Author: Trevor C Allonby
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1398428396
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
“Mum, where is Dad, has he gone to bed?” I didn't know where my dad had gone because he just disappeared. I should really have got used to my dad getting drunk because he seemed to spend a lot of time drinking. But when I think about it, his drunkenness didn’t bother me too much: it was the punching of my mum and myself that hurt me the most. However, I did find time to have fun with a couple of friends that I had. The secret agent games that I invented from time to time coincided with the true-life games and excitement that I found along the way.
My Young Life and Experience after 1945
Author: Trevor C Allonby
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1398428396
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
“Mum, where is Dad, has he gone to bed?” I didn't know where my dad had gone because he just disappeared. I should really have got used to my dad getting drunk because he seemed to spend a lot of time drinking. But when I think about it, his drunkenness didn’t bother me too much: it was the punching of my mum and myself that hurt me the most. However, I did find time to have fun with a couple of friends that I had. The secret agent games that I invented from time to time coincided with the true-life games and excitement that I found along the way.
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1398428396
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
“Mum, where is Dad, has he gone to bed?” I didn't know where my dad had gone because he just disappeared. I should really have got used to my dad getting drunk because he seemed to spend a lot of time drinking. But when I think about it, his drunkenness didn’t bother me too much: it was the punching of my mum and myself that hurt me the most. However, I did find time to have fun with a couple of friends that I had. The secret agent games that I invented from time to time coincided with the true-life games and excitement that I found along the way.
Rethinking language education after the experience of covid
Author: Frank Heyworth
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9287193541
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
This publication offers both a timely reflection on the challenges faced and the approaches developed over the course of the pandemic and a look into the future at ways in which the skills and insights gained may bring about beneficial lasting changes in the teaching and learning of languages.
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9287193541
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
This publication offers both a timely reflection on the challenges faced and the approaches developed over the course of the pandemic and a look into the future at ways in which the skills and insights gained may bring about beneficial lasting changes in the teaching and learning of languages.
My Caesarean: Twenty-One Mothers on the C-Section Experience and After
Author: Amanda Fields
Publisher: The Experiment, LLC
ISBN: 161519553X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Twenty-one vivid, moving essays on caesarean birth “No one talks about C-sections as surgery,” writes SooJin Pate. “They talk about it as if it’s just another way—albeit more convenient way—of giving birth.” The twenty-one essays in My Caesarean add back to the conversation the missing voices of a vast, invisible sisterhood. Robin Schoenthaler reflects: “A C-section for us meant life.” And yet, women who don’t give birth vaginally—by choice or necessity—often feel stigmatized. “My son’s birth was not a test I needed to pass,” writes Sara Bates. “As if growing a human inside another human for nine months then caring for it the rest of its life isn’t enough,” adds Mary Pan, herself a physician. Alongside their personal stories, the writers—decorated novelists, poets, and essayists—address the history of the C-section as well as its risks, social inequities, impact on the body, and psychological aftermath. My Caesarean is a heartfelt meditation, offering much-needed comfort through shared experience. Contributors include: Catherine Newman, Judy Batalion, Nicole Cooley, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Lisa Solod, Misty Urban, Jacinda Townsend, Mary Pan, Robin Schoenthaler, Elizabeth Noll, Jen Fitzgerald, Tyrese Coleman, SooJin Pate, Daniela Montoya-Barthelemy, Cameron Dezen Hammon, LaToya Jordan, Sara Bates, Susan Hoffmann, and Alicia Jo Rabins.
Publisher: The Experiment, LLC
ISBN: 161519553X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Twenty-one vivid, moving essays on caesarean birth “No one talks about C-sections as surgery,” writes SooJin Pate. “They talk about it as if it’s just another way—albeit more convenient way—of giving birth.” The twenty-one essays in My Caesarean add back to the conversation the missing voices of a vast, invisible sisterhood. Robin Schoenthaler reflects: “A C-section for us meant life.” And yet, women who don’t give birth vaginally—by choice or necessity—often feel stigmatized. “My son’s birth was not a test I needed to pass,” writes Sara Bates. “As if growing a human inside another human for nine months then caring for it the rest of its life isn’t enough,” adds Mary Pan, herself a physician. Alongside their personal stories, the writers—decorated novelists, poets, and essayists—address the history of the C-section as well as its risks, social inequities, impact on the body, and psychological aftermath. My Caesarean is a heartfelt meditation, offering much-needed comfort through shared experience. Contributors include: Catherine Newman, Judy Batalion, Nicole Cooley, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Lisa Solod, Misty Urban, Jacinda Townsend, Mary Pan, Robin Schoenthaler, Elizabeth Noll, Jen Fitzgerald, Tyrese Coleman, SooJin Pate, Daniela Montoya-Barthelemy, Cameron Dezen Hammon, LaToya Jordan, Sara Bates, Susan Hoffmann, and Alicia Jo Rabins.
