The Internet can often feel like a cesspool of bad intentions, casual cruelty, and hopeless ignorance. Which is why a social networking site like CaringBridge, which allows sick people and their families to give their communities updates on their illnesses, gives us hope for humanity. The site has been around for more than 15 years, and CaringBridge CEO Sona Mehring has just released a new book called Hope Conquers All: Inspiring Stories of Love and Healing from CaringBridge. The book includes several of the most inspiring stories from the CaringBridge archives. Not all of the stories have Hollywood happy endings––which is to say, not every person featured overcame their illness––but there is something positive to glean from each tale of struggle and connection. Here are a few of the most enriching messages. Even Strangers Can Provide Solace A woman named Beth Keathley, who used CaringBridge to keep people in her life aware of her treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer, said that a woman she didn't know had been writing in her CaringBridge guest book for a long time. Her brother had the same cancer as Keathley. This stranger wrote to Keathley to tell her the brother had died, "Yet he was alert to the end, surrounded by his family. She called it a good death."Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers is to release Justice for Laughing Boy, the story of a disabled teenager who drowned while staying at a specialist NHS unit, written by his mother, Sara Ryan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you want to learn how to use Linux -- either for fun, or to level up your career -- but are pressed for time, this ebook is for you. In Learn Linux in 5 Days, you will learn the most important concepts and commands of Linux, and be guided step-by-step through several practical and real-world... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic UK has signed a "tense" YA psychological thriller inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and titled Shell. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins has topped a public poll of the most inspiring science books of all time. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With the audio market on the rise Miriam Robinson looks at what publishers are doing in the space. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Biographers immortalize the religious and spiritual teachers and others who shaped their faith in these new and forthcoming books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Was it a spark of genius that struck as they had pen in hand, or was it plain old luck? Either way, it earned a first-time children's illustrator and first-time children's writer spots on the list of NZ Book Award finalists alongside their idols. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Take a surgeon from 30 years ago, put her in an operating theatre today and she won’t know what to do with all the machines she has at her disposal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ransomware is barely out of the news these days. We had WannaCry wreaking havoc not so long ago, and now it’s the turn of Petya/NotPetya. And those are just two of the better-known threats; there are plenty more forms of ransomware out there which, while maybe not as prevalent, can have just as... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two more publishing companies sent the latest signal about the decline of the print media business this week. On Tuesday, Wenner Media announced the sale of its 25-year-old Men's Journal to American Media Inc. That followed the sale of Wenner's Us Weekly to AMI in March. The next day,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning rapper, graphic novelist and entrepreneur Akala has turned his talent to picture books, with new series endorsing a meritocratic message. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has developed a range of Barbican-inspired Penguin Classics to coincide with a new Barbican exhibition, Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sonia Friedman tells Desert Island Discs about bringing the best-selling book character to the stage. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manchester’s creative community is fundraising to produce a book inspired by Tony Walsh's poem, This is the Place, to help those affected by the terror attack in which 22 people were killed in the city last Monday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s will publish a sequel to Clare Balding’s debut novel, The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t Gallop, inspired by the kidnap of Derby winner Shergar. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Python is an open source, versatile, and powerful programming language. Learning Python, from Packt Publishing, will teach you how to master it, and code like a professional. It’s well written, easy to follow, and lays a good foundation for those who are interested in digging deeper. Starting... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Before her first novel sold in 1975, before she won her MacArthur grant, sci-fi writer Octavia Butler fought years of rejection by writing inspirational notes to herself. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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She's the daughter of a billionaire family who married into another billionaire family and she's made millions selling merchandise branded with her name. So what could Ivanka Trump teach America's millions of way-less-privileged working women? Trump's latest book, Women Who Work: Rewriting the... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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