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Bookseller at Barnes & Noble, Humanities student at NAU, mother of 2, artist, animal lover, voracious reader and lover of all things literary, introvert, believer in magic
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Science In Context: Readings In The Sociology Of Science
The Apothecary
The Key & the Flame
Fifty Shades of Grey
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Beautiful Creatures
Pride and Prejudice
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Man's Search for Meaning
This book explores what happens when humans are faced with incredible suffering. The author, who was a psychologist, spent many years in concentration camps during WWII. Before he became a prisoner, he was studying a type of psychology he calls logotherapy. The main purpose of this psychology is to help one find meaning in life. This helped him overcome many of the hardships and suffering of the concentration camps. The first half of the book describes events that occurred while he was in the concentration camps. The second half explains logotherapy. This psychology is simplistic in its claim that one cannot be fulfilled without a meaning to life. I have always felt this way. What an enlightening read this is!