Trauma, Experience and Narrative in Europe after World War II
Author: Ville Kivimäki
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030846636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
This book promotes a historically and culturally sensitive understanding of trauma during and after World War II. Focusing especially on Eastern and Central Europe, its contributors take a fresh look at the experiences of violence and loss in 1939–45 and their long-term effects in different cultures and societies. The chapters analyze traumatic experiences among soldiers and civilians alike and expand the study of traumatic violence beyond psychiatric discourses and treatments. While acknowledging the problems of applying a present-day medical concept to the past, this book makes a case for a cultural, social and historical study of trauma. Moving the focus of historical trauma studies from World War I to World War II and from Western Europe to the east, it breaks new ground and helps to explain the troublesome politics of memory and trauma in post-1945 Europe all the way to the present day. This book is an outcome of a workshop project ‘Historical Trauma Studies,’ funded by the Joint Committee for the Nordic Research Councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS) in 2018–20. Chapters 4, 5 and 6 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030846636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
This book promotes a historically and culturally sensitive understanding of trauma during and after World War II. Focusing especially on Eastern and Central Europe, its contributors take a fresh look at the experiences of violence and loss in 1939–45 and their long-term effects in different cultures and societies. The chapters analyze traumatic experiences among soldiers and civilians alike and expand the study of traumatic violence beyond psychiatric discourses and treatments. While acknowledging the problems of applying a present-day medical concept to the past, this book makes a case for a cultural, social and historical study of trauma. Moving the focus of historical trauma studies from World War I to World War II and from Western Europe to the east, it breaks new ground and helps to explain the troublesome politics of memory and trauma in post-1945 Europe all the way to the present day. This book is an outcome of a workshop project ‘Historical Trauma Studies,’ funded by the Joint Committee for the Nordic Research Councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS) in 2018–20. Chapters 4, 5 and 6 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Coming Back to Life
Author: P. M. H. Atwater
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806523033
Category : Near-death experiences
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1977, P.M.H. Atwater had an experience that changed her life: she died. Or rather, she almost died. Like millions of other people around the world, she had survived a Near-Death Experience (NDE). Compelled to share this experience with others, she wrote Coming Back to Life, an account that became an instant sensation, and is now considered a classic on the subject of NDE.
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806523033
Category : Near-death experiences
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1977, P.M.H. Atwater had an experience that changed her life: she died. Or rather, she almost died. Like millions of other people around the world, she had survived a Near-Death Experience (NDE). Compelled to share this experience with others, she wrote Coming Back to Life, an account that became an instant sensation, and is now considered a classic on the subject of NDE.
Life After Death
Author: Ian Wilson
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 9780330353946
Category : Future life
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
By the author of “ Jesus: the Evidence” . This book investigates the question of whether there is life after death, based on real-life experiences. It explores aspects of the near-death experience, such as the floating “ out of body” and the “ going back” to physical life.
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 9780330353946
Category : Future life
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
By the author of “ Jesus: the Evidence” . This book investigates the question of whether there is life after death, based on real-life experiences. It explores aspects of the near-death experience, such as the floating “ out of body” and the “ going back” to physical life.
A Life After Death Experience
Author: Elizabeth Levy
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1598582895
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
A PERSONAL MESSAGE TO MY READERS Look deep within yourselves Do you have a well-hidden inferiority complex, low self-esteem or feelings of inadequacy in some area of your life? Have you been denied opportunities you thought really belonged to you and could not find an explanation? Has there been love or relationships gone wrong that should not have? What about negative circumstances appearing in your life under which you feel you had no control? What about obstacles hurled into your life from out of nowhere? Have you dreamed of improving your life but every avenue toward that dream became blocked? If the answer to one or more of the above questions is "Yes," then this book is for you, your personal highway map for gaining control of your life for successful living. It is a straightforward, no nonsense learning manual dealing with the wondrous horizons which lay before you thus erasing ignorance, superstition or fear. This is not necessarily a book on religion or any religious belief but rather, a thought-provoking, attitude adjustment on how religion, science and philosophy play an integral part of your everyday living. Feelings of insecurity are deadly. Insecurity begets an inferiority complex, low self-esteem or inadequacy. You were not born with these emotions. Therefore, they had to be acquired. They are nothing short of being smokescreens hindering you from improving your life of becoming that wonderful, beautiful and talented person you were meant to be. Each of you is a precious creation There are no other creations in the universe as magnificently designed by the Infinite Architect. You were given dominion over all the other creatures in this universe and this glorious gift called life. What other creation thinks, rationalizes, make decisions and acts with intelligence? This is your birthright. You are something special You are in charge Please keep this in mind. All is Universal Law as set forth by the Divine Architect. There is nothing outside the Law, absolutely nothing In order to live a fulfilled life, you must learn the Law and how to apply it to your life. The Law is simple and easy to understand. There is nothing mysterious in this book. There is no guesswork When you begin to grasp and realize the immense power you hold in your hands, nothing, absolutely nothing, will be withheld from you. Obstacles will dissolve before your very eyes. Hold this thought You were divinely made ." . . in the Image After the Likeness. . . ." REMEMBER IT Elizabeth Jean Levy
