All Alone In The World

Author : Nell Bernstein
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781458781154

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All Alone in the World by Nell Bernstein Pdf

An award-winning journalists ''heart wrenching(The San Antonio Observer) look at children with parents in prison - a Newsweek ''book of the week and an East Bay Express bestseller. In this ''moving condemnation of the U.S. penal system and its effect on families (Parents Press), award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein takes an intimate look at parents and children - over two million of them - torn apart by our current incarceration policy. Described as ''meticulously reported and sensitively written by Salon, the book is ''brimming with compelling case studies . . . and recommendations for change (Orlando Sentinel ); Our Weekly Los Angeles calls it ''a must-read for lawmakers as well as for lawbreakers.

Author : M. T. Anderson
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0763615862

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Me, All Alone, at the End of the World by M. T. Anderson Pdf

A boy enjoys living quietly by himself at The End of the World until Mr. Constantine Shimmer, "Professional Visionary," builds an inn and an amusement park, demanding that tourists come and have "Fun Without End!" Jr Lib Guild.

Author : Nell Bernstein
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781595585554

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All Alone in the World by Nell Bernstein Pdf

A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year. “An urgent invitation to care for all children as our own.” —Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family In this “moving condemnation of the U.S. penal system and its effect on families”, award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein takes an intimate look at parents and children—over two million of them—torn apart by our current incarceration policy (Parents’ Press). Described as “meticulously reported and sensitively written” by Salon, the book is “brimming with compelling case studies . . . and recommendations for change” (Orlando Sentinel). Our Weekly Los Angeles calls it “a must-read for lawmakers as well as for lawbreakers.” “In terms of elegance, breadth and persuasiveness, All Alone in the World deserves to be placed alongside other classics of the genre such as Jonathan Kozol’s Savage Inequalities, Alex Kotlowitz’s There Are No Children Here and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc’s Random Family. But to praise the book’s considerable literary or sociological merit seems beside the point. This book belongs not only on shelves but also in the hands of judges and lawmakers.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Well researched and smoothly written, Bernstein’s book pumps up awareness of the problems, provides a checklist for what needs to be done and also cites organizations like the Osborne Society that provide parenting and literacy classes, counseling and support. The message is clear: taking family connections into account ‘holds particular promise for restoring a social fabric rent by both crime and punishment.’” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Author : M. Braun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Songs
ISBN : UOM:39015096419158

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If I Am All Alone by M. Braun Pdf

Author : Andy Braner
Publisher : Tyndale House
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-27
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612914190

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Alone by Andy Braner Pdf

Despite hundreds of Instagram friends and thousands of text messages, why do students feel so alone? It’s a sad irony that today’s students have never been more connected—and have never felt more isolated. Andy Braner believes the answer lies in showing students how to build real and lasting community that’s centered on God’s love and grace. An important and essential read for parents and modern youth workers, Alone helps you learn how leading healthy students begins with a solid understanding of gospel community and mission.

Author : Alrick Hollingsworth
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1481205986

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Stuck in This World All Alone by Alrick Hollingsworth Pdf

It is a story of a troubled young teenager growing up poor in Seattle, Washington. He finds himself engulfed in a dysfunctional family with a hustler father, mother strung out on drugs, domestic violence, guns, and the lure of gangs. Many teens live under similar conditions that lead them to abusing drugs, violence, and mistrusting adults. But what happens when the only person who loves you suddenly up and dies? Alrick Hollingsworth's story reflects the day-to-day life of impoverished at-risk American teenagers; who truly come to believe, they are stuck in this world all alone!

Author : Mark Steyn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781596980761

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America Alone by Mark Steyn Pdf

It's the end of the world as we know it... Someday soon, you might wake up to the call to prayer from a muezzin. Europeans already are. And liberals will still tell you that "diversity is our strength"--while Talibanic enforcers cruise Greenwich Village burning books and barber shops, the Supreme Court decides sharia law doesn't violate the "separation of church and state," and the Hollywood Left decides to give up on gay rights in favor of the much safer charms of polygamy. If you think this can't happen, you haven't been paying attention, as the hilarious, provocative, and brilliant Mark Steyn--the most popular conservative columnist in the English-speaking world--shows to devastating effect. The future, as Steyn shows, belongs to the fecund and the confident. And the Islamists are both, while the West is looking ever more like the ruins of a civilization. But America can survive, prosper, and defend its freedom only if it continues to believe in itself, in the sturdier virtues of self-reliance (not government), in the centrality of family, and in the conviction that our country really is the world's last best hope. Mark Steyn's America Alone is laugh-out-loud funny--but it will also change the way you look at the world.

Author : Robert Smith
Publisher : Tin House Books
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780982053959

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How to Do Nothing with Nobody All Alone by Yourself by Robert Smith Pdf

Handbook on how to avoid boredom by doing fascinating things that todays children's parents did when they were kids.

