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The Fear Cure: Cultivating Courage as Medicine for the Body, Mind, and Soul
Lissa Rankin · Hay House, Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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Not many people in the medical world are talking about how being afraid can make us sick - but the truth is that fear, left untreated, becomes a serious risk factor for conditions from heart disease to diabetes to cancer. Now Lissa Rankin, M.D., explains why we need to heal ourselves from... |
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Navigating Life with Epilepsy
David C Spencer · Oxford University Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Navigating Life with Epilepsy aims to provide clear and reliable information about epilepsy, including "what" (definition) , "how" (pathophysiology) , "who" (epidemiology) , and "why" (etiology) . The volume guides the reader through current... |
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Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity
Emily Matchar · Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Print book
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Emily Matchar offers a smart, measured investigation into the cultural, social, and economic implications of a return to domesticity in this fascinating book “chock-full of historical context, strong research and compelling personal stories” (Christian Science Montor).Amid today’s... |
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Bridge Conventions, Defences and Countermeasures
Ron Klinger · Peter Crawley
Pages: 191
Format: Paperback
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Conventions are a vital element of bidding in bridge. Unless they are easily and clearly understood they can be destructively dangerous. This book contains the most common conventions you are likely to encounter at the duplicate table, together with defensive measures you can take, plus... |
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Mind over Money: The Psychology of Money and How to Use It
Claudia Hammond · Harper Perennial
Pages: 372
Format: Print book
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"The acclaimed author of Time Warped tackles the very latest research in the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and biology to provide a fresh, fascinating, and thought-provoking look at our relationship with money-- perfect for fans of Dan Ariely and Freakonomics. We know we need... |
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Wages of Rebellion
Chris Hedges · Nation Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Revolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again riding the crest of a revolutionary epic, much like 1848 or 1917, from the Arab Spring to movements against austerity in Greece to the Occupy movement. In Wages of Rebellion, Chris Hedges - who has chronicled the malaise and sickness of a society... |
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The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters
Emily Esfahani Smith · Crown
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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In a culture obsessed with happiness, this wise, stirring book points the way toward a richer, more satisfying life.
Too many of us believe that the search for meaning is an esoteric pursuit - that you have to travel to a distant monastery or page through dusty volumes to discover... |
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Shadow Work: The Unpaid, Unseen Jobs That Fill Your Day
Craig Lambert · Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover
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With the exception of sleep, humans spend more of their lifetimes on work than any other activity. It is central to our economy, society, and the family. It underpins our finances and our sense of meaning in life. Given the overriding importance of work, we need to recognize a profound... |
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Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice
Martha Craven Nussbaum · Oxford University Press
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Anger is not just ubiquitous, it is also popular. Many people think it is impossible to care sufficiently for justice without anger at injustice. Many believe that it is impossible for individuals to vindicate their own self-respect or to move beyond an injury without anger. To not feel... |
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Somebody with a Little Hammer
Mary Gaitskill · Pantheon Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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From one of the most singular presences in American fiction comes a searingly intelligent book of essays on matters literary, social, cultural and personal.
Whether she's writing about date rape or political adultery or writers from John Updike to Gillian Flynn, Mary Gaitskill reads... |
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The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It
Warren Farrell · BenBella Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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What is the boy crisis?
It's a crisis of education.
For the first time in American history, our sons will have less education than their dads.
It's a crisis of mental health.
As boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young... |
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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... |
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