Author: Ronald Kessler
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 1455521876
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of 20 books about the Secret Service, FBI, and CIA comes the detailed account of the life and times of the ambitious, powerful, masterfully manipulative Joseph Patrick Kennedy. For all his wealth and power, Joe Kennedy was not a happy man. He also had no shame. What he cared about was having power. Through the political dynasty that he founded, he achieved that for generations to come. If he hurt and corrupted others in the process, no one had the courage to challenge him. The results are the myths that continue to enshrine the Kennedy family and maintain it as a national obsessions. This book explodes those myths. Utilizing extensive research and interviews with Kennedy family members and their intimates, speaking on record for the first time, Kessler reveals stunning details of Joseph Kennedy's enormous accomplishments and the terrible personal losses he suffered.
Gloria and Joe
Author: Axel Madsen
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504008553
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The ultimate Hollywood story revealed: the sizzling relationship between Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of America’s most influential political family, and Gloria Swanson, one of the most prominent silent film stars of her day. Gloria and Joe were in love with each other and with the movies, especially Queen Kelly, which completed the real-life ménage à trois. Starring along with the star of the screen and the Boston Brahman in this exposé are Erich von Stroheim, Kennedy’s wife Rose, Swanson’s husband, and a cast of colorful hangers-on. Madsen recreates their love, scandal, and world, which in its extravagance and intrigue has never been surpassed.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504008553
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The ultimate Hollywood story revealed: the sizzling relationship between Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of America’s most influential political family, and Gloria Swanson, one of the most prominent silent film stars of her day. Gloria and Joe were in love with each other and with the movies, especially Queen Kelly, which completed the real-life ménage à trois. Starring along with the star of the screen and the Boston Brahman in this exposé are Erich von Stroheim, Kennedy’s wife Rose, Swanson’s husband, and a cast of colorful hangers-on. Madsen recreates their love, scandal, and world, which in its extravagance and intrigue has never been surpassed.
Fathers and Violence
Author: Carla Smith Stover
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462552986
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This highly accessible book presents a new approach to treating men who use violence against their partners and/or children. The Fathers for Change (F4C) program has a unique focus on fostering fathers' accountability and reflective functioning, and repairing father–child relationships. Grounded in theory and research, it addresses a key need for parents who want to stay together or coparent successfully in the aftermath of violence, while prioritizing all family members' safety. Clinicians learn how to implement each component of F4C, from assessment to individual-focused work to coparent and family sessions, if appropriate. Illustrative case vignettes are featured throughout. An appendix provides 32 reproducible forms, worksheets, and handouts that can be downloaded (many in a fillable format) and printed as needed.
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462552986
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This highly accessible book presents a new approach to treating men who use violence against their partners and/or children. The Fathers for Change (F4C) program has a unique focus on fostering fathers' accountability and reflective functioning, and repairing father–child relationships. Grounded in theory and research, it addresses a key need for parents who want to stay together or coparent successfully in the aftermath of violence, while prioritizing all family members' safety. Clinicians learn how to implement each component of F4C, from assessment to individual-focused work to coparent and family sessions, if appropriate. Illustrative case vignettes are featured throughout. An appendix provides 32 reproducible forms, worksheets, and handouts that can be downloaded (many in a fillable format) and printed as needed.
The Sins of the Father
Author: Ronald Kessler
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 1455521876
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of 20 books about the Secret Service, FBI, and CIA comes the detailed account of the life and times of the ambitious, powerful, masterfully manipulative Joseph Patrick Kennedy. For all his wealth and power, Joe Kennedy was not a happy man. He also had no shame. What he cared about was having power. Through the political dynasty that he founded, he achieved that for generations to come. If he hurt and corrupted others in the process, no one had the courage to challenge him. The results are the myths that continue to enshrine the Kennedy family and maintain it as a national obsessions. This book explodes those myths. Utilizing extensive research and interviews with Kennedy family members and their intimates, speaking on record for the first time, Kessler reveals stunning details of Joseph Kennedy's enormous accomplishments and the terrible personal losses he suffered.
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 1455521876
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of 20 books about the Secret Service, FBI, and CIA comes the detailed account of the life and times of the ambitious, powerful, masterfully manipulative Joseph Patrick Kennedy. For all his wealth and power, Joe Kennedy was not a happy man. He also had no shame. What he cared about was having power. Through the political dynasty that he founded, he achieved that for generations to come. If he hurt and corrupted others in the process, no one had the courage to challenge him. The results are the myths that continue to enshrine the Kennedy family and maintain it as a national obsessions. This book explodes those myths. Utilizing extensive research and interviews with Kennedy family members and their intimates, speaking on record for the first time, Kessler reveals stunning details of Joseph Kennedy's enormous accomplishments and the terrible personal losses he suffered.
The Index
Author: Kevin Finn
Publisher: Team Hollywood, Inc.
ISBN: 0974619000
Category : Business ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher: Team Hollywood, Inc.
ISBN: 0974619000
Category : Business ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Sons of the Prophet
Author: Stephen Karam
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822225973
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
"Sons of the Prophet was produced by the Huntington Theatre Company (Peter DuBois, artistic director; Michael Maso, managing director) in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 13, 2011."
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822225973
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
"Sons of the Prophet was produced by the Huntington Theatre Company (Peter DuBois, artistic director; Michael Maso, managing director) in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 13, 2011."
This Bitter Earth
Author: Bernice L. McFadden
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101153903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This powerful sequel to Bernice L. McFadden’s bestselling debut Sugar follows a young African-American woman back to her Arkansas hometown, where she must confront difficult truths about her parentage and a curse in her family’s past. When Sugar Lacey returns to Short Junction to find the aunts who raised her, she hopes they will be able to tell her the truth about her parents. What she discovers is not just a terrible story of unrequited love, but also a tale of black magic that has cursed generations of Lacey women. Armed with newfound knowledge and strength in the face of adversity, Sugar must push through the pain to find her absent father and discover the truth about the curse that has befallen her family line in hopes of breaking it before she passes it on to her own child. A powerfully realized novel that brings back the unforgettable characters from Sugar, This Bitter Earth is a testament to the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101153903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This powerful sequel to Bernice L. McFadden’s bestselling debut Sugar follows a young African-American woman back to her Arkansas hometown, where she must confront difficult truths about her parentage and a curse in her family’s past. When Sugar Lacey returns to Short Junction to find the aunts who raised her, she hopes they will be able to tell her the truth about her parents. What she discovers is not just a terrible story of unrequited love, but also a tale of black magic that has cursed generations of Lacey women. Armed with newfound knowledge and strength in the face of adversity, Sugar must push through the pain to find her absent father and discover the truth about the curse that has befallen her family line in hopes of breaking it before she passes it on to her own child. A powerfully realized novel that brings back the unforgettable characters from Sugar, This Bitter Earth is a testament to the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
The Final Result
Author: Chris Blunt
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595397913
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
"When controversy over the government's role in determining an individual's right to die escalates to murder -- one failed attempt and one death -- Judge Overholt and his daughter Karen, a newly promoted detective captain in the Beach City police department, are called to investigate"--Page 4 of cover
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595397913
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
"When controversy over the government's role in determining an individual's right to die escalates to murder -- one failed attempt and one death -- Judge Overholt and his daughter Karen, a newly promoted detective captain in the Beach City police department, are called to investigate"--Page 4 of cover
Merchant Vessels of the United States
Merchant Vessels of the United States...
Author: United States. Coast Guard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 986
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 986
Book Description