Download or read book Insanity Begins at Home written by Ken Ludmer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his poignant memoir, Ken Ludmer, details his often raucous, always conflicted, and yet loving relationship with his mother. After sixty plus years of their epic battle, Ludmer and his Ma attempt to heal their wounds as he cares for her, following her broken hip at age 91. In the last eighteen months of her once brave and independent, world traveling life, they tell their stories to one another as they relive their battles in this American family life saga during the 40?s, and 50?s. Ludmer narrates his fun filled, adventurous hitchhiking throughout the USA and Europe in the 60?s, with hilarity and heartfelt honesty. His Ma is never at a loss for zingers. Insanity Begins at Home shares the heartwarming and insightful true story of a therapist's struggle to survive his mother's relentless ways, as they come full circle in this disarmingly touching memoir. ?Ken Ludmer's zest for life shines through every chapter of the remarkable book. This is a great story which will strike a chord with anyone who has lived through the 60's and 70?s. and will make younger readers wish they had.? ?Maggie Cobbett, Author Anyone for Murder?; Had We But World Enough; Swings and Roundabouts. www. maggiecobbett.co.uk ?Ken Ludmer has had an extraordinary life. He's done amazing things. He's a larger than life character. The book is filled with much good humor, poignancy, truth telling and a huge heart. He is a natural story teller and these wonderful vivid chapters will touch your heart deeply.? ?Amy Ferris, Author, Marrying George: Confessions from a midlife crisis (Seal Press)2010. blog www.marryinggeorgeclooney, com Book: Dancing at the Shame Prom, Anthology, Seal Press (2012) co-edited with Hollye Dexter ?Ken Ludmer has the ability to renew a classical picaresque genre for contemporary readers. His book is a bitter sweet, often hilarious journey that betrays the author's grand reservoir of jouissance. His honesty disarms while touching the core of our being. If you are down, and lonely and nobody to talk to, grab this book, your dark soul will be revived.? ?Dr. Isaac Tylim the Buenos Aires Herald

Download or read book Insanity written by Susan Vaught and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spooky fantasy filled with terrifying ghost stories from a real-life asylum.

Download or read book By Reason of Insanity written by Shane Stevens and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stevens takes readers on a harrowing descent into the mind of a mass murderer in this eerily realistic serial-killer novel. At the center of this gripping epic novel of mass murder, pursuit, and psychological terror is Thomas Bishop, a psychotic young killer who believes he is the son of Caryl Chessman, who was executed for rape in California amid intense controversy. Subjected to unmerciful physical and mental torture from an early age, Bishop kills his mother at the age of ten and is placed in an institution for the criminally insane. He grows to manhood knowing the outside world only through a television screen. At twenty-five, he succeeds in a brilliant escape and change of identity and begins to move across the country, murdering women in particularly gruesome ways. Pursued by reporters, police, and the mob, Bishop manages to elude them all, and the search for him becomes the greatest manhunt in US history.The chilling denouement will hold readers spellbound until the shattering, unforgettable conclusion.

Download or read book Insanity Inside Out written by Kenneth Donaldson and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 1976 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First person account.

Download or read book The Insanity of God written by Nik Ripken and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An amazing story of a missionary couple's journey into the toughest places on earth is combined with stories about remarkable people of faith they encountered to challenge and inspire those curious about the sufficiency of God.

Download or read book Madness at Home written by Akihito Suzuki and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-03-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Download or read book An Outcast in Another World written by Kamikaze Potato and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-12 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rob was an ordinary college sophomore when a pitch-back portal opened up on campus and tried to kidnap his best friend. An act of heroism resulted in him being taken instead, and he was rewarded for his efforts by being transported to another world with nothing but a sword and the clothes on his back. On the first day, he almost died. On the second day, he almost died. On the third, he began to notice a worrying trend. And almost died Whether he encounters wolves, cliffs, dungeons, monsters, or diseases, every day is a struggle to survive. The one advantage he has is his newfound ability to gain Levels and Stats, making himself stronger in order to survive the hostile lands that he was unceremoniously dumped into. He'll have to gain knowledge of the innerworkings of the world and its magic - progressing both his strength and his knowledge - in order to stay alive long enough to get revenge on whoever kidnapped him away from everything he knew and loved. Overcoming the wilds is just the first step in his journey; the locals aren't fond of humans, and discovering the dark past behind this new world's history of war and strife changes everything. As far as isekai adventures go, Rob drew the short straw in many ways, but it'll take more than danger at every corner to keep him down. He'll carve out a place in this world with his bare hands if necessary. He'll survive, and then he'll thrive. Whether anyone wants him to or not. -- An Outcast On Another World puts a great focus on story and characterization, making it perfect for fans of traditional fantasy stories, while still including plenty of skills, stats, classes, and progression for LitRPG-lovers to enjoy. The LitRPG elements are incorporated into the main story to construct a cohesive world that's easy to immerse yourself in. Rob's progression is weak to strong, and victories aren't handed to him on a silver platter. No matter how powerful he gets, mid-combat ingenuity is essential to achieving victory. An Outcast In Another World has dark elements to its narrative, but I've included appropriate humor as a balance, and many readers have told me that some parts made them burst out laughing while other parts tugged at their heartstrings. I truly believe that I've constructed a memorable fantasy RPG story that all types can love, and that you'll enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Download or read book The First signs of insanity written by Bernard Hollander and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stop the Insanity written by Susan Powter and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ve seen Susan Powter on her phenomenally successful “Stop the Insanity” infomercial, on the Home show, and on The Susan Powter Show, bringing her message of health, hope and wellness to millions. Now in this runaway bestseller she gives women everywhere the step-by-step motivation to take control of their lives. What is insanity? ·A multimillion-dollar diet industry that fails to help women lose weight permanently ·A fitness industry that excludes the unfit ·Women hating the way they look and feel After her divorce, Susan Poweter fell into a “fat come” that left her fat, unfit, and depressed. At more than 240 pounds, she courageously turned to the “experts”—the diet and fitness industries—for help. But she found, as millions of other have, that starvation and deprivation don’t work, and that the diet and fitness industries work against women, setting them up for failure, ruining their health, taking their money, and giving them temporary, short-term answers. Then on her own Susan Powter discovered how to eat, breath, and move, to lose weight permanently and regain her health, strength, and sanity.

