Ann Douglas sparks conversations that matter about parenting and mental health, focusing on empowering parents with a holistic approach to family life. Her work aims to help parents feel more confident and capable, rather than anxious or guilty. Douglas's writing and speaking engagements are designed to inspire, inform, and entertain, while motivating positive shifts in parenting perspectives and practices. She encourages readers and audiences to embrace their roles with a sense of capability and assurance.
This charming guide to Shetland ponies covers everything from the history and characteristics of the breed to practical advice on breeding, grooming, and riding these beloved animals. With beautiful photographs and engaging anecdotes, the Douglases offer a delightful introduction to one of the world's most popular equine breeds.
Roughly 68 million North American women currently grapple with the challenges of midlife, faced with a culture that tells them their "best-before date" has long passed. In Navigating the Messy Middle, Ann Douglas pushes back against this toxic narrative, providing a fierce and unapologetic book for and about midlife women. In this deeply validating and encouraging book, Douglas interviews well over one hundred women of different backgrounds and identities, sharing their diverse conversations about the complex and intertwined issues that women must grapple with at midlife: from family responsibilities to career pivots, health concerns to building community. Readers will find a book that offers practical, evidence-based strategies for thriving at midlife, coupled with compelling first-person stories. Offering purpose and meaning in a life stage that can otherwise feel out of control, Douglas pushes back against the message that women at midlife are no longer relevant and needed, highlighting the far-reaching economic, political and social impacts of these messages and providing a refreshing counter-narrative that maps out a path forward for women at midlife. Both a midlife love letter and a lament, Navigating the Messy Middle both celebrates the beauty and rages at the many injustices of this life stage and provides readers with the tools to chart their own course.
Studies the process of negotiations during industrial labor disputes. It also includes the transcript of a series of mediation sessions between the Atlas Recording Machine Company and the Local 89, OPQ International Labor Union.
As screen icon Kirk Douglas approaches his 100th birthday, he and his wife of 62 years, Anne Buydens, share secrets to longevity in life and love told through candid commentary and priceless correspondence between each other and famous friends from celebrities to world leaders, spanning almost a century.
1910. When eighteen-year-old Lorne Malcolm runs off on her wedding day with the landowner's son, Daniel MacNeil, the jilted groom, turns to Lorne's older sister, Rosa, for comfort. Rosa's feelings for Daniel grow and the pair soon marry. But are tragedy and heartbreak just around the corner?
1937. When handsome Viennese cake expert Viktor Linden arrives at Jinnie Hendrie's Edinburgh bakery, romance soon blossoms. But when war is declared between Britain and Germany, Viktor must return to Austria to fight alongside the enemy. Can their love survive the troubled times ahead?
Offering a non-bossy approach, Ann Douglas provides Canadian parents with essential guidance on navigating the challenges of parenting. Drawing on the latest research, she addresses key topics such as fostering self-discipline, minimizing family conflicts, and promoting self-esteem in children. This comprehensive guide is designed specifically for Canadian families, making it an invaluable resource for raising healthy, happy kids.
But it's been awfully good to Danny Dennison. But Danny Dennison has been living a lie. His true identity is buried half way around the world in the ruins of a Nazi concentration camp. Danny believes his secret to be safe - until he meets Luba, a young, sensuous call girl, whose mesmerising sexuality begins to shatter his well-guarded facade.
The story follows sisters Lynette and Monnie as they adjust to life in a Highland village after moving with their father, Frank Forester, who takes on the role of a youth hostel warden. Their transition from the bustling city to the quiet countryside proves to be challenging, highlighting themes of family dynamics, adaptation, and the contrast between urban and rural life. The narrative captures the emotional struggles and growth of the sisters in their new environment, penned by a beloved Scottish storyteller.
Kirk Douglas reveals the drama behind the making of the legendary gladiator film Spartacus. Douglas began producing the movie in the midst of the politically charged era when Hollywood's moguls refused to hire anyone accused of Communist sympathies. In a risky move, Douglas chose Dalton Trumbo, a blacklisted screenwriter, to write Spartacus. Trumbo was one of the men who had gone to prison rather than testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. The source novel was written by Howard Fast while he too was in jail for defying HUAC. With the future of his young family at stake, Douglas plunged into a tumultuous production. As both producer and star, he faced explosive moments with young director Stanley Kubrick, struggles with a leading lady, and negotiations with giant personalities, Now, at 95, Douglas looks back at his audacious decisions. He made the most expensive film of its era--but more importantly, his moral courage in giving public credit to Trumbo effectively ended the Hollywood blacklist.--From publisher description.