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Short Stories About Mental Illness

A collection of stories about characters struggling with their mental health

by Nikolai Gogol, Amy Levy, Catherine Wells, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Sologub, Leo Tolstoy, Leonid Andreyev, Radclyffe Hall, Vsevolod Garshin, Willa Cather ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Laurel Lefkow, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

11 hours 47 min

For many of us illness refers solely to the physical. Accidents and disease wear us down, hiccup our life from childhood to old age. But everyone empathises, understands and helps us on the road to recovery.Mental illness though can still carry a stigma. A case of ‘you’re not trying hard enough’, ‘or knuckling down and getting on with it’. But in more recent decades mental issues have come to be ... Read more

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For many of us illness refers solely to the physical. Accidents and disease wear us down, hiccup our life from childhood to old age. But everyone empathises, understands and helps us on the road to recovery.Mental illness though can still carry a stigma. A case of ‘you’re not trying hard enough’, ‘or knuckling down and getting on with it’. But in more recent decades mental issues have come to be
... Read more
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The English Women

The top ten Short Stories of all time written by English female authors

by Elizabeth Gaskell, Virginia Woolf, Mary Shelley, Amy Levy, Charlotte Mew, Edith Nesbit, Ella D'Arcy, Mary Cholmonderly, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Radclyffe Hall ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

6 hours 16 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
... Read more
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3 Stories About - Marrying for Money or Happiness

A trio of classic tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

by Khalil Gibran, Amy Levy, Tod Robbins ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Marie-Pierre, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

2 hours 11 min

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

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There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
... Read more
Fat and the Body in the Long Nineteenth Century

Meanings, Measures, and Representations

Edited by Amy Shaw, Lynn Kennedy ...

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the body was a key focus of discourse. Fat and the Body in the Long Nineteenth Century animates discussion and analyses of fatness, highlighting how corporeal expectations fit into larger social systems and showing how interpretations have shifted over time. This collection examines a host of primary sources – including literature, art, medical ... Read more

$43.99 USD

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the body was a key focus of discourse. Fat and the Body in the Long Nineteenth Century animates discussion and analyses of fatness, highlighting how corporeal expectations fit into larger social systems and showing how interpretations have shifted over time. This collection examines a host of primary sources – including literature, art, medical
... Read more
Making the Best of It

Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland during the Second World War

by Sarah Glassford, Amy Shaw ...

Series series Studies in Canadian Military History
Many women who lived through the Second World War believed it heralded new status and opportunities, but scholars have argued that very little changed. How can these interpretations be reconciled? Making the Best of It examines the ways in which gender and other identities intersected to shape the experiences of female Canadians and Newfoundlanders during the war. The contributors to this ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Many women who lived through the Second World War believed it heralded new status and opportunities, but scholars have argued that very little changed. How can these interpretations be reconciled? Making the Best of It examines the ways in which gender and other identities intersected to shape the experiences of female Canadians and Newfoundlanders during the war. The contributors to this
... Read more
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PMHNP Exam Q&A Bank

3000 Practice Questions with Detailed Answer Explanations for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification

by Amy Daisy MacDonald, Valerie Kathryn Shaw ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Unabridged

22 hours 29 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Master psychiatry board exams and enhance clinical practice with this comprehensive question bank featuring 2000+ expertly crafted questions and evidence-based explanations. This essential study guide covers all major topics required for psychiatric certification, from DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria to cutting-edge psychopharmacology and clinical ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Master psychiatry board exams and enhance clinical practice with this comprehensive question bank featuring 2000+ expertly crafted questions and evidence-based explanations. This essential study guide covers all major topics required for psychiatric certification, from DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria to cutting-edge psychopharmacology and clinical
... Read more
The Arc of Conversation

A How-to Guide for Goals of Care Conversations

by Amy Shaw, PA ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
Intending to fill an important gap in medical training, this book presents an easy-to-learn, standardized approach to having compassionate and collaborative goals of careconversations with patients and families, a skill that can be difficult for clinicians to learn and that is not part of standard medical education curricula.Developed by a Palliative Care provider, this is the first book to teach ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Intending to fill an important gap in medical training, this book presents an easy-to-learn, standardized approach to having compassionate and collaborative goals of careconversations with patients and families, a skill that can be difficult for clinicians to learn and that is not part of standard medical education curricula.Developed by a Palliative Care provider, this is the first book to teach
... Read more
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Slip of the Pen, A

