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Committed: The Battle over Involuntary Psychiatric Care
Dinah Miller · John Hopkins University Press
Pages: 298
Format: Print book
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Battle lines have been drawn over involuntary treatment. On one side, there are those who oppose involuntary psychiatric treatments under any condition. Activists who take up this cause often don't acknowledge that psychiatric symptoms can render people dangerous to themselves or others.... |
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Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas
Cass R Sunstein · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 267
Format: Book
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The most controversial essays from the bestselling author once called the most dangerous man in America collected for the first time.From Cass R. Sunstein, bestselling author of "Nudge "and "Simpler," comes a collection of thought-provoking essays that have sparked a powder... |
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Big Mind: How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World
Geoff Mulgan · Princeton University Press
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This "bigger mind" -- human and machine capabilities working together -- has the potential... |
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Heidegger: His Life and His Philosophy
Alain Badiou · Columbia University Press
Pages: 120
Format: Print book
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Martin Heidegger was an ordinary Nazi and a loyal member of the provincial petty bourgeoisie. He was also a seminal thinker of the Continental tradition and one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers. How are we to make sense of this dual life? Should we factor Heidegger's... |
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How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
Marcus Tullius Cicero · Princeton University Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct--and often floundering or failing as a result--we'd... |
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The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
Stephan M D Guyenet · Flatiron Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it? No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become... |
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Psychology For Dummies
Adam Cash · For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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Understand why you feel and act the way you do Psychology For Dummies is a fun, user-friendly guide to the basics of human behavior and mental processes. In plain English—and using lots of everyday examples—psychologist Dr. Adam Cash cuts through the jargon to explain what psychology... |
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Discognition
Steven Shaviro · Repeater
Pages: 245
Format: Print book
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What is consciousness? What is it like to feel pain, or to see the color red? Do robots and computers really think? For that matter, do plants and amoebas think? If we ever meet intelligent aliens, will we be able to understand what they say to us? Philosophers and scientists are still... |
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Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World
MICHAEL HARRIS · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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With a foreword from Nicholas Carr, author of the Pulitzer Prize-finalist The Shallows.Today, society embraces sharing like never before. Fueled by our dependence on mobile devices and social media, we have created an ecosystem of obsessive connection. Many of us now lead lives of strangely... |
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Show Me All Your Scars: True Stories of Living with Mental Illness
Lee Gutkind · Underland Pr
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Every year, one in four American adults suffers from a diagnosable mental health disorder. In these true stories, writers and their loved ones struggle as their worlds are upended. What do you do when your father kills himself, or your mother is committed to a psych ward, or your daughter... |
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Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science
Clair Brown · Bloomsbury
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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In the tradition of E. F. Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful, renowned economist Clair Brown argues persuasively for a new economics built upon equality, sustainability, and right living."Buddhist Economics will give guidance to all those who seek peace, fairness, and environmental... |
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The New Old Me: My Late-Life Reinvention
Meredith Maran · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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For readers of Anne Lamott, Abigail Thomas, and Ayelet Waldman, a "lusty, kickass*" post-divorce memoir, one woman's story of starting over at 60 - in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood.After the death of her best friend, the loss of her life's savings, and the collapse... |
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Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
KATE MANNE · Oxford University Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. What is misogyny, exactly? Who deserves to be called a misogynist? How does misogyny contrast with sexism, and why is it prone to persistor increaseeven when sexist gender roles are waning? This book is an exploration of misogyny... |
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Night Call: Embracing Compassion and Hope in a Troubled World
Robert J Wicks · Oxford University Press
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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Caring for our family members, friends, and others is a central part of a rewarding life. For those in healing and helping professions such as medicine, nursing, education, psychotherapy, social work, ministry, and the military, the potential for a meaningful way of being may even become... |
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