Author: Sioux Dallas
Publisher: CCB Publishing
ISBN: 1927360315
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Dangerous Hilarity came about because identical twin boys were playful and mischievous. One of them thought it was funny to play practical jokes and once almost lost his own life due to one of his jokes. Follow the Jackson family as they travel across the United States from Virginia to Alaska. It would be fun to get a map and follow their journey. The three years they spent in Alaska were adventurous and entertaining. It is heartwarming to grow with them and discover how they matured and learned to care for others and for animals as well. About the Author Sioux Dallas, a widow and a retired public school teacher, has had many animals. She has had cats, dogs, horses, goats, gerbils, snakes and fish. All of her dogs were rescued as were the cats. She trained her dogs to be good guard dogs without being vicious. One horse was dear to her heart and she grieved when he died. He was a rescued horse, as were a majority of hers. She raised, trained the horses and gave riding lessons. She gave free lessons to the blind and mentally challenged. Dallas is active in her church and has been a Bible teacher for many years. Now, in a wheelchair, she writes books and loves to share with people about her experiences. Her graduate studies were in Guidance and Psychology, so she's a good listener and is happy to know she has helped someone.
Author: Joel Fram
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN: 9780762427222
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Weird Cures is a catalog of very strange, sometimes hilarious, often horrifying cures that were actually used by physicians, and then discredited. Some of these so-called cures are beyond belief! For instance: Mercury, now known to be highly toxic, was once thought to draw poison from the body. It was even administered for routine ills like constipation and toothaches! Strappado, a technique in which patients are strapped to ladders and dropped from significant heights, was used to correct spinal misalignments. It is now considered torture. Weird Cures is a compendium of these bizarre and sometimes fatal treatments. This fun look at medical history will fascinate and astonish, and make you laugh and gasp at the same time.
Author: Denis Christopher Flynn
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781583912119
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Severe Emotional Disturbance in Children and Adolescents conveys the experiences of severely emotionally disturbed children in detailed accounts of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and explores the life and death struggles against severe self-harm to body and mind by the most distressed sections of adolescents. Illustrated by clinical material, chapters cover subjects including: * the inpatient therapeutic setting * family rehabilitation after physical, sexual and emotional abuse * the adoptive father * work with adolescent inpatients with spina bifida * assessment, treatment and clinical management of adolescent disturbance. Severe Emotional Disturbance in Children and Adolescents underlines the value of intensive psychoanalytic psychotherapy as a coherent method of treatment in even the most severe cases of emotional disturbance. Psychotherapists, mental health workers, and social workers will find it a valuable resource for difficult work in a variety of contexts.
Author: Calista McRae
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501750992
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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A poet walks into a bar... In Lyric as Comedy, Calista McRae explores the unexpected comic opportunities within recent American poems about deeply personal, often embarrassing, experiences. Lyric poems, she finds, can be surprising sites of a shifting, unruly comedy, as seen in the work of John Berryman, Robert Lowell, A. R. Ammons, Terrance Hayes, Morgan Parker, Natalie Shapero, and Monica Youn. Lyric as Comedy draws out the ways in which key American poets have struggled with persistent expectations about what expressive poetry can and should do. McRae reveals how the modern lyric, rather than bestowing order on the poet's thoughts and emotions, can center on impropriety and confusion, formal breakage and linguistic unruliness, and self-observation and self-staging. The close readings in Lyric as Comedy also provide new insight into the theory and aesthetics of comedy, taking in the indirect, glancing comic affordances of poetry. In doing so, McRae captures varieties of humor that do not align with traditional terms, centering abjection and pleasure as facets of contemporary lyric practice.
Author: Lee E. Echols
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780935998603
Category : Shooting
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Author: Manda Scott
Publisher: Delta
ISBN: 0440336899
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 463
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It has been twenty years since the Romans first occupied Britannia, and the rebellion by Boudica and her people nears its bloody climax. Now, as the Roman army marches on Mona, the last protected village in Britannia, the only hope for her nation lies with Boudica. With so much to lose—the very lives of her children and an entire culture on the verge of obliteration—Boudica must find a way to save her people. In doing so, she will change the face of history forever.
Author: Thomas Wolfe
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1912
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Thomas Wolfe's groundbreaking works, 'Look Homeward, Angel' and 'Of Time and the River', encompass a unique blend of autobiographical fiction and stream-of-consciousness narration. Set in the early 20th century South, these novels capture the essence of growing up, self-discovery, and the passage of time. Wolfe's masterful prose delves deep into the inner thoughts and emotions of his characters, providing a rich exploration of human experiences and relationships. The novels are characterized by their expansive introspection, vivid imagery, and lyrical storytelling that immerses readers in the turbulent world of the protagonist. Thomas Wolfe, known for his prolific writing and tumultuous personal life, drew inspiration from his own upbringing in the American South to craft these literary masterpieces. His keen observations of society and his own struggles with identity and belonging are reflected in the intricate narratives of his novels. Wolfe's dedication to capturing the complexities of human existence shines through in every page, leaving a lasting impact on readers. I recommend 'Look Homeward, Angel' and 'Of Time and the River' to readers seeking a profound and thought-provoking exploration of life's deepest mysteries. Wolfe's compelling storytelling and insightful reflections make these novels essential reads for anyone interested in the complexities of human nature and the passage of time.
Author: William Jasper Nicolls
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Author: Sioux Dallas
Publisher: CCB Publishing
ISBN: 1927360994
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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First Experience is not a complete book on how to ride, but it is designed to help the beginner choose the best horse for their own use and to select the proper stable for the animal. Animals have feelings just as people do, and because people are supposed to have a better brain, we need to be caring and concerned about the animal. They will serve one faithfully and with unconditional love if they are loved and cared for properly. About the Author Sioux Dallas has loved horses all of her life ever since her father put her in front of him on a horse when she was six months old. However she wasn't financially able to own one until she had finished college and started working. Her first horse was the great-grandson of Man O'War. Dallas had taken lessons in licensed establishments, and one of her jumping instructors had ridden with the Queen's Guards in England. She learned well and began giving lessons to beginners. Dallas was also a charter member in the Riding for the Handicapped School and used her horses free of charge to work with the blind and mentally challenged. She was horrified to learn that supposedly intelligent people knew nothing about matching a horse with the ability of the rider. She felt that the many books on horses were excellent, but not for people who had never owned a horse. She decided to share her knowledge and experience to help others and, hopefully, prevent injury to person and abuse to animals.
Author: Dorothy Dunnett
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307762343
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1219
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Back in print by popular demand--"A stunning revelation of the historical Macbeth, harsh and brutal and eloquent." --Washington Post Book World. With the same meticulous scholarship and narrative legerdemain she brought to her hugely popular Lymond Chronicles, our foremost historical novelist travels further into the past. In King Hereafter, Dorothy Dunnett's stage is the wild, half-pagan country of eleventh-century Scotland. Her hero is an ungainly young earl with a lowering brow and a taste for intrigue. He calls himself Thorfinn but his Christian name is Macbeth. Dunnett depicts Macbeth's transformation from an angry boy who refuses to accept his meager share of the Orkney Islands to a suavely accomplished warrior who seizes an empire with the help of a wife as shrewd and valiant as himself. She creates characters who are at once wholly creatures of another time yet always recognizable--and she does so with such realism and immediacy that she once more elevates historical fiction into high art.
