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An Invisible Prison

Author : Susan Armstrong
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595382774

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AN INVISIBLE PRISON A true story of survival Alcoholism, drugs, and biker gangs are not what one would expect to find in the background of a person destined to become an internationally known motivational speaker. Yet in her starkly honest autobiography, Susan Armstrong reveals many long-hidden secrets from her past and shares her last-chance struggle for recovery. It's hard to imagine being so addicted to substances, and so bereft of self-esteem that living in a gang with a dysfunctional and abusive partner becomes an acceptable lifestyle. Only someone who has been there and has since reclaimed her life can share her perilous experiences with authentic memory. This riveting story, told in vivid and often disturbing detail, will leave readers with a new understanding of the compelling human need to seek approval. Simply to have survived a life as self-destructive as the one Susan describes would make a remarkable story in itself. That she has gone on to build an enviable record of success as a corporate trainer with a long list of Fortune 100 clients makes this a truly inspirational tale. Her story offers hope to countless others who may feel their lives are without worth or promise.

Escape From The Invisible Prison

Author : Gabrielle Rae
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-30
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781458357113

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Escape From The Invisible Prison by Gabrielle Rae Pdf

This easy-to-use workbook walks readers through 12 steps of recovering their life from the invisible prison of high anxiety and panic attacks. Drawing on the author's real-life experience and continued success at reclaiming her life and her freedom, it talks in depth about the many aspects of high anxiety and panic, and shares invaluable insights into what it takes to not only overcome paralyzing fear, but to truly live life to the fullest. Easy to read and to understand, easy to follow, this step-by-step program steers clear of psychological jargon and gives many real life examples of how real people took the steps to health and recovery.

The Invisible Prison

Author : Evelyn Todd
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781784621773

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The Invisible Prison by Evelyn Todd Pdf

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, perhaps better termed Toxically Induced Lack of Tolerance, can be a devastating condition that leads to economic hardship and isolation, not only from the outside world but from friends and family. The wide range of symptoms and the differences between sufferers make it an enigmatic condition to patient and physician alike. Like Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) once was, it is not always accepted as a physical illness. The aim of this book is to inform and help sufferers and create awareness in those around them. It is also hoped that it will achieve recognition of the condition among health professionals. The book is split into four sections: a description of the condition, a commentary on environmental chemicals past and present, accounts of experiences from those effected and a large advice section on how best to live with the condition and minimise toxic encounters. Within the book, there is an ample glossary, lists of further reading suggestions and useful addresses and an exhaustive index to aid ease of access to specifics and for cross-referencing. Spaces are provided between subjects for the addition of notes, comments and further information as it becomes available. The writer, Evelyn Todd, was first affected by chemical sensitivity at the age of eleven but was not diagnosed until this century. During later years, she has made a study of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and this book is of the fruits of this and her own experience. Apart from sufferers and their families, The Invisible Prison should be read by those who have dealings with the general public, particularly all who work in health care in any capacity.

Hell Is a Very Small Place

Author : Jean Casella,James Ridgeway,Sarah Shourd
Publisher : New Press, The
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781620971383

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“An unforgettable look at the peculiar horrors and humiliations involved in solitary confinement” from the prisoners who have survived it (New York Review of Books). On any given day, the United States holds more than eighty-thousand people in solitary confinement, a punishment that—beyond fifteen days—has been denounced as a form of cruel and degrading treatment by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. Now, in a book that will add a startling new dimension to the debates around human rights and prison reform, former and current prisoners describe the devastating effects of isolation on their minds and bodies, the solidarity expressed between individuals who live side by side for years without ever meeting one another face to face, the ever-present specters of madness and suicide, and the struggle to maintain hope and humanity. As Chelsea Manning wrote from her own solitary confinement cell, “The personal accounts by prisoners are some of the most disturbing that I have ever read.” These firsthand accounts are supplemented by the writing of noted experts, exploring the psychological, legal, ethical, and political dimensions of solitary confinement. “Do we really think it makes sense to lock so many people alone in tiny cells for twenty-three hours a day, for months, sometimes for years at a time? That is not going to make us safer. That’s not going to make us stronger.” —President Barack Obama “Elegant but harrowing.” —San Francisco Chronicle “A potent cry of anguish from men and women buried way down in the hole.” —Kirkus Reviews

The Invisible Sentence

Author : Verna McFelin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0473562774

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A fascinating memoir from the wife of a prisoner and how her family survived outside the prison wire. Riveting from start to finish... the incredible story of how a woman and her family survived poverty and injustices, and yet received miraculous provision. How did a woman who suffered such trauma go on to change the face of the justice system in New Zealand and the world? Verna's and her children's lives changed forever when police knocked on her door one evening and her husband was arrested for a kidnapping, then tried and sentenced to eleven years in jail. While visiting various prisons over the next few years, Verna soon realised that not only were the prisoners serving a sentence, but the families were also serving their own invisible sentences outside the prison wire... "... a story of institutional maltreatment, of bureaucratic indifference, of the traumatisation and bullying of her children, of individual acts of cruelty and generosity, of hardship, of the value of collective strength and support-and of resilience and faithfulness in the face of adversity." -Sir Kim Workman KNZM, QSO

