Better But Not Well

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Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801889103
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Better But Not Well by : Richard G. Frank

Download or read book Better But Not Well written by Richard G. Frank and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-09-08 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past half-century has been marked by major changes in the treatment of mental illness: important advances in understanding mental illnesses, increases in spending on mental health care and support of people with mental illnesses, and the availability of new medications that are easier for the patient to tolerate. Although these changes have made things better for those who have mental illness, they are not quite enough. In Better But Not Well, Richard G. Frank and Sherry A. Glied examine the well-being of people with mental illness in the United States over the past fifty years, addressing issues such as economics, treatment, standards of living, rights, and stigma. Marshaling a range of new empirical evidence, they first argue that people with mental illness—severe and persistent disorders as well as less serious mental health conditions—are faring better today than in the past. Improvements have come about for unheralded and unexpected reasons. Rather than being a result of more effective mental health treatments, progress has come from the growth of private health insurance and of mainstream social programs—such as Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, housing vouchers, and food stamps—and the development of new treatments that are easier for patients to tolerate and for physicians to manage. The authors remind us that, despite the progress that has been made, this disadvantaged group remains worse off than most others in society. The "mainstreaming" of persons with mental illness has left a policy void, where governmental institutions responsible for meeting the needs of mental health patients lack resources and programmatic authority. To fill this void, Frank and Glied suggest that institutional resources be applied systematically and routinely to examine and address how federal and state programs affect the well-being of people with mental illness.

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1596917148
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (969 download)

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Book Synopsis How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by : Pierre Bayard

Download or read book How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read written by Pierre Bayard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delightfully witty, provocative book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that not having read a book need not be an impediment to having an interesting conversation about it. (In fact, he says, in certain situations reading the book is the worst thing you could do.) Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, he describes the varieties of "non-reading"-from books that you've never heard of to books that you've read and forgotten-and offers advice on how to turn a sticky social situation into an occasion for creative brilliance. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read-which became a favorite of readers everywhere in the hardcover edition-is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them.

Doing Good Well

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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470823895
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis Doing Good Well by : Willie Cheng

Download or read book Doing Good Well written by Willie Cheng and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willie Cheng has been sharing his take on the paradigms of 'doing good' in various publications. Some of these have rocked the charity scene. With the international charity scene moving from an era of 'simply doing good' to one of 'doing good, well', he has compiled and adapted these writings into this book.

Not Fade Away

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Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 9781579546885
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (468 download)

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Book Synopsis Not Fade Away by : Laurence Shames

Download or read book Not Fade Away written by Laurence Shames and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2003-09-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life of the founder of Liberty Media, from his protests against the Vietnam War and his jam sessions with Sha Na Na through his work as a political consultant and businessman and his battle against cancer.

American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club)

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Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1250209781
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club) by : Jeanine Cummins

Download or read book American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club) written by Jeanine Cummins and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "También de este lado hay sueños. On this side, too, there are dreams. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with four books he would like to buy--two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia's husband's tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia--trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier's reach doesn't extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to? American Dirt will leave readers utterly changed when they finish reading it. A page-turner filled with poignancy, drama, and humanity on every page, it is a literary achievement."--

Well Played

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Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1945649429
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (456 download)

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Book Synopsis Well Played by : Beau Sia

Download or read book Well Played written by Beau Sia and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-06-08 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These poems began as an answer. In the face of the undeniable, they became a reckoning. Of the lies that are lived to feel belonging. Of the lies that are told to hide shame. Of the lies that are believed to maintain within illusions. Well Played is a warning to the present, a welcoming of the truth, and a poet working to earn his way.

