An Excess of Phobias and ManiasSenior Scribe Publications, 2003 - 202 pages |
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... Greek Combining Elements MMH Books are the carriers of civilization . Without books , history is silent , literature dumb , science crippled , thought and speculation at a standstill . They are engines of change , windows on the world ...
... Greek Combining Elements MMH Books are the carriers of civilization . Without books , history is silent , literature dumb , science crippled , thought and speculation at a standstill . They are engines of change , windows on the world ...
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... Greek element means " a strong dislike or hatred for something or someone " based on one's fear . The term phobia comes from the Greek element phobos ( terror , panic , irrational fear , and angst ) , from phobein , " to put to flight ...
... Greek element means " a strong dislike or hatred for something or someone " based on one's fear . The term phobia comes from the Greek element phobos ( terror , panic , irrational fear , and angst ) , from phobein , " to put to flight ...
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... ( Greek word for market ) . He commented that the thought of the feared situation frequently was as distressing as the situation itself . Mean Nothing in life is to be feared . It is only to be understood . -Marie Curie eanwhile , all of ...
... ( Greek word for market ) . He commented that the thought of the feared situation frequently was as distressing as the situation itself . Mean Nothing in life is to be feared . It is only to be understood . -Marie Curie eanwhile , all of ...
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An Excess of Phobias and Manias: A Compilation of Anxieties, Obsessions, and ... John G. Robertson No preview available - 2003 |
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