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Tuesday's Promise: One Veteran, One Dog, and Their Bold Quest to Change Lives
Luis Carlos Montalvan - Hachette Books
Format: Print book
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Following the success of his New York Times bestseller, Until Tuesday, Iraq War veteran Luis Carlos Montalvn takes to the road with his beloved Golden Retriever service dog, Tuesday, advocating for America's wounded warriors and for each other. Luis's first book sparked... |
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The Art of the Donald: Lessons from America's Philosopher-in-Chief
Christopher Bedford - Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover
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Motivational self-help advice from President Donald Trump, covering everything from leadership and self-confidence to how to succeed in business.President Donald Trump knows about living the good life and achieving success. With his election to the presidency, he added to a life that already... |
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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
Beth Macy - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Book
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While it seems that news about the opioid epidemic has been running non-stop for the past several years, the deluge of reports can make it difficult to remember exactly where and how the trouble started. Beth Macy’s book Dopesick takes the reader all the way back to 1996,... |
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Human Genetics: The Basics
Ricki Lewis - Routledge
Format: Paperback
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Human genetics has blossomed from an obscure biological science and explanation for rare disorders to a field that is profoundly altering health care for everyone. This thoroughly updated new edition of Human Genetics: The Basics provides a concise background of gene structure and function... |
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The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time
Brooke Gladstone - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Paperback
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Reality. It used to seem so simple - reality just was, like the weather. Why question it, let alone disagree about it? And then came the assault, an unending stream of "fake news," "alternative facts," and lies disguised as truths that is overwhelming our notions... |
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Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our Minds
Lauren Slater - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A start-to-finish narrative history of our major psychotropic drugs, from "a thoroughly exhilarating and entertaining writer" (Washington Post) . As our approach to mental illness has oscillated from biological to psychoanalytical and back again, so have our treatments.... |
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The Futilitarians: Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading
ANNE GISLESON - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Recommended Summer Reading -- Louise Erdrich, New York TimesA memoir of friendship and literature chronicling a search for meaning and comfort in great books, and a beautiful path out of griefAnne Gisleson had lost her twin sisters, had been forced to flee her home during Hurricane... |
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Overcoming Distractions: Thriving with Adult ADD/ADHD
David A Greenwood - Sterling
Format: Print book
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We know that Attention Deficit Disorder makes it tough for children to focus in school. But what happens when those kids grow up? How can they make the transition to a successful professional life? And how can newly diagnosed adults meet the challenges of the workplace? David Greenwood,... |
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The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
David M Buss - Basic Books
Format: Print book
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If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most cherished relationships? To answer this question we must look into our evolutionary past, argues prominent psychologist David M. Buss. Based one of the largest studies of human mating ever undertaken, encompassing more than... |
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The Addiction Solution: Treating Our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs
LLOYD SEDERER - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking examination of addiction from the Chief Medical Officer for the New York State Office of Mental Health and the Medical Editor for Mental Health at the Huffington Post, offering practical, proven solutions for individuals, families, and communities dealing with substance... |
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Yawn: Adventures in Boredom
Mary Mann - FSG Originals
Format: Paperback
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The incisive and often hilarious story of one of our most interesting cultural phenomena: boredomIt's the feeling your grandma told you was only experienced by boring people. Some people say they're dying of it; others claim to have killed because of it. It's a key component... |
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Happy as a Dane: 10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World
Malene Rydahl - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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This international bestseller shows why the Danes are happy and how we can be, too.For decades Denmark has ranked at the top of the world's happiness surveys. How is it that these 5.6 million Danes are so content when they live in a country that is dark and cold nine months of the year... |
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The Good, the True and the Beautiful: A Quest for Meaning
Michael Boylan - Continuum
Format: Print book
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Why should we be good? How do we know what is true? What defines beauty? The Good, the True and the Beautiful asks critical questions about who we are and what makes life worthwhile. Michael Boylan offers a stimulating introduction to philosophy, exploring issues to do with ethics, knowledge... |
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How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays
MANDY LEN CATRON - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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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... |
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Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions
Alexander B Todorov - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The scientific story of first impressions--and why the snap character judgments we make from faces are irresistible but usually incorrectWe make up our minds about others after seeing their faces for a fraction of a second--and these snap judgments predict all kinds of important decisions.... |
