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Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends

Bruce Fisher · Impact Pub
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In print for thirty-five years, Rebuilding is the number one trusted resource on divorce recovery. Now, this classic self-help book is available in an updated fourth edition, featuring a new introduction by coauthor Robert Alberti.If you are going through a painful breakup or divorce, you may feel...
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Ethics and Cyber Warfare: The Quest for Responsible Security in the Age of Digital Warfare

George R Lucas · Oxford University Press
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

From North Korea's recent attacks on Sony to perpetual news reports of successful hackings and criminal theft, cyber conflict has emerged as a major topic of public concern. Yet even as attacks on military, civilian, and commercial targets have escalated, there is not yet a clear set of ethical...
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Love, Again: The Wisdom of Unexpected Romance

Eve Pell · Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

In Love, Again, Eve Pell beautifully and thoughtfully concludes that life experience adds dimensions to the art of connection—and that we all stand to learn something from unexpected romance.   How do old people meet new loves?   Eve Pell was 68 when she convinced a friend to set her up with...
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Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy

Irvin D Yalom · Basic Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

"All of us are creatures of a day," wrote Marcus Aurelius, "rememberer and remembered alike." In his long-awaited new collection of stories, renowned psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom describes his patients' struggles - as well as his own - to come to terms with the two great...
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

Resmaa Menakem · Central Recovery Press
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback

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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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Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up: Help Your Child Overcome Slow Processing Speed and Succeed in a Fast-Paced World

Ellen Braaten PhD · The Guilford Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Do you find yourself constantly asking your child to "pick up the pace"? Does he or she seem to take longer than others to get stuff done--whether completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed and ready in the morning? Drs. Ellen Braaten and Brian Willoughby...
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A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder, Second Edition

Colby Pearce · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Concise and easy-to-understand, this book provides an introduction to what attachment means and how to recognise attachment disorder in children. Colby Pearce explains how complex problems in childhood may stem from the parent-child relationship during a child's early formative years,...
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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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Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform

Tommie Shelby · The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Why do American ghettos persist? Decades after Moynihan's report on the black family and the Kerner Commission's investigations of urban disorders, deeply disadvantaged black communities remain a disturbing reality. Scholars and commentators today often identify some factor -- such...
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The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction

Matthew B. Crawford · Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pages: 305
Format: Print book

A groundbreaking new book from the bestselling author of Shop Class as SoulcraftIn his bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew B. Crawford explored the ethical and practical importance of manual competence, as expressed through mastery of our physical environment. In his brilliant...
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Choosing Therapy: A Guide to Getting What You Need

Ilyana Romanovsky · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Pages: 169
Format: Hardcover

Like any decision that we make in life, making the choice to seek therapy involves mastering a large body of knowledge, sifting through the thousands of therapists in the field and finding the right one, understanding different psychological approaches to counseling and what might work...
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The Assertiveness Guide for Women: How to Communicate Your Needs, Set Healthy Boundaries, and Transform Your Relationships

Julie De Azevedo · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

Isn't it time you took a stand? Many women struggle with assertiveness, but if you're prone to anxiety and avoidance, it is especially difficult. Grounded in attachment theory, this essential guide will help you identify your thoughts and feelings, balance your emotions, communicate...
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Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York

STACY HORN · Algonquin Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The gripping voices of the inhabitants of Blackwell's Island make this history come alive. Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell's Island. There, over the next hundred years,...
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A Mind of Your Own: What Women Can Do About Depression That Big Pharma Can't

Kelly M D Brogan · Harper Wave
Pages: 337
Format: Print book

Named one of the top health and wellness books for 2016 by MindBodyGreenDepression is not a disease. It is a symptom.Recent years have seen a shocking increase in antidepressant use the world over, with 1 in 4 women starting their day with medication. These drugs have steadily become the panacea...
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