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Author: Johanna Lindsey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2024-04-23
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 1668050048
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author presents her 45th novel--this one featuring dashing rogue Boyd Anderson and the American lady who has one very good reason to dislike him, although he's determined to give her many more reasons to love him.
Author: Katrina Kimport
Publisher: Families in Focus
Published: 2021-10-15
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781978817920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo real choice -- Policies, poverty, and the organization of abortion care -- Privileging the fetus -- Choosing irresponsibility and harm -- Fearing the experience of abortion -- Choosing a baby -- Toward reproductive autonomy.
Author: Barry Schwartz
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-10-13
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 0061748994
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions—both big and small—have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented. As Americans, we assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression. In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice—the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish—becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice—from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs—has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse. By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counter intuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on those that are important and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.
Author: The Childbirth by Choice Trust
Publisher: Second Story Press
Published: 2023-05-24
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 177260335X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwenty-five years after its publication in 1998, No Choice remains an essential read in Canada and around the world, where abortion rights are still under threat. These stories, spanning six decades, illustrate the terrifyingly dangerous means that people will resort to in order to end a pregnancy. This digital edition includes the original foreword from Doris Anderson, a new foreword, and a review from Michele Landsberg: “[No Choice] should be required reading for every student, every daughter, every elected man or woman who dares to think of meddling ever again with women’s reproductive rights.”
Author: Mel Todd
Publisher: Bad Ash Publishing
Published: 2023-02-14
Total Pages: 364
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA shifter caught on film. A cop with unwanted fame. Will she embrace her new identity, or become a monstrous beast? McKenna Largo loves police work and hates being in the spotlight. But when the California cop transforms into a cougar in the middle of a bank raid, she knows there's no dodging the publicity. Now a viral video sensation, she's the reluctant public face of a newly created race of shifters… As the police department uses her for "PR" and the governor plans a tourism campaign, slamming criminals behind bars seems a million miles away. Scared by her strange new impulses, Largo worries she's a monster. But when criminals capture innocent young shifters, the cougar and the cop combined must leap into action … Will Largo run scared from the animal inside, or will she save the day and set her inner beast free? No Choice is the first book in the Kaylid Chronicles thrilling urban fantasy series. If you like strong characters, fast-paced action, and unique shifters, then you'll love Mel Todd's exhilarating novel.
Author: Meagan McKinney
Publisher: Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9781568956763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMeagan McKinney's novels shimmer with emotion and sizzle with sensuality. Now she sweeps us away to a magnifient estate outside London as a stranger arrives to possess it. Lady Brienne Morrow returned to Osterley Park, her father's opulent mansion, to discover that he had gambled it away. Penniless and alone, she was ready to succeed to the new owner, Avenel Slane. A pawn in Avenel's plans for revenge, Brienne is held against her will. As fear melts into trust, she risks her heart and soul for this sensual, masterful man who gave her... No choice but surrender.
Author: Becca Andrews
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2022-10-11
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 1541763084
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNamed one of Mother Jones' BOOKS WE NEEDED IN 2022 An in-depth look at the legacy of Roe v. Wade, and on-the-ground reporting from the front lines of the battle to protect the right to choose The pieces started to fall in 2019 when a wave of anti-abortion laws went into effect. Georgia, Ohio, Mississippi, Louisiana and Kentucky banned abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, while Missouri banned the procedure at eight weeks. Alabama banned all abortions. The die was cast. And on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and, abortion immediately became illegal in 22 states. No Choice begins by shining a light on the eerie ways in which life before Roe will be mirrored in life after. The wealthy and privileged will still have access, low-income people will suffer disproportionately, and pregnancy will be heavily policed. Then, Andrews takes us to the states and communities that have been hardest-hit by the erosion of abortion rights in this country, and tells the stories of those who are most at risk from this devastating reversal of settled law. There is a glimmer of faint hope, though. As the battle moves to state legislatures around the country, the book profiles the people who are doing groundbreaking, inspiring work to ensure safe, legal access to this fundamental part of health care.
Author: Kate McKenna
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Published: 2018-04-26T00:00:00Z
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 1773630474
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1969, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau passed a law legalizing abortion in Canada. But making abortion legal did not guarantee women access to these services. In many communities around the country, women have had to travel great distances and at great personal expense to exercise their legal right to an abortion. Others have taken matters into their own hands, often with devastating consequences. In No Choice, Kate McKenna offers a firsthand account of Prince Edward Island’s refusal to bring abortion services to the Island, and introduces us to the courageous women who struggled for over thirty years to change this. With a very vocal Right to Life movement that used small town gossip, political pressure and the force of the Catholic Church to silence the pro-choice movement, the struggle seemed to be over before it even began. But everything changed in 2016. Cover image used with permission from KARATS.
Author: Fadwa Kassis Naser
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 1999-11-08
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 1477172610
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo woman (or man) has a choice about when and where to be born. In early childhood, however, most American girls make many choices that help to shape their lives. American women (and men), therefore, may read with compassionate wonder about Fadwa Kassis Naser, who had 1) No choice concerning childhood responsibilities for a younger sister due to her mothers fragile health. 2) No choice regarding when (age 15) or whom (a man more than twice her age) she would marry. 3) No choice as to when to bear children. 4) No choice about living quarters for a growing family. 5) No choice regarding others with whom those quarters must be shared. 6) No choice in such mundane activities as shopping or such rarer events as vacations. 7) No choice regarding which church to attend. 8) No choice of obtaining parenting advice from her mother, whose illness required long separations and ended in a premature death. 9) No choice concerning entertaining guests nor packing for moves to new locations. 10) No choice over her sons rejection for an educational opportunity to which he was entitled. 11) No choice when dismissed from a job that she was handling well. 12) No choice to return from Kuwait to her Palestinian homeland due to political conflict. Intermingled with these situations, she had sole responsibility for choices about 1) Believing in the Lord Jesus Christ as her Savior at age 10. 2) Relying upon her heavenly Father for strength and wisdom in almost every circumstance of life. 3) Guiding her childrens education, including getting them to and from school and financially covering their tuition costs in private schools. 4) Expanding her own formal schooling and practical nursing skills, surmount- ing financial and transportation difficulties. Although you may ache for Fadwa as you read this account of her life, you will also rejoice at examples of Gods showing Himself strong on the behalf of one whose heart is devoted to Him. She recognized His provision of empty boxes for a grape harvest when she was age 14, and His supplying funds for a sons education through the selfless sharing of a daughter, and His enabling Fadwa to visit relatives in Germany in spite of her having no visa, and . . ..
Author: Ellen Painter Dollar
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Published: 2012-01-31
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 1611641551
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn No Easy Choice, Ellen Painter Dollar tells her gut-wrenching story of living with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI)a disabling genetic bone disorder that was passed down to her first childand deciding whether to conceive a second child who would not have OI using assisted reproduction. Her story brings to light the ethical dilemmas surrounding advanced reproductive technologies. What do procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) say about how we define human worth? If we avoid such procedures, are we permitting the suffering of our children? How do we identify a "good life" in a consumer society that values appearance, success, health, and perfection? Dollar considers multiple sides of the debate, refusing to accept the matter as simply black and white. Her book will help parents who want to understand and make good decisions about assisted reproduction, as well as those who support and counsel them, including pastors and medical professionals.
