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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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I Can't Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors
Aphrodite Matsakis - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback
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In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Matsakis explains that post-traumatic stress disorder affects not just soldiers, but also suruvivors of many other types of trauma including: crime vehicular accidents rape family violence sexual abuse natural catastrophes I Can't... |
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Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
STACY HORN - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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The gripping voices of the inhabitants of Blackwell's Island make this history come alive. Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell's Island. There, over the next hundred years,... |
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The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy
Anthony Gottlieb - Liveright Publishing Corp
Format: Print book
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The author of the classic The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to Rousseau. "Never has the story been told so well," said the New York Review of Books of Anthony Gottlieb's The Dream of Reason, an "endlessly entertaining and frequently... |
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Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself
Mark Epstein - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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Renowned psychiatrist and author Dr. Mark Epstein presents a how-to guide rooted in two traditions, Buddhism and Western psychotherapy, devoted to maximizing the human potential for living a better lifeOur ego, and its accompanying sense of nagging self-doubt as we work to be bigger, better,... |
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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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The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
Stephan M D Guyenet - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness
Rick Hanson - Harmony
Format: Hardcover
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These days it's hard to count on the world outside. So it's vital to grow strengths inside like grit, gratitude, and compassion - the key to resilience, and to lasting well-being in a changing world. True resilience is much more than enduring terrible conditions. We need resilience every... |
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The New Old Me: My Late-Life Reinvention
Meredith Maran - HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook
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For fans of Anne Lamott, Abigail Thomas, and Ayelet Waldman, a postdivorce memoir, one womans story of starting over at 60 - in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood. For fans of Anne Lamott, Abigail Thomas, and Ayelet Waldman, a postdivorce memoir, one womans story of starting over... |
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50 Philosophy Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on being, truth, and meaning
Tom Butler-Bowdon - Nicholas Brealey
Format: Paperback
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For over 2000 years, philosophy has been our best guide to the experience of being human, and the true nature of reality. From Aristotle, Plato, Epicurus, Confucius, Cicero and Heraclitus in ancient times to 17th century rationalists Descartes, Leibniz and Spinoza, from 20th-century greats... |
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The Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything
Melissa Kirsch - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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A COLOSSAL CHEAT SHEET FOR YOUR postcollege years. Finally, all the needs of the modern girl—from the benefits of a Roth IRA to the pleasure and pain of dating (and why it’s not a cliché to love yourself first), from figuring out what to wear to a job interview to the delicate... |
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk MD - Viking
Format: Paperback
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A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three... |
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The Education of Will: A Mutual Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog
Patricia B McConnell - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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In this powerful, soul-searching memoir, beautifully written in the vein of A Pack of Two and Wild, animal behaviorist Dr. Patricia McConnell recounts for the first time the compelling story of her dark past, memories of which are triggered by a troubled dog named Will.World-renowned... |
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Surviving Schizophrenia : A Family Manual
E. Fuller Torrey - Harper Perennial; 6 edition
Format: Paperback
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Updated throughout and filled with all the latest research, the bestselling Surviving Schizophrenia is back, now in its sixth edition.Since its first publication in 1983, Surviving Schizophrenia has become the standard reference book on the disease and has helped thousands of patients,... |
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Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential
Barbara Oakley - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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Mindshift reveals how we can overcome stereotypes and preconceived ideas about what is possible for us to learn and become. At a time when we are constantly being asked to retrain and reinvent ourselves to adapt to new technologies and changing industries, this book shows us how we can uncover... |
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Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character
Kay Redfield Jamison - Alfred A Knopf
Format: Print book
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The best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind now gives us a groundbreaking life of one of the major American poets of the twentieth century that is at the same time a fascinating study of the relationship between manic-depressive (bipolar) illness, creative genius, and character.... |