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1598582895
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
A PERSONAL MESSAGE TO MY READERS Look deep within yourselves Do you have a well-hidden inferiority complex, low self-esteem or feelings of inadequacy in some area of your life? Have you been denied opportunities you thought really belonged to you and could not find an explanation? Has there been love or relationships gone wrong that should not have? What about negative circumstances appearing in your life under which you feel you had no control? What about obstacles hurled into your life from out of nowhere? Have you dreamed of improving your life but every avenue toward that dream became blocked? If the answer to one or more of the above questions is "Yes," then this book is for you, your personal highway map for gaining control of your life for successful living. It is a straightforward, no nonsense learning manual dealing with the wondrous horizons which lay before you thus erasing ignorance, superstition or fear. This is not necessarily a book on religion or any religious belief but rather, a thought-provoking, attitude adjustment on how religion, science and philosophy play an integral part of your everyday living. Feelings of insecurity are deadly. Insecurity begets an inferiority complex, low self-esteem or inadequacy. You were not born with these emotions. Therefore, they had to be acquired. They are nothing short of being smokescreens hindering you from improving your life of becoming that wonderful, beautiful and talented person you were meant to be. Each of you is a precious creation There are no other creations in the universe as magnificently designed by the Infinite Architect. You were given dominion over all the other creatures in this universe and this glorious gift called life. What other creation thinks, rationalizes, make decisions and acts with intelligence? This is your birthright. You are something special You are in charge Please keep this in mind. All is Universal Law as set forth by the Divine Architect. There is nothing outside the Law, absolutely nothing In order to live a fulfilled life, you must learn the Law and how to apply it to your life. The Law is simple and easy to understand. There is nothing mysterious in this book. There is no guesswork When you begin to grasp and realize the immense power you hold in your hands, nothing, absolutely nothing, will be withheld from you. Obstacles will dissolve before your very eyes. Hold this thought You were divinely made ." . . in the Image After the Likeness. . . ." REMEMBER IT Elizabeth Jean Levy
Religion, Spirituality and the Near-Death Experience
Author: Mark Fox
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134442793
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death is a dramatic and sustained response to decades of research into near-death experiences (NDEs) - the first to credibly bridge the gap between the competing factions of science and spirituality.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134442793
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death is a dramatic and sustained response to decades of research into near-death experiences (NDEs) - the first to credibly bridge the gap between the competing factions of science and spirituality.
Homeland Insecurity
Author: Louis A. Cainkar
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610447689
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
In the aftermath of 9/11, many Arab and Muslim Americans came under intense scrutiny by federal and local authorities, as well as their own neighbors, on the chance that they might know, support, or actually be terrorists. As Louise Cainkar observes, even U.S.-born Arabs and Muslims were portrayed as outsiders, an image that was amplified in the months after the attacks. She argues that 9/11 did not create anti-Arab and anti-Muslim suspicion; rather, their socially constructed images and social and political exclusion long before these attacks created an environment in which misunderstanding and hostility could thrive and the government could defend its use of profiling. Combining analysis and ethnography, Homeland Insecurity provides an intimate view of what it means to be an Arab or a Muslim in a country set on edge by the worst terrorist attack in its history. Focusing on the metropolitan Chicago area, Cainkar conducted more than a hundred research interviews and five in-depth oral histories. In this, the most comprehensive ethnographic study of the post-9/11 period for American Arabs and Muslims, native-born and immigrant Palestinians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Iraqis, Yemenis, Sudanese, Jordanians, and others speak candidly about their lives as well as their experiences with government, public mistrust, discrimination, and harassment after 9/11. The book reveals that Arab Muslims were more likely to be attacked in certain spatial contexts than others and that Muslim women wearing the hijab were more vulnerable to assault than men, as their head scarves were interpreted by some as a rejection of American culture. Even as the 9/11 Commission never found any evidence that members of Arab- or Muslim-American communities were involved in the attacks, respondents discuss their feelings of insecurity—a heightened sense of physical vulnerability and exclusion from the guarantees of citizenship afforded other Americans. Yet the vast majority of those interviewed for Homeland Insecurity report feeling optimistic about the future of Arab and Muslim life in the United States. Most of the respondents talked about their increased interest in the teachings of Islam, whether to counter anti-Muslim slurs or to better educate themselves. Governmental and popular hostility proved to be a springboard for heightened social and civic engagement. Immigrant organizations, religious leaders, civil rights advocates, community organizers, and others defended Arabs and Muslims and built networks with their organizations. Local roundtables between Arab and Muslim leaders, law enforcement, and homeland security agencies developed better understanding of Arab and Muslim communities. These post-9/11 changes have given way to stronger ties and greater inclusion in American social and political life. Will the United States extend its values of freedom and inclusion beyond the politics of "us" and "them" stirred up after 9/11? The answer is still not clear. Homeland Insecurity is keenly observed and adds Arab and Muslim American voices to this still-unfolding period in American history.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610447689
