David M Conroy

The Plays of Saint Therese of Lisieux: Pious Recreations

Over a period of about three years toward the end of her life, St. Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897) was asked by her Carmelite superiors to compose eight theatrical pieces for special occasions in her convent. She did not consider them mere trivial amusements. On the contrary, Therese invested herself...

Morgellon's Syndrome

This book demonstrates evidence of a new microorganism infecting a person complaining of a dermopathy and fibers spontaneously exiting the dermis who was diagnosed with delusional parasitosis. The organism is likely a fungus that lives beneath the epidermis with the ability to infect common fibers i...

Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain

Out of the Nightmare. An all-out assault on the barriers that stand between you and recovery from depression and suicidal pain. decomposes recovery from depression into recovery from envy, shame, self-pity, grandiosity, fear, stigma, social abuse, and the double binds and vicious circles of the myth...

In Public Houses: Drink and the Revolution of Authority in Colonial Massachusetts (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)

In this study of the role of taverns in the development of Massachusetts society, David Conroy brings into focus a vital and controversial, but little-understood facet of public life during the colonial era. Concentrating on the Boston area, he reveals a popular culture at odds with Puritan socia...

Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain

In Public Houses: Drink and the Revolution of Authority in Colonial Massachusetts

In Public Houses: Drink and the Revolution of Authority in Colonial Massachusetts