Sociology Memoirs

Le bambine e i bambini, nati in Italia nel 2018 grazie alle tecniche di Procreazione medicalmente assistita (Pma), sono il 3,2%. Vuol dire che esistono oltre 14.000 figlie e figli di persone che hanno affrontato questi percorsi. Allargando la fotografia a tutte quelle donne che decidono di avere un figlio da sole o con un'altra donna in una coppia lesbica, ovvero alle soggettività che non rientrano nella visione normativa della legge 40 del 2004, i numeri crescono ancora.

There's nowhere quite like Piccadilly Circus. From the moment they emerge, blinking from the underground station, visitors to Piccadilly Circus face a sensory onslaught. Its streets and alleyways merge into an intoxicating thoroughfare, with the power to propel an individual onwards to adventure, romance, or something more sinister. Ever since its iconic Eros statue appeared in 1893, the junction has been a vibrant meeting place, attracting visitors and pleasure-seekers from all walks of life

For those who enjoyed I Am the Secret Footballer, this new book delivers hard-hitting insights into the hidden world of professional football and footballers. In the vein of Hotel Babylon and Confessions of a GP, The Secret Player will fascinate football fans with its wealth of insider knowledge and willingness to talk, albeit anonymously, about the inner workings of the game. Based on the hugely popular 'The Player' columns in FourFourTwo magazine, the book gives a warts-and-all insight into the daily life of professional footballers.

In 2016, Sandy Winterbottom embarked on an epic six-week tall-ship voyage from Uruguay to Antarctica. At the mid-way stop in South Georgia, her pristine image of the Antarctic was shattered when she discovered the dark legacy of twentieth century industrial-scale whaling. Enraged by what she found, she was quick to blame the men who undertook this whole scale slaughter, but then she stumbled upon the grave of an eighteen-year-old whaler from Edinburgh who she could not allow to bear the brunt of blame. There are two sides to every story.

I am writing about my experience in the hope that it can be helpful to other patients who are still suffering from the effects of a stroke. Many are unable to communicate their feelings and needs to their families, therapists, and doctors. Although these helpers have much knowledge, they seldom have the intimate understanding that comes with first-hand experience. I have been very blessed to have regained my strength and speech and clear thinking.

Rory and Ita, Roddy Doyle's first nonfiction book, tells, largely in their own words, the story of his parents' lives from their first memories to the present. Born in 1923 and 1925 respectively, they met at a New Year's Eve dance in 1947 and married in 1951. They remember every detail of their Dublin childhoods, the people, the politics, idyllic times in the Wexford countryside for Ita, for Rory, his apprenticeship as a printer.

Un manifiesto necesario para una democracia global. Una impactante historia al estilo David y Goliat sobre un joven activista de Hong Kong, quien con tan solo veintidós años está sacudiendo e inspirando al mundo entero. A los catorce años Joshua Wong ya hizo historia. Mientras los adultos guardaban silencio, Joshua escenificó la primera protesta de estudiantes en Hong Kong en contra del sistema de educación nacional, y ganó.

Im furiosen Abschluss seiner Europareisen besucht Stefan Zweig "Ypern", den kleinen Ort in Belgien, welcher durch den erstmaligen militärischen Einsatz von Giftgas durch den durch Patriotismus vergifteten deutschen Staat zu trauriger Berühmtheit gelangte und zeigt sich dabei etwas überrascht über die absurde touristische Vermarktung dieser europäischen Gedenkstätte, bei welcher hunderttausende Menschen für die Erhaltung der Demokratie ihr Leben ließen.

When Lucy Pinney arrived in the lush Dorset countryside nearly 30 years ago she was newly married, very enthusiastic, charmingly naive and launched herself into pig-keeping, cake-baking and lamb- rearing with gusto. But nothing had prepared her for the essential oddness and precariousness of rural life.

On an icy night in October 1984, a Piper Navajo commuter plane carrying nine passengers crashed in the remote wilderness of Northern Alberta, killing five people. Four survived: the rookie pilot, a prominent politician, a cop, and the criminal he was escorting to face charges. Despite the poor weather, Erik Vogel, the 24-year-old pilot, was under intense pressure to fly - a situation not uncommon to pilots working for small airlines. Overworked and exhausted, he feared losing his job if he refused to fly.

Clients and Their Caregivers is a short listen of helpful tips for individuals with disabilities and their caregivers, family, and friends. It will enlighten and educate you on the demands of the working relationship between a caregiver and someone with a disability. Learn about the role family and friends play in creating an atmosphere which allows an individual with a disability to live a high quality life.

