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Tell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire and How It Can Help You Improve Your Sex Life

Justin J Lehmiller - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Hardcover

A leading expert on human sexuality and author of the blog Sex and Psychology offers an unprecedented look at sexual fantasy based on the most comprehensive, scientific survey ever undertaken. What do Americans really want when it comes to sex? And is it possible for us to get what we want?...
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Letters

Oliver Sacks - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The letters of one of the greatest observers of the human species, revealing his passion for life and work, friendship and art, medicine and society, and the richness of his relationships with friends, family, and fellow intellectuals over the decades, collected here for the first time....
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Reasons Not to Worry: How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times

Brigid Delaney - Harper
Format: Hardcover

In this heartfelt and soul-searching work, brimming with warmth, humor, and insight, the beloved Guardian columnist spends a year exploring how to pursue a rich and meaningful life, turning to the wisdom of the Stoics for insights into the deepest questions of existence.Like many people...
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Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life

Agnes Callard - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An iconoclastic philosopher revives Socrates for our time, showing how we can answer -- and, in the first place, ask -- life's most important questions.Socrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views?...
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Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom

Shaka Senghor - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover

Shaka Senghor has lived the life of two fathers. With his first son, Jay, born shortly after Senghor was incarcerated for second-degree murder, he experienced the regret of his own mistakes and the disconnection caused by a society that sees Black lives as disposable. With his second, Sekou,...
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In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility

Costica Bradatan - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover

Squarely challenging a culture obsessed with success, an acclaimed philosopher argues that failure is vital to a life well lived, curing us of arrogance and self-deception and engendering humility instead.. Our obsession with success is hard to overlook. Everywhere we compete, rank, and measure....
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Think Again: How to Reason and Argue

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

Our personal and political worlds are rife with arguments and disagreements, some of them petty and vitriolic. The inability to compromise and understand the opposition is epidemic today, from countries refusing to negotiate, to politicians pandering to their base. Social media has produced...
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The French Art of Living Well: Finding Joie de Vivre in the Everyday World

Cathy Yandell - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Bringing up Bebe and French Toast, Cathy Yandell's The French Art of Living Well is a delightful look at French culture, from literature to cuisine to humor and more, showing how the French have captured that magic elixir known as joie de vivre.What is joie de vivre,...
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Permission to Feel

Marc A Brackett - Celadon Books
Format: Paperback

The mental well-being of children and adults is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why. And he knows what we can do. "We have a crisis on our hands, and its victims are our children."Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale Universitys Child Study...
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Higher Expectations: Can Colleges Teach Students What They Need to Know in the 21st Century?

Derek Bok - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

In recent decades, cognitive psychologists have cast new light on human development and given colleges new possibilities for helping students acquire skills and qualities that will enhance their lives and increase their contributions to society. In this landmark book, Derek Bok explores...
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