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What Science Tells Us about Autism Spectrum Disorder: Making the Right Choices for Your Child

Raphael A. Bernier PhD · The Guilford Press
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback

What have scientists learned about the causes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ? Can parents do anything to prevent it? Why do different kids have such different symptoms, and what are the best ways to deal with them? Will there ever be a cure? From leading autism researchers Raphael...
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Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

Madeline Levine PhD · Harper
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well explores how today's parenting techniques and our myopic educational system are failing to prepare children for their certain-to-be-uncertain future - and how we can reverse course to ensure...
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It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

Trevor Moawad · HarperOne
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Foreword by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell WilsonFrom a top mental conditioning coach - "the world's best brain trainer" (Sports Illustrated) - who has transformed the lives and careers of elite athletes, business leaders, and military personnel, battle-tested strategies...
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Outsmart Your Anxious Brain: Ten Simple Ways to Beat the Worry Trick

David A. Carbonell PhD · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

It's time to outsmart your worry and anxiety. Drawing on the same cutting-edge psychology presented in author David Carbonell's The Worry Trick, this irreverent, on-the-go guide offers ten powerful "counter-intuitive" strategies to help you put worry in its place - anytime,...
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Like a Thief in Broad Daylight: Power in the Era of Post-Human Capitalism

Slavoj Zizek · Seven Stories Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

The latest book from "the most despicable philosopher in the West" (New Republic) considers the new dangers and radical possibilities set in motion by advances in Big Tech.In recent years, techno-scientific progress has started to utterly transform our world--changing it almost...
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Fragile Power: Why Having Everything Is Never Enough; Lessons from Treating the Wealthy and Famous

Paul L. Hokemeyer · Hazelden Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

A revealing exploration of people whose wealth, fame, beauty, and social status grant them immense power. Celebrity culture drives us to aspire to be like the few who seem to have figured out how to have it all. But is it possible that they simultaneously have everything and nothing at all?Having...
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Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives

Daniel J Levitin · Dutton
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

Author of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age, why we should think about health span, not life span, and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence, what...
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Sizing People Up: A Veteran FBI Agent's User Manual for Behavior Prediction

Robin Dreeke · Portfolio
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A former FBI agent shares his simple but powerful toolkit for assessing who you can trust--and who you can't.After two decades as a behavior analyst in the FBI, Robin Dreeke knows a thing or two about sizing people up. He's navigated complex situations that range from handling Russian...
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The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need

Ellen Karsh · Basic Books
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback

From top experts in the field, the definitive guide to grant-writingWritten by two expert authors who have won secured millions of dollars in government and foundation grants, The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need is the classic book on grant seeking, providing a comprehensive,...
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Physical Intelligence: The Science of How the Body and the Mind Guide Each Other Through Life

Scott Grafton · Pantheon
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Elegantly written and deeply grounded in personal experience - works by Oliver Sacks come to mind - Physical Intelligence gives us a clear, illuminating examination of the intricate, mutually responsive relationship between the mind and the body as they engage (or don't engage) in all manner...
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