So What S Normal

Author : Mark Henick
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443455046

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So-Called Normal by Mark Henick Pdf

A vital and triumphant story of perseverance and recovery by one of Canada’s foremost advocates for mental health When Mark Henick was a teenager in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, he was overwhelmed by depression and anxiety that led to a series of increasingly dangerous suicide attempts. One night, he climbed onto a bridge over an overpass and stood in the wind, clinging to a girder. Someone shouted, “Jump, you coward!” Another man, a stranger in a brown coat, talked to him quietly, calmly and with deep empathy. Just as Henick’s feet touched open air, the man in the brown coat encircled his chest and pulled him to safety. This near-death experience changed Henick’s life forever. So-Called Normal is Henick’s memoir about growing up in a broken home and the events that led to that fateful night on the bridge. It is a vivid and personal account of the mental health challenges he experienced in childhood and his subsequent journey toward healing and recovery.

Author : Claudia Marseille
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781647426279

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But You Look So Normal by Claudia Marseille Pdf

By age four, Claudia Marseille had hardly uttered a word. When her parents finally had her hearing tested and learned she had a severe hearing loss, they chose to mainstream her, hoping this would offer her the most “normal” childhood possible. With the help of a primitive hearing aid, Claudia worked hard to learn to hear, lipread, and speak even as she tried to hide her disability in order to fit in. As a result, she was often misunderstood, lonely, and isolated—fitting into neither the hearing world nor the Deaf culture. This memoir explores Claudia’s relationships with her German refugee parents—a disturbed, psychoanalyst father obsessed over various harebrained projects and moneymaking schemes and a Jewish mother who had survived the Holocaust in Munich—and with her own identity. Claudia shares how she emerged from loneliness and social isolation, explored her Jewish identity, struggled to find a career compatible with hearing loss, and eventually opened herself to a life of creativity and love. But You Look So Normal is the inspiring story of a life affected but not defined by an invisible disability. It is a journey through family, loss, shame, identity, love, and healing as Claudia finally, joyfully, finds her place in the world.

Author : Wenbin Guo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783662457474

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Structure Theory for Canonical Classes of Finite Groups by Wenbin Guo Pdf

This book offers a systematic introduction to recent achievements and development in research on the structure of finite non-simple groups, the theory of classes of groups and their applications. In particular, the related systematic theories are considered and some new approaches and research methods are described – e.g., the F-hypercenter of groups, X-permutable subgroups, subgroup functors, generalized supplementary subgroups, quasi-F-group, and F-cohypercenter for Fitting classes. At the end of each chapter, we provide relevant supplementary information and introduce readers to selected open problems.

Author : Robie H. Harris
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781536216127

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It's Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris Pdf

Fully and fearlessly updated, this vital new edition of the acclaimed book on sex, sexuality, bodies, and puberty deserves a spot in every family’s library. With more than 1.5 million copies in print, It’s Perfectly Normal has been a trusted resource on sexuality for more than twenty-five years. Rigorously vetted by experts, this is the most ambitiously updated edition yet, featuring to-the-minute information and language accompanied by new and refreshed art. Updates include: * A shift to gender-neutral vocabulary throughout * An expansion on LGBTQIA topics, gender identity, sex, and sexuality—making this a sexual health book for all readers * Coverage of recent advances in methods of sexual safety and contraception with corresponding illustrations * A revised section on abortion, including developments in the shifting politics and legislation as well as an accurate, honest overview * A sensitive and detailed expansion on the topics of sexual abuse, the importance of consent, and destigmatizing HIV/AIDS * A modern understanding of social media and the internet that tackles rapidly changing technology to highlight its benefits and pitfalls and ways to stay safe online Inclusive and accessible, this newest edition of It’s Perfectly Normal provides young people with the knowledge and vocabulary they need to understand their bodies, relationships, and identities in order to make responsible decisions and stay healthy.

