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Behind Every Great Man: The Forgotten Women Behind the World's Famous and Infamous
Marlene Wagman-Geller - Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Paperback
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Who Said Men Get to Monopolize the Glory? Discover the Little Known Women Who Have Put the World's Alpha Males on the Map.From ancient times to the present, men have gotten most of the good ink. Yet standing just outside the spotlight are the extraordinary, and overlooked, wives and companions... |
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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time
Maria Konnikova - Viking
Format: Print book
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"It's a startling and disconcerting read that should make you think twice every time a friend of a friend offers you the opportunity of a lifetime." - Erik Larson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake and bestselling author of Devil in the White... |
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Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You
Sam Gosling - Basic Books
Format: Print book
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Does what's on your desk reveal what's on your mind? Do those pictures on your walls tell true tales about you? And is your favorite outfit about to give you away? For the last ten years psychologist Sam Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves.... |
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A Gay and Melancholy Sound
Merle Miller - AmazonEncore
Format: Paperback
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The first book in nationally renowned librarian Nancy Pearl’s new Book Lust Rediscoveries series, this lost literary classic is available for the first time in decades. As funny and entertaining as it is captivating and heartrending, A Gay and Melancholy Sound is a shattering depiction... |
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The Women's Room
Marilyn French
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The twenty-one-million copy bestseller?available again for a new generation of readers Originally published in 1977, The Women?s Room was a novel that?for the first time?expressed the inner lives of women who left education and professional advancement behind to marry in the |
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Understanding Your Dog For Dummies
Stanley Coren - For Dummies
Format: Hardcover
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If youre feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of getting a dog or nervous about caring for the one youve already brought home, now you can relax. Understanding Your Dog for Dummies helps you recognize not only why your dog behaves the way she does, but in a way that enables you to parlay... |
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Mental Illness: Opposing Viewpoints
Tamara L. Roleff - Greenhaven Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Considers the following questions: How should mental illnesses be defined? How should society deal with the mentally ill? What mental health issues do children face? What mental health treatments are beneficial? |
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The Autism Answer Book: More Than 300 of the Top Questions Parents Ask
William Stillman - Sourcebooks; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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It is currently estimated that in kids are affected by autism-and that number is increasing at an alarming rateIn a time when parents are overwhelmed with confusing and often conflicting information The Autism Answer Book provides them clear and confident counsel by providing straightforward... |
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The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, And How Children Learn
Alison Gopnik - William Morrow; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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This book combines two worlds -- children and science -- in an entirely unique way that yields exciting discoveries about both. The authors show that by the time children are three, they've solved problems that stumped Socrates with an agility computers still can't match. "The... |
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The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Daniel J. Levitin - Penguin Group USA
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we're expected to make more - and faster... |
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Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal
Tom Shroder - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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It’s no secret that psychedelic drugs have the ability to cast light on the miraculous reality hidden within our psyche. Almost immediately after the discovery of LSD less than a hundred years ago, psychedelics began to play a crucial role in the quest to understand the link between... |
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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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Building Self-Esteem in Children and Teens Who Are Adopted or Fostered
Sue Cornbluth - Jessica Kingsley Pub; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Just because children have been fostered or adopted, it doesn't mean they can't grow up to be happy, healthy and successful. In Building Self-Esteem in Children Who Are Adopted or Fostered, Dr. Sue offers simple and practical advice to those supporting children aged 7+ to help them... |
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Overcoming Mobbing: A Recovery Guide for Workplace Aggression and Bullying
Maureen Duffy - New York : Oxford Un. Pr., 2014
Format: Hardcover
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Research shows that as many as 37% of American workers have experienced workplace abuse at some time in their working lives. Mobbing, a form of abuse in which individuals, groups, or organizations target a single person for ridicule, humiliation, and removal from the workplace, can lead... |
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Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
Steven D Levitt - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have... |
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The Second Mountain
David Brooks - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring, thought-provoking exploration of what it means to live a meaningful life, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Road to CharacterEvery so often, you meet a person who radiates joy. Who seems to know exactly why they were put on this earth, and glows with a kind... |
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Existentialism
Thomas Flynn - Sterling
Format: Print book
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With its emphasis on individuality, freedom, and personal responsibility, existentialism was one of the 20th century’s most significant philosophical movements. Through such writers as Sarte, de Beauvoir, and Camus, it influenced literature, the arts and humanities, and politics.... |
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Straight Talk on Parenting: A No-Nonsense Approach on How to Grow a Grown-Up
Vicki Hoefle - Routledge
Format: 1st Edition
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Parents these days are under a great deal of pressure to be "perfect." From psychologists to social scientists, journalists to weekend bloggers, everyone has an opinion about the dos and donts for raising healthy, well-adjusted--and lets not forget, polite--children in todays... |
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Playing by the Rules: How Our Obsession with Safety Is Putting Us All at Risk
Tracey Brown - Sourcebooks
Format: Print book
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Can a cell phone cause a major explosion at a gas station? What would happen if the 3 oz rule at airports was abolished? And are all the child protection measures really making children safer? These rules exist in the name of our own protection, but has anyone ever stopped to consider exactly... |
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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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Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists
Susan Neiman - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Susan Neiman is a moral philosopher committed to making the tools of her trade relevant to real life. In Moral Clarity, she shows how resurrecting a moral vocabulary—good and evil, heroism and nobility—can steer us clear of the dogmas of the right and the helpless pragmatism... |
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In Search of Bill Clinton: A Psychological Biography
John Gartner - Tantor Audio
Format: Hardcover
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William