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Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher... Josef Breur on of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis...a secret pact...a young medical intern named Sigmund Freud: these are the elements that combine to create the unforgettable saga of an imagined relationship between an extraordinary patient and a gifted healer. As this compelling novel opens, the unattainable Lou Salmoe begs Breuer to help treat Nietzsche's suicidal despair using his experimental 'talking cure'. As the eminent physician reluctantly accepts the task, he makes a powerful discovery - only through facing up to his own inner demons can he begin to help his patient. In this compelling novel, two brilliant and enigmatic men plumb the depths of their own romantic obsessions and discover the redemptive power of friendship.

Intdocuced by Ned Sherrin, barrister-at-law; 116 pages; with slip case.

The Prize tells the panoramic history of oil - and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. It is a struggle that has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. The Prize is as much a history of the modern world as of the oil industry itself, for oil has shaped politices of the 20th century and has profoundly changed the we we lead our daily lives. The canva is enormour - from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm. 918 Pages. Notes, Bibliography, Index

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The novel centers on Fergus, owner of the family business, Goodlake's Deli. Although married to Annie whom he loves, Fergus is having an affair with a much younger woman - a relationship that starts carefree but eventually, like a slow-building earthquake, destabilizes and collapses the foundations of everything in his life.

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