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No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame
Janet Lansbury · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Janet Lansbury is unique among parenting experts. As a RIE teacher and student of pioneering child specialist Magda Gerber, her advice is not based solely on formal studies and the research of others, but also on her twenty years of hands-on experience guiding hundreds of parents and their... |
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Behaving Badly: The New Morality in Politics, Sex, and Business
Eden Collinsworth · Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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What is the relevance of morality today? Eden Collinsworth enlists the famous, the infamous, and the heretofore unheard-of to unravel how we make moral choices in an increasingly complex - and ethically flexible - age. To call these unsettling times is an understatement: our political leaders... |
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Breathe, Mama, Breathe: 5-Minute Mindfulness for Busy Moms
Shonda Moralis · The Experiment
Pages: 270
Format: Print book
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A "Mom Must-Read" - Parents Easy-to-follow practices that will help moms find quick, daily opportunities to reset and refocus with mindfulness Moms can feel as if they are sprinting through life, crashing onto the pillow at day's end only to start again the next morning. In Breathe,... |
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F*ck Love: One Shrink's Sensible Advice for Finding a Lasting Relationship
Michael M D Bennett · Touchstone
Pages: 253
Format: Print book
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From the brilliant New York Times bestselling authors of the "refreshingly blunt" (Harper's Bazaar) F*ck Feelings - this seriously irreverent roadmap reveals the essentials to look for when you're done being suckered by the promise of true love and want help seeking a real,... |
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A.D.H.D. Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic
Alan Schwarz · Scribner
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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The groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - and how its unchecked growth over half a century has made ADHD one of the most controversial conditions in medicine, with serious effects on children, adults, and society.More... |
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Can't Just Stop: An Investigation of Compulsions
Sharon Begley · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 296
Format: Print book
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The first book to examine the science behind both mild and extreme compulsive behavior - using fascinating case studies to understand its deeper meaning and reveal the truth about human compulsion.Whether shopping with military precision or hanging the tea towels just so, compulsion is something... |
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The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
Damion Searls · Crown Publishing
Pages: 416
Format: Print book
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The captivating untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot test, which has shaped our view of human personality and become a fixture in popular culture In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human... |
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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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The Consolations of Mortality: Making Sense of Death
Andrew Stark · Yale Univ Press
Pages: 275
Format: Print book
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A penetrating and provocative exploration of human mortality, from Epicurus to Joan Didion For those who don't believe in an afterlife, the wisdom of the ages offers four great consolations for mortality: that death is benign and good; that mortal life provides its own kind of immortality;... |
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Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion
Paul Bloom · Ecco
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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A controversial call to arms, Against Empathy argues that the natural impulse to share the feelings of others can lead to immoral choices in both public policy and in our intimate relationships with friends and familyMost people, including many policy makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers,... |
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The Power of Names: Uncovering the Mystery of What We Are Called
Mavis Himes · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 277
Format: Print book
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Our proper name is as much a part of us as our own skin. It travels with us like a passport, testifying to our unique presence on this earth. The articulation of our name rolls off our tongue with ease and familiarity, yet we rarely turn and examine the part our name plays in what makes... |
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Me, Myself, and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being
Brian R Little · Public Affairs
Pages: 267
Format: Print book
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How does your personality shape your life ... and what, if anything, can you do about it?Are you hardwired for happiness, or born to brood? Do you think you're in charge of your future, or do you surf the waves of unknowable fate? Would you be happier, or just less socially adept,... |
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Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth
A. O. Scott · Penguin Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times film critic shows why we need criticism now more than everFew could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect... |
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What Love Is: And What It Could Be
Carrie Jenkins · Basic Books
Pages: 213
Format: Print book
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What is love? Aside from being the title of many a popular love song, this is one of life's perennial questions. In What Love Is, philosopher Carrie Jenkins offers a bold new theory on the nature of romantic love that reconciles its humanistic and scientific components. Love can be a social... |
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