For Your Own Good

Author : Samantha Downing
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593100981

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INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER “Witty and macabre.”—Caroline Kepnes "Slick and chilling."—Megan Miranda “A perfect summer book.”—NPR USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school—complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson… Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the elite Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest. He says his wife couldn’t be more proud—though no one has seen her in a while. Teddy really can’t be bothered with a few mysterious deaths on campus that are looking more and more like murder, or with the student digging a little too deep into Teddy’s personal life. His main focus is pushing these kids to their full academic potential. All he wants is for his colleagues—and the endlessly meddlesome parents—to stay out of his way. If not, well, they’ll get what they deserve. It’s really too bad that sometimes excellence comes at such a high cost.

Author : Alice Miller
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781466806764

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For Your Own Good by Alice Miller Pdf

For Your Own Good, the contemporary classic exploring the serious if not gravely dangerous consequences parental cruelty can bring to bear on children everywhere, is one of the central works by Alice Miller, the celebrated Swiss psychoanalyst. With her typically lucid, strong, and poetic language, Miller investigates the personal stories and case histories of various self-destructive and/or violent individuals to expand on her theories about the long-term affects of abusive child-rearing. Her conclusions—on what sort of parenting can create a drug addict, or a murderer, or a Hitler—offer much insight, and make a good deal of sense, while also straying far from psychoanalytic dogma about human nature, which Miller vehemently rejects. This important study paints a shocking picture of the violent world—indeed, of the ever-more-violent world—that each generation helps to create when traditional upbringing, with its hidden cruelty, is perpetuated. The book also presents readers with useful solutions in this regard—namely, to resensitize the victimized child who has been trapped within the adult, and to unlock the emotional life that has been frozen in repression.

Author : Duke Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-02
Category : PSYCHOLOGY
ISBN : 0446597015

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Too Nice for Your Own Good by Duke Robinson Pdf

With the poignant honesty of Robert Fulghum and the good sense of "Dear Abby", this practical guide shows effective ways to avoid being "too" nice and reclaim a satisfying and fulfilling life. Most people are raised to be "nice". But some just overdo it. They want to be perfect: always helpful, always available, never distinguishing between their own needs and those of others. Inside they're frustrated and unhappy. By analyzing the nine most common pitfalls, "Good Intentions" shows how the afflicted can liberate themselves from this damaging behavior, assert their own needs, and still remain the "good person" they've always wanted to be.

Author : Barbara Ehrenreich,Deirdre English
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307764164

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For Her Own Good by Barbara Ehrenreich,Deirdre English Pdf

This women's history classic brilliantly exposed the constraints imposed on women in the name of science and exposes the myths used to control them. Since the the nineteenth century, professionals have been invoking scientific expertise to prescribe what women should do for their own good. Among the experts’ diagnoses and remedies: menstruation was an illness requiring seclusion; pregnancy, a disabling condition; and higher education, a threat to long-term health of the uterus. From clitoridectomies to tame women’s behavior in the nineteenth century to the censure of a generation of mothers as castrators in the 1950s, doctors have not hesitated to intervene in women’s sexual, emotional, and maternal lives. Even domesticity, the most popular prescription for a safe environment for woman, spawned legions of “scientific” experts. Barbara Ehrenreich and Dierdre English has never lost faith in science itself, butinsist that we hold those who interpret it to higher standards. Women are entering the medical and scientific professions in greater numbers but as recent research shows, experts continue to use pseudoscience to tell women how to live. For Her Own Good provides today’s readers with an indispensable dose of informed skepticism.

Author : Doris Sanford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Foster children
ISBN : OCLC:999391551

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Author : Jacob Sullum
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780684871158

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For Your Own Good by Jacob Sullum Pdf

In this rousing rebuttal to the almost universal public attack against tobacco and its users, Sullum provides a rational and commensense defense of the rights of smokers, arguing that government bureaucrats must respect the rights of adults who make the informed decision to smoke. photo insert.

Author : Craig Dilworth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521764360

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Too Smart for Our Own Good by Craig Dilworth Pdf

A groundbreaking work explaining our ecological predicament in the context of the first scientific theory of humankind's development.

Author : Samantha Downing
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780451491749

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My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing Pdf

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER USA Today bestseller Edgar + ITW Thriller Award nominee for Best First Novel “Think: Dexter but sexier.”—theSkimm “A dark and irresistible debut.”—People “Will shock even the savviest suspense readers.”—Real Simple Dexter meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this wildly compulsive debut thriller about a couple whose fifteen-year marriage has finally gotten too interesting... Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest dreams, and our darkest secrets. And then we got bored. We look like a normal couple. We're your neighbors, the parents of your kid's friend, the acquaintances you keep meaning to get dinner with. We all have our secrets to keeping a marriage alive. Ours just happens to be getting away with murder.

Author : Claudia Bepko,Jo-Ann Krestan
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780061754364

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Too Good For Her Own Good by Claudia Bepko,Jo-Ann Krestan Pdf

In the bestselling tradition of The Dance of Anger, a compassionate and insightful guide that shows women how they can learn to feel good about who they are and what they do.

