Lives Of Their Own

Author : John E. Bodnar,Roger D. Simon,Michael P. Weber
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 0252010639

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Lives of Their Own by John E. Bodnar,Roger D. Simon,Michael P. Weber Pdf

Lives of Their Own depicts the strikingly different lives of black, Italian, and Polish immigrants in Pittsburgh. Within a comparative framework, the book focuses on the migration process itself, job procurement, and occupational mobility, family structure, home-ownership, and neighborhood institutions. By blending oral histories with quantitative data, the authors have created a convincing multilayered portrait of working-class life in one of our great industrial cities.

Author : Lorri Hewett
Publisher : Puffin
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0141305894

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Lives of Our Own by Lorri Hewett Pdf

When Shawna Riley, a new girl in town, writes an editorial in favor of integrating the Old South Ball, she is faced with resentment and violence from the popular Kari Lang. But Shawna uncovers a secret that could bind the two girls' lives together forever.

Author : Linda Gordon
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0252070798

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Heroes of Their Own Lives by Linda Gordon Pdf

In this powerful and moving history of family violence, historian Linda Gordon traces policies on child abuse and neglect, wife-beating, and incest from 1880 to 1960. Drawing on hundreds of case records from social agencies devoted to dealing with the problem, she chronicles the changing visibility of family violence.

Author : Bennett M. Berger
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520341197

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Authors of Their Own Lives by Bennett M. Berger Pdf

All students and scholars are curious about the human faces behind the impersonal rhetoric of academic disciplines. Here twenty of America's most prominent sociologists recount the intellectual and biographical events that shaped their careers. Family history, ethnicity, fear, private animosities, extraordinary determination, and sometimes plain good fortune are among the many forces that combine to mold the individual talents presented in Authors of Their Own Lives. With contributions from women and men, young and old, native-born Americans and immigrants, quantitative scholars and qualitative ones, this book provides a fascinating source for students and professional sociologists alike. Some of the autobiographies maintain their reserve, others are profoundly revealing. Their subjects range from childhood, educational, and intellectual influences, to academic careerism and burnout, to the history of American sociology. Authors stands alone as a deeply personal autobiographical account of contemporary sociology.

Author : Manjushree Thapa
Publisher : Freehand Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1988298342

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All of Us in Our Own Lives by Manjushree Thapa Pdf

A beautiful story of strangers who shape each other’s lives in fateful ways, All of Us in Our Own Lives delves deeply into the lives of women and men in Nepal and into the world of international aid. Ava Berriden, a Canadian lawyer, quits her corporate job in Toronto to move to Nepal, from where she was adopted as a baby. There she struggles to adapt to her new career in international aid and forge a connection with the country of her birth. Ava’s work brings her into contact with Indira Sharma, who has ambitions of becoming the first Nepali woman director of a NGO; Sapana Karki, a bright young teenager living a small village; and Gyanu, Sapana’s brother, who has returned home from Dubai to settle his sister’s future after their father’s death. Their journeys collide in unexpected ways. All of Us in Our Own Lives is a stunning, keenly observant novel about human interconnectedness, about privilege, and about the ethics of international aid (the earnestness and idealism and yet its cynical, moneyed nature).

Author : Martha Watson
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1570032009

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Lives of Their Own by Martha Watson Pdf

Explores how five turn-of-the-century women - Frances Willard, Anna Howard Shaw, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emma Goldman and Mary Church Terrell - crafted autobiographies that became persuasive models for the women of their generation, and lead to movements for social change.

Author : Mark Baker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Police
ISBN : 9780671685515

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Cops by Mark Baker Pdf

Author : Bronnie Ware
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781401956004

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Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware Pdf

Revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages. After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million readers worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, Bronnie subsequently wrote a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, to share her story. Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse life. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide, with translations in 29 languages, Bronnie expresses how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.

Author : Dennis Smith
Publisher : Crown
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780767913072

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Firefighters by Dennis Smith Pdf

An unforgettable journey through the daily lives of the brave men and women who have made saving lives their profession. Dennis Smith, author of Report from Engine Co. 82, traveled across the country talking to dozens of America’s firefighters to put together this powerful collection of their own descriptions of their most dramatic and intense experiences on the job. Their stories, compiled here, are timeless testimonies to the human capacity for heroism and nobility. Focusing on the most courageous firefighters, from those who have been decorated for heroism to those who have been seriously injured, Firefighters presents the extraordinarily rich and rugged voices of men and women who fight urban building fires, who battle sweeping forest fires, who perform emergency rescues, and who face extreme danger and risk as part of their everyday lives. Sometimes brave, sometimes funny, sometimes bittersweet or filled with anger, these voices combine to make Firefighters both a riveting adventure drama and a moving chronicle of American heroism at its finest.

