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Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

Barbara McQuade - Seven Stories Press
Format: Hardcover

An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practical solutions that can be pursued to strengthen the public, media, and truth-based politics. MSNBC's legal expert breaks down the ways disinformation has become a tool to drive voters to extremes,...
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Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Tough Choices

Travis Rieder - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

How to live a morally decent life in the midst of today's constant, complex choices In a world of often confusing and terrifying global problems, how should we make choices in our everyday lives? Does anything on the individual level really make a difference? In Catastrophe Ethics,...
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Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There

Tali Sharot - Atria/One Signal Publishers
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Thinking Fast and Slow and The Power of Habit, a groundbreaking new study of how disrupting our well-worn routines, both good and bad, can rejuvenate our days and reset our brains to allow us to live happier and more fulfilling lives.. Have you ever noticed that what is thrilling...
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Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg - Random House Audio
Format: Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Power of Habit, a fascinating exploration of what makes conversations work - and how we can all learn to be supercommunicators at work and in life"A winning combination of stories, studies, and guidance that might well transform the worst communicators...
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The Fast: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without

John Oakes - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

An engaging exploration of the unique history and biology of fasting - an essential component of many traditional health practices, religions, and philosophies, resurging in popularity today - perfect for readers of Breath by James Nestor and Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker.. We fast all the time,...
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Practical Optimism: The Art, Science, and Practice of Exceptional Well-Being

Sue Varma M.D. - Avery
Format: Hardcover

A practical program rooted in optimism to help you live fully and joyfully in an imperfect, turbulent world. As the first medical director and attending psychiatrist at the World Trade Center Mental Health Program, Dr. Sue Varma worked directly with civilian and first-responder survivors...
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Parenting Anxious Kids: Understanding Anxiety in Children by Age and Stage

Regine Galanti - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

The complete CBT-based guide for parenting kids with anxietyDo you suspect your child may have anxiety? While it's normal for children of all ages to experience fears and worries, if your child's anxiety interferes with their daily life, it's time to get some help. Parenting...
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Tiny Traumas: When You Don't Know What's Wrong, but Nothing Feels Quite Right

Meg Arroll - HarperAudio
Format: Hardcover

Psychologist Dr. Meg Arroll offers a much-needed framework for recognizing and combatting the devastating cumulative effects of small everyday wounds - "tiny traumas" - that, like major traumas, can negatively shape our lives.Have you ever felt at a loss for an answer when asked:...
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Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

In the perspective-altering tradition of Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point and Nassim Nicholas Taleb's The Black Swan comes a provocative challenge to how we think our world works - and why small, chance events can divert our lives and change everything, by social scientist and Atlantic...
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If You Really Loved Me

Ann Rule - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author of the true crime classic The Stranger Beside Me, "a truly staggering case" (The Washington Post) of murder, family, and a daughter's love.. David Brown was an entrepreneurial computer whiz, making his first million before age thirty-two....
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