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Political Animals: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics
Richard Shenkman · Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group Pages: 302 Format: Print book
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Can a football game affect the outcome of an election? What about shark attacks? Or a drought? In a rational world the answer, of course, would be no. But as bestselling historian Rick Shenkman explains in Political Animals, our world is anything but rational. Drawing on science, politics,... |
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Is It All in Your Head?: True Stories of Imaginary Illness
Suzanne O'Sullivan · Other Press Pages: 352 Format: Print book
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A neurologist's insightful and compassionate look into the misunderstood world of psychosomatic disorders, told through individual case histories It's happened to all of us: our cheeks flush red when we say the wrong thing, or our hearts skip a beat when a certain someone walks by. But few of us realize... |
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Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
ALAN LIGHTMAN · Pantheon Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author of Einstein's Dreams, an inspired, lyrical meditation on religion and science, with an exploration of the tension between our yearning for permanence and certainty versus modern scientific discoveries pointing to the impermanent and uncertain nature of the world.As... |
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Being a Dog: The World From Your Dog's Point of View
Karen Wild · Firefly Books Pages: 192 Format: Print book
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Dogs and humans have lived together for more than 30,000 years, becoming closer and more interdependent over time. Today, there are dogs in almost 50 percent of American households. This book is not about anthropomorphizing dogs. They are not human. But science is confirming what dog people... |
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Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude
Stephanie Rosenbloom · Viking Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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A wise, passionate account of the pleasures of travelling soloIn our increasingly frantic daily lives, many people are genuinely fearful of the prospect of solitude, but time alone can be both rich and restorative, especially when travelling. Through on-the-ground reporting and recounting... |
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The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret
Catherine Hewitt · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 368 Format: Print book
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A fantastically readable biography of a nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan who harbored an incredible secretComtesse Valtesse de la Bigne was painted by Édouard Manet and inspired Émile Zola, who immortalized her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumored affairs with Napoleon III and the future... |
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Somebody with a Little Hammer
Mary Gaitskill · Pantheon Books Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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From one of the most singular presences in American fiction comes a searingly intelligent book of essays on matters literary, social, cultural and personal. Whether she's writing about date rape or political adultery or writers from John Updike to Gillian Flynn, Mary Gaitskill reads her subjects... |
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Teaching Pre-Employment Skills to 14–17-Year-Olds: The Autism Works Now!® Method
Joanne Lara · Jessica Kingsley Publishers Pages: 264 Format: Paperback
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Based on the Autism Works Now!® Workplace Readiness Workshop, this interactive resource shows how to help students aged 14-17 develop the necessary transition skills for getting and keeping a meaningful job, with accompanying worksheets available to download.Structured around 2-hour weekly... |
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I Feel You: The Surprising Power of Extreme Empathy
CRIS BEAM · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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A cogent, gorgeous examination of empathy, illuminating the myths, the science, and the power behind this transformative emotion Empathy has become a gaping fault line in American culture. Pioneering programs aim to infuse our legal and educational systems with more empathic thinking,... |
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Speeches that Defined the World
Alan J Whiticker · New Holland Publishers (UK) Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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Speeches that Defined the World is a collection of the most potent and memorable speeches throughout history. These speeches highlight recurring themes such as politics and power, war and peace, civil rights and human rights. What they all have in common is the power to inspire - emotionally,... |
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The Mindful Twenty-Something: Life Skills to Handle Stress…and Everything Else
Holly B Rogers MD · New Harbinger Publications Pages: 200 Format: Paperback
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"A 21st century book, grounded in ancient ways of practice." - Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Happiness In The Mindful Twenty-Something, the cofounder of the extremely popular Koru Mindfulness program developed at Duke University presents a unique, evidence-based... |
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The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing
Gavin Edwards · Random House Pages: 354 Format: Print book
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"Reading The Tao of Bill Murray is like spending time with Bill, but probably safer." - Danny Rubin, screenwriter of Groundhog DayThis collection of the most epic, hilarious, and strange Bill Murray stories, many of which have never before been reported, spotlights the star's... |
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