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Kurt Vonnegut: Letters
By Kurt Vonnegut, Dan Wakefield. 2012
This extraordinary collection of personal correspondence has all the hallmarks of Kurt Vonnegut's fiction. Written over a sixty-year period, these…
letters, the vast majority of them never before published, are funny, moving, and full of the same uncanny wisdom that has endeared his work to readers worldwide. Included in this comprehensive volume: the letter a twenty-two-year-old Vonnegut wrote home immediately upon being freed from a German POW camp, recounting the ghastly firebombing of Dresden that would be the subject of his masterpiece Slaughterhouse-Five; wry dispatches from Vonnegut's years as a struggling writer slowly finding an audience and then dealing with sudden international fame in middle age; righteously angry letters of protest to local school boards that tried to ban his work; intimate remembrances penned to high school classmates, fellow veterans, friends, and family; and letters of commiseration and encouragement to such contemporaries as Gail Godwin, Günter Grass, and Bernard Malamud. Vonnegut's unmediated observations on science, art, and commerce prove to be just as inventive as any found in his novels--from a crackpot scheme for manufacturing "atomic" bow ties to a tongue-in-cheek proposal that publishers be allowed to trade authors like baseball players. ("Knopf, for example, might give John Updike's contract to Simon and Schuster, and receive Joan Didion's contract in return.") Taken together, these letters add considerable depth to our understanding of this one-of-a-kind literary icon, in both his public and private lives. Each letter brims with the mordant humor and openhearted humanism upon which he built his legend. And virtually every page contains a quotable nugget that will make its way into the permanent Vonnegut lexicon. * On a job he had as a young man: "Hell is running an elevator throughout eternity in a building with only six floors." * To a relative who calls him a "great literary figure": "I am an American fad--of a slightly higher order than the hula hoop." * To his daughter Nanny: "Most letters from a parent contain a parent's own lost dreams disguised as good advice." * To Norman Mailer: "I am cuter than you are." Sometimes biting and ironical, sometimes achingly sweet, and always alive with the unique point of view that made him the true cultural heir to Mark Twain, these letters comprise the autobiography Kurt Vonnegut never wrote.LIFE Manson Family Murders
By The Editors of LIFE. 2019
August 9, 1969: the hills of Los Angeles were so quiet, as one of the killers would later say, "You…
could almost hear the sound of ice rattling in cocktail shakers" in the famed canyon houses. Those killers, disciples of cult leader Charles Manson, would soon be famous for committing a series of grisly murders at his behest. While Manson's goal was to sow race riots was intentional, his victims were random: a young actress and her friends; a grocer and his wife. Few crimes have been so dramatic, engrossing, and difficult to truly understand. Now, 50 years later, people are still fascinated by the crimes that seemed to mark the end of an era of peace and love, and the editors at LIFE present the special edition, "Manson." Revisit "Manson's World," with the hippies, the forming of the Family, and the man himself. Then, explore the shocking details of "The Manson Murders." Consider "The Aftermath," including the dramatic trial, the cultural shift toward violence and fear, and Manson's life in prison. Filled with rare photographs, including images of Manson's followers living on Spahn Ranch, LIFE's 'Manson' continues to explore, like Quentin Tarantino's new film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the motivations, the magnetism, and the mayhem that possessed the man behind the murders.Postmenopausal Diseases and Disorders
By Faustino R. Pérez-López. 2019
Supported by the latest scientific data, this book serves as a guide to the clinical assessment of women’s health during…
the second half of life (post-reproductive years), including approaches to the management of the most frequent age-related diseases and disorders and the most recent advances in treatment. In addition, it discusses preventive aspects of healthcare in post-reproductive women, identifying lifestyle measures to enhance healthy aging. By highlighting research gaps, it promotes the development of quick and easy-to-use assessment tools and predictive markers of age-related co-morbidities. As such, the book is a valuable resource for researchers and clinicians alike.Out of the Shadows: A Memoir
