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I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
David Shields · Knopf
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"An impassioned, funny, probing, fiercely inconclusive, nearly-to-the-death debate, about life and art-cocktails included. Caleb Powell always wanted to become an artist, but he overcommitted to life (he's a stay-at-home dad to three young girls) . David Shields always wanted... |
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Brave Girls: Raising Young Women with Passion and Purpose to Become Powerful Leaders
Stacey Radin Dr. · Atria Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover |
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An empowering guide to cultivating confident, passionate, and powerful young leaders during the most formative stage of life: the middle school years.After years of research as a psychologist and consultant for women struggling in the professional world, Stacey Radin made a groundbreaking... |
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Ardor
Roberto Calasso · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover |
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In a meditation on the wisdom of the Vedas, Roberto Calasso brings ritual and sacrifice to bear on the modern worldIn this revelatory volume, Roberto Calasso, whom The Paris Review has called a literary institution, explores the ancient texts known as the Vedas. Little is known about the Vedic... |
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Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology
Michelle D. Miller · Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover |
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From wired campuses to smart classrooms to massive open online courses (MOOCs), digital technology is now firmly embedded in higher education. But the dizzying pace of innovation, combined with a dearth of evidence on the effectiveness of new tools and programs, challenges educators to articulate... |
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The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics
Kenan Malik · Melville House
Format: Hardcover |
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The story of the global search for moral truthsIn this remarkable and groundbreaking book, Kenan Malik explores the history of moral thought as it has developed over three millennia, from Homer’s Greece to Mao’s China, from ancient India to modern America. It tells the stories... |
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Violent No More: Helping Men End Domestic Abuse
Michael Paymar , · Hunter House; Third Edition edition |
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Violent No More is for men who have struggled with or are currently being violent in an intimate relationship. Filled with real stories of men who have harmed the ones they love and found the courage to change, this highly acclaimed book has helped thousands acknowledge and reform their... |
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Rock Breaks Scissors: A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody
William Poundstone · Little, Brown
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover |
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A practical guide to outguessing everything from multiple-choice tests to the office football pool to the stock market. People are predictable even when they try not to be. William Poundstone demonstrates how to turn this fact to personal advantage in scores of everyday situations, from... |
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The Wisdom of the Myths: How Greek Mythology Can Change Your Life
Luc Ferry · Harper Perennial; First Edition edition |
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More than 100,000 copies sold in FranceA fascinating new journey through Greek mythology that explains the myths' timeless lessons and meaningHeroes, gods, and mortals. The Greek myths are the founding narratives of Western civilization: to understand them is to know the origins of philosophy,... |
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Men: Notes from an Ongoing Investigation
Laura Kipnis · Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover |
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From the notoriously contrarian author of Against Love, a witty and probing examination of why badly behaved men have been her lifelong fascination, on and off the pageIts no secret that men often behave in intemperate ways, but in recent years weve witnessed so many spectacular public... |
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One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life
Mitch Horowitz · Crown Publishers
Pages: 338
Format: Hardcover |
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From the millions-strong audiences of Oprah and The Secret to the mass-media ministries of evangelical figures like Joel Osteen and T. D. Jakes, to the motivational bestsellers and New Age seminars to the twelve-step programs and support groups of the recovery movement and to the rise of positive... |
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