A Lesser Life

Author : Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Publisher : Warner Books (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780446385114
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Lesser Life written by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and published by Warner Books (NY). This book was released on 1987 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A noted economist and mother of four combines experience and scholarship in this unprecedented and enlightening work that shows how American women have been stripped of their traditional social supports of the past and thrust into the harsh economic realities of the present.

Author : Ben Lesser
Publisher : Abbott Press
ISBN 13 : 1458202739
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS written by Ben Lesser and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his highly readable, educational and inspiring memoir, Holocaust Survivor Ben Lesser’s warm, grandfatherly tone invites the reader to do more than just visit a time when the world went mad. He also shows how this madness came to be—and the lessons that the world still needs to learn. In this true story, the reader will see how an ordinary human being—an innocent child—not only survived the Nazi Nightmare, but achieved the American Dream.

Author : Nick Duerden
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472957792
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Life Less Lonely written by Nick Duerden and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The practical advice in this book is gold dust not only for lonely people, but for those who long to help them.' - Joanna Lumley Loneliness is an epidemic on the rise. It has long been documented that older people suffer from social isolation, but teenagers do too, likewise new parents, those with disability or illness, and anybody going through a significant life change. As more people work full-time, and we interact via social media rather than face-to-face, we need to stop and ask ourselves: what can we do to ensure all our futures are more connected and socially satisfying? This book will help to share stories of loneliness to increase our empathy and understanding of it, and to look for possible solutions. Using the research the Jo Cox Commission undertook following the MP's senseless death in 2016, it offers a wealth of practical advice: how to spot the symptoms in yourself and in others; how to ease them; how to seek help and, ultimately, how to understand this most fundamental of human emotions. Its aim is simple: to provide us all with the tools we need to lead kinder, more connected lives.

Author : Elizabeth Lesser
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062887203
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cassandra Speaks written by Elizabeth Lesser and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her? What if women had been the storytellers? Elizabeth Lesser believes that if women’s voices had been equally heard and respected throughout history, humankind would have followed different hero myths and guiding stories—stories that value caretaking, champion compassion, and elevate communication over vengeance and violence. Cassandra Speaks is about the stories we tell and how those stories become the culture. It’s about the stories we still blindly cling to, and the ones that cling to us: the origin tales, the guiding myths, the religious parables, the literature and films and fairy tales passed down through the centuries about women and men, power and war, sex and love, and the values we live by. Stories written mostly by men with lessons and laws for all of humanity. We have outgrown so many of them, and still they endure. This book is about what happens when women are the storytellers too—when we speak from our authentic voices, when we flex our values, when we become protagonists in the tales we tell about what it means to be human. Lesser has walked two main paths in her life—the spiritual path and the feminist one—paths that sometimes cross but sometimes feel at cross-purposes. Cassandra Speaks is her extraordinary merging of the two. The bestselling author of Broken Open and Marrow, Lesser is a beloved spiritual writer, as well as a leading feminist thinker. In this book she gives equal voice to the cool water of her meditative self and the fire of her feminist self. With her trademark gifts of both humor and insight, she offers a vision that transcends the either/or ideologies on both sides of the gender debate. Brilliantly structured into three distinct parts, Part One explores how history is carried forward through the stories a culture tells and values, and what we can do to balance the scales. Part Two looks at women and power and expands what it means to be courageous, daring, and strong. And Part Three offers “A Toolbox for Inner Strength.” Lesser argues that change in the culture starts with inner change, and that no one—woman or man—is immune to the corrupting influence of power. She provides inner tools to help us be both strong-willed and kind-hearted. Cassandra Speaks is a beautifully balanced synthesis of storytelling, memoir, and cultural observation. Women, men and all people will find themselves in the pages of this book, and will come away strengthened, opened, and ready to work together to create a better world for all people.

