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Hello! I want to die, please fix me : depression in the first person / by Paperny, Anna Mehler,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Frank, eye-opening, heartbreaking and disarmingly funny, Anna Mehler Paperny is a fabulous, vibrant new voice. In her galvanizing memoir-meets-exposé, writing with riveting vitality and intelligence about surviving suicide and the ways we try to talk about and treat depression, she has discovered what eludes many: a way to reach out to us to talk about one of the increasingly concerning medical issues today. An energetic tour-de-force of empathy and desire for understanding, Hello! I Want to Die, Please Fix Me is compelling reading, as well as essential for anyone curious to understand how it feels to be depressed, or whose life, family or friends has been touched by depression. Anna Mehler Paperny is a young journalist from Toronto--a smart, passionate reporter who has contributed to the Toronto Star, Global News, The Globe and Mail, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and just about every major news outlet you can think of. In her early-twenties, while thriving in her dream job, enjoying warm familial support and a strong social network of friends and colleagues, Anna found herself trapped by feelings of failure and despair. In September 2011, she made her first attempt to kill herself by ingesting a deadly mix of sleeping pills and antifreeze, landing her in the ICU followed by weeks of enforced detention in two different big-city psych wards. This was Anna's entry point into the labyrinthine psychiatric care system--one that is nominally responsible for providing the best reasonable care to millions of Canadians suffering from severe, life-threatening mental illness. Her first stay in the psych ward--at times horrifying, other times boring, hilarious and absurd--was just the beginning of a long recovery and a journey towards understanding, first-hand, the myriad ways our systems and medical practitioners treat--and fail to treat--a disease that afflicts a full fifth of the population. While trying to be a good patient, Anna cannot help but turn her intrepid journalist's eye on the world around her--in the psych ward, as an outpatient, as a survivor enduring the gruelling ordeal of facing concerned family, friends and co-workers; of finding the right meds, the right therapist; of staying insured and employed. Anna's personal account of life in the shadow of self-obliteration explores in searing detail her individual experience of depression, close encounters with fatal self-harm, and the trials and errors of treatment. It is at the same time an illuminating, profound, and utterly original analysis of how we approach mental illness in North America; the novel hypotheses specialists are putting forward to tackle it; and the truth about how primitive our methods of healing sick brains still are."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Paperny, Anna Mehler.; Paperny, Anna Mehler; Mental health services; Depressed persons; Depressed persons; Depression, Mental; Journalists; Depressed persons;
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The last panthers. [videorecording] / by Arnal, Simon,television producer.; Benjo, Caroline,television producer.; Bogdan, Goran,actor.; Carlton, Peter,television producer.; Desmarais, Jimmy,television producer.; Hurt, John,1940-actor.; Laban, Jean-Alain,creator.; Letelier, Barbara,television producer.; Morton, Samantha,actor.; Pierrat, Jerome,1971-creator.; Rahim, Tahar,1981-actor.; Renck, Johan,1966-television director.; Ryan, Barry(Producer),television producer.; Scotta, Carole,television producer.; Shamma, Niall,television producer.; Thorne, Jack,screenwriter,creator.; Acorn Media (Firm),publisher.; Centre national de la cinématographie (France),production company.; Cine+ (France),production company.; Haut et Court (Firm),production company.; Regie culturelle regionale Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur,production company.; Sky Television,presenter.; Studio Canal+,presenter,production company.; Sundance TV,production company.; Warp Films,production company.;
Samantha Morton, John Hurt, Tahar Rahim, Goran Bogdan.Originally broadcast by Canal+ in 2015.When several diamonds are stolen from a jewelry store in Marseilles, the heist bears the hallmarks of the supposedly retired Pink Panther gang. After a child is accidentally killed in their getaway, the thieves resort to desperate measures to fence the jewels. This sparks a series of events that set a British insurance-loss adjuster, a French-Algerian cop, and a Serbian soldier turned diamond thief on a dramatic and dangerous collision course.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, 16:9 widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Television crime shows.; Television series.; Gangs; Jewelry theft; Thieves;
For private home use only.
