Tour of Insanity: Manifesto for Better Home Design
Title | Tour of Insanity: Manifesto for Better Home Design PDF eBook |
Author | Kelly Mitchell |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 2021-11-26 |
Genre | House & Home |
ISBN | 1665545240 |
Kelly’s superpowers: Wicked creative writer with a flair for satire. Matt’s superpowers: Combines creativity with the ability to see what the world needs. Kelly and Matthew have strong and opposite views of the world and spend a great deal of time and energy trying to convince each other who’s right. It is in the spirit of these heated debates that we have arrived at the first book in our Tour of Insanity series. We hope you find this book entertaining and debate-worthy. www.tourofinsanity.com
Madness
Title | Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Marya Hornbacher |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 379 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Bipolar disorder |
ISBN | 0618754458 |
This book is the author's memoir of how she suffered from bipolar disorder and the journey she took to get to where she is today.
Hedley
Title | Hedley PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Bliss |
Publisher | Dundurn |
Pages | 65 |
Release | 2008-06-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1459727460 |
The story of the top-selling Canadian band told through anecdotes from their fans.
The Insanity File
Title | The Insanity File PDF eBook |
Author | Mark E. Neely |
Publisher | SIU Press |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 1993-03-31 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0809318954 |
In 1875 Robert Todd Lincoln caused his mother, Mary Todd Lincoln, to be committed to an insane asylum. Based on newly discovered manuscript materials, this book seeks to explain how and why. In these documents—marked by Robert Todd Lincoln as the "MTL Insanity File"—exists the only definitive record of the tragic story of Mary Todd Lincoln’s insanity trial. The book that results from these letters and documents addresses several areas of controversy in the life of the widow of Abraham Lincoln: the extent of her illness, the fairness of her trial, and the motives of those who had her committed for treatment. Related issues include the status of women under the law as well as the legal and medical treatment of insanity. Speculating on the reasons for her mental condition, the authors note that Mrs. Lincoln suffered an extraordinary amount of tragedy in a relatively few years. Three of her four sons died very young, and Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. After the death of her son Willie she maintained a darkly rigorous mourning for nearly three years, prompting the president to warn her that excessive woe might force him to send her to "that large white house on the hill yonder," the government hospital for the insane. Mrs. Lincoln also suffered anxiety about money, charting an exceptionally erratic financial course. She had spent lavishly during her husband’s presidency and at his death found herself deeply in debt. She had purchased trunkfuls of drapes to hang over phantom windows. 84 pairs of kid gloves in less than a month, and $3,200 worth of jewelry in the three months preceding Lincoln’s assassination. She followed the same erratic course for the rest of her life, creating in herself a tremendous anxiety. She occasionally feared that people were trying to kill her, and in 1873 she told her doctor that an Indian spirit was removing wires from her eyes and bones from her cheeks. Her son assembled an army of lawyers and medical experts who would swear in court that Mrs. Lincoln was insane. The jury found her insane and in need of treatment in an asylum. Whether the verdict was correct or not, the trial made Mary Lincoln desperate. Within hours of the verdict she would attempt suicide. In a few months she would contemplate murder. Since then every aspect of the trial has been criticized—from the defense attorney to the laws in force at the time. Neely and McMurtry deal with the trial, the commitment of Mary Todd Lincoln, her release, and her second trial. An appendix features letters and fragments by Mrs. Lincoln from the "Insanity File." The book is illustrated by 25 photographs.
The American Journal of Insanity
Title | The American Journal of Insanity PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Psychiatry |
ISBN |
Insanity - My Mad Life
Title | Insanity - My Mad Life PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Bronson |
Publisher | Kings Road Publishing |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2014-03-31 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1782192522 |
Charles Bronson is the most feared and the most notorious convict in the prison system. Renowned for serial hostage taking and his rooftop sieges, he is a legend in his own lifetime. Yet behind the crime and the craziness, there is a great deal more to Charlie. He is a man of great warmth and humour; a man of great artistic talent who exhibits his drawings around the country; and a man with an overpowering urge not to let the system get him down. "Insanity" is a look into the mind of a true individual - a wild, inspired, single-minded, fascinating man, oppressed not only by the workings of his singular mind, but also by the system that confines him.
One Year of Insanity
Title | One Year of Insanity PDF eBook |
Author | Brianna Sannella-Willis |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 2009-03 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1438946376 |
The 27-year-old protagonist of this story has everything in her grasp-a beautiful daughter, a thriving job, a quasi-attentive, almost-loving husband, and a loyal dog. What more could she ask for? One day, upon opening an innocent cell phone bill, her world comes to a devastating halt upon the realization that she is sharing her husband with a poorly-groomed, petulant nurse's assistant at the local hospital. This frightening knowledge means that her dream is destroyed-She can no longer be the all-American woman who can do it all: Work, handle the finances, be a mom and a perfect wife, while still convincing her husband to be loyal as long as she can keep up the perfect runner's physique. Her divorce, which throws her mind, and heart, into many different states of madness, causes her to seek help outside of herself. At three o'clock nearly every morning, she awakes, sits beneath her grandmother's naturalist painting in her room, and consults the rational mind that awaits the irrational, frustrated woman who has no clue how to move forward with her life. These discussions, which become the essence of each chapter, paint a picture of the struggles every person faces when confronted with such demoralizing situations. Through these conversations, she seeks to find some sense out of the sleep depravation, solitude, and complete madness and in turn, builds a life-changing relationship with the very person she least expected.