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  • - A Writer's Struggle for Emotional Freedom
    af Lucy Daniels
    274,95 kr.

    Having written a bestselling book at 22, survived a harrowing battle with anorexia nervosa, and pursued a successful career as a clinical psychologist, Lucy Daniels has led a remarkable life. In With a Woman's Voice: A Writer's Struggle for Emotional Freedom, her first book in 40 years, Daniels shares the experience of overcoming emotional hardships and gaining valuable insights from them, through psychoanalysis, that has enabled her to help others.With a Woman's Voice is Daniels' memoir of the struggles she faces as a writer and a doctor of psychology, struggles that began at a very young age and continued long after the success of her two novels. As the child of a wealthy newspaper family, Daniels was emotionally deprived by her demanding parents and plagued by her own feelings of inadequacy and helplessness. Sent to a mental hospital for treatment of her anorexia, she spent years enduring brutal regimens of electroshock therapy, insulin injections, and force-feedings. It was during this time that she wrote Caleb, My Son. Caleb, My Son became a national bestseller, earning accolades for its portrayal of racial and generational conflict in the South of the 50s. Her second book, High on a Hill, was a fictional account of the time she spent in the hospital. Her novels won her a Guggenheim fellowship and extensive praise.After this early success, Daniels succumbed to writer's block that lasted several decades. She tells in her memoir of her decision to examine and resolve her problems, leading her to seek psychoanalytic treatment while pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology. After years of examining her difficulties and learning how they could be treated, she created a foundation that helps artists overcome emotional disorders and gain creative insight from both self-examination and psychotherapy. With a Woman's Voice recalls these achievements, and the difficult years that led up to them, with insight, humor, and wisdom. Daniels provides a moving account of

  • - A Life on Stage and Screen
    af Betty Garrett
    180,95 kr.

    "e;Betty Garrett's memoir is a tale of grace under pressure. It's a lovely, moving song of survival."e;-Studs Terkel

  • - Discovering the Creative Secrets of Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan England, and America's Founding
    af Alf J. Mapp
    341,95 kr.

  • - Paving the Way for Nixon's Historic Journey to China
    af Anne Collins Walker
    240,95 kr.

    Much is known about Nixon's actual visit to China, but the story of how it all came together has never been told until now. The advance team conquered a monumental task. Welcome to a rare glimpse of the guarded intricacies and exacting details of White House travel.

  • af Jerome Smith
    148,95 kr.

  • - An Informal Guide to the Capital of the United States
    af E. J. Applewhite
    188,95 kr.

    Describes Washingtons government institutions, explaining what the inhabitants of each building do on a day-to-day basis, and covers museums, monuments, embassies, and the Washington metro.

  • - Another Dimension
    af Willard T. Hunter
    226,95 kr.

    The world went wild with emotion in May 1927 when a 25-year-old Minnesota farm boy, turned airmail pilot, astounded the people of the globe with his highly prepared, excitingly daring, solo flight from New York to Paris. The plane, which he designed, is still one of the most popular attractions in the Smithsonian Institution. Much is known about the Spirit of St. Louis. Not so much is known about the spirit of the man who flew it. "The public's reception of him took on the aspects of a vast religious revival", wrote a book editor. A Harvard theologian says that for the time "Lindbergh changed the reputation of human nature". The pilot's character immensely magnified the achievement. His modesty and courtesy became legendary. It was said that his place in history was secured not only by what he did before and during that flight, but what he did not do after it. Will Rogers wrote, "People hadn't read clean stuff in so long they just went crazy over this". T. Willard Hunter, a personal acquaintance of Charles Lindbergh, weighs the character element of the Lindbergh phenomenon. He examines what went into that character - the Swedish heritage, family influences, his "lone eagle" childhood, attitudes toward religion, his early worship of science and later alarm at the global destruction threatened by "materialistic science", and his views on the role of force in both preserving and toppling civilization. The author explores Lindbergh's U.S. intelligence activities in Germany before World War II, his struggle against American participation, his concern for the plight of German Jews, the Nazi-sympathy charges, the Goering medal, and why he experienced such a devastating fall from grace. Thisbook is about the inner man and tries at each stage to deal with the why, with the motivations, with what made Lindbergh tick. It is a fresh understanding of a complex personality who contributed greatly to the way life is lived on this planet.

