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He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe In Himself

Adam Price - Sterling
Format: Hardcover

"Clinical psychologist Price offers one of the most significant books of the year in this new look at an old problem - the underperforming teenage boy ... Price's book brings an important voice to a much needed conversation." - Library Journal (Starred review) On the surface,...
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What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars

David Wood - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Wood, a battlefield view of moral injury, the signature wound of Americas 21st century wars.Most Americans are now familiar with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and its prevalence among troops. In this groundbreaking new book, David Wood...
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Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do

John A Bargh - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover

Dr. John Bargh, the world's leading expert on the unconscious mind, presents a groundbreaking book, twenty years in the making, which gives us an entirely new understanding of the hidden mental processes that secretly govern every aspect of our behavior.For more than three decades, Dr. John...
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While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness

Eli Sanders - Viking
Format: Print book

"Binged Making a Murderer? Try . . . [this] riveting portrait of a tragic, preventable crime." - Entertainment WeeklyA Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's gripping account of one young man's path to murder - and a wake-up call for mental health care in America On a summer...
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A.D.H.D. Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic

Alan Schwarz - Scribner
Format: Print book

The groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - and how its unchecked growth over half a century has made ADHD one of the most controversial conditions in medicine, with serious effects on children, adults, and society.More...
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The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat

Stephan M D Guyenet - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it? No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years,...
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The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy

Gavin Edwards - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

An entertaining and insightful homage to Tom Hanks, America's favorite movie star, from the New York Times bestselling author of the cult sensation The Tao of Bill Murray.In The World According to Tom Hanks, through deep research and interviews, Gavin Edwards will explore...
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This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are

Melody Warnick - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

In the spirit of Gretchen Rubin's megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner's The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you liveThe average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. For Melody Warnick, it was move...
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Accidental Brothers: The Story of Twins Exchanged at Birth and the Power of Nature and Nurture

NANCY SEGAL - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The riveting story of two sets of identical twins separated at birth and improbably reunited as adults, a dream case for exploring nature and nurture.Accidental Brothers tells the unique story of two sets of identical Colombian twin brothers who discovered at age 25 that they were...
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Shooting Ghosts: A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back from War

THOMAS J BRENNAN - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"A majestic book." --Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the ScoreA unique joint memoir by a U.S. Marine and a conflict photographer whose unlikely friendship helped both heal their war-wounded bodies and souls"The dueling-piano spirit of SHOOTING GHOSTS...
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Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens Through the Twenties

Jeffrey Jensen Arnett - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book

In recent decades, the lives of people in their late teens and twenties have changed so dramatically that a new stage of life has developed. In his provocative work, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett has identified the period of emerging adulthood as distinct from both the adolescence that precedes...
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What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life

SHARON SALINE - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

A veteran psychologist presents a proven roadmap to help ADHD kids succeed in school and life You've read all the expert advice, but despite countless efforts to help your child cope better and stay on track, you're still struggling with everyday issues like homework, chores, getting to soccer...
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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

Beth Macy - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Book

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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Junk: Digging Through America's Love Affair with Stuff

Alison Stewart - Chicago Review
Format: Print book

Junk has become ubiquitous in America today. Who doesn't have a basement, attic, closet, or storage unit filled with stuff too good to throw away Or, more accurately, stuff you think is too good to throw away. When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying...
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Caring for Autism: Practical Advice from a Parent and Physician

Michael Ellis - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback

When a professional states, "Your child has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ", it is enough to make your whole world fall apart. What does it mean to be on the autism spectrum? How will this affect your child's life, your life, the life of your family, and others you interact...
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Preschool Clues: Raising Smart, Inspired, and Engaged Kids in a Screen-Filled World

Angela C. Santomero - Touchstone
Format: Paperback

The award-winning creator of Blue's Clues, Super Why!, and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood shares the secret sauce behind her shows' powerful, transformative results in the form of eleven research-based, foundational "clues" to ensure that preschoolers flourish...
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

JORDAN PETERSON - Random House Canada
Format: Hardcover

#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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Being at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst: Practical Compassion in Parenting

Kim John Payne - Shambhala
Format: Hardcover

A practical, meditative approach that can be used in the moment to help you stay calm and balanced when your child's behavior is pushing you to your limit--by the popular author of Simplicity Parenting.When children are at their most difficult and challenging situations arise, how can we react...
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River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope

Naomi Judd - Center St
Format: Print book

Bestselling author and Grammy-winning musical superstar Naomi Judd shares her devastating personal story with depression to spread awareness and encourage others with the disease. The world knows Naomi Judd as one of the most successful and best-loved country music stars ever. What the world...
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Tribe On Homecoming and Belonging.

Junger Sebastian - Twelve
Format: Print book

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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