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Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
Edith Hall · Penguin Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful livesAristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence... |
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Happiness in America: A Cultural History
Lawrence R. Samuel · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
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Much interest currently revolves around happiness in America, so much so that one could reasonably argue that there is a "happiness movement" afoot. The wide range of arenas in which happiness intersects reflects the subject's centrality in everyday life in America these past... |
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Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment
Todd Rose · HarperOne
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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For generations, we've been stuck with a cookie-cutter mold for success that requires us to be the same as everyone else, only better. This "standard formula" works for some people but leaves most of us feeling disengaged and frustrated. As much as we might dislike the standard... |
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Why I Am a Hindu
Shashi Tharoor · Scribe US
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Opening with a frank and touching reflection on his personal beliefs, he lays out Hinduism's origins and its key philosophical concepts -- including Vedanta, the Purusharthas, and Bhakti -- before focusing on texts such as the Bhagadvagita. The 'Great Souls', or key individuals... |
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The Politics of Autism
Bryna Siegel · Oxford University Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The Politics of Autism investigates the truths and fictions of public understanding about autism, questioning apparent realities too sensitive or impolitic to challenge. Is there really more autism? How has the count expanded by diagnosing autism over other conditions? Have scientific methods... |
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The Inflamed Mind: A Radical New Approach to Depression
EDWARD BULLMORE · Picador
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Worldwide, depression will be the single biggest cause of disability in the next twenty years. But treatment for it has not changed much in the last three decades. In the world of psychiatry, time has apparently stood still...until now with Edward Bullmore's The Inflamed Mind: A Radical... |
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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Daniel Goleman · Bantam Books
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our "two minds" - the rational... |
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Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
Jennifer O'toole · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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The face of autism is changing. And more often than we realize, that face is wearing lipstick.Autism in Heels, an intimate memoir, reveals the woman inside one of autism's most prominent figures, Jennifer O'Toole. At the age of thirty-five, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's... |
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How to Be Happy: Overcoming Mind Problems
C J Jos · Anaphora Literary Press
Pages: 226
Format: Hardcover
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Everyone will readily agree that overcoming a mental illness is absolutely essential to be happy in life. This book takes it a step further, emphasizing that even Mind Problems, the more common psychological predicaments, though well below the clinical bar, can affect a person's thinking,... |
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