Imprint. A beautifully written memoir of a father's struggle to survive with dignity and a son's struggle to know the father he lost to schizophrenia long before he lost him to death....more details Format:Paperback Pages:255
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Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
ISBN:9781568583068
13 brings together forgotten history and unknown facts about unlucky 13 to create the compelling story of the rise of a single belief. It is also a book about superstition in general -- why people believe what they believe and why they stop believing when they do. 13 draws on history and the range of contemporary superstitions; in so doing...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:240
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Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
ISBN:9781861976284
Why is 13 an unlucky number? Why, where and how did the superstition begin? Why do we have an obsession with the number 13 and how does this affect our daily lives? Is there a place for superstition in modern culture? In 13...more details Format:Hardback Pages:169
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Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
ISBN:9781416935131
Release Date: 07 August 2012 This BOOOOOO"k"comes with a ghostly surprise.Everyone has heard of haunted houses. You know, the ones that the mailman crosses the street to avoid. But it turns out that books can be haunted too. Of course all books are full of surprises--but "The Boo Book" has a spooky one: A ghost He rearranges the words...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:46
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Nathaniel Lachenmeyer;Aki Sogabe
ISBN:9780807561348
Shima the Origami Master lives on a mountain in Japan. He isn't lonely, for his beautiful origami animals keep him company. One morning Shima finds a marvelous new paper elephant on his desk. Where could it have come from? The next morning...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:32
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Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
ISBN:9780767901918
The Outsider" "is an unsentimental yet profoundly moving look at one family's experience with mental illness. In 1978, Charles Lachenmeyer was a happily married professor of sociology who lived in the New York suburbs with his wife and nine-year-old son...more details Format:Paperback Pages:288