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
In the aftermath of 9/11, many Arab and Muslim Americans came under intense scrutiny by federal and local authorities, as well as their own neighbors, on the chance that they might know, support, or actually be terrorists. As Louise Cainkar observes, even U.S.-born Arabs and Muslims were portrayed as outsiders, an image that was amplified in the months after the attacks. She argues that 9/11 did not create anti-Arab and anti-Muslim suspicion; rather, their socially constructed images and social and political exclusion long before these attacks created an environment in which misunderstanding and hostility could thrive and the government could defend its use of profiling. Combining analysis and ethnography, Homeland Insecurity provides an intimate view of what it means to be an Arab or a Muslim in a country set on edge by the worst terrorist attack in its history. Focusing on the metropolitan Chicago area, Cainkar conducted more than a hundred research interviews and five in-depth oral histories. In this, the most comprehensive ethnographic study of the post-9/11 period for American Arabs and Muslims, native-born and immigrant Palestinians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Iraqis, Yemenis, Sudanese, Jordanians, and others speak candidly about their lives as well as their experiences with government, public mistrust, discrimination, and harassment after 9/11. The book reveals that Arab Muslims were more likely to be attacked in certain spatial contexts than others and that Muslim women wearing the hijab were more vulnerable to assault than men, as their head scarves were interpreted by some as a rejection of American culture. Even as the 9/11 Commission never found any evidence that members of Arab- or Muslim-American communities were involved in the attacks, respondents discuss their feelings of insecurity—a heightened sense of physical vulnerability and exclusion from the guarantees of citizenship afforded other Americans. Yet the vast majority of those interviewed for Homeland Insecurity report feeling optimistic about the future of Arab and Muslim life in the United States. Most of the respondents talked about their increased interest in the teachings of Islam, whether to counter anti-Muslim slurs or to better educate themselves. Governmental and popular hostility proved to be a springboard for heightened social and civic engagement. Immigrant organizations, religious leaders, civil rights advocates, community organizers, and others defended Arabs and Muslims and built networks with their organizations. Local roundtables between Arab and Muslim leaders, law enforcement, and homeland security agencies developed better understanding of Arab and Muslim communities. These post-9/11 changes have given way to stronger ties and greater inclusion in American social and political life. Will the United States extend its values of freedom and inclusion beyond the politics of "us" and "them" stirred up after 9/11? The answer is still not clear. Homeland Insecurity is keenly observed and adds Arab and Muslim American voices to this still-unfolding period in American history.
Dying to Be Me
Author: Anita Moorjani
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 1401937527
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "I had the choice to come back ... or not. I chose to return when I realized that 'heaven' is a state, not a place" In this truly inspirational memoir, Anita Moorjani relates how, after fighting cancer for almost four years, her body began shutting down—overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system. As her organs failed, she entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she realized her inherent worth . . . and the actual cause of her disease. Upon regaining consciousness, Anita found that her condition had improved so rapidly that she was released from the hospital within weeks—without a trace of cancer in her body! Within this enhanced e-book, Anita recounts—in words and on video—stories of her childhood in Hong Kong, her challenge to establish her career and find true love, as well as how she eventually ended up in that hospital bed where she defied all medical knowledge. In "Dying to Be Me," Anita Freely shares all she has learned about illness, healing, fear, "being love," and the true magnificence of each and every human being!
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 1401937527
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "I had the choice to come back ... or not. I chose to return when I realized that 'heaven' is a state, not a place" In this truly inspirational memoir, Anita Moorjani relates how, after fighting cancer for almost four years, her body began shutting down—overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system. As her organs failed, she entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she realized her inherent worth . . . and the actual cause of her disease. Upon regaining consciousness, Anita found that her condition had improved so rapidly that she was released from the hospital within weeks—without a trace of cancer in her body! Within this enhanced e-book, Anita recounts—in words and on video—stories of her childhood in Hong Kong, her challenge to establish her career and find true love, as well as how she eventually ended up in that hospital bed where she defied all medical knowledge. In "Dying to Be Me," Anita Freely shares all she has learned about illness, healing, fear, "being love," and the true magnificence of each and every human being!