Personal Effects

Personal Effects: Essays on Memoir, Teaching, and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo is the first scholarly book on an Italian American woman writer and it offers, as Anthony J. Tamburri argues in

Matt has been sleepwalking through life while seeking answers about his brother T.J.'s death in Iraq, but after discovering that he may not have known his brother as well as he thought he did, Matt is

Lilith and Ross have always been moving, from Cervantes on the Turquoise Coast of Western Australia, to Calgary in Canada, and places in between. Now, in middle-age, the work at home has dried up and

After his older brother dies in Iraq, Matt makes a discovery that rocks his beliefs about strength, bravery, and honor in this page-turning debut.Ever since his brother, T.J., was killed in Iraq, Matt

Five months before her death of tuberculosis in 1884, Marie Bashkirtseff, an aspiring artist and a would-be mondaine, composed a preface to her personal diary. In it, she brazenly declared that in th

Nina Fischman has dated plenty of life?s losers, but she has always steered clear of actual crazed killers. Unfortunately, the same can?t be said of Nina?s friend Susan, whose habit of making bad choi

This personal view of multiple chemical sensitivity and environmental illness is supported by research. In a question-and-answer format, the effects of exposure to perfume, smoke, air fresheners, cle

For students in communications studies, this volume on mass media examines the effects of media on culture and explores its influence on the personal beliefs of consumers. Beginning with an overview o

In this work for general readers, Phyllis Brodsky, a former nurse and university educator, and Allen Brodsky (Georgetown U.) use a conversational writing style and a sense of humor to overview causes,

Want to try it yourself? Call the phone number shown on book's cover: 212-629-1951 and listen to the voicemail message for main character Zach Taylor.Personal Effects follows the extensiv

Combining intriguing examples with the latest research available, MEDIA EFFECTS RESEARCH: A BASIC OVERVIEW, 5e, helps you understand the true impact of media today. Known for his engaging, personal na

Edit and apply effects for stellar visual and special effectsThis important resource is like having a personal instructor guiding you through each lesson, while you work at your own pace. It includes

Matched sampling is often used to help assess the causal effect of some exposure or intervention, typically when randomized experiments are not available or cannot be conducted. This book presents a selection of Donald B. Rubin's research articles on matched sampling, from the early 1970s, when the author was one of the major researchers involved in establishing the field, to recent contributions to this now extremely active area. The articles include fundamental theoretical studies that have become classics, important extensions, and real applications that range from breast cancer treatments to tobacco litigation to studies of criminal tendencies. They are organized into seven parts, each with an introduction by the author that provides historical and personal context and discusses the relevance of the work today. A concluding essay offers advice to investigators designing observational studies. The book provides an accessible introduction to the study of matched sampling and will be

For survivors of physical and emotional violence, advice from professionals on how to reduce the far-reaching effects of post-traumatic stress.

911事件、卡崔娜颶風、海地地震、南亞海嘯……世界上有哪一個人曾經面對過這些悲劇性的天災人禍？答案是──羅伯特‧A‧詹森「一切都是從一通電話開始，我的工作中沒有正常這回事。」身為全球首屈一指的災後清理公司老闆，他的任務是前往世界各地的災難現場，協助建立一套有效的後援機制，尋找和妥善安置死者遺體，並將遺物歸還給家屬。面對無數的死亡、危險、來自家屬的負面情緒……都是他的工作日常。在本書中，他將娓娓道來在封鎖線後，所做的艱困工作，以及他從中學到的教訓。✑死者也是人詹森曾看過無數的遺體宛如廢棄物一樣被隨意地掩埋，其實我們對待死者的方式，也反映了我們對待生者的態度，如果我們把遺體和遺物當成可以丟在垃圾掩埋場的垃圾，那麼我們又該怎麼面對無可避免的死亡呢？✑作為過橋人的角色如同送行者，災後清理這份職業更重要的使命是擔任「過橋人」的角色，提供受害者家屬重新振作的方法，盡可能幫助他們從過往的日常，過渡到新的日常，引導他們了解自己的人生已經永遠改變。✑沒人能夠做好萬全準備身為人類，我們都會專注在那些無法控制的事情上（例如：天災、意外的災難），卻忽略我們其實可以控制許多事情（例如：後續的處理）。拯救我們不是其他人的責任，我們一開始就必須具備一些基本求生技能和自救能力。▍本書簡介 ▍封鎖線和路障的功能某種程度上是要保護生者，因為只要看一眼後面的東西，世界就會永遠改變。詹森透過本書讓讀者難得窺見眾人一無所知的世界，從911事件、卡崔娜風災、2004年南亞海嘯，到2010年海地震災等等災變，讓讀者有如親臨現場，看他清理災後現場、挖掘死者遺體，以及關懷死者家屬的過程，同時證明行善助人的強烈意志和渴望如何帶領我們走過最悲慘的境遇。▍本書特色 ▍◎世界頂尖民營災後清理公司老闆記述封鎖線後不為人知的世界◎涵蓋911事件、卡崔娜颶風、海地地震、南亞海嘯等大型災難◎透過一則則超脫日常的真實案件，讓我們重新思考該如何面對生活和可以做哪些準備◎第一本探討災後清理的書籍