By Shannon Moroney, Timea Nagy. 2019
An unforgettable story of an ordinary woman in astonishing circumstances who defies the odds.Timea Nagy was twenty years old when…
she answered a newspaper ad in Budapest, Hungary, calling for young women to work as babysitters and housekeepers in Canada. Hired by what seemed like a legitimate recruitment agency, Timea left her home believing she would earn good money to send back to her family. What she didn't know was that she'd been lured by a ring of international human traffickers--and her life would never again be the same.Upon her arrival in Toronto, she was forced into sex labour in some of the city's seediest nightclubs, starved and controlled by her agents, and brainwashed to believe she was to blame for her situation. The only way she'd be free was when her debt was paid--but, no matter how hard she worked, that debt seemed only to go up, not down.Out of the Shadows is a gripping, heartbreaking and eye-opening journey deep into the underworld of human trafficking and the sex trade, told in riveting detail by one brave survivor. At once tragic and powerfully redemptive, Timea Nagy's story will stay with you long after you've read the last page.In the winter of 1875, two rebellious spirits travel from England to Australia. Harriet Rowell (age 22) and Alice Moon…
(age 18) were champion swimmers in a time when women didn't go into the sea; and they were in love in a time when many women were in love with each other but held such love secretly. Harriet and Alice took on the world at a dangerous time for women's freedom of expression, but their love ended when Alice moved to Sydney to become a writer. Before Harriet can get over her grief from the breakup, tragedy strikes; Alice is found dead in her bed at thirty-seven. Suspicions rest upon the powerful, chauvinistic scientist, John McGarvie Smith, with whom Alice had been working in her newfound capacity as a journalist. This book seeks to uncover the truth of Alice's death and seek justice.The I-5 Killer
By Ann Rule. 2017
The terrifying true crime story of the I-5 serial killer from Ann Rule, the #1 New York Times bestselling author…
of The Stranger Beside Me. Randall Woodfield had it all. He was an award-winning student and star athlete. he was drafted for pro football by the Green Bay Packers, and chosen by Playgirl as a centerfold candidate. Working in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had his pick of willing sexual prospects. But Randall Woodfield wanted more than just sex. An appetite for unspeakable violent acts led him to cruise the I-5 highway through California, Oregon, and Washington, leaving a trail of victims along the way. As the list of his victims grew to a total of at least 44, the police faced the awesome challenge of catching and convicting a suspect who seemed to handsome and appealing to have committed such ugly crimes—crimes that filled every woman within his striking range with feat and horror....Imperatriz Matilde da Inglaterra
By Laurel A. Rockefeller. 2019
A leoa destemida da Inglaterra! Nascida em 1102 para o rei Henry da Inglaterra e para a rainha Matilde da…
Escócia, a ancestralidade normanda, saxã e escocesa de Matilde estava destinada a unificar a Inglaterra ainda dividida pela conquista do avô em 1066. Quando o Desastre do Barco Branco, em 1120, fez dela a única filha sobrevivente de seus pais, Matilde de repente se tornou herdeira do trono inglês em uma época em que o velho Witan saxão, e não o testamento do rei, ainda decidia a sucessão. Descubra a verdadeira história da primeira mulher a reivindicar o trono inglês por direito próprio e inspire-se! Inclui a árvore genealógica da família de Matilde, uma linha do tempo detalhada e uma lista de sugestões de leituras para que você possa continuar aprendendo.Curare il Diabete: I Segreti per Guarire dal Diabete e Perdere Peso con l’Alimentazione
By Sally Numend. 2019
Vorresti divenire in grado trattare il diabete, eliminare condizioni patologiche, fastidio, infiammazione, depressione e dolore? È dall’alba dei tempi che…
