The Wednesday Group

Author : Sylvia True
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466850040

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The Wednesday Group by Sylvia True Pdf

Gail. Hannah. Bridget. Lizzy. Flavia. Each of them has a shameful secret, and each is about to find out that she is not alone... Gail, a prominent Boston judge, keeps receiving letters from her husband's latest girlfriend, while her husband, a theology professor, claims he's nine-months sober from sex with grad students. Hannah, a homemaker, catches her husband having sex with a male prostitute in a public restroom. Bridget, a psychiatric nurse at a state hospital, is sure she has a loving, doting spouse, until she learns that he is addicted to chat rooms and match-making websites. Lizzy, a high school teacher, is married to a porn addict, who is withdrawn and uninterested in sex with her. Flavia was working at the Boston Public library when someone brought her an article that stated her husband had been arrested for groping a teenage girl on the subway. He must face court, and Flavia must decide if she wants to stay with him. Finally, Kathryn, the young psychologist running the group, has as much at stake as all of the others. As the women share never-before-uttered secrets and bond over painful truths, they work on coming to terms with their husbands' addictions and developing healthy boundaries for themselves. Meanwhile, their outside lives become more and more intertwined, until, finally, a series of events forces each woman to face her own denial, betrayal and uncertain future head-on. From author Sylvia True comes The Wednesday Group, a captivating, moving novel about friendship, marriage, and the bonds that connect us all.

Author : Society of American Archivists. Task Force on Congressional Documentation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210010537825

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The Documentation of Congress by Society of American Archivists. Task Force on Congressional Documentation Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Legislative Service Organizations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Legislative power
ISBN : PURD:32754076274012

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Legislative Service Organizations by United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Legislative Service Organizations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Wednesday Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Federal aid to transportation
ISBN : UCBK:C101124556

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The Rules of the Game by United States. Congress. House. Wednesday Group Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Federal aid to transportation
ISBN : PURD:32754077970840

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Transportation Infrastructure by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget Pdf

Author : Heywood T. Sanders
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Federal aid to transportation
ISBN : UCBK:C101124565

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Public Works and Public Dollars by Heywood T. Sanders Pdf

Author : David W. Rohde
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1991-08-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0226724069

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Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House by David W. Rohde Pdf

Since the Second World War, congressional parties have been characterized as declining in strength and influence. Research has generally attributed this decline to policy conflicts within parties, to growing electoral independence of members, and to the impact of the congressional reforms of the 1970s. Yet the 1980s witnessed a strong resurgence of parties and party leadership—especially in the House of Representatives. Offering a concise and compelling explanation of the causes of this resurgence, David W. Rohde argues that a realignment of electoral forces led to a reduction of sectional divisions within the parties—particularly between the northern and southern Democrats—and to increased divergence between the parties on many important issues. He challenges previous findings by asserting that congressional reform contributed to, rather than restrained, the increase of partisanship. Among the Democrats, reforms siphoned power away from conservative and autocratic committee chairs and put control of those committees in the hands of Democratic committee caucuses, strengthening party leaders and making both party and committee leaders responsible to rank-and-file Democrats. Electoral changes increased the homogeneity of House Democrats while institutional reforms reduced the influence of dissident members on a consensus in the majority party. Rohde's accessible analysis provides a detailed discussion of the goals of the congressional reformers, the increased consensus among Democrats and its reinforcement by their caucus, the Democratic leadership's use of expanded powers to shape the legislative agenda, and the responses of House Republicans. He also addresses the changes in the relationship between the House majority and the president during the Carter and Reagan administrations and analyzes the legislative consequences of the partisan resurgence. A readable, systematic synthesis of the many complex factors that fueled the recent resurgence of partisanship, Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House is ideal for course use.

Author : Christopher J. Bailey
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : United States
ISBN : 0719027993

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The Republican Party in the US Senate, 1974-1984 by Christopher J. Bailey Pdf

Author : Meg Waite Clayton
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345502834

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The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Friendship, loyalty, and love lie at the heart of this beautifully written, poignant, and sweeping novel of five women who, over the course of four decades, come to redefine what it means to be family. “This generous and inventive book is a delight to read, an evocation of the power of friendship to sustain, encourage, and embolden us. Join the sisterhood!”—Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club For thirty-five years, Frankie, Linda, Kath, Brett, and Ally have met every Wednesday at the park near their homes in Palo Alto, California. Defined when they first meet by what their husbands do, the young homemakers and mothers are far removed from the Summer of Love that has enveloped most of the Bay Area in 1967. These “Wednesday Sisters” seem to have little in common: Frankie is a timid transplant from Chicago, brutally blunt Linda is a remarkable athlete, Kath is a Kentucky debutante, quiet Ally has a secret, and quirky, ultra-intelligent Brett wears little white gloves with her miniskirts. But they are bonded by a shared love of both literature—Fitzgerald, Eliot, Austen, du Maurier, Plath, and Dickens–and the Miss America Pageant, which they watch together every year. As the years roll on and their children grow, the quintet forms a writers circle to express their hopes and dreams through poems, stories, and, eventually, books. Along the way, they experience history in the making: Vietnam, the race for the moon, and a women’s movement that challenges everything they have ever thought about themselves, while at the same time supporting one another through changes in their personal lives brought on by infidelity, longing, illness, failure, and success. Humorous and moving, The Wednesday Sisters is a literary feast for book lovers that earns a place among those popular works that honor the joyful, mysterious, unbreakable bonds between friends.

