Stranger Than Fiction

Author : Marc D. Feldman
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780880489300
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stranger Than Fiction written by Marc D. Feldman and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 1998 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stranger Than Fiction: When Our Minds Betray Us is a spellbinding invitation into the world of the human mind that will change our perceptions of mental illness forever. Despite the growing body of scientific discoveries into the nature of the human mind, the stigma attached to mental illness remains deeply entrenched in the general public's consciousness, the product of inaccurate information and centuries of mystery. In a simple conversational style, two distinguished clinicians, Drs. Marc and Jacqueline Feldman, discuss the complexities of mental disorders and their treatment. Using the metaphor of the lie of the mind, a disorder in which a person's thinking becomes unintentionally distorted, the authors approach mental illness from the perspective that these disorders are merely extreme variations of universally shared thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Stranger Than Fiction removes the artificial division separating the mentally ill from the general public and demystifies symptoms that often seem bizarre. On this journey through the human psyche, the Feldmans use vivid, enlightening, and often poignant cases from their own professional experience that dramatically illustrate how psychiatrists help patients liberate themselves from the mental conditions that imprison them. The reader is invited into therapy sessions and hospital rooms and receives an insider's view of the difficulties that each therapist confronts when treating disturbed patients. The authors show how clinical decisions often rely more on educated hunches than medical certainties and reveal that the practice of psychiatry is as much an art as it is a science. After finishing this unforgettable book, readers will better understand the true nature of mental illness and witness the joy that even the smallest triumph produces in patients and caregivers alike.

Author : Jim Stone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stranger Than Fiction written by Jim Stone and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of photographs, Jim Stone captures both the humorous and the tragic factets of the human condition. Interspersed with the images are believe-it-or-not news stories that describe ordinary and extraordinary events that remind us that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

Author : Cristin Terrill
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481480766
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Here Lies Daniel Tate written by Cristin Terrill and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young runaway is welcomed into the arms of an affluent family after he takes on the identity of the family's missing son Daniel, only to slowly realize that the family knows more about Daniel's disappearance than they're letting on.

Author : Zach Helm
Publisher : Newmarket Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stranger Than Fiction written by Zach Helm and published by Newmarket Press. This book was released on 2006-11-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this strange and delightful tale, an IRS agent named Harold Crick suddenly finds himself the subject of a narration only he can hear—narration that soon affects everything from his work to his love life to his death. Starring Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, and Emma Thompson, Stranger Than Fiction is a heartfelt film, perhaps a comedy, perhaps a tragedy, about love and literature and death and taxes.

Author : Sharif Khan
Publisher : Hero Soul
ISBN 13 : 9780973192209
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology of the Hero Soul written by Sharif Khan and published by Hero Soul. This book was released on 2004-07-09 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspirational book on awakening the hero within and developing people's leadership potential. Based on author, Sharif Khan's over ten years research to the field of human development, the book is designed to help people connect with their inner hero and be inspired to achieve success in a big way.

Author : Chris Colfer
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0316383414
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stranger Than Fanfiction written by Chris Colfer and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer comes a funny, heartbreaking, unforgettable novel about friendship and fame. Cash Carter is the young, world famous lead actor of the hit television show Wiz Kids. When four fans jokingly invite him on a cross-country road trip, they are shocked that he actually takes them up on it. Chased by paparazzi and hounded by reporters, this unlikely crew takes off on a journey of a lifetime--but along the way they discover that the star they love has deep secrets he's been keeping. What they come to learn about the life of the mysterious person they thought they knew will teach them about the power of empathy and the unbreakable bond of true friendship. In this touching novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer takes us on a journey full of laughter, tears, and life-changing memories.

Author : Chuck Palahniuk
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307275035
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stranger Than Fiction written by Chuck Palahniuk and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2005-05-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chuck Palahniuk’s world has always been, well, different from yours and mine. In his first collection of nonfiction, Chuck Palahniuk brings us into this world, and gives us a glimpse of what inspires his fiction. At the Rock Creek Lodge Testicle Festival in Missoula, Montana, average people perform public sex acts on an outdoor stage. In a mansion once occupied by The Rolling Stones, Marilyn Manson reads his own Tarot cards and talks sweetly to his beautiful actress girlfriend. Across the country, men build their own full-size castles and rocketships that will send them into space. Palahniuk himself experiments with steroids, works on an assembly line by day and as a hospice volunteer by night, and experiences the brutal murder of his father by a white supremacist. With this new direction, Chuck Palahniuk has proven he can do anything. BONUS: This ebook edition includes an excerpt from Chuck Palahniuk's Doomed.