tecniche di guarigione naturale vengono utilizzate per curare numerose malattie! Avvalersi di tecniche di guarigione naturali offre aiuto concreto anche relativamente a malattie croniche, infiammazioni del sistema immunitario, livelli di energia, concentrazione, benessere generale e molto altro. Questo libro introduce ai segreti di professionisti e professioniste della guarigione naturale per aiutare a sentirsi più sani che mai! Con decenni di strategie testate alle spalle, il presente e-book ti mostrerà il metodo più rapido ed efficace per utilizzare la guarigione naturale al fine di incrementare il tuo benessere! Imparerai a sentirti meglio e più felice nel giro di pochissime settimane. Come se non bastasse, ogni singolo aspetto della tua vita migliorerà come conseguenza del ritrovato benessere. Vuoi sapere come centinaia di individui contrastano malattie e disturbi cronici? Da oggi anche tu puoi imparare i segreti per raggiungere lo stesso grado di salute e felicità. Questa guida insegna tecniche comprovate che non necessitano l’uso di supplementi, prescrizioni o corsi costosi. La guida comprende: - Trattare il Diabete di Tipo 1 e 2. - Rimedi Vari. - Sconfiggere Malattie Croniche. - Avere Più Energia. - Dormire Meglio. - Superare Disturbi. - Mangiare Bene. - Informazioni Importanti. - MOLTO ALTRO! Se vuoi stare meglio, curare malattie o migliorare attenzione e benessere generali, questa guida fa al caso tuo. --> Scorri verso la parte alta della pagina e clicca su “aggiungi al carrello” per effettuare immediatamente l’acquisto Disclaimer: L’autrice e/o i titolari dei diritti non avanzano pretese, promesse o garanzie relativamente all’accuratezza, alla completezza o all’adeguatezza dei conHole in My Life (Definitions Ser.)
By Jack Gantos. 2002
Becoming a writer the hard wayIn the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash…
for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a sixty-foot yacht loaded with a ton of hashish from the Virgin Islands to New York City, where he and his partners sold the drug until federal agents caught up with them. For his part in the conspiracy, Gantos was sentenced to serve up to six years in prison.In Hole in My Life, this prizewinning author of over thirty books for young people confronts the period of struggle and confinement that marked the end of his own youth. On the surface, the narrative tumbles from one crazed moment to the next as Gantos pieces together the story of his restless final year of high school, his short-lived career as a criminal, and his time in prison. But running just beneath the action is the story of how Gantos – once he was locked up in a small, yellow-walled cell – moved from wanting to be a writer to writing, and how dedicating himself more fully to the thing he most wanted to do helped him endure and ultimately overcome the worst experience of his life. This title has Common Core connections.Hole in My Life is a 2003 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.Star Spangled Scandal: Sex, Murder, and the Trial that Changed America
By Chris DeRose. 2019
The year is 1859 and Congressman Daniel Sickles and his beautiful wife Teresa are the toast of Washington, D.C. society.…
President James Buchanan is godfather to their daughter. Philip Barton Key, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia (and the son of Francis Scott Key), is one of the couple’s closest friends—so close, in fact, that he often escortes the beautiful Mrs. Sickles to social events when the congressman is too busy. Revelers in D.C. are accustomed to the sight of the congressman’s wife with the tall, Apollo-like Philip Barton Key, who is considered “the handsomest man in all Washington society… foremost among the popular men of the capital.” Then one day Congressman Daniel Sickles receives an anonymous note about his wife and Key, setting into motion a tragic course of events that culminates in a bloody confrontation in the street that leaves one man dead and the other charged with murder. This is the riveting true story of the murder and historic trial that shocked 19th century America, now brought to vivid life by historian Chris DeRose with the help of Mrs. Sickles’ writings and other primary sources.Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president, forced her fellow Americans to come to terms with the full…