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Out in Time: The Public Lives of Gay Men from Stonewall to the Queer Generation
Perry N. Halkitis
Format: Hardcover
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The civil rights of LGBTQ people have slowly yet steadily strengthened since the Stonewall Riots of June, 1969. Despite enormous opposition from some political segments and the catastrophic effects of the AIDS crisis, the last five decades have witnessed improvement in the conditions of the lives... |
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Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli In His World
ERICA BENNER - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic, myth-shattering story of how Machiavelli, the most misunderstood thinker of all time, fought to change his corrupt world.Since the publication of The Prince five centuries ago, Machiavelli has been associated with political amorality. But that characterization is unfair. In Be Like... |
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear - Avery
Format: Hardcover
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The instant New York Times bestsellerTiny Changes, Remarkable ResultsNo matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach... |
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American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus
Lisa Wade - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A revelatory account of the new culture of sex that has come to dominate the American college experience.The hookup is now part of college life. Yet the drunken encounter we always hear about tells only a fraction of the story. Rising above misinformation and moralizing, Lisa Wade offers... |
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My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward: A Memoir
Mark Lukach - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover
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A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and affirms the power of love.Mark and Giulia's life together began as a storybook romance. They fell in love at eighteen, married at twenty-four, and were living their dream life in San Francisco.... |
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The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership: Classical Wisdom for Modern Leaders
M. A. Soupios - AMACOM
Format: Hardcover
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Skills and experience might land you a leadership position, but they don't make you a true leader. Leadership comes from inside - and the greatest leaders first question themselves before they tackle the world around them. To aid in this critical interrogation, The Ten Golden Rules... |
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Conscience of a Conservative
ANONYMOUS. - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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Republican Senator Jeff Flake takes his party to task for embracing nationalism, populism, xenophobia, and the anomalous Trump presidency. The book is an urgent call for a return to bedrock conservative principle and a cry to once again put country before party. "I am a conservative.... |
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Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate
Sue Scheff - Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover
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"Engaging, sharp, and important -- Shame Nation will inspire you to open your eyes and be better." -- Theresa Payton, CEO of Fortalice Solutions and Deputy Director of Intelligence on CBS' HuntedIn today's digitally driven world, disaster is only a click away. A rogue tweet... |
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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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Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power
Anna Merlan - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover
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A riveting tour through the landscape and meaning of modern conspiracy theories, exploring the causes and tenacity of this American malady, from Birthers to Pizzagate and beyond.American society has always been fertile ground for conspiracy theories, but with the election of Donald Trump,... |
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The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia
Marin Sardy - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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The debut of an important new literary voice: an extraordinarily affecting, fiercely intelligent memoir that unflinchingly traces the path of the schizophrenia that runs in the author's family.Against the starkly beautiful backdrop of Anchorage, Alaska, where the author grew up, Marin Sardy... |
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The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness
Jill Filipovic - Nation Books
Format: Print book
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What do women want? It's a time-old question, but if you head out into America and talk to women one-on-one, as Jill Filipovic has done, you discover that what they want is happiness. Despite what recent books, articles, or tv shows would have you believe, real women are less concerned... |
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I know best : how moral narcissism is destroying our republic, if it hasn't already
Roger L Simon - Encounter Books
Format: Print book
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In 1979, Christopher Lasch published the epochal The Culture of Narcissism warning of the normalizing of narcissism in our society. Lasch may have understated it. 35 years later, in the Obama era - with its parade of endless, often inexplicable, scandals - we have a full blown epidemic... |
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The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World
Nancy Colier - Sounds True
Format: Paperback
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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,... |
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Logic: A Complete Introduction
Siu-Fan Lee - Teach Yourself
Format: Paperback
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Understand Logic is a comprehensive introduction to this fascinating though sometimes challenging subject. As well as looking at logic in theoretical terms the book considers its everyday uses and demonstrates how it has genuine practical applications. It will take you step by step through... |
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Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
Edith Hall - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful livesAristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence better and more... |
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How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
Alan Jacobs - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover
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How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume - but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life. As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications like The Atlantic and Harper's,... |
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Becoming Leonardo: An Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo da Vinci
Mike Lankford - Melville House
Format: Hardcover
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Why did Leonardo Da Vinci leave so many of his major works uncompleted Why did this resolute pacifist build war machines for the notorious Borgias Why did he carry the Mona Lisa with him everywhere he went for decades, yet never quite finish it Why did he write backwards, and was he really... |
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Henry David Thoreau: A Life
Laura Dassow Walls - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Walden. Yesterday I came here to live." That entry from the journal of Henry David Thoreau, and the intellectual journey it began, would by themselves be enough to place Thoreau in the American pantheon. His attempt to "live deliberately" in a small woods at the edge... |
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It Takes One to Tango: How I Rescued My Marriage with
Winifred M Reilly - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
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With a focus on self-empowerment and resilience, this refreshing and witty relationship guide has a reassuring counterintuitive message for unhappy spouses: you only need one partner to initiate far-reaching positive change in a marriage.Conventional wisdom says that "it takes two"... |
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Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude
RAYMOND M KETHLEDGE - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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A guide to the role of solitude in good leadership, including profiles of historical and contemporary figures who have used solitude to lead with courage, creativity, and strength.Throughout history, leaders have used solitude as a matter of course. Eisenhower wrote memoranda to himself... |
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Careful: A User's Guide to Our Injury-Prone Minds
STEVE CASNER - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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"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... |
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Freud: In His Time and Ours
Elisabeth Roudinesco - Harvard University Press
Format: Print book
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lisabeth Roudinesco offers a bold and modern reinterpretation of the iconic founder of psychoanalysis. Based on new archival sources, this is Freud's biography for the twenty-first century -- a critical appraisal, at once sympathetic and impartial, of a genius greatly admired and yet greatly... |
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Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era
DANIEL J LEVITIN - DUTTON
Format: Print book
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We're surrounded by fringe theories, fake news, and pseudo-facts. These lies are getting repeated. New York Times bestselling author Daniel Levitin shows how to disarm these socially devastating inventions and get the American mind back on track. Here are the fundamental lessons... |
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Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice
Martha Craven Nussbaum - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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Anger is not just ubiquitous, it is also popular. Many people think it is impossible to care sufficiently for justice without anger at injustice. Many believe that it is impossible for individuals to vindicate their own self-respect or to move beyond an injury without anger. To not feel... |
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Signs of a Happy Baby: The Baby Sign Language Book
William Paul White - Morgan James Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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What does your baby want to say? You can find out-even before your baby can verbally speak-by using baby sign language. Signs of a Happy Baby gives parents everything they need to start signing with their baby, including a comprehensive dictionary with easy-to-follow photos of fun and practical... |
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Big Ideas: The Little Book of Shakespeare
DK. - DK
Format: Paperback
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This compact, portable volume brings the plays and poems of William Shakespeare to life with full-color photography, images, timelines, and quotes--the ultimate guide to understanding Shakespeare on the go.Take the Bard to the beach! This compact guide brings Shakespeare's plays and poems... |
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The Sociopath Next Door
Martha Stout - Harmony
Format: Paperback
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Who is the devil you know? Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband?Your sadistic high school gym teacher?Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings?The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own?In the pages of The Sociopath Next Door, you will realize... |
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Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives
Tim Harford - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Utterly fascinating. Tim Harford shows that if you want to be creative and resilient, you need a little more disorder in your world." - Adam Grant, New York Times-bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take"Engrossing." - New York TimesFrom... |
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A Parents Guide to Preventing Homosexuality
Joseph Nicolosi - Liberal Mind Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Homosexuality. Is it learned, biological ... or both? The answer to this question deeply concerns parents. They want to know how they can best raise their children. Many would have us believe that nothing can be done to foster the development of healthy gender identity and heterosexual... |
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Big Ideas: The Little Book of Psychology
DK. - DK
Format: Paperback
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A compact, portable introduction to the history, concepts, and thinking behind psychology laid out in DK's signature visual style--the ultimate guide to understanding psychology on the go.Take Freud to your fiesta! This compact guide enables you to explore more than 100 groundbreaking... |
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Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter
SCOTT ADAMS - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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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... |
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Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations (TED Books)
