From birth to death, we care and are cared for by others. Yet we rarely acknowledge care except when it fails. In Love, Money, Duty, Rachel Adams examines the stories we tell about care, those who do the work, and those who depend on it. These narratives, she argues, help us better understand our complicated feelings about care and the obligations that come with it.

Burdens & Blessings: A Lighter-Hearted Approach for Middle-Aged Folks Dealing with Aging Parents by Howard Miller is a candid look at one person’s experience with the gradual necessity to care for aging parents as they became less independent.

Ad oggi la raccolta di fiabe abruzzesi più completa e autentica, storie raccolte dal Ciampoli nel corso dei suoi peregrinaggi in lungo e in largo per l’Abruzzo a cavallo tra la fine dell’800 e l’inizio del ‘900, questo volume getta luce sulle tradizioni e sul folklore di una tra le regione più suggestive d’Italia. Domenico Ciampoli (Atessa, 23 agosto 1852 – Roma, 21 marzo 1929) è stato uno scrittore, bibliotecario e slavista italiano.FEAT DESC

Sentirsi disintegrati è una sensazione che chi lavora con la disabilità conosce bene: la favola dell'inclusione, del non lasciare indietro nessuno, sembra ancora ben lontana dal diventare realtà. A volte bisogna avere il coraggio di "lasciare": cambiare lavoro, direzione, idea. Per far questo è necessario "morire": abbandonare i nostri attaccamenti, i ruoli che ci gratificano, le proiezioni sugli altri, le conferme. Lasciare e andare avanti, aprendosi al nuovo: questo itinerario è difficile perché è perdere se stessi, sentirsi lacerati.

Il sud misterico per scoprire la religiosità, la magia e le superstizioni di questa parte d'Italia. Dal culto dei benefici Santi Medici, Cosma e Damiano, i Diòscuri cristiani al giorno di Santo Marco o della festa della fertilità, che sconfinava in un'orgiastica esaltazione della sensualità; alla festa di San Giovanni e dei riti del solstizio d'estate. Queste e moltissime altre usanze, in alcune zone ancora vive e attuali, popolano questo viaggio nel magico e leggendario del sud Italia.

In this audiobook, Richard D. Phillips cuts through the cultural confusion, highlights God‘s mandate for men, and encourages listeners to join him on a journey of repentance and renewal. Phillips begins in the Garden of Eden, drawing foundational teaching for men from the earliest chapters of God‘s Word.

Using a traditional Yakama tale as a motif, "Coyote’s Swing" combines the author’s firsthand experiences as a consulting psychologist with rare history and sociocultural critique, revealing how the U.S. mental health system reframes Native American reactions to oppression and marginalization into "mental disorders" and "mental illness," and how the Indian Health Service’s contemporary practices echo historical injustices.

America, 2003: A country at war, its shiny veneer beginning to crack. Von Dutch and The Simple Life dominate. And on the cover of every magazine, a twenty-one-year-old pop star named Britney Spears. Tracking her every move for a third-tier gossip rag in Los Angeles was an unknown young writer taking whatever job he could while pursuing his distant literary dreams. He'd instead become an eyewitness to the slow tragedy of a changing nation, represented in spirit by “the coy it-girl at the end of history.”

Ein individueller Stillweg, der gesellschaftspolitische Ebenen wie gleichberechtigte Elternschaft und körperliche Selbstbestimmung einschließt, muss möglich sein. Dafür braucht es Wissen, Sichtbarkeit und das Erkennen, dass Stillen nicht nur Gebärende etwas angeht.

"The Psychology of Bluey" delves into the vibrant world of the beloved Australian animated series, exploring the intricate layers of emotional intelligence, family dynamics, and societal values woven into its storytelling. With each episode, Bluey and her family embark on adventures that are not just playful escapades but lessons in resilience, empathy, and the complexities of human emotions. This book offers an in-depth analysis of how the series impacts both young minds and adult viewers, making profound observations on parenting, childhood development, and the power of imaginative play.

The French are "different." You'll often hear this in conversations among the "Anglo-Saxons," as the French like to call English speakers. "Different" means charming, challenging, questioning, stylish, and doing things in their own way and to their own advantage. By looking at the attitudes and values of the French, and explaining how French life and business works, Culture Smart! France shows you how to fit in as a foreigner.

If ADHD and anxiety are draining your focus, disrupting your relationships, or keeping you stuck—this audiobook is your breakthrough. Backed by science and crafted for the neurodivergent mind, this 7-week CBT program delivers over 50 powerful tools to help you finally regain control—without burnout or overwhelm.

That Day in Dallas: Lee Harvey Oswald Did Not Kill JFK is best described as a prosecution by Robert K. Tanenbaum of those corrupt, unscrupulous government and unelected agency officials, who from inception with predetermined outcomes, deceitfully engaged in insecure, phony pretense probes regarding the assassination in Dealey Plaza. Those responsible are prosecuted while those who speak truth to power are exonerated.

"Hold tight. The way to go mad without losing your mind is sometimes unruly." So begins La Marr Jurelle Bruce's urgent provocation and poignant meditation on madness in black radical art. Bruce theorizes four overlapping meanings of madness: the lived experience of an unruly mind, the psychiatric category of serious mental illness, the emotional state also known as "rage," and any drastic deviation from psychosocial norms.

United Queerdom evocatively captures over five decades of LGBT+ culture and protest from the GLF to 2020s. Showing how central protest is to queer history and identity this book uncovers the back-breaking hard work as well as the glamorous and raucous stories of those who rebelled against injustice and became founders in the story of queer liberation.

In this volume, Joseph W. South dismantles cultural myths that have weakened modern man. From breaking free of the Friend Zone to exposing the manipulative programming of pop culture, this book will arm you with clarity, insight, and strategy to reclaim your confidence and lead relationships with strength.

Born in 1985: The Ultimate Nostalgia Quiz Book is your perfect time machine to relive the highlights of growing up in the '80s, '90s, and early 2000s. Packed with 15 themed chapters and 450 quiz questions, this book will take you on a trip down memory lane, from the music you danced to, to the TV shows you couldn't miss, the toys you played with, and the milestones that marked your youth. Whether you were a fan of Back to the Future, the Tamagotchi, or the Spice Girls, this quiz book is the ultimate challenge for anyone born in 1985.

The paranormal investigator series picks up with what we are calling series two. This series will feature more Famous investigators both real and fictional. This book will explore not only the lives of these investigators but their specialized fields of study. Collin de Plancy, like most other demonologists who came before him, followed the tradition of cataloging demons according to their names and titles. Dictionnaire Infernal is his most renowned work. Reginald Scot wasn't at first convinced of the idea of witches.

中国文化读本不仅是一本介绍中国文化简单常识的通俗读物不仅是一本中国文化的小百科辞典更不仅是一本文化导游手册而是一本能显示中国文化内在精神和中国人的活生生的心灵世界文化性格生活态度审美情趣的文化读物作者希望这本著作不仅能为国内外读者提供一种对中国文化的生动的通俗的介绍而且能为国内外读者提供一种对中国文化的新鲜的有深度的认识我们认为只有这种有深度的认识才能照亮中国文化的本来面貌

By day, Gary Heidnik was a man of God with money, charisma, and a growing congregation. But behind closed doors, he was building a torture chamber by hand and filling it with women.