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Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains

HELEN THOMSON - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the MonthIndiebound Bestseller Award-winning science writer Helen Thomson unlocks the biggest mysteries of the human brain by examining nine extraordinary casesOur brains are far stranger than we think. We take it for granted that we can remember, feel...
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All Bets Are Off: Losers, Liars, and Recovery from Gambling Addiction

Arnie Wexler - Central Recovery Press
Format: Book

Arnie Wexler's life as a gambler began on the streets of Brooklyn, New York, flipping cards, shooting marbles, and playing pinball machines. At age fourteen he found the racetrack, a bookie, and started playing the stock market. His obsession with gambling accelerated until a fateful...
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The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays

Esmé Weijun Wang - Graywolf Press
Format: Paperback

Powerful, affecting essays on mental illness, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize and a Whiting AwardAn intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and directness of one who still struggles with the effects of mental and chronic illness, The Collected Schizophrenias cuts...
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What Motivates Getting Things Done: Procrastination, Emotions, and Success

Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

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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The Organized Child: An Effective Program to Maximize Your Kid's Potential--in School and in Life

Richard Gallagher - The Guilford Press
Format: Paperback

Are you sick of nagging your child to write down homework assignments? Is his or her backpack a black hole that eats up papers, books, and gym clothes? Organizational skills problems aren't just frustrating--they get in the way of school success and wreak havoc at home. Fortunately, help...
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Mean Men: The Perversion of America's Self-Made Man

Mark Lipton - Voussoir Press
Format: Hardcover

Steve Jobs, Dov Charney, Lance Armstrong, Donald Trump. Each one has reached the pinnacle of American success. Is it because they were ambitious visionaries and talented entrepreneurs? Most Americans would say yes to both. But what else do they have in common?They're known for being...
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The Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights

Thomas Gilovich - Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2015. ©2015
Format: Print book

Renowned psychologists describe the most useful insights from social psychology that can help make you "wise": wise about why people behave the way they do, and wise about how to use that knowledge in understanding and influencing the people in your life.When faced with a challenge,...
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First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

Thomas E. Ricks - Harper
Format: Hardcover

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a revelatory new book about the founding fathers, examining their educations and, in particular, their devotion to the ancient Greek and Roman classics - and how that influence would shape their ideals...
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Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up: Help Your Child Overcome Slow Processing Speed and Succeed in a Fast-Paced World

Ellen Braaten PhD - The Guilford Press
Format: Paperback

Do you find yourself constantly asking your child to "pick up the pace"? Does he or she seem to take longer than others to get stuff done--whether completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed and ready in the morning? Drs. Ellen Braaten and Brian Willoughby...
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5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life: Identifying and Dealing with Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other High-Conflict Personalities

Bill Eddy - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

Some difficult people aren't just hard to deal with - they're dangerous. Do you know someone whose moods swing wildly? Do they act unreasonably suspicious or antagonistic? Do they blame others for their own problems? When a high-conflict person has one of five common personality disorders...
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