Dan Ariely - Simon & Schuster/ TED
Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling author Dan Ariely reveals fascinating new insights into motivation - showing that the subject is far more complex than we ever imagined.. Every day we work hard to motivate ourselves, the people we live with, the people who work for and do business with us. In this way, much... |
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Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
Bruce D. Perry - Basic Books
Format: Paperback
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In this classic work of developmental psychology, renowned psychiatrist and the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? reveals how trauma affects children - and outlines the path to recovery. How does trauma affect a childs mind - and how can that mind recover?... |
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The Sinner
Petra Hammesfahr - Bitter Lemon Press
Format: eBook
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Cora Bender killed a man on a sunny summer afternoon by the lake and in full view of her family and friends. Why? What could have caused this quiet, lovable young mother to stab a stranger in the throat, again and again, until she was pulled off his body? For the local police it was an open-and-shut... |
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Our Bodies, Ourselves
Boston Women's Health Book Collective - Touchstone; Revised edition
Format: Paperback
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Hailed by The New York Times as a “feminist classic,” and “America’s bestselling book on women’s health,” the comprehensive guide to all aspects of women’s health and sexuality, including menopause, birth control, childbirth, sexual health, sexual... |
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The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
Damion Searls - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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The captivating, untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot test In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human mind: a set of ten carefully designed inkblots. For years he had grappled with the theories... |
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Becoming who I am : young men on being gay
Ritch C Savin-Williams - Harvard University Press
Format: Print book
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Proud, happy, grateful gay youth describe their lives in terms that would have seemed surprising only a generation ago. Yet many adults, including parents, seem skeptical about this sea change in perceptions and attitudes. Even in an age of growing tolerance, coming out as gay is supposed... |
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The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide, Second Edition: What You and Your Family Need to Know
David J. Miklowitz PhD - The Guilford Press; Second Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Getting an accurate diagnosis is the first step toward reclaiming your life from bipolar disorder. But if you or someone you love is struggling with the frantic highs and crushing lows of this illness, there are still many hurdles to surmount at home, at work, and in daily life. You need... |
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Micro-Resilience: Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Focus, Drive, and Energy
Bonnie St John - Center Street
Format: Print book
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Learn powerful, science-based techniques to boost focus, drive and energy hour-by-hour throughout the day--every day. As leadership consultants and executive trainers, Bonnie St. John and Allen P. Haines have heard the same complaints from clients for years; periodic burnout, lack of focus... |
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Disaster Mental Health Counseling: Responding to Trauma in a Multicultural Context
Mark A. Stebnicki PhD LCP DCMHS CRC CCM - Springer Publishing
Format: Print book
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This is the first book for mental health professionals working with survivors of mass trauma to focus on the psychosocial and cultural contexts in which these disasters occur. It underscores the importance of understanding these environments in order to provide maximally effective mental... |
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Don't Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years
Helen E. Johnson - Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press; Second Edition, Revised edition
Format: Paperback
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This completely revised and updated edition of Dont Tell Me What To Do Just Send Money prepares parents for the issues that they will encounter during their childrens college years Since our original publication over ten years ago there has been a dramatic increase in the use of cell phone... |
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The Winner's Brain: 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve Success
Jeff Brown - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback
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What can you learn about success from a robot And why shouldn't you take a test while wearing red In The Winner's Brain, Harvard-trained brain experts Jeff Brown and Mark Fenske explore the surprising science behind motivation, focus, and extraordinary achievement--identifying eight... |
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
JORDAN PETERSON - Random House Canada
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge... |
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How to Age
Anne Karpf - Picador
Format: Book
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THE SCHOOL OF LIFE IS DEDICATED TO EXPLORING LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS IN HIGHLY-PORTABLE PAPERBACKS, FEATURING FRENCH FLAPS AND DECKLE EDGES, THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS "DAMNABLY CUTE." WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT WE WILL DIRECT YOU TOWARDS A VARIETY OF USEFUL IDEAS... |
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101 Careers in Counseling
Shannon Hodges PhD LMHC ACS - Springer Publishing Company; Csm edition
Format: Paperback
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"This excellent career guide will be valuable for students, young professionals, and those interested in a second career in counseling."--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries "In these challenging times, this book is an essential resource that provides reference... |
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Can't Just Stop: An Investigation of Compulsions
Sharon Begley - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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The first book to examine the science behind both mild and extreme compulsive behavior - using fascinating case studies to understand its deeper meaning and reveal the truth about human compulsion.Whether shopping with military precision or hanging the tea towels just so, compulsion is something... |
