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Capture: A Theory of the Mind
David A. M.D. Kessler · Harper Wave
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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Why do we think, feel, and act in ways we wished we did not? For decades, New York Times bestselling author Dr. David A Kessler has studied this question with regard to tobacco, food, and drugs. Over the course of these investigations, he identified one underlying mechanism common to a broad... |
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Inequality by Design
Claude S. Fischer · Princeton University Press
Pages: 324
Format: Hardcover
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As debate rages over the widening and destructive gap between the rich and the rest of Americans, Claude Fischer and his colleagues present a comprehensive new treatment of inequality in America. They challenge arguments that expanding inequality is the natural, perhaps necessary, accompaniment... |
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Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders
Mary Pipher · Riverhead Books; 1 edition
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
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There are more older people in America today than ever before. They are our parents and grandparents, our aunts and uncles and in-laws. They are living longer, but in a culture that has come to worship youth--a culture in which families have dispersed, communities have broken down, and older... |
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The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene · Penguin Books; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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For those who want power, watch power, or want to arm themselves against power, The 48 Laws of Power is "The Rules for suits" (New York Magazine). --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. |
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
JORDAN PETERSON · Random House Canada
Pages: 409
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge... |
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The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America
James Wilson · Grove Press
Pages: 466
Format: Paperback
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Now available in paperback, The Earth Shall Weep is a groundbreaking, critically acclaimed history of the Native American peoples. Combining traditional historical sources with new insights from ethnography, archaeology, Indian oral tradition, and years of his original research, James Wilson... |
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Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools
Amanda E. Lewis · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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On the surface, Riverview High School looks like the post-racial ideal. Serving an enviably affluent, diverse, and liberal district, the school is well-funded, its teachers are well-trained, and many of its students are high-achieving. Yet Riverview has not escaped the same unrelenting... |
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The Ethical Project
Philip Kitcher · Harvard University Press
Pages: 422
Format: Hardcover
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Principles of right and wrong guide the lives of almost all human beings, but we often see them as external to ourselves, outside our own control. In a revolutionary approach to the problems of moral philosophy, Philip Kitcher makes a provocative proposal: Instead of conceiving ethical... |
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Liberalism: The Life of an Idea
Edmund Fawcett · Princeton University Press
Pages: 468
Format: Print book
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Liberalism dominates today's politics just as it decisively shaped the past two hundred years of American and European history. Yet there is striking disagreement about what liberalism really means and how it arose. In this engrossing history of liberalism--the first in English for many... |
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Why Is It Always About You? : The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism
Sandy Hotchkiss · Free Press
Pages: 215
Format: Paperback
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In this groundbreaking book -- the first popular book on narcissism in more than a decade -- clinical social worker and psychotherapist Sandy Hotchkiss shows you how to cope with controlling, egotistical people who are incapable of the fundamental give-and-take that sustains healthy relationships.... |
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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How a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways... |
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Living the Good Long Life: A Practical Guide to Caring for Yourself and Others
Martha Stewart · Clarkson Potter; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Martha Stewart's engaging handbook for living your healthiest life after 40 - with expertise from doctors and specialists on eating, exercise, wellness, home, and organizing, as well as caring for others. Martha Stewart's Living the Good Long Life is a practical guide unlike any other:... |
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Understanding Foucault: For Beginners
Jason L. Powell · Nova Novinka
Pages: 70
Format: Paperback
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This book is an introduction to the key concepts of the social philosopher and social theorist Michel Foucault. The text is written with clear examples to illustrate the relevance of Foucault's analysis of modern society. In particular, the book explores concepts of power, subjectivity... |
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How to Think About the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western Civilization
Mortimer J. Adler · Open Court
Pages: 530
Format: Paperback
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Time magazine called Mortimer J. Adler a "philosopher for everyman." In this guide to considering the big questions, Adler addresses the topics all men and women ponder in the course of life, such as "What is love?", "How do we decide the right thing to do?",... |
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