Author : Jon Kabat-Zinn
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780306832024

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Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn Pdf

Find quiet reflective moments in your life—and reduce your stress levels drastically—with this classic bestselling guide updated and featuring a new introduction and afterword. When Wherever You Go, There You Are was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell over 1 million copies to date. Thirty years later, Wherever You Go, There You Are remains a foundational guide to mindfulness and meditation, introducing readers to the practice and guiding them through the process. The author of over half a dozen books on mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn combines his research and medical background with his spiritual knowledge to help readers find peace and change their lives. In this new edition, readers will find a new introduction and afterword from Kabat-Zinn, as well as factual updates throughout to address changes in research and knowledge since it was originally published. After the special tumult of the last few years, as well as the promise of more unrest in the future, Wherever You Go, There You Are serves as an anchor for a whole new generation of readers looking to find their center and achieve their true self.

Author : Nell Bernstein
Publisher : New Press, The
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781595589668

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Burning Down the House by Nell Bernstein Pdf

The nationally acclaimed “engrossing, disturbing, at times heartbreaking” (Van Jones) book that shines a harsh light on the abusive world of juvenile prisons, by the award-winning journalist “Nell Bernstein’s book could be for juvenile justice what Rachel Carson’s book was for the environmental movement.” —Andrew Cohen, correspondent, ABC News When teenagers scuffle during a basketball game, they are typically benched. But when Brian got into it on the court, he and his rival were sprayed in the face at close range with a chemical similar to Mace, denied a shower for twenty-four hours, and then locked in solitary confinement for a month. One in three American children will be arrested by the time they are twenty-three, and many will spend time locked inside horrific detention centers that defy everything we know about what motivates young people to change. In what the San Francisco Chronicle calls “an epic work of investigative journalism that lays bare our nation’s brutal and counterproductive juvenile prisons and is a clarion call to bring our children home,” Nell Bernstein eloquently argues that there is no right way to lock up a child. The very act of isolation denies children the thing that is most essential to their growth and rehabilitation: positive relationships with caring adults. Bernstein introduces us to youth across the nation who have suffered violence and psychological torture at the hands of the state. She presents these youths all as fully realized people, not victims. As they describe in their own voices their fight to maintain their humanity and protect their individuality in environments that would deny both, these young people offer a hopeful alternative to the doomed effort to reform a system that should only be dismantled. Interwoven with these heartrending stories is reporting on innovative programs that provide effective alternatives to putting children behind bars. A landmark book, Burning Down the House sparked a national conversation about our inhumane and ineffectual juvenile prisons, and ultimately makes the radical argument that the only path to justice is for state-run detention centers to be abolished completely.

Author : Olivia Laing
Publisher : Picador
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250039590

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The Lonely City by Olivia Laing Pdf

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism #1 Book of the Year from Brain Pickings Named a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publishers Weekly, and Lit Hub A dazzling work of biography, memoir, and cultural criticism on the subject of loneliness, told through the lives of iconic artists, by the acclaimed author of The Trip to Echo Spring. When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by the most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving from Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks to Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules, from Henry Darger’s hoarding to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism, Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, illuminating not only the causes of loneliness but also how it might be resisted and redeemed. Humane, provocative, and moving, The Lonely City is a celebration of a strange and lovely state, adrift from the larger continent of human experience, but intrinsic to the very act of being alive.

Author : Naomi James
Publisher : Penguin Adult HC/TR
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015062114569

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Alone Around the World by Naomi James Pdf

A first-hand narrative of her epic sea voyage by the first woman to sail alone around the world.

Author : Catherine Reef
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0618356703

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Alone in the World by Catherine Reef Pdf

From the almshouses of the 1800s to the foster home programs of the present, find out about our country's evolving attitudes toward its neediest children.

Author : Wayne Brown
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-23
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781450295949

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Alone in My Universe by Wayne Brown Pdf

Battling a chronic disease can often be a lonely and frustrating ordeal. It doesn’t have to be. Alone in My Universe, compiled by Wayne Brown, presents a series of writings from patients suffering from acromegaly. Based on actual personal experiences, these narratives provide a primer of understanding for others dealing with this chronic, debilitating disease that affects many of the body’s systems. This collaborative effort, written by real people touched by acromegaly, attempts to raise awareness of this low-profile disease. Each patient tells his or her story as it relates to the disease and its complications. Topics include the following: • Handling pre-diagnosis frustration • Dealing with fears of medical treatment and surgery • Managing family issues and work issues • Talking with children • Managing negative energy • Coping with good and bad days • Living life each day With sympathy, empathy, and mutual support, Alone in the Universe shares the heartfelt stories of those suffering from acromegaly to show others that they are not alone in their battle.

Author : Bella M.. DePaulo
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-22
Category : Single people
ISBN : 1978362277

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Alone by Bella M.. DePaulo Pdf

Collection of more than 60 articles published in places such as Psychology Today, Psych Central, and the Washington Post.