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Ciaramicoli, Arthur P. PERFORMANCE ADDICTION: THE DANGEROUS NEW SYNDROME AND HOW TO STOP IT FROM RUINING YOUR LIFE, has3-4-06 Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated 2004
ISBN: 0-471-47119-4 Brand New

<strong> Why do so many of the most accomplished, successful, and admired people in the world remain unhappy and unfulfilled in spite of their achievements? If you feel that way, according to Dr. Arthur P. Ciaramicoli, Harvard Medical School instructor, you may suffer from performance addiction -- the belief that perfecting appearance and achieving status will secure the love and respect of others. If you achieve for the sake of achieving ... if you feel removed from your family and friends ... if your work has become a burden and the demands seem relentless . <P> .. if you feel as if what you do is never good enough, this breakthrough book can change your life. In Performance Addiction, Dr. Ciaramicoli explains the psychological factors that lead to this problem and then gives you the tools you need to overcome it. Revealing insights gleaned through his research and clinical practice, he helps you determine if you are a performance addict and the level of your addiction, giving you action steps and a prescriptive program to achieve lasting happiness and success at home and at work. Featuring enlightening questions, writing exercises, and self-evaluations throughout, this hands-on guide shows you how to trace the origins of your addiction and replace your belief system with a more balanced life. You'll be privy to intimate discussions between Dr. Ciaramicoli and many of his clients who have come to terms with their addiction. These case studies will allow you to have the confidence, knowledge, and tools. You can slow down, reduce your perfectionism, and reap wonderful rewards -- read Performance Addiction and break free. SYNOPSIS Why do so many of the most accomplished, successful, and admired people in the world remain unhappy and unfulfilled in spite of their achievements? If you feel that way, according to Dr. Arthur P. Ciaramicoli, Harvard Medical School instructor, you may suffer from performance addiction--the belief that perfecting appearance and achieving status will secure the love and respect of others. If you achieve for the sake of achieving . . . if you feel removed from your family and friends . . . if your work has become a burden and the demands seem relentless . . . if you feel as if what you do is never good enough, this breakthrough book can change your life. In Performance Addiction, Dr. Ciaramicoli explains the psychological factors that lead to this problem and then gives you the tools you need to overcome it. Revealing insights gleaned through his research and clinical practice, he helps you determine if you are a performance addict and the level of your addiction, giving you action steps and a prescriptive program to achieve lasting happiness and success at home and at work. Featuring enlightening questions, writing exercises, and self-evaluations throughout, this hands-on guide shows you how to trace the origins of your addiction and replace your belief system with a more balanced life. You?ll be privy to intimate discussions between Dr. Ciaramicoli and many of his clients who have come to terms with their addiction. <P> These case studies will allow you to have the confidence, knowledge, and tools to: Balance your work and your personal life Discover how remarkable it is to be "ordinary" Resist the lure of glamour and the quest for glory Value relationships in terms of love and friendship rather than status and image Be happier, more secure, and more satisfied with your life You can slow down, reduce your perfectionism, and reap wonderful rewards--read Performance Addiction and break free. Do you achieve goals without feeling fulfilled? Do you think your hard work will win you love and respect? Do you feel as if you?re never doing well enough? In this intriguing and prescriptive guide, Harvard Medical School instructor Dr. Arthur P. Ciaramicoli explains this new psychological issue, revealing the reasons why the label of success so rarely l Published at Twenty Five dollars. </strong> As New Book Jacket Hardcover 6 x 9 in

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Hear Your Heart. HarperTrophy, 1987
