Believe Nothing until It Is Officially Denied

Author: Patrick Cockburn
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1804290750
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 377

Book Description
Radical journalist Claud Cockburn fought successfully against the political and media establishment, writing for publications as varied as The Times and Private Eye. To Graham Greene, he was the greatest journalist of the twentieth century. Born in China in 1904 and educated alongside Evelyn Waugh, Cockburn launched into a stellar career as a Times correspondent, first in Berlin, then New York, interviewing Al Capone in Chicago, and finally Washington. He resigned in 1932 to start The Week, an anti-Nazi and anti-establishment newsletter with an influence out of all proportion to its circulation. British officials were horrified by the scoops he published. These included stories on the political influence of German appeasers - the Cliveden Set - in the British elite and the previously suppressed news of Edward VIII's abdication. Cockburn wrote dispatches while fighting in the Spanish Civil War. In Spain, he helped W. H. Auden and clashed with George Orwell. Claud's private life, too, was eventful. He was married three times, once to Jean Ross, the model for Christopher Isherwood's Sally Bowles. Patrick Cockburn, himself an international journalist, chronicles his father Claud's lifelong dedication to a guerrilla campaign against the powerful on behalf of the powerless. It is a biography for today's age, in which journalism is frequently suppressed, overshadowed, undervalued, and corrupted

The Writings

Author: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 584

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The Little Book of American Poets, 1787-1900

Author: Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
Publisher:
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Denied! Failing Cordelia: Parental Love and Parental-State Theft in Los Angeles Juvenile Dependency Court

Author: Simon Cambridge
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 149904691X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 473

Book Description
The Cankered Rose and Esther's Revenge begins the author's dramatic journey of adopting his teenage daughter with severe attachment issues in Seattle. The heartbreak of then seeing Cordelia "stolen" by the efforts of his former wife and the child-welfare legal complex in Los Angeles, alongside that of the trauma of being denied during efforts to reunify with her are each foreshadowed here. Issues surrounding adoption trauma, parenting children with reactive attachment disorder, and the author's own struggles with Asperger's syndrome will be his constant companions on this perilous journey of adopting, losing, and then trying to reunite with his beloved daughter. In this and subsequent volumes, the author will also be questioning the ability of the child-welfare legal complex and the Los Angeles Juvenile Dependency Court to understand the nature of damaged child attachment or the therapeutic parenting needed to heal children with "special needs." Ultimately, each would be as responsible for "failing Cordelia" as the breaking of the violent waves for the shattering movement of the rocks on the beach.

The Denied Children of God

Author: James P. L. Wilson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411647106
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 519

Book Description
The Denied Children of God is indeed a one of a kind, absolutley groundbreaking literary offering revealing the true meaning of what it means to be Gay. It is an absolute read for anyone wishing to wake up from a fifteen hundred year old spiritual coma. Whether "straight" or "gay" you cannot read The Denied Children of God and come away unchanged. It is indeed a divinely inspired offering representing the author's life work.Sorry about the cost. On a POD this is merely the cost of production.

The Friend

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Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Raised to Rage

Author: Michael A. Milburn
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262338521
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
An argument that voter anger and authoritarian political attitudes can be traced to the displacement of anger, fear, and helplessness. Politicians routinely amplify and misdirect voters' anger and resentment to win their support. Opportunistic candidates encourage supporters to direct their anger toward Mexicans, Muslims, women, protestors, and others, rather than the true socioeconomic causes of their discontent. This book offers a compelling and novel explanation for political anger and the roots of authoritarian political attitudes. In Raised to Rage, Michael Milburn and Sheree Conrad connect vociferous opposition to immigrants, welfare, and abortion to the displacement of anger, fear, and helplessness. These emotions may be triggered by real economic and social instability, but Milburn and Conrad's research shows that the original source is in childhood brutalization or some other emotional trauma. Their research also shows that frequent experiences of physical punishment in childhood increase support in adulthood for punitive public policies, distorting the political process. Originally published in 1996, reprinted now with a new introduction by the authors that updates the empirical evidence and connects it to the current political situation, this book offers a timely consideration of a paradox in American politics: why voters are convinced by campaign rhetoric, exaggeration, and scapegoating to vote against their own interests.

Transition Denied

Author: Jane Fae
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784507784
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Trans people in the UK currently face widespread prejudice and discrimination, from how they are described in the media to the lack of healthcare support they receive. This institutional bias is illustrated by the tragic case of Synestra de Courcy, who died following neglect and rejection from the NHS, leading her to sex work to fund her transition and dangerous self-medication. Charting Syn's life from childhood through to her untimely death aged just 23, Jane Fae exposes the gross institutional and societal discrimination trans people experience on a daily basis and its impact on the lives of trans people young and old. Promoting honest discussion and bringing these hidden issues into the light of day, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in trans rights and NHS accountability.

Denied Emotions

Author: Gary Gordon Milner
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465334661
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167

Book Description
Denied Emotions and addictions go hand and hand Jack lost his family due to his addictions. He did not know how to get in touch with his emotions, to bring them out so that he could deal with them. His son Tommy had to grow up without a father and suffered many hardships before he learned to get in touch with his emotions so that he could move on in life. Jacks wife Sarah had to learn to raise her son by herself and she could not understand why her husband had made the wrong choices by leaving them all alone in life to fend for themselves. After ten years Sarah decided to take the wall down and try to trust again. Jack went through many struggles with alcohol, cocaine and prescription morphine. Due to alcohol a tragedy at work landed him in the hospital with broken bones and Jack still could not learn. He had to go through more pain and grief before he woke up and realized that he was causing his own problems. Only when he was almost arrested and thrown into jail for the possession of a narcotic with the intent to distribute did he start to think of his new daughter Shyanna, what would happen to her without him in her life. He already had one child that had to grow up without a father and Jack was determined to turn this around, get in touch with his emotions and be there for her. *Many addicts who cannot get in touch with their emotions will never have that burning desire to heal and move on. To lose the love of your family because you choose to make the wrong choices in life is the most painful part of life that I had ever suffered. Three years ago I finally made the right choices in life so that I too could move on.*

Paradise Denied!

Author: H. J. Kaplan
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440176132
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
What if you had the power and connections to stop terrorism? Paradise Denied! tells the tale of a covert organization, Stop Terrorism Now (STN), who has both. Their mission: Destroy global terrorism. Terrorists are under attack! STN has declared their War against Terrorists on September 11, 2010, nine years after the Twin Towers attack. Paradise Denied! engrosses the reader in this intricate and powerful plot while delving into personal and political issues and controversies. Paradise Denied! is a story of three ordinary men with lofty ideals who assume leadership roles. Each man leads a dual life as they vacillate between being a normal citizen and the clandestine leader of their respective killing teams. World leaders feel threatened. The Peace Envoys, originally created to help third world countries, are thrust into a new and secret mission: Destroy STN. Two clandestine groups with vast resources strive to eliminate their adversary. Will either succeed?