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The Education of Will: A Mutual Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog
Patricia B McConnell · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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In this powerful, soul-searching memoir, beautifully written in the vein of A Pack of Two and Wild, animal behaviorist Dr. Patricia McConnell recounts for the first time the compelling story of her dark past, memories of which are triggered by a troubled dog named Will.World-renowned as a source... |
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Tribe On Homecoming and Belonging.
Junger Sebastian · Twelve
Pages: 168
Format: Print book
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We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--"tribes." This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival. Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin... |
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Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God
Will Durant · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Praised as a revelatory book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prizewinning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death. The culmination of Will Durants sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions,... |
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WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere
Gillian/ Nadel Jennifer Anderson · Atria Books
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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Actress Gillian Anderson and journalist Jennifer Nadel, friends for more than a decade, have created the road map they wish they'd had for how to live a meaningful life.WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere is an uplifting, inspirational, and intensely practical manual for change, providing... |
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The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others
Tali Sharot · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A cutting-edge, research-based inquiry into how we influence those around us, and how understanding the brain can help us change minds for the better.In The Influential Mind, neuroscientist Tali Sharot takes us on a thrilling exploration of the nature of influence. We all have a duty to affect... |
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Creative Change: Why We Resist It . . . How We Can Embrace It
Jennifer Mueller · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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One of the nation's leading psychologists asks why today's corporate leaders desire but reject creative solutions --and finds some surprising conclusions. All corporate CEOs, top executives, and other business leaders say they want creativity and need real innovation in order to thrive... |
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The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone
Scott Samuelson · University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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Sometimes it seems like you need a PhD just to open a book of philosophy. We leave philosophical matters to the philosophers in the same way that we leave science to scientists. Scott Samuelson thinks this is tragic, for our lives as well as for philosophy. In The Deepest Human Life he takes... |
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The Gift of Anger: And Other Lessons from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi
ARUN GANDHI · Gallery/Jeter Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Discover ten vital and extraordinary life lessons from one of the most important and influential philosophers and peace activists of the twentieth century - Mahatma Gandhi - in this poignant and timely exploration of the true path from anger to peace, as recounted by Gandhi's grandson,... |
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Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin & Free
Susan Peirce Thompson · Hay House
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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In this book, Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. shares the groundbreaking weight-loss solution based on her highly acclaimed Bright Line Eating Boot Camps. Rooted in cutting-edge neuroscience, psychology, and biology, Bright Line Eating explains why people who are desperate to lose weight fail... |
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What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know
Rachel Dempsey · NYU Press
Format: Hardcover
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An essential resource for any working woman, What Works for Women at Work is a comprehensive and insightful guide for mastering office politics as a woman. Authored by Joan C. Williams, one of the nation’s most-cited experts on women and work, and her daughter, writer Rachel... |
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Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions
Alexander B Todorov · Princeton University Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The scientific story of first impressions--and why the snap character judgments we make from faces are irresistible but usually incorrectWe make up our minds about others after seeing their faces for a fraction of a second--and these snap judgments predict all kinds of important decisions.... |
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