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Running is a kind of dreaming : a memoir / J.M. Thompson, PhD.

Van Pelt Library RC537 .T479 2021
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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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