A History of Scars

A History of Scars
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Publisher : Atria Books
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9781982127282
ISBN-13 : 1982127287
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of Scars by : Laura Lee

From a writer whose work has been called “breathtaking and dazzling” by Roxane Gay, this moving, illuminating, and multifaceted memoir explores, in a series of essays, the emotional scars we carry when dealing with mental and physical illnesses—reminiscent of The Collected Schizophrenias and An Unquiet Mind. In this stunning debut, Laura Lee weaves unforgettable and eye-opening essays on a variety of taboo topics. In “History of Scars” and “Aluminum’s Erosions,” Laura dives head-first into heavier themes revolving around intimacy, sexuality, trauma, mental illness, and the passage of time. In “Poetry of the World,” Laura shifts and addresses the grief she feels by being geographically distant from her mother whom, after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, is relocated to a nursing home in Korea. Through the vivid imagery of mountain climbing, cooking, studying writing, and growing up Korean American, Lee explores the legacy of trauma on a young queer child of immigrants as she reconciles the disparate pieces of existence that make her whole. By tapping into her own personal, emotional, and psychological struggles in these powerful and relatable essays, Lee encourages all of us to not be afraid to face our own hardships and inner truths.

My Scars Tell a Story

My Scars Tell a Story
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Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages : 75
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ISBN-10 : 9781480995116
ISBN-13 : 1480995118
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis My Scars Tell a Story by : Mark Everett Kelly

My Scars Tell a Story By: Mark Everett Kelly My Scars Tell a Story is Mark Everett's battle with cancer. Given a death sentence, Mark relied on his doctors, family, and faith in Jesus Christ for strength. This book is inspired by Mark's promise to share his story to galvanize those who suffer. You can overcome and rise above the pain and obstacles of life.

Sláine

Sláine
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Publisher : 2000 AD
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 178108176X
ISBN-13 : 9781781081761
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis Sláine by : Pat Mills

THIRTY YEARS OF MYTH AND LEGEND! Marking 30 years of the Celtic barbarian s adventures, this special anniversary book brings together a sequence of new stories from creator Pat Mills and the biggest artists to have worked on Sláine over the past three decades. This hardback volume also includes The Art of Slaine, a retrospective of Sláine covers and commentary. A great collector's item and not to be missed by fans of great storytelling, art and warp spasms everywhere! Includes and afterword by Graham Linehan.

The Scar: A Personal History of Depression and Recovery

The Scar: A Personal History of Depression and Recovery
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 9781324001737
ISBN-13 : 1324001739
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis The Scar: A Personal History of Depression and Recovery by : Mary Cregan

A “searingly honest and riveting” (Colm Tóibín) memoir interweaving the author’s descent into depression with a medical and cultural history of the illness. At the age of twenty-seven, Mary Cregan gives birth to her first child, a daughter she names Anna. But it’s apparent that something is terribly wrong, and two days later, Anna dies—plunging Cregan into suicidal despair. Decades later, sustained by her work, a second marriage, and a son, Cregan reflects on this pivotal experience and attempts to make sense of it. She weaves together literature and research with details from her own ordeal—and the still-visible scar of her suicide attempt—while also considering her life as part of the larger history of our understanding of depression.

The Song of Our Scars

The Song of Our Scars
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 339
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ISBN-10 : 9781541675292
ISBN-13 : 1541675290
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis The Song of Our Scars by : Haider Warraich

A doctor’s personal and unsparing account of how modern medicine’s failure to understand pain has made care less effective In The Song of Our Scars, physician Haider Warraich offers a bold reexamination of the nature of pain, not as a simple physical sensation, but as a cultural experience. Warraich, himself a sufferer of chronic pain, considers the ways our notions of pain have been shaped not just by science but by politics and power, by whose suffering mattered and whose didn’t. He weaves a provocative history from the Renaissance, when pain transformed into a medical issue, through the racial legacy of pain tolerance, to the opiate epidemics of both the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, to the cutting edge of present-day pain science. The conclusion is clear: only by reckoning with both pain’s complicated history and its biology can today’s doctors adequately treat their patients’ suffering. Trenchant and deeply felt, The Song of Our Scars is an indictment of a broken system and a plea for a more holistic understanding of the human body.

