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Fires in the dark : healing the unquiet mind / by Jamison, Kay R.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The acclaimed author of The Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychic pain and the role of the gifted healer in the journey back to health. "To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal." In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of suffering, Kay Jamison writes about what makes an effective healer, and the role of imagination and memory in the regeneration of the mind. From the trauma of the bloodiest battlefields of the twentieth century to her own experience with bipolar disease, Jamison demonstrates how extraordinary psychotherapy can be when administered properly and explores the clinical reality that healing the mind requires, for both doctor and patient. She draws on the cases of W.H.R. Rivers, the renowned doctor who treated shell-shocked WWI soldiers, on the long history of physical treatments for mental distress and the ancient role of religion and myth in healing, and she looks at the heroic figures in our artistic culture who have healed us as a people, such as Paul Robeson. Fires in the Dark is a beautiful meditation on the quest and adventure of true healing"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Jamison, Kay R.; Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919.; Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922.; Mental illness; Psychotherapy;
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Fire cannot kill a dragon : Game of Thrones and the official untold story of the epic series / by Hibberd, James,author.;
"The official, definitive oral history of the blockbuster show from Entertainment Weekly's James Hibberd, published with HBO's official support"--
Subjects: Game of thrones (Television program);
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The fire-breathing ferret fiasco / by Bowles, David(David O.); Clester, Shane.;
Cousins Dante, Malia, and Ivan are happy to be back in their hometown of Nopalitos. But then their school bus takes a wrong turn and they end up on 13th Street! There are new monsters to fight, but at least they have their friend Susana and their bus driver to help them. Will the gang ever make it to their first day of class?Appeals to 1st-3rd Grader.GRL: M.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Horror fiction.; Cousins; Friendship; Monsters; School children;
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Our voice of fire : a memoir of a warrior rising / by Morin, Brandi,author.;
"A wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French/Cree/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples. Brandi Morin is known for her clear-eyed and empathetic reporting on Indigenous oppression in North America. She is also a survivor of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls crisis and uses her experience to tell the stories of those who did not survive the rampant violence. From her time as a foster kid and runaway who fell victim to predatory men and an oppressive system to her career as an internationally acclaimed journalist, Our Voice of Fire chronicles Morin's journey to overcome enormous adversity and find her purpose, and her power, through journalism. This compelling, honest book is full of self-compassion and the purifying fire of a pursuit for justice."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Morin, Brandi.; Journalists; Women journalists;
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A Refiner’s Fire A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery [electronic resource] : by Leon, Donna.aut; cloudLibrary;
In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti confronts a present-day Venetian menace and the ghosts of a heroism that never was Around one AM on an early spring morning, two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice’s squares. Commissario Claudia Griffoni, on duty that night, perhaps ill-advisedly walks the last of the boys home because his father, Dario Monforte, failed to pick him up at the Questura. Coincidentally, Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy friend of Vice-Questore Patta to vet Monforte for a job, triggering Brunetti’s memory that twenty years earlier Monforte had been publicly celebrated as the hero of a devastating bombing of the Italian military compound in Iraq. Yet Monforte had never been awarded a medal either by the Carabinieri, his service branch, or by the Italian government. That seeming contradiction, and the brutal attack on one of Brunetti’s colleagues, Enzo Bocchese, by a possible gang member, concentrate Brunetti’s attentions. Surprisingly empowered by Patta, supported by Signorina Elettra’s extraordinary research abilities and by his wife, Paola’s, empathy, Brunetti, with Griffoni, gradually discovers the sordid hypocrisy surrounding Monforte’s past, culminating in a fiery meeting of two gangs and a final opportunity for redemption. A Refiner’s Fire is Donna Leon at her very best: an elegant, sophisticated storyteller whose indelible characters become richer with each book, and who constantly explores the ambiguity between moral and legal justice.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Hard-Boiled; Police Procedural; International Mystery & Crime;
© 2024., Grove Atlantic,