0690006365 From the Publisher While you're awake...while you're asleep...your heart is always beating. You can listen to your heart. You can feel it beat. But just how does your heart work? New York Times journalist Paul Showers and popular illustrator Holly Keller introduce readers to human anatomy in this clear and accessible look at the circulatory system. A page of activities and further resources gives young biologists more information on keeping their hearts healthy and strong. About the Author:<Br>New York Times journalist Paul Showers is the author of The Listening Walk, as well as A Drop of Blood and many other nonfiction titles for children. Holly Keller is the illustrator of <i.From Tadpole to Frog, Snow is Falling, and Sounds All Around, as well as the Geraldine books. She lives in West Redding, CT. Children's Literature It takes only a cardboard tube to fashion an effective stethoscope. With this simple tool children are introduced to the wonders of the human body's strongest organ. Listening to others' heartbeats opens the door to understanding what the heart is, what it looks like, how it functions and the role it plays in human biology. Using different hands-on exercises, the author demonstrates that every heart is as unique as each individual. An adult heart beats at a slower rate than an infant heart. During the course of the day, an individual's heartbeat varies. Fast or slow, day or night, the heart is always on duty. Readers of all ages will appreciate the charming drawings of multicultural children checking pulses, using stethoscopes and measuring heartbeats after exercise. Younger children may have difficulty understanding the drawings detailing the heart and its function. Backmatter includes extended exercises for healthy hearts and a web site for further information. This is a Stage 2 book in the HarperTrophy "Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science" series. 2001 (orig. 1968), HarperCollins, , . Ages 5 to 9. Reviewer: Stephanie Farrow School Library Journal Gr 1-3-A revision of a 1968 book. Keller's illustrations and Showers's text complement one another well, and will give young readers a good introduction to how the heart works. Three simple activities (measuring heart rate, exercising the heart, and making a stethoscope) are easy but effective ways to augment the text. The writing is succinct and clear. The simple line illustrations include a minimum of detail yet they reflect the action and convey different emotions effectively. The illustrations of the structure of the heart are well done, resulting in a good overview for beginning readers.-Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. Synopsis While you're awake...while you're asleep...your heart is always beating. You can listen to your heart. You can feel it beat. But just how does your heart work? New York Times journalist Paul Showers and popular illustrator Holly Keller introduce readers to human anatomy in this clear and accessible look at the circulatory system. A page of activities and further resources gives young biologists more information on keeping their hearts healthy and strong. About the Author:<Br>New York Times journalist Paul Showers is the author of The Listening Walk, as well as A Drop of Blood and many other nonfiction titles for children. Holly Keller is the illustrator of <i.From Tadpole to Frog, Snow is Falling, and Sounds All Around, as well as the Geraldine books. She lives in West Redding, CT. Annotation A simple explanation of the structure of the heart and how it works. Children's Literature It takes only a cardboard tube to fashion an effective stethoscope. With this simple tool children are introduced to the wonders of the human body's strongest organ. Listening to others' heartbeats opens the door to understanding what the heart is, what it looks like, how it functions and the role it plays in human biology. Using different hands-on exercises, the author demonstrates that every heart is as unique as each individual. An adult heart beats at a slower ra.

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YANN DE PIERREFEU: 1927, 1928 + 1936 BRILLIANT HANDWRITTEN DIARIES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY HARVARD DROP OUT, PHOTOGRAPHER, HISTORIAN, FUTURIST, FOLLOWER OF L. FRANK BAUM'S LANDS OF OZ AND AN UNPARALLELED SCHEMER AND SOCIAL CLIMBER, IPSWICH MASSACHUSETTS MA ROWLEY NEW HAMPSHIRE NH 1927
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This is one of the most interesting archives of handwritten diaries and out of the ordinary authors we have encountered in quite some time if not ever. The diaries [1927, 1928 and 1936] belonged to the fascinating Yann De Pierrefeu from the time he was attending Harvard University and then after he dropped out of Harvard University and beyond. Yann was born in 1905 in France. His father was Count Alain De Pierrefeu who in 1915 was tragically killed working in a Red Cross ambulance in WWI France. His mother, Elsa Tudor of Boston and Hancock New Hampshire was the grand daughter of Frederic Tudor, The Ice King from Boston. He graduated from the Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts in 1926. He attended but did not graduate from Harvard University complaining of too much work and not enough time for 'human relationships'. Yann writes floridly for the most part and perfectly legibly but it is impossible to describe the temper and the volume of his output. In 1927 he uses a 5.5" x 8" page-a-day book. In 1928 he ascends to 9" x 6" page-a-day and eight years later he is using a very large 8" x 10" page a day