It's Not Just You

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Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1087713471
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (877 download)

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Book Synopsis It's Not Just You by : Ashley Chesnut

Download or read book It's Not Just You written by Ashley Chesnut and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's no way other women are struggling sexually like I am. Who could I even talk to about this? Isn't this a guy's issue? For too long, Christian women have assumed they’re outliers in their sexual struggles. This assumption (along with shame) often keeps them silent, leaving them to face the battle all by themselves. But if any of this sounds familiar, you’re not the only one. Whether your struggles take the form of masturbation, pornography, same sex attraction, or sexual fantasies, it’s not just you. These temptations are common not only for men in the church, but many women, too. So how do we fight against sexual sin as women? What do we do when there’s a disconnect between what the Bible says and how we live and feel? Or, if we lead a woman struggling in this way, how do we aid her in the battle? Written from the trenches of ministering to young women, young adult minister Ashley Chesnut explores why sexual sin is “sin” in the first place, what sex really is, and how Scripture speaks into topics like masturbation, oral sex, and sex robots—even when those words aren’t found in the Bible. God has already won the war against sin, and as you examine His Word along with Ashley, you’ll be equipped to battle against sexual sin and to aid other sisters in the fight. No, it’s not just you. And yes, you can take steps toward victory. Right now.

All's Well

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982169680
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Book Synopsis All's Well by : Mona Awad

Download or read book All's Well written by Mona Awad and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Bunny, which Margaret Atwood hails as “genius,” comes a “wild, and exhilarating” (Lauren Groff) novel about a theater professor who is convinced staging Shakespeare’s most maligned play will remedy all that ails her—but at what cost? Miranda Fitch’s life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her burgeoning acting career left her with excruciating chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers. And now, she’s on the verge of losing her job as a college theater director. Determined to put on Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, the play that promised and cost her everything, she faces a mutinous cast hellbent on staging Macbeth instead. Miranda sees her chance at redemption slip through her fingers. That’s when she meets three strange benefactors who have an eerie knowledge of Miranda’s past and a tantalizing promise for her future: one where the show goes on, her rebellious students get what’s coming to them, and the invisible doubted pain that’s kept her from the spotlight is made known. With prose Margaret Atwood has described as “no punches pulled, no hilarities dodged…genius,” Mona Awad has concocted her most potent, subversive novel yet. All’s Well is a “fabulous novel” (Mary Karr) about a woman at her breaking point and a formidable, piercingly funny indictment of our collective refusal to witness and believe female pain.

Shadow Captain

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Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316555681
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis Shadow Captain by : Alastair Reynolds

Download or read book Shadow Captain written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping sequel to the Locus award winning science fiction adventure, Revenger, tells a story of obsession and betrayal as two sisters hunt for the greatest treasure in the universe. Adrana and Fura Ness have finally been reunited, but both have changed beyond recognition. Once desperate for adventure, now Adrana is haunted by her enslavement on the feared pirate Bosa Sennen's ship. And rumors of Bosa Sennen's hidden cache of treasure have ensnared her sister, Fura, into single-minded obsession. Neither is safe; because the galaxy wants Bosa Sennen dead and they don't care if she's already been killed. They'll happily take whoever is flying her ship. Shadow Captain is a desperate story of cursed ships, vengeful corporations, and alien artifacts, of daring escapes and wealth beyond imagining . . . and of betrayal.

A Playful Path

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304351823
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis A Playful Path by : Bernard De Koven

Download or read book A Playful Path written by Bernard De Koven and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Playful Path, the new book by games guru and fun theorist Bernard De Koven, serves as a collection of ideas and tools to help us bring our playfulness back into the open. When we find ourselves forgetting the life of the game or the game of life, the joy of form or the content, the play of brain or mind, body or spirit, this book can help us return to that which our soul is heir.

Cleaving

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Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316054488
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Cleaving by : Julie Powell

Download or read book Cleaving written by Julie Powell and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she'd ever do -- until she embarked on the voyage recounted in her memoir, Cleaving. Her marriage challenged by an insane, irresistible love affair, Julie decides to leave town and immerse herself in a new obsession: butchery. She finds her way to Fleischer's, a butcher shop where she buries herself in the details of food. She learns how to break down a side of beef and French a rack of ribs -- tough physical work that only sometimes distracts her from thoughts of afternoon trysts. The camaraderie at Fleischer's leads Julie to search out fellow butchers around the world -- from South America to Europe to Africa. At the end of her odyssey, she has learned a new art and perhaps even mastered her unruly heart.

