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Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves
Kate T. Parker - Workman Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Girls being fearless. Girls being silly. Girls being wild, stubborn, and proud. Girls whose faces are smeared with dirt and lit up with joy. So simple and yet so powerful, Strong Is the New Pretty celebrates, through more than 175 memorable photographs, the strength and spirit of girls... |
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The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition
Friedrich A von Hayek - University of Chicago Press
Format: Print book
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An unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and general readers for half a century. Originally published in 1944 - when Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts... |
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Overcoming OCD: A Journey to Recovery
Janet Singer - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Daniel Singer hadn't eaten in a week. Hunched over with his head in his hands, he'd sit in his "safe" chair for hours, doing nothing but shaking, mumbling and moaning; he was in the throes of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. Dan went from seven therapists to ten medications... |
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We're All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety
Claire Eastham - Jessica Kingsley
Format: Print book
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Anxiety is a crafty shapeshifter that can take on many forms: the tiger that sinks its claws in with physical symptoms and distressing thoughts, the cruel and belittling bully creating insecurity and self-doubt and, worst of all, the frenemy rewarding avoidance of social situations with... |
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The Miracle Mindset: Show Up. Step Up. You Are Stronger Than You Think.
J J Virgin - North Star Way
Format: Print book
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Celebrity health expert and four-time New York Times bestselling author, JJ Virgin reveals how one life-altering event taught her to tap into an indomitable mindset, trust her instincts, and defy the odds, ultimately saving her son's life ... and her own. She'll share the lessons... |
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Tribe On Homecoming and Belonging.
Junger Sebastian - Twelve
Format: Print book
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We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--"tribes." This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival. Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin... |
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Being a Dog: The World From Your Dog's Point of View
Karen Wild - Firefly Books
Format: Print book
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Dogs and humans have lived together for more than 30,000 years, becoming closer and more interdependent over time. Today, there are dogs in almost 50 percent of American households. This book is not about anthropomorphizing dogs. They are not human. But science is confirming what dog people... |
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Clearing the Haze: Helping Families Face Teen Addiction
Christian M.D. Thurstone - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Often it is difficult for parents to recognize when their child is abusing alcohol, using illegal drugs, or in trouble with other substances that are hazardous to their health, safety, and wellbeing. Clearing the Haze is a guide designed to help parents determine whether their child may have... |
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ADHD and the Edison Gene: A Drug-Free Approach to Managing the Unique Qualities of Your Child
Thom Hartmann - Park Street Press; 3rd Edition, New Edition of The Edison Gene edition
Format: Print book
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Explores how the ADHD gene is and has been critical to humanitys development Shows how artists, inventors, and innovators carry the gene necessary for the future survival of humanity Explains why children with this gene are so often mislabeled in public schools as having a disorder... |
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How to Succeed in Therapy: Navigating the Pitfalls on the Path to Wellness
Jared Scherz - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Seeking therapy is among the most important mental health decisions a person will make and, yet, many clients are poorly prepared for what lays ahead. Here, Jared Scherz outlines the process for seeking therapy, from finding the right therapist and approach, to navigating the insurance... |
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Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
HECTOR GARCIA - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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The internationally bestselling guide to the Japanese concept of ikigai - the happiness of always being busy - as revealed by the daily habits of the world's longest-living people "Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years." - Japanese proverb According... |
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On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety
ANDREA PETERSEN - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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A celebrated science and health reporter offers a wry, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety. A racing heart. Difficulty breathing. Overwhelming dread. Andrea Petersen was first diagnosed with an anxiety disorder at the age of twenty, but she later realized that she had been... |
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The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child
DANIEL J SIEGEL - Bantam
Format: Hardcover
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From the authors of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline, an indispensable guide to unlocking your child's innate capacity for positive thinking.When facing challenges, unpleasant tasks, and contentious issues such as homework, screen time, food choices, and bedtime,... |
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I Hate You--Dont Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
Jerold J. Kreisman - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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A revised and updated edition of the bestselling guide to understanding borderline personality disorder. . After more than two decades as the essential guide to Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) , this new edition now reflects the most up- to-date research that has opened doors to the neurobiological,... |
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Creative, Successful, Dyslexic: 23 High Achievers Share Their Stories
Margaret Rooke - Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016.
Format: eBook
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23 very well-known people from the arts, sport, and business worlds talk about how dyslexia affected their childhood, how they were able to overcome the challenges and use the special strengths of dyslexia to achieve great success in adulthood. Darcey Bussell CBE, Eddie Izzard, Sir Richard... |
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The Handy Psychology Answer Book
Lisa J Cohen - Visible Ink Press
Format: Print book
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Bridging the gap between the entertainment-focused "pop psychology" on television and the dry academic research that is published in journals, The Handy Psychology Answer Book helps answer why humans do what we do through accurate scientific data presented in a lively,... |
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The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
Josiah Ober - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses... |
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Everyday Mindfulness for OCD: Tips, Tricks, and Skills for Living Joyfully
JON HERSHFIELD - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback
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Don't just survive - thrive. In Everyday Mindfulness for OCD, two experts in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) offer a blend of mindfulness, humor, and self-compassion to help you stop dwelling on what's wrong and start enhancing what's right - leading to a more joyful life.If... |
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The Ruler's Guide: China's Greatest Emperor and His Timeless Secrets of Success
Chinghua Tang - Scribner
Format: Print book
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In the classic tradition of Sun Tzu's The Art of War, here for the first time in English is the timeless wisdom of China's greatest emperor Tang Taizong (598-649 AD) which will show anyone who leads or manages how to achieve unparalleled results and an enduring legacy.Tang Taizong... |
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The Boy Who Loved Too Much: A True Story of Pathological Friendliness
Jennifer Latson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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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,... |
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The Family Gene: A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance Into a Hopeful Future
Joselin Linder - Ecco
Format: Print book
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A riveting medical mystery about a young woman's quest to uncover the truth about her likely fatal genetic disorder that opens a window onto the exploding field of genomic medicineWhen Joselin Linder was in her twenties her legs suddenly started to swell. After years of misdiagnoses, doctors... |
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Rethinking Excessive Habits and Addictive Behaviors
Tony Bevacqua - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Twelve step programs are the foundation of conventional thinking and treatment for people with addictive behaviors. But are they truly the best? Here, Tony Bevacqua explains why these one-size-fits-all approaches are not appropriate for everyone, since each person is a unique human being..... |
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Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
Rebecca Goldstein - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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Is philosophy obsolete? Are the ancient questions still relevant in the age of cosmology and neuroscience, not to mention crowd-sourcing and cable news? The acclaimed philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein provides a dazzlingly original plunge into the drama of philosophy,... |
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Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
Kate Bolick - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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"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"-- |
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Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities
Claudia Kalb - National Geographic Books
Format: Print book
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Was Andy Warhol a hoarder? Did Einstein have autism? Was Frank Lloyd Wright a narcissist? In this surprising, inventive, and meticulously researched look at the evolution of mental health, acclaimed health and science journalist Claudia Kalb gives readers a glimpse into the lives of high-profile... |
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Cravings: How I Conquered Food
Judy Collins - Nan A. Talese
Format: Print book
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A no-holds-barred account of folk legend Judy Collins's harrowing struggle with compulsive overeating and of the journey that led her to a solution. Since childhood Judy Collins has had a tumultuous, fraught relationship with food. Her issues with overeating nearly claimed her career and her life.... |
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