Author : Leonard Landois
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1348 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Histology
ISBN : HARVARD:HC4BZJ

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A Text-book of Human Physiology by Leonard Landois Pdf

Author : Samuel Richardson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781257955862

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Glen by Samuel Richardson Pdf

Biography of Glen Orrin Richardson, son of Justin V. and Hortense Earl Richardson, compiled by Hope R. Barrowes. Cover design and book layout by Samuel Richardson, owner of Silver Storm Imaging and Printing. Contains Glen's journal entries, letters he's written and his achievements. Also contains writing to or about him by his family and friends. Included is a scrapbook of his life.

Author : Enrico Mihich,Donald Metcalf
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461519270

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Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis by Enrico Mihich,Donald Metcalf Pdf

''An exciting glance at key issues in contemporary hematopoiesis.'' -The Quarterly Review of Biology

Author : Deborah Hewitt
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781605541938

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So This Is Normal Too? by Deborah Hewitt Pdf

Easy-to-understand child development information on challenging behaviors, specifically written for teachers and families.

Author : Ada Palmer
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466858749

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Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer Pdf

From the winner of the 2017 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Ada Palmer's 2017 Compton Crook Award-winning political science fiction, Too Like the Lightning, ventures into a human future of extraordinary originality Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer--a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away. The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would be to a native of the 1500s. It is a hard-won utopia built on technologically-generated abundance, and also on complex and mandatory systems of labelling all public writing and speech. What seem to us normal gender distinctions are now distinctly taboo in most social situations. And most of the world's population is affiliated with globe-girdling clans of the like-minded, whose endless economic and cultural competition is carefully managed by central planners of inestimable subtlety. To us it seems like a mad combination of heaven and hell. To them, it seems like normal life. And in this world, Mycroft and Carlyle have stumbled on the wild card that may destablize the system: the boy Bridger, who can effortlessly make his wishes come true. Who can, it would seem, bring inanimate objects to life... Terra Ignota 1. Too Like the Lightning 2. Seven Surrenders 3. The Will to Battle At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Mark P. Taylor,John J. J. Chen,Brent Richmond Young
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781466514706

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Control for Aluminum Production and Other Processing Industries by Mark P. Taylor,John J. J. Chen,Brent Richmond Young Pdf

An uncomfortable observation in the Shift Logs and Process Control records of most aluminum smelting plants is that process control failures, large and small, happen every day. Although only a small fraction of these failures give rise to catastrophic events, the difference between a disaster we read about and a failure which, although expensive, h

Author : Carrie Hope Fletcher
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781615192953

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All I Know Now: Wonderings and Advice on Making Friends, Making Mistakes, Falling in (and out of) Love, and Other Adventures in Growing Up Hopefully by Carrie Hope Fletcher Pdf

“This is a best friend in book form.”—Andrew Kaufman, author of All My Friends Are Superheroes Today, Carrie Hope Fletcher is living her dream as an actress and YouTube star. But not long ago, she was trying to survive the many perils of the Teen Age . . . The Rumor Mill: The more a rumor is spread, the farther it gets from the truth. It’s like a giant taffy pull. The Disgusting Business of Falling in Love: I’ve never known something to be so gleefully wonderful and soul-crushingly exhausting. The Twitter-Sphere: If the Internet is starting to crush your soul . . . close the laptop! Bears: Self-explanatory. Thankfully, she made it through! And although memories of her struggles, woes, and foibles stick around (as Soul Shrapnel, if you will), they look a little different today, thanks to The Amazing Goggles of Hindsight. So, in All I Know Now, Carrie shares, well, exactly that—heartfelt advice and hopeful thoughts on growing up. She just did it herself. She has the stuffed animals to prove it!

