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The Assistant by Robert Walser--who was admired greatly by Kafka, Musil, Walter Benjamin, and W. G. Sebald--is now presented in English for the very first time.
Samuel Beckett as a guru for business executives? James Joyce as a guide to living a good life? The notion of notoriously experimental authors sharing a shelf with self-help books might seem far-fetched, yet a hidden history of rivalry, influence, and imitation links these two worlds. In The Self-Help Compulsion, Beth Blum reveals the profound entanglement of modern literature and commercial advice from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Blum explores popular reading practices in which people turn to literature in search of practical advice alongside modern writers’ rebukes of such instrumental purposes. As literary authors positioned themselves in opposition to people like Samuel Smiles and Dale Carnegie, readers turned to self-help for the promises of mobility, agency, and practical use that serious literature was reluctant to supply. Blum unearths a series of unlikely cases of the love-hate relationship between serious fiction and commercial advice, from Gustave Flaubert’s mockery of early DIY culture to Dear Abby’s cutting diagnoses of Nathanael West and from Virginia Woolf’s ambivalent polemics against self-improvement to the ways that contemporary global authors such as Mohsin Hamid and Tash Aw explicitly draw on the self-help genre. She also traces the self-help industry’s tendency to popularize, quote, and adapt literary wisdom and considers what it might have to teach today’s university. Offering a new history of self-help’s origins, appeal, and cultural and literary import around the world, this book reveals that self-help’s most valuable secrets are not about getting rich or winning friends but about how and why people read.
This guide provides practical tips to help people with spinal cord injury through the process of hiring a caregiver, whether privately or through a home care agency. It includes sample forms to organize the process, as well as tips for creating a job description, interviewing and common pitfalls to avoid.
In this previously untold story of African American self-education, Heather Andrea Williams moves across time to examine African Americans' relationship to literacy during slavery, during the Civil War, and in the first decades of freedom. Self-Taught traces the historical antecedents to freedpeople's intense desire to become literate and demonstrates how the visions of enslaved African Americans emerged into plans and action once slavery ended. Enslaved people, Williams contends, placed great value in the practical power of literacy, whether it was to enable them to read the Bible for themselves or to keep informed of the abolition movement and later the progress of the Civil War. Some slaves devised creative and subversive means to acquire literacy, and when slavery ended, they became the first teachers of other freedpeople. Soon overwhelmed by the demands for education, they called on northern missionaries to come to their aid. Williams argues that by teaching, building schools, supporting teachers, resisting violence, and claiming education as a civil right, African Americans transformed the face of education in the South to the great benefit of both black and white southerners.
Social services for people with disabilities have undergone substantial changes over time, in particular in the past two decades. Whilst lack of affordable and appropriate housing is a barrier to community living for many people with disabilities, it is only one part of the jigsaw. This book traces some of these changes, in particular related to living situation and support available, in a range of different countries and considers the factors that have influenced these changes. This book considers other aspects of what is needed to bring about real change in the lives of all people with disabilities.
Identifies and describes specific government assistance opportunities such as loans, grants, counseling, and procurement contracts available under many agencies and programs.
Hear What the Critics are Saying "Very heart-warming stories; not only was this book inspirational, but it was also incredibly helpful. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is lost and needs to find themselves. Amazing Book." -Mary Jones – Valley Daily News “I enjoyed this motivational book quite a bit. My favorite story was the one about the Peanut butter And Jelly sandwiches. Five Stars.” -Judy B. Cohen – Elite Media Group “This was a very up-lifting and inspirational book. It both motivated and taught me to think outside of the box. A Must Read.” -Dave Baker – Book Bloggers of America “I was really moved by some of the stories; what I like about this book is that some of the stories where motivational and others were just about teaching a specific lesson. Ten Thumbs Up.” -Debra Eisner – Literary Times Inc. “Very inspiring book with great stories; I Highly Recommend this one to anybody who likes to read, and whose soul needs a bit of healing.” -Emma Righter – Writers United Group “I liked a lot of the stories; my favorite was the one about the Gumballs; since I’m in sales, it made a lot of sense to me. This is definitely one book you will not regret buying. Great Book!” -Carl Mosner – Readers Cove Unlimited “This was an awesome book. I really enjoyed the stories, and the lessons were very helpful. It’s a Wonderful Book that really makes you think.” -Lee Ratner – Daily Media Trends, Inc. Editorial Review Good Things Take Time is a book that will make you laugh and think at the same time. The way the author explains very complex issues in such a simplistic, easy-to-comprehend fashion is commendable. These are the types of stories that feed our soul. Any generation, young or old, will enjoy this book very much; many of its stories are not only inspiring, but also time tested and true. If you are looking for a book that will not only inspire you, but will also challenge the way you view the world, then this is the book for you. A Must Read! Jim S. Stein About the Book If you loved the Chicken-Soup for the Soul series, then you’ll love Good Things Take Time. It’s a book full of motivational short stories that will not only inspire and motivate you, but will also give you great practical advice on everyday situations. This book is extremely funny in some parts and yet, very deep and thought provoking in others. It will elicit numerous emotions from its readers and shed more light on solutions to problems we face on a day to day basis. If you’re looking for a book that will not only motivate your soul, but will also cultivate your mind, then look no further. Good Things Take Time will leave you both inspired and prepared. (self help books, self help, self help books for women, self help anxiety, self help books for men, motivational self help, bestsellers) [self help books]

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United States. Department of the Interior. Office of Hearings and Appeals

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 300


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Covers all the published and all the important unpublished decisions and opinions of the Department of the Interior .