The Invisible Prison

Author : Pat Boran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 191025181X

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From the early 1970s the Irish midland town of Portlaoise became famous as the home of the country's maximum security political prison. A childhood on the Main Street of that "once congested, now double by-passed town" afforded award-winning poet Pat Boran a unique insight into its workings, and into small-town life in general. Here are extraordinary glimpses of bog men and bogey men, of the town's first colour television and the national debate over its first public toilet ... Here too are stories of coming of age, of high jinks and low deeds, of events and characters both wonderful and strange. And here too is the shadow of the northern 'troubles', seen through the lens of a southern Irish town with claims to being the place where the British Empire began - and where the first shots of the 1916 Rising were fired. Part memoir, part social history, part meditation on community itself, The Invisible Prison is a funny, moving and by time heart-breaking exploration of Irish life and the energies and passions that animate it.

Prisoners, Lovers, & Spies

Author : Kristie Macrakis
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300188257

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This “engrossing study” of invisible ink reveals 2,000 years of scoundrels, heroes and their ingenious methods for concealing messages (Kirkus). In Prisoners, Lovers, and Spies, Kristie Macrakis uncovers the secret history of invisible ink and the ingenious way everything from lemon juice to Gall-nut extract and even certain bodily fluids have been used to conceal and reveal covert communications. From Ancient Rome to the Cold War, spies have been imprisoned or murdered, adultery unmasked, and battles lost because of faulty or intercepted secret messages. Yet, successfully hidden writing has helped save lives, win battles, and ensure privacy—at times changing the course of history. Macrakis combines a storyteller’s sense of drama with a historian’s respect for evidence in this page-turning history of intrigue and espionage, love and war, magic and secrecy. From Ovid’s advice to use milk for illicit love notes, to John Gerard's dramatic escape from the Tower of London aided by orange juice ink messages, to al-Qaeda’s hidden instructions in pornographic movies, this book charts the evolution of secret messages and their impact on history. An appendix includes kitchen chemistry recipes for readers to try out at home.

The Invisible Pyramid

Author : Loren Eiseley
Publisher : Library of America
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781598535464

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This important and urgent environmentalist text examines the origins and possible futures of humankind within the context of the Space Age To read Loren Eiseley is to renew a sense of wonder at the miracles and paradoxes of evolution and the ever-changing diversity of life. In this brilliant collection, he considers the cosmological significance and ultimate meanings of our evolutionary history, offering a series of profound, lyrical meditations on the origins and possible futures of humankind against the backdrop of the Apollo landings. As Western civilization attains new heights of scientific awareness and technological skill, he asks, is it also blind to its own limits and destructive capacities? Always a fond observer of the natural world, Eiseley makes a newly urgent, environmentalist plea in The Invisible Pyramid: we must protect the fragile “world island” against our unchecked power to pollute and consume it.

Escape Your Invisible Prison

Author : Susan Armstrong
Publisher : Ecademy Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781784522889

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Escape Your Invisible Prison. If you’re reading the back of this book you already know what it’s about: the invisible prison of our own creation that we keep ourselves locked in. Based on the life of Susan Armstrong, this book answers the question of how she went from addicted, abused and homeless, to international speaker, award-winning trainer and author. Using a mix of examples, stories, and easy-to-read principles this book provides you with techniques and tips that will allow you to finally break free of your invisible prison. And stay free.

Invisible Prison

Author : Mary Buckham
Publisher : Cantwell Publishing, LLC
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781939210050

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Magic is the last gift Alex Noziak wants but she must embrace it to gain her freedom. Alex Noziak, part-witch, part-shaman is dumped into the middle of four hostile non-human females and expected to train as a team to protect humans from preternatural threats. Prison never looked so good in comparison. I read your novella practically in one sitting...and really enjoyed it. You delivered a lot of story in a short novella with a fast pace. This is going to be a hit series! ~~ Elizabeth Gibson In the tradition of the Urban Fantasy, Alex Noziak is tough and/or determined to not come off as a wussy girl. Right off I know she's a terrier. ~~ Laurel Wilczek Your paranormal series has my attention. ~~Karen Fulbright I really enjoyed this book. Not what I usually read, so I was 't sure how I would like it but it flowed really nicely. I know several people I will recommend these books too. ~~Pam Hargraves Be sure to click "Look Inside" to get a taste of Alex Noziak's world of witches, wizards, magic and danger. Book Categories for the Invisible Recruits: paranormal urban fantasy, paranormal romance, paranormal, romance series, paranormal fantasy, romantic suspense, Invisible recruits, Alex Noziak, Paranormal Romantic Suspense, Paranormal, Novel, Paranormal Series, Paranormal Romance, Romantic Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romantic Suspense, Bestsellers, Witches and Wizards, Shifters and Weres, Romantic Suspense, Romantic Suspense Thrillers, Fantasy, Fantasy Magic, Fantasy Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy Witch and Wizard, Warlocks and Witches, Witch Novels, Paranormal Kindle, Romantic Suspense Kindle, urban paranormal romance

Invisible Punishment

Author : Meda Chesney-Lind,Marc Mauer
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781595587367

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In a series of newly commissioned essays from the leading scholars and advocates in criminal justice, Invisible Punishment explores, for the first time, the far-reaching consequences of our current criminal justice policies. Adopted as part of “get tough on crime” attitudes that prevailed in the 1980s and ’90s, a range of strategies, from “three strikes” and “a war on drugs,” to mandatory sentencing and prison privatization, have resulted in the mass incarceration of American citizens, and have had enormous effects not just on wrong-doers, but on their families and the communities they come from. This book looks at the consequences of these policies twenty years later.