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Philosophy For Dummies
Morris, Tom - IDG Books Worldwide
Format: Print book
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Philosophy at its best is an activity more than a body of knowledge. In an ancient sense, done right, it is a healing art. It's intellectual self-defense. It's a form of therapy. But it's also much more. Philosophy is map-making for the soul, cartography for the human journey.... |
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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 Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain
Judith Horstman - Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever wondered what's happening in your brain as you go through a typical day and night? This fascinating book presents an hour-by-hour round-the-clock journal of your brain's activities. Drawing on the treasure trove of information from Scientific American and Scientific... |
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Bento's Sketchbook
John Berger - Pantheon; First Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Bento's Sketchbook is an exploration of the practice of drawing, as well as a meditation on how we perceive and seek to explore our ever-changing relationship with the world around us. |
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Guide To Getting It On: Unzipped
Paul Joannides Psy.D - Goofy Foot Press
Format: Paperback
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From the author: I originally wrote this book for people who wanted to have better sex. But then it started winning awards and being used in college sex-ed courses. So I tried to make the book all things to all people, and it started to grow, and grow, and grow.But with this new edition,... |
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Radical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being
PHILIP SHEPERD - North Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback
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There are qualities we all yearn to experience in our lives - peace, simplicity, grace, connection, clarity. Yet these qualities evade us because each of them arises from an experience of wholeness, and we live in a culture that enforces divisions within each of us. In Radical Wholeness,... |
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River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope
Naomi Judd - Center St
Format: Print book
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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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Thoughts and Feelings: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life
Matthew McKay - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback
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If you are depressed, anxious, angry, worried, confused, frustrated, upset, or ashamed, please remember that you are not alone in your struggle with painful feelings and experiences. Everybody experiences emotional distress sometimes. It's normal. But when the pain becomes too strong... |
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Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin & Free
Susan Peirce Thompson - Hay House Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Foreword by John Robbins, author of the international bestseller DIET FOR A NEW AMERICAIn this book, Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. shares the groundbreaking weight-loss solution based on her highly acclaimed Bright Line Eating Boot Camps. Rooted in cutting-edge... |
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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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There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
Antony Flew - HarperOne
Format: Paperback
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In There Is a God, one of the world's preeminent atheists discloses how his commitment to "follow the argument wherever it leads" led him to a belief in God as Creator. This is a compelling and refreshingly open-minded argument that will forever change the atheism debate. |
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Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes
Aurelian Crăiuțu - University of Pennsylvania Press
Format: Print book
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Aristotle listed moderation as one of the moral virtues. He also defined virtue as the mean between extremes, implying that moderation plays a vital role in all forms of moral excellence. But moderation's protean character - its vague and ill-defined omnipresence in judgment and action... |
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From Sun to Sun: A Hospice Nurse Reflects on the Art of Dying
Nina Angela McKissock - She Writes Press
Format: Print book
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Twenty-one people of different ages have one thing in common; they're within six months of their deaths. They've endured the battle of the medical system as they sought cures for their illnesses, and are now settling in to die. Some reconcile, some don't. Some are gracious,... |
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The Self-Esteem Workbook
Glenn R Schiraldi - New Harbinger Pub
Format: Print book
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People of all ages, backgrounds, and circumstances struggle with low self-esteem. This long-awaited, fully revised second edition of the best-selling The Self-Esteem Workbook includes up-to-date information on brain plasticity, and new chapters on forgiveness, mindfulness, and cultivating... |
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The Secret Life of Your Cat: Unlock the Mysteries of Your Pet's Behavior
Vicky Halls - Firefly Books; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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A comprehensive illustrated book that reveals why cats behave the way they do. The Secret Life of Your Cat uncovers the biology and physiology behind the uniquely feline approach to life and, in particular, how cats have adapted to living with humans. The book examines the cat inside out,... |
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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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Silence: In the Age of Noise
Erling Kagge - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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A transformative account of an experience that is essential for our sanity and our happiness.There is a solution to the noise, distraction, ceaseless pings and alerts that undermine our patience and disturb our daily equilibrium: silence. What is silence? Where is it? How do we create it? These... |