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The Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach
Rod A. Martin - Academic Press
Format: Paperback
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Most of us laugh at something funny multiple times during a typical day. Humor serves multiple purposes, and although there is a sizable and expanding research literature on the subject, the research is spread in a variety of disciplines. The Psychology of Humor, 2e reviews the literature,... |
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Let's Talk About Sex: Real Stories from a Therapist's Office
Ann-Marlene Henning - Greystone Books
Format: Paperback
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A renowned sexologist shows us we're not alone when it comes to problems of sex and love.Ann-Marlene Henning has improved the sex lives of thousands through her TV show and advice blog. Now, readers can experience her sought-after talk therapy in Let's Talk About Sex, which illuminates... |
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Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses
Amy Whitaker - HarperBusiness
Format: Print book
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An indispensable and inspiring guide to creativity in the workplace and beyond, drawing on art, psychology, science, sports, law, business, and technology to help you land big ideas in the practical world.Anyone from CEO to freelancer knows how hard it is to think big, let alone follow... |
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The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius
Gail Saltz - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful and inspiring examination of the connection between the potential for great talent and conditions commonly thought to be "disabilities," revealing how the source of our struggles can be the origin of our greatest strengths. In The Power of Different, psychiatrist... |
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The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
Keith Payne - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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A timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality. Todays inequality is on a scale that none of us has seen in our lifetimes, yet this disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means.... |
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The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses
Carolyn Purnell - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch -- as they were celebrated during the Enlightenment and as they are perceived today.Blindfolding children from birth? Playing a piano made of live cats? Using tobacco to cure drowning? Wearing "flea"-colored clothes? These actions may seem... |
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Creative Change: Why We Resist It . . . How We Can Embrace It
Jennifer Mueller - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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One of the nation's leading psychologists asks why today's corporate leaders desire but reject creative solutions --and finds some surprising conclusions. All corporate CEOs, top executives, and other business leaders say they want creativity and need real innovation in order to thrive... |
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Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941
STEPHEN KOTKIN - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin has written the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror to the conflict with Hitler's Germany that is the signal event of modern world history In 1929, Joseph Stalin, having already achieved dictatorial power... |
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The Psychology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Dk. - DK
Format: Paperback
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Explore the history, theories, and concepts of psychology through more than 100 groundbreaking ideas with straightforward text, witty illustrations, and vocabulary glossary that demystify an often daunting subject matter. Now in paperback.The Psychology Book looks at the biggest... |
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A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal
Jen Waite - Plume
Format: Hardcover
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**An International Bestseller**"Like Big Little Lies, A Beautiful Terrible Thing is a startling reminder that fairy tales aren't real. A master class in suspenseful storytelling, Jen Waite recounts the lies, betrayals, and infidelity she endured with unrestrained... |
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The Recovery Revolution: The Battle Over Addiction Treatment in the United States
Claire D. Clark - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In the 1960s, as illegal drug use grew from a fringe issue to a pervasive public concern, a new industry arose to treat the addiction epidemic. Over the next five decades, the industry's leaders promised to rehabilitate the casualties of the drug culture even as incarceration rates... |
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The Consolations of Mortality: Making Sense of Death
Andrew Stark - Yale Univ Press
Format: Print book
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A penetrating and provocative exploration of human mortality, from Epicurus to Joan Didion For those who don't believe in an afterlife, the wisdom of the ages offers four great consolations for mortality: that death is benign and good; that mortal life provides its own kind of immortality;... |
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Jumping at Shadows: The Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream
Sasha Abramsky - Nation Books
Format: Hardcover
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Why does a disease that killed only a handful of Americans like ebola provoke panic, but the flu-which kills tens of thousands each year-is dismissed with a yawn? Why is an unarmed young black woman who knocks on a stranger's front door to ask for help after her car breaks down perceived... |
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Freud: The Making of an Illusion
Frederick C Crews - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the master of Freud debunkers, the book that definitively puts an end to the myth of psychoanalysis and its creatorSince the 1970s, Sigmund Freud's scientific reputation has been in an accelerating tailspin -- but nonetheless the idea persists that some of his contributions were visionary... |
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Flash Count Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life
Darcey Steinke - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Many days I believe menopause is the new (if long overdue) frontier for the most compelling and necessary philosophy; Darcey Steinke is already there, blazing the way. This elegant, wise, fascinating, deeply moving book is an instant classic. I'm about to buy it for everyone I know."... |
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Mayhem: A Memoir
