Author: Norbert Nathanson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989568913
Category : Foot
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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After more than 30 years weathering stares and severe public and professional stigma, growing up in the working class of Depression Era Pittsburgh, and trying desperately to enter the new burgeoning field of television, the author experienced a miracle. Born without feet or one hand, new advances in medical science provided artificial legs which gave him a normal height, a natural appearance and gait, and permitted him to enjoy a previously unknown, life altering public anonymity. Being out of the spotlight of public stigma brought him peace. He never shared his story, and held his secrets fiercely. He has never seen himself as being different, nor defined himself in dramatic terms. An experienced, serious and driven educator and television executive, outdoorsman, sailor, carpenter, fisherman, he has formed his reality. His survival is a triumph, his life a victory. He doesn't understand that his accomplishments are remarkable. ..".it is truly inspirational...it will help other people to have a greater appreciation of the issues you so eloquently describe by your experiences." Dr. Anthony Grieco, NYU Medical School "The book provides any reader, casual or otherwise, deep insights into the life of a person born very different physically and later transformed into yet another physical being. That makes the story unique, in a class of its own. I come away from it with a much deeper understanding of the impact of handicapping conditions on a person's development. Not a tear or moment of heartache is left out. What this man went through in his rise above adversity is inspirational in every respect." Don Ferguson, Dean Emeritus, School of Education, New Mexico State University "What I so admire is the lack of self pity. It is one painful step forward after another, instead of railing at the world. The author gives us a metaphor for many people's life. And the memoir holds a happy ending after all the difficult decisions he had to make." Diane H. Schetky, M.D., retired psychiatrist and poet.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture and the aged
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Author: Byju Subhash
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 691
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In the ancient city of Trivandrum, where myths intertwine with reality, a conspiracy brews beneath the surface. When the gatekeeper, a retired IAS officer, mysteriously disappears, his daughter, Aarti, finds herself in a web of secrets and ancient prophecies. With the help of Ravi, her ex-husband, and Harinarayanan, a brilliant historian once deemed insane, Aarti embarks on a quest to unravel the cryptic messages her father left behind. As they decode a puzzling poem, they uncover a sinister plot orchestrated by a secret society. Amidst whispers of bioweapons and global conspiracies, they must race against time, navigating ancient myths, modern deceit, and personal demons. Can Aarti unlock the secrets hidden within the next 48 hours, or will an influential mastermind and a nationalist carry out their revenge?
Author: Gail Sattler
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373487185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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DAVE DUCHARME IS A MAN OF MYSTERY Dave's heart is captured from the moment he lays eyes on Ashley Kruger. Too bad it's while he's saving her from a bank robbery! When Ashley is injured, Dave promises to stay close. He's determined to take care of her--and to win her trust. Ashley can't believe she was rescued by such a gentle and handsome man. As she gets to know her dashing hero, hope grows that he may be the one for her. But when dangerous secrets from his past come to light, Ashley will have to choose between safety...and love.
Author: Martina Simone Kübler
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004529381
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
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White men represent power in white supremacist patriarchy. What happens when literary texts depict them as disabled? Embodying more than just crises of masculinity, white male disability is a reckoning with old orders, provoking new perspectives on life and love in the modern era.
Author: Chris Clark & Tim Tate
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
ISBN: 1784186902
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 343
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In 1981, Peter Sutcliffe, the 'Yorkshire Ripper', was convicted of thirteen murders and seven attempted murders. All his proven victims were women: most were prostitutes.Astonishingly, however, this is not the whole truth. There is a still-secret story of how Sutcliffe's terrible reign of terror claimed at least twenty-two more lives and left five other victims with terrible injuries. These crimes - attacks on men as well as women - took place all over England, not just in his known killing fields of Yorkshire and Lancashire.Police and prosecution authorities have long known that Sutcliffe's reign of terror was far longer and far more widespread than the public has been led to believe. But the evidence has been locked away in the files and archives, ensuring that these murders and attempted murders remain unsolved today.As a result, the families of at least twenty-two murdered women have been cheated of their right to know how and why their loved ones died: the pain of living with that may diminish over time, but it never fades away completely. Five other victims survived his attacks: their plight, too, has never been officially acknowledged.Worse still, police blunders and subsequent suppression of evidence ensured that three entirely innocent men were imprisoned for murders committed by the Yorkshire Ripper. They each lost the best parts of their adult lives, locked up and forgotten in stinking cells for more than two decades.This book, by a former police Intelligence Officer, is the story not just of those long-cold killings, of the forgotten families and of three terrible miscarriages of justice. It also uncovers Peter Sutcliffe's real motive for murder - and reveals how he manipulated police, prosecutors and psychiatrists to ensure that he serves his sentence in the comfort of a psychiatric hospital rather than a prison cell.
Author: Jackie C. Horne
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810881888
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Frances Hodgson Burnett gained famed not only as an author of social fictions and romances but also for writing the immensely popular children's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy. She seemed an unlikely candidate to pen a quiet, realistic, and unsentimental paean to disagreeable children and the natural world, which has the power to heal them. But it is precisely these qualities that have garnered The Secret Garden both a continued audience and a central place in the canon of children's literature for a century. In Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden: A Children's Classic at 100, some of the most respected scholars of children's literature consider Burnett's seminal work from modern critical perspectives. Contributors examine the works and authors that influenced Burnett, identify authors who have drawn on The Secret Garden in their writing, and situate the novel in historical and theoretical contexts. These essays push beyond the themes that have tended to occupy the majority of academic scholars who have written about The Secret Garden to date. In doing so, they approach the text from theoretical perspectives that allow new light to illuminate old debates. Scholars and students of children's literature, women's literature, transcontinental literature, and the Victorian/Edwardian period will find in this collection refreshing new looks at a children's classic.
Author: Gary Aldrich
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
ISBN: 9780895264060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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A former FBI agent discusses his time in the Clinton White House including the absence of security checks, Vince Foster's suicide, Travelgate, corrupt staffers, and more.
Author: Michael Seth Starr
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema
ISBN: 142347371X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Raymond Burr (1917-1993), a film noir regular known for his villainous roles in movies like Rear Window, became one of the most popular stars in television history. He delighted millions of viewers each week in the toprated shows Perry Mason and Ironside, which ran virtually uninterrupted for nearly twenty years.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization
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Category : People with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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