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978-0-7167-3210-5. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers is a 1994 (2nd ed. 1998, 3rd ed. 2004) book by Stanford University biologist Robert M. Sapolsky. The book includes the subtitle "A Guide to Stress, Stress-related Diseases, and Coping" on the front cover of its third edition.
A Fine Balance is the second novel by Rohinton Mistry, published by McClelland and Stewart in 1995. Set in "an unidentified city" in India, initially in 1975 and later in 1984 during the turmoil of The Emergency, [2] the book focuses on four characters from varied backgrounds – Dina Dalal, Ishvar Darji, his nephew Omprakash Darji, and the young student Maneck Kohlah – who come together and ...
0671035975. OCLC. 203759. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living is a self-help book by Dale Carnegie and first printed in 1948. Carnegie says in the preface that he wrote it because he "was one of the unhappiest lads in New York". He said that he made himself sick with worry because he hated his position in life, which he credits for wanting to ...
31. "There is no illusion greater than fear." 32. "What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out." 33. "If I had just a little bit of wisdom I should walk the great path and fear only straying from it."
978-0-375-40115-2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (original French title: Le Scaphandre et le Papillon) is a memoir by journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby. It describes his life before and after a massive stroke left him with locked-in syndrome. The French edition of the book was published on March 7, 1997. It sold the first 25,000 copies on the ...
The book is referenced in the 2020 DC Comics Wonder Woman sequel film, Wonder Woman 1984, the villain of which is a self-help-touting entrepreneur. [20] A Texas woman named Helen Hadsell read the book in 1959 and credited the book with much of her success in winning contests. [21] After reading the book she began entering and winning contests.
Man's Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose to each person's life through one of three ways: the completion of tasks, caring for another person, or finding meaning by facing suffering with dignity.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was widely praised by critics and appeared in a number of "best of the year" book lists. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] According to Book Marks , based on American publications, the book received "rave" reviews based on eight critic reviews, with six being "rave" and two being "positive". [ 56 ]