The Scars of Venus

The Scars of Venus
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 246
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ISBN-10 : 9781447120681
ISBN-13 : 144712068X
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis The Scars of Venus by : J.David Oriel

In the last decade of the 15th century a new and deadly disease called Morbus Gallicus, or syphilis, appeared and spread rapidly throughout Europe. The effects of syphilis were so severe that it, and those suffering from it, where regarded with horror and despair. It is difficult for the modern reader to appreciate the fog of confusion which surrounded sexually transmitted diseases in earlier times. Those suffering with these diseases were often condemned as victims of their own "sinful lust of the flesh"; a judgement attitude which hindered most of the early attempts at control and treatment. Despite this general attitude, there were some doctors who persevered in their attempts to understand the causes and discover treatments for syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases. The Scars of Venus is illustrated with pictures of people, places, instruments and documents. It presents the historical background and achievements of the early venereologists through to the current venereologists' fight against HIV. This book will be of interest to anyone concerned with venereal diseases: doctors, nurses, counsellors, laboratory workers, medical historians, and those working in the areas of public/world health and the spread of infectious diseases.

Scars of War

Scars of War
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 437
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ISBN-10 : 9781496229342
ISBN-13 : 1496229347
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Scars of War by : Sabrina Thomas

Best First Book Award from the History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta Scars of War examines the decisions of U.S. policymakers denying the Amerasians of Vietnam--the biracial sons and daughters of American fathers and Vietnamese mothers born during the Vietnam War--American citizenship. Focusing on the implications of the 1982 Amerasian Immigration Act and the 1987 Amerasian Homecoming Act, Sabrina Thomas investigates why policymakers deemed a population unfit for American citizenship, despite the fact that they had American fathers. Thomas argues that the exclusion of citizenship was a component of bigger issues confronting the Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations: international relationships in a Cold War era, America's defeat in the Vietnam War, and a history in the United States of racially restrictive immigration and citizenship policies against mixed-race persons and people of Asian descent. Now more politically relevant than ever, Scars of War explores ideas of race, nation, and gender in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Thomas exposes the contradictory approach of policymakers unable to reconcile Amerasian biracialism with the U.S. Code. As they created an inclusionary discourse deeming Amerasians worthy of American action, guidance, and humanitarian aid, federal policymakers simultaneously initiated exclusionary policies that designated these people unfit for American citizenship.

Scars

Scars
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Publisher : Professional Publishing
Total Pages : 532
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1881524981
ISBN-13 : 9781881524984
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Scars by : Candace Yvette Cole

Fading Scars

Fading Scars
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 0986183512
ISBN-13 : 9780986183515
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Fading Scars by : Corbett Joan O'Toole

Uncovering stories about disability history and life, OToole shares her firsthand account of some of the most dramatic events in Disability History, and gives voice to those too often yet left out. From the 504 Sit-in and the founding of the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley, to the Disability Forum at the International Woman's Conference in Beijing; through dancing, sports, queer disability organizing and being a disabled parent, OToole explores her own and the disability community's power and privilege with humor, insight and honest observations. "Corbett Joan OToole's Fading Scars: My Queer Disabled History is like a song-an anthem, a lullaby, a ballad, a love lyric and a chant all at once. This book of essays chronicles one person's life, but also the 40 years that disability rights and disability justice shaped American history. Its first-person accounts of historical events, fierce focus on disabled identities, and consistently accessible language and structure make it unusual-perhaps even unique-among disability memoirs. Bursting with ideas, stories, and arguments, Fading Scars is a book in which experience accrues into knowledge and emerges through the written word as wisdom. Fading Scars combines razor-sharp organization with passages of lyrical beauty. It establishes a new standard, perhaps even the beginning of a new aesthetic, for disability writing." - Margaret Price, author ofMad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life. "Illuminating disability history with clear and funny stories, this book builds a home where those of us who have lived on the sidelines can seek shelter." - Naomi Ortiz, Writer, Artist and Disability Justice Activist "Fading Scars is a must read for those interested in disability community, activism, and scholarship." - Kim Nielsen, author of A Disability History of the United States (ReVisioning American History)"

Scars

Scars
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Publisher : West Side Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1934813575
ISBN-13 : 9781934813577
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Scars by : Cheryl Rainfield

Teen girl cuts to cope with memories of sexual abuse