Author : Toby Gelfand,John Kerr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134885787

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Freud and the History of Psychoanalysis by Toby Gelfand,John Kerr Pdf

The recent upsurge of fresh historical research concerning the early years of psychoanalysis has left many professional readers struggling to keep abreast of the latest findings and more than a little perplexed as to what it all adds up to. Freud and the History of Psychoanalysis addresses this state of affairs by providing in a single volume original essays by fourteen leading historians of psychoanalysis and philosophers of science; it is the most impressive collection of contemporary Freud scholarship yet to appear in print. The contributions span virtually the entirety of Freud's career, from his coming of professional age in Charcot's Paris to his clandestine rendesvous in the Harz Mountains with members of "The Committee" more than 30 years later. The collection also encompasses a host of conceptual issues, ranging from Freud's theory of dream formation to the impact of his conflicting masculine and feminine identifications on his attitude toward treatment. Beyond providing an invaluable overview of Freud's life and times, the volume will challenge readers to deeper reflection on a host of critical episodes and issues that have shaped the special character of the psychoanalytic endeavor. Indispensable as a reference work, Freud and the History of Psychoanalysis constitutes a rewarding and accesible introduction to rigorous historical research. It will be prozed by all who care deeply about the past and future of psychoanalytic theory.

Author : Ron Haskins
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815735090

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Work over Welfare by Ron Haskins Pdf

Work over Welfare tells the inside story of the legislation that ended "welfare as we know it." As a key staffer on the House Ways and Means Committee, author Ron Haskins was one of the architects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996. In this landmark book, he vividly portrays the political battles that produced the most dramatic overhaul of the welfare system since its creation as part of the New Deal. Haskins starts his story in the early 1990s, as a small group of Republicans lays the groundwork for welfare reform by developing innovative policies to encourage work and fight illegitimacy. These ideas, which included such controversial provisions as mandatory work requirements and time limits for welfare recipients, later became part of the Republicans' Contract with America and were ultimately passed into law. But their success was hardly foreordained. Haskins brings to life the often bitter House and Senate debates the Republican proposals provoked, as well as the backroom negotiations that kept welfare reform alive through two presidential vetoes. In the process, he illuminates both the personalities and the processes that were crucial to the ultimate passage of the 1996 bill. He also analyzes the changes it has wrought on the social and political landscape over the past decade. In Work over Welfare, Haskins has provided the most authoritative account of welfare reform to date. Anyone with an interest in social welfare or politics in general will learn a great deal from this insightful and revealing book.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Communication in export marketing
ISBN : PSU:000021867958

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United States-Japan Trade, Commercial, and Economic Relations by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 978 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN : PURD:32754077981037

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U.S. Economy, and Proposals to Provide Middle-income Tax Relief, Tax Equity and Fairness, Economic Stimulus and Growth: December 5, 6, 17, and 18, 1991 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means Pdf

Author : Richard B. Cheney,Liz Cheney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439176191

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In My Time by Richard B. Cheney,Liz Cheney Pdf

The much-anticipated memoir from the former Vice President of the United States.

Author : Nina J. Easton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780743211642

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Gang of Five by Nina J. Easton Pdf

In Gang of Five, bestselling author Nina J. Easton adds an important element to the history of American politics in the last thirty years. This is the story of the other, less well known segment of the baby-boom generation. These are young conservative activists who arrived on campus in the 1970s in rebellion against everything "sixties" and went on to overturn the political dynamics of the country in the 1980s and 1990s. They've been waging what Newt Gingrich called a "war without blood" for three decades. Gang of Five portrays the intertwining careers of five major figures: BILL KRISTOL, the Harvard-educated elitist and publisher of the Weekly Standard, is the liberal establishment's worst nightmare -- a witty, erudite Rightist who was a leading force behind the demise of the Clinton health care plan, the historic reform of welfare, and the decision of House Republicans to impeach the president. RALPH REED, the hardball politico who helped turn an organization called the College Republicans into a kind of communist cell of the Right, in the 1990s tried to give the Religious Right a softer face as leader of the Christian Coalition but was thwarted by his thirst for power and the narrow fundamentalism of his activist followers. CLINT BOLICK, a leading force in the spread of school choice programs and the anti-affirmative action strategist who sank Lani Guinier's appointment, is the idealist who seeks to convince civil rights leaders that his legal work on behalf of disadvantaged minorities is sincere and that liberal programs hurt the people they are meant to help. GROVER NORQUIST, the "market Leninist" who divides the world into "good" and "evil," is at the hub of Hillary Clinton's "vast right-wing conspiracy" and is the architect of a no-new-taxes pledge signed by all major Republican candidates in the 1990s. DAVID MCINTOSH, the policy wonk who took the movement's war on Washington to Congress as leader of the House Republican freshmen during the Gingrich Revolution, pushed his party toward confrontation with the White House and is now running for governor in Indiana. In contrast to earlier generations of conservatives, these leaders and their allies tasted success, first with Ronald Reagan's twin victories in the 1980s and then, in the 1990s, with the Republican capture of Congress. They play to win and have had a hand in every major insurrection from the Right over the past two decades -- from abortion politics to government shutdowns to political muckracking. No politician can ignore their agenda or escape the new hardball rules they've written for national politics.