[PDF] Out Of Sight Out Of Mind eBook

Author : Ruben Andersson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 35,87 MB
Release : 2022-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0520379152

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From the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands to the Sahara, images of danger depict a new world disorder on the global margins. With vivid detail, Ruben Andersson traverses this terrain to provide a startling new understanding of what is happening in remote "danger zones." Andersson takes aim at how Western states and international organizations conduct military, aid, and border interventions in a dangerously myopic fashion, further disconnecting the world's rich and poor. Risk-obsessed powers are helping to remap the world into zones of insecurity and danger, resulting in a vision of chaos crashing into fortified borders. Andersson contends that we must reconnect and snap out of this dangerous spiral, which affects us no matter where we are. Only by developing a new cartography of hope can we move beyond the political geography of fear that haunts us. From back cover.

Author : Yvonne Vissing
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 27,29 MB
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0813160324

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Because they're small, they're easy to overlook. Because their voices don't carry far, it's hard to hear them. We'd rather not look too closely or listen too carefully. And if we don't see them, maybe they'll just go away. But the invisible homeless cannot simply fly away to never-never land, or pull themselves up by their bootstraps, or make a wish upon a star. These homeless people are children, and they are not always in the inner cities, as Yvonne Vissing shows in this poignant study of families, housing, and poverty. As many as a third of our nation's homeless are found in rural and small-town America. They are all too commonly out of sight-and out of mind. Homelessness in small towns and rural areas is on the rise. Drawing on interviews with and case studies of three hundred children and their families, with supporting statistics from federal, state, and private agencies, Vissing illustrates the impact this social problem has upon education, health, and the economy. Families vividly describe the ways they have fallen through cracks in the social structure, from home ownership into homelessness. Looking toward the future, Vissing asks if homeless children are destined to become dysfunctional adults and provides a sixteen-year-old girl's moving testimony of the vagabond life her homeless family led. While the economy and the very nature of the family have changed over past decades, housing, education, and human service industries have failed to adapt. Vissing provides a planning model for improving support networks within communities and challenges Americans with a fundamental philosophical question: Do homeless children merit fullscale social intervention? Ultimately, Out of Sight, Out of Mind compels us not merely to voice concerns for family and community values, but also to assert this commitment consciously through improved essential services.

Author : Lindy Bergman
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 35,56 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0891284850

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Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind presents a personal account of living successfully with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), combined with powerful new information on effective service delivery. Ninety-three-year old Lindy Bergman illustrates the ways in which life with low vision can be lived with independence, dignity, and personal satisfaction. Also included are highly informative chapters, written by the world-renowned experts from The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired, encompassing the latest information about the causes and treatment of AMD; a concise, informative overviews of the effects of aging on vision, the emotional and psychological components of vision loss and the integration of the individual's psychological recovery into low vision service delivery; and a cutting-edge model of rehabilitation that meets the challenges of service provision today. Foreword by Jonathan Safran Foer, award-winning author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

Author : John Podmore
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,30 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Prison administration
ISBN : 9781849541381

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A devastating critique of the British prison service, 'Out of Sight, Out of Mind' ignites a debate about a vital subject we ignore at our peril.

Author : Anne Mazer
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,82 MB
Release : 2002-11
Category : Best friends
ISBN : 9780613598590

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For use in schools and libraries only. When her friend Jessica leaves to spend several months with her father, Abby is unhappy, but promises to take over her baby-sitting job and to e-mail every day. Soon things begin to go wrong and Abby worries for their friendship.

Author : Ally Carter
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 31,32 MB
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1423148088

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Friendship. Romance. Espionage. The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is no ordinary boarding school. Don't miss a moment of the New York Times bestselling series--now with a bonus epilogue! The last thing Cammie Morgan remembers is leaving the Gallagher Academy to protect her friends and family from the Circle of Cavan-an ancient terrorist organization that has been hunting her for over a year. But when Cammie wakes up in an alpine convent and discovers that months have passed, she must face the fact that her memory is now a black hole. The only traces left of Cammie's summer vacation are the bruises on her body and the dirt under her nails, and all she wants is to go home. Once she returns to school, however, Cammie realizes that even the Gallagher Academy now holds more questions than answers. Cammie, her friends, and mysterious spy-guy Zach must face their most difficult challenge yet as they travel to the other side of the world, hoping to piece together the clues that Cammie left behind. It's a race against time. The Circle is hot on their trail and willing stop at nothing to prevent Cammie from remembering what she did last summer.

Author : Chester Aaron
Publisher : Spectra Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 34,42 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553260274

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Twins with psychic powers are being pursued by foreign agents who want their secret.

Author : Terry Matlen
Publisher : Specialty Press/A.D.D. Warehouse
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,85 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781886941595

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Women with AD/HD tormented by the daily chores and decisions needed to survive in a world of linear thinking will find solace in this self-help guide. Offering a collection of practical solutions to seemingly simple daily problems, this book will help to relieve the guilt and anxiety so many women have when they feel they don't measure up to the norms of today's society. These proven gems of wisdom, submitted by hundreds of women with AD/HD from all over the world, will help the reader painlessly get through the piles of laundry on her floor and stacks of paper on her desk. Written to accommodate readers with AD/HD who often have difficulty reading a book from cover to cover, this guide is designed like a manual, allowing them to flip through to areas of interest without having to read the entire book to find what they need. Practical tips provide help in dealing with organizational tasks, including paperwork in the home and office, preparing meals, social situations, paying bills on time, household chores, shopping, and personal and family health.

Author : Marilyn Kaye
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,58 MB
Release : 2009-06-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0753462834

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Queen at middle school, looks in mirror and sees different face staring back, life in someone else shoes.