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  2. Eustace Chesser - Wikipedia

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    In 1940 he published a sex manual entitled Love Without Fear. [1] It sold 5,000 copies but it was withdrawn, and Chesser was arrested for obscenity. [1] [3] Rather than pleading guilty and accepting a fine, Chesser chose to be tried by jury. [4] Chesser, who pleaded not guilty, was later acquitted.

  3. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Wikipedia

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    The book was published in 2009 by Riverhead Hardcover. It argues that human motivation is largely intrinsic and that the aspects of this motivation can be divided into autonomy, mastery, and purpose. [1] He argues against old models of motivation driven by rewards and fear of punishment, dominated by extrinsic factors such as money. [2] [3]

  4. Motivation and Personality - Wikipedia

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    Motivation and Personality [1] is a book on psychology by Abraham Maslow, first published in 1954. Maslow's work deals with the subject of the nature of human fulfillment and the significance of personal relationships, implementing a conceptualization of self-actualization . [ 2 ]

  5. Book of a Thousand Days - Wikipedia

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    When Dashti, posing as Lady Saren, talks to him at the tower, they joke and laugh. They create a friendship that eventually turns into a romantic love. When things take a bad turn at the end, Khan Tegus finds every way possible to marry Dashti, and after he and Saren convince the chiefs Dashti is innocent, friendship and love win in the end.

  6. La Modification - Wikipedia

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    La Modification is a novel by Michel Butor first published in French in 1957. It is the author's most famous work. It was translated into English by Jean Stewart, with the title Second Thoughts (Faber and Faber, 1958) as well as under the titles A Change of Heart (Simon & Schuster, 1959) and Changing Track (Calder, 2017; revised translation).

  7. Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War ...

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    The Los Angeles Times averred that "[e]ven those who thought they knew it all, or who indeed lived through all or most of those years, will find illuminating information and insights on almost every page" of Freedom from Fear. [35] The New York Times Book Review declared it "the best one-volume account of the Roosevelt era currently available ...

  8. Reversal theory - Wikipedia

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    Reversal theory is a structural, phenomenological theory of personality, motivation, and emotion in the field of psychology. [1] It focuses on the dynamic qualities of normal human experience to describe how a person regularly reverses between psychological states, reflecting their motivational style, the meaning they attach to a situation at a given time, and the emotions they experience.

  9. Hope for the Flowers - Wikipedia

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    Hope for the Flowers is an allegorical novel by Trina Paulus. It was first published in 1972 and reflects the idealism of the counterculture of the period. Often categorized as a children's novel, it is a fable "partly about life, partly about revolution and lots about hope – for adults and others including caterpillars who can read".