Author: Séan McCann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781774711385
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Paperback edition of bestselling, powerful memoir co-written by the founder of Great Big Sea and his wife, exploring alcoholism, childhood abuse, and the fight to save their marriage, family, and themselves. Globe & Mail Bestseller Quill & Quire Industry Pick, Best Books of 2020 This deeply personal memoir, co-written by singer-songwriter, renowned mental health advocate, and recent Order of Canada recipient Séan McCann and wife Andrea Aragon leaves no stone unturned. Detailing in powerful and lyrical prose a Newfoundland childhood indoctrinated in strict Catholic faith, the creation of the wildly successful Great Big Sea, and the battle with alcoholism that nearly cost them everything, McCann and Aragon offer readers a story of reaching international fame and finding rock bottom. Most of all, this book is an honest, raw, and inspiring tribute to embracing the belief that we are all worth saving. At the heart of this insightful coming-of-recovery is McCann's exploration of the root cause of his alcoholism; a secret he kept until 2014 when he came out as a survivor of sexual abuse. Aragon's parallel narrative offers a rare and intimate spousal perspective, making the memoir a nuanced and complex portrait of the effects of addiction on family. Featuring lyrics from McCann's celebrated solo career, personal colour photographs, and original drawings from visual artist Bee Stanton, One Good Reason is a rallying cry for holding on to the ones you love, helping yourself, and turning music into medicine.
One Good Reason
Author: Séan McCann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781774711385
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Paperback edition of bestselling, powerful memoir co-written by the founder of Great Big Sea and his wife, exploring alcoholism, childhood abuse, and the fight to save their marriage, family, and themselves. Globe & Mail Bestseller Quill & Quire Industry Pick, Best Books of 2020 This deeply personal memoir, co-written by singer-songwriter, renowned mental health advocate, and recent Order of Canada recipient Séan McCann and wife Andrea Aragon leaves no stone unturned. Detailing in powerful and lyrical prose a Newfoundland childhood indoctrinated in strict Catholic faith, the creation of the wildly successful Great Big Sea, and the battle with alcoholism that nearly cost them everything, McCann and Aragon offer readers a story of reaching international fame and finding rock bottom. Most of all, this book is an honest, raw, and inspiring tribute to embracing the belief that we are all worth saving. At the heart of this insightful coming-of-recovery is McCann's exploration of the root cause of his alcoholism; a secret he kept until 2014 when he came out as a survivor of sexual abuse. Aragon's parallel narrative offers a rare and intimate spousal perspective, making the memoir a nuanced and complex portrait of the effects of addiction on family. Featuring lyrics from McCann's celebrated solo career, personal colour photographs, and original drawings from visual artist Bee Stanton, One Good Reason is a rallying cry for holding on to the ones you love, helping yourself, and turning music into medicine.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781774711385
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Paperback edition of bestselling, powerful memoir co-written by the founder of Great Big Sea and his wife, exploring alcoholism, childhood abuse, and the fight to save their marriage, family, and themselves. Globe & Mail Bestseller Quill & Quire Industry Pick, Best Books of 2020 This deeply personal memoir, co-written by singer-songwriter, renowned mental health advocate, and recent Order of Canada recipient Séan McCann and wife Andrea Aragon leaves no stone unturned. Detailing in powerful and lyrical prose a Newfoundland childhood indoctrinated in strict Catholic faith, the creation of the wildly successful Great Big Sea, and the battle with alcoholism that nearly cost them everything, McCann and Aragon offer readers a story of reaching international fame and finding rock bottom. Most of all, this book is an honest, raw, and inspiring tribute to embracing the belief that we are all worth saving. At the heart of this insightful coming-of-recovery is McCann's exploration of the root cause of his alcoholism; a secret he kept until 2014 when he came out as a survivor of sexual abuse. Aragon's parallel narrative offers a rare and intimate spousal perspective, making the memoir a nuanced and complex portrait of the effects of addiction on family. Featuring lyrics from McCann's celebrated solo career, personal colour photographs, and original drawings from visual artist Bee Stanton, One Good Reason is a rallying cry for holding on to the ones you love, helping yourself, and turning music into medicine.
One Good Reason
Author: Julie Johnson
Publisher: Julie Johnson
ISBN: 0996510842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher: Julie Johnson
ISBN: 0996510842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
No Good Reason
Author: Cari Hunter
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN: 1626393966
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
“I can’t do this. I can’t do any of this without her.”Detective Sanne Jensen (not blonde, not tall, definitely not Scandinavian) and Dr. Meg Fielding (scruffy, scatterbrained, prone to swearing at patients) are lifelong best friends, sharing the same deprived background and occasionally the same bed.When a violent kidnapping stuns the Peak District village of Rowlee, both women become involved in the case. As Sanne and her colleagues in East Derbyshire Special Ops search for the culprit, and Meg fights to keep his victim alive, a shocking discovery turns the investigation on its head. With the clock ticking, Sanne and Meg find themselves pushed closer by a crime that threatens to tear everything apart.
