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Author : Isabel Kaprielian-Churchill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789953024509
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (245 download)
Download or read book Sisters of Mercy and Survival written by Isabel Kaprielian-Churchill and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eleanor Learmonth
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 192214830X
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (221 download)
Download or read book No Mercy written by Eleanor Learmonth and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disaster strikes. A ship goes down, a plane crashes, a party of travellers is cut off. But when the panic and confusion subside and the dead are counted, the survivors must find a way to keep surviving. And in desperation, unconstrained by law or conventional authority, the tactics they resort to can be both horrifying and ultimately self-destructive. Learmonth and Tabakoff outline the physical and neurological changes that typically affect the victims of disaster. Then, using true stories from history as case studies, they investigate the scenario famously imagined by William Golding in Lord of the Flies and borne out by the extraordinary Robbers Cave experiments of the 1950s. As this fascinating book unfolds the awful truth becomes clear. In extremis, humans are capable of a swift descent into murderous savagery that is both hard to believe - and impossible to forget. Eleanor Learmonth has worked as a teacher and freelance journalist in Japan and Australia. She has a reputation as a magnet for natural disasters. Jenny Tabakoff has been a senior journalist in Australia and Britain for The Times, the Sydney Morning Herald and AAP. She is the co-author of Australian Style. Eleanor and Jenny live in Sydney with their husbands and children. They met at the school gate. 'Succinct yet considered, accessible yet authoritative, Learmonth and Tabakoff strike a happy balance between scholarliness and readability throughout...cogent presentation of some truly harrowing subject matter, which less responsible hands might have milked for vulgar sensationalism.' Bookseller and Publisher 'Well researched and well argued, lively and energetic, No Mercy is full of insights into leadership, loyalty, sacrifice and compassion that will challenge readers to wonder what they might do if similarly tested.' Booktopia Buzz 'Sometimes adversity brings out the best in people, at other times it does the opposite. This is about those other times...excellent reading when you’re safely at home.' Weekend Herald 'A fascinating post-mortem of how certain groups manage to survive while others flailed about in drunken, murderous chaos.' Daily Telegraph 'This fascinating book shines light on an awful truth.' Get Reading
Author : Lori Copeland
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0736943021
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (369 download)
Download or read book Sisters of Mercy Flats written by Lori Copeland and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From noted author Lori Copeland (more than 3 million books in print) comes a romantic new story of God’s faithfulness when hope seems lost. The three wily and beautiful McDougal sisters can swindle a man faster than it takes to lasso a calf. But their luck is running out, and they’re about to be hauled off to jail. When the wagon carrying them falls under attack, each sister is picked up by a different man. Unfortunately for Abigail, she’s grabbed by a twit of a shoe salesman, Mr. Hershall Digman. She steals his horse and rides off to the nearest town, not giving him another thought...until she discovers those secret papers in his saddlebags. Could Mr. Digman be a Confederate spy? As if to prove it, the man who comes storming after her is no shoe salesman, but a handsome captain who wants his papers back...at any cost. And Abigail wants a ride back home. Together they embark on his mission, determined not to trust each other...or the God who won’t seem to let them go.
Author : Margaret Flecknoe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (673 download)
Download or read book Uncertain Years written by Margaret Flecknoe and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Herlinger
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781596271029
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Where Mercy Fails written by Chris Herlinger and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An incisive work of photo-journalism with trenchant essays that illumines the plight of displaced persons in the Darfu region of Sudan. The authors take readers inside the camps via personal narratives and through compelling images. The work also provides a context for understanding the tragedy and describes a framework for how people of faith are responding to the crisis."--P. [4] of cover.