book. He covers every inch of the books writing space only occasionally allowing himself a blank section to highlight his current amour's name. Besides this incredible output of writings and what makes these diaries so out of the ordinary is that Yann is one of those rare men that pours his heart, soul and mind on to the paper. Each book is a confessional to his affairs of the heart, a dream journal, ideas book, an analysis of current events and their roots in history, a discussion of the lands of Oz and quite frankly the inner look at the soul of a man that is intelligent if not brilliant, artistic yet flawed and disturbed especially when he claims his 'beast' is being awakened or aroused. He is also fascinated by his needs and desires to marry and even when he is married he continues to discuss the women, past and present and his feelings. Simply incredible. He is an artist and creative person at the core and his depth of emotion is evident and not always admirable. From recitations of dreams to the enormous battle he fights within himself between the Taintor sisters - Charlotte and Ellen - he desires [and then later a girl named Margaret!]. The problem is he cannot decide and one day to the next he professes his love or his distaste and then the next day he switches - but he is not a dilettante; he truly has his preferences and feelings and yet they are roller coasters. He is 22 and hates his weaknesses and tries to control himself. In the end he married Ellen Hemenway Taintor of Beacon Hill, Boston and Barberry Hill, Topsfield, Massachusetts. Ellen and Yann had one son, Alain in 1931. During the 1930s they lived on Argilla Rd. in Ipswich and during the 1940s in Rowley, Massachusetts. Yann never really worked for a living rather living off inheritances and his wife's family trust fund. He also seriously dabbled in photography and the stock market [seemingly he did quite well as the list of stocks and dividends in the 1936 book - the height of the depression - are quite impressive]. At an early age he was heavily influenced by L. Frank Baum's OZ writings and lived most of his life embracing these principals. Yann in his way was a pioneer of 'virtual reality'. He traveled quite frequently and his travel writings are also from a unique perspective. He spent his days traveling around Boston, the north shore of Boston and New England taking photos of whatever interested him. He considered himself a photographer, historian and writer but he was also a futurist describing his beliefs for the future sometimes 100 years in the future. He had a keen interest in pre WWII European events and wrote extensively about them. He ate most of his meals at Boston restaurants such as the Ritz, Locke - Ober, Cafe' Rouge and North Shore restaurants such as the Hart House in Ipswich and the White Gull in Gloucester. Yann mentions many meetings at the Algonquin and it is one of his main hangouts. His diaries reflect his many interests - it is impossible to catalogue all the threads of these writings [we estimate that 1936 must have over 100,000 words alone]. Here are some snippets from 1927: Jan. 3 "Harvard is not all that I thought it was - too much work - too little time for human relationships" Feb. 15 " I love Charlotte, I realize now what a fool I've been" March 3 "Charlotte has beautiful hands - so different from Ellen's mannish hands" April 16 "This great business of the subconscious mind is something which I can't explain" May 21 "sunlight on the trees outside of German class" Oct 14 "There is more science coming into the government of Oz" Dec. 24 " Thinking of sex and Ellen when I woke up this morning". In 1928 he writes about working for the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad in Madawaska and Mars Hill, Maine for about five months. He writes about his trips in and around New England, the Adirondacks and Arizona. His love for Ellen, Charlotte and Margaret! and much, much writing about OZ. Jan. 6 " Dreamed of Ellen last night and that sex" Feb. 8 " Dunphy coming in and giving me a bawling out for not helping him out in the freight shed" Feb. 19 "I think of Charlotte, think she likes me better than she pretends " Feb. 22 " The freight was late out today and the inspection train did not come " March 12 "Fat girl with the neat silk stockings". June 16, 1936 "Magnificent feelings all today, it is the John Bull feeling, England in 1820, country squires, hunting clubs, color and hunting costumes of the time, taverners, jolly songs, drinking, green coats, yellow vests, a feeling of prosperity and the green countryside, newly come after the Napoleonic Wars, merchants doing well in the city, gay lasses, pretty maids, fine frocks and frills, the aristocratic boys from Eton and Harrow, important parents (in modern times it would be bankers and brokers); what a wonderfuleffect the colonists have!" Sept 7 "Idea: It would seem that Communism is the coming idea; in 1930 people began for the first time to discuss widely