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The joy of connections : 100 ways to beat loneliness and live a happier and more meaningful life / by Westheimer, Ruth K.(Ruth Karola),1928-2024,author.; Gilbert, Allison,contributor.; Lehu, Pierre A.,contributor.;
Includes bibliographical references."When Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm that loneliness "represents an urgent public health concern" -- exacerbated by social media overuse, the residual effects of the pandemic, and the lack of meaningful relationships -- trusted therapist Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer knew that her unique perspective and expertise could help. Long-beloved for breaking stigmas around sexual problems, Dr. Ruth has made it her new mission to help individuals break free from the bonds of hopelessness and isolation. We are social animals. We have a shared desire to connect and create lasting relationships with the people around us. But the heaviness of loneliness can make this feel impossible. Dr. Ruth, with journalist Allison Gilbert and longtime collaborator Pierre Lehu, tackles the subject with compassion and her trademark no-nonsense approach. She provides practical and creative strategies for finding friends, community, and intimacy. And it's anchored by Dr. Ruth's own story, from the horrific loneliness of losing her family in the Holocaust, to living in an orphanage, to rebuilding her life in America, working her way up from maid to world-renowned sex-therapist. With her tips on navigating family dynamics, developing a fulfilling social and romantic life, and using technology in healthy ways, you will find wisdom for any stage of life"--
Subjects: Interpersonal relations.; Loneliness.; Social networks;

Charm City [videorecording] / by Barksdale, Dante,on-screen participant.; Brown, Monique,on-screen participant.; Chevigny, Katy,television producer.; Griffin, T.,composer.; Guyton, Clayton,on-screen participant.; Latrell, Tia,on-screen participant.; Ness, Marilyn,television producer,television director.; Bigmouth Productions,production company.; Motto Pictures,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company.;
Composer, T. Griffin.Featuring Dante Barksdale, Monique Brown, Clayton "Mr. C." Guyton, Tia Latrell.Delivering a candid portrait of citizens, police, community advocates, and government officials on the frontlines during three years of unparalleled, escalating violence in Baltimore. The film highlights the positive actions undertaken by groups and individuals, who come together to rebuild, heal, and forge a better way forward.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround.AFI Docs 2018, official selection; Tribeca Film Festival 2018; Maryland Film Festival 2018, official selection
Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary television programs.; Gray, Freddie, 1989-2015; Community development; Murder; Social change; Social problems; Violent crimes;
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Still ruffling feathers : let us put our minds together / by Wuttunee, Wanda A.(Wanda Ann),1956-editor.;
Includes bibliographical references."William (Bill) Wuttunee was a trailblazing lawyer, a courageous native rights activist; and one of the architects of the process for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. His 1971 book, Ruffled Feathers: Indians in Canadian Society, decried conditions on reserves and pressed for integration -- on Indigenous peoples' own terms -- supporting many of the aims of the Trudeau government's 1969 "White Paper." Though controversial at the time, Wuttunee's arguments were rooted in a foundational belief in the strengths of his people and a steadfast rejection of victimhood. In the fifty years that have followed its publication, Ruffled Feathers has been largely forgotten, though ideas that Wuttunee put forth -- ending the Indian Act and the reserve system -- continue to find space within contemporary Canadian political discourse. In this volume, editor Wanda Wuttunee gathers a diverse cohort of scholars to engage with her father's ideas and offer their own perspectives on the opportunities and challenges facing Indigenous peoples in Canada, then and now. Favouring discourse over conclusions, Still Ruffling Feathers leads the reader to a nuanced understanding of the ongoing conversations and unresolved issues stemming from the Indian Act and invites us to envision miyo-pimâtisiwin, "the good life.""--
Subjects: Wuttunee, William I. C.; First Nations;

Hope is a woman's name : my journey as a Bedouin Palestinian activist in Israel / by El'Sana-Alh'jooj, Amal,author.;
"At birth it was only Amal's father who looked at her and said "I see hope in her face. I want to call her 'Amal' -- meaning 'Hope' -- in the hope that Allah will give us boys after her." The fifth daughter in a patriarchal society and an indigenous Bedouin in a Jewish state, Amal Elsana came into this world fighting for her right to exist. Today she is a key shaper of public opinion on Israel's marginalized minorities. Hope is a Woman's Name tells of Amal's journey navigating interweaving systems of power and oppression -- the patriarchal and the nationalist -- in her fight for justice and equality. As a shepherd at the age of 5, she led her flock across the green mountains of Laqiya, her village in the Negev in southern Israel, and later ran literacy classes for the women in her tribe in her early teens, the beginning of a lifelong career organizing people to promote policy change for Israel's Bedouin, a minority within the Palestinian minority. She later established economic empowerment programs for marginalized women, helping to found an Arab-Jewish school, and creating organizations to promote shared society. Where others come up against obstacles, Amal builds bridges; not by sacrificing her identity, but by embracing it. Each thread of her identity -- Bedouin, Arab, woman, feminist, Palestinian and Israeli -- is woven into the tent of her life, a tent where no one is left out in the sun."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; El'Sana-Alh'jooj, Amal.; Bedouins; Feminists; Minorities; Palestinian Arabs; Political activists; Women, Bedouin; Women, Palestinian Arab; Women's rights;

