“Required reading for all couples before the marriage ceremony and an inspiring resource for the years that follow.”—Janet Luhrs, author of Simple Loving From newlyweds to seasoned partners, all couples yearn for the laughter, trust, and harmony that make a marriage deep and lasting. In this enlightening guide, pastoral counselor and ethical culture leader Lois Kellerman and coauthor Nelly Bly take couples on a journey to discover the spirit in their partnership and the eight core commitments that form the heart of true intimacy—Centering, Choosing, Honoring, Caring, Abiding, Repairing, Listening, and Celebrating. Based on a fourteen-year study of core life values and packed with touching stories, words of encouragement, and practical exercises, Marriage from the Heart: Eight Commitments of a Spiritually Fulfilling Life Together offers wisdom and inspiration that speaks to every season of married life. “Lois Kellerman is a true guru when it comes to matters of the heart. . . . She and Nelly Bly have created an inspiring guide to making your marriage more interesting and healthy, your home a warmer place, your heart more open and forgiving.”—Lois Smith Brady, founding wedding reporter for The New York Times “Vows” column

Marriage from the Heart: Eight Commitments of a Spiritually Fulfilling Life Together

Self-Help

Bly, Nellie

Kellerman, Lois

Relationships

Penguin??Books

The first edited volume of work by the legendary undercover journalist Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Nellie Bly was one of the first and best female journalists in America and quickly became a national phenomenon in the late 1800s, with a board game based on her adventures and merchandise inspired by the clothes she wore. Bly gained fame for being the first “girl stunt reporter,” writing stories that no one at the time thought a woman could or should write, including an exposé of patient treatment at an insane asylum and a travelogue from her record-breaking race around the world without a chaperone. This volume, the only printed and edited collection of Bly’s writings, includes her best known works—Ten Days in a Mad-House, Six Months in Mexico, and Around the World in Seventy-Two Days—as well as many lesser known pieces that capture the breadth of her career from her fierce opinion pieces to her remarkable World War I reporting. As 2014 marks the 150th anniversary of Bly’s birth, this collection celebrates her work, spirit, and vital place in history. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Penguin Classics

Burdened again with theater and arts reporting, Bly left the Pittsburgh Dispatch in 1887 for New York City. Penniless after four months, she talked her way into the offices of Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper the New York World, and took an undercover assignment for which she agreed to feign insanity to investigate reports of brutality and neglect at the Women's Burdened again with theater and arts reporting, Bly left the Pittsburgh Dispatch in 1887 for New York City. Penniless after four months, she talked her way into the offices of Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper the New York World, and took an undercover assignment for which she agreed to feign insanity to investigate reports of brutality and neglect at the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island. It was not an easy task for Bly to be admitted to the Asylum: She first decided to check herself into a boarding house called Temporary Homes for Females. She stayed up all night long to give herself the wide-eyed look of a disturbed woman, and began makion Blackwell's Island. It was not an easy task for Bly to be admitted to the Asylum: She first decided to check herself into a boarding house called Temporary Homes for Females. She stayed up all night long to give herself the wide-eyed look of a disturbed woman, and began making accusations that the other boarders were insane. Bly told the assistant matron ""There are so many crazy people about, and one can never tell what they will do." She refused to go to bed, and eventually scared so many of the other boarders that the police were called to take her to the nearby courthouse. Once examined by a police officer, a judge, and a doctor, Bly was taken to Blackwell's Island. Committed to the asylum, Bly experienced the deplorable conditions firsthand. After ten days, the asylum released Bly at The World's behest. Her report, later published in book form as Ten Days in a Mad-House, caused a sensation, prompted the asylum to implement reforms, and brought her lasting fame

Ten Days in a Mad-House

Science & Math

Blurb

At the age of 23, pioneering reporter Nellie Bly faked dementia in order to expose abuses of patients in Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum in New York City. Such investigative journalism was unusual in 1887 — almost as rare as women reporters. Bly's subsequent articles created a sensation, exposing the rampant psychological and physical mistreatment of inmates, many of whom were not mentally ill but simply recent immigrants and other impoverished individuals without social support. Her accounts led directly to significant increases in funding and improvements in asylum management. Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Nellie Bly (1864–1922) reported on inequalities women faced in the workplace and in the legal system, and she served as a foreign correspondent in Mexico. Two years after her undercover work at Blackwell's Island Asylum, Bly circled the globe to test the feasibility of Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days — and beat the fictional record by eight days. This new edition of her groundbreaking reports from the asylum features 17 period illustrations from the original publication.

Ten Days in a Mad-House: A Story of the Intrepid Reporter

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Dover Publications

Bly reveals the many sides of renowned talkshow host Oprah Winfrey, including her inspirational journey from a dirt-poor Mississippi farm to a lavish Chicago penthouse; how she conquered illegitimate birth, a lifelong eating problem and the white male establishment; how she spends her millions; the tragedies that tore her family apart; and much more.

Oprah! Up Close And Down Home

Arts & Literature

BOOKS-ON-TAPE, INC.

An abridged version of the famous woman journalist's experiences as she tries to make a trip around the world in less than eighty days in the late nineteenth century.

Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in 72 Days

Teen & Young Adult

Hobbies & Games

Twenty-First Century Books

Chronicles the life of the singer and actress, from her lonely childhood, to her Broadway and Hollywood triumphs, to her love affairs and friendships

Barbra Streisand: The Untold Story

Pinnacle Books

A behind-the-scenes look at a successful actor describes his isolated homes, his many love affairs, his relationships with his children, the truth behind the killing of Dag Drollet, and more. Original.

Marlon Brando: Larger Than Life

Discusses Oprah Winfrey's career, talk show, motion picture roles, and production company, and recounts her troubled childhood

Oprah!: Up Close and Down Home

Humor & Entertainment

Zebra Books

On the 22d of September I was asked by the World if I could have myself committed to one of the asylums for the insane in New York, with a view to writing a plain and unvarnished narrative of the treatment of the patients therein and the methods of management, etc. Did I think I had the courage to go through such an ordeal as the mission would demand? Could I assume the characteristics of insanity to such a degree that I could pass the doctors, live for a week among the insane without the authorities there finding out that I was only a "chiel amang 'em takin' notes?" I said I believed I could. I had some faith in my own ability as an actress and thought I could assume insanity long enough to accomplish any mission intrusted to me. Could I pass a week in the insane ward at Blackwell's Island? I said I could and I would. And I did. - Taken from "Ten Days In A Mad-House" written by Nellie Bly

Ten Days In A Mad-House - Illustrated Edition

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Independently published

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