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One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life
Mitch Horowitz · Crown Publishers Pages: 338 Format: Hardcover |
From the millions-strong audiences of Oprah and The Secret to the mass-media ministries of evangelical figures like Joel Osteen and T. D. Jakes, to the motivational bestsellers and New Age seminars to the twelve-step programs and support groups of the recovery movement and to the rise of positive... |
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Making Make-Believe Real: Politics as Theater in Shakespeare's Time
Garry Wills · Yale University Press Format: Hardcover |
Shakespeare’s plays abound with kings and leaders who crave a public stage and seize every opportunity to make their lives a performance: Antony, Cleopatra, Richard III, Othello, and many others. Such self-dramatizing characters appear in the work of other playwrights of the era as well,... |
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The Voyeur's Motel
Gay Talese · Grove Press Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover |
On January 7, 1980, in the run-up to the publication of his landmark bestseller Thy Neighbor's Wife, Gay Talese received an anonymous letter from a man in Colorado. "Since learning of your long awaited study of coast-to-coast sex in America," the letter began, "I feel I have... |
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The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving
Lisa J Miller · St. Martin's Press Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover |
NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerUSA TODAY BestsellerPublishers Weekly BestsellerIn The Spiritual Child, psychologist Lisa Miller presents the next big idea in psychology: the science and the power of spirituality. She explains the clear, scientific link between spirituality and health and shows... |
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Seeing What Others Don't: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights
Gary Klein · PublicAffairs Format: Hardcover |
Insightslike Darwin’s understanding of the way evolution actually works, and Watson and Crick’s breakthrough discoveries about the structure of DNAcan change the world. We also need insights into the everyday things that frustrate and confuse us so that we can more... |
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Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much
Sendhil Mullainathan · Times Books Format: Hardcover |
A surprising and intriguing examination of how scarcity--and our flawed responses to it--shapes our lives, our society, and our cultureWhy do successful people get things done at the last minute? Why does poverty persist? Why do organizations get stuck firefighting? Why do the lonely find... |
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Four Things Women Want from a Man
A R Bernard · Howard Books Pages: 208 Format: Print book |
After decades of preaching, teaching, and counseling, influential Christian leader A.R. Bernard reveals the four qualities women want in a man - qualities that make for a satisfying and happy relationship.As a longtime pastor of a big-city church, A.R. Bernard has witnessed couples in every... |
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You Are Not Special: ... And Other Encouragements
David McCullough Jr. · Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Pages: 316 Format: Print book |
David mccullough, Jr.'s now iconic high school commencement address was a tonic for children, parents, and educators alike. With wit and a perspective earned from raising four children and teaching high school students for nearly thirty years, McCullough expands on his speech, shares... |
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Whose mind is it anyway? : get out of your head and into your life
Lisa Esile · Perigee Pages: 176 Format: Print book |
Most of us spend our lives trailing after our minds, allowing our brains to take us in directions that are safe and secure, controlled and conformed. Your mind doesn't want you to take that new job, sign up for that pottery class, or ask someone out. It wants you to stay unemployed,... |
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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Paul Tough · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 231 Format: Paperback |
"Drop the flashcards - grit, character, and curiosity matter even more than cognitive skills. A persuasive wake-up call." - People Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes... |
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Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within
Chade-Meng Tan · HarperOne Pages: 256 Format: Print book |
A long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Search Inside Yourself shows us how to cultivate joy within the context of our fast-paced lives and explains why it is critical to creativity, innovation, confidence, and ultimately success in every arena.In Joy on Demand, Chade-Meng... |
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