Promise land : my journey through America's self-help culture / Jessica Lamb-Shapiro.
By: Lamb-Shapiro, Jessica
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TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224).Description: xii, 224 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781439100196 (hbk.); 1439100195 (hbk.); 9781439100219 (trade paperback); 1439100217 (trade paperback).Subject(s): Self-care, Health | Self-care, Health -- Psychological aspects | Psychologists -- Psychology | Self-management (Psychology)DDC classification: 616.890092 Other classification: BIO026000 | PSY031000 | SOC022000 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 616.890092 L168 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003489382 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224).
Prologue: On missing the obvious -- We need heart-touching, soul-penetrating stories! : the power of inspirational tales -- Apparently, there are rules : control and the defense against loss -- In which I walk on hot coals : the power of positive thinking -- Dr. Choking Game : the cult of expertise -- The Secret is not a secret : vision boards and the Law of Attraction -- A fellowship of nervous freaks : overcoming phobias and fears -- The saddest camp in the world : on grief and grieving -- New frontiers of weirdness : the future of self-help -- Consider the kitten poster : what kind of life is worth living -- Epilogue: In which my father and I break into a cemetery.
An irreverent tour through the vast and strange reaches of the world of self-help.
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