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A powerful exploration of grief and resilience following the death of the author's son that combines memoir, reportage, and lessons in how to heal Everyone deals with grief in their own way. Helen Macdonald found solace in training a wild goshawk. Cheryl Strayed found strength in hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. For Carol Smith, a Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist struggling with the sudden death of her seven-year-old son, Christopher, the way to cross the river of sorrow was through work. In Crossing the River, Smith recounts how she faced down her crippling loss through reporting a series of profiles of people coping with their own intense challenges, whether a life-altering acciden...
When Rose sees Joe in an Oxford bar, for her it is instant infatuation. He is everything she could ever want: gifted musician, wit and high achiever. In her mind, at least, they are ideally matched and a burning desire for him takes hold. Fate, however, has other plans and Joe no intention of settling down. All Rose will ever be to him is part of his student past. Instead he embarks on a dazzling career which takes him abroad for a number of years, leaving Rose alone with shattered dreams.She knows what true happiness can be like. Her parents have always been very well married, and the late arrival of her kid sister, Lily, helped make the family complete. But when Joe returns and falls for Lily, unaware that Rose still has feelings for him, a dangerous rivalry ensues that can only lead to murder.
"Is titanium for you? Can better brakes reduce lap times significantly? How do you choose the rights nuts and bolts? Which is more important, cornering or straight-line speed? Why did it break again? Engineer to Win not only answers these and many other questions, it gives you the reasons why."--Back cover
DIVA finely observed and lovingly detailed portrait of a woman attempting to find a community and understand her own troubled history/divDIV/div After spending two decades in jails, psych wards, and halfway houses for her peripheral involvement in a radical students’ bombing plot, thirty-six-year-old Carol Smith winds up squatting in a tattered space in Spanish Harlem. She spends the majority of her vagrant days socializing with her homeless neighbors, arguing with a testy social worker, and wandering the streets with Alphonse, a wayward South African wino and self-professed actor. Alphonse proves to be an inspiring force, and soon Carol is weaning herself off antidepressants as the sifting of her memories—mostly of her upbringing by two aunts in Massachusetts—creates a chance for redemption.
Carol Smith, the acclaimed author of Friends for Life, returns with a spellbinding tale of terror and suspense as a family reunion becomes a setting for murder. Odile Annesley, the once-beloved matriarch of the Annesley clan, has been living in a self-imposed exile for 40 years following a family tragedy. But with her 80th birthday approaching, she decides it's time to contact her family and give them details about her will. Her grandchildren think this is the perfect opportunity to get to know each other better and plan a family reunion in France to celebrateGrandmere's birthday with her. As they grow closer while preparing for the big reunion, terribleaccidents begin happening throughout the extended family. And when they finally arrive at Grandmere's, they discover a house set to welcome them...and an unmarked grave. In their search to find the murderer, all of their lives are put in jeopardy-and no one can predict the family secrets that will be revealed.
Despite standing as chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders trial, David Smith was vilified by the public due to the accusations thrown at him by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady about his involvement in their crimes.
*THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM BOOK CLUB PICK* 'A clear, compelling guide to some of the most pressing debates in technology today.' Bill Gates 'A colourful and insightful insiders' view of how technology is both empowering us and threatening us. From privacy to cyberattacks, this timely book is a useful guide for how to navigate the digital future.' Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Steve Jobs From Microsoft's President and one of the tech industry's wisest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential risk as the digitization of everything accelerates. With new chapters on the pandemic and beyond. _____...
"Worked Over is about large-scale social change seen at close range, through the lives of generations of working people in a small manufacturing center [comprising the Mohawk River Valley towns of Herkimer, Ilion, Frankfort, and Mohawk] along New York State's old Erie Canal ... [T]he Remington company, maker of arms and typewriters among other things, was for many years the backbone of a thriving regional society. Corporate takeover of the varied Remington enterprises in 1886 ushered in a century of social distress and decreasing political autonomy. Since the 1970s, the area has suffered mightily from deindustrialization."--Back cover.
The Bible-it's the worldÆs best-known and best-selling book. But itÆs not always the best-understood. To learn more about the Bible, you could refer to a big, thick commentary. . .or check out the easy-to-read Ultimate Guide to the Bible. Theologically sound, but written in approachable layman's terms, The Ultimate Guide to the Bible offers overviews of the whole Bible and its individual books, explanations of confusing terms, a Bible timeline, and introductions to the important people, places, and events of Bible times. ItÆs a perfect resource for new Christians, or an enjoyable refresher course for long-time saints.
First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.