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN: 1626393966
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
“I can’t do this. I can’t do any of this without her.”Detective Sanne Jensen (not blonde, not tall, definitely not Scandinavian) and Dr. Meg Fielding (scruffy, scatterbrained, prone to swearing at patients) are lifelong best friends, sharing the same deprived background and occasionally the same bed.When a violent kidnapping stuns the Peak District village of Rowlee, both women become involved in the case. As Sanne and her colleagues in East Derbyshire Special Ops search for the culprit, and Meg fights to keep his victim alive, a shocking discovery turns the investigation on its head. With the clock ticking, Sanne and Meg find themselves pushed closer by a crime that threatens to tear everything apart.
Smile for No Good Reason
Author: Lee Jampolsky
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1608101908
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Smile For No Good Reason by New York Times best-selling author Dr. Lee Jampolosky, is filled with simple things you can do to get happy NOW! Presented in clear and concise ways it has helped thousands of people and now it can help you! Dr. Jampolsky teaches us about attitudinal healing through 12 principles taught through powerful and concise stories that will give you the tools to live a happier and more meaningful life. Attitudinal healing is a way to go through your day responding to life's challenges with peace of mind rather than with fear, anger and guilt. It has helped thousands of people and now it can help you.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1608101908
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Smile For No Good Reason by New York Times best-selling author Dr. Lee Jampolosky, is filled with simple things you can do to get happy NOW! Presented in clear and concise ways it has helped thousands of people and now it can help you! Dr. Jampolsky teaches us about attitudinal healing through 12 principles taught through powerful and concise stories that will give you the tools to live a happier and more meaningful life. Attitudinal healing is a way to go through your day responding to life's challenges with peace of mind rather than with fear, anger and guilt. It has helped thousands of people and now it can help you.
With Good Reason
Author: S. Morris Engel
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780312084790
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A concise, easy-to-read introduction to informal logic, "With Good Reason" offers both comprehensive coverage of informal fallacies and an abundance of engaging examples of both well-conceived and faulty arguments. A long-time favorite of both students and instructors, the text continues in its sixth edition to provide an abundance of exercises that help students identify, correct, and avoid common errors in argumentation.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780312084790
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A concise, easy-to-read introduction to informal logic, "With Good Reason" offers both comprehensive coverage of informal fallacies and an abundance of engaging examples of both well-conceived and faulty arguments. A long-time favorite of both students and instructors, the text continues in its sixth edition to provide an abundance of exercises that help students identify, correct, and avoid common errors in argumentation.
Desire, Practical Reason, and the Good
Author: Sergio Tenenbaum
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195382447
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The "Guise of the Good" thesis -- the view that desire, intention, or action) always aims at the good - has received renewed attention in the last twenty years. The book brings together work on various issues related to this thesis both from contemporary and historical perspectives.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195382447
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The "Guise of the Good" thesis -- the view that desire, intention, or action) always aims at the good - has received renewed attention in the last twenty years. The book brings together work on various issues related to this thesis both from contemporary and historical perspectives.
One Good Reason
Author: Sarah Mayberry
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373717245
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Planning to leave Melbourne once his later father's affairs are completed, Jon Adamson finds himself delaying his departure after meeting office manager Gabby Wade.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373717245
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Planning to leave Melbourne once his later father's affairs are completed, Jon Adamson finds himself delaying his departure after meeting office manager Gabby Wade.
The Good Project
Author: Monika Krause
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022613153X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
NGOs set out to save lives, relieve suffering, and service basic human needs. They are committed to serving people across national borders and without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, or religion, and they offer crucial help during earthquakes, tsunamis, wars, and pandemics. But with so many ailing areas in need of assistance, how do these organizations decide where to go—and who gets the aid? In The Good Project, Monika Krause dives into the intricacies of the decision-making process at NGOs and uncovers a basic truth: It may be the case that relief agencies try to help people but, in practical terms, the main focus of their work is to produce projects. Agencies sell projects to key institutional donors, and in the process the project and its beneficiaries become commodities. In an effort to guarantee a successful project, organizations are incentivized to help those who are easy to help, while those who are hardest to help often receive no assistance at all. The poorest of the world are made to compete against each other to become projects—and in exchange they offer legitimacy to aid agencies and donor governments. Sure to be controversial, The Good Project offers a provocative new perspective on how NGOs succeed and fail on a local and global level.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022613153X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
NGOs set out to save lives, relieve suffering, and service basic human needs. They are committed to serving people across national borders and without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, or religion, and they offer crucial help during earthquakes, tsunamis, wars, and pandemics. But with so many ailing areas in need of assistance, how do these organizations decide where to go—and who gets the aid? In The Good Project, Monika Krause dives into the intricacies of the decision-making process at NGOs and uncovers a basic truth: It may be the case that relief agencies try to help people but, in practical terms, the main focus of their work is to produce projects. Agencies sell projects to key institutional donors, and in the process the project and its beneficiaries become commodities. In an effort to guarantee a successful project, organizations are incentivized to help those who are easy to help, while those who are hardest to help often receive no assistance at all. The poorest of the world are made to compete against each other to become projects—and in exchange they offer legitimacy to aid agencies and donor governments. Sure to be controversial, The Good Project offers a provocative new perspective on how NGOs succeed and fail on a local and global level.