Kink

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982110228
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Book Synopsis Kink by : R.O. Kwon

Download or read book Kink written by R.O. Kwon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander Chee, Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado, and more. A Most-Anticipated book of 2021 as selected by * Marie Claire * O, The Oprah Magazine * Cosmopolitan * Time * The Millions * The Advocate * Autostraddle * Refinery29 * Shape * Town & Country * Book Riot * Literary Hub * Kink is a dynamic anthology of literary fiction that opens an imaginative door into the world of desire. The stories within this collection portray love, desire, BDSM, and sexual kinks in all their glory with a bold new vision. The collection includes works by renowned fiction writers such as Callum Angus, Alexander Chee, Vanessa Clark, Melissa Febos, Kim Fu, Roxane Gay, Cara Hoffman, Zeyn Joukhadar, Chris Kraus, Carmen Maria Machado, Peter Mountford, Larissa Pham, and Brandon Taylor, with Garth Greenwell and R.O. Kwon as editors. The stories within explore bondage, power-play, and submissive-dominant relationships; we are taken to private estates, therapists’ offices, underground sex clubs, and even a sex theater in early-20th century Paris. While there are whips and chains, sure, the true power of these stories lies in their beautiful, moving dispatches from across the sexual spectrum of interest and desires, as portrayed by some of today’s most exciting writers.

Wellth

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Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 1101904488
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Wellth written by Jason Wachob and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2016 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mindbodygreen founder Jason Wachob ... redefines successful living and offers readers instead a new life currency to build on, one that is steeped in physical and emotional health and well-being"--

The Well of Loneliness

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Well of Loneliness by : Radclyffe Hall

Download or read book The Well of Loneliness written by Radclyffe Hall and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Stephen Gordon, a girl born at the turn of century, and her struggle for acceptance as a lesbian.

When All Is Not Well

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9351777278
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Book Synopsis When All Is Not Well by : Om Swami

Download or read book When All Is Not Well written by Om Swami and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2016-04-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I've heard so many people tell those who suffer from depression to just "cheer up". Do they really believe it's that simple?' Depression isn't just sadness. It is misery. It is both pain and nothingness. People don't 'have' depression, they suffer from it. Millions of people are diagnosed with depression, billions of dollars are spent on antidepressants and on depression-related research. Yet we are no closer to making a real difference to the quality of life of the patients. Ayurvedic and yogic texts call depression 'vishada', a toxic state of mind. They consider it an illness, a disability - but one that is curable. In a profoundly insightful work that draws from these texts, mystic and healer Om Swami categorizes depression into three types, each of which requires a different approach. Bringing yogic wisdom and ayurvedic knowledge to case studies from his own files, the author covers a range of options from medication to specialized meditation. When All Is Not Well will leave you with a new perspective on depression and sadness.

Alex As Well

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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1627790152
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)

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Book Synopsis Alex As Well by : Alyssa Brugman

Download or read book Alex As Well written by Alyssa Brugman and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex is ready for things to change, in a big way. Everyone seems to think she's a boy, but for Alex the whole boy/girl thing isn't as simple as either/or, and when she decides girl is closer to the truth, no one knows how to react, least of all her parents. Undeterred, Alex begins to create a new identity for herself: ditching one school, enrolling in another, and throwing out most of her clothes. But the other Alex-the boy Alex-has a lot to say about that. Heartbreaking and droll in equal measures, Alex As Well is a brilliantly told story of exploring gender and sexuality, navigating friendships, and finding a place to belong.

Old Mother West Wind

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Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486111741
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Book Synopsis Old Mother West Wind by : Thornton W. Burgess

Download or read book Old Mother West Wind written by Thornton W. Burgess and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved classic recounts the adventures of the animals in the Green Forest — Billy Mink's swimming party, Reddy Fox's fishing expedition, many more. 6 full-page illustrations.