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Surviving survival : the art and science of resilience / Laurence Gonzales.
Van Pelt Library BF698.35.R47 G66 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gonzales, Laurence, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Resilience (Personality trait).
- Resourcefulness.
- Disasters--Psychological aspects.
- Disasters.
- Adaptation, Psychological.
- Life Change Events.
- Resilience, Psychological.
- Medical Subjects:
- Adaptation, Psychological.
- Disasters.
- Life Change Events.
- Resilience, Psychological.
- Genre:
- Self-help publications.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 257 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
- Summary:
- Highlights the survivors of various traumas and describes their lives both before and after and offers a detailed discussion of the fear, courage, and flexibility of the spirit that drives people onward after a life-threatening experience.
- Contents:
- 1 Be Here Now: From Victim to Rescuer 9
- 2 The Crocodile Within: The Burden of Invisible Memory 20
- 3 The Way of Survival: Rage in the Realm of the Spirits 36
- 4 The Gift of Adversity: A Survivor's Attitude and the Personal Scum Line 50
- 5 The Tyranny of Reason: Blindsight, Gut Feelings, and the Sixth Sense 66
- 6 Want It, Need It, Have It: Of Phantom Limbs and Children 87
- 7 See One, Do One, Teach One: The Secret of Seeking 103
- 8 "Please, God, Let Me Kill Her": Dismantling the Self 120
- 9 Searching for Frankenstein: Knitting with Words 132
- 10 Lessons from Ishmael: The Neurophysiology of Travel 145
- 11 The Bear: One Flew East, One Flew West 161
- 12 The Bricklayer: The Long Way Home 176
- 13 The Courage to Suffer: If He Can Do It, You Can, Too 187
- 14 The Science of Adaptation: There's No Revenge Like Success 201
- 15 The Rules of Life 210.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 225-242) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780393346633
- 0393346633
- OCLC:
- 858005560
- Publisher Number:
- 99982996574
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