The Skeleton Cupboard: The Making of a Clinical Psychologist
The Skeleton Cupboard: The Making of a Clinical Psychologist

Author: Tanya Byron

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2015-04-07

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1250052653

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"Recounts the patient stories that most influenced Professor Tanya Byron, covering years of training that forced her to confront the harsh realities of the lives of her patients and the demons of her own family's history. Among others, we meet Ray, a violent sociopath desperate to be treated with tenderness and compassion; Mollie, a talented teenager intent on starving herself; and Imogen, a twelve-year-old so haunted by a secret that she's intent on killing herself. Byron brings the reader along as she uncovers the reasons each of these individuals behave the way they do, resulting in a ... psychological mystery that sheds light on mental illness and what its treatment tells us about ourselves"--

The Skeleton in the Closet
The Skeleton in the Closet

Author: M. C. Beaton

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Published: 2002-03-15

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1429901586

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Ever since the death of his father, poor Fellworth Dolphin has slaved away as a waiter to support his miserly, cold-hearted mother. When his mother suddenly dies, Fellworth is shocked to discover that she has left him a sizable inheritance. Confused, Fell teams up with Maggie, a plain girl with a similar background, to investigate the source of the riches. But what they find is a closet full of skeletons... Is it really possible Fell's father was involved in a long-ago train robbery? Who's the mysterious woman in the portrait hidden in his mother's wardrobe? As Maggie and Fell poke around the village for answers, they find themselves on a surprise-filled path to danger and adventure, and--just possibly--love. But Fell's sudden good fortune could come to an abrupt end if he doesn't stay one step ahead of a cunning killer... from beloved novelist M.C. Beaton comes this thrilling stand-alone mystery, The Skeleton in the Closet.

Blood Legacy
Blood Legacy

Author: Alex Renton

Publisher: Canongate Books

Published: 2021-05-06

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 178689887X

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'An incredible work of scholarship' Sathnam Sanghera Through the story of his own family’s history as slave and plantation owners, Alex Renton looks at how we owe it to the present to understand the legacy of the past. When British Caribbean slavery was abolished across most of the British Empire in 1833, it was not the newly liberated who received compensation, but the tens of thousands of enslavers who were paid millions of pounds in government money. The descendants of some of those slave owners are among the wealthiest and most powerful people in Britain today. Blood Legacy explores what inheritance – political, economic, moral and spiritual – has been passed to the descendants of the slave owners and the descendants of the enslaved. He also asks, crucially, how the former – himself among them – can begin to make reparations for the past.

The Gathering Murders
The Gathering Murders

Author: Keith Moray

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780709079378

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The mysterious drowning of Ranald Buchanan, an acclaimed Gaelic fisherman-poet, rekindles age-old fears about the Selkie, the seal-man who drags his victims beneath the waves. Inspector McKinnon has to face the possibility of a serial killer on the loose whilst dealing with his old flame Fiona Cullen.

Through Her Eyes
Through Her Eyes

Author: Clodagh Finn

Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd

Published: 2019-10-11

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0717183211

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Told through the prism of the lives of 21 extraordinary women, this remarkable book offers an alternative vision of Irish history – one that puts the spotlight on women whose contributions have been forgotten or overlooked. Author Clodagh Finn travels through the ages to 'meet', among others, Macha, the Celtic horse goddess of Ulster; St Dahalin, an early Irish saint and miracle worker; Jo Hiffernan, painter and muse to the artists Whistler and Courbet; Jennie Hodgers, a woman who fought as a male soldier in the American Civil War; Sr Concepta Lynch, businesswoman, Dominican sister and painter of a unique Celtic shrine; the Overend sisters, farmers, charity workers and motoring enthusiasts; and Rosemary Gibb, athlete, social worker, clown and accomplished magician. From a Stone Age farmer who lived in Co. Clare more than 5,000 years ago to the modern-day founder of a 3D printing company, this book opens a fascinating window onto the life and times of some amazing women whose stories were shaped by the centuries in which they lived.

The Skeletons in God's Closet
The Skeletons in God's Closet

Author: Joshua Ryan Butler

Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM

Published: 2014-10-21

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 052910055X

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How can a loving God send people to hell? Isn’t it arrogant to believe Jesus is the only way to God? What is up with holy war in the Old Testament? Many of us fear God has some skeletons in the closet. Hell, judgment, and holy war are hot topics for the Christian faith that have a way of igniting fierce debate far and wide. These hard questions leave many wondering whether God is really good and can truly be trusted. The Skeletons in God's Closet confronts our popular caricatures of these difficult topics with the beauty and power of the real thing. Josh Butler reveals that these subjects are consistent with, rather than contradictory to, the goodness of God. He explores Scripture to reveal the plotlines that make sense of these tough topics in light of God’s goodness. From fresh angles, Josh deals powerfully with such difficult passages as: The Lake of Fire Lazarus and the Rich Man The Slaughter of Canaanites in the Old Testament Ultimately, The Skeletons in God's Close uses our toughest questions to provoke paradigm shifts in how we understand our faith as a whole. It pulls the “skeletons out of God’s closet” to reveal they were never really skeletons at all.

The Skeleton in your Grandfather's Cupboard
The Skeleton in your Grandfather's Cupboard

Author: Dr. D. K. Olukoya

Publisher: The Battle Cry Christian Ministries

Published: 2016-06-03

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13:

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This book is an eye opener. It unveils the mystery of ancestral bondage, highlights the problem of recurrent tragedy in succeeding generations and proffers a solution that has been tested and proven. The author shows how the past affects the future; he also reveals how hidden problems in the family linegae go very far in affecting present and future generations. This book will afford you the opportunity of dealing decisively with the skeleton in your grandfather's cupboard. It is vomited by the Holy Ghost to set your destiny free from every ancestral contamination

Habitat Man
Habitat Man

Author: D. Baden

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09-14

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9781739980306

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Worms have more purpose than Tim, and a better love life. They break waste down into rich fertile soil; Tim just makes the rich richer. Worms copulate for three hours at a time whereas the closest thing Tim has to love is his lesbian friend Jo. Salvation comes from Jo's flaky niece Charlotte who asks him three profound questions. Inspired, he sheds his old life to become Habitat Man, giving advice on how to turn gardens into habitats for wildlife. His first client is the lovely Lori. Tim is smitten, but first he has to win round Ethan her teenage son. Tim loves his new life until he digs up more than he bargained for, something that threatens to bring out all the skeletons in his cupboard.

The Green Man
The Green Man

Author: Kingsley Amis

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1590176162

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The owner of a haunted country inn contends with death, fatherhood, romantic woes, and alcoholism in this humorous and “rattling good ghost story” from a Booker Prize–winning author (The New York Times) Maurice Allington has reached middle age and is haunted by death. As he says, “I honestly can’t see why everybody who isn’t a child, everybody who’s theoretically old enough to have understood what death means, doesn’t spend all his time thinking about it. It’s a pretty arresting thought.” He also happens to own and run a country inn that is haunted. The Green Man opens as Maurice’s father drops dead (had he seen something in the room?) and continues as friends and family convene for the funeral. Maurice’s problems are many and increasing: How to deal with his own declining health? How to reach out to a teenage daughter who watches TV all the time? How to get his best friend’s wife in the sack? How to find another drink? (And another.) And then there is always death. The Green Man is a ghost story that hits a live nerve, a very black comedy with an uncannily happy ending: in other words, Kingsley Amis at his best.