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595183395 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 366
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This is the story of learning, relating, and coming of age as seen through the eyes of Erik, the son of an old atomic bomb builder turned rocket scientist. Based on a true story, the love in this nuclear family unravels into betrayal amidst forgotten boundaries. Erik shares the experiences of his growing years, among them, those of his mother, an accomplished artist and an IV morphine addict; poor Miss Freeman, who endured condoms for show and tell in 1957; the notorious Jerry Pirate held at bay by a pet crow that becomes a messiah; and a meeting with Edward Teller for a sandwich and an afternoon of hydrogen bomb wisdom in 1968. In the midst of it all, a bond between father and son eventually solidifies in the comfort of two old rocking chairs that squeak in front of their basement whiskey still. Through illicit sex, drugs, and family violence, Erik learns to survive in a world that demands a premium for the simplest lessons of love and the miracle of the human spirit.
Author: Mildred Pitts Walter Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1504027884 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 113
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Set during the American Revolution and based on a true story, Elizabeth Freeman, a young slave, sues for her freedom—and wins Sheffield, Massachusetts. Six-year-old Aissa and her older sister, Elizabeth, work as slaves in the home of their owners—Master and Mistress Anna. Raised by Elizabeth after their mother died, and chafing under the yoke of bondage, Aissa is a natural-born rebel. Elizabeth, nicknamed Bett by her owners, is more accepting of her fate in spite of growing anti-slavery sentiment. She marries Josiah Freeman, a freed black man, and they have a child. Then on July 4, 1776, America achieves her dream of independence from England, and in 1780, Massachusetts drafts its own constitution, establishing a bill of rights. When Mistress Anna, angered by Aissa’s defiance, threatens her with a hot coal shovel, Bett takes the blow instead, and is severely burned. She walks out of the house, vowing never to come back—and takes her owners to court. Second Daughter is both riveting historical fiction and rousing courtroom drama about slavery, justice, courage, and the unconquerable love between two sisters.
Author: Pat Schwiebert Publisher: ISBN: Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 64
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In this modern-day fable, a woman who has suffered a terrible loss cooks up a special batch of "tear soup," blending the unique ingredients of her life into the grief process. Along the way she dispenses a recipe of sound advice for people who are in mourning.
Author: Samantha Red Wolf Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781983035449 Category : Languages : en Pages : 165
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"Mommy, I'm scared."Samantha's eleven-year old daughter, Kiani, was born with the ability to see ghosts. No longer able to dismiss her daughter's gifts as childish imagination, Samantha becomes determined to protect her child by learning everything she can about the world beyond the veil.This is not your typical ghost story, nor is it fiction. Once a series of blog entries documenting Samantha's experiences, Ghosts Like Bacon soon caught hold of the public's attention and has been read over four thousand times in thirty-two different countries."Equally funny, sorrowful, and heartwarming, this book balances everything - personal stories, helpful tips, and deep musings - in a delightful read that is simultaneously casually profound and inherently charming. Ghosts Like Bacon is one-of-a-kind and well worth the experience - whether you believe in ghosts or not."
Author: Esi Edugyan Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0525521437 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 367
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MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • “A gripping historical narrative exploring both the bounds of slavery and what it means to be truly free.” —Vanity Fair Eleven-year-old George Washington Black—or Wash—a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master’s brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky, where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning, and where two people, separated by an impossible divide, can begin to see each other as human. But when a man is killed and a bounty is placed on Wash’s head, they must abandon everything and flee together. Over the course of their travels, what brings Wash and Christopher together will tear them apart, propelling Wash ever farther across the globe in search of his true self. Spanning the Caribbean to the frozen Far North, London to Morocco, Washington Black is a story of self-invention and betrayal, of love and redemption, and of a world destroyed and made whole again.
Author: B. K. Knight Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1496979249 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 291
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Like an unborn baby, she lay there, eyes shut tight in the amniotic-like fluid as a lone, undulating voice started singing a haunting but soothing lullaby. Against the backdrop of a breathtaking and timeless corner of Botswana, a serial killer is on the loose; someone or something is beheading bar girls. The first victim is Sergeant Duski Lchas wayward twin sister, Pinki Lcha. The killer is now after her daughter, five-year-old Flora, the only possible witness to her murder. Disregarding her allegiance to the Zion Christian Church, Duski must turn once more to the dark side for help. To track down her sisters killer and to protect Flora, she must enter the killers worldthe dark, surreal, and ominous world of voodoo, putting not only her life at risk but her sanity too.
Author: Jacqueline Leckie
Author: Jacqueline Leckie
Author: Fred Hoyle
Author: David Wright Falade
Author: Mark Anderson
Author: Mildred Pitts Walter
Author: Pat Schwiebert
Author: Hannah Cumming
Author: Samantha Red Wolf
Author: Esi Edugyan
Author: B. K. Knight