Download or read book The Insanity Hoax written by Judith Schlesinger and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The mad genius is a favorite cultural stereotype, but despite media caricatures, popular expectations, and the extravagant claims of a few, there's no scientific proof that creative people are crazier than anyone else. Drawing on three decades of research, psychologist Judith Schlesinger tracks the myth from its birth in ancient Greece to modern times, showing how it distorts society's view of our most exceptional minds"--Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book Insanity s Song written by R. M. Dombross and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if? The basis on which all stories are told. What if, vampires were once real? What if they had a strict biological need for castes? Insanity is such a child, torn from her home, family, and friends she faces the challange of being the head of a family she is too young to command. Born to parents at the top of the caste system, Insanity knows little of hardship until her family is attacked, her security challanged. She is forced to accept a new name, a new Na'Kep, and to deal with a truamatic shock that leaves her nearly dead. Beside her through all of this is Grey, who has his own ghosts to deal with. Yet, he must somehow find a way to help Insanity through her own pain so that she can start the fight to reclaim her Family.

Download or read book The American Journal of Insanity written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Selection of Papers and Prize Essays on Subjects Connected with Insanity Read Before the Society for Improving the Condition of the Insane written by Society for Improving the Condition of the Insane (London) and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Journal of Mental Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 77- includes Yearbook of the Association, 1931-

Download or read book Faith Begins Home Family written by Mark Holmen and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most families the modern reality means the traditional meal around the table is gone and so are traditional Christian values. However, there is a way to bring Christ and Christ-like living into the center of the home, even in this technological, ever-disconnecting world. Faith Begins @Home Family is an easy-to-use resource that starts from square one and ends in a 24/7 lifestyle of family faith. Parents will find step-by-step tips and true-life stories that share practical ways families can push faithfulness forward and experience the blessing of God in their homes as they develop "spiritual skills" with their children.

Download or read book Out of his mind written by Amy Milne-Smith and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of His Mind interrogates how Victorians made sense of the madman as both a social reality and a cultural representation. Even at the height of enthusiasm for the curative powers of nineteenth-century psychiatry, to be certified as a lunatic meant a loss of one’s freedom and in many ways one’s identify. Because men had the most power and authority in Victorian Britain, this also meant they had the most to lose. The madman was often a marginal figure, confined in private homes, hospitals, and asylums. Yet as a cultural phenomenon he loomed large, tapping into broader social anxieties about respectability, masculine self-control, and fears of degeneration. Using a wealth of case notes, press accounts, literature, medical and government reports, this text provides a rich window into public understandings and personal experiences of men’s insanity.

Download or read book Madness in the City of Magnificent Intentions written by Martin Summers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-10 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries, Saint Elizabeths Hospital was one of the United States' most important institutions for the care and treatment of the mentally ill. Founded in 1855 to treat insane soldiers and sailors as well as civilian residents in the nation's capital, the institution became one of the country's preeminent research and teaching psychiatric hospitals. From the beginning of its operation, Saint Elizabeths admitted black patients, making it one of the few American asylums to do so. This book is a history of the hospital and its relationship to Washington, DC's African American community. It charts the history of Saint Elizabeths from its founding to the late-1980s, when the hospital's mission and capabilities changed as a result of deinstitutionalization, and its transfer from the federal government to the District of Columbia. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, including patient case files, the book demonstrates how race was central to virtually every aspect of the hospital's existence, from the ways in which psychiatrists understood mental illness and employed therapies to treat it to the ways that black patients experienced their institutionalization. The book argues that assumptions about the existence of distinctive black and white psyches shaped the therapeutic and diagnostic regimes in the hospital and left a legacy of poor treatment of African American patients, even after psychiatrists had begun to reject racialist conceptions of the psyche. Yet black patients and their communities asserted their own agency and exhibited a "rights consciousness" in large and small ways, from agitating for more equal treatment to attempting to manage the therapeutic experience.