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Imperfect Control : Our Lifelong Struggles with Power and Surrender
by Viorst, Judith
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684801396
- ISBN 13
- 9780684801391
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Former Owner Inscription & Signature. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A thoughtful discussion of the human sense of self and how relationships are colored by struggles over 'control' and its acquisition or surrender. Author draws from much modern research in biology, psychology, and the overall human experience, to present her ideas on how the individual can reach undestanding of these issues and pattern their lives more productively and successfully. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains notes, bibliography, indexed, 446pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00008295
- Title
- Imperfect Control : Our Lifelong Struggles with Power and Surrender
- Author
- Viorst, Judith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0684801396
- ISBN 13
- 9780684801391
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- PSYCHOLOGY, RELATIONSHIPS, CONTROL, POWER, SOCIETY, CULTURE, SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL STUDIES, IDEAS, SURRENDER, SELF-HELP, SELF-IMPROVEMENT
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JB Books
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About the Seller
JB Books
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Garrison, North Dakota
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