Author : Christina Schofield
Publisher : Chosen Books
ISBN 13 : 1441232508
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Life and Lesser Catastrophes written by Christina Schofield and published by Chosen Books. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just after her thirteenth wedding anniversary, Christina Schofield woke up groggy and disoriented, surrounded by nurses in a hospital. She and her husband had hit a gravel patch while on their motorcycle and crashed into a ditch. With the exception of a concussion, she was fine. But Allen had broken his neck. He was now a quadriplegic. With her entire life flipped upside down, she began an astonishing journey of tenacious faith amid increasing doubt. Full of dark, silent hours and a woman's honest questioning of the God she thought she knew, this is also a story full of miraculous answers to prayer and head-scratching, awe-inspiring encounters with her loving Lord. With candid warmth and transparency, Christina shows readers that even in their darkest hours, God's goodness shines through.

Author : Baby Halder
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061871249
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Life Less Ordinary written by Baby Halder and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When she was very young, Baby Halder was abandoned by her mother and left with a cruel, abusive father. She was married off at twelve to a man twice her age who beat her. At fourteen, she was a mother herself. Her early life was marked by overwhelming challenges and heartbreak until, exhausted and desperate, she fled with her three children to Delhi, to work as a maid in some of the city's wealthiest homes. Expected to serve her employers' every demand, she faced a staggering workload that often left her no time to care for her own children. But she never complained, for such is the lot of the poor in modern-day India. Written without a trace of self-pity, A Life Less Ordinary is a shocking look deep inside a world of poverty and subjugation that few outsiders know about—and an inspiring true story of one remarkable woman's strength, courage, and determination to soar above her circumstances.

Author : Kimberly Hess
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781953865144
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Lesser Mortal written by Kimberly Hess and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Publisher : New York : W. Morrow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Lesser Life written by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and published by New York : W. Morrow. This book was released on 1986 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay on the social environment of women and the social implications of changing social role attitudes in the USA, focussing on problems of working mothers - describes how lack of child care, maternity leave and equal pay for woman workers affects career patterns, wage differentials and living conditions, esp. In female headed households; discusses attitudinal trends from glorifying married women's traditional homemaker role to womens rights demands; considers trade union role. Photographs, references.

Author : Zoe Ellison
Publisher : CICO Books
ISBN 13 : 9781782495833
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Life Less Ordinary written by Zoe Ellison and published by CICO Books. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate glimpse of the artistry of two women whose beautiful, evocative, and carefully curated interiors are crafted from what they find around them. An intimate glimpse of the artistry of two women whose beautiful, evocative, and carefully curated interiors are crafted from what they find around them. Zoe Ellison and Alex Legendre have created a beautiful shopping and interiors experience with their unique store i gigi—a haven of beautiful gifts and unique pieces for your home. The muted, earthy color palette is chic and modern and yet utterly timeless, allowing their pieces to fit seamlessly into any home. In this, their first book, they share their secrets and open their hearts as they describe the journey they have taken, what makes them tick, and their philosophy, friendship, inspirations, ideas, and interiors. i gigi is a destination store, selling the idea of a beautiful yet practical and achievable lifestyle. Their interiors feature reclaimed and revamped pieces and rooms that have been created on a shoestring. With stunning photography throughout, this is a truly fascinating look into their world.

Author : Rachel Levy Lesser
Publisher : She Writes Press
ISBN 13 : 1631526235
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life's Accessories written by Rachel Levy Lesser and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel Levy Lesser can relive almost every significant life event through an accessory. A scarf, a pair of earrings, a bag, even a fleece pair of socks—each contains the elements that put together the story of a life. Life’s Accessories is a funny, sad, touching, relatable, shake-your-head-right-along-as-you-laugh-and-wipe-away-tears, coming-of-age memoir. In fourteen essays, Lesser tackles sensitive issues like anxiety, illness, and loss in a way that feels a bit like having a chat with a good friend. Out of the stories comes solid life—and fashion—advice. About far more than just a hair tie, a bracelet, or a belt, Life’s Accessories is a window into the many ways in which Lesser has come to understand life—in all of its beauty, its joys, its sorrows, its heartaches, its challenges, and its absurdity.