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Faking It: The Lies Women Tell about Sex--And the Truths They Reveal
Lux Alptraum · Seal Press
Pages: 256 Format: Paperback
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From Out of the Binders co-founder Lux Alptraum, a controversial look at women, sex, and lying--why myths about women's deceit persist, how they came to be, and ultimately why we must trust women When we talk about sex, we talk about women as mysterious, deceptive, and - above all - untrustworthy.... |
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The History of Philosophy
A. C. Grayling · Penguin Press
Pages: 704 Format: Hardcover
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The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers
The story of philosophy is the story of who we are and why. An epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents,... |
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover
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How a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed... |
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Lines of Descent: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Emergence of Identity
Anthony Appiah · Harvard Univ. Press
Pages: 227 Format: Hardcover
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W. E. B. Du Bois never felt so at home as when he was a student at the University of Berlin. But Du Bois was also American to his core, scarred but not crippled by the racial humiliations of his homeland. In Lines of Descent, Kwame Anthony Appiah traces the twin lineages of Du Bois'... |
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Junk: Digging Through America's Love Affair with Stuff
Alison Stewart · Chicago Review
Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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Junk has become ubiquitous in America today. Who doesn't have a basement, attic, closet, or storage unit filled with stuff too good to throw away? Or, more accurately, stuff you think is too good to throw away.
When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with... |
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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... |
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Caring for Autism: Practical Advice from a Parent and Physician
Michael Ellis · Oxford University Press
Pages: 240 Format: Paperback
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When a professional states, "Your child has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ", it is enough to make your whole world fall apart. What does it mean to be on the autism spectrum? How will this affect your child's life, your life, the life of your family, and others you interact... |
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Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
HECTOR GARCIA · Penguin Books
Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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The internationally bestselling guide to the Japanese concept of ikigai - the happiness of always being busy - as revealed by the daily habits of the world's longest-living people "Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years." - Japanese proverb... |
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Off the Rails: One Family's Journey Through Teen Addiction
Susan Burrowes · She Writes Press
Pages: 256 Format: Paperback
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Fifteen-year-old Hannah was a privileged young girl with a promising future, but that didn't stop her from sliding into an abyss of sex, drugs, alcohol, and other high-risk behaviors. Off the Rails narrates Hannah's sudden decline and subsequent treatment through the raw, honest, compelling... |
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The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness
Jill Filipovic · Nation Books
Pages: 336 Format: Print book
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What do women want? It's a time-old question, but if you head out into America and talk to women one-on-one, as Jill Filipovic has done, you discover that what they want is happiness. Despite what recent books, articles, or tv shows would have you believe, real women are less concerned... |
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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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