Sigrid Rausing - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A searingly powerful memoir about the impact of addiction on a family. In the summer of 2012 a woman named Eva was found dead in the London townhouse she shared with her husband, Hans K. Rausing. The couple had struggled with drug addiction for years, often under the glare of tabloid headlines.... |
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Letting Go, Sixth Edition: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years
Karen Levin Coburn - William Morrow & Company
Format: Print book
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The sixth edition of this classic parents' guide and college orientation staple has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the realities of college today. For more than a decade, Letting Go has provided hundreds of thousands of parents with valuable insights, information, comfort,... |
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Resilient Grieving: How to Live with Loss That Changes Everything
Lucy Hone - The Experiment
Format: Paperback
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The death of someone we hold dear may be inevitable; being paralyzed by our grief is not. A growing body of research has revealed our capacity for resilient grieving, our innate ability to respond to traumatic loss by finding ways to grow - by becoming more engaged with our lives, and discovering... |
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Red: The History of a Color
Michel Pastoureau - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book
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The color red has represented many things, from the life force and the divine to love, lust, and anger. Up through the Middle Ages, red held a place of privilege in the Western world. For many cultures, red was not just one color of many but rather the only color worthy enough to be used... |
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Fake Missed Connections
Brett Fletcher Lauer - Soft Skull Press, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Your wife is having an affair with my husband. It has caused some trouble in my marriage and I thought you should know.One phone call in December 2005 begins the compelling, unpredictable story of Fake Missed Connections. A child of divorce with an already fragile sense of trust, Lauer... |
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Purposeful Retirement: The Baby Boomers' Guide to a New Level of Happiness
Hyrum W. Smith - Mango
Format: Print book
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You've had a successful life and career by almost all measures. Now, you're retiring. You are definitely not a couch potato and need something meaningful and inspiring for your second act. Is there a way to make intelligent choices? Can you learn from the lives and experiences of people... |
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Idiot's Guides: Philosophy, Fourth Edition
Jay Stevenson Ph.D. - ALPHA; 4 edition
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A newly visual approach, this updated edition will include infographics, photos, and pull quotes to help reinforce learning of the subject of philosophy. Beginning with the pre-Socratics and Eastern philosophers, all of the major schools of thought are covered. Content includes religious... |
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Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong
Andrew Shtulman - Basic Books
Format: Print book
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Why do we catch colds? What causes seasons to change? And if you fire a bullet from a gun and drop one from your hand, which bullet hits the ground first? In a pinch we almost always get these questions wrong. Worse, we regularly misconstrue fundamental qualities of the world around us. In Scienceblind,... |
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The Gift of Anger: And Other Lessons from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi
ARUN GANDHI - Gallery/Jeter Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Discover ten vital and extraordinary life lessons from one of the most important and influential philosophers and peace activists of the twentieth century - Mahatma Gandhi - in this poignant and timely exploration of the true path from anger to peace, as recounted by Gandhi's grandson,... |
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Who Are You, Really?: The Surprising Puzzle of Personality
Brian Little - Simon & Schuster/ TED
Format: Hardcover
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This fun, smart read for anyone eager to better understand (and improve) themselves argues that personality is driven not by nature nor nurture - but instead by the projects we pursue, which ultimately shape the people we become.Traditionally, scientists have emphasized what they call... |
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Another Kind of Madness: A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness
STEPHEN HINSHAW - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Glenn Close says: "Another Kind of Madness is one of the best books I've read about the cost of stigma and silence in a family touched by mental illness. I was profoundly moved by Stephen Hinshaw's story, written beautifully, from the inside-out. It's a masterpiece."A deeply... |
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Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Brené Brown - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Bren Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she's showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step... |
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Simple Self-Healing: The Magic of Autosuggestion
Tim Grimes - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback
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Simple Self-Healing That Works... "The Wordsworth of healing." - Ella Boyce Kirk, author of My Pilgrimage to Cou "He succeeds in a simple way of stripping disease of its dignity." - George Draper, Literary Digest French psychologist mile Cou was one of the more underappreciated... |
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Fundamentals of Case Management Practice: Skills for the Human Services
NANCY SUMMERS - Brooks Cole
Format: Paperback
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This book/workbook is a step-by-step guide through the case management process, from intake and assessment to referrals and termination. The fifth edition focuses on what is most important for readers to consider, document, and pass along in each step of the human services process. Chapters... |
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Zibaldone
Giacomo Leopardi - Farrar
Format: Print book
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A groundbreaking translation of the epic work of one of the great minds of the nineteenth centuryGiacomo Leopardi was the greatest Italian poet of the nineteenth century and was recognized by readers from Nietzsche to Beckett as one of the towering literary figures in Italian history. To many,... |
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