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Amy Levy ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

Amy Levy was born in London, England in 1861, the second of seven in a fairly wealthy Anglo-Jewish family. The children read and participated in secular literary activities and became firmly integrated into Victorian life.Her education was at Brighton High School, Brighton, before studies at Newnham College, Cambridge; she was the first Jewish student when she arrived in 1879, but left after four ... Read more

$1.99 USD

Amy Levy was born in London, England in 1861, the second of seven in a fairly wealthy Anglo-Jewish family. The children read and participated in secular literary activities and became firmly integrated into Victorian life.Her education was at Brighton High School, Brighton, before studies at Newnham College, Cambridge; she was the first Jewish student when she arrived in 1879, but left after four
... Read more
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Slip of the Pen, A

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Amy Levy ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

18 min

Amy Levy was born in London, England in 1861, the second of seven in a fairly wealthy Anglo-Jewish family. The children read and participated in secular literary activities and became firmly integrated into Victorian life.Her education was at Brighton High School, Brighton, before studies at Newnham College, Cambridge; she was the first Jewish student when she arrived in 1879, but left after four ... Read more

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Amy Levy was born in London, England in 1861, the second of seven in a fairly wealthy Anglo-Jewish family. The children read and participated in secular literary activities and became firmly integrated into Victorian life.Her education was at Brighton High School, Brighton, before studies at Newnham College, Cambridge; she was the first Jewish student when she arrived in 1879, but left after four
... Read more
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Sokratics in the Strand

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Amy Levy ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

19 min

Amy Levy was born in London, England in 1861, the second of seven in a fairly wealthy Anglo-Jewish family. The children read and participated in secular literary activities and became firmly integrated into Victorian life.Her education was at Brighton High School, Brighton, before studies at Newnham College, Cambridge; she was the first Jewish student when she arrived in 1879, but left after four ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Amy Levy was born in London, England in 1861, the second of seven in a fairly wealthy Anglo-Jewish family. The children read and participated in secular literary activities and became firmly integrated into Victorian life.Her education was at Brighton High School, Brighton, before studies at Newnham College, Cambridge; she was the first Jewish student when she arrived in 1879, but left after four
... Read more
The Frontier of Patriotism

Alberta and the First World War

by David Borys, Juliette Champagne, Brett Clifton, Catherine C. Cole, Rory Cory, Duff Crerar, Michael Dawe, L. James Dempsey, Antonella Fanella, Alvin Finkel, Ryan Flavelle, David Gallant, Stephen Greenhalgh, Jarett Henderson, Mark Osborne Humphries, Chris Hyland, Kathryn Ivany, Allan Kerr, Norman Knowles, J. Whitney Lackenbauer, Robert Lampard, Michale Lang, Kassandra Luciuk, Rod McLeod, John Matthews, Peter McKenzie-Brown, Sean Moir, Patricia Myers, Allan Rowe, Robert Rutherdale, Amy Shaw, Donald J. Smith, Paul Stortz, Doug Styles, Ken Tingley, Aritha van Herk, Donald G. Wetherell, Anthony Worman ...

Series Book 6 - Beyond Boundaries: Canadian Defence and Strategic Studies
With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and sacrifices of those who supported those soldiers, and the war effort in general, back at home. The ... Read more

$35.99 USD

With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and sacrifices of those who supported those soldiers, and the war effort in general, back at home. The
... Read more
Paths to Excellence

The Dell Medical School and Medical Education in Texas

by Kenneth I. Shine, Amy Shaw Thomas ...

For more than a century, medical schools and academic campuses were largely separate in Texas. Though new medical technologies and drugs—conceivably, even a vaccine instrumental in the prevention of a pandemic—might be developed on an academic campus such as the University of Texas at Austin, there was no co-located medical school with which to collaborate. Faculty members were left to seek ... Read more

$25.99 USD

For more than a century, medical schools and academic campuses were largely separate in Texas. Though new medical technologies and drugs—conceivably, even a vaccine instrumental in the prevention of a pandemic—might be developed on an academic campus such as the University of Texas at Austin, there was no co-located medical school with which to collaborate. Faculty members were left to seek
... Read more

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