An intellectual biography of Sigmund Freud written from a sceptical point of view. The claim of the book is that Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, was misled and misleading, bewitched by the simplicity of his own ideas.In its afterword, the book puts forward the opinion that the Recovered Memory movement (exposing child sex abuse) has Freud's fingerprints all over it.
This is the intimate first-person account of a young woman's coming-of-age in Somalia. The daughter of tribal leaders, Aman recounts her dramatic life while at the same time illuminating an innocent childhood romance with a white boy that leads to murder; her circumcision ceremony; an unwanted marriage at the age of 13; and her escape to the city where her beauty and curiosity lead her into a world of white men, parties and runaway girls.
In this candid and witty autobiography, Nobel laureate Herbert A. Simon looks at his distinguished and varied career, continually asking himself whether (and how) what he learned as a scientist helps to explain other aspects of his life.A brilliant polymath in an age of increasing specialization, Simon is one of those rare scholars whose work defines fields of inquiry. Crossing disciplinary lines in half a dozen fields, Simon's story encompasses an explosion in the information sciences, the tran...
A History of Classical Scholarship .. Volume 3 (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics)
by John Edwin Sandys
Sir John Edwin Sandys (1844-1922) was a leading Cambridge classicist and a Fellow of St. John's College. His most famous work is this three-volume History of Classical Scholarship, published between 1903 and 1908, which remains the only large-scale work on the subject to span the entire period from the sixth century BCE to the end of the nineteenth century. The history of classical studies was a popular topic during the nineteenth century, particularly in Germany, but Sandys stands out for the a...
Jancee Dunn has used Madonna's loo, hung out with Brad Pitt in his trailer, peeked in Dolly Parton's kitchen cupboards and been mistaken for Ben Affleck's latest squeeze. But how did this small-town girl with too much make-up get to meet some of the world's most famous peeps? BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME is Jancee's tale of how - thanks to a spot of 'demented kismet' and despite a really bad perm - she landed her dream job at Rolling Stone magazine and with it an entree into Celebsville and a rock 'n' ro...
Remembering Sir J C Bose (Iiscpress-wspc Publication, #0)
by D. P. Sen Gupta, Meher H Engineer, and Virginia Anne Shepherd
The year 2008 marks the 150th birth anniversary of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose who, at a relatively young age, established himself among the ranks of European scientists during the heyday of colonial rule in India. He was one of those great Indian scientists who helped to introduce western science into India. A physicist, a plant electrophysiologist and one of the first few biophysicists in the world, Sir J C Bose was easily 60 years ahead of his time and much of his research that was ignored duri...
If anyone who reads my life story can somehow prevent even a single child or teenager from repeating my mistakes and avoid unnecessary future suffering, then my struggles will not have been in vain. Imagine being arrested, handcuffed and locked behind the bars of a large, dark, cold jail. The next day you are forcibly dragged to a high-rise building and thrust into a 4'x 8' solid steel-walled cell. Your freedom is ripped away, even though you have not been charged with a single crime. The prison...
In the history of private philanthropy, Australia has a limited tradition. The Myer family is an honourable exception. This book explores the remarkable influence of this family on the lives of so many Australians. Michael Liffman vividly brings to life Sidney Myer's classic 'rags to riches' story, which sets the foundation for four generations of Myer philanthropists. His generosity was epitomised by the legendary Christmas lunch he staged at the Melbourne Exhibition Building for 11,000 hungry...
A true story of how one woman went from mother to escort, escort to madam. Dawn Annandale tells all in this shocking and yet poignant memoir of her life on and off the game. 'Call Me Madam' continues Dawn Annandale's fascinating journey from wife and mother to high class call girl and then proprietor of her own escort agency. After the breakdown of her marriage which left her with six children and a mountain of debts, Dawn Annandale took the only route she believed she had left and became an e...