Facts about the Holocaust are one way of learning about its devastating impact, but presenting personal manifestations of trauma can be more effective than citing statistics.Holocaust Theater addresse

Facts about the Holocaust are one way of learning about its devastating impact, but presenting personal manifestations of trauma can be more effective than citing statistics.Holocaust Theater addresse

Last Things is the true and intensely personal story of how one woman coped with the devastating effects of a catastrophic illness in her family.Using her trademark mix of words and pictures to sharp

Originally published in 1915, this book records the experiences of John Howard Whitehouse (1873–1955) in Belgium during the First World War. Whitehouse was a Liberal politician, Quaker and founder of the Bembridge School, an early example of alternative education. The text records his impressions following a visit to Belgium to ascertain the condition of the civilian population and the effects of the War on the country. A short introduction by David Lloyd George and illustrative figures are included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in personal accounts of the First World War and the writings of Whitehouse.

The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of ourselves and our relationships, raising anxieties and hopes about their effects on our lives. In this secon

The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of ourselves and our relationships, raising anxieties and hopes about their effects on our lives. In this secon

The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of our selves and our relationships, raising anxieties and hopes about their effects on our lives. This timely

The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of our selves and our relationships, raising anxieties and hopes about their effects on our lives. This timely

Inflation distorts income taxes in many ways, but primarily by redistributing the tax burden among taxpayers. This study analyses in detail the effects of inflation on income tax systems in many countries. It examines some of the more important distortions of income tax systems caused by inflation and discusses possible corrective measures, ranging from automatic adjustments (indexation) to ad hoc responses. These corrective measures are compared with the actual experiences of many countries that have pursued policies aimed at neutralizing the effects of inflation. By treating the problem of inflation and income taxes in a comprehensive manner and from an international perspective, this book fills an important gap in the income tax literature and will prove valuable to professional economists, policy makers concerned with tax problems, tax lawyers and accountants.

This is a detailed, sophisticated and comprehensive treatment of autonomy. Moreover it argues for a quite different conception of autonomy from that found in the philosophical literature. Professor Berofsky claims that the idea of autonomy originating in the self is a seductive but ultimately illusory one. The only serious way of approaching the subject is to pay due attention to psychology, and to view autonomy as the liberation from the disabling effects of physiological and psychological afflictions. A sustained critique of concepts such as moral autonomy, self-realisation, ideal autonomy, and identification is offered. The author replaces these with an alternative model that reveals how spontaneity, vitality and competence enable human beings to act in the real world.

The book presents the distributional consequences of the public sector. Examining both theoretically and empirically, both the effects of giovernment spending and taxation on personal distribution, i.

This study of the character and policies of Charles I provides an analysis of the political crisis leading to his personal rule in England during the years before the civil wars. It fills a gap in the historical literature of the period by integrating ideological with political developments and English with international affairs. It is also a contribution to the wider European history of a critical phase of the Thirty Years War. The book offers a new way of understanding Charles by demonstrating how ill-suited his personality was to the workings of the political world. It also argues that Charles's innovatory rule created a new pattern of national politics deeply destructive in its effects. The book gives a gripping account of the king's willingness to pervert the due process of law in dealing with his political opponents, as well as investigating his failures in religious and foreign policy.

Powerful personal narratives by the renowned author of Living Up the Street. These small essays are not unlike Dutch paintings of the sixteenth century. They are clear and precisely rendered, and are

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This is a detailed, sophisticated and comprehensive treatment of autonomy. Moreover it argues for a quite different conception of autonomy from that found in the philosophical literature. Professor Berofsky claims that the idea of autonomy originating in the self is a seductive but ultimately illusory one. The only serious way of approaching the subject is to pay due attention to psychology, and to view autonomy as the liberation from the disabling effects of physiological and psychological afflictions. A sustained critique of concepts such as moral autonomy, self-realisation, ideal autonomy, and identification is offered. The author replaces these with an alternative model that reveals how spontaneity, vitality and competence enable human beings to act in the real world.

Public Health, Personal Health and Pills explores the processes and effects of the increasing governance of our lives through pharmaceuticals, looking at the moral, interactional, social and political