|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Face Value: The Hidden Ways Beauty Shapes Women's Lives
Autumn Whitefield-Madrano · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
|
|
A thought-provoking examination of how we think and talk about beauty today - and the unexpected and often positive ways that beauty shapes our lives.For decades, we've discussed our insecurities in the face of idealized, retouched, impossibly perfect images. We've worried primping and preening... |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities
James Turner · Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Many today do not recognize the word, but "philology" was for centuries nearly synonymous with humanistic intellectual life, encompassing not only the study of Greek and Roman literature and the Bible but also all other studies of language and literature, as well as religion,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World
Nancy Colier · Sounds True
Pages: 229
Format: Paperback
|
|
Effective mindfulness practices for transforming your relationship with technology and reconnecting with your real life Our reliance on technology is rapidly changing how each of us experiences life. We're facing new issues and difficulties, we're encountering new emotional triggers,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars
David Wood · Little
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
|
|
From Pulitzer Prize-ÂÂwinning journalist David Wood, a battlefield view of moral injury, the signature wound of America's 21st century wars. Most Americans are now familiar with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and its prevalence among troops. In this groundbreaking new book,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Careful: A User's Guide to Our Injury-Prone Minds
STEVE CASNER · Riverhead Books
Pages: 326
Format: Hardcover
|
|
"Gripping, page-turning material . . . a new way of thinking about survival in a world filled with hazards and distractions." - Charles Duhigg, author of Smarter Faster Better and The Power of HabitA safety expert reveals why few of us are as careful as we think we are, and what... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Boy Who Loved Too Much: A True Story of Pathological Friendliness
Jennifer Latson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The poignant story of a boy's coming-of-age complicated by Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder that makes people biologically incapable of distrust.What would it be like to see everyone as a friend? Twelve-year-old Eli D'Angelo has a genetic disorder that obliterates social inhibitions,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays
MANDY LEN CATRON · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover
|
|
An insightful, charming, and absolutely fascinating memoir from the author of the popular New York Times essay, "To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This," (one of the top five most popular New York Times pieces of 2015) explores the romantic myths we create and explains how they... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know
Rachel Dempsey · NYU Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
An essential resource for any working woman, What Works for Women at Work is a comprehensive and insightful guide for mastering office politics as a woman. Authored by Joan C. Williams, one of the nation’s most-cited experts on women and work, and her daughter, writer Rachel... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter
SCOTT ADAMS · Portfolio
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
|
|
From the creator of Dilbert, an unflinching look at the strategies Donald Trump used to persuade voters to elect the most unconventional candidate in the history of the presidency, and how anyone can learn his methods for succeeding against long odds. Scott Adams - a trained hypnotist... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Other Half of Asperger Syndrome
Maxine Aston · Jessica Kingsley Pub; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
|
|
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... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs
Joshua Wolf Shenk · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A revelatory synthesis of cultural history and social psychology that shows how one-to-one collaboration drives creative success  Weaving the lives of scores of creative duos—from John Lennon and Paul McCartney to Marie and Pierre Curie to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak—Joshua Wolf... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
Kate Bolick · Crown
Format: Hardcover
|
|
"A single woman considers her life, the life of the bold single ladies who have gone before her, and the long arc of slowly changing attitudes towards women"-- |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
