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Shattered Motherhood

Surviving the Guilt of a Child's Suicide

by Donna Frances Johnson ...

Series series Spinifex Shorts
If you are a mother today, you are mothering in patriarchy. What that means, and how it impacts a mother grieving the loss of her child to suicide, is a subject Donna Johnson explores in this profound book.Donna worked closely with mothers who lost a child to suicide and what struck her was the absence of specific support groups for them and the overwhelming sense of guilt, shame and failure they ... Read more

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If you are a mother today, you are mothering in patriarchy. What that means, and how it impacts a mother grieving the loss of her child to suicide, is a subject Donna Johnson explores in this profound book.Donna worked closely with mothers who lost a child to suicide and what struck her was the absence of specific support groups for them and the overwhelming sense of guilt, shame and failure they
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Everything that Has Gone Wrong in Your Life Was for All the Right Reasons

by Frances Johnson ...

Everything that Has Gone Wrong in Your Life Was for All the Right ReasonsBy: Frances JohnsonFrances Johnson wrote Everything that Has Gone Wrong in Your Life Was for All the Right Reasons to free you from the stronghold of your past, eliminating any trace of doubt about who you are after being barricaded under pain, hurt, rejection, and the failures of life that have determined your future. ... Read more

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Everything that Has Gone Wrong in Your Life Was for All the Right ReasonsBy: Frances JohnsonFrances Johnson wrote Everything that Has Gone Wrong in Your Life Was for All the Right Reasons to free you from the stronghold of your past, eliminating any trace of doubt about who you are after being barricaded under pain, hurt, rejection, and the failures of life that have determined your future.
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The Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays. Illustrated

by William Wells Brown, Harriet E. Wilson, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frances E. W. Harper, Langston Hughes, Phillis Wheatley, Solomon Northup, Frederick Douglass, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, Olaudah Equiano, Mary Prince, Charles Ball, Josiah Henson, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Elizabeth Keckley, Louis Hughes, Booker T. Washington, Henry Box Brown, James Hambleton Christian, Theophilus Collins, Seth Concklin, Charles Gilbert, Samuel Green, Jamie Griffin, Harry Grimes, John Henry Hill, Jane Johnson, Matilda Mahoney, Mary Frances Melvin, Aunt Hannah Moore, Alfred S. Thornton, W. E. B. Du Bois ...

African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were ... Read more

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African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were
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Introduction to Healthcare Knowledge and Library Services

Edited by Geoff Walton - Editor, Frances Johnson - Editor, David Stewart - Editor, Gil Young - Editor, Holly Case Wyatt - Editor ...

Series series Introduction to
Winner of The Information Resources KM and IM Award 2024The range of roles in healthcare knowledge and library services are many and varied. From ‘traditional’ librarian roles to those that break new ground – including clinical, embedded and outreach librarians and knowledge managers – they are a vital ongoing support for this important sector.This work brings together health information ... Read more

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Winner of The Information Resources KM and IM Award 2024The range of roles in healthcare knowledge and library services are many and varied. From ‘traditional’ librarian roles to those that break new ground – including clinical, embedded and outreach librarians and knowledge managers – they are a vital ongoing support for this important sector.This work brings together health information
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How We Take Action

Social Justice in PK-16Language Classrooms

Edited by Kelly Frances Davidson, Stacey Margarita Johnson, L. J. Randolph ...

Series series Contemporary Language Education
How We Take Action brings together practical examples of social justice in language education from a wide range of contexts. Many language teachers have a desire to teach in justice-oriented ways, but perhaps also feel frustration at how hard it is to teach in ways that we did not experience ourselves as learners and have not observed as colleagues. As a profession, we need more ideas, more ... Read more

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How We Take Action brings together practical examples of social justice in language education from a wide range of contexts. Many language teachers have a desire to teach in justice-oriented ways, but perhaps also feel frustration at how hard it is to teach in ways that we did not experience ourselves as learners and have not observed as colleagues. As a profession, we need more ideas, more
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The Second Talk

by Frances R. Johnson, George R. Johnson ...

This starts early and we, as mature adults and parents, have the responsibility to keep them safe. Therefore, we will start with you, the parent. We aim to provide relevant tips on this voyage called life to keep our children safe from harm and danger and end with the productour young ones. Our young ones must listen and hear the second talk. This is the conversation after the sex talk, which ... Read more

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This starts early and we, as mature adults and parents, have the responsibility to keep them safe. Therefore, we will start with you, the parent. We aim to provide relevant tips on this voyage called life to keep our children safe from harm and danger and end with the productour young ones. Our young ones must listen and hear the second talk. This is the conversation after the sex talk, which
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Calming Stories for Puppies and Dogs

16 Calming Stories to Help Settle Puppies and Anxious Dogs

by Sam Johnson, Hans Christian Andersen, Frances Jenkins Olcott, Edith Nesbit, Beatrix Potter, Johnny Gruelle ...

