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Marching through suffering : loss and survival in North Korea / by Fahy, Sandra

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Chronicling trauma journalists and writers on violence and loss / by Underwood, Doug

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Dying to teach a memoir of love, loss, and learning / by Berman, Jeffrey, 1945-

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Memory is our home : loss and remembering : three generations in Poland and Russia 1917-1960s / by Eibuszyc, Suzanna

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The Papers of Thomas A. Edison : Losses and Loyalties, April 1883–December 1884 / by Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931

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The Papers of Thomas A. Edison : Losses and Loyalties, April 1883–December 1884 / by Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931

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Breaking the silence mental health professionals disclose their personal and family experiences of mental illness /

Table of Contents: “…My story is one of loss / Laura B. Mason -- Finding my mind / Ruth White -- A field agent in our midst / Tara Peris -- Laura's story: making sense of and deriving meaning from her life with mental illness / Elizabeth B. …”
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Black eye escaping a marriage, writing a life / by Strasser, Judith, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Unpleasant truths -- Questions of politics -- Intimate strangers -- Losses -- True colors -- Clear vision -- Standards of performance -- Selective attention -- Tokens of love -- Diffidence -- "I Jumped for it" -- Jekyll and Hyde -- Halcyon days -- Cause and effect -- Trouble on its way -- Enormous rage -- The gift.…”
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Remedios the healing life of Eva Castellanoz / by Mulcahy, Joanne B., 1954-

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The Beecher sisters by White, Barbara Anne

Table of Contents: “…Satan," 1871-1872 -- The Beecher-Tilton scandal, 1872-1875 -- Spiritualism, 1875-1878 -- Losses, 1878-1887 -- The board of lady managers, 1888-1893.…”
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Now Peru Is Mine : The Life and Times of a Campesino Activist / by Llamojha Mitma, Manuel, 1921-, Heilman, Jaymie Patricia

Table of Contents: “…"I'm going to be president of the republic" : the formation of an activist, 1921-1948 -- "I made the hacendados tremble" : defending Jhajhamarka campesinos, 1948-1952 -- "Jail was like my home" : fighting for Concepción, 1952-1961 -- For justice, land, and liberty : national and international leadership, 1961-1968 -- "Everything was division" : political marginalization, 1968-1980 -- A wound that won't heal : political violence, displacement, and loss, 1980-2000 -- Afterword: "You have to stand firm" : the elderly activist, 2000-2015.…”
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Now Peru Is Mine : The Life and Times of a Campesino Activist / by Llamojha Mitma, Manuel, 1921-, Heilman, Jaymie Patricia

Table of Contents: “…"I'm going to be president of the republic" : the formation of an activist, 1921-1948 -- "I made the hacendados tremble" : defending Jhajhamarka campesinos, 1948-1952 -- "Jail was like my home" : fighting for Concepción, 1952-1961 -- For justice, land, and liberty : national and international leadership, 1961-1968 -- "Everything was division" : political marginalization, 1968-1980 -- A wound that won't heal : political violence, displacement, and loss, 1980-2000 -- Afterword: "You have to stand firm" : the elderly activist, 2000-2015.…”
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Poe by Hutchisson, James M.

Table of Contents: “…Childhood : Boston, Richmond, England (1809-1825) -- The byronic youth : university, the army, and West Point (1826-1830) -- Baltimore : early tales and satires (1831-1834) -- Return to Richmond : marriage, the Southern Literary Messenger, and The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1835-1837) -- Philadelphia : Burton's Gentleman's magazine and the great tales (1838-1840) -- Graham's magazine, "The Penn," and The red death (1841-1843) -- New York : triumphs and troubles, "The raven" and the Longfellow war (1844-1845) -- Quarrels, loves, and losses (1846-1848) -- The journey and the lighthouse (1849).…”
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The path of mercy the life of Catherine McAuley / by Sullivan, Mary C.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- James McGauley's daughter 1778-1809 -- With the Callaghans at Coolock 1809-1822 -- The bequest and its use 1823-1826 -- New sorrows and responsibilities 1827-1829 -- The house of mercy 1829-1830 -- George's Hill at fifty-two 1830-1831 -- The beginnings and cholera 1832 -- Her "first-born" 1833 -- Daily life at Baggot Street 1834 -- Beliefs and motivations -- Short steps and great strides 1835 -- The traveling begins 1836 -- Suscipe 1837 -- Resilience 1838 -- Willie McAuley and his aunt December 1838 -- Loss and friendship -- Joys and sorrows mingled 1839 -- The rule goes to Rome early 1840 -- "100 miles to meet this cross" 1840 -- "The business of our lives" early 1841 -- "Providential guidance" May-August 1841 -- "'Tis come to a close" September-November 1841 -- Epilogue -- Appendix : a note on sources.…”
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The flawed architect Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy / by Hanhimäki, Jussi M., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Ford, Vladivostok, and Kissinger -- Not our loss : exit from Vietnam -- The worst hour : Angola and East Timor -- "Worse than in the days of McCarthy" : Kissinger and the marathon of 1976 -- The chairman 'on trial' -- Conclusion : the flawed architect.…”
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The Papers of Thomas A. Edison : Competing Interests, January 1888–December 1889 / by Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931

Table of Contents: “…Electrifying New York and abroad, April 1881-March 1883 -- v. 7. Losses and loyalties, April 1883-December 1884 -- v. 8. …”
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The Papers of Thomas A. Edison : Competing Interests, January 1888–December 1889 / by Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931

Table of Contents: “…Electrifying New York and abroad, April 1881-March 1883 -- v. 7. Losses and loyalties, April 1883-December 1884 -- v. 8. …”
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William Dean Howells a writer's life / by Goodman, Susan, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Chronology of Howells' life and work -- Parallel lives -- Warring ambitions, 1851/1859 -- Years of decision, 1859/1861 -- Consul at Venice, 1861/1865 -- Atlantic years, 1 : 1865/1867 -- Atlantic years, 2 : 1867/1871 -- His Mark Twain, from 1869 -- Fictional lives, 1871/1878 -- From Venice as far as Belmont, 1878/1882 -- In England and Italy, 1882/1883 -- The man of business, 1883/1886 -- Heartache and horror, 1886/1890 -- Words and deeds, 1890/1894 -- Peripatetic, 1895/1899 -- Kittery Point, 1900/1905 -- Greater losses, 1906/1910 -- Reconsiderations, 1911/1917 -- Eighty years and after, 1918/1920.…”
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The McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona an O. K. Corral obituary / by Johnson, Paul Lee, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…McLaury -- Buchanan County, Iowa -- The McLaury brothers in Arizona -- Will McLaury, attorney-at-law -- The Arizona frontier -- "My name is well known in Arizona" -- Border crime -- Politics of Arizona and Tombstone -- "More havoc than Apaches" -- The vexed question -- "The grave situation on the border" -- Vengeful schemes -- Summer storms -- Loss in Fort Worth -- Deadly ambush -- "Glad you are on the alert" -- Open hostilities -- Indian summer -- "Throw up your hands" -- "Hurled into eternity" -- A charge of murder -- "This don't bring back my dead brothers -- "The cause of the murder was this" -- "I do not like your letter" -- "And tales of broken faith" -- "I knew they were all down on you" -- Habeas corpus -- "They would shoot a fellow to see him fall" -- "None of the results is satisfactory" -- Epilogue: Three McLaury brothers.…”
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The Freckleton, England, air disaster : the B-24 crash that killed 38 preschoolers and 23 adults, August 23, 1944 / by Hedtke, James R.

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