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Paradise [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Hunter, Holly; Hough, Julianne; Offerman, Nick; Spencer, Octavia; Brand, Russell;
Director, Diablo Cody.Julianne Hough, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Holly Hunter, Russell Brand.After a nearly fatal accident, 21-year-old Lamb Mannerheim is beginning to realizethat the world is much bigger than her small, God-fearing Montana town. Armed with a big, fat insurance payout and a checklist of untried sins, Las Vegas is the only place for her first taste of temptation. And, with the help of a few new friends, Lamb embarks on an oddball odyssey of lost souls, broken faith, and cheap cocktails.MPAA rating: PG-13.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Comedy.; Drama.; Comedy.;
© 2013., Image Entertainment,
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Fargo. [videorecording] / by Freeman, Martin,1971-; Hanks, Colin,1977-; Thornton, Billy Bob,actor.; Tolman, Allison,actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Disc 1. Crocodile's dilemma -- Rooster prince.Disc 2. Muddy road -- Eating the blame -- Six ungraspables.Disc 3. Buridan's ass -- Who shaves the barber? -- Heap.Disc 4. A fox, a rabbit and a cabbage -- Morton's fork.Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman.The Coen Brothers Best Picture Oscar Nominee transforms into the season's most talked about TV debut. It features a new "true crime" story and new characters, all chilled in the trademark dry wit, murderous mayhem and "Minnesota nice" of the original classic film. Lorne Malvo, is a manipulative master criminal who changes the life of insurance salesmen Lester Nygaard. Gus Grimly and Molly Solverson are the small-town police officers who join forces to uncover Lester's secrets.PG.DVD, widescreen 1.78:1 presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Crime; Criminal investigation; Police; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© 2014., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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Dying at home : a family guide for caregiving / by Sankar, Andrea,author.; Cassady, CM,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A comprehensive guide for those caring for a loved one nearing the end of life. Many people seek the comfort and dignity of dying at home. Advances in pharmacology and hospice care allow the dying to remain at home relatively free of pain and symptoms, but navigating professional services, insurance coverage, and family dynamics often compounds the complexity of this process. Extensively updated and revised, this third edition of Andrea Sankar's Dying at Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving provides essential information that caregivers and dying persons need to navigate this journey.
Subjects: Terminally ill;
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Get good with money : ten simple steps to becoming financially whole / by Aliche, Tiffany,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Introducing the powerful idea of striving for financial wholeness instead of early retirement or millionaire status, Get Good with Money guides us through the ten short-term steps that lead to long-term security. From the simple (best practices for budgeting and saving) to the more sophisticated (investing, taking charge of your credit score, and calculating your insurance needs), Tiffany Aliche shares memorable stories, actionable lists and worksheets, and a you-got-this attitude, ensuring that we can build a solid foundation for a life that's rich in every way"--
Subjects: Finance, Personal.;
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Diana : case solved : the definitive account that proves what really happened / by Howard, Dylan,author.; McLaren, Colin,author.;
Diana: Case Solved has uncovered in unprecedented detail just how much of a threat Diana became to the establishment. In these pages you will learn of the covert diaries and recordings she made, logging the Windsors most intimate secrets and hidden scandals as a desperate kind of insurance policy. You will learn how the royals were not the only powerful enemies she made, as her ground-breaking campaigns against AIDS and landmines drew admiration from the public, but also enmity from powerful establishment figures including international arms dealers, the British and American governments, and the MI6 and the CIA.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997; Conspiracies; Murder; Princesses;
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On thin ice / by Northrop, Michael.;
The way twelve-year-old Ked Eakins of Norton, Maine, sees it his life has been stolen from him, piece by piece; first by kyphosis, a spinal abnormality which has made him a social outcast at school and a target for the school bully, by his friends who have recently abandoned him, by his mother who left for the West Coast taking the insurance which might have saved him with her, and by his father who is a gambling addict who has lost the rent money--but Ked is a builder, and using the school's Maker Space he intends to build his life back, and maybe make a few real friends, and save his father while he is at it.LSC
Subjects: Kyphosis; Fathers and sons; Compulsive gamblers; Boys; Bullying; Interpersonal relations in adolescence; Friendship;
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The dumb things smart people do with their money : thirteen ways to right your financial wrongs / by Schlesinger, Jill,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Do you have a "friend" who is super smart, has a great career, holds a graduate degree, has even saved a chunk of money for retirement, but who keeps making the same dumb mistakes when it comes to money? Is this "friend" you? After decades working as a Wall Street trader, investment adviser, and money expert for CBS, Jill Schlesinger reveals thirteen costly mistakes you're probably making right now with your money without even knowing it. Drawing on heartfelt personal stories (yes, money experts screw up, too), Schlesinger argues that it's not lack of smarts that causes even the brightest, most accomplished people among us to behave like financial dumb-asses, but simple emotional blind spots. By breaking bad habits and following Jill's pragmatic and accessible rules for managing your finances, you can save tens, even hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention avoid countless sleepless nights. Practical, no-nonsense, and often counterintuitive, The Dumb Things Smart People Do with Their Money tells you what you really need to hear about retirement, college financing, insurance, real estate, and more. It might just be the smartest investment you make all year"--
Subjects: Finance, Personal.;
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The homewreckers : a novel / by Andrews, Mary Kay,1954-author.;
"Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen; married the boss's son at twenty; and was only twenty-five when her husband Hank was killed in a motorcycle accident. Broken-hearted but determined to continue the business of their dreams, she takes the life insurance money, buys a small house in a gentrifying neighborhood, flips it, then puts the money into her next project. But that house is a disaster and a money-loser, which rocks her confidence for years to come. Then, Hattie gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: star in a beach house renovation reality show called The Homewreckers, cast against a male lead who may be a love interest, or may be the ultimate antagonist"--
Subjects: Chick lit.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Dwellings; Grief; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Reality television programs; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Widows;
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