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Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World

Rosalind Wiseman · Harmony
Format: Hardcover

Books for a Better Life Award WinnerHere is a landmark book that reveals the way boys think and that shows parents, educators and coaches how to reach out and help boys overcome their most common yet difficult challenges -- by the bestselling author who changed our conception of adolescent...
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Finding Your Emotional Balance: A Guide for Women

Merry Noel Miller · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 200
Format: Print book

Women are twice as likely as men to become depressed. While they seek help for mental disorders more often than men, they also seek to help others, trying to keep everyone happy while taking care of parents, spouses, and children. Sometimes, doing it all is doing too much.In Finding Your...
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Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much

Sendhil Mullainathan · Times Books
Format: Hardcover

A surprising and intriguing examination of how scarcity--and our flawed responses to it--shapes our lives, our society, and our cultureWhy do successful people get things done at the last minute? Why does poverty persist? Why do organizations get stuck firefighting? Why do the lonely find...
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The Stone Reader: Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments

Peter Catapano · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 816
Format: Hardcover

A timeless volume to be read and treasured, The Stone Reader provides an unparalleled overview of contemporary philosophy.

Once solely the province of ivory-tower professors and college classrooms, contemporary philosophy was finally emancipated from its academic closet in 2010,...

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