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Reuben Fine

Applying a traditional psychoanalytic approach to the development and counseling of women, Reuben Fine provides a comprehensive examination of emotional problems common to women. Drawing on over forty years of clinical experience as well as an extensive review of the psychotherapy literature, Fine describes the emotional conflicts women experience in key areas of their lives--including love, sex, communication, work, and creativity. Fine identifies the psychological and cultural factors that shape women's emotional difficulties--from unhappy childhood experiences and family disturbances to cultural taboos and stereotypes. He offers therapeutic guidelines for every stage of treatment and shows how they can be successfully applied in practice. Throughout the book Fine includes revealing case histories and rich examples that illustrate how to help troubled women; work through blocks to intimacy and form stable, loving relationships; learn to acknowledge and express important feelings; and build a positive self-image.

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Jan Wassink

Explores the natural history of Idaho, discussing the habits, physical characteristics, and conservation of its birds, mammals, and fishes.

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Georgina Kleege

"This book offers an unexpected and unprecedented account of blindness and sight. Legally blind since the age of eleven, Georgina Kleege draws on her experiences to offer a detailed testimony of visual impairment - both her own view of the world and the world's view of the blind." "Kleege describes the negative social status of the blind, analyzes stereotypes of the blind that have been perpetuated by movies, and discusses how blindness has been portrayed in literature. She vividly conveys the visual experience of someone with severely impaired sight and explains what she can see and what she cannot (and how her inability to achieve eye contact - in a society that prizes that form of connection - has affected her). Finally she tells of the various ways she reads, and the freedom she felt when she stopped concealing her blindness and acquired skills, such as reading braille, as part of a new, blind identity. Without sentimentality or cliches, Kleege offers us the opportunity to imagine life without sight."--BOOK JACKET.

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Giles Andreae

The chimpanzees of a colourless and drab town defy their grumpy mayor, and turn it into Happytown, a place that's colourful and fun.