Author : Michael L. Williams
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781463714857
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stranger Than Fiction written by Michael L. Williams and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stranger Than Fiction: The Lincoln Curse is a revised edition consisting of 50 stories that prove, in the words of Mark Twain, sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction. According to Southern lore, a dying Confederate, versed in the dark arts, placed a curse on the Lincoln family and the Federal government. Soon afterwards, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and calamity befell everyone who assisted or abetted the Lincoln family. In the next 98 years three more American presidents were assassinated. Each time an American president has been murdered, he was in the company of a member of the Lincoln family. Mary Lincoln was with her husband the night he was shot. Robert Lincoln, the president's oldest son, was with his father when he died the next morning. Robert Lincoln was in the company of President Garfield when he was gunned down 16 years later. The same Robert Lincoln was in the company of President McKinley when he was felled by an assassin's bullet in 1901. Evelyn Lincoln, personal secretary of President Kennedy, was near the president when he was slain in 1963. Curse or coincidence? Either way it proves truth can be stranger than fiction. Read about how medical bungling killed President Washington who was accidentally bled to death and marvel at the antiquated medical procedures that prompted one doctor to propose resurrecting Washington shortly after he died. Read how President Garfield died as a result of medical bungling. Why did a Japanese soldier go on fighting World War II for 29 years after it had ended? Examine the photo of Abraham Lincoln's ghost taken by a spirit photographer and decide for yourself is it authentic or a hoax? Muse at the antics of love starved sailors who almost took their ship apart and attempted to set sail in the dilapidated vessel to gain the affections of several island women. Read about the origins of the custom of awarding presidential pardons to turkeys. Read about the deadly wolf peach and how it became a part of the American diet. You'll be intrigued by the bizarre deaths of several prominent people including a well-known detective who died from biting his tongue. Learn of General Custer's lost treasure and of the American president who once gave a press conference in the nude. Who was the queen whose corpse was given a coronation after she died? Why was an elephant publicly executed in Tennessee? Read about the wayward outlaw who was given the nickname "The stupidest outlaw in the west." Read about the outlaw who started a movie career that spanned several decades after he was shot to death. You'll be mystified at Mark Twain's premonition of his brother's death--one that came eerily true. Imagine how you would feel if you woke up one morning and read your own obituary in the paper. It happened to Mark Twain. These and many other stories will leave the reader convinced that perhaps Twain was right when he said "truth is stranger than fiction." Michael Williams has written a children's book entitled "Great Kids in History." The book has received rave reviews from readers. The book is a collection of 22 true stories of amazing children that have accomplished incredible feats. Your child will be inspired by the stories of courage and adventure of these amazing kids. For more information visit the web site www.strangerthanfictionnews.com.

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Publisher : Pearson UK
ISBN 13 : 1292302445
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stranger Than Fiction written by and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : C Wilson
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Truth is Stranger Than Fiction 2 written by C Wilson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dealing with the pressure of dropping new music is starting to weigh down heavily on Tone. Especially when he is completely overwhelmed with the task of being a husband and now a new father. He never in his life would have thought that he would be under such circumstances. But he must deal with the unfortunate cards that he was dealt. A hand full of betrayal and disloyalty. Becoming a rapper's wife was never in the cards for Chasity, but you can't help what your heart desires. Learning to re-love and trust her husband again will be the hardest pill to swallow once she learns of his infidelities - a pain so great that someone's blood must spill for it. Maleeka will down right risk it all to beat Chasity and to gain Tone's love back. Having his child just isn't enough for her. She craves more. This time around she plans on turning Chasity's world completely upside down. Tone, Rowdy, Stacks, The Twins, Ashley, Chasity, and Maleeka are back - and someone will die. This is the final chapter...