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Ordinarily Well: The Case for Antidepressants

Peter D Kramer · Farrar
Pages: 310
Format: Print book

Do antidepressants work, or are they glorified dummy pills? How can we tell? In "Ordinarily Well, " the celebrated psychiatrist and author Peter D. Kramer examines the growing controversy about the popular medications. A practicing doctor who trained as a psychotherapist and worked...
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Is It All in Your Head?: True Stories of Imaginary Illness

Suzanne O'Sullivan · Other Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

A neurologist's insightful and compassionate look into the misunderstood world of psychosomatic disorders, told through individual case histories It's happened to all of us: our cheeks flush red when we say the wrong thing, or our hearts skip a beat when a certain someone walks by. But few of us realize...
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The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny

Peter McGraw · Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Part road-trip comedy and part social science experiment, a scientist and a journalist “shed fascinating light on what makes us laugh and why” (New York Post).Two guys. Nineteen experiments. Five continents. 91,000 miles. The Humor Code follows the madcap adventures and oddball...
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A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives

Thupten Jinpa · Hudson Street Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The Buddhist practice of mindfulness caught on in the west when we began to understand the everyday, personal benefits it brought us. Now, in this extraordinary book, the highly acclaimed thought leader and longtime English translator of His Holiness the Dalai Lama shows us that compassion...
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The Same but Different: How Twins Can Live, Love, and Learn to Be Individuals

Joan A. Friedman · Rocky Pines Press
Pages: 179
Format: Paperback

The Same but Different offers insights on and solutions to the challenges that arise when young adult twins are expected to be independent, self-assured "singletons" after having been raised as twins.Written for twins, their families, and significant others, this book- Instructs...
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Why the Romantics Matter

Peter Gay · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

With his usual wit and élan, esteemed historian Peter Gay enters the contentious, long-standing debates over the romantic period. Here, in this concise and inviting volume, he reformulates the definition of romanticism and provides a fresh account of the immense achievements of romantic...
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The Hormone Myth: How Junk Science, Gender Politics, and Lies about PMS Keep Women Down

Robyn Stein DeLuca PhD · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

It's time for women to reject the "hormone myth" and own their emotions in a healthy and realistic way. This provocative book exposes pervasive myths about women's hormones and shows how flawed, obsolete research and sexism have combined to keep women "in their place."...
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The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World

Michael Ignatieff · Harvard University Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

What moral values do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are our values converging or diverging? In particular, are human rights becoming a global ethic? These were the questions that led Michael Ignatieff to embark on a three-year, eight-nation...
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Reboot Your Brain: A Natural Approach to Fight Memory Loss, Dementia,

Gary Null · Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

As of 2013, there are 93 million people over the age of forty-seven living in America. They make up the largest group of aging people in our country’s history. Many of those individuals are overweight or obese, eat a poor diet, and experience a high-stress lifestyle, leading to a range...
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The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius

Gail Saltz · Flatiron Books
Pages: 247
Format: Hardcover

A powerful and inspiring examination of the connection between the potential for great talent and conditions commonly thought to be "disabilities," revealing how the source of our struggles can be the origin of our greatest strengths. In The Power of Different, psychiatrist and bestselling...
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How We Eat with Our Eyes and Think with Our Stomachs: The Hidden Influences That Shape Your Eating Habits

Melanie Muhl · The Experiment
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

We make hundreds of decisions about food every day. Some of them we know we're making: What to eat, how to eat it, and many more. What we don't know is how each of those decisions is influenced by our environment, the food industry, and our own irrational appetites. Now, How We Eat with...
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Anxiety Relief for Kids: On-the-Spot Strategies to Help Your Child Overcome Worry, Panic, and Avoidance

BRIDGET FLYNN WALKER · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback

If you have a child with anxiety, you need quick, in-the-moment solutions you can easily use now to help your child face their fears and worries. Written by a psychologist and expert in childhood anxiety, this easy-to-use guide offers proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)...
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Congratulations, by the way: Some Thoughts on Kindness

George Saunders · Random House Inc
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThree months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had been shared more than one million...
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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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A Still Quiet Place: A Mindfulness Program for Teaching Children and Adolescents to Ease Stress and Difficult Emotions

Amy Saltzman MD · New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback

Teaching kids stress management skills early in life will help them to grow into happy and healthy adults. And if you work with children or adolescents, you know that kids today need these skills more than ever. The pressures they face in the classroom, on the playground, in their extracurricular...
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