the end of Capitalism and the possibilities of Communism, which they now begin to take seriously; in 1830 it would seem Capitalism replaced Democracy and yet now it is Democracy that people are trying to save; in 2030 people will probably be trying to save Capitalism and some new philosophy will have come to replace Communism which people will be trying to save in 2130; it seems to me that Democracy replaced Aristocracy in 1730 and that Aristocracy replaced Protestantism in 1630; in 1530 Protestantism replaced Catholicism; and in 1430 Catholicism replaced Mohammedism which invaded Europe in 1330.." Dec. 6 "[regarding the Hemenway family] I started as a stranger, a mere nobody, just another acquaintance and now I dominate the field; my influence is everywhere, is felt everywhere; first I won over Tonk; then I won over Mrs. T. and then my big fight cme with Mr. Taintor (1929); he refused to give in, so I drove him out of the picture; finally he came back humbled " There a small number of pieces of ephemera throughout the diaries and 3 pictures of our author are included. Overall G+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Manuscript

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Sudek, Josef (Photographer); Heiting, Manfred (Editor) & Farova, Anna (Contributor). JOSEF SUDEK: LES TIRAGES PIGMENTAIRES 1947-1954 ("JOSEF SUDEK: THE PIGMENT PRINTS 1947-1954") Rare Copy of The First French-Language Edition. Los Angeles, CA: Cinubia Production/The Manfred Heiting Collection, 1994.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 150 pages. As New in As New Dust Jacket. Exhibition monograph. Now considered a photography classic. Published as a hardcover original in an extremely small and limited print run that did not exceed 500 copies, this is the French-language version. Should not be confused with the Softcover Edition, which was published simultaneously with it, and precedes all other subsequent editions on Josef Sudek's pigment-print work, particularly the 1998 Salander O'Reilly Edition. The Softcover is scarce; the Hardcover is very rare. They have the same ISBN. An austerely elegant production by Manfred Heiting: Oversize-volume format. Purple cloth boards with titles embossed on cover, as issued. Photographs by Josef Sudek. Edited by Manfred Heiting. Introduction, Notes, and Appendix by Anna Farova, the single most authoritative expert/scholar on Sudek. Printed on thick coated stock paper in Amsterdam, The Netherlands to the very highest standards. The fidelity of the reproductions to the original prints is simply outstanding. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the travelling exhibition of the same name that was held in Europe and the United States from 1994 through 1996. Presents a seminal and treasurable aspect of the Czech photographer's oeuvre, which is now universally recognized as among the greatest photography ever undertaken by anyone anywhere in the 20th century. Josef Sudek remained in his native Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) throughout his long, productive, and stupendous career, spiriting out prints of his work, many of them just single copies, to friends like Anna Farova, so that his work will be in caring hands and not be forgotten. A reclusive man who shunned publicity, lived modestly, and remained loyal to his beloved country through thick and thin, Sudek's inner life was clearly the inexhaustible source of his work. When they first see a Josef Sudek photograph, many receptive people are moved to tears. Whether he did landscapes, street photographs, portraits, nudes, still lifes or inspired combinations thereof, Sudek left his indelible mark on the medium called the photograph. The Pigment Print process, which dates back to the earliest days of photography, is based on a complex (and tedious) technique. One of the enduring legacies of 19th-century photography, it is also called the Carbro Process, which Anna Farova explains in layman's language in an Appendix. In the hands of a Master like Sudek, the resulting images are visible on every page of this book: Stunning, moving, and unforgettable. One of the most important books on his photographic art, this is a "must-have" title for Josef Sudek collectors. <b><i> This edition sold out upon publication, is now very difficult to find, and very highly collectible. This is the only copy of the First French Edition available online and has absolutely no flaws, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. </B></i> 73 plates. Josef Sudek's "Praha Panoramaticka" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". "Josef Sudek Fotografie" was selected as one of the "Seminal Photography Books of the 20th Century" in "The Book of 101 Books". One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A flawless collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSEF SUDEK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 9090073825.

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