Obsessed By A Dream

Author : Aashild Sørheim
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Cancer
ISBN : 9783030263386

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Obsessed by a Dream by Aashild Sørheim Pdf

This Open Access biography chronicles the life and achievements of the Norwegian engineer and physicist Rolf Widerøe. Readers who meet him in the pages of this book will wonder why he isn't better known. The first of Widerøe's many pioneering contributions in the field of accelerator physics was the betatron. He later went on to build the first radiation therapy machine, an advance that would eventually revolutionize cancer treatment. Hospitals worldwide installed his machine, and today's modern radiation treatment equipment is based on his inventions. Widerøe's story also includes a fair share of drama, particularly during World War II when both Germans and the Allies vied for his collaboration. Widerøe held leading positions in multinational industry groups and was one of the consultants for building the world's largest nuclear laboratory, CERN, in Switzerland. He gained over 200 patents, received several honorary doctorates and a number of international awards. The author, a professional writer and maker of TV documentaries, has gained access to hitherto restricted archives in several countries, which provided a wealth of new material and insights, in particular in relation to the war years. She tells here a gripping and illuminating story.

Author : Allison Britz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781481489201

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Obsessed by Allison Britz Pdf

A brave teen recounts her debilitating struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder—and brings readers through every painful step as she finds her way to the other side—in this powerful and inspiring memoir. Until sophomore year of high school, fifteen-year-old Allison Britz lived a comfortable life in an idyllic town. She was a dedicated student with tons of extracurricular activities, friends, and loving parents at home. But after awakening from a vivid nightmare in which she was diagnosed with brain cancer, she was convinced the dream had been a warning. Allison believed that she must do something to stop the cancer in her dream from becoming a reality. It started with avoiding sidewalk cracks and quickly grew to counting steps as loudly as possible. Over the following weeks, her brain listed more dangers and fixes. She had to avoid hair dryers, calculators, cell phones, computers, anything green, bananas, oatmeal, and most of her own clothing. Unable to act “normal,” the once-popular Allison became an outcast. Her parents questioned her behavior, leading to explosive fights. When notebook paper, pencils, and most schoolbooks were declared dangerous to her health, her GPA imploded, along with her plans for the future. Finally, she allowed herself to ask for help and was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. This brave memoir tracks Allison’s descent and ultimately hopeful climb out of the depths.

Author : Gavin Francis
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781786898197

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Island Dreams by Gavin Francis Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR In Island Dreams, Gavin Francis examines our collective fascination with islands. He blends stories of his own travels with psychology, philosophy and great voyages from literature, shedding new light on the importance of islands and isolation in our collective consciousness. Comparing the life of freedom of thirty years of extraordinary travel from the Faroe Islands to the Aegean, from the Galapagos to the Andaman Islands with a life of responsibility as a doctor, community member and parent approaching middle age, Island Dreams riffs on the twinned poles of rest and motion, independence and attachment, never more relevant than in today’s perennially connected world. Illustrated with maps throughout, this is a celebration of human adventures in the world and within our minds.

Author : Adam Foulds
Publisher : Biblioasis
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781771962827

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Dream Sequence by Adam Foulds Pdf

NOMINATED FOR THE 2019 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE A CBC DAY 6 MUST-READ BOOK FOR SUMMER A 49TH SHELF EDITOR'S PICK Henry Banks, star of the UK’s most popular television series, has higher aspirations, ones befitting of his talent: a serious film career, beginning with a role in a brilliant Spanish director’s next movie. To make the jump to the big screen, he’ll have to remake himself in more than one way. But as he runs his morning miles and scrutinizes his changing physique in the mirror, he doesn’t know that he’s not alone in his obsession—Kristin, an unstable American fan, has her own ambitions. From the author of Man-Booker shortlisted The Quickening Maze, Dream Sequence is a moving depiction of desire and delusion and the unsettling consequences of fame.

Author : Grant Cardone
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101981078

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Be Obsessed or Be Average by Grant Cardone Pdf

From the millionaire entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author of The 10X Rule comes a bold and contrarian wake-up call for anyone truly ready for success. One of the 7 best motivational books of 2016, according to Inc. Magazine. Before Grant Cardone built five successful companies (and counting), became a multimillionaire, and wrote bestselling books... he was broke, jobless, and drug-addicted. Grant had grown up with big dreams, but friends and family told him to be more reasonable and less demanding. If he played by the rules, they said, he could enjoy everyone else’s version of middle class success. But when he tried it their way, he hit rock bottom. Then he tried the opposite approach. He said NO to the haters and naysayers and said YES to his burning, outrageous, animal obsession. He reclaimed his obsession with wanting to be a business rock star, a super salesman, a huge philanthropist. He wanted to live in a mansion and even own an airplane. Obsession made all of his wildest dreams come true. And it can help you achieve massive success too. As Grant says, we're in the middle of an epidemic of average. The conventional wisdom is to seek balance and take it easy. But that has really just given us an excuse to be unexceptional. If you want real success, you have to know how to harness your obsession to rocket to the top. This book will give you the inspiration and tools to break out of your cocoon of mediocrity and achieve your craziest dreams. Grant will teach you how to: · Set crazy goals—and reach them, every single day. · Feed the beast: when you value money and spend it on the right things, you get more of it. · Shut down the doubters—and use your haters as fuel. Whether you're a sales person, small business owner, or 9-to-5 working stiff, your path to happiness runs though your obsessions. It's a simple choice: be obsessed or be average.