Narrated by Nicki White, Matt Stewart, Harriet Jones ...

Unabridged

2 hours 23 min

A gentle way to comfort and relax your furry friend.This special collection of 16 calming stories is designed to help settle restless puppies and soothe anxious dogs. With soft, rhythmic storytelling and peaceful themes, these tales create a comforting atmosphere that can help ease separation anxiety, promote relaxation, and provide a sense of security for your beloved pet.Perfect for bedtime, ... Read more

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A gentle way to comfort and relax your furry friend.This special collection of 16 calming stories is designed to help settle restless puppies and soothe anxious dogs. With soft, rhythmic storytelling and peaceful themes, these tales create a comforting atmosphere that can help ease separation anxiety, promote relaxation, and provide a sense of security for your beloved pet.Perfect for bedtime,
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Black Voices Matter

by Frances E W Harper, James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay ...

This anthology focuses on African-American poets. We start in the 18th century and end with the Harlem Renaissance. Many poets featured are, and were, rarely heard and have been painfully neglected. To be of colour was deemed at best to be second class so few of our poets had the privileges most of us take for granted or a means to market. Down the ages they illuminate the stain on our humanity ... Read more

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This anthology focuses on African-American poets. We start in the 18th century and end with the Harlem Renaissance. Many poets featured are, and were, rarely heard and have been painfully neglected. To be of colour was deemed at best to be second class so few of our poets had the privileges most of us take for granted or a means to market. Down the ages they illuminate the stain on our humanity
... Read more
Twenty-five Years of Child Study

The Development of the Programme and Review of the Research at the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto 1926-1951

by Institute of Child Study, Mary Northway, Karl Bernhardt, Margaret Fletcher, Frances Johnson, Dorothy Millichamp ...

Series series Heritage
This is the story of the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto, from its beginning in 1926 to the present. To honour the Director, W.E. Blatz, it has been written by members of the staff and its publication financed by parents of children who have attended the Nursery School and by students, graduates, and friends of the Institute.The book is centred around the research programme which ... Read more

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This is the story of the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto, from its beginning in 1926 to the present. To honour the Director, W.E. Blatz, it has been written by members of the staff and its publication financed by parents of children who have attended the Nursery School and by students, graduates, and friends of the Institute.The book is centred around the research programme which
... Read more
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Top 10 Poets – The African-Americans, The

Five poems each from some of the best African American poets

by Langston Hughes, Phillis Wheatley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Claude McKay, Frances E W Harper, James Weldon Johnson, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Angelina Weld Grimké, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Adah Isaacs Menken ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe, Warren Keyes, Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

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The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
Health and Health Care as Social Problems

by Elizabeth M. Armstrong, Michael Betz, Robert S. Broadhead, Diana Dull, Stephen L. Fielding, Samuel R. Friedman, Josh Gamson, Herb Haines, Karl Hufbauer, Michael P. Johnson, Maren Klawiter, Frances B. McCrea, Carol Klaperman Morrow, Lenahan O'Connell, Stephen J. Pfhol, Deborah Potter, Ernest Quimby, C Amanda Rittenhouse, Joseph W. Schneider, Steven P. Wallace, Candace West ...

Series series Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series
This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems. Designed for courses on social problems and on medical sociology, the volume embraces two fundamental principles: that health and illness are at least partly socially produced, and that health care is not an unfettered good and often ... Read more

$71.99 CAD

This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems. Designed for courses on social problems and on medical sociology, the volume embraces two fundamental principles: that health and illness are at least partly socially produced, and that health care is not an unfettered good and often
... Read more
Atlantic Environments and the American South

by Alejandra Dubcovsky, Frances Kolb, Peter C. Messer, Melissa Morris, Matthew Mulcahy, Hayley Negrin, Keith Pluymers, Sean Morey Smith, Bradford Wood, Elaine Lafay ...

Series series
There is clear overlap in interests and influences for the fields of Atlantic, environmental, and southern history, but scholarship in them has often advanced on parallel tracks. This anthology places itself at the intersection, pushing for a new confluence. Editors Thomas Blake Earle and D. Andrew Johnson provide a lucid introduction to this collection of essays that brings these disciplines ... Read more

$120.99 CAD

There is clear overlap in interests and influences for the fields of Atlantic, environmental, and southern history, but scholarship in them has often advanced on parallel tracks. This anthology places itself at the intersection, pushing for a new confluence. Editors Thomas Blake Earle and D. Andrew Johnson provide a lucid introduction to this collection of essays that brings these disciplines
... Read more

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