meaning of equality after the Civil War. A sometime collaborator with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, yet never fully accepted into mainstream suffragist circles, Woodhull was a flamboyant social reformer who promoted freedom, especially freedom from societal constraints over intimate relationships. This much we know from the several popular biographies of the nineteenth-century activist. But what we do not know, as Amanda Frisken reveals, is how Woodhull manipulated the emerging popular media and fluid political culture of the Reconstruction period in order to accomplish her political goals. As an editor and public speaker, Woodhull demanded that women and men be held to the same standards in public life. Her political theatrics brought the topic of women's sexuality into the public arena, shocking critics, galvanizing supporters, and finally locking opposing camps into bitter conflict over sexuality and women's rights in marriage. A woman who surrendered her own privacy, whose life was grist for the mills of a sensation-mongering press, she made the exposure of others' secrets a powerful tool of social change. Woodhull's political ambitions became inseparable from her sexual nonconformity, yet her skill in using contemporary media kept her revolutionary ideas continually before her peers. In this way Woodhull contributed to long-term shifts in attitudes about sexuality and the slow liberation of marriage and other social institutions. Using contemporary sources such as images from the "sporting news," Frisken takes a fresh look at the heyday of this controversial women's rights activist, discovering Woodhull's previously unrecognized importance in the turbulent climate of Radical Reconstruction and making her a useful lens through which to view the shifting sexual mores of the nineteenth century.Zou u in staat willen zijn om diabetes te kunnen helpen behandelen en de ziekte, het ongemak, de ontstekingen, de…
pijn en depressies te kunnen verminderen? Al sinds mensenheugenis zijn natuurlijke genezingsmethoden gebruikt om allerlei aandoeningen te behandelen! Deze natuurlijke genezingsmethoden kunnen ook helpen om chronische ziekten en ontstekingen te overwinnen en uw immuunsysteem, energie, concentratievermogen, algeheel welzijn en nog veel meer te verbeteren. In dit boek krijgt u een introductie van de geheimen die de professionals van de natuurlijke geneeswijzen gebruiken om zich gezonder dan ooit te voelen. Met tientallen jaren ervaring in het testen van deze methoden, zal dit ebook u de snelste en meest effectieve manier laten zien waarop deze natuurgeneeswijzen uw gezondheid naar een hoger niveau brengen. U zal leren hoe u zich beter kunt gaan voelen binnen een paar weken tijd. En niet alleen dat, maar u zal ieder aspect van uw leven kunnen gaan verbeteren. Wilt u weten hoe mensen omgaan met chronische ziekten en aandoeningen? U kunt ook deze geheimen te weten komen die u in staat stellen gelukkiger en gezonder te worden. Deze gids zal u de weg wijzen in deze bewezen technieken zonder het gebruik van dure supplementen of andere cursussen. De inhoud bevat onder andere: - Behandel Diabetes type I en type II - Remedies - Overwin Chronische Ziekten - Krijg meer Energie - Verbeter uw Slaap - Wordt allerlei Aandoeningen de Baas - Voeding - Wat u Moet Weten En nog veel meer! Als u gezonder wilt worden, ziektes wilt genezen, of een betere concentratie en welzijn wilt hebben dan is deze gids voor u. Disclaimer: De auteur en de eigenaren van de auteursrechten doen geen beloftes en geven geen garanties wat betreft de nauwkeurigheid, volledigheid of toereikendheid van de inhoud van dit boek, en doen met nadruk afstand van iedeBetween the English Civil War of 1642 and the American Revolution, countless British missionaries announced their intention to "spread the…
gospel" among the native North American population. Despite the scope of their endeavors, they converted only a handful of American Indians to Christianity. Their attempts to secure moral and financial support at home proved much more successful.In The Poor Indians, Laura Stevens delves deeply into the language and ideology British missionaries used to gain support, and she examines their wider cultural significance. Invoking pity and compassion for "the poor Indian"—a purely fictional construct—British missionaries used the Black Legend of cruelties perpetrated by Spanish conquistadors to contrast their own projects with those of Catholic missionaries, whose methods were often brutal and deceitful. They also tapped into a remarkably effective means of swaying British Christians by connecting the latter's feelings of religious superiority with moral obligation. Describing mission work through metaphors of commerce, missionaries asked their readers in England to invest, financially and emotionally, in the cultivation of Indian souls. As they saved Indians from afar, supporters renewed their own faith, strengthened the empire against the corrosive effects of paganism, and invested in British Christianity with philanthropic fervor.The Poor Indians thus uncovers the importance of religious feeling and commercial metaphor in strengthening imperial identity and colonial ties, and it shows how missionary writings helped fashion British subjects who were self-consciously transatlantic and imperial because they were religious, sentimental, and actively charitable.Bagehot: The Life And Times Of The Greatest Victorian
