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Argues that most forms of therapy practised today include some idea that Wilhelm Reich pioneered. This biography - written by a former patient, student and assistant of Reich - reveals how the same "life functionalism" that Reich studied brought him personal isolation and death in prison.

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First published forty years ago, Gentlemen's Gentlemen gives an insight into the golden age of service - a profession now almost completely lost.

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A stunning and poignant account of an extraordinary teacher's determination from the author of the #1 Sunday Times bestsellers The Tiger's Child and One Child.

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Always innovative, often provocative, and frequently polarizing, Andrea Dworkin carved out a unique position as one of the women's movement's most influential figures. She wrote thirteen books, ranging across feminist theory, fiction and poetry. This book is her memoir.

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This full-length biography explores the multifacetedand altogether fascinatinglife, opinions, and accomplishments of African American scholar and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: A Biography is the first comprehensive volume about a man hailed as one of America's most influential scholars.

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The story of a 10-year-old girl who won a divorce from the man she was forced to marry, courageously defying both Yemeni customs and her own family. With harrowing directness, Nujood tells of abuse at her husband's hands, beginning with the very first night of her married life, and ending the day she slipped away during an errand.

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The first ever collection of the Andy Warhol interviews-a fascinating selection of the Pop Art pioneer's utterances on everything from the art of fame to dinner with William Burroughs to the work of Jean-Michel Basquait, from his early heady days to his final monthsThe only Warhol interview collection on the market

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Contains five in-depth stories of seven remarkable men that allow us to explore the concept of "hero". They include the stories of cartoonist Michael Leunig, three volunteer firefighters from Ash Wednesday and NSW fires, a campaigner for native title, Imam of Lakemba Mosque, and Bill Mollison, the founder of permaculture.

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Most people dabble in a bit of family history. Tony De Bolfo's interest in his family's migration from Italy has led him on a moving journey through the lives of hundreds of migrant families.

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A fledgling teacher finds his place in the unlikeliest of settings

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A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina, and her final escape and emancipation, Jacobs' narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published in 1861, is one of the most important books ever written documenting the traumas and horrors of slavery in the antebellum South.

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One of the most remarkable stories of triumph over adversity that you will ever read.

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With a sudden jerk, squealing of brakes and a loud puff of the steam engine, the train shunted forward... At the age of five, Donna was taken away from her natural family and sent to a foster family in Newcastle. In this book, she reflects on her childhood memories and recalls her struggle with her identity.

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At the time of his death in 2004, Jacques Derrida was arguably the most influential and the most controversial thinker in contemporary philosophy. This work offers a biographical overview of this important philosopher, drawing on Derrida's own accounts of his life as well as the narratives of friends and colleagues.

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At the time of his death in 2004, Jacques Derrida was arguably the most influential and the most controversial thinker in contemporary philosophy. This title offers a biographical overview of this important philosopher, drawing on Derrida's own accounts of his life, as well as the narratives of friends and colleagues.

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This major new interpretive biography--by one of America's foremost public intellectuals--eloquently examines Jane Addams's cultural and political influence on her time and ours

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Jesse Jackson, a powerful orator and indefatigable organizer, has been one of the most dynamic forces for social and political action in both the national and international arenas, campaigning for human rights and social justice.

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* The definitive biography of one of the modern era's most important thinkers, from an award-winning scholar who draws on unique access to the Jung archives.

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A dramatic and remarkable narrative of an extraordinary teacher's determination, from the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers The Tiger's Child and One Child.

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The story of Emma and Carl Jung's highly unconventional marriage, their relationship with Freud, and their part in the early years of Psychoanalysis.

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By the 1960s, the Lawrence of Arabia story had become a small commercial industry.

The volume challenges conclusions about the relationship between Lawrence and Lowell Thomas, demonstrating it was much closer than Lawrence biographers have previously thought or were willing to admit.

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In 1998 John Wood was a rising executive at Microsoft . Then a trip to Nepal inspired him to set up schools and libraries in the developing world.