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The Ultimate Guide to Raising Teens and Tweens: Strategies for Unlocking Your Child's Full Potential

Douglas Haddad · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 286
Format: Paperback

Are you concerned or frustrated with the choices your child makes when it comes to their peer groups, study habits, and use of social media? Do you feel your child is pushing you away and your connection is weakening?Are you unsure of the next steps you should take to help your child succeed?...
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Tribe On Homecoming and Belonging.

Junger Sebastian · Twelve
Pages: 168
Format: Print book

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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Logic: A Complete Introduction

Siu-Fan Lee · Teach Yourself
Pages: 373
Format: Paperback

Understand Logic is a comprehensive introduction to this fascinating though sometimes challenging subject. As well as looking at logic in theoretical terms the book considers its everyday uses and demonstrates how it has genuine practical applications. It will take you step by step through...
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Micro-Resilience: Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Focus, Drive, and Energy

Bonnie St John · Center Street
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Learn powerful, science-based techniques to boost focus, drive and energy hour-by-hour throughout the day--every day. As leadership consultants and executive trainers, Bonnie St. John and Allen P. Haines have heard the same complaints from clients for years; periodic burnout, lack of focus...
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Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World: How to Create a Happy Life

Ilse Sand · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

In today's fast-paced, increasingly public society, we are expected to be resilient, to have the energy to manage a packed work schedule, social calendar, and a large network of friends, both online and offline, day and night. If you find yourself struggling to live up to, or even enjoy,...
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What Philosophy Can Do

Gary Gutting · W W Norton
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

"A brilliant demonstration of what philosophy can do and how it is essential to human integrity and identity." -- Simon Critchley, coeditor of The Stone ReaderHow can we have meaningful debates with political opponents? How can we distinguish reliable science from over-hyped media...
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The Irresistible Introvert: Harness the Power of Quiet Charisma in a Loud World

Michaela Chung · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Learn the tools to shed your mask of extroversion, develop your own magnetism, and reveal the true you.One third to one half of Americans are introverts in a culture that celebrates - even enforces - an ideal of extroversion and a cult of personality. Political leaders are charismatic,...
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The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

Gavin Edwards · Random House
Pages: 354
Format: Print book

"Reading The Tao of Bill Murray is like spending time with Bill, but probably safer." - Danny Rubin, screenwriter of Groundhog DayThis collection of the most epic, hilarious, and strange Bill Murray stories, many of which have never before been reported, spotlights the star's...
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The Happiness Effect: How Social Media is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost

Donna Freitas · Oxford University Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Sexting. Cyberbullying. Narcissism. Social media has become the dominant force in young people's lives, and each day seems to bring another shocking tale of private pictures getting into the wrong hands, or a lament that young people feel compelled to share their each and every thought...
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The Family Gene: A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance Into a Hopeful Future

Joselin Linder · Ecco
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

A riveting medical mystery about a young woman's quest to uncover the truth about her likely fatal genetic disorder that opens a window onto the exploding field of genomic medicineWhen Joselin Linder was in her twenties her legs suddenly started to swell. After years of misdiagnoses, doctors...
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Psych Experiments: From Pavlov's dogs to Rorschach's inkblots, put psychology's most fascinating studies to the test

Michael A Britt · Adams Media Corporation
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Psychology's most famous theories--played out in real life! Forget the labs and lecture halls. You can conduct your very own psych experiments at home! Famous psychological experiments--from Freud's ego to the Skinner box--have changed the way science views human behavior. But how do these...
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Pets on the Couch: Neurotic Dogs, Compulsive Cats, Anxious Birds, and the New Science of Animal Psychiatry

Nicholas Dodman · Atria Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

The pioneering veterinarian and author of the New York Times bestseller, The Dog Who Loved Too Much, and the national bestseller, The Cat Who Cried for Help, recounts his uniquely entertaining - and poignant - stories of treating animals for all-too-human problems as he reveals his amazing...
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Battle of Wills: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and the Last Year of the Civil War

David Alan Johnson · Prometheus Books
Pages: 360
Format: Print book

Historians have long analyzed the battles and the military strategies that brought the American Civil War to an end. Going beyond tactics and troop maneuvers, this book concentrates on the characters of the two opposing generals--Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant--showing how their different...
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The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate

George Lakoff · Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages: 168
Format: Print book

Ten years after writing the definitive, international bestselling book on political debate and messaging, George Lakoff returns with new strategies about how to frame today's essential issues. Called the "father of framing" by The New York Times, Lakoff explains how framing is about...
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Midlife Manifesto: A Woman's Guide to Thriving after Forty

Jane Mathews · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Conquer midlife crisis with this action plan and become the magnificent midlife woman you are!"It is never, ever, too late to change the course of your life... The world has underestimated what we midlife women are capable of."Have you ever looked at your life and wondered "is...
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