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Beecher

Lyman Beecher, a nineteenth-century American preacher and one of the leaders of the temperance movement, who called for giving up alcohol completely.

The Urge: Our History of Addiction, Carl Erik Fisher

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• The Urge: Our History of Addiction, Carl Erik Fisher
• The Art of Money Getting, P. T. Barnum

  Henry Ward Beecher, a famous 19th century American preacher.

• Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping, Robert M. Sapolsky

  Henry Beecher (1904 to 1976), an American anaesthesiologist who studied pain in wounded soldiers and the placebo effect.

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