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Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives

Daniel J Levitin · Dutton
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

Author of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age, why we should think about health span, not life span, and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence, what...
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I Think, Therefore I Draw: Understanding Philosophy Through Cartoons

Cathcart, Thomas · Penguin Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious new exploration of philosophy through cartoons from the duo who brought you the New York Times bestselling Plato and a Platypus Walk Into A Bar...Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klien have been thinking deep thoughts and writing jokes for decades, and now they are here to help us understand...
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The Stars in Our Pockets: Getting Lost and Sometimes Found in the Digital Age

Howard Axelrod · BEACON PR
Format: Hardcover

What shapes our sense of place, our sense of time, and our memory? How is technology changing the way we make sense of the world and of ourselves?The human brain's ability to adapt has been an evolutionary advantage for the last 40,000 years, but now, for the first time in human history,...
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The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way

Hector Garcia · Penguin Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japanese art of ichigo ichie (pronounced itchy-GO itchy-A) , from the bestselling authors of Ikigai.Every moment in our life happens only once, and if we let it slip away, we lose it forever--an...
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Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression

Iris Gottlieb · Chronicle Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Seeing Gender is an of-the-moment investigation into how we express and understand the complexities of gender today. Deeply researched and fully illustrated, this book demystifies an intensely personal - yet universal - facet of humanity. Illustrating a different concept on each spread,...
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The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed as You Are

Alicia Menendez · Harper Business
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Be nice, but not too nice. Be successful, but not too successful. Just be likeable. Whatever that means?Women are stuck in an impossible bind. At work, strong women are criticized for being cold, and warm women are seen as pushovers. An award-winning journalist examines this fundamental...
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The Tao of Ordinariness: Humility and Simplicity in a Narcissistic Age

Robert J. Wicks · Oxford University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

This book is an invitation to come home to your authentic self in a world that is frequently mesmerized by "spin," narcissism, fantasy, and exhibitionism. Psychology and classic wisdom literature have, in various ways, long recognized the value for simply becoming who you are (i.e.,...
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Outsmart Your Smartphone: Conscious Tech Habits for Finding Happiness, Balance, and Connection IRL

Tchiki Davis PhD · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

Do you have "smartphone syndrome?" This refreshingly honest how-to guide will help you find balance and build meaningful connections in a screen-obsessed world.Do you spend hours every day on your smartphone or tablet? Reading the news, shopping for clothes, checking your email,...
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What's My Child Thinking?

Kennedy-Moore, Eileen · DK
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Make every moment with your child count. Tap into the psychology behind your child's behavior at every stage of development, and respond with confidence.Find out what your child really means when he says "Look what I did", "But I'm not tired," or "You're...
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