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Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power

Anna Merlan · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A riveting tour through the landscape and meaning of modern conspiracy theories, exploring the causes and tenacity of this American malady, from Birthers to Pizzagate and beyond.American society has always been fertile ground for conspiracy theories, but with the election of Donald Trump,...
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Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement

Rich Karlgaard · Currency
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking exploration of what it means to be a late bloomer in a culture obsessed with SAT scores and early success, and how finding one's way later in life can be an advantage to long-term achievement and happiness.We live in a society where kids and parents are obsessed with...
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Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness

Anne Harrington · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Mind Fixers tells the history of psychiatry's quest to understand the biological basis of mental illness and asks where we need to go from here.In Mind Fixers, Anne Harrington, author of The Cure Within, explores psychiatry's repeatedly frustrated struggle to understand mental disorder...
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Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us

Simon Critchley · Pantheon
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the curator of The New York Times's "The Stone," a provocative and timely exploration into tragedy--how it articulates conflicts and contradiction that we need to address in order to better understand the world we live in.We might think we are through with the past, but the past...
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Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End

Tia Powell · Avery
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The cultural and medical history of dementia and Alzheimer's disease by a leading psychiatrist and bioethicist who urges us to turn our focus from cure to care.Despite being a physician and a bioethicist, Tia Powell wasn't prepared to address the challenges she faced when her grandmother,...
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The Second Mountain

David Brooks · Random House
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring, thought-provoking exploration of what it means to live a meaningful life, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Road to CharacterEvery so often, you meet a person who radiates joy. Who seems to know exactly why they were put on this earth, and glows with a kind...
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Subconscious Power: Use Your Inner Mind to Create the Life You've Always Wanted

Kimberly Friedmutter · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Activate the raw power of your subconscious to create the life you've always wanted, using six essential lessons from one of the world's most renowned hypnotherapists.Unsatisfying careers. Volatile, unhealthy relationships. Unfulfilled dreams. Too many of us are living lives that...
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Lori Gottlieb · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world - where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she) . One day, Lori Gottlieb...
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Zen beyond Mindfulness: Using Buddhist and Modern Psychology for Transformational Practice

Jules Shuzen Harris · Shambhala
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback

An effective new approach to Buddhist practice that combines the rigor of traditional meditation and study with the psychological support necessary for practice in modern life.Zen teacher Jules Shuzen Harris argues that contemporary American Buddhists face two primary challenges: (1) "spiritual...
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The Passion Paradox: A Guide to Going All In, Finding Success, and Discovering the Benefits of an Unbalanced Life

Brad Stulberg · Rodale Books
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

"Should we throw everything to the wind and follow our passions? Or should we strive for balance and let our passions cool? This book offers the surprising, nuanced, and research-backed answer." - Daniel H. Pink, Bestselling author of When and Drive. "I feel like this book...
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