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The Family Guide to Mental Health Care
Lloyd I. Sederer MD · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition |
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Expert advice from the medical director of the countrys largest state mental health system and the mental health editor of The Huffington Post. More than fifty million people a year are diagnosed with some form of mental illness. It spares no sex, race, age, ethnicity, or income level.... |
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Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry
Jeffrey A. Lieberman · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover |
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The fascinating story of psychiatry's origins, demise, and redemption, by the former President of the American Psychiatric Association. Psychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining "lunatics" in cold cells and parading them as freakish marvels before a gaping... |
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The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
Michio Kaku · Doubleday, a division of Random House, LLC
Pages: 377
Format: Print book |
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NOW A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Compelling ... .Kaku thinks with great breadth, and the vistas he presents us are worth the trip" - The New York Times Book ReviewThe New York Times best-selling author of PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE, PHYSICS OF THE FUTURE and HYPERSPACE tackles... |
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Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic
Matthew Stewart · W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover |
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Longlisted for the National Book Award. Where did the ideas come from that became the cornerstone of American democracy? Not only the erudite Thomas Jefferson, the wily and elusive Ben Franklin, and the underappreciated Thomas Paine, but also Ethan Allen, the hero of the Green Mountain... |
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The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation
Harold Schechter · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover |
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2015 Edgar Award Nominee Beekman Place, once one of the most exclusive addresses in Manhattan, had a curious way of making it into the tabloids in the 1930s: "SKYSCRAPER SLAYER," "BEAUTY SLAIN IN BATHTUB" read the headlines. On Easter Sunday in 1937, the discovery of a grisly... |
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The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
David Boaz · Simon & Schuster; Rev Upd edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A revised, updated, and retitled edition of David Boazs classic book Libertarianism A Primer, which was praised as uniting history, philosophy, economics and law—spiced with just the right anecdotes—to bring alive a vital tradition of American political thought that deserves to be honored... |
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The Other Half of Asperger Syndrome
Maxine Aston · Jessica Kingsley Pub; 1 edition |
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Does your other half have Asperger Syndrome (AS) or do you suspect that he or she is on the autism spectrum? This quick and helpful relationships guide provides all the information you need for relationship success with your AS partner. The Other Half of Asperger Syndrome was the first... |
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Life After Faith: The Case for Secular Humanism
Philip Kitcher · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover |
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Although there is no shortage of recent books arguing against religion, few offer a positive alternative—how anyone might live a fulfilling life without the support of religious beliefs. This enlightening book fills the gap. Philip Kitcher constructs an original and persuasive secular... |
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