Author : Heimo Mikkola
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781472905925

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Owls of the World - A Photographic Guide by Heimo Mikkola Pdf

Having trouble separating your scops from your screech owls, Tengmalm's from Tawny Owl or Collared and Spotted Owlets? Then this is the book for you. Owls of the World is the ultimate resource dedicated to the identification of these charismatic, largely nocturnal birds of prey. This enhanced fixed-format of the book contains crisp, fully zoomable photography from dozens of the world's finest natural history photographers, covering all of the world's 268 species of owls. The lavish photos are accompanied by concise text on the identification, habitat, food, distribution and voice of these birds, along with accurate range maps. What makes this e-book indispensible, however, is the inclusion of a definitive and truly comprehensive sound archive – more than 500 songs and calls, covering 90% of all the world's species and including as much subspecific variation as possible. Optimised for tablets, this epic collection of images and sounds represent the definitive work on owls – no birder should be without it!

Author : Paul R. Fleischman,Ledi Sayadaw ,Hellmuth Hecker,Eugene Watson Burlingame,Lily de Silva,Nanavira Thera,S. Dhammika
Publisher : Buddhist Publication Society
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789552403903

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Collected Wheel Publications Volume XXII by Paul R. Fleischman,Ledi Sayadaw ,Hellmuth Hecker,Eugene Watson Burlingame,Lily de Silva,Nanavira Thera,S. Dhammika Pdf

This book contains sixteen numbers of the renowned Wheel Publication series, dealing with various aspects of the Buddha’s teaching. Wheel Publication 329–30: The Therapeutic Action of Vipassana—Paul R. Fleischman 331–33: The Buddhist Philosophy of Relations—Ledi Sayadaw 334: Anathapindika—Hellmuth Hecker 335–336: Buddhist Stories III—Eugene Watson Burlingame 337–338: One Foot in the World—Lily de Silva 339–341: The Tragic, the Comic and the Personal—Nanavira Thera 342–344: Gemstones of the Good Dhamma—S. Dhammika

Author : Arlene Drake
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781942872825

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Carefrontation by Arlene Drake Pdf

With more than thirty years of experience, Dr. Arlene Drake writes a guide for those desperately in need of a way to break free from the pain of childhood abuse and reclaim their lives. When confronted with an abused child, our first impulse is to drop everything and provide comfort, get him or her out of danger, and find out what the hell is going on at home. It’s obvious that the child is helpless, in trouble, and needs protection. Parents or not, we instinctively know what to do: We take care of the child. But what if the child is you? Active and directive, Carefrontation is filled with exercises and the simple, effective tools Dr. Drake has used successfully with her own clients for more than three decades. It lays out a powerful way to repair the damage of childhood abuse and its lasting effects, by teaching you what your parents couldn’t: an invaluable set of skills and practices that will give you the resources to live as a healthy, happy adult. With the clear path this book provides, you can finally acknowledge that the suffering and the pain can stop. The destructive patterns can end. You can graduate, at last, into a life beyond “abuse victim” and for the first time take the power back from your abusers and finally be at peace.

Author : Rosie Rivera
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101990087

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My Broken Pieces by Rosie Rivera Pdf

The sister of “La Diva de la Banda”—legendary Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera—opens up for the first time about Jenni’s untimely death and her own triumph over abuse and addiction. Growing up as the youngest Rivera, Rosie was surrounded by unconditional love, support, and affection. There was nothing that her family wouldn’t do for her, especially her sister Jenni, who was the most important thing in the world to Rosie. With her strong will and a solid foundation, Rosie was set to conquer the world. Yet life would take a drastic turn when Rivera was scarred by sexual abuse within her family at a very young age. Living in fear and confined by painful secrets, she was plagued with constant threats, confusion, and pain. Not only was she stripped of her childhood and innocence, but she was also robbed of her confidence and self-worth. Feeling completely shattered and lost, Rivera plunged into a world of damaging habits and deep depression. For the first time ever, and with unflinching candor and courage, Rosie shares the traumatic details of her abuse and the daily struggle to live and how, through faith and the love of her family, she found life once more. Yet Rosie’s life would be severely impacted once again as the worst tragedy imaginable hit and her biggest fear came to reality—the death of her beloved sister. Equally harrowing and uplifting, Rosie’s story is a true testament to beating the odds and proves that despite the worst of times and no matter how many more challenges life has in store, it is always possible to pick up the pieces and find the strength and purpose to dream and live again. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS