Author: Susan Choi
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101622687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
An intimately charged novel of desire and disaster from the National Book Award-winning author of Trust Exercise and A Person of Interest Regina Gottlieb had been warned about Professor Nicholas Brodeur long before arriving as a graduate student at his prestigious university high on a pastoral hill. He’s said to lie in the dark in his office while undergraduate women read couplets to him. He’s condemned on the walls of the women’s restroom, and enjoys films by Roman Polanski. But no one has warned Regina about his exceptional physical beauty—or his charismatic, volatile wife. My Education is the story of Regina’s mistakes, which only begin in the bedroom, and end—if they do—fifteen years in the future and thousands of miles away. By turns erotic and completely catastrophic, Regina’s misadventures demonstrate what can happen when the chasm between desire and duty is too wide to bridge.
My Education
Author: Susan Choi
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101622687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
An intimately charged novel of desire and disaster from the National Book Award-winning author of Trust Exercise and A Person of Interest Regina Gottlieb had been warned about Professor Nicholas Brodeur long before arriving as a graduate student at his prestigious university high on a pastoral hill. He’s said to lie in the dark in his office while undergraduate women read couplets to him. He’s condemned on the walls of the women’s restroom, and enjoys films by Roman Polanski. But no one has warned Regina about his exceptional physical beauty—or his charismatic, volatile wife. My Education is the story of Regina’s mistakes, which only begin in the bedroom, and end—if they do—fifteen years in the future and thousands of miles away. By turns erotic and completely catastrophic, Regina’s misadventures demonstrate what can happen when the chasm between desire and duty is too wide to bridge.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101622687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
An intimately charged novel of desire and disaster from the National Book Award-winning author of Trust Exercise and A Person of Interest Regina Gottlieb had been warned about Professor Nicholas Brodeur long before arriving as a graduate student at his prestigious university high on a pastoral hill. He’s said to lie in the dark in his office while undergraduate women read couplets to him. He’s condemned on the walls of the women’s restroom, and enjoys films by Roman Polanski. But no one has warned Regina about his exceptional physical beauty—or his charismatic, volatile wife. My Education is the story of Regina’s mistakes, which only begin in the bedroom, and end—if they do—fifteen years in the future and thousands of miles away. By turns erotic and completely catastrophic, Regina’s misadventures demonstrate what can happen when the chasm between desire and duty is too wide to bridge.
My Education
Author: William S. Burroughs
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141975725
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
My Education is Burroughs's last novel, first published two years before his death in 1997. It is a book of dreams, collected over several decades and as close to a memoir as we will see. The dreams cover themes from the mundane and ordinary - conversations with his friends Allen Ginsberg or Ian Sommerville, feeding his cats, procuring drugs or sex - to the erotic, bizarre and visionary. Always a rich source of imagery in Burroughs's own fiction, in this book dreams become a direct and powerful force in themselves.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141975725
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
My Education is Burroughs's last novel, first published two years before his death in 1997. It is a book of dreams, collected over several decades and as close to a memoir as we will see. The dreams cover themes from the mundane and ordinary - conversations with his friends Allen Ginsberg or Ian Sommerville, feeding his cats, procuring drugs or sex - to the erotic, bizarre and visionary. Always a rich source of imagery in Burroughs's own fiction, in this book dreams become a direct and powerful force in themselves.
My Fundamentalist Education
Author: Christine Rosen
Publisher: Public Affairs
ISBN: 9781586482589
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The author documents her upbringing in a fundamentalist elementary school in Florida during the nineteen eighties, discussing the strict religious indoctrination she was subjected to and her eventual disenchantment with this viewpoint.
Publisher: Public Affairs
ISBN: 9781586482589
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The author documents her upbringing in a fundamentalist elementary school in Florida during the nineteen eighties, discussing the strict religious indoctrination she was subjected to and her eventual disenchantment with this viewpoint.
