The Gambler's Daughter: A Personal and Social History 1438444400, 9781438444406

Screening calls from her father's creditors, hiding his mail from her mother—being the child of a compulsive gamble

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Wambui Waiyaki Otieno, Kenyan activist and wife of the late S.M. Otieno, recounts her personal involvement in nearly a h

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In 1978 a romantic young Englishman took up residence in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him about tyra

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Driving on a dark, snowy road, 17-year-old Eva Whittington's car suddenly fishtailed on an icy patch, careened thro

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In Telling Stories, Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce, and Barbara Laslett argue that personal narratives—autobiographi

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With the revision of the EYFS, Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) became one of the three Prime Areas of

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This book provides a detailed narrative and analysis of the 50-year development of the personal social services in Engla

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Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tells the story of postw

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he huge success of personal computing technologies has brought astonishing benefits to individuals, families, communitie

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The Pursuit of Justice: A Personal Philosophical History is a collection of renowned scholar and philosopher James P. St

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In this poignant memoir Jane Lazarre tells the fascinating history of her father Bill, a radical activist who, as part o

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