Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation
by Barber, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0375423990
- ISBN 13
- 9780375423994
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Pantheon, 2008-02-04. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 6x1x9. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. 8vo. 280pp.
Synopsis
Charles Barber was educated at Harvard and Columbia and worked for ten years in New York City shelters for the homeless and mentallly ill. The title essay in his first book, Songs from the Black Chair , won a 2006 Pushcart Prize. His work has appeared in The New York Times , among other publications, and on NPR. He is a lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and lives in Connecticut with his family.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SPIRObarCN
- Title
- Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation
- Author
- Barber, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0375423990
- ISBN 13
- 9780375423994
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008-02-04
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 21 oz
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
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Portland, Oregon
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Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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