Caddie had to survive.Left without money, and with two young children to fend for, Caddie set out to make a new life by working at the only job she could find - behind the bar of a hotel.this is the true story of a desperate struggle against the almost overwhelming hardships of the Great Depression, against bad rooming-houses, bed bugs and illness, against exploitation and the lawless corruption of her working environment.But the story of Caddie is more tha...

Emotional Well-Being: From Science to Practice is based in current research in psychology and neuroscience on maintaining emotional stability, cultivating loving human connections and pursuing high-benefit purposes in life. It provides detailed practical applications in daily life derived from a new comprehensive model of emotional well-being. The book serves as a basis for experiential workshops and professional continuing education developed and offered by the authors.This book, ...

From the bestselling author of The Ministry of Utmost HappinessAn extraordinary secret meeting between four brilliant political activists: Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy, NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, Pentagon Papers insider Daniel Ellsberg and acclaimed actor John Cusack'What sort of love is this love that we have for countries? What sort of country is it that will ever live up to our dreams? What sort of dreams were t...

“I am just an ordinary mum, yet I would go to the ends of the earth to get justice for my daughter. If I can change the way people are treated, then Jodey will not have died in vain. I now feel that this was her destiny; to change the lives of millions of others.“While Jodey Whiting was stuck in hospital battling pneumonia over Christmas, a letter dropped on her doormat from the Department of Work and Pensions, asking her to attend an assessment. It was a letter she never saw....

Darkness doesn't die — it evolves.In the decaying heart of a modern city, Ryan Vale—known in whispered circles as the Sin Eater—carries the burden of absolving others' sins through blood. When an ancient order resurfaces, bound by a pact older than Heaven and Hell, Ryan is thrust into a war that blurs the line between redemption and damnation.Haunted by visions, hunted by demons, and shadowed by his own fractured past, Ryan must unravel a conspiracy that threatens not just ...

Life teaches hard lessons—some with bruises, some with silence, and some that leave a mark you can feel long after the world forgets.For Ryan, survival isn't a choice. It's a habit carved from years of betrayal, heartbreak, and the kind of pain that forces a man to remake himself or break for good. Haunted by memories he never asked for and battles he never deserved, he walks the line between who he used to be and the ghost he's becoming.When a shocking betrayal shatters th...

Christina O’Connor is the main prosecution witness from the Huddersfield Grooming scandal. In 2017, 11 men were convicted of a staggering 43 offences against her, including 22 counts of rape.In this memoir, Christina will describe how, from being a happy child with a loving family, she fell into the clutches of a grooming gang whose abuse of children earned them a total of 221 years in prison. Christina’s helpless parents tried desperately to save their 13 year old daughter as she ...

“I shall begin well before the beginning. And end after the end. That is how it should be. And most of it will be lies, fabrications, inexactitudes, approximations, near misses, botched hits...”Ralph Cusack published only one novel in his lifetime: Cadenza, a meandering, autofictional journey through one man’s memory often compared to the work of Joyce and Beckett. A Hyphenated Childhood, Cusack’s previously unpublished and unfinished memoir, pain...

This book is dedicated to all of the people who bought memberships, raised money and fought elections, especially in the dark, lean opposition years, to maintain the Progressive Conservative Party as a viable option in Island politics.

The reading figure has been a recurrent theme in Western art but especially from the nineteenth century. This book examines Irish portraits during the long nineteenth century in which people are shown reading or holding a book. It explores different values ascribed to reading and contemporary constructions of the reader. The selected pictures are by artists born, trained, or practising in Ireland. 'Irish art' is, therefore, used broadly to include work framed in some way by experience of I...

Here is an excellent “how-to” guide for initiating pet-facilitated therapy programs with the elderly. Pets and the Elderly is a practical book that explains how to implement carefully planned programs in residential and nursing homes and in geriatric and psychiatric hospitals, with pets in residence or as visitors. The authors review past research, building a strong case for the therapeutic use of pets in the rehabilitation of older persons. They also share innovative program suggestions, ...

Set in the staff room of an all-girl school, Morning Sacrifice interrogates the stifling sexual morality of post-War Australia. The all female cast are divided by the conflict between a waning Victorian sensibility and the sexual freedom of the coming age.The play is a powerful critique of how women’s sexuality was controlled by law, and hostility between women formed a barrier to emancipation.