The Gift of Adversity by Rosenthal, Norman E. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART I. YOUTH

1. The Thumbs Must Go 2. An Accident 3. Crime and Punishment 4. The Persistence and Fragility of Memory 5. Know Your Brain 6. Know Your Body 7. Be Yourself 8. The Weight of History 9. Mrs. Brown’s “Rular” 10. All the Lonely People 11. Lena and Lucas 12. Lessons from a Fly 13. The Fixer 14. The Long Reach of Sexual Trauma 15. Trouble with My Father 16. Mysteries of Mood 17. Medical School 18. A Brush with the South African Police 19. A Brutal Attack 20. Born Again 21. Boot Camp and the Kindness of Strangers 22. Homeland 23. Namibia 24. Leaving Home

PART II. ADULTHOOD

25. New York City 26. Hostile Takeover 27. Supervising a Supervisor 28. What Are the Questions? 29. Leaving the NIMH 30. Losing and Choosing 31. Pride and Prejudice and Sociopaths 32. Lessons from a Scam 33. A Ghost from the Past 34. Don’t Hold On to Grudges 35. Hold On to Dreams 36. Taking Responsibility 37. Reciprocity in Relationships 38. Learning Something from Everyone 39. Telling a Story 40. The Gift of Meditation 41. By Force of Habit 42. The Quest for Excellence

PART III. HEROES

43. Death in the Desert 44. High-Stakes Negotiations at Midnight 45. A Cousin in Trouble 46. Meeting with Viktor Frankl

PART IV. FAREWELLS

47. A Patriarch Takes His Leave 48. Dad’s Last Day 49. The Death of Galadriel 50. Appointment in Samarra 51. Life After Death 52. It’s Never Too Late to Say “I Love You”

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