Von 2004 bis 2009 arbeitete Amaryllis Fox undercover als Antiterrorismus-Spezialistin der CIA. In diesem überwältigenden Memoir erzählt sie ihre Geschichte. "Ich trainierte mit der Glock, beherrschte das M4, wusste mich aus Plastikhandschellen zu befreien, während ich im Kofferraum eines Autos lag. Ich wurde gedrillt, Folter auszuhalten, lernte, welche Methoden des Suizids für den Fall einer Gefangenschaft anzuwenden wären. Am Ende aber brachte mir meine kleine Tochter bei, dass zwischenmenschliche Nähe die mächtigste Waffe von allen ist."

Kerry Hudson is proudly working class but she was never proudly poor. The poverty she grew up in was all-encompassing, grinding and often dehumanising. Always on the move with her single mother, Kerry attended nine primary schools and five secondaries, living in B&Bs and council flats. She scores eight out of ten on the Adverse Childhood Experiences measure of childhood trauma. Twenty years later, Kerry’s life is unrecognisable. She’s a prize-winning novelist who has travelled the world. She has a secure home, a loving partner and access to art, music, film and books..

Put yourself in Tracy King's shoes. Growing up in an ordinary council estate outside Birmingham; a house filled with creativity, curiosity and love, but marked by her father's alcoholism and her mother's agoraphobia. By the time she turns twelve her father has been killed, her sister taken into care and her mother ensnared by the promises of born-again Christianity. This isn't the stuff of cult documentaries; this is the story of an ordinary family trapped in a broken system. It's a story that could happen to anyone without the tools to transform their circumstances.

Wieder ein Buch von Astrid Wagner, das die Leser durch packende Schilderung, Authentizität und Empathie mitreißt. Die in diesem Buch versammelten wahren Verbrechen zeigen die Abgründe der menschlichen Seele. Es sind unfassbare Geschichten von Liebe, die in Hass umschlägt, und Leidenschaft, die zu Mordlust wird.

Ein Notarzt und kein Buch vom "Leben retten". Viele "Retter", Ärzte, Krankenschwestern und –pfleger, kurz Menschen, die regelmäßig mit dem Tod anderer Menschen konfrontiert sind, pflegen einen eigenen Umgang mit dem Thema "Leben und Sterben": Während der Tod gesellschaftlich häufig keinen Platz im Alltag findet (oder finden darf) und daher aus dem täglichen Gespräch lieber ausgespart wird, sind wir es gewohnt, offen darüber zu reden.

Wozu sind Menschen fähig, die ihrem Partner verfallen sind? Die bekannte Strafverteidigerin Astrid Wagner gewährt in diesem Buch Einblick in etliche ihrer spektakulärsten Fälle. Sie handeln von enttäuschter Liebe, aus der abgrundtiefer Hass wird, von dunklen Familiengeheimnissen, von kranker Sexualität, von Gier und von Rache. Menschlichen Emotionen, die in unfassbaren Verbrechen münden.

Michael Patrick Smith grew up in a ramshackle farmhouse where his father beat the walls and threw dinner plates. As a restless young man left unmoored by the crashing economy, Smith cut a path to North Dakota to rent a mattress on a flophouse floor. Sleeping boot to beard with the other rough-edged men looking to earn a cent drilling for oil, Smith wanted the work to burn him clean - of his violent upbringing, his demons, his disjointed, doomed relationships. He did not expect, among these quick-fisted, foul-mouthed hands, to find a community.

Henda’s Law changed the standard of care for every woman in the State of Texas on June 17, 2011, with the passing of House Bill 2102. The law requires all mammography providers to specifically notify women about dense breast tissue and the increased risks associated. The battle is not over. Breast cancer is still very real, affecting every woman alive today. This audiobook tells the incredible story of Henda’s surprising diagnosis and how she accidentally became a lobbyist for one of the most important bills in Texas history.

Le 8 juin 2016, le Québec entier est en émoi. Les médias viennent d'annoncer qu'une femme a été sauvagement attaquée par un chien de type pitbull, dans la cour arrière de sa propre demeure, et qu'elle a succombé à ses blessures au terme de souffrance inimaginables. Christiane Vadnais a été cruellement tuée par une bête déchaînée – un drame infernal qui plonge sa famille dans le deuil et le désespoir.