Who deserves your love : how to create boundaries to start, strengthen, or end any relationship / by Davis, KC,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."This bold approach to relationships from celebrated therapist KC Davis will help you determine which relationships are right for you, and which are not, and what to do about them. Is love conditional? What do you do about a relationship where someone's best efforts are hurting you? When should you step away? KC Davis, the renowned therapist who specializes in difficult relationships, asks and answers these questions. Just as she helps you design a functional home in How to Keep House While Drowning, here she applies the same bold but gentle approach to relationships so that they function, too. She helps you navigate decisions in every type of relationship, whether romantic or platonic. Recognizing that it isn't always realistic to cut loose the people who rattle you, she explores how to protect yourself in those situations. With radical honesty, KC explains: Why conflict can be intimate; Why the small moments are big for healthy relationships; How to handle vulnerabilities-yours and those of other people; How to establish standards; Steps to emotionally regulate in moments of struggle; The Decision Tree that walks you through choices Who Deserves Your Love is a gentle approach to hard relationships and is written in short bursts of text with visual tools such as lists and diagrams. The writing style is suited for those with ADHD, depression, or anyone who appreciates expertise without being overwhelmed by lengthy descriptions"--
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Relationship quality.; Boundaries (Psychology); Interpersonal relations.; Social interaction.;

Blue ruin / by Kunzru, Hari,1969-author.;
"Once, Jay was an artist. Shortly after graduating from his London art school, he was tipped for greatness, a promising career already taking shape before him. Now, undocumented in the United States, he lives out of his car and makes a living as an essential worker, delivering groceries in a wealthy area of upstate New York. The pandemic is still at its height -- the greater public panicked in quarantine -- and though he has returned to work, Jay hasn't recovered from the effects of a recent Covid case. Jay arrives at a house set in an enormous acreage of woodland only to find the last person he ever expected to see again: Alice, a former lover from his art school days. Their relationship was tumultuous and destructive, ultimately ending when she ghosted him and left for America with his best friend and fellow artist, Rob. In the twenty years since, their fortunes could not be more different: as Jay teeters on the edge of collapse, Alice and Rob have found prosperity in a life surrounded by beauty. Ashamed, Jay hopes she won't recognize him behind his dirty surgical mask; when she does, she invites him to recover on the property -- where an erratic gallery owner and his girlfriend are isolating as well -- setting a reckoning decades in the making into motion. Gripping and brilliantly orchestrated, Blue Ruin moves back and forth through time to deliver an extraordinary portrait of an artist as he reunites with his past and confronts the world he once loved and left behind"--
Subjects: Noir fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Artists; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Friendship; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships;

The paper trail : to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act / by Clement, Catherine,1959-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act explores a dark yet largely forgotten chapter in Canadian history. The unprecedented law, which targeted only the Chinese community, was in place for a quarter century and remains among the most tragic episodes in the country's history. Yet this story, that left such profound effects on the individuals and families it touched, has been steeped in silence. Almost nothing about this period was shared by those who lived through it. Consequently, within a single generation, the trauma of exclusion was forgotten. This is the first book to explore the human experience of exclusion as revealed through the stories of the lives it touched. The stories in this book reveal haunting tales of tragedy, loss and despair as well as powerful examples of courage, perseverance, and resilience. They chronicle the lives of ordinary people caught in extraordinary times. Many stories are being shared publicly for the first time. An act of collective remembrance and historical reckoning, this book presents an unflinching look at a monumental and shameful chapter in Canada's origin story. The pages offer a reminder of how the wreckage wrought by discrimination and exclusion, can be ignored and yet still ripple through the generations."--
Subjects: Canada.; Chinese; Chinese; Labor policy; Chinese Canadians; Chinese Canadians;

