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"An important book...Grant is a good storyteller, subtle and
compassionate." --The New York Times Book Review In the tradition
of Random Family and Evicted, a gripping blend of rigorous,
intimate on-the-ground reporting and deep social history of
reproductive health that follows three first-time mothers as they
experience pregnancy and childbirth in today's America. Journalist
Rebecca Grant provides us with a never-before-seen look at the
changing landscape of pregnancy and childbirth in America--and the
rise of midwifery--told through the eyes of three women who all
pass through the doors of the same birth center in Portland,
Oregon. There's Alison, a teacher whose long path to a healthy
pregnancy has led her to question a traditional hospital birth;
T'Nika, herself born with the help of a midwife and now a nurse
hoping to work in Labor & Delivery and improve equality in
healthcare; and Jillian, an office manager and aspiring midwife who
works at Andaluz Birth Center, excited for a new beginning, but
anxious about how bringing a new life into the world might mean the
deferral of her own dreams. In remarkable detail and with great
compassion, Grant recounts the ups downs, fears, joys, and everyday
moments of each woman's pregnancy and postpartum journey, offering
a rare look into their inner lives, perspectives, and choices in
real time--and addresses larger issues facing the entire nation,
from discrimination in medicine and treatment (both gender and
race-based) to fertility, family planning, complicated feelings
about motherhood and career, and the stigmas of miscarriage and
postpartum blues. "An enlightening and accessible portrait of
maternal healthcare in America" (Publishers Weekly, starred) Birth
is an inspiring look at one of life's most profound rites of
passage.
The collections contained within the Combined Arms Research Library
Digital Library are largely composed of digital versions of paper
documents from the Combined Arms Research Library collections and
student papers produced at the US Army Command and General Staff
College. The documents in this collection cover the areas on the
Vietnam Conflict, Korean War, and the U.S. Civil War, to name a
few. This is one of those documents.
Hi. I'm Alexandra Hollingsworth. You know, being an FBI agent is
definitely not as glamorous as it is on TV. Ten years of near
misses finally caught up with me when I was shot in the line of
duty. I'm missing a spleen and I have what my little brother calls,
a 'metal stick' in my leg. And just when I think things could not
get any worse, I find out I'm wanted by the FBI for the deaths of
four agents. So my well-meaning family took it upon themselves to
send me to Mackinac Island, a place where fudge is the major
export, motor vehicles are banned, and mystery can be found within
the hidden underground tunnels. More importantly, according to my
family, there is a man there who can keep me safe. Accompanied by
my K9 partner Caleb, and my geriatric arch nemesis, Doreen (who is
supposed to be my 'nurse' and not my reason for an insanity plea),
my current mission is to recuperate and try to figure out why I've
been framed. Unfortunately, not one person in my family seemed to
think it was necessary to inform me that my temporary guardian is
my ex-husband, Michael. Well won't this be interesting?
Augusta Jane Evans Wilson (1835-1909) was one of nineteenth-century
America's most popular novelists and outspoken supporters of the
Confederacy. Her nine novels include the recently reissued Beulah,
the stridently pro-Confederate Macaria, and the extremely
successful St. Elmo, which rivaled Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur in
sales. In addition to writing best-selling books, Wilson was a
powerful letter-writer whose correspondents included prominent
Confederate leaders. Wilson's epistles, 112 of which are gathered
in this volume, reveal the depth of her ambitions for herself and
the Confederacy. Wilson worked hard to place herself at the center
of action during the Civil War and after the surrender assiduously
maintained her correspondence with prominent people of her day. In
addition to writing Confederate propaganda, her wartime activities
included an extended correspondence with General P. G. T.
Beauregard and Confederate congressman Jabez L. M. Curry. In her
letters Wilson reviews battle plans and military policy, offers
political advice, and illumines the hardships suffered by
southerners. Her correspondence portrays her as an assertive,
well-educated woman who addressed powerful men on equal terms and
only occasionally lapsed into traditional feminine deference. Of
equal interest, the volume includes Wilson's writings to friends,
publishers, fans, and family members. Wilson's working
correspondence with her editors and myriad admirers captures her
views on the purposes of fiction, the trials of publishing during
the war, and the difficulties of combining career and family.
As the world moves into the twenty-first century, cellular
systems, high-density data storage, and the Internet are but a few
of the new technologies that promise great advances in productivity
and improvements in the quality of life. Yet these new technologies
also threaten personal privacy. A surveillance society, in which
the individual has little control over personal information, may be
the logical result of deregulation, globalization, and a mass
data-processing capacity. Consumers report increasing concern over
erosion of personal privacy even as they volunteer personal
information in exchange for coupons, catalogues, and credit. What
kind of privacy future are we facing? In Visions of Privacy: Policy
Choices for the Digital Age, some of the most prominent
international theorists and practitioners in the field explore the
impact of evolving technology on private citizens. The authors
critically probe market, ethical, global, regulatory and advocacy
issues, as each answers the question, 'How can we develop privacy
solutions equal to the surveillance challenges of the future?'
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