Give War and Peace a Chance
Author: Andrew D. Kaufman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451644728
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
“This lively appreciation of one of the most intimidating and massive novels ever written should persuade many hesitant readers to try scaling the heights of War and Peace sooner rather than later” (Publishers Weekly). Considered by many critics the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is also one of the most feared. And at 1,500 pages, it’s no wonder why. Still, in July 2009 Newsweek put War and Peace at the top of its list of 100 great novels and a 2007 edition of the AARP Bulletin included the novel in their list of the top four books everybody should read by the age of fifty. A New York Times survey from 2009 identified War and Peace as the world classic you’re most likely to find people reading on their subway commute to work. What might all those Newsweek devotees, senior citizens, and harried commuters see in a book about the Napoleonic Wars in the early 1800s? War and Peace is many things. It is a love story, a family saga, a war novel. But at its core it’s a novel about human beings attempting to create a meaningful life for themselves in a country torn apart by war, social change, political intrigue, and spiritual confusion. It is a mirror of our times. Give War and Peace a Chance takes readers on a journey through War and Peace that reframes their very understanding of what it means to live through troubled times and survive them. Touching on a broad range of topics, from courage to romance, parenting to death, Kaufman demonstrates how Tolstoy’s wisdom can help us live fuller, more meaningful lives. The ideal companion to War and Peace, this book “makes Tolstoy’s characters lively and palpable…and may well persuade readers to finally dive into one of the world’s most acclaimed—and daunting—novels” (Kirkus Reviews).
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451644728
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
“This lively appreciation of one of the most intimidating and massive novels ever written should persuade many hesitant readers to try scaling the heights of War and Peace sooner rather than later” (Publishers Weekly). Considered by many critics the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is also one of the most feared. And at 1,500 pages, it’s no wonder why. Still, in July 2009 Newsweek put War and Peace at the top of its list of 100 great novels and a 2007 edition of the AARP Bulletin included the novel in their list of the top four books everybody should read by the age of fifty. A New York Times survey from 2009 identified War and Peace as the world classic you’re most likely to find people reading on their subway commute to work. What might all those Newsweek devotees, senior citizens, and harried commuters see in a book about the Napoleonic Wars in the early 1800s? War and Peace is many things. It is a love story, a family saga, a war novel. But at its core it’s a novel about human beings attempting to create a meaningful life for themselves in a country torn apart by war, social change, political intrigue, and spiritual confusion. It is a mirror of our times. Give War and Peace a Chance takes readers on a journey through War and Peace that reframes their very understanding of what it means to live through troubled times and survive them. Touching on a broad range of topics, from courage to romance, parenting to death, Kaufman demonstrates how Tolstoy’s wisdom can help us live fuller, more meaningful lives. The ideal companion to War and Peace, this book “makes Tolstoy’s characters lively and palpable…and may well persuade readers to finally dive into one of the world’s most acclaimed—and daunting—novels” (Kirkus Reviews).
Reason Number One
Author: Briston Brooks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781539420538
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
All Taylor wants to do is stop. Stop being gay, stop being sick, stop being the world's biggest burden. And when a prestigious university hands him a scholarship to another life, he's got his chance. A chance to go from Taylor Lassau, the human tragedy, to Taylor, the human, sexuality unspecified. Too bad unspecified feels a lot like gay when Calis Schrader, the cute guy with a smoking habit, keeps smiling at him. And then there's the whole angry ex-boyfriend situation.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781539420538
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
All Taylor wants to do is stop. Stop being gay, stop being sick, stop being the world's biggest burden. And when a prestigious university hands him a scholarship to another life, he's got his chance. A chance to go from Taylor Lassau, the human tragedy, to Taylor, the human, sexuality unspecified. Too bad unspecified feels a lot like gay when Calis Schrader, the cute guy with a smoking habit, keeps smiling at him. And then there's the whole angry ex-boyfriend situation.