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Jackie as Editor

The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

By: Greg Lawrence

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Jackie as Editor

The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

By: Greg Lawrence

“A fascinating window into an aspect of Jackie Kennedy Onassis that few of us know.” —USA Today History remembers Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as the consummate first lady, the nation’s tragic widow, the millionaire’s wife, and, of course, the quintessential embodiment of elegance. Her biographers, however, skip over an equally important stage in her life: her nearly twenty-year-long career as a book editor. Jackie as Editor is the first book to focus exclusively on this remarkable woman’s editorial career. At the age of forty-six, Jacket went to work for the first time in twenty-two years. Greg Lawrence, who had three of his books edited by Jackie, draws from interviews with more than 125 of her former collaborators and acquaintances to examine one of the twentieth century’s most enduring subjects of fascination through a new angle. Over the last third of her life, Jackie shepherded more than a hundred books through the increasingly corporate halls of Viking and Doubleday, publishing authors as diverse as Diana Vreeland, Louis Auchincloss, George Plimpton, Bill Moyers, Dorothy West, Naguib Mahfouz, and even Michael Jackson. Jackie as Editor gives intimate new insights into the life of a complex and enigmatic woman. “Fascinating.” —Town & Country “Perceptive, impressively researched.” —Publishers Weekly “You can tell a lot about the late First Lady’s life by the books she loved, and those she edited in her nearly two decades as a publishing executive.” —O Magazine “A deeply admiring portrait.” —Kirkus Reviews “A must for Jackie fans.” —Sarah Bradford, New York Times–bestselling author of America’s Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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Macmillan

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1429975180

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9781429975186

The Patient Self-Determination Act

Meeting the Challenges in Patient Care

By: Lawrence P. Ulrich

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The Patient Self-Determination Act

Meeting the Challenges in Patient Care

By: Lawrence P. Ulrich

The Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 required medical facilities to provide patients with written notification of their right to refuse or consent to medical treatment. Using this Act as an important vehicle for improving the health care decisionmaking process, Lawrence P. Ulrich explains the social, legal, and ethical background to the Act by focusing on well-known cases such as those of Karen Quinlan and Nancy Cruzan, and he explores ways in which physicians and other caregivers can help patients face the complex issues in contemporary health care practices. According to Ulrich, health care facilities often address the letter of the law in a merely perfunctory way, even though the Act integrates all the major ethical issues in health care today. Ulrich argues that well-designed conversations between clinicians and patients or their surrogates will not only assist in preserving patient dignity — which is at the heart of the Act—but will also help institutions to manage the liability issues that the Act may have introduced. He particularly emphasizes developing effective advance directives. Ulrich examines related issues, such as the negative effect of managed care on patient self-determination, and concludes with a seldom-discussed issue: the importance of being a responsible patient. Showing how the Patient Self-Determination Act can be a linchpin of more meaningful and effective communication between patient and caregiver, this book provides concrete guidance to health care professionals, medical ethicists, and patient-rights advocates.

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Georgetown University Press

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1589014537

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9781589014534

Lawrence County, Illinois

175th Anniversary, 1821-1996

By: Lawrence County Historical Society (Lawrence County, Ill.)

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Lawrence County, Illinois

175th Anniversary, 1821-1996

By: Lawrence County Historical Society (Lawrence County, Ill.)

This is a 175th anniversary history/family history.

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364

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Turner Publishing Company

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1563112256

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9781563112256

Wild About Horses

Our Timeless Passion for the Horse

By: Lawrence Scanlan

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Wild About Horses

Our Timeless Passion for the Horse

By: Lawrence Scanlan

The human love affair with horses is an ancient and far-reaching one. Moving effortlessly from history to literature, from science to sport, from anecdote to personal experience, Lawrence Scanlan sets out to discover the essence of our powerful, almost mystical attraction to this noble creature. Scanlan covers a wide territory: from the mythic horses of cultures long past to the real-life whisperers of today, to the timeless wild mustangs still roaming the Great Plains. As he touches on each aspect of the equine-human bond, Scanlan makes perfect sense of "horse fever" -- that curious affliction that has been known to strike both the seasoned professional and the rider who has galloped only in his or her dreams. Written in lyrical prose with wit, humor, and an eye for drama, meticulously researched and complemented by fifty compelling black-and-white photographs, Wild About Horses addresses our need to know everything we can about the horse.

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Harper Collins

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0060931140

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9780060931148

The Rat Pack

Neon Nights with the Kings of Cool

By: Lawrence J. Quirk,William Schoell

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The Rat Pack

Neon Nights with the Kings of Cool

By: Lawrence J. Quirk,William Schoell

The Rat Pack -- Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop -- had talent, money, and power to burn. They also had something else even more important. They had fun.

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Harper Collins

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038073222X

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9780380732227

Book's by Lawrence Nancy

Jackie as Editor

Jackie as Editor

The Patient Self-Determination Act

The Patient Self-Determination Act

Lawrence County, Illinois

Lawrence County, Illinois

Wild About Horses

Wild About Horses

The Rat Pack

The Rat Pack

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