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Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Mans Voice from the Silence of Autism
Naoki Higashida - Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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From the author of the bestselling The Reason I Jump, an extraordinary self-portrait of a young adult with autism"Essential reading for parents and teachers of those with autism who remain nonverbal." - Temple Grandin Naoki Higashida was only thirteen when he wrote The Reason... |
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Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience
Meg Jay - Twelve
Format: Hardcover
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Clinical psychologist and author of The Defining Decade, Dr. Meg Jay reveals the world of the "supernormal": those who soar to unexpected heights after childhood adversity.Whether it is bullying, the loss of a parent to divorce or death, an alcoholic or mentally... |
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The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order
Joan Wickersham - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1st American edition
Format: Hardcover
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When you kill yourself, you kill every memory everyone has of you. You’re saying “I’m gone and you can’t even be sure who it is that’s gone, because you never knew me.” Sixteen years ago, Joan Wickersham’s father shot himself in the head. The father... |
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PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
Frank Warren - William Morrow; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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The project that captured a nation's imagination. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. "You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to a group art project. Your secret can be a regret, fear, betrayal, desire, confession, or childhood humiliation.... |
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The Top Ten Things Dead People Want to Tell YOU
Mike Dooley - Hay House, Inc.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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“I know this may come as a shock, and you know I’m not fond of using stale one-liners, but—‘reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.’ I’m as alive now as I was on the day we met, except, maybe, more so.” If the dead... |
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Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
Maria Konnikova - Viking; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abilities ourselves, to improve our lives at work and at home? |
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Jefferson's Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello
Andrew Burstein - Basic Books; export ed edition
Format: Hardcover
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Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, leaving behind a series of mysteries that captured the imaginations of historical investigators-an interest rekindled by the recent revelation that he fathered a child by Sally Hemmings, a woman he legally owned-yet there is still surprisingly little... |
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How We Decide
Jonah Lehrer - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The first book to use the unexpected discoveries of neuroscience to help us make the best decisions Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate, or we "blink" and go with our gut. But as scientists... |
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association - American Psychological Association
Format: Paperback
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The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style. With millions of copies sold worldwide in multiple languages, it is the style manual of choice for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in the social... |
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