By James Grant. 2019
The definitive biography of one of the most brilliant and influential financial minds—banker, essayist, and editor of the Economist. During…
the upheavals of 2007–09, the chairman of the Federal Reserve had the name of a Victorian icon on the tip of his tongue: Walter Bagehot. Banker, man of letters, inventor of the Treasury bill, and author of Lombard Street, the still-canonical guide to stopping a run on the banks, Bagehot prescribed the doctrines that—decades later—inspired the radical responses to the world’s worst financial crises. Born in the small market town of Langport, just after the Panic of 1825 swept across England, Bagehot followed in his father’s footsteps and took a position at the local family bank—but his influence on financial matters would soon spread far beyond the county of Somerset. Persuasive and precocious, he came to hold sway in political circles, making high-profile friends, including William Gladstone—and enemies, such as Lord Overstone and Benjamin Disraeli. As a prolific essayist on wide-ranging topics, Bagehot won the admiration of Matthew Arnold and Woodrow Wilson, and delighted in paradox. He was also a misogynist, and while he opposed slavery, he misjudged Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. As editor of the Economist, he offered astute commentary on the financial issues of his day, and his name lives on in an eponymous weekly column. He has been called "the Greatest Victorian." In James Grant’s colorful and groundbreaking biography, Bagehot appears as both an ornament to his own age and a muse to our own. Drawing on a wealth of historical documents, correspondence, and publications, Grant paints a vivid portrait of the banker and his world.Memoirs of a Murder Man
By Arthur A. Carey, Howard McLellan. 2018
Arthur A. Carey’s autobiographical Memoirs of a Murder Man was first released in 1930, and focuses on the author’s detective…
work in homicide cases.The book includes chapters on such infamous cases as the 1920 slaying of Joseph Bowne Elswell, an American bridge player, tutor, and writer during the 1900s and 1910s, and the Barrel Murder in 1903, when New York police found the body of U.S. Secret Service agent Benedetto Madonia stuffed in a barrel, similar to the New Orleans “barrel murders” of the previous decade.A gripping book!OSCE PASSCARDS for Medical Students
By Farhana Akter. 2014
Mrs Smith was prescribed Flucloxacillin despite being penicillin allergic, and suffered an anaphylactic reaction. Her husband now wishes to speak…
to you. You were not present at the time and you are not sure of what happened, however, he demands to speak to you as you are a doctor and part of the team looking after her. What do you do? These 96 invaluable flashcards thoroughly test OSCE candidates on correct procedure for a wealth of topics from taking blood to managing advanced life support, scrubbing for theatre to breaking bad news. Each topic is presented in an easy-to-read table, detailing best practice, including pertinent questions, tests to perform, possible responses and suspected diagnoses. Expertly laid out, the small, A5 format makes for easy handling - ideal for revision and self-examination.The Black Seminoles: History of a Freedom-Seeking People
By Kenneth W. Porter. 2013
This story of a remarkable people, the Black Seminoles, and their charismatic leader, Chief John Horse, chronicles their heroic struggle…