Author : Pamela Mary Pettinati
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (325 download)
Download or read book The Hospitals of the Sisters of Mercy written by Pamela Mary Pettinati and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Isabel Kaprielian-Churchill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789953024516
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (245 download)
Download or read book Sisters of Mercy and Survival written by Isabel Kaprielian-Churchill and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. Eric Platt
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817318194
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Sacrifice and Survival written by R. Eric Platt and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the history and development of Jesuit higher education in the American South
Author : Miriam Moriarty Owens
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1447744713
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (477 download)
Download or read book 'Shh! 'Don't Tell'; a True Story of Survival written by Miriam Moriarty Owens and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-06-13 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1959 my mother became ill from TB and we were left in the care of my father and grandmother. The ISPCC deemed my father an unfit parent to look after us and as a result, my sisters and I were sentenced to 14 years in Pembroke Alms Industrial School where we were placed in the care of the Sisters of Mercy. While there, my sisters and I were subjected to horrendous, almost unimaginable cruelty and abuse, both physically and mentally, the scars of which I still feel today
Author : Cydney Rax
Publisher : Reeves Sisters
ISBN 13 : 1496715403
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)
Download or read book A Sister's Survival written by Cydney Rax and published by Reeves Sisters. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To keep their family ties strong, the five Reeves sisters meet regularly to give each other a reality check. But explosive family secrets begin to pour out like molten lava, and forever change all they treasure most . . . After a shattering revelation, youngest sister Elyse struggles to overcome the sexual abuse that nearly destroyed her. Between her tough eldest sister, Alita, and a promising fresh start with a new man, she’s finding the strength to make the most of her fierce intelligence. But Elyse still has a score to settle with the perfect sister she feels betrayed by—and she's going after everything Burgundy can’t afford to lose . . . Coco thinks her useless baby daddy is finally about to commit—until she catches him with a woman who’s everything she’s not. As she tries to move on with her life, she can’t resist carrying out the ultimate revenge. But when she inadvertently gets caught up in Elyse’s plan, she must confront an unforgivable truth that could crush any chance these sisters have to make things right. Praise for If Your Wife Only Knew “A dramatic tale of betrayal.” —Booklist “Secrets, scandal, betrayal and revenge—there are no clean hands in the first book of this saga.”—RT Book Reviews
Author : Caroline B. Cooney
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0375899235
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)
Download or read book The Ransom of Mercy Carter written by Caroline B. Cooney and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and ordered by the Indians to start walking. The grueling journey -- three hundred miles north to a Kahnawake Indian village in Canada -- takes more than 40 days. At first Mercy's only hope is that the English government in Boston will send ransom for her and the other white settlers. But days turn into months and Mercy, who has become a Kahnawake daughter, thinks less and less of ransom, of Deerfield, and even of her "English" family. She slowly discovers that the "savages" have traditions and family life that soon become her own, and Mercy begins to wonder: If ransom comes, will she take it?
Author : David Snowdon
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0307481239
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Aging with Grace written by David Snowdon and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1986 Dr. David Snowdon, one of the world’s leading experts on Alzheimer’s disease, embarked on a revolutionary scientific study that would forever change the way we view aging—and ultimately living. Dubbed the “Nun Study” because it involves a unique population of 678 Catholic sisters, this remarkable long-term research project has made headlines worldwide with its provocative discoveries. Yet Aging with Grace is more than a groundbreaking health and science book. It is the inspiring human story of these remarkable women—ranging in age from 74 to 106—whose dedication to serving others may help all of us live longer and healthier lives. Totally accessible, with fascinating portraits of the nuns and the scientists who study them, Aging with Grace also offers a wealth of practical findings: • Why building linguistic ability in childhood may protect against Alzheimer’s • Which ordinary foods promote longevity and healthy brain function • Why preventing strokes and depression is key to avoiding Alzheimer’s • What role heredity plays, and why it’s never too late to start an exercise program • How attitude, faith, and community can add years to our lives A prescription for hope, Aging with Grace shows that old age doesn’t have to mean an inevitable slide into illness and disability; rather it can be a time of promise and productivity, intellectual and spiritual vigor—a time of true grace.
Author : Kerry Weber
Publisher : Loyola Press
ISBN 13 : 0829438939
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (294 download)
Download or read book Mercy in the City written by Kerry Weber and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 2014-01-08 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jesus asked us to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, and visit the imprisoned, he didn’t mean it literally, right? Kerry Weber, a modern, young, single woman in New York City sets out to see if she can practice the Corporal Works of Mercy in an authentic, personal, meaningful manner while maintaining a full, robust, regular life. Weber, a lay Catholic, explores the Works of Mercy in the real world, with a gut-level honesty and transparency that people of urban, country, and suburban locales alike can relate to. Mercy in the City is for anyone who is struggling to live in a meaningful, merciful way amid the pressures of “real life.” For those who feel they are already overscheduled and too busy, for those who assume that they are not “religious enough” to practice the Works of Mercy, for those who worry that they are alone in their efforts to live an authentic life, Mercy in the City proves that by living as people for others, we learn to connect as people of faith.
