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I Want to Live
In 1955, the gas chamber at San Quentin claimed its third woman in California history. Who was Barbara Graham—a mistreated person entangled in a web of circumstances, or the cold-blooded killer known to the media as "Bloody Babs?” She quickly became the subject of one of the most publicized murder cases of her era. Born to a teenage mother in Oakland, Barbara's early life read like a manual for disaster: reform schools, teenage marriage, petty crime, and a desperate search for belonging. By age thirty, she had transformed herself from a small-time grifter into a sophisticated con artist in the neon-lit underworld of post-war Los Angeles. But it was her alleged role in the brutal murder o...
Proof of Guilt
Barbara Graham might have been a diabolical dame in a hard-boiled detective story--beautiful, sexy, and deadly. Charged alongside two male friends in the murder of an elderly widow during a botched robbery attempt, "Bloody Babs" became the third woman executed in California--after a 1953 trial that played out before standing-room-only crowds captured the imaginations of journalists, filmmakers, and death penalty opponents. Why, Kathleen A. Cairns asks, of all the capital cases in the twentieth century, did Graham's have such political resonance and staying power? Leaving aside the question of guilt or innocence--debated to this day--Cairns examines how Graham's case became a touchstone in th...
The Counselling Approach to Careers Guidance
Through detailed case material the authors show how to use counselling strategies with clients seeking careers guidance to enable them to change unhelpful patterns of thought and to move towards achievable goals. This book: * offers a series of tasks for structuring interviews and assesses materials available to careers counsellors * discusses important issues affecting their training and development within the public sector. This is a useful handbook for experienced advisers and trainees in the careers service and a range of professional settings.
Too Late to Turn Back
'It was stimulating and exciting, and I wrote down that he�was the best kind of companion one could have for a trip�of this kind. I was learning far more than he realized.'
Camp Paradox
This haunting yet wry coming-of-age memoir set at an all-girls summer camp fast-forwards decades into the future as Barbara Graham grapples with the knowledge that the "love affair" she believed she'd shared with her female camp counselor in the 1960s fits every definition of sexual abuse. The book will appeal to anyone who has experienced a betrayal of trust or conflated love and abuse.
Women who Run with the Poodles
A humorous look at self-help programs for women offers a program for finding your Inner Poodle that involves no goddess ceremonies, drumming, or screeching at the moon
Promoting Fashion
The marketing and promotion of fashion is entering a fast-moving and challenging phase. This book shows how to appeal to the consumer and communicate the brand message. Advertising campaigns, both offline and online, are discussed, together with the existing and new methods of PR and promotion. Individual chapters then look at social media, e-commerce and online fashion retail, personal selling and offline fashion retail, direct marketing, fashion shows and sales promotions, plus costing a campaign. These are supported by case studies and interviews with leading professionals.
What Jonah Knew
“A spellbinding literary thriller packed with psychological suspense and profound questions about motherhood, trauma and how death illuminates life.”—Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins “Barbara Graham is a literary alchemist. What Jonah Knew not only grabs you from the first page, it makes the mystical believable and the human predicament shine with wit, wisdom, and love.”—Tara Brach, meditation teacher and bestselling author of Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion A seven-year-old boy inexplicably recalls the memories of a missing 22-year-old musician in this psychological thriller about the fierce love between mothers and sons across...
Barbara Graham
In the unforgiving shadows of 1950s America, a single moment can transform a life forever-and Barbara Graham's story is a haunting testament to that brutal truth. "Barbara Graham: The Tragic Life of 'Bloody Babs'" unravels the complex narrative of a woman branded a murderer, yet trapped in a web of systemic poverty, limited opportunities, and a criminal justice system more interested in punishment than understanding. From her troubled childhood to her controversial execution, Graham's life represents a microcosm of mid-20th century social dynamics that continue to resonate today. This meticulously researched biography goes beyond sensationalist headlines, offering an unflinching examination ...
Moving on in Your Career
Shows what is required to make a continuing career in academic research and gives advice on taking alternative career paths. The authors provide advice on sources of advertised and unadvertised vacancies as well as practical search skills.
