Welcome to our book review site www.go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Strangers to Ourselves
New York Times Book Review Top 10 Books of the Year ‘Captures with subtlety and empathy the honest reality of mental illness’ The Times There are stories that save us, and stories that trap us, and in the midst of an illness it can be very hard to know which is which... Strangers to Ourselves shares the experiences of five people who have come up against the limits of psychiatric explanations for who they are. It asks, do the stories we tell around mental illness affect its course, its outcomes, even our identities? Drawing on in-depth reporting, written testimonies and formative events in her own childhood, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv offers a subtle, compassionate, revelatory account of how we understand ourselves in periods of crisis and distress. ‘Aviv finds language for the most ineffable registers of human experience’ Wall Street Journal ‘Profoundly intelligent... superbly written portraits’ Guardian A best book of the year in the Los Angeles Times, Time, Washington Post, New Yorker, and Vogue
Report...
None
A Hanging Matter
It wasn't quite the homecoming ex-privateer Harry Ludlow had anticipated. Having cheated death and made a handsome profit into the bargain, Harry and his brother James expected their return home to be quiet - until they become embroiled in a fierce contest between smugglers in the English Channel.
The Descendants (by the Female Branches) of Joseph Loomis
The descendants of the daughters of Joseph Loomis, whose married surnames were Olmsted, Hull and Skinner--followed by the descendants of the female grandchildren of Joseph Loomis--and so on for subsequent generations (sometimes through the tenth generation). Descendants and relatives lived throughout the United States.
Critical Voices in Library and Information Work
Critical Voices in Library and Information Work presents 25 profiles of notable, transformational library and information science (LIS) workers in the United States, Canada, and the UK, all of whom are involved in progressive library and information work projects or research endeavors. Discussing a piece of literature, art, or music that helped direct their path into socially conscious library work and that continues to inspire them, interviewees provide insights into their work and the current state of critical librarianship. They also reflect upon the current state of institutions, including academic, public, and school libraries, as well as special libraries. The authors of the book prese...
The Toff And The Fallen Angels
Strange occurrences at a home for unmarried mothers leads to the women becoming frightened. Enter Richard Rollison, alias 'The Toff', who is persuaded to get to the bottom of it. He soon discovers that behind the scenes there is a plot that involves money, murder and mayhem. It is up to the Toff to save the situation and the home.
