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On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind's Hard-Wired Habits
Wray Herbert · Crown; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Our lives are composed of millions of choices, ranging from trivial to life-changing and momentous. Luckily, our brains have evolved a number of mental shortcuts, biases, and tricks that allow us to quickly negotiate this endless array of decisions. We don’t want to rationally deliberate... |
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The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time
ALLEN GANNETT · Currency Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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Big data entrepreneur Allen Gannett overturns the mythology around creative genius, and reveals the science and secrets behind achieving breakout commercial success in any field. We have been spoon-fed the notion that creativity is the province of genius -- of those favored, brilliant... |
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The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer · New Harbinger Publications/ Noetic Books Pages: 200 Format: Paperback
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What would it be like to free yourself from limitations and soar beyond your boundaries? What can you do each day to discover inner peace and serenity? The Untethered Soulnow a #1 New York Times bestselleroffers simple yet profound answers to these questions. Whether this is your... |
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Overcoming the Fear of Fear: How to Reduce Anxiety Sensitivity
Steven Taylor · New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition Pages: 216 Format: Paperback
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Anxiety isn't all in your head. When you feel nervous, symptoms such as chills, sweating, heart palpitations, and shaking can affect your whole body. If you worry that others notice these anxiety symptoms or fear that they could be harmful to your health, you may have anxiety sensitivity.... |
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Aristotle for Everybody or Difficult Thought Made Easy
Mortimer Jerome Adler · Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. Pages: 206 Format: Hardcover
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Dr. Adler's overall thesis is that in contrast to Aristotle's teacher Plato, whose ideas may be considered more abstract and esoteric, Aristotle was a "common sense" philosopher whose depth and uniqueness of thought made his common sense "uncommon." While Dr. Adler... |
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The Counterrevolution: How Our Government Went to War Against Its Own Citizens
Bernard E Harcourt · Basic Books Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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A distinguished political theorist sounds the alarm about the counterinsurgency strategies used to govern AmericansMilitarized police officers with tanks and drones. Pervasive government surveillance and profiling. Social media that distract and track us. All of these, contends Bernard... |
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
Daniel G. Amen · Three Rivers Press; Reprint edition Pages: 352 Format: Paperback
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BRAIN PRESCRIPTIONS THAT REALLY WORKIn this breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born... |
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NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
Po Bronson · Twelve Pages: 336 Format: Print book
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In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then... |
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Cravings: How I Conquered Food
Judy Collins · Nan A. Talese Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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A no-holds-barred account of folk legend Judy Collins's harrowing struggle with compulsive overeating and of the journey that led her to a solution. Since childhood Judy Collins has had a tumultuous, fraught relationship with food. Her issues with overeating nearly claimed her career and her life.... |
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