title: Reading 10,000 Books: A Journey of Body and Soul
author: Peggy E. Pate-Smith
description: Peggy E. Pate-Smith has written several magazine articles for Christian Woman magazine, won an award from the American Montessori Society for her Master's thesis about peace, and currently writes a daily blog at http://peaceisachoice.tumblr.com/. She is married to the sculptor and artist William J. Smith. You can read more about her life and current writing projects at http://peggyepatesmith.weebly.com/.
zlib_text: _The Language of the Body:_
  
   _Physical Dynamics of Character Structure_
  
   _Books by Alexander Lowen, M.D_.
  
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   _The Language of the Body (1958)_
  
  > >  _Originally published as Physical Dynamics of Character Structure_
  
   _Love and Orgasm: A Revolutionary Guide to Sexual Fulfillment (1965)_
  
   _The Betrayal of the Body (1967)_
  
   _Pleasure: A Creative Approach to Life (1970)_
  
   _Bioenergetics: The Revolutionary Therapy That Uses the Language of the Body
  to Heal the Problems of the Mind (1976)_
  
   _Depression and the Body: The Biological Basis of Faith and Reality (1977)_
  
   _The Way to Vibrant Health: A Manual of Bioenergetic Exercises, co-author
  Leslie Lowen (1977)_
  
   _Fear of Life (1980)_
  
   _Narcissism: Denial of the True Self (1984)_
  
   _Love, Sex, and Your Heart (1988)_
  
   _The Spirituality of the Body: Bioenergetics for Grace and Harmony (1990)_
  
   _Joy: The Surrender to the Body and to Life (1995)_
  
   _Honoring the Body: The Autobiography of Alexander Lowen, M.D. (2004)_
  
   _The Voice