Author : Juliet Mousseau,Sarah Kohles
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814645208

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In Our Own Words by Juliet Mousseau,Sarah Kohles Pdf

Written by a diverse group of younger women religious from North America, In Our Own Words offers a collection of essays on issues central to apostolic religious life today. The thirteen authors represent different congregations, charisms, ministries, and histories. The topics and concerns that shape these chapters emerged naturally through a collaborative process of prayer and conversation. Essays focus on the vows and community life, individual identity and congregational charisms, and leadership among younger members leading into the future. The authors hope these chapters may form a springboard for further conversation on religious life, inviting others to share their experiences of religious life in today's world.

Author : Emilie Carles,Robert Destanque
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813516412

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A Life of Her Own by Emilie Carles,Robert Destanque Pdf

A French woman reflects on the roles she played in the changing 20th-century.

Author : Martha Beck
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-29
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780812932188

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Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck Pdf

New York Times bestselling author and Life Designs, Inc. creator Martha Beck shares her step-by-step program that will guide you to fulfill your own potential and create a joyful life. In this book, you'll start by learning how to read the internal compasses already built into your brain and body--and why you may have spent your life ignoring their signals. As you become reacquainted with your own deepest desires, you'll identify and repair any unconscious beliefs or unhealed emotional wounds that may be blocking your progress. This will change your life, but don't worry--although every life is unique, major transformations have common elements, and Beck provides a map that will guide you through your own life changes. You'll learn how to navigate every stage, from the first flickering appearance of a new dream to the planning and implementation of your own ideal life. Based on Dr. Beck's work as a Harvard-trained sociologist, research associate at Harvard Business School, instructor at Thunderbird Business School, and especially on her experiences with her clients over the last six years, Finding Your Own North Star offers thoroughly tested case studies, questionnaires, and exercises to help you articulate your core desires and act on them to build a more satisfying life. “Explorers depend on the North Star when there are no other landmarks in sight. The same relationship exists between you and your right life, the ultimate realization of your potential for happiness. I believe that a knowledge of that perfect life sits inside you just as the North Star sits in its unaltering spot.” -- Martha Beck

Author : Marion Milner
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781040025109

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A Life of One's Own by Marion Milner Pdf

'This is what I really want. I want to discover ways to discriminate the important things in human life. I want to find ways of getting past this blind fumbling with existence.' - Marion Milner, from A Life of One’s Own. How often do we really ask ourselves, 'What will make me happy? What do I really want from life?' In A Life of One’s Own Marion Milner, a renowned British psychoanalyst, artist and autobiographer, takes us on an extraordinary and compelling seven-year inward journey to discover what it is that makes her happy. On its first publication, W. H. Auden found the book 'as exciting as a detective story' and, as Milner searches out clues, the reader quickly becomes involved in the chase. Using her own personal diaries, she analyses moments of everyday life that can bring surprising joy, such as walking, listening to music, and drawing. She also records, in a disarmingly clear and insightful manner, the struggle between the urge to order and control one’s thoughts and standing back to let them wander where they may. A pioneering account of lived experience that also anticipates the contemporary phenomenon of mindfulness, A Life of One’s Own is a great adventure in thinking and living whose insights remain as fresh today as they were on the book’s first publication in the 1930s. This Routledge Classics edition includes a revised Introduction by Rachel Bowlby.

Author : Helen Wilcox,Elaine Hobby,Hilary Hind,Elspeth Graham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134979264

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Her Own Life by Helen Wilcox,Elaine Hobby,Hilary Hind,Elspeth Graham Pdf

During a period when writing was often the only form of self-expression for women, Her Own Life contains extracts from the autobiographical texts of twelve seventeenth-century women addressing a wide range of issues central to their lives.

Author : Sally Clarkson
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781414391281

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Own Your Life by Sally Clarkson Pdf

In a world that's moving so fast, it's easy to lose your sense of purpose. Clarkson journeys with you to explore what it means to live meaningfully, follow God truly, and bring much-needed order to your chaos. Discover what it means to own your life, and dare to trust God's hands as He richly shapes your character, family, work, and soul.