Author : Maureen Fitzgerald
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252047036
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Habits of Compassion written by Maureen Fitzgerald and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Irish-Catholic Sisters accomplished tremendously successful work in founding charitable organizations in New York City from the Irish famine through the early twentieth century. Maureen Fitzgerald argues that their championing of the rights of the poor—especially poor women—resulted in an explosion of state-supported services and programs. Parting from Protestant belief in meager and means-tested aid, Irish Catholic nuns argued for an approach based on compassion for the poor. Fitzgerald positions the nuns' activism as resistance to Protestantism's cultural hegemony. As she shows, Roman Catholic nuns offered strong and unequivocal moral leadership in condemning those who punished the poor for their poverty and unmarried women for sexual transgression. Fitzgerald also delves into the nuns' own communities, from the class-based hierarchies within the convents to the political power they wielded within the city. That power, amplified by an alliance with the local Irish Catholic political machine, allowed the women to expand public charities in the city on an unprecedented scale.
Author : David Baldacci
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 153871969X
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (387 download)
Download or read book Mercy written by David Baldacci and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s harrowing search for her long-lost sister Mercy reaches a boiling point in this breakneck thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci. For her entire life, FBI agent Atlee Pine has been searching for her twin sister, Mercy, who was abducted at the age of six and never seen again. Mercy’s disappearance left behind a damaged family that later shattered beyond repair when Atlee’s parents inexplicably abandoned her. Now, after a perilous investigation that nearly proved fatal, Atlee has finally discovered not only the reason behind her parents’ abandonment and Mercy’s kidnapping, but also the most promising breakthrough yet: proof that Mercy survived her abduction and then escaped her captors many years ago. Though Atlee is tantalizingly close to her family at last, the final leg of her long road to Mercy will be the most treacherous yet. Mercy left at least one dead body behind before fleeing her captors years before. Atlee has no idea if her sister is still alive, and if so, how she has been surviving all this time. When the truth is finally revealed, Atlee Pine will face the greatest danger yet, and it may well cost her everything.
Author : Laurie S. Stoff
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700621253
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Russia's Sisters of Mercy and the Great War written by Laurie S. Stoff and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are war stories, filled with danger and deprivation, excitement and opportunity, sorrow and trauma, scandal and controversy—and because they are the war stories of nurses, they remain largely untold. Laurie Stoff's pioneering work brings the wartime experiences of Russia's "Sisters of Mercy" out of the shadows to show how these nurses of the Great War, far from merely binding wounds, provided vital services that put them squarely in traditionally "masculine" territory, both literally and figuratively While Russian nursing shared many features of women's medical service in other nations, it was in some ways profoundly different. Like soldiers and doctors, the nurses, especially those at the frontlines, experienced extreme cold, constant fatigue, infectious diseases, deadly artillery fire, and aerial bombardment. They also assumed public leadership roles and were often in command of men. The nurses operated in a sphere traditionally considered exclusively masculine and challenged social conventions surrounding gender and war by engaging in activities considered inappropriate for women. Filled with compelling eyewitness accounts of women who stepped outside their assigned roles in Russian society, this book gives us our first clear view of what wartime service was like for these nurses in the Great War. We learn firsthand—from memoirs and diaries, contemporary periodicals and reminiscences—about these women's motivations, the nature and specifics of their work, the cultural stereotypes and conventions that shaped their experiences, and their interactions with the men they cared for and served with. Stoff also explores the cultural and social implications of the Sisters' service—in relation to the government, the military, and the church—both immediate and long-term. The first up-close and in-depth study of Russia's nurses in the Great War, Stoff’s work restores a critical chapter to the historical narrative of the war, and to the larger history of gender and culture in early twentieth-century Russia.
Author : Lynn Melnick
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477322671
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
Download or read book I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive written by Lynn Melnick and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving memoir exploring how a poet found support and revival through Dolly Parton's music and story.
