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The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
Mark W. Moffett · Basic Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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The epic story of how humans evolved from intimate chimp communities into a world-dominating speciesIf a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles--or Borneo--with very little fear. Psychologists... |
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Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls
Lisa Damour Ph.D. · Ballantine Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An urgently needed guide to the alarming increase in anxiety and stress experienced by girls from elementary school through college, from the New York Times bestselling author of Untangled Though anxiety has risen among young people overall, studies confirm that it has skyrocketed in girls.... |
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The Second Mountain
David Brooks · Random House
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring, thought-provoking exploration of what it means to live a meaningful life, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Road to CharacterEvery so often, you meet a person who radiates joy. Who seems to know exactly why they were put on this earth, and glows with a kind... |
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They'll Never Be the Same: A Parent's Guide to PTSD in Youth
Michael S Scheeringa · Central Recovery Press
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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A compassionate and accessible guide for parents whose children have experienced traumatic or life-threatening events written by one of the foremost authorities on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents. Dr. Scheeringa understands the desperation many parents... |
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Girl Positive: How Girls Are Shaping a New World
Tatiana Fraser · Vintage Canada
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
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Hailed by Sophie Grégoire Trudeau as a "call-to-action" in these highly policiticized times, Girl Positive showcases the diverse voices of girls across North America, and drawing on the wisdom of young women making positive change in their lives and communities, offer tools for families,... |
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The Lost Boys: inside Muzafer Sherif's Robbers Cave experiment
Gina Perry · Scribe US
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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Competition. Prejudice. Discrimination. Conflict. In 1954, a group of American boys attended a remote summer camp where they were split into two groups, and encouraged to bully, harass, and demonize each other. The results would make history as one of social psychology's classic studies,... |
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The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child
DANIEL J SIEGEL · Bantam
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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From the authors of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline, an indispensable guide to unlocking your child's innate capacity for positive thinking.When facing challenges, unpleasant tasks, and contentious issues such as homework, screen time, food choices, and bedtime, children often... |
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The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread
Cailin O'Connor · Yale University Press
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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The social dynamics of "alternative facts": why what you believe depends on who you know Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science... |
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Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
Ronald Epstein · Scribner
Pages: 287
Format: Print book
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The first book for the general public about mindfulness and medical practice, a groundbreaking, intimate exploration of how doctors think and what matters most - safe, effective, patient-centered, compassionate care - from the foremost expert in the field.As a third-year Harvard Medical... |
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Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
Annaka Harris · Harper
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience.What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does... |
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Otherhood: Modern Women Finding A New Kind of Happiness
Melanie Notkin · Pgw
Pages: 291
Format: Hardcover
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More American women are childless than ever before - nearly half those of childbearing age don't have children. While our society often assumes these women are "childfree by choice," that's not always true. In reality, many of them expected to marry and have children,... |
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Can Democracy Work?: A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World
Jim Miller · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A new history of the world's most embattled ideaToday, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has become synonymous with disappointment and crisis. How did it come to this? In Can Democracy Work? James Miller, the author of the classic history of 1960s... |
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Life Finds a Way: What Evolution Teaches Us About Creativity
Andreas Wagner · Basic Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and scienceIn Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb... |
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