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Civil Wars: A History in Ideas
David Armitage · Alfred A Knopf Pages: 368 Format: Print book
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A highly original history, tracing the least understood and most intractable form of organized human aggression from Ancient Rome through the centuries to the present day. We think we know civil war when we see it. Yet ideas of what it is, and what it isn't, have a long and contested history,... |
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A World without Why
Raymond Geuss · Princeton University Press Format: Hardcover
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Wishful thinking is a deeply ingrained human trait that has had a long-term distorting effect on ethical thinking. Many influential ethical views depend on the optimistic assumption that, despite appearances to the contrary, the human and natural world in which we live could, eventually,... |
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The Internet Trap: Five Costs of Living Online
ASHESH MUKHERJEE · Rotman-UTP Publishing Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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Whether we are checking emails, following friends on Facebook and Twitter, catching up on gossip from TMZ, planning holidays on TripAdvisor, arranging dates on Match.com, watching videos on Youtube, or simply browsing for deals on Amazon, the internet pervades our professional and personal... |
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Resilient Grieving: How to Live with Loss That Changes Everything
Lucy Hone · The Experiment Pages: 256 Format: Paperback
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The death of someone we hold dear may be inevitable; being paralyzed by our grief is not. A growing body of research has revealed our capacity for resilient grieving, our innate ability to respond to traumatic loss by finding ways to grow - by becoming more engaged with our lives, and discovering... |
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Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life: Decode Your Emotional DNA-and Thrive
Margaret Moore MBA · William Morrow Pages: 272 Format: Print book
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From a top wellness coach and a Harvard Medical School professor, comes this revolutionary book that will show you how to identify and decode your nine most basic emotional needs - and coach yourself to a calmer, healthier, and happier life.The more you thrive, the better your brain functions,... |
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River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope
Naomi Judd · Center St Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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Bestselling author and Grammy-winning musical superstar Naomi Judd shares her devastating personal story with depression to spread awareness and encourage others with the disease. The world knows Naomi Judd as one of the most successful and best-loved country music stars ever. What the world... |
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The Common Good
Robert B Reich · Knopf Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center of our economics and politics.With the warmth and lucidity that have made him one of our most important public voices,... |
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100 Questions & Answers About Schizophrenia: Painful Minds: Third Edition
Lynn E DeLisi · Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2016. Pages: 160 Format: Print book
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When you or a loved one has been diagnosed as one of the millions of American living with Schizophrenia, you may be left with a number of questions. What is Schizophrenia? What are the current medications for it, and what are their side effects? Can it be passed down to children? 100 Questions... |
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Snap Strategies for Couples: 40 Fast Fixes for Everyday Relationship Pitfalls
Lana Staheli · Seal Press Format: Kindle Edition
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Snap Strategies for Couples: 40 Fast Fixes for Everyday Relationship Pitfalls is full of quick solutions to every relationship's most common problems. Dr. Lana Staheli and Dr. Pepper Schwartz offer 40 practical, immediate fixes (or "snaps") that partners can use to end the fighting,... |
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Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide: A Memoir
Darryl Mcdaniels · Amistad Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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In this surprising and moving memoir, the legendary rap star and cofounder of Run D.M.C. keeps it a hundred percent, speaking out about his battle with depression and overcoming suicidal thoughts - one of the most devastating yet little known health issues plaguing the black community today.As... |
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The Devil Wins: A History of Lying from the Garden of Eden to the Enlightenment
Dallas G. Denery · Princeton University Press Format: Hardcover
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Is it ever acceptable to lie? This question plays a surprisingly important role in the story of Europes transition from medieval to modern society. According to many historians, Europe became modern when Europeans began to lie--that is, when they began to argue that it is sometimes acceptable... |
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