  • - Modern Cardinals, Conclaves and the Election of the Next Pope
    af Francis A. Burkle-Young
    341,95 kr.

  • - The World War II Struggle of a Japanese-American Hero
    af Richard Sakakida & Wayne S. Kiyosaki
    343,95 kr.

    A Japanese-American spy, captured by the Japanese in WWII, tells of his remarkable capture and survival.

  • - Culture and Progress in Ecuador
    af Osvaldo Hurtado
    341,95 kr.

  • af Willy Pogany
    151,95 kr.

    Provides a complete drawing system and includes hundreds of illustrations.

  • af A. A. Hoehling
    160,95 kr.

  • - The Ultimate Aphrodisiac
    af Ruth Westheimer
    208,95 kr.

    Sexuality expert Dr. Ruth discusses famous and infamous couplings from the Samson and Delilah to JFK and Jackie O., using these relationships to illustrate broader themes concerning desire and ambition.

  • af Christopher Felix
    169,95 kr.

    Based in part on author Felix's personal experiences as a political agent in Hungary in the decades after World War II, this work explains what the rules are for secret operations, why the U. S. needs them, and how good a job our government and others are doing in practice. Chapters cover the political and social systems that a spy must rely on, the personal dilemmas an agent faces, and the tricks to keeping one's cover. A new afterword features revelations on Raoul Wallenberg's fate, British turncoat Kim Philby, and more.

  • - The Memoirs of Ambassador Gerard C. Smith, Arms Control Negotiator
    af Gerard C. Smith
    284,95 kr.

    "The author shares his firsthand experience with readers....For anyone interested in a short but highly readable account of our disarmament efforts, Smith's book is a good place to start." - Library Journal

  • - A Sourcebook of African-American Achievement
    af Raymond M. Corbin
    175,95 kr.

    Black History Month is a year-round affair! In this second edition of 1,999 Facts about Blacks, approximately one third of these facts are achievements since 1986 when the first edition was published. Also included is a bibliography for those who want to pursue African-American history beyond the question-and-answer phase.

  • af Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza & Carlos Alberto Montaner
    169,95 - 240,95 kr.

    By opening the ever-escalating debate regarding Latin America's "e;underdeveloped"e; status and cloaking the seriousness of the situation with wit and humor, the Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot reached number one status on the nonfiction bestseller lists in many countries in Latin America. It reveals the connection between economic success and cultural values-attitudes toward work, education, health care and community-and the consequence of the Latin American people retaining or evolving these values.

  • - The Latin American Case
    af Lawrence E. Harrison
    399,95 kr.

    Originally published in 1985, Underdevelopment Is a State of Mind_ was one of the first studies to examine Latin America's rocky development as cultural, rather than colonial, byproduct.

  • - The Warm and Candid Memoirs of a Pioneer Black Athlete and Actor
    af Woody Strode & Sam Young
    168,95 kr.

    Woody Strode's extraordinary career led him from football field to wrestling ring to Hollywood. In 1939 Woody, Jackie Robinson and Kenny Washington led UCLA to its first undefeated football season. After World War II Woody and Kenny Washington became the first blacks to play in the NFL. In 1950 Woody became pro wrestling's first black star, After that it was a small step to Hollywood where he appeared in such films as The Ten Commandments, Spartacus, and The Cotton Club. Sam Young and Woody Strode met while working on a televisions production. Their relationship grew until after three years, countless hours of conversations and interviews, Goal Dust was completed.

  • - The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization
    af Charles Adams
    201,95 kr.

    A fascinating history... -Kirkus Reviews ...an acidly witty guide. -Wall Street Journal

  • - Nonviolent Strategies and Tactics for Social Change
    af John J. Ansbro
    183,95 kr.

    Examines his contribution as a philosopher and theologian to issues of racial and social justice and his drive to eradicate oppression through the doctrine of nonviolence.

  • - A Wall Street Enigma
    af Robert C. Perez & Edward F. Willett
    286,95 kr.

    A biography of a Polish immigrant who rose to the top of Wall Street in the Roaring Twenties and abandoned it after the Crash.

  • - Technology and Tactics Among the New England Indians
    af Patrick M. Malone
    189,95 kr.

    During the brutal and destructive King Philip's War, the New England Indians combined new European weaponry with their traditional use of stealth, surprise, and mobility.

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