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When Dr. Paul Garfinkel started his career in psychiatry in the 1970s, psychoanalysis dominated the profession. Then the pendulum swung the other way. Psychoanalysis was discredited and drugs became the treatment of choice for mental illness. Throughout his career, Garfinkel has struggled to find a balance between these two poles, between compassion and human touch on one hand and the rigour of science and the prescribed drugs that have revolutionized...
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In this spectacular and unique style of poetry, the reader will enter the heart of the author and reach the depth of his or her own as the author plays the strings of the soul in a lilting, sometimes melancholy melody... hanging every verse in the readers' mind as fine art in a gallery. There are no specific or profound rhythm or prose in the native literary rituals of writing poetry which is what makes this reading so intriguing. It's a mixture of...
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This book argues that it is essential to examine the linguistic and communicative practices that are used in the production of introspective data, thereby making an important contribution to debates about how we may study experience that are relevant to a wide range of disciplines. There are three objectives. The text offers an account of the way in which contemporary researchers are employing introspection methodologies; it argues for the importance...
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You don't get a chance to choose circumstances or the
outcome--but you can change your attitude.
We all go through bad times, but with God, we can overcome them. Life is hard, and sometimes we make it more difficult. Going through hard times leaves us angry, confused, and feeling defeated, worthless, and a failure. When things happen in your life, and they surely will, they control your mood and emotion and how you cope with life. Tough...
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Have you ever struggled with your body image or in a moment of depression asked, "Why am I ugly?" Bestselling author Elizabeth George wants you to experience the confidence of knowing that you are beautiful in God's eyes.
Many young women struggle with eating disorders or distorted body images because they believe the world's version of ultimate beauty, perfection, or femininity. They are deciding, based on those lies, that they are too ugly, too...
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The author was too old to become an airline pilot when he decided to learn to fly and earn his living in airplanes, but airline deregulation opened doors for those who, because of age, imperfect vision, or lack of college degree had been considered unqualified to fly airliners. He kept a diary of his flying life from first lesson through retirement in case his grandchildren might someday wonder what Grandpa's job was like in the days before computers...
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La maltraitance est généralement considérée comme étant la forme d'adversité la plus grave à laquelle peuvent être confrontés les enfants et les adolescents. Les jeunes victimes de mauvais traitement qui présentent le niveau de risque le plus élevé sont susceptibles d'être prises en charge dans des structures extrafamiliales—familles d'accueil, soins intrafamiliaux, foyers de groupe ou vie autonome—pour leur propre protection. Young...
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Many people believe we are a product of our environment. That the things we go through shape and mold, whom we become. Sarah Monares' compelling memoir show us that while our past certainly impacts who we are, each of us have what it takes within ourselves to positively and powerfully mold our present and our future.
Monares takes us on a journey of heartache, loss and personal challenges. She uses the lessons of her own difficult past to help us...
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The hot dry seasons of the past few years have caused rapid disintegration of glaciers in Glacier National Park, Montana...Sperry Glacier...has lost one-quarter or perhaps one-third of its ice in the past 18 years... If this rapid rate should continue...the glacier would almost disappear in another 25 years...
"Born about 4,000 years ago, the glaciers that are the chief attraction in Glacier National Park are shrinking so rapidly that a person who...
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A series of creative reactions to the pandemic, its impact on our creative processes and prospects for the future from Reckoning contributors and staff.
All proceeds to COVID relief.
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A Coronavirus Call for Answers - Editorial - Michael J. DeLuca April 6, 2020
The Solace of Connection - Essay - Marissa Lingen Written March 28, published April 6, 2020.
Pandemic life. - Essay - Casey June Wolf Written March 30, 2020, published...
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"The idea of mystery in fiction is a subject as elusive as 'a whispered invitation, a siren song, a flickering light in the distance.' Maud Casey reaches beyond the usual tool kit of fictional elements in pursuit of the ethereal and uncanny to ask: Where does mystery reside in a work of fiction? From Shirley Jackson to Paul Yoon, from spirit photography to the radical nature of empathy. Casey looks at how mystery is created and, in space of uncertainty...
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"Look for me there," news legend Tim Russert would tell his son, Luke, when confirming a pickup spot at an airport, sporting event, or rock concert. After Tim died unexpectedly, Luke kept looking for his father, following in Tim's footsteps and carving out a highly successful career at NBC News. After eight years covering politics on television, Luke realized he had no good answer as to why he was chasing his father's legacy. As the son of two accomplished...
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"For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about how the perfect book recommendation can change a readers' life. What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri Komachi is able to sense exactly what each visitor to her library is searching for and provide just the book recommendation to help them find it. A restless retail assistant looks to gain new skills, a mother...
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From the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction's most ingenious murders.--
"Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre's most unsolvable murders,...
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