for freedom.Beginning with the early 1800s, small groups of fugitive slaves living in Florida joined the Seminole Indians (an association that thrived for decades on reciprocal respect and affection). Kenneth Porter traces their fortunes and exploits as they moved across the country and attempted to live first beyond the law, then as loyal servants of it.He examines the Black Seminole role in the bloody Second Seminole War, when John Horse and his men distinguished themselves as fierce warriors, and their forced removal to the Oklahoma Indian Territory in the 1840s, where John's leadership ability emerged.The account includes the Black Seminole exodus in the 1850s to Mexico, their service as border troops for the Mexican government, and their return to Texas in the 1870s, where many of the men scouted for the U.S. Army. Members of their combat-tested unit, never numbering more than 50 men at a time, were awarded four of the sixteen Medals of Honor received by the several thousand Indian scouts in the West. Porter's interviews with John Horse's descendants and acquaintances in the 1940s and 1950s provide eyewitness accounts. When Alcione Amos and Thomas Senter took up the project in the 1980s, they incorporated new information that had since come to light about John Horse and his people. A powerful and stirring story, The Black Seminoles will appeal especially to readers interested in black history, Indian history, Florida history, and U.S. military history.Súper Keto: Las claves cetogénicas para descubrir el poder de las grasas en tu dieta
By Joseph Mercola, James Dinicolantonio. 2019
Respuestas que disiparán la desinformación en torno al tema de las grasas, para perder peso y maximizar nuestra salud. ¿Es…
dañino cocinar con aceite de coco? ¿Los aceites vegetales son más saludables que las grasas animales? ¿Las grasas saturadas aumentan el colesterol y el riesgo de ataques cardíacos? ¿Comer grasa nos hace subir de peso? Si en Contra el cáncer el doctor Mercola, líder en el campo de la medicina natural, nos habló sobre la cetosis el proceso bioquímíco que permite a nuestros cuerpos quemar grasa como combustible, en lugar de carbohidratos en Súper Keto une fuerzas con el doctor DiNicolantonio, experto en enfermedades cardiovasculares, para eliminar la confusión acerca de cómo las grasas en la dieta afectan nuestros cuerpos. Aquí leerás sobre: -El mito de los problemas de salud causados por las grasas saturadas. -Por qué los llamados aceites vegetales saludables en realidad te engordan y te enferman. -Qué alimentos nos ayudan a aliviar la inflamación, aumentan la longevidad y son esenciales en la prevención de enfermedades crónicas. -Un plan de alimentación cetogénica cíclica que mantendrá tu cuerpo quemando grasa. Al sintetizar las últimas investigaciones en la ciencia de las grasas dietéticas en una propuesta accesible, Súper Keto será la guía de cabecera de la dieta cetogénica para cualquiera interesado en gozar sus asombrosos beneficios.El pequeño libro de las grandes feministas: Un santoral laico
By Julia Pierpont, Manjit Thapp. 2019
Esta colección inspiradora y bellamente ilustrada honra a cien mujeres excepcionales a lo largo de la historia y de todo…
el mundo. En este luminoso volumen, la exitosa escritora del The New York Times, Julia Pierpont, y la artista Manjit Thapp combinan biografías breves, vibrantes y sorprendentes con preciosos retratos de santas seculares, campeonas de la fuerza y el progreso: mujeres que sacudieron la tierra, rompieron techos e hicieron explotar los moldes. Entre ellas, se encuentran: Nina Simone Jane Austen Amelia Earhart Frida Kahlo Michelle Obama Sonia Sotomayor Pussy Riot Rosario Castellanos Nyayoi Kusama Las Hermanas Brontë Victoria Ocampo Simone De Beauvoir Safo Emily Dickinson Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz Madonna60 años de soledad: La vida de Carlota después del Imperio Mexicano
By Gustavo Vázquez. 2019
Carlota pasó de un cuento de hadas a un infierno. Ésta es la historia de ese infierno. La emperatriz volvió…
a ser princesa. Después de que su marido fuera fusilado en el Cerro de las Campanas, la consentida, la enamorada, se convirtió en una paria de las monarquías europeas y pasó sesenta años en la locura. Esta obra es la primera que se concentra en las seis décadas que Carlota de Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha vivió después de que se derrumbara el Segundo Imperio Mexicano, y ofrece un estudio lúcido de uno de los personajes más apasionantes en la historia del país. Aquí hablan los diarios de los médicos de Carlota, los papeles de Adrien Goffinet (administrador de sus bienes), testigos de aquellos años, archivos reales, las cartas de su servidumbre, bitácoras de viajeros y la prensa europea de la época. Paso a paso, se revela cómo la "princesa más triste del mundo" terminó convertida en un peón. Y cómo, de las ruinas del México de Maximiliano, surgió el imperio privado del rey belga Leopoldo II en el Congo.