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Running is a kind of dreaming : a memoir / J.M. Thompson, PhD.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, J. M. (Clinical psychologist), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thompson, J. M--Mental health.
- Thompson, J. M.
- Thompson, J. M. (James Michael).
- Depressed persons--United States--Biography.
- Depressed persons.
- Long-distance running.
- Psychological aspects.
- Running--Therapeutic use.
- Running.
- Mental health.
- United States.
- Depression, Mental--Treatment.
- Depression, Mental.
- Long-distance running--Psychological aspects.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 306 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- Summary:
- "A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life. J.M. Thompson, now a successful psychologist, retraces the path that led him from despair to wellness, detailing the chilling childhood trauma that caused his depression, and the unorthodox treatment that saved him"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: I. The Sun
- Why
- The Things I Carry
- II. Mercury
- Dreaming
- Hear the Clock Tick-Tock
- The Time It's Always Been
- Ball, Book, Flag
- The One and the Many
- III. Venus
- Heat
- English Male, Disheveled
- Gravity
- The Dark Age
- Love
- IV. Earth
- The Mourner
- The Island of the Cyclops
- Hope Is a Hymn
- V. Mars
- Home, Safe, Warm
- The Hands of Thetis
- VI. Jupiter
- Remembering Everything and Nothing
- The Ground Does the Thinking
- VII. Saturn
- The Field
- Running from Birth and Death
- The Lost Men
- VIII. Uranus
- The Horizon
- Lines
- IX. Neptune
- Namu Kie Butsu
- Home Again
- X. Charon
- Desolation Wilderness
- The Enchanted Land
- XI. Dysnomia
- The Tower
- XII. The Oort Cloud
- Stay Awhile.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306).
- ISBN:
- 9780062947079
- 0062947079
- OCLC:
- 1273728849
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