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My Mysterious Son

A Life-Changing Passage between Schizophrenia and Shamanism

By: Dick Russell

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My Mysterious Son

A Life-Changing Passage between Schizophrenia and Shamanism

By: Dick Russell

What does a father do when hope is gone that his only son can ever lead anything close to a “normal” life? That’s the question that haunted Dick Russell in the fall of 2011, when his son, Franklin, was thirty-two. At the age of seventeen, Franklin had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. For years he spent time in and out of various hospitals, and even went through periods of adamantly denying that Dick was actually his father. A mixed-race child, Franklin was handsome, intelligent, and sensitive until his mental illness suddenly took control. After spending the ensuing years trying to build some semblance of a normal father-son relationship, Dick was invited with his son, out of the blue, to witness the annual wildlife migration on Africa’s Serengeti Plain. Seizing this potential opportunity to repair the damage that both had struggled with, after going through two perilous nights together in Tanzania, ultimately the two-week trip changed both of their lives. Desperately seeking an alternative to the medical model’s medication regimen, the author introduces Franklin to a West African shaman in Jamaica. Dick discovers Franklin’s psychic capabilities behind the seemingly delusional thought patterns, as well as his artistic talents. Theirs becomes an ancestral quest, the journey finally taking them to the sacred lands of New Mexico and an indigenous healer. For those who understand the pain of mental illness as well the bond between a parent and a child, My Mysterious Son shares the intimate and beautiful story of a father who will do everything in his power to repair his relationship with a young man damaged by mental illness.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510729011

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9781510729018

The Outsourced Self

What Happens When We Pay Others to Live Our Lives for Us

By: Arlie Russell Hochschild

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The Outsourced Self

What Happens When We Pay Others to Live Our Lives for Us

By: Arlie Russell Hochschild

From the famed author of the bestselling The Second Shift and The Time Bind, a pathbreaking look at the transformation of private life in our for-profit world The family has long been a haven in a heartless world, the one place immune to market forces and economic calculations, where the personal, the private, and the emotional hold sway. Yet as Arlie Russell Hochschild shows in The Outsourced Self, that is no longer the case: everything that was once part of private life—love, friendship, child rearing—is being transformed into packaged expertise to be sold back to confused, harried Americans. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and original research, Hochschild follows the incursions of the market into every stage of intimate life. From dating services that train you to be the CEO of your love life to wedding planners who create a couple's "personal narrative"; from nameologists (who help you name your child) to wantologists (who help you name your goals); from commercial surrogate farms in India to hired mourners who will scatter your loved one's ashes in the ocean of your choice—Hochschild reveals a world in which the most intuitive and emotional of human acts have become work for hire. Sharp and clear-eyed, Hochschild is full of sympathy for overstressed, outsourcing Americans, even as she warns of the market's threat to the personal realm they are striving so hard to preserve.

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Metropolitan Books

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1429963093

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9781429963091

Racing Toward 2001

The Forces Shaping America's Religious Future

By: Russell Chandler

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Racing Toward 2001

The Forces Shaping America's Religious Future

By: Russell Chandler

Earth-shaking trends of the 21st century are shaping America's religious future. But spiritual forces can also bend the trends. Every rip of the calendar brings us closer to 2001. Powerful forces that will affect virtually every aspect of your life are already in motion. Yet most Americans are unaware that they can deflect and direct these massive changes. Award-winning journalist Russell Chandler looks at the power of religion and tells the ordinary person how to get ready for the coming millennium. Now. In fast-moving style, the author assesses perils ahead in technology, education, media, and the arts; future challenges in medicine and genetics; forecasts for politics and the economy; upcoming upheavals in families, life-styles, and employment; and the surprising shift to non-traditional religions. Spirituality is one of life's most powerful and pervasive forces. It can even change future events and attitudes. Racing Toward 2001 goes beyond books written by the poll-taker, the market researcher, and the popular generalist who only analyze future trends. Chandler focuses on the practical hope found in cutting-edge models for ministry in the 21st Century: suburban "baby-boomer" churches, charismatic megachurches, mainline social-action churches, inner-city black congregations, ethnic Roman Catholic parishes, and small rural fellowships. These, plus other innovative groups, frame a promising window facing the approaching millennium. Racing Toward 2001 draws broadly from some of the best information, resources, and authorities. Chandler personally interviewed more than 75 experts. In Racing Toward 2001 you will discover the big-league players and who will own the "stadium"; moneypatterns and how churches will touch your wallet; why government, business, churches will collaborate; health care ahead for your kids and aging parents; techniques to better evaluate TV; and what schooling is best for your child. This is a benchmark book. It will help you cope with coming global changes and tell you how to harness the forces shaping the Next Age.

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382

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Zondervan Publishing Company

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0310541301

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9780310541301

The Time Bind

When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work

By: Arlie Russell Hochschild

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The Time Bind

When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work

By: Arlie Russell Hochschild

The national bestseller that put "work/family balance" in the headlines and on the White House agenda is now printed in paperback with a new Introduction by the author. 8-page photo insert.

