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Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
Daniel J. Siegel MD · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 321
Format: Hardcover
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In this New York Times-bestselling book, Dr. Daniel Siegel shows parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their children's lives into one of the most rewarding.Between the ages of 12 and 24, the brain changes in important, and oftentimes maddening, ways.... |
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Brave Girls: Raising Young Women with Passion and Purpose to Become Powerful Leaders
Stacey Radin Dr. · Atria Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An empowering guide to cultivating confident, passionate, and powerful young leaders during the most formative stage of life: the middle school years.After years of research as a psychologist and consultant for women struggling in the professional world, Stacey Radin made a groundbreaking... |
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The Origin of Others
TONI MORRISON · Harvard University Press
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover
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America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct... |
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Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive
Devorah Heitner · Bibliomotion
Pages: 244
Format: Print book
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Screenwise offers a realistic and optimistic perspective on how to thoughtfully guide kids in the digital age. Many parents feel that their kids are addicted, detached, or distracted because of their digital devices. Media expert Devorah Heitner, however, believes that technology offers... |
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A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic
Marilyn Wedge · AVERY, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pages: 250
Format: Print book
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A surprising new look at the rise of ADHD in America, arguing for a better paradigm for diagnosing and treating our children In 1987, only 3 percent of American children were diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, also known as ADHD. By 2000, that number jumped to 7 percent,... |
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Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet
John Bradshaw · Basic Books
Format: Print book
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Cats have been popular household pets for thousands of years, and their numbers only continue to rise. Today there are three cats for every dog on the planet, and yet cats remain more mysterious, even to their most adoring owners. Unlike dogs, cats evolved as solitary hunters, and, while... |
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The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World
Christina Crook · New Society Publishers
Format: Print book
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There's no doubt that technology has overrun our lives. Over the past few decades, the world has embraced "progress" and we're living with the resultant clicking, beeping, anxiety-inducing frenzy. But a creative backlash is gathering steam, helping us cope with the avalanche... |
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My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
Scott Stossel · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
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A Washington Post Notable BookA Seattle Times Best Book of the YearDrawing on his own longstanding battle with anxiety, Scott Stossel presents a moving and revelatory account of a condition that affects some 40 million Americans. Stossel offers an intimate and authoritative history of efforts... |
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Action: A Book about Sex
Amy Rose Spiegel · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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With whip-smart prose, reminiscent of Roxane Gay and Meghan Daum, ACTION interweaves Spiegel's own sexual autobiography with loving advice on one-night stands, relationships, and everything in between. ACTION is a book about sex that people won't feel embarrassed about owning. There... |
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Say This, Not That: A Foolproof Guide to Effective Interpersonal Communication
Carl Alasko Ph. D. · Tarcher
Pages: 219
Format: Paperback
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This simple, straightforward guide to effective communication is for anyone who has ever wanted to "eat their words." Do you ever feel that your words produce the exact opposite effect of what you were hoping for - escalating tensions rather than solving problems? Author of Emotional... |
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Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
Robert B Cialdini · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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The author of the legendary bestseller Influence, social psychologist Robert Cialdini shines a light on effective persuasion and reveals that the secret doesn't lie in the message itself, but in the key moment before that message is delivered.What separates effective communicators from... |
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Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter
SCOTT ADAMS · Portfolio
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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From the creator of Dilbert, an unflinching look at the strategies Donald Trump used to persuade voters to elect the most unconventional candidate in the history of the presidency, and how anyone can learn his methods for succeeding against long odds. Scott Adams - a trained hypnotist... |
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We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety
Claire Eastham · Jessica Kingsley
Pages: 200
Format: Print book
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Anxiety is a crafty shapeshifter that can take on many forms: the tiger that sinks its claws in with physical symptoms and distressing thoughts, the cruel and belittling bully creating insecurity and self-doubt and, worst of all, the frenemy rewarding avoidance of social situations with... |
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Behind Every Great Man: The Forgotten Women Behind the World's Famous and Infamous
Marlene Wagman-Geller · Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Paperback
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Who Said Men Get to Monopolize the Glory? Discover the Little Known Women Who Have Put the World's Alpha Males on the Map.From ancient times to the present, men have gotten most of the good ink. Yet standing just outside the spotlight are the extraordinary, and overlooked, wives and companions... |
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