Reader's Beware! Vacation time is upon us, but not everything will go as planned. We obsess over hotel reviews and cross paths with unsavory characters and this tome is no exception! From the mild to the gory, prepare for unexpected twist and turns on these vacations. Some are from hell, and we mean the characters, the events, and the places these stories will take you! Laugh, cringe, and shudder as you experience a trip like no other...
Three adolescent bullies discover that the vicious crime for which they were never charged will haunt them in unimaginably horrific ways; a dominatrix and a bondage fetishist befriend one another as one's preoccupation grows to consume his life. A man persuades his wife to start a family, but her reluctant pregnancy comes with a dreadful side effect. A substitute teacher's curiosity about a veteran teacher's methodology provides her with a lesson she won't soon forget. An affluent, xenophobic lawyer callously kills two immigrants with her car with seeming impunity; a childless couple plays a sadistic game with a neglected juvenile each Halloween. An abusive father, a dating site predator, a neglected concierge, and an obsessed co-worker: they are all among the residents of Rebecca Rowland's universe, and they dwell in the everyday realm of crime and punishment tempered with fixation and madness. There are no vampires, zombies, or magical beings here; no, what lurk in this world are even more terrifying. Once you meet them, you will think twice before turning your back on that seemingly innocuous neighbor or coming to the aid of the helpless damsel in the dark parking lot. These monsters don't lurk under your bed or in the shadows: they are the people you see every day at work, in the supermarket, and in broad daylight. They are the horrors that hide in plain sight, and they will unsettle you more than any supernatural being ever could.
All stories have a beginning. For the Rowland Theatre in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, the screenplay began with a fire, an idea and the opening in 1917 of the 1,000-seat playhouse. The Rowland story is a story of perserverance and survival for a small-town theatre that reached its 100th anniversary in 2017. The tale of how it got to the centennial is filled with highs and lows. From silent films to talkies through two World Wars and the turbulent decades of the Sixties and Seventies and beyond, the theatre is a testament to a community that would not let it die. The Rowland Story also takes the reader on a journey throughout the latter half of the 19th century in a land of coal mines and railroads, where a young man named Charles Rowland got his start. A member of the U.S. House of Representatives, a business entrepreneur, a family man and, most of all, a benefactor to all who asked, Charles Rowland embodied the life of a selfless man. The Rowland Theatre is his lasting legacy. The Rowland Story shared more than a century of photos and details about the life of the theatre and the man behind the name."--Back cover.
The use of physical restraints within mental health settings has been debated for hundreds of years, as critics suggest there may be more humane methods of ensuring the safety of staff and clients. Although there is a lack of empirical research to evaluate best practices, particularly among usage with young clients, a review of the physical restraint literature reveals there are potential psychological, as well as dangerous physical consequences associated with restraint usage, including injuries and even death. One area that needs further exploration is whether the use of physical restraints impacts the therapeutic relationship between a therapist and client, as the quality of this relationship has been demonstrated to be a predictive factor for successful treatment outcomes. This topic was explored through the use of an online survey which therapists employed at four therapeutic schools in Connecticut were provided a chance to complete in entirety if they had an adolescent individual therapy client on their caseload who was physically restrained within the past three months. The survey questionnaire contained items regarding the therapist’s demographic information, his/her general views regarding physical restraint usage within their work setting, items about his/her most recent involvement in a physical restraint with a student on their caseload, and two administrations of the Working Alliance Inventory—Short Form T (WAI-S) based on how therapists perceived the quality of their relationship with their most recently restrained client prior to the restraint incident itself, as well as how they perceived the quality of their therapeutic alliance following the restraint incident and at the time of completing the survey. This study yielded insignificant differences between the mean total, subscale totals, and individual item scores on the WAI-S between the two administrations. This manuscript provides a review of the literature involving the use of physical restraints and the therapeutic alliance, as well as a presentation of the current study. A discussion of the results is also provided which includes implications of the findings, limitations of the study, and suggestions for future research.
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A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her painful struggle to overcome a completely white childhood in order to forge her identity as a black woman in America. Rebecca Carroll grew up the only black person in her rural New Hampshire town. Adopted at birth by artistic parents who believed in peace, love, and zero population growth, her early childhood was loving and idyllic—and yet she couldn’t articulate the deep sense of isolation she increasingly felt as she grew older. Everything changed when she met her birth mother, a young white woman, who consistently undermined Carroll’s sense of her blackness and self-esteem. Carroll’s childhood became harrowing, and her memoir explores the tension between the aching desire for her birth mother’s acceptance, the loyalty she feels toward her adoptive parents, and the search for her racial identity. As an adult, Carroll forged a path from city to city, struggling along the way with difficult boyfriends, depression, eating disorders, and excessive drinking. Ultimately, through the support of her chosen black family, she was able to heal. Intimate and illuminating, Surviving the White Gaze is a timely examination of racism and racial identity in America today, and an extraordinarily moving portrait of resilience.
This book, the first to describe women medical practitioners other than midwives in the colonial period, emphasizes that medical care was part of every woman's work. The Healer's Calling uses memorable anecdotes, engaging characters, and medical oddities to tell the fascinating story of the practice of household medicine in early America. Rebecca J. Tannenbaum points out that housewives provided much of the medical care available in the seventeenth century. Elite women cared for the indigent in their towns and used medical practice to make influential connections with powerful men; "doctresses" or "doctor women" supported themselves with their practices and competed directly with male physicians; and midwives were crucial "expert witnesses" in cases of fornication, murder, and witchcraft. Yet there were limits to the authority of women's healing communities, with consequences for those who overstepped the bounds. By setting women's practice in the context of contemporary medicine, gender roles, and community norms, Tannenbaum also reveals the relationship between women's medical practice and witchcraft accusations. Tannenbaum examines colonial America's full range of medical options—including the work of classically trained male doctors and male lay practitioners—with a keen eye to the interactions and tensions between men and women in the realm of healing.
Nowhere in Pennsylvania is there a sychronicity between geography and history as there is in Carbon County. Intersected by the majestic Lehigh River in the picturesque Pocono Mountains, this is a county built on the discovery of anthracite coal, the fortitude of early settlers, and the boundless imaginations of men like Josiah White, Erskine Hazard, and Asa Packer. For over a century, Carbon County's breathtaking scenery, stunning Victorian architecture, and natural landmarks, such as Hitcheltooth Cliffs and Glen Onoko Falls, have attracted travelers. Whether riding on the hair-raising Switchback Railroad or staying at the American Hotel (now the Inn at Jim Thorpe), travelers loved postcards, many of which are featured in this book. Compiled from some of the finest collections of vintage postcards in the state, Carbon County is a visual treasure documenting the haunting beauty and idiosyncrasies of the area.
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