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Empowering Women: Every Womans Guide to Successful Living
Louise L. Hay - Hay House
Format: Hardcover
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In this book, the author of You Can Heal Your Life and The Power Is Within You emphasizes that no matter what a woman's past has been, she can learn to empower herself and rise to the top--she can rise as high as her belief in herself allows her. |
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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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Achieving Our Country : Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America
Richard Rorty - Harvard University Press
Format: Paperback
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Must the sins of America's past poison its hope for the future? Lately the American Left, withdrawing into the ivied halls of academe to rue the nation's shame, has answered yes in both word and deed. In Achieving Our Country, one of America's foremost philosophers challenges... |
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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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The Asperkid's
Jennifer Cook O'Toole - Jessica Kingsley Pub; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Being a teen or tween isn't easy for anyone -- but it's especially tough for Asperkids. I know. I was one, I taught a whole bunch, and I am going to be raising three! That's also why I know that Asperkdis deserve their very own guide to all of the hidden social rules that are awfully... |
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The Glamour of Strangeness: Artists and the Last Age of the Exotic
Jamie James - Farrar
Format: Print book
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According to Paul Bowles, a tourist travels quickly home, while a traveler moves slowly from one destination to the next. In The Glamour of Strangeness, Jamie James describes "a third species, those who roam the world in search of the home they never had in the place that made... |
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Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge
Eleanor Herman - Harper Perennial
Format: Print book
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Throughout the centuries, royal mistresses have been worshiped, feared, envied, and reviled. They set the fashions, encouraged the arts, and, in some cases, ruled nations. Eleanor Herman's Sex with Kings takes us into the throne rooms and bedrooms of Europe's most powerful monarchs.... |
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Iris Grace: How Thula the Cat Saved a Little Girl and Her Family
Arabella Carter-Johnson - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Iris Grace is a beautiful little girl who, from a very young age, barely communicated, avoided social interaction with other people, and rarely smiled. From both before her diagnosis of autism and after, she seemed trapped in her own world, unable to connect with those around her.One day,... |
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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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Son: A Psychopath and His Victims
Jack Olsen - Scribner; Reissue edition
Format: Print book
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A classic from "the dean of true crime" (The Washington Post) - now with a new foreword - this 1983 masterpiece tells the incredible story of a Spokane, Washington serial rapist who was exposed as the handsome, privileged son of one of the city's most elite families.For more... |
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Brain Rules for Aging Well: 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp
JOHN MEDINA - Pear Press
Format: Hardcover
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How come I can never find my keys? Why don?t I sleep as well as I used to? Why do my friends keep repeating the same stories? What can I do to keep my brain sharp? Scientists know. Brain Rules for Aging Well, by developmental molecular biologist Dr. John Medina, gives you the facts?and... |
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The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics: Revised Edition
Mark Lilla - NYRB/New York Review Books
Format: Print book
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European history of the past century is full of examples of philosophers, writers, and scholars who supported or excused the worst tyrannies of the age. How was this possible How could intellectuals whose work depends on freedom defend those who would deny it In profiles of six leading... |
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Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation
Jonathan Lear - Harvard University Press
Format: Paperback
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Shortly before he died, Plenty Coups, the last great Chief of the Crow Nation, told his story -- up to a certain point. "When the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground," he said, "and they could not lift them up again. After this nothing happened."... |
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The Mood Repair Toolkit: Proven Strategies to Prevent the Blues from Turning into Depression
David A. Clark PhD - The Guilford Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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If you have trouble bouncing back from low moods or just feel stuck in the doldrums much of the time, renowned cognitive behavior therapist David A. Clark has a clear message there are simple yet powerful steps you can take to feel better. This encouraging book presents 80 strategies you can use to reduce... |
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On Color
DAVID FARTHING STEPHEN KASTAN - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Our lives are saturated by color. We live in a world of vivid colors, and color marks our psychological and social existence. But for all color's inescapability, we don't know much about it. Now authors David Scott Kastan and Stephen Farthing offer a fresh and imaginative exploration of one of the most... |
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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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Bipolar Disorder For Dummies