The Invisible Sentence

Author : Verna McFelin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Prisoners' families
ISBN : 0473562782

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A fascinating memoir from the wife of a prisoner and how her family survived outside the prison wire. Riveting from start to finish... the incredible story of how a woman and her family survived poverty and injustices, and yet received miraculous provision. How did a woman who suffered such trauma go on to change the face of the justice system in New Zealand and the world?Verna's and her children's lives changed forever when police knocked on her door one evening and her husband was arrested for a kidnapping, then tried and sentenced to eleven years in jail. While visiting various prisons over the next few years, Verna soon realised that not only were the prisoners serving a sentence, but the families were also serving their own invisible sentences outside the prison wire..."... a story of institutional maltreatment, of bureaucratic indifference, of the traumatisation and bullying of her children, of individual acts of cruelty and generosity, of hardship, of the value of collective strength and support-and of resilience and faithfulness in the face of adversity." -Sir Kim Workman KNZM, QSO

Invisible Women

Author : Angela Devlin
Publisher : Waterside Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Criminals
ISBN : 9781872870595

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More and more women are being sent to prison: at the time when this book was written UK numbers had doubled over the last five years, and the Prison Reform Trust called this 'a rate of increase without precedent in the modern era.' Indeed, the figures for convicted women shows an even greater increase - 76% according to the National Association of Probation Officers, more than twice the increase for men. Though the media focuses on high profile prisoners like Myra Hindley and Rosemary West, most women become 'invisible' as soon as they pass through the prison gates and are subsumed into a world that is predominantly masculine and insensitive to their very different needs. The author spent the past five years visiting twelve of the 16 prisons that take women, interviewing prisoners and, more unusually, those whose job it is to care for them - prison officers, education, probation and healthcare staff, chaplains and counsellors. In a book that is deliberately accessible to the general reader as well as to the prison professional, she vividly recreates the realities of prison life for a woman at the end of the twentieth century, as conditions worsen with overcrowding, staff shortages and expenditure cuts. Some of Devlin's findings will shock as well as inform: she describes the over-use of medication as a means of control; the violence resulting from drug misuse; the plight of ethnic minority and foreign national women, and the self-mutilation and suicide attempts of women in desperate need of help.

Invisible Men

Author : Becky Pettit
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610447782

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For African American men without a high school diploma, being in prison or jail is more common than being employed—a sobering reality that calls into question post-Civil Rights era social gains. Nearly 70 percent of young black men will be imprisoned at some point in their lives, and poor black men with low levels of education make up a disproportionate share of incarcerated Americans. In Invisible Men, sociologist Becky Pettit demonstrates another vexing fact of mass incarceration: most national surveys do not account for prison inmates, a fact that results in a misrepresentation of U.S. political, economic, and social conditions in general and black progress in particular. Invisible Men provides an eye-opening examination of how mass incarceration has concealed decades of racial inequality. Pettit marshals a wealth of evidence correlating the explosion in prison growth with the disappearance of millions of black men into the American penal system. She shows that, because prison inmates are not included in most survey data, statistics that seemed to indicate a narrowing black-white racial gap—on educational attainment, work force participation, and earnings—instead fail to capture persistent racial, economic, and social disadvantage among African Americans. Federal statistical agencies, including the U.S. Census Bureau, collect surprisingly little information about the incarcerated, and inmates are not included in household samples in national surveys. As a result, these men are invisible to most mainstream social institutions, lawmakers, and nearly all social science research that isn't directly related to crime or criminal justice. Since merely being counted poses such a challenge, inmates' lives—including their family background, the communities they come from, or what happens to them after incarceration—are even more rarely examined. And since correctional budgets provide primarily for housing and monitoring inmates, with little left over for job training or rehabilitation, a large population of young men are not only invisible to society while in prison but also ill-equipped to participate upon release. Invisible Men provides a vital reality check for social researchers, lawmakers, and anyone who cares about racial equality. The book shows that more than a half century after the first civil rights legislation, the dismal fact of mass incarceration inflicts widespread and enduring damage by undermining the fair allocation of public resources and political representation, by depriving the children of inmates of their parents' economic and emotional participation, and, ultimately, by concealing African American disadvantage from public view.

Gangs, Prisons, Parole $ the Politics Behind Them

Author : Bobby Delgado
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781604770223

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Gangs, Prisons, Parole $ the Politics Behind Them by Bobby Delgado Pdf

Delgado's expos sheds light on Texas gangs, the Texas prison system, the corrupt authority figures charged with running the Texas prison system, and the government figures determined to protect it.