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  • Alzheimer's

    An Essential Guide to the Disease and Other Forms of Dementia

    Series series Penguin Specials
    A short, easily understandable account of Alzheimer's, by world expert Dr Andrew LeesBritain like the rest of the developed world is in the grip of a silent plague. Its thousands of victims can no longer make sense of the world and are contained for their own safety in fading Victorian piles and nondescript redbrick detention centres around the country. For them the present is a foreign country ... Read more

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  • Character Is Destiny

    The Autobiography of Alice Salomon

    Edited by Andrew Lees, Dr ...
    Series series Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany
    In her autobiography, the remarkable feminist and social worker Alice Salomon recounts her transition in the 1890s from privileged idleness to energetic engagement in solving social problems. Salomon took the lead in establishing the profession of social work, and built a career as a social reformer, activist, and educator. A prolific author, Salomon also played a key role in the transatlantic ... Read more

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  • They Thought They Were Free

    The Germans, 1933–45

    National Book Award Finalist: Never before has the mentality of the average German under the Nazi regime been made as intelligible to the outsider." — The New York TImesThey Thought They Were Free is an eloquent and provocative examination of the development of fascism in Germany. Milton Mayer's book is a study of ten Germans and their lives from 1933-45, based on interviews he conducted after the ... Read more

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  • The Other Brain

    From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries about the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science

    Despite everything that has been written about the brain, a potentially critical part of this vital organ has been overlooked—until now. The Other Brain examines the growing importance of glia, which make up approximately 85 percent of the cells in the brain, and the role they play in how the brain functions, malfunctions, and heals itself.Long neglected as little more than cerebral packing ... Read more

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  • Ankylosing Spondylitis: THE CURE

    INTRODUCTION:Thanks to an antibiotic, I am cured of ankylosing spondylitis. I feel it my duty to convey my experience to all sufferers of this extremely painful and debilitating disease.In this book, I will also disclose my personal medical record (Rheumatology, radiology, MRI, medical biology laboratory) stating that I had ankylosing spondylitis and that I recovered.My annual radiography checks ... Read more

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  • Imperialism

    Part Two of The Origins of Totalitarianism

    by Hannah Arendt ...
    Series Book 2 - The Origins of Totalitarianism
    In the second volume of The Origins of Totalitarianism, the political theorist traces the decline of European colonialism and the outbreak of WWI.Since it was first published in 1951, The Origins of Totalitarianism has been recognized as the definitive philosophical account of the totalitarian mindset. A probing analysis of Nazism, Stalinism, and the "banality of evil", it remains one of the most ... Read more

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  • Living With M.E.

    It is estimated that there are over 100,000 people suffering from M.E. in Britain today. Although not a new disease, M.E. (also known as 'yuppie flu') is at last being recognised and taken seriously. M.E. is short for MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYSELITIS, a term which relates to the parts of the body affected: MYALGIC, the muscles; ENCEPHALO, the brain; and MYSELITIS, the nerves.Until recently, many people ... Read more

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  • The Communist Manifesto - with full original text by Karl Marx

    This new edition of the political classic comes with a foreword by historian Rupert Matthews and includes a number of other early works relating to 19th Century Communism.The Communist Manifesto, originally titled Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) is a short 1848 publication written by the German Marxist political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich ... Read more

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  • Voicework in Music Therapy

    Research and Practice

    The voice is a powerful instrument in music therapy practice and this anthology of voicework techniques explores everything the practitioner and researcher needs to know in order to bring about successful vocal interventions across a broad range of client groups.Compiling a wealth of international evidence-based practice, this book offers detailed descriptions of clinical methods that are grounded ... Read more

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  • The Brain That Destroys Itself

    The Evolutionary Origin of Neurodegenerative Diseases Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Many Others

    Yes, there really is a brain that destroys itself. And its a brain just like the one in your head. But not every one of the brains like yours will ultimately destroy itself. However, if the destroying begins, then the signs of this are described in what neurologists take to be the symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases. Those most often encountered are Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease, but there ... Read more

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