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New Titles - Psychology & Philosophy
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The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed as You Are
Alicia Menendez · HarperBusiness
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Be nice, but not too nice. Be successful, but not too successful. Just be likeable. Whatever that means?Women are stuck in an impossible bind. At work, strong women are criticized for being cold, and warm women are seen as pushovers. An award-winning journalist examines this fundamental... |
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Being at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst: Practical Compassion in Parenting
Payne, Kim John · Shambhala
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A practical, meditative approach that can be used in the moment to help you stay calm and balanced when your child's behavior is pushing you to your limit--by the popular author of Simplicity Parenting.When children are at their most difficult and challenging situations arise, how can we react... |
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Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power
Merlan, Anna · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A riveting tour through the landscape and meaning of modern conspiracy theories, exploring the causes and tenacity of this American malady, from Birthers to Pizzagate and beyond.American society has always been fertile ground for conspiracy theories, but with the election of Donald Trump,... |
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Make It Scream, Make It Burn: Essays
Leslie Jamison · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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From the "astounding" (Entertainment Weekly) , "spectacularly evocative" (The Atlantic) , and "brilliant" (Los Angeles Times) author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering... |
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Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
Eyal, Nir · BenBella Books
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
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You sit down at your desk to work on an important project, but a notification on your phone interrupts your morning. Later, as you're about to get back to work, a colleague taps you on the shoulder to chat. At home, screens get in the way of quality time with your family. Another day goes... |
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Scatterbrain: How the Mind's Mistakes Make Humans Creative, Innovative, and Successful
Beck, Henning · Greystone Books - Greystone Books - Greystone Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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In this mind-bending book, an esteemed neuroscientist explains why perfectionism is pointless - and argues that mistakes, missteps, and flaws are the keys to success.Remember that time you screwed up simple math or forgot the name of your favorite song? What if someone told you that such... |
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Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left
Burgis, Ben · Zero Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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Many serious leftists have learned to distrust talk of logic and logical fallacies, associated with right-wing "logicbros". This is a serious mistake. Unlike the neoliberal technocrats, who can point to social problems and tell people "trust us", the serious Left must... |
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Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick
Wood, Wendy · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A landmark book about how we form habits, and what we can do with this knowledge to make positive changeWe spend a shocking 43 percent of our day doing things without thinking about them. That means that almost half of our actions aren't conscious choices but the result of our non-conscious... |
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Flash Count Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life
Darcey Steinke · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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"Many days I believe menopause is the new (if long overdue) frontier for the most compelling and necessary philosophy; Darcey Steinke is already there, blazing the way. This elegant, wise, fascinating, deeply moving book is an instant... |
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Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential
Deepak Chopra · Harmony
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Is it possible to venture beyond daily living and experience heightened states of awareness? In his latest book, Deepak Chopra says that higher consciousness is available here and now. "Metahuman helps us harvest peak experiences so we can see our truth and mold the universe's... |
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