Author : Connie Merritt
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780071612876

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Too Busy for Your Own Good: Get More Done in Less Time—With Even More Energy by Connie Merritt Pdf

Taps into the “simplicity movement” featured in magazines and TV reports A high-profile expert on women’s issues, Merritt has appeared on 100 radio and television shows, and is regularly quoted in Cosmopolitan and Men’s Health. A member of 200 professional speaker’s bureaus, Merritt gives keynote addresses all over the country Includes “Five Minute First Aid” for instant stress relief!

Author : Samantha Downing
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780451491770

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He Started It by Samantha Downing Pdf

AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Wholly original. Scarily clever. Completely mesmerizing. You will never look at family road trips the same way again.”—Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author A most anticipated book by Hello Sunshine ∙ Cosmo ∙ Entertainment Weekly ∙ Betches ∙ Hollywood Reporter ∙ Parade ∙ PopSugar ∙ OK! Magazine ∙ Hello Giggles ∙ Bustle ∙ Yahoo! ∙ She Reads ∙ Book Page ∙ CrimeReads ∙ New York Post Best Book of the Week ∙ Goodreads From the twisted mind behind mega hit My Lovely Wife comes the story of a family—not unlike your own—just with a few more violent tendencies thrown in.... Beth, Portia, and Eddie Morgan haven't all been together in years. And for very good reasons—we'll get to those later. But when their wealthy grandfather dies and leaves a cryptic final message in his wake, the siblings and their respective partners must come together for a cross-country road trip to fulfill his final wish and—more importantly—secure their inheritance. But time with your family can be tough. It is for everyone. It's even harder when you're all keeping secrets and trying to forget a memory, a missing person, an act of revenge, the man in the black truck who won't stop following your car—and especially when at least one of you is a killer and there's a body in the trunk. Just to name a few reasons. But money is a powerful motivator. It is for everyone.

Author : Mildred Newman,Bernard Berkowitz,Jean Owen
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780425286395

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How to Be Your Own Best Friend by Mildred Newman,Bernard Berkowitz,Jean Owen Pdf

What is real, lasting happiness? How does one achieve it? And why are so many people holding themselves back? At the heart of this profound, simple, beautiful book is the wisdom of Mildred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz, married psychoanalysts who encourage readers to both love themselves and to confront life’s hardest truths. A classic for more than three decades, How to Be Your Own Best Friend has already changed millions of lives. Now, open up your mind, and let it change yours. Praise for How to Be Your Own Best Friend “I want to tell you that it’s magic, but the whole point of the book is that there is no magic. So instead let me simply say that I can’t live without it.”—Nora Ephron “A wonderful prescription for the blahs . . . an antidote to weariness, discouragement or loneliness.”—Los Angeles Times “What the Berkowitzes unearthed . . . is a too-often-forgotten form of human intercourse called getting to know me.”—Chicago Tribune “A kind of psychiatric pep talk . . . directed at people who [are] learning how to operate themselves.”—The New York Times “Seductively jargon-free, presented in neat question-and-answer format.”—Houston Chronicle

Author : Hannah Mary McKinnon
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488055522

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Sister Dear by Hannah Mary McKinnon Pdf

Beauty. Wealth. Success. She’s got it all. And it all should’ve been mine. When Eleanor Hardwicke’s beloved father dies, her world is further shattered by a gut-wrenching secret: the man she’s grieving isn’t really her dad. Eleanor was the product of an affair and her biological father is still out there, living blissfully with the family he chose. With her personal life spiraling, a desperate Eleanor seeks him out, leading her to uncover another branch on her family tree—an infuriatingly enviable half sister. Perfectly perfect Victoria has everything Eleanor could ever dream of. Loving childhood, luxury home, devoted husband. All of it stolen from Eleanor, who plans to take it back. After all, good sisters are supposed to share. And quiet little Eleanor has been waiting far too long for her turn to play. Don’t miss Hannah Mary Mckinnon’s latest thriller, Never Coming Home, a terrifying tale of duplicity that will have you side-eyeing your spouse as you dash to the breathtaking end!

Author : Robin Talley
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781488015274

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Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley Pdf

Fifteen-year-old Aki Simon has a theory. And it's mostly about sex. No, it isn't that kind of theory. Aki already knows she's bisexual—even if, until now, it's mostly been in the hypothetical sense. Aki has dated only guys so far, and her best friend, Lori, is the only person who knows she likes girls, too. Actually, Aki's theory is that she's got only one shot at living an interesting life—and that means she's got to stop sitting around and thinking so much. It's time for her to actually do something. Or at least try. So when Aki and Lori set off on a church youth-group trip to a small Mexican town for the summer and Aki meets Christa—slightly older, far more experienced—it seems her theory is prime for the testing. But it's not going to be easy. For one thing, how exactly do two girls have sex, anyway? And more important, how can you tell if you're in love? It's going to be a summer of testing theories—and the result may just be love.

Author : John V. Van Cleve,Barry A. Crouch
Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 0930323491

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A Place of Their Own by John V. Van Cleve,Barry A. Crouch Pdf

Using original sources, this unique book focuses on the Deaf community during the 19th century. Largely through schools for the deaf, deaf people began to develop a common language and a sense of community. A Place of Their Own brings the perspective of history to bear on the reality of deafness and provides fresh and important insight into the lives of deaf Americans.