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356

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Macmillan

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0805066438

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9780805066432

Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men

A Guide to the Equipment of the Trappers and Fur Traders Who Opened the Old West

By: Carl P. Russell

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Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men

A Guide to the Equipment of the Trappers and Fur Traders Who Opened the Old West

By: Carl P. Russell

This classic, scholarly history of the fur trappers and traders of the early nineteenth century focuses on the devices that enabled the opening of the untracked American west. Sprinkled with interesting facts and old western lore, this guide to traps and tools is also a lively history. The era of the mountain man is distinct in American history, and Russell’s exhaustive coverage on the guns, traps, knives, axes, and other iron tools of this era, along with meticulous appendices, is astonishing. The result of thirty-five years of painstaking research, this is the definitive guide to the tools of the mountain men.

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694

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Simon and Schuster

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1626369291

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9781626369290

Plan B

Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble

By: Lester Russell Brown

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Plan B

Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble

By: Lester Russell Brown

A bold new plan for those concerned about rising temperatures, population projections, and spreading water scarcity.

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308

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393325237

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9780393325232

The Middle East and South Asia 2012

By: Malcolm Russell

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The Middle East and South Asia 2012

By: Malcolm Russell

This volume is designed to place in context the passionate controversies and emotional attachments of the two billion people who live, study, work, love, and die in the Middle East and South Asia. Understanding these regions means more than annually-updated details of the governments, politics, cultures and economies of the 24 nations and assorted territories. Special chapters address significant issues of continuing international importance, including access to water, the role of oil, and the 2011 Arab spring. Both regions, after all, contain types of people misunderstood and often intensely disliked by others. Where religion intrudes on politics, the Afghan Taliban oppose educating girls, Hindu fanatics rampage in India, Iranian militiamen shoot demonstrators, Islamic extremists impose shari’a law, and Jewish Ultra-Orthodox send women to the back of the bus. Readers bombarded with superficial news bites and slanted reporting might never sense the other accomplishments of these same societies. Islamic charities and societies bring relief to the impoverished, Israel’s scholars win Nobel prizes, and most Indians cherish long-standing religious toleration. The author of this volume attempts to let the reader draw conclusions from the evidence.

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Stryker Post

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1610488903

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9781610488907

Chechnya - Russia's 'War on Terror'

By: John Russell

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Chechnya - Russia's 'War on Terror'

By: John Russell

The Russo-Chechen conflict has been the bloodiest war in Europe since the Second World War. It continues to drag on, despite the fact that it hits the headlines only when there is some 'terrorist spectacular'. Providing a comprehensive overview of the war and the issues connected with it, the author examines the origins of the conflict historically and traces how both sides were dragged inexorably into war in the early 1990s. The book discusses the two wars (1994-96 and 1999 to date), the intervening truce and shows how a downward spiral of violence has led to a mutually-damaging impasse from which neither side has been able to remove itself. It applies theories of conflict, especially theories of terrorism and counter-terrorism and concludes by proposing some alternative resolutions that might lead to a just and lasting peace in the region.

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489

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Routledge

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1134179448

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9781134179442

Weapons Proliferation and War in the Greater Middle East

Strategic Contest

By: Richard L. Russell

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Weapons Proliferation and War in the Greater Middle East

Strategic Contest

By: Richard L. Russell

This important new book explores the strategic reasons behind the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons as well as ballistic missile delivery systems in the Greater Middle East. It examines the uses and limitations of chemical weapons in regional combat, ballistic missile warfare and defenses, as well as Iran's drive for nuclear weapons and the likely regional reactions should Tehran acquire a nuclear weapons inventory. This book also discusses Chinese assistance to WMD and ballistic programs in the Greater Middle East. Finally, this book recommends policy options for American diplomacy to counter the challenges posed by WMD proliferation. This essential study prepares the ground for the challenges facing the international community. Richard Russell is a professor at the National Defense University's Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC. He also teaches at the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He previously served as a political-military analyst at the CIA.

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Routledge

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1134213883

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9781134213887

Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of Concord Fight, April 19, 1875

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson,George William Curtis,James Russell Lowell,James Lyman Whitney

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Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of Concord Fight, April 19, 1875

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson,George William Curtis,James Russell Lowell,James Lyman Whitney

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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3385493668

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9783385493667

Book's by Russell E. Fuller

My Mysterious Son

My Mysterious Son

The Outsourced Self

The Outsourced Self

Racing Toward 2001

Racing Toward 2001

The Time Bind

The Time Bind

Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men

Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men

Plan B

Plan B

The Middle East and South Asia 2012

The Middle East and South Asia 2012

Chechnya - Russia's 'War on Terror'

Chechnya - Russia's 'War on Terror'

Weapons Proliferation and War in the Greater Middle East

Weapons Proliferation and War in the Greater Middle East

Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of Concord Fight, April 19, 1875

Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of Concord Fight, April 19, 1875

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