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The Price of Greatness: Resolving the Creativity and Madness Controversy

Arnold M. Ludwig

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Exploring the lives and achievements of over 1,000 extraordinary men and women, this book offers answers to the age-old questions about the relationship between mental illness and greatness, and also reveals factors that predict creative achievement. The book is filled with colorful stories about many of the most eminent artists, scientists, social...more

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Karamazov Brothers

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is murdered; his sons--the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha--are all involved at some level. Brilliant...more

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The Trial

Franz Kafka

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The Illuminated Rumi

Jalal Al-Din Rumi

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Rise up nimbly and go on your strange journey to the ocean of meanings...In the mid-thirteenth century, in a dusty marketplace in Konya, Turkey, a city where Muslim, Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist travelers mingled, Jelaluddin Rumi, a popular philosopher and scholar, met Shams of Tabriz, a wandering dervish. Their meeting forever altered the cours...more

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Foundations of Physiological Psychology (with MyPsychKit) (7th Edition)

Neil R. Carlson

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"Strategies for learning" is the predominant theme throughout this text. The author places an emphasis on creating a readable, usable text through the incorporation of questions that prompt students to think critically rather than rely solely on rote memorization skills.