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1 online resource (xiv, 153 pages) |
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"Originally published in Spain as El Mundo Amarillo by Random House Mondadori, S.A., in 2008"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
"In The Yellow World Espinosa tackles the subjects of life, death and love with wry humor and sharp insight, relating the discoveries he made during his 10-year battle with cancer as a teenager in a narrative that is both funny and touching"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
[1] Beginning... -- The Yellow World -- Where Were You Born? -- What Is the Yellow World? -- [2] Carrying On... --- List of Discoveries to Make Your World Yellow -- 1. Losses are positive -- 2. The word pain doesn't exist -- 3. The energy that appears after thirty minutes is what you need to solve a problem -- 4. Ask five good questions every day -- 5. Show me how you walk and I'll show you how to laugh -- 6. When you are sick, they keep tabs on your life, a medical record. When you are well, you should do the same: keep a life record -- 7. There are seven tricks to being happy -- 8. What you hide the most reveals the most about you -- 9. Put your lips together and blow -- 10. Don't be afraid of being the person you have become -- 11. Find what you like looking at, then look at it -- 12. Start counting at six -- 13. The search for the south and the north -- 14. Listen to yourself when you're angry -- 15. Positive wanking -- 16. The difficult thing isn't accepting how you are, but how everyone else is -- 17. The power of contrasts -- 18. Hibernate for twenty minutes -- 19. Look for your hospital roommates outside the hospital -- 20. Do you want to share an REM with me? -- 21. The power of the first time -- 22. A way never to get angry -- 23. The best way to know if you love someone -- Twenty-three Discoveries That Connect Two Ages : From Fourteen to Twenty-four -- [3] Living... -- The Yellows -- How Do You Find Yellows and How Do You Identify Them? -- Yellow Q&A -- Conclusions About Yellows -- [4] And Relax... -- The Yellow End -- Epilogue -- Afterword / by Eloy Azorín. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Espinosa, Albert, 1974- -- Health.
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Espinosa, Albert, 1974- -- Childhood and youth.
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Espinosa, Albert, 1974- -- Philosophy.
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Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.
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Cancer -- Psychological aspects.
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Self-actualization (Psychology)
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Espinosa, Albert, 1974- Yellow world London : Particular, 2012 9781846146695 |
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Espinosa, Albert, 1974- Yellow world New York : Ballantine Books, [2014] 9780345538123 (DLC) 2014029594 (OCoLC)885224498 |
| ISBN |
9780345538116 : $48.00 |
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0345538110 : $48.00 |
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