Author : E. Mark Stern
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Obsessive-compulsive disorder
ISBN : 0866566368

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Psychotherapy and the Obsessed Patient by E. Mark Stern Pdf

Contributors offer an enlightening array of approaches to the obsessed personality. A wealth of theoretical insights and suggestions for therapy with obsessed patients--those suffering from bulimia, monomania, love obsessions, and more.

Author : Samanta Schweblin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780399184611

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Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin Pdf

“A wonderful nightmare of a book: tender and frightening, disturbing but compassionate. Fever Dream is a triumph of Schweblin’s outlandish imagination.” –Juan Gabriel Vasquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling and Reputations A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She’s not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family. Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come out of the Spanish language and translated into English for the first time, Samanta Schweblin creates an aura of strange psychological menace and otherworldly reality in this absorbing, unsettling, taut novel.

Author : Richard Kearney
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Arts, Irish
ISBN : 0719019265

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Transitions by Richard Kearney Pdf

Author : Dan E. Moldea
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781497697850

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The Hoffa Wars by Dan E. Moldea Pdf

The definitive portrait of the powerful, corruption-ridden Teamsters union and its legendary president, Jimmy Hoffa—organizer, gangster, convict, and conspirator—with a new afterword by the author James Riddle “Jimmy” Hoffa was one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in twentieth-century America. His remarkable journey from young union organizer to all-powerful head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is an epic tale worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster, jam-packed with intrigue, subterfuge, violence, and corruption. His successes were monumental, his fall truly spectacular, and his bizarre disappearance in the summer of 1975 remains one of the great mysteries in American history. Widely considered to be the definitive volume on the career and crimes of Jimmy Hoffa, The Hoffa Wars, by acclaimed investigative journalist Dan E. Moldea, is an eye-opening, extensively researched account of the steady rise and fall of an ingenious, ambitious man who was instrumental in transforming a small union of seventy-five thousand truckers into the most powerful labor brotherhood in world. Shocking disclosures in Moldea’s no-holds-barred account include the devil’s bargain that put Hoffa and his union in the pockets of the Mob, Hoffa’s role in the joint CIA-Mafia plots to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the deal Hoffa made with US president Richard Nixon that released the disgraced Teamster president from prison eight years early, and the truth behind Hoffa’s eventual disappearance and likely murder. But perhaps the most startling revelation of all concerns the integral part Jimmy Hoffa played, in concert with underworld kingpins Carlos Marcello and Santos Trafficante, in America’s most terrible twentieth-century crime: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Author : Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh
Publisher : GalEinai Publication Society
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9789657146255

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A Sense of the Supernatural - Interpretation of Dreams and Paranormal Experiences by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh Pdf

As we move through life, we are constantly being addressed through both our normal and paranormal senses. Kabbalah teaches us that we can always benefit from these signals by adopting a dual strategy: the innocent path of simplicity together with the focused approach of rational analysis. "For some years now, I have been aware that I have the ability to tap into other worlds and experience various paranormal events... Should I try to work to eliminate these experiences from my life, and if so, how?" "I have a question regarding the removal of a curse on land and turning it into a blessing. Can you tell me any procedures or do's and don'ts concerning this? Any information will be appreciated." "I have had several very significant dreams that have so disturbed me... No one I know really seems to have any insight into what these dreams may mean. I would greatly appreciate any wisdom you might pass on to me." In this selection of letters concerning dreams and paranormal experiences, you will find detailed answers to these questions and others. Studying the replies in this volume will present you with a new, fuller and clearer attitude towards perceiving and interpreting the spiritual phenomena that you may experience.

Author : Jane Cicchetti
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-08
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781556434365

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Dreams, Symbols, and Homeopathy by Jane Cicchetti Pdf

In understanding such things as the role of the shadow in healing, the relationship between the ego and the transpersonal self, and the application of dream analysis, medical practitioners can better address present day health challenges. Included are client interview techniques, natural remedies, and a bibliography and glossary of Jungian terms.

Author : Alan Menhennet
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0389201049

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The Romantic Movement by Alan Menhennet Pdf

Menhennet traces the main strands of thought and interest that preoccupy the Romantic writers: the revolutionary attitude that is differentiated from that of writers like Byron by the lack of emphasis on individualism; the dualism of the bourgeois world and the "inner self;" the interest in language as an agency for the regeneration of the German spirit; and the concentration on folk themes and the idea of Wanderung.

Author : Dawn Colclasure
Publisher : Gypsy Shadow Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781619501270

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Shadow of Samhain by Dawn Colclasure Pdf

She called him the “dark man.” Who is Jonathan, a man haunting Malissa Ratham’s dreams? What sort of secrets from his past does he try to keep buried? Everybody says the dreams are only dreams and nothing more. But soon Malissa starts acting strangely, knowing about ancient Druidic rituals and a history too mysterious to unearth. With the help of Jovin, an ancient Druidic spirit on a mission to stop Jonathan from his path of death and destruction, and Tessie Malkin, a psychic with an advantage over Jonathan’s power, Malissa must own up to her past and walk between worlds to destroy an ancient curse... ...before it is too late

Author : Ben N. Israel
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781602667433

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15 Secrets You Crave to Know by Ben N. Israel Pdf

This book holds a wealth of inspiration that reveals wisdom from Revelation for the future. (Social Issues)

Author : Glenn Beck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781451693478

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Cowards by Glenn Beck Pdf

Starting with the American Revolution, Beck takes readers on an express train through 234 years of history, culminating with the Great Recession and the bipartisan recklessness of Presidents Bush and Obama.