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A kingdom of flesh and fire / by Armentrout, Jennifer L.,author.;
"A betrayal ... everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark One. The Prince of Atlantia. He wants her to fight him, and that's one order she's more than happy to obey. He may have taken her, but he will never have her. A choice ... Casteel Da'Neer is known by many names and many faces. His lies are as seductive as his touch. His truths as sensual as his bite. Poppy knows better than to trust him. He needs her alive, healthy, and whole to achieve his goals. But he's the only way for her to get what she wants-to find her brother Ian and see for herself if he has become a soulless Ascended. Working with Casteel instead of against him presents its own risks. He still tempts her with every breath, offering up all she's ever wanted. Casteel has plans for her. Ones that could expose her to unimaginable pleasure and unfathomable pain. Plans that will force her to look beyond everything she thought she knew about herself-about him. Plans that could bind their lives together in unexpected ways that neither kingdom is prepared for. And she's far too reckless, too hungry, to resist the temptation"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Good and evil; Duty; Demonology; Man-woman relationships;
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Fire on the levee : the murder of Henry Glover and the search for justice after Hurricane Katrina / by Fishman, Jared,author.; Hooper, Joseph,author.;
The former federal prosecutor and founder of Justice Innovation Lab tells the story of his struggle to unravel the cover-up of a police shooting, and subsequent incineration of the shooting victim, in Hurricane Katrina-era New Orleans. In 2009, Jared Fishman was a young prosecutor working on low-level civil rights cases in the Justice Department when a file landed on his desk. That folder contained two items: a story from The Nation magazine examining a mysterious death in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and an autopsy report for a man named Henry Glover, whose charred remains were found in a burned-out car two weeks after the storm. The autopsy report, bafflingly, listed no cause of death. But according to The Nation story, a gravely wounded Glover had last been seen in a car driven by a New Orleans police officer. Intrigued despite the lack of evidence, Fishman set out to learn what happened to Glover. He flew to New Orleans and teamed up with a rookie FBI agent, and together they started to track down anyone with information about what had happened to Glover on that day. Fire on the Levee tells the story of a young idealistic prosecutor determined to bring the truth to light. The case would lead to major reforms in the New Orleans Police Department and ultimately change our understanding of race, policing and justice in post-Katrina New Orleans and beyond.
Subjects: Biographies.; True crime stories.; Personal narratives.; Fishman, Jared.; Murder; Police misconduct; Police shootings;
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The night of the fire : a mystery / by Eriksson, Kjell,1953-author.; Norlén, Paul R.,translator.; translation of:Eriksson, Kjell,1953-Skrattande hazaren.English.;
"Swedish police inspector Ann Lindell finally returns in internationally bestselling and award-winning Kjell Eriksson's newest novel. Police inspector Ann Lindell has left the Uppsala police and is living a quiet life, producing local cheese in a small town in Uppland. But life in the country is not as idyllic as it seems. On New Year's Eve someone sets fire to the former village school which is now a home for asylum seekers, and three people are killed. Ann Lindell's investigative instincts come back to life and soon she takes on the case. She is contacted by a person who has been involved in a previous investigation and who wants to warn her. His message is short and clear: Many will die. A few weeks later a bomb explodes in a suburb of Stockholm. Kjell Eriksson wrote seven highly acclaimed novels about Ann Lindell, beginning with award-winner The Princess of Burundi, and now, after ten years, he returns to the Uppsala region and his sympathetic police inspector. The Night of the Fire is the first of two new volumes featuring Ann Lindell"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Lindell, Ann (Fictitious character); Arson; Women detectives; Ex-police officers; Murder;
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Our house is on fire : Greta Thunberg's call to save the planet / by Winter, Jeanette.;
Includes bibliographical references."From acclaimed picture book creator Jeanette Winter comes the urgent and powerful story of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist who has sparked a worldwide student movement and is demanding action from world leaders"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Thunberg, Greta, 2003-; Environmentalists; Teenage girls; Climatic changes; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Sustainable living;
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A nation forged in fire : Canadians and the Second World War, 1939-1945 / by Granatstein, J. L.(Jack L.),1939-; Morton, Desmond,1937-.;
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;
© [1989]., Lester & Orpen Dennys,
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