This Won't Hurt a Bit
Author: Michelle Au
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446574414
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
If Atul Gawande were funny--or Jerome Groopman were a working mother--they might sound something like Michelle Au, M.D., author of this hilarious and poignant memoir of a medical residency. Michelle Au started medical school armed only with a surfeit of idealism, a handful of old ER episodes for reference, and some vague notion about "helping people." This Won't Hurt a Bit is the story of how she grew up and became a real doctor. It's a no-holds-barred account of what a modern medical education feels like, from the grim to the ridiculous, from the heartwarming to the obscene. Unlike most medical memoirs, however, this one details the author's struggles to maintain a life outside of the hospital, in the small amount of free time she had to live it. And, after she and her husband have a baby early in both their medical residencies, Au explores the demands of being a parent with those of a physician, two all-consuming jobs in which the lives of others are very literally in her hands. Au's stories range from hilarious to heartbreaking and hit every note in between, proving more than anything that the creation of a new doctor (and a new parent) is far messier, far more uncertain, and far more gratifying than one could ever expect.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446574414
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
If Atul Gawande were funny--or Jerome Groopman were a working mother--they might sound something like Michelle Au, M.D., author of this hilarious and poignant memoir of a medical residency. Michelle Au started medical school armed only with a surfeit of idealism, a handful of old ER episodes for reference, and some vague notion about "helping people." This Won't Hurt a Bit is the story of how she grew up and became a real doctor. It's a no-holds-barred account of what a modern medical education feels like, from the grim to the ridiculous, from the heartwarming to the obscene. Unlike most medical memoirs, however, this one details the author's struggles to maintain a life outside of the hospital, in the small amount of free time she had to live it. And, after she and her husband have a baby early in both their medical residencies, Au explores the demands of being a parent with those of a physician, two all-consuming jobs in which the lives of others are very literally in her hands. Au's stories range from hilarious to heartbreaking and hit every note in between, proving more than anything that the creation of a new doctor (and a new parent) is far messier, far more uncertain, and far more gratifying than one could ever expect.
Legacy of Love
Author: Arun Gandhi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"Born in 1934 in South Africa, where he was subject to the daily injustices of apartheid, and raised in a family dedicated to nonviolent social reform, Dr. Gandhi writes with rare authority and insight. His narrative draws primarily upon the experiences as a youth in India, where he lived with his grandfather during the last eighteen months of the Mahatma's life.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"Born in 1934 in South Africa, where he was subject to the daily injustices of apartheid, and raised in a family dedicated to nonviolent social reform, Dr. Gandhi writes with rare authority and insight. His narrative draws primarily upon the experiences as a youth in India, where he lived with his grandfather during the last eighteen months of the Mahatma's life.
My Ambulance Education
Author: Joseph F. Clark
Publisher: Firefly Books
ISBN: 177088002X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
The brutally honest story of an emergency medical technician. At 18, Joseph Clark started working as an ambulance attendant to pay his way through college. For the next seven years he worked New York City's most dangerous neighborhoods as an emergency medical technician (EMT), dealing with the medical emergencies from drug overdoses, gang fights, car crashes and worse, all while juggling schoolwork and a personal life. His stories are a graphic portrayal of the life of an ambulance EMT. From dealing with a body that is frozen solid and trapped under a front porch to climbing into the burned-out wreck of a car to treat the seriously injured driver, Clark's stories are horrifying, poignant, touching and often filled with the dark humor that is so characteristic of the people who work under extreme stress. My Ambulance Education is a testament to the medical first responders who scramble to provide the on-the-spot care so vital to the survival of victims. EMTs struggle daily (and nightly) with emotional strain, sleep deprivation and, inevitably, burnout.
Publisher: Firefly Books
ISBN: 177088002X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
The brutally honest story of an emergency medical technician. At 18, Joseph Clark started working as an ambulance attendant to pay his way through college. For the next seven years he worked New York City's most dangerous neighborhoods as an emergency medical technician (EMT), dealing with the medical emergencies from drug overdoses, gang fights, car crashes and worse, all while juggling schoolwork and a personal life. His stories are a graphic portrayal of the life of an ambulance EMT. From dealing with a body that is frozen solid and trapped under a front porch to climbing into the burned-out wreck of a car to treat the seriously injured driver, Clark's stories are horrifying, poignant, touching and often filled with the dark humor that is so characteristic of the people who work under extreme stress. My Ambulance Education is a testament to the medical first responders who scramble to provide the on-the-spot care so vital to the survival of victims. EMTs struggle daily (and nightly) with emotional strain, sleep deprivation and, inevitably, burnout.
Born in a Barn or My Education: An Autobiography
Author: Reuben B. Reynolds
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
ISBN: 1782221972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Throughout his life Reuben has demonstrated strong values, based on respect for traditional institutions such as family and society. Social housing has played a key role and his experience both as a tenant and dynamic campaigner confirms that safe, decent and affordable housing is not just a basic necessity, but a platform from which other aspirations are met. It affects opportunities in other areas of life, such as health, employment and education. Although this book is primarily a legacy for Reuben’s children and grandchildren, it has a far wider benefit. His upbringing in the inter-war years will strike a chord with many of his generation and readers will find here the true impact of changing economic, social and political conditions on generations of lives.
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
ISBN: 1782221972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Throughout his life Reuben has demonstrated strong values, based on respect for traditional institutions such as family and society. Social housing has played a key role and his experience both as a tenant and dynamic campaigner confirms that safe, decent and affordable housing is not just a basic necessity, but a platform from which other aspirations are met. It affects opportunities in other areas of life, such as health, employment and education. Although this book is primarily a legacy for Reuben’s children and grandchildren, it has a far wider benefit. His upbringing in the inter-war years will strike a chord with many of his generation and readers will find here the true impact of changing economic, social and political conditions on generations of lives.