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Ann Preston (1813-1872) is best known as a medical pioneer and
nineteenth century Quaker activist. The immediate cause of the
publication of Cousin Ann's Stories for Children (1849) was most
likely the then recent 27 hour escape at the end of March, 1849, of
Henry "Box" Brown, a Richmond slave who left his family and escaped
north in a small wooden crate. Though Cousin Ann's Stories for
Children is one hundred and sixty-two years old, it still speaks to
contemporary concerns and moral perspectives. In its address "To My
Little Readers" she explains, "I thought I would write a little
book, and that would be a good way to speak with you, though I am
far away." What Cousin Ann speaks of is practicing temperance,
healthy diet and avoidance of tobacco, to treasure freedom and
abhor slavery, the bounty and beauty of God's creation, the need to
treat others generously and honestly.
A recent Harris Poll revealed some disturbing aspects of the
current state of health care provision for women and children. The
poll dealt with issues as diverse as clincial examinations and
communication between women and their doctors. Such issues, long
ignored or under-appreciated by medical researchers, clinicians,
and public policy makers, are increasingly receiving attention, not
only from public health experts, but also from politicians,
pressure groups, and the media. Reproductive Health Care for Women
and Babies addresses all the medical and societal aspects of health
care that go to form public health policy for women. The editors
have assembled an international team of contributors who provide
the reader with a truly global picture of the issues involved.
These features combine to provide a much better understanding of
the health care needs of women. Doctors will be able to take a
broader view of their role, beyond the traditional one of diagnosis
and treatment, and allow to communicate more effectively their
individual and collective views. Such a reorientation is essential
if physicians are to assume their proper role at the centre of the
formation of public health policy. For anybody involved in
providing health care for women and children this book is essential
reading.
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Richard Beard, Bart van Es; Edited by Andrew Kenrick, Freya Dean; Cover design or artwork by Richard Horne; Illustrated by …
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'Read this book' Alastair Campbell 'A really wonderful book'
Nigella Lawson via Twitter In 1975 Richard Beard was sent away to
boarding school. So were Boris Johnson and David Cameron. He didn't
enjoy it. But the first and most important lesson was not to let
that show. A public school education has long been accepted in
Britain as a preparation for leadership, but being separated from
your parents at a young age is traumatic. What sort of adult does
it mould? Tackling debates about privilege head-on, Sad Little Men
reveals what happens when you put a succession of men from boarding
schools into positions of influence, including at 10 Downing
Street, and asks the question: is this really who we want in
charge? 'The most important book I've read this year' Adam
Rutherford
*WINNER OF THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2018* My younger brother's name
is Nicholas Beard. He was nine years old, and I was with him in the
water when he drowned. Life changes in an instant. On a family
holiday in Cornwall in 1978, Richard and Nicholas are in the sea,
jumping the waves. Suddenly and inexplicably Nicholas is out of his
depth and then, shockingly, so is Richard. Only one of the brothers
returns to the shore. Richard does not attend Nicholas's funeral
and afterwards the family return to Cornwall to continue the
holiday. Soon they stop speaking of that day at the beach
altogether. Years later, haunted by grief, Richard sets out to
piece together the story. Who was Nicholas? What really happened
that day? And why did the family never speak of it again?
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE
JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2018 'This captivating book, both
heart-rending and jaw-dropping, unfolds like a detective story'
Daily Mail 'A memoir of real truth and heartbreaking emotional
heft' Sunday Times
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Ann Preston (1813-1872) is best known as a medical pioneer and
nineteenth century Quaker activist. The immediate cause of the
publication of Cousin Ann's Stories for Children (1849) was most
likely the then recent 27 hour escape at the end of March, 1849, of
Henry "Box" Brown, a Richmond slave who left his family and escaped
north in a small wooden crate. Though Cousin Ann's Stories for
Children is one hundred and sixty-two years old, it still speaks to
contemporary concerns and moral perspectives. In its address "To My
Little Readers" she explains, "I thought I would write a little
book, and that would be a good way to speak with you, though I am
far away." What Cousin Ann speaks of is practicing temperance,
healthy diet and avoidance of tobacco, to treasure freedom and
abhor slavery, the bounty and beauty of God's creation, the need to
treat others generously and honestly.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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