Candida Fink - John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Print book
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Understand the realities of bipolar disorder When one receives the diagnosis that they or a loved one has bipolar disorder, it can be a time of fear and worry. Bipolar Disorder For Dummies, 3rd Edition explains the brain chemistry behind the disease and covers the latest medications and therapies.... |
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The Origin of Others
TONI MORRISON - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct... |
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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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A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of President Trump
Steven Buser (Editor) - Chiron Publications
Format: Paperback
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President Trump's victory in 2016 stunned the world and unleased a new era in U.S. politics. Donald Trump often embodies the opposite of what many expect from a president, making it difficult for even Republican leaders to know how to respond to him. From his stubborn refusal to release... |
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Philosophy: A Text with Readings
Manuel G Velasquez - Wadsworth Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Engaging and compelling on every page, Velasquez's text helps you explore and understand philosophy while it helps you appreciate the relevance of philosophy to your day-to-day life and the larger social world. This trusted text combines clear prose and primary source readings to take... |
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Narcotics Anonymous
World Service Office - World Service Office; 6 edition
Format: Paperback
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This new edition reflects the international diversity and strength of our NA Fellowship. It includes ten chapters on "Our Program" and a new section of recovery experience from NA members called "Our Members Share." It includes abstracts of each personal story. |
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A Handbook for Right-Wing Youth
Julius Evola - Arktos Media Ltd
Format: Hardcover
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A Handbook for Right-Wing Youth consists of essays selected from throughout Evola's lifetime, but most especially from the post-war era, when youth across the Western world had thrown their societies into chaos with protests, civil unrest, and by defying conventional mores. According... |
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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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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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Race on the Brain: What Implicit Bias Gets Wrong About the Struggle for Racial Justice
Jonathan Kahn - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Of the many obstacles to racial justice in America, none has received more recent attention than the one that lurks in our subconscious. As social movements and policing scandals have shown how far from being "postracial" we are, the concept of implicit bias has taken center stage... |
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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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Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
Dr. Ronald Epstein M.D. - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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The first book for the general public about mindfulness and medical practice, a groundbreaking, intimate exploration of how doctors think and what matters most - safe, effective, patient-centered, compassionate care - from the foremost expert in the field.. As a third-year Harvard Medical... |
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Destination Earth: A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler
Nicos Hadjicostis - Bamboo Leaf Pr
Format: Print book
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''Travel is the departure from one's little pond. It is the bold renouncement of the petty comforts that hold us prisoner. It is a movement away from the known towards the unknown and unimaginable. Travel is expansion, widening, opening-up...'' After years as a media... |
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Trump and a Post-Truth World
Ken Wilber - Shambhala
Format: Paperback
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A provocative and balanced examination of our current social and political situation -- by a cutting-edge philosopher of our times.The world is in turmoil. As populist waves roil the Brexit-bound U.K., along with Europe, Turkey, Russia, Asia - and most visibly, the U.S. with the election... |
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When Someone You Know Has Depression: Words to Say and Things to Do
Susan J Noonan - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Print book
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Mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder can be devastating to the person who has the disorder and to his or her family. Depression and bipolar disorder affect every aspect of how a person functions, including their thoughts, feelings, actions, and relationships with other... |
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Think Like a Cat: How to Raise a Well-Adjusted Cat--Not a Sour Puss
Pam Johnson-Bennett - Penguin Books; Revised edition
Format: Paperback
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A fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling feline behavior bible. There are approximately eighty-five million cats owned as pets in the United States alone. And-thanks to her regular appearances in the media and at veterinary conferences and humane organizations-most of their... |
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Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness
Jessie Close - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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At a young age, Jessie Close struggled with symptoms that would transform into severe bipolar disorder in her early twenties, but she was not properly diagnosed until the age of fifty. Jessie and her three siblings, including actress Glenn Close, spent many years in the Moral Re-Armament... |
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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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How to End the Autism Epidemic