Empty mansions : the mysterious life of Huguette Clark and the spending of a great American fortune / by Dedman, Bill.; Newell, Paul Clark,Jr.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Dedman noticed a property listing for a grand estate that had been unoccupied for nearly sixty years, he stumbled into one of the most surprising American stories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Empty Mansions is a rich tale of wealth and loss, complete with copper barons, Gilded Age opulence, and backdoor politics. At its heart is a reclusive 104-year-old heiress named Huguette Clark. Dedman has collaborated with Huguette's cousin, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., one of the few relatives to have had frequent conversations with her, to tell a fairy tale in reverse: the bright, talented daughter who is born into an almost royal family of amazing wealth and privilege, yet who secrets herself away from the outside world. Empty Mansions reveals a complete picture of the enigmatic Huguette Clark, heiress to one of the greatest fortunes in American history, a woman who had not been photographed in public since the 1920s. Though she owned three palatial homes in California, New York, and Connecticut, they sat vacant while she lived out her final two decades in a New York City hospital room, despite being in excellent health. Her father was self-made copper industrialist W. A. Clark, who at the dawn of the twentieth century was one of the richest men in America. Huguette's inheritance afforded her untold luxury: gorgeous paintings by Degas and Renoir, a world-renowned Stradivarius violin, a vast collection of antique dolls, lavish gifts for her friends, the freedom to pursue her own work as an artist, and, most important, the privacy she valued above all else. The Clark family story takes the reader nearly the entire span of American history in just three generations. The same Huguette who held a ticket for the return trip of the Titanic was touched by the terror attacks of 9/11. In this scrupulously detailed account, we meet Huguette's extravagant father, her publicity-shy mother, her star-crossed sister, her noble French boyfriend, the nurse who received more than $30 million in gifts, and the relatives seeking to inherit Huguette's $300 million fortune. Richly illustrated with more than seventy photographs, some never before seen, Empty Mansions is a touching story of an eccentric of the highest order, a last jewel of the Gilded Age who lived life on her own terms"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Clark, Huguette, 1906-2011; Clark, Huguette, 1906-2011; Clark, Huguette, 1906-2011.; Clark, William Andrews, 1839-1925; Collectors and collecting; Eccentrics; Heiresses; Mansions; Recluses;

We had a hunch : a mystery / by Ryan, Tom,1977 February 26-author.;
Twenty-Five Years Ago ... Few stories captured the public's imagination in the year 2000 like the friendly rivalry between the Teen Detectives of Edgar Mills, Massachusetts. Twin sisters Alice and Samantha VanDyne were thrust in the spotlight when they helped their father Sheriff Bill VanDyne identify and track down a slippery drug smuggling ring. Across town, introverted and bookish Joey O'Day proved himself to be a talented investigator of a different sort when he used his computer skills and idiosyncratic mind to expose an online grifter who had been preying on elderly victims. The fact that Edgar Mills had not one, but two sets of teenage sleuths did not escape the notice of the press. As the trio began jockeying to outdo each other, solving one low level crime after another, the wider world began to pay attention. Before long, they were a sensation, appearing on talk shows and the covers of teen magazines. But when a brutal series of murders rocked Edgar Mills, a deadly miscalculation on the part of the VanDyne twins led to the shocking and gruesome deaths of their father, Sheriff VanDyne, and Alice's boyfriend. The killer, Bruce Phillip Kershaw--better known as The Janitor--was ultimately captured with the help of Joey O'Day, but both Edgar Mills and their beloved Teen Detectives would never be the same. Today ... It's been a quarter century since The Janitor terrorized Edgar Mills, and the Teen Detectives have grown up. Samantha and Joey have scattered: Sam to Los Angeles and a life as a B List reality TV star, and Joey to a lucrative tech career in Boston. Alice, on the other hand, still lives in Edgar Mills, her guilt and heartbreak having taken root and kept her stuck in this town. When Edgar Mills is shaken by a new murder that appears to follow The Janitor's MO, Bruce Phillip Kershaw offers, from his maximum-security prison cell, to provide new information that might help crack this new case. The catch? He'll only talk to the Teen Detectives that put him away.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Detectives; Interpersonal relations; Murder; Serial murder investigation; Serial murderers; Sisters; Twins;

No holes barred : a dual manifesto of sexual exploration and power / by Mandii B,author.; Tempest X,author.; WeezyWTF,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Mandii B and WeezyWTF, hosts of the Decisions, Decisions (formerly known as WHOREible Decisions) podcast, deliver a bold, unfiltered, and raw, sex-positive collection of relatable tales. They tackle everything from pleasure to pain and the journey of healing through progression to reclaim your personal and sexual power. A provocative and playful exploration that aims to destigmatize kink while educating, inspiring, and promoting sexual and mental health. Thoughtful, painfully honest, and, at times, hilarious, this book offers longtime fans of the podcast and curious newcomers a deep dive into sexual mores, along with answers to the most burning questions Mandii and Weezy have been asked, including: how can women embrace and own their sexuality without apology or shame?; how can you tell when a relationship has run its course?; what's the best way to forgive ourselves for our reckless choices in our youth?; and how do we stay grounded while balancing the desire to "have it all"? Perfect for fans of Come as You Are and Smart Sex, No Holes Barred offers a bold, modern perspective on the timeless dynamics of intimacy and sex.
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Bondage (Sexual behavior); Dating (Social customs); Fetishism (Sexual behavior); Sex (Psychology); Sex customs.; Sex.; Sexual dominance and submission.; Women;

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