Howard Kelly – Paid In Full With A Glass of Milk Source: http://www.inspiredlivingaffirmations.com/howard-kelly-paid-in-full-with-a-glass-of-milk/ “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” – Leo Buscaglia This is …
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The Enigma That Was Rasputin: The Notoriety; The Debauchery and The Manipulation
Grigory Rasputin Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/rasputin.htm Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin (1872-1916) was the infamous 'holy man' whose ability to heal the Tsar and Tsarina's son Alexis led to his being adopted as a supreme mystic at court. Growing in influence to the point where he effectively dictated policy he was eventually assassinated by a group of court conspirators in December 1916. Born …
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“The Little House:” Probing Into The Darkest Corners of the Manipulative Mindset
“The Little House” (Novel) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 'The Little House' is a 1996 psychological thriller novel by British author Philippa Gregory. Synopsis After four years of marriage, Ruth and Patrick Cleary, a young English couple, visit Patrick's parents in Bath. Having been orphaned as a child, Ruth feels isolated and alone in the oppressive, close-knit Cleary family, and …
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“The House of Stairs”: Probing the Depths of a Manipulative Mind
"The House of Stairs" By Ruth Rendell (Writing as Barbara Vine) (Source: http://www.penguinreaders.com/pdf/downloads/pr/teachers-notes/9781405879620.pdf) About the author ‘Barbara Vine’ is the pen name of the world-famous crime writer Ruth Barbara Rendell. Rendell was born in 1930 in London, the only child of an English mother and a Swedish father. She spent many holidays in Scandinavia and …
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The Magnificent Pearl
"THE PEARL" John Steinbeck Context (Source: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pearl/context.html) John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, in 1902. He was the third of four children and the only son of John Steinbeck, Sr. and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. Growing up in a rural valley near the Pacific coast, Steinbeck was an intense reader, and both his father, a …
“Hooked on Inspiration’s Blog” by Sherna Bhumgara 