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The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic
Darby Penney - Bellevue Literary Press; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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The Lives They Left Behind is a deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness, and of the narrow margin which so often separates the sane from the mad. It is a remarkable portrait, too, of the life of a psychiatric asylum--the sort of community in which, for better and for worse,... |
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Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less -and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined
Scott Sonenshein - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking approach to succeeding in business and life, using the science of resourcefulness.We often think the key to success and satisfaction is to get more: more money, time, and possessions; bigger budgets, job titles, and teams; and additional resources for our professional and personal... |
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What Motivates Getting Things Done: Procrastination, Emotions, and Success
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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A marvel of evolution is that humans are not solely motivated by their desire to experience positive emotions. They are also motivated, and even driven to achieve, by their attempt to avoid or seek relief from negative ones. What Motivates Getting Things Done: Procrastination, Emotions,... |
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Speed Limits: Where Time Went and Why We Have So Little Left
Mark C. Taylor - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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We live in an ever-accelerating world faster computers, markets, food, fashion, product cycles, minds, bodies, kids, lives. When did everything start moving so fast Why does speed seem so inevitable Is faster always better Drawing together developments in religion, philosophy, art, technology,... |
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Face Value: The Hidden Ways Beauty Shapes Women's Lives
Autumn Whitefield-Madrano - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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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... |
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The Gift of the Gab: How Eloquence Works
David Crystal - Yale University Press, 2016.
Format: Print book
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A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power We all know eloquence when we hear it. But what exactly is it? And how might we gain more of it for ourselves? This entertaining and, yes, eloquent book illuminates the power... |
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On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times
Michael Ignatieff - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover
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When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes -- war, famine, pandemic -- we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our modern vocabulary, and the places where... |
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