J.B. Handley - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Paperback
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In How to End the Autism Epidemic, Generation Rescue's co-founder J.B. Handley offers a compelling, science-based explanation of what's causing the autism epidemic, the lies that enable its perpetuation, and the steps we must take as parents and as a society in order to end it. While many... |
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The Happiness Philosophers: The Lives and Works of the Great Utilitarians
Bart Schultz - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A colorful history of utilitarianism told through the lives and ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and its other foundersIn The Happiness Philosophers, Bart Schultz tells the colorful story of the lives and legacies of the founders of utilitarianism--one of the most influential... |
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The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
Leslie Jamison - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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"An astounding triumph . . . Profound . . . Achingly wise . . . A recovery memoir like no other." --Entertainment Weekly (A) "Riveting . . . Beautifully told." --Boston Globe"An honest and important book . . . Vivid writing and required reading."... |
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What is Consciousness?: Three Sages Look Behind the Veil
Ervin Laszlo Ph.D. - Select Books (NY)
Format: Hardcover
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What is consciousness? Conventional thinking tells us it is the images, sensations, thoughts, and feelings produced by the brain. When the neurons in the brain stop firing, consciousness ceases to be. But does it? |
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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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He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe In Himself
Adam Price - Sterling
Format: Hardcover
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"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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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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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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Work That Works: Emergineering a Positive Organizational Culture
Geil Browning - Wiley
Format: Hardcover
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Use cognitive diversity to your advantage and transform your organization Work That Works is a guide to building better teams and an exceedingly positive workplace culture. Based on the tools and principles of Emergenetics, this book helps you improve communication, connection, and performance... |
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy: Everything Is Fire
Eric Bronson - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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The essential companion to Stieg Larsson's bestselling trilogy and director David Fincher's 2011 film adaptationStieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy—The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest—is... |
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The Runaway Species: How human creativity remakes the world
David Eagleman - Catapult
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist David Eagleman teams up with composer Anthony Brandt in this powerful, wide-ranging exploration of human creativity. Together, they incisively explore how individuals, organizations, and educational institutions can benefit from... |
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The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell
Rachel Herz - William Morrow; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Shakespeare wrote that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But if you cannot smell, does the rose lose its sweetness? The first and definitive book on the psychology of smell, The Scent of Desire traces the importance of smell in our lives, from nourishment to procreation to our relationships... |
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The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters
Emily Esfahani Smith - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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In a culture obsessed with happiness, this wise, stirring book points the way toward a richer, more satisfying life.Too many of us believe that the search for meaning is an esoteric pursuit - that you have to travel to a distant monastery or page through dusty volumes to discover life's... |
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The Common Good
Robert B Reich - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center of our economics and politics.With the warmth and lucidity that have made him one of our most important... |
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The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
Peter Joseph - BenBella Books
Format: Print book
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Society is broken. We can design our way to a better one.In our interconnected world, self-interest and social-interest are rapidly becoming indistinguishable. If current negative trajectories remain, including growing climate destabilization, biodiversity loss, and economic inequality,... |
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Upside: The New Science of Post-Traumatic Growth
Jim Rendon - Touchstone Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Po Bronson and Paul Tough, journalist Jim Rendon delivers a deeply reported look at the life-changing implications of post-traumatic growth - an emerging field of psychological research that shows how the suffering caused by traumatic events can be harnessed as a force... |
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The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Dk. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book
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Now in paperback, The Philosophy Book explores the history and concepts of philosophy, and demystifies what can often be daunting subject matter.Are the ideas of Ren Descartes, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes still relevant today The Philosophy Book unpacks the writings... |
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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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