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Whether you have a close relative with dementia, a history of
high-risk factors for this condition, or a diagnosis of MCI (mild
cognitive impairment) you may be concerned to know how personally
'at risk' you or a loved one is, and what you can do to 'dodge'
what is definitely not inevitable. In this second edition of her
highly regarded Essential Guide to Avoiding Dementia, Mary Jordan
guides readers through the many factors associated with developing
dementia and the science behind our current understanding,
including: diet, exercise, trauma, pharmaceuticals, genetics,
social isolation, sleep, neurological deficits such as hearing
loss, insulin resistance and diabetes type 2. Based on her
professional and personal experience of working, Mary offers a
programme from which the individual reader can choose what works
for them and their individual risks and circumstances.
The 'D' Word starts with the premise that Dementia is here to stay
- a simple cure is not going to be found that will make it a
condition of the past. As such it is a social problem, not a
medical one. We have to learn to live with Dementia and, as it will
affect nearly all of us either as carers or through eventually
having the condition, become our own experts rather than relying on
the inadequate response from medicine. The authors, based on their
long experience of working together to support people affected by
dementia, show us how to understand the biological reality of
dementia (the brain is wasting away and no amount of memory
medicine can restore what is gone); readjust our thinking about the
condition so that we can accept rather than fear it; and gain the
expertise to manage the problems we have now.
Adults are being increasingly diagnosed with Mild Cognitive
Impairment (MCI), and this book provides strategies for concerned
individuals to help slow the onset of the condition. Around 50% of
adults with MCI go on to develop dementia, but research shows that
self-help through early intervention and preventative measures can
hugely slow this down. The self-help measures in this book include
memory aids, health and lifestyle changes, activities, therapies
and technological aids. All of them are known to improve cognition
and can be incorporated into daily life. Every measure is firmly
based in current research, and this book is also applicable to
those with early-stage dementia wishing to delay the onset of more
severe cognitive impairment. Given the paramount importance of
early intervention to prevent cognitive impairment worsening, this
book is essential reading for any older individual wanting the best
strategies to help with how to do this in practice.
"Tell me what to expect at each stage of dementia, and how to deal
with it," Mary Jordan's clients frequently ask her. The advice she
gives, one-to-one while working for a national dementia charity and
in the workshops she runs for carers, forms the basis of this
practical guide. In the Essential Carer's Guide to Dementia, Mary
explains what you can expect when you receive a diagnosis of one of
the many causes of dementia and what you can do to manage life
going forward - how you can slow the progress of symptoms and how
you can maximise available support. The earlier you start, the
better you will be able to cope.
A compelling and masterful account, based on fresh reporting, of
the investigation, impeachment, and acquittal of President Donald
Trump, a ferocious political drama that challenged American
democracy itself. In the spring of 2019, Speaker of the House Nancy
Pelosi did not favor pursuing Trump's impeachment. Her view was:
"He's just not worth it." But by September, after a whistleblower
complaint suggesting that Trump had used his office for his
political benefit, Pelosi decided to risk it. The impeachment
inquiry led to charges of abuse of power and obstruction of
Congress, a gamble that ultimately meant Trump would be the first
impeached president on the ballot in US history. Pulitzer
Prize-winning Washington Post reporters Kevin Sullivan and Mary
Jordan have crafted a powerful, intimate narrative that
concentrates on the characters as well as the dramatic events,
braiding them together to provide a remarkable understanding of
what happened and why. Drawing on the deep reporting of Post
journalists as well as new interviews, Sullivan and Jordan deliver
a crisp page-turner with exquisite detail and scenes. They put
readers in the room for both sides of the now-famous phone call
between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on July
25, 2019, revealing the in-the-moment reactions of those listening
to the call in Washington, as well as the tension in Kyiv, as aides
passed notes to Zelensky while he was talking to Trump. Sullivan
and Jordan deftly illuminate the aims and calculations of key
figures. Pelosi's evolution from no to yes. Trump's mounting fury
as "the I-word" became inevitable. Senate majority leader Mitch
McConnell firmly telling Trump on the phone about the Senate trial:
You need to trust me. Trump on Trial teems with unexpected moments.
House member Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, alone at the
National Archives, walking amid the nation's founding documents,
weighing her vote on impeachment. Fiery Republican congressman Matt
Gaetz of Florida, a favorite Trump warrior, deciding to lead the
storming of the secure room in the US Capitol basement, where
witnesses were testifying. The authors paint vivid portraits of the
men and women branded by the president's supporters as foes from
the "deep state": Ukraine experts Fiona Hill and Lt. Col. Alexander
Vindman; ambassadors Marie Yovanovitch and William Taylor. The
narrative spools out amid Trump's nonstop tweeting and the infinite
echo chamber of social media, which amplified both parties'
messages in ways unknown during past impeachments. Sullivan and
Jordan, aided by editor Steve Luxenberg, follow the story into the
aftermath of Trump's acquittal and the president's payback for
those whom he believed had betrayed him. The retributions took
place as the nation reeled from a devastating pandemic and
widespread protests about racial injustice, with another trial
looming: the 2020 election.
For the estimated six million carers in the UK today, Mary Jordan
has once again brought together a wealth of practical information,
supported it with numerous sources of extra help, and illustrated
the practical issues with personal stories that experienced carers
will instantly recognize. Revised and updated to reflect the latest
changes in financial, social and health care support, this Guide
will continue to be an essential companion for anyone caring for a
relative or friend, especially in the context of old age and/or
dementia.
The #1 New York Times Bestseller A bestselling book that inspired
the nation: "We have written here about terrible things that we
never wanted to think about again . . . Now we want the world to
know: we survived, we are free, we love life." Two women kidnapped
by infamous Cleveland school-bus driver Ariel Castro share the
stories of their abductions, captivity, and dramatic escape On May
6, 2013, Amanda Berry made headlines around the world when she fled
a Cleveland home and called 911, saying: "Help me, I'm Amanda
Berry. . . . I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for ten
years." A horrifying story rapidly unfolded. Ariel Castro, a local
school bus driver, had separately lured Berry, Gina DeJesus, and
Michelle Knight to his home, where he kept them chained. In the
decade that followed, the three were raped, psychologically abused,
and threatened with death. Berry had a daughter-Jocelyn-by their
captor. Drawing upon their recollections and the diary kept by
Amanda Berry, Berry and Gina DeJesus describe a tale of
unimaginable torment, and Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post
reporters Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan interweave the events
within Castro's house with original reporting on efforts to find
the missing girls. The full story behind the headlines-including
details never previously released on Castro's life and
motivations-Hope is a harrowing yet inspiring chronicle of two
women whose courage, ingenuity, and resourcefulness ultimately
delivered them back to their lives and families.
The period following the death of a loved one can be a time of
great turmoil. This sensitive book acts as a supportive road map
through the initial period of loss, and through the weeks and
months that follow. The authors address not only the emotional and
spiritual aspects of bereavement, but also important and often
overlooked practical considerations such as dealing with wills and
other paperwork, disposing of personal possessions, making
arrangements for funerals and memorial services, coping with the
anniversaries of a death and resolving family conflict. Drawing on
many real examples, they offer compassionate, realistic advice on
dealing with guilt and other negative emotions, as well as helpful
guidance on how and when to break the news of a death to others,
including to children, people with learning disabilities and people
with dementia. This will be an invaluable guide for anyone who has
experienced, or who is facing, a bereavement. It will also be of
interest to professionals involved in supporting those who are
bereaved, both as a source of helpful information and as a resource
to recommend to clients.
"Sets a standard for political storytelling with impeccable
research and lively writing." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Page-turning...riveting...colorful and detailed...a barometer of
the health of our democracy." --Barbara McQuade, The Washington
Post Two investigations. Two impeachments. Two acquittals. One
president. The full story. Unprecedented. Unimaginable. Until
Donald Trump's presidency. A year apart, two ferocious political
dramas challenged American democracy. As Pulitzer Prize-winning
Washington Post reporters Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan show in
this gripping account, the two Trump impeachments and acquittals
shared common threads: An American president, relentless in his
drive to win re-election, willing to disregard the laws that limit
his powers, no matter the cost. A divided Congress, split along
party lines, unable to agree on whether Trump's actions met the
Constitutional standard for removal from office. The Constitution
itself, tested in ways that its framers had not anticipated.
Trump's Trials is an expanded version of Trump on Trial, Sullivan
and Jordan's compelling and masterful 2020 account of the first
impeachment. That narrative, a crisp page-turner with exquisite
detail and vivid scenes, deftly conveyed the calculations of the
central figures, in particular Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
and Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell. The authors have
added three new chapters, and revised others, to carry the
narrative through the 2020 presidential election of Joe Biden;
Trump's feverish attempts to overturn Biden's victory; his
supporters' deadly attack on the Capitol as Congress was certifying
the electoral votes; Trump's second impeachment and acquittal--but
this time, with seven Republican senators voting against him.
Sullivan and Jordan, aided by editor Steve Luxenberg, have written
a fast-paced, authoritative account of the historic events that
rocked America--an invaluable examination of what happened and why.
Tells The Indian's Story. Not A Tale Of Blood, Thunder And War, But
An Ethnological Study Of His Home Life, Manners And Religious
Customs. It Tells Of His Arts, His Sciences And Of The Laws By
Which He Lived Before The White Man Came, Bringing European
Diseases, Strife, Alcohol And Death. It Was Only Then That The
Indian Became The Vanishing American.
.".. Miranda Blight's fall into brokenness and her bizarre
struggle to rise again ...the humor and romance are as riveting as
the suspense..."
Miranda Blight's life is falling apart: her husband's a jerk,
her handcrafted dolls don't sell, her body rebels. Following
surgery, she butts heads with Mrs. Vic, her former evil nursing
instructor, who continues to boss and manipulate, despite
paralysis.
Pain and post-op drugs befuddle Miranda; she cannot escape Mrs.
Vic's diabolical schemes to catch the woman's son-in-law, who may
have killed his wife.
The further Miranda falls into the secrets and dangers of Mrs.
Vic's life, the more she is challenged by quirky evidence, odd
weapons and a confusing, handcontrolled wheelchair van; when
Miranda is forced to drive this vehicle to the ends of Mrs. Vic's
insane world, her own life splits wide open.
The winners of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for international
reporting tell the astonishing story of Mary Clarke. At the age of
fifty, Clarke left her comfortable life in suburban Los Angeles to
follow a spiritual calling to care for the prisoners in one of
Mexico's most notorious jails. She actually moved into a cell to
live among drug king pins and petty thieves. She has led many of
them through profound spiritual transformations in which they
turned away from their lives of crime, and has deeply touched the
lives of all who have witnessed the depth of her compassion.
Donning a nun's habit, she became Mother Antonia, renowned as "the
prison angel," and has now organized a new community of sisters-the
Servants of the Eleventh Hour--widows and divorced women seeking
new meaning in their lives. "We had never heard a story like hers,"
Jordan and Sullivan write, "a story of such powerful goodness."
Born in Beverly Hills, Clarke was raised around the glamour of
Hollywood and looked like a star herself, a beautiful blonde
reminiscent of Grace Kelly. The choreographer Busby Berkeley
spotted her at a restaurant and offered her a job, but Mary's dream
was to be a happy wife and mother. She raised seven children, but
her two unfulfilling marriages ended in divorce. Then in the late
1960s, in midlife, she began devoting herself to charity work,
realizing she had an extraordinary talent for drumming up donations
for the sick and poor.
On one charity mission across the Mexican border to the
drug-trafficking capitol of Tijuana, she visited La Mesa prison and
experienced an intense feeling that she had found her true life's
work. As she recalls, "I felt like I had come home." Receiving the
blessings of the Catholic Church for her mission, on March 19,
1977, at the age of fifty, she moved into a cell in La Mesa,
sleeping on a bunk with female prisoners above and below her.
Nearly twenty-eight years later she is still living in that cell,
and the remarkable power of her spiritual counseling to the
prisoners has become legendary.
The story of both one woman's profound journey of discovery and
growth and of the deep spiritual awakenings she has called forth in
so many lost souls, The Prison Angel is an astonishing testament to
the powers of personal transformation.
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