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The Mind of Man (1959)
A History of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Sortie : janvier 1959 (États-Unis). Essai, Psychologie, Histoire
livre de Walter Bromberg
Résumé · The author's present volume is an extended edition of his book, The Mind of Man: The Story of Man's Conquest of Mental Illness (1937), with the emphasis shifted to the historical development of psychotherapy. He has endeavored to present the historical trends and the individuals who influenced them... Voir plus
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Behold the Man (1941)
Sortie : 1941 (États-Unis). Autobiographie & mémoires
livre de Toyohiko Kagawa
Résumé · When the wave of nine years of warfare had passed over Japan, leaving her prostrate and humble, Dr. Axling was yet able to repeat what he wrote for the original edition : "Toyohiko Kagawa still stands at the flood-tide of life. Richer and riper years lie in the womb of the future." Now with two... Voir plus
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Pain, Sex and Time (1939)
A New Outlook On Evolution And The Future Of Man
Sortie : 1939 (Royaume-Uni). Essai, Version originale
livre de Gerald Heard
Résumé · Heard's thesis is that in pain and sex we can tap the unused energy that could enable humans to reconnect with their capacity to evolve further, not physically but in the development of our consciousness. He reviews the techniques used throughout history to enable us to become aware of "a reality... Voir plus
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The Black Death (1926)
A Chronicle of the Plague Compiled From Contemporary Sources
Sortie : 1926. Essai, Histoire
livre de Johannes Nohl
Résumé · The story of the bubonic plague, the dread disease that ravaged Europe for five centuries !
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Why We Behave Like Human Beings (1925)
Sortie : 1925 (États-Unis). Essai
livre de George A. Dorsey
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The Seven Lively Arts (1924)
Sortie : 1924 (États-Unis). Essai
livre de Gilbert Seldes
Résumé · Intelligent, engaging discussions of slapstick, comic strips, vaudeville, and other elements of popular culture and their relationship to such traditional art forms as opera, ballet, drama, and classical music. Tributes to Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, and a host of other celebrities.
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The Mind in the Making (1921)
The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform
Sortie : 1921 (États-Unis). Essai, Psychologie
livre de James Harvey Robinson
Résumé · A book to awaken every reader to a real understanding of why he thinks and acts as he does. It is the well-known historian's straightforward account of how our intelligence has evolved into the mental habits of modern life. No book for popular reading shows so graphically that our thinking remains... Voir plus
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The Behavior of Crowds (1920)
A Psychological Study
Sortie : 1920 (États-Unis). Essai, Psychologie
livre de Everett Dean Martin
Résumé · Everett Dean Martin presented in this book what he saw as the dilemma of the modern age: a technological information revolution that made it possible, in the absence of an adequate educational system, to influence ignorant men and women with propaganda and half-truths.
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Social Democracy explained (1918)
Theories and tactics of modern socialism
Sortie : 1918 (Royaume-Uni). Essai
livre de John Spargo
Résumé · Social Democracy explained: Theories and tactics of modern socialism.
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The Rise of David Levinsky (1917)
Sortie : 1917 (États-Unis). Roman
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Résumé · 'The Rise of David Levinsky immediately engaged a readership far beyond the streets of the Lower East Side in New York. The struggle for success, the challenges of building a new life while your heart lives in another continent, and the support as well as distrust that existed within the Jewish... Voir plus
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The Silver Horde (1909)
Sortie : 1909 (États-Unis). Roman, Version originale
livre de Rex Beach
Résumé · The trail to Kalvik leads down from the northward mountains over the tundra which flanks the tide flats, then creeps out upon the salt ice of the river and across to the village. It boasts no travel in summer, but by winter an occasional toil-worn traveller may be seen issuing forth from the Great... Voir plus
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The Barrier (1908)
Sortie : 1908 (États-Unis). Roman, Version originale
livre de Rex Beach
Résumé · While the plot of The Barrier approaches the melodrama, and the sensitive reader is shocked by the brutal use of the English language, the vividness of the descriptions carries him bodily into the wilds of Alaska, and when the book is closed he feels as if he himself had shot roaring rapids, had... Voir plus
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The Servant in the House (1907)
Sortie : 1907 (États-Unis). Théâtre, Version originale
livre de Charles Rann Kennedy
Résumé · The theme of this symbolic drama is the brotherhood of man. The vicar has appealed for funds to rebuild his crumbling church. His brother, the Bishop of Benares, whom he has not seen for many years, has promised to help him. His wife has succeeded in interesting her worldly brother the Bishop of... Voir plus
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A Short History of the English People (1874)
Sortie : 1874 (Royaume-Uni). Essai, Histoire, Version originale
livre de John Richard Green
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History of the Intellectual Development of Europe (1862)
Sortie : 1862 (États-Unis). Essai, Version originale
livre de John William Draper
Résumé · At the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Oxford in 1860, I read an abstract of the physiological argument contained in this work respecting the mental progress of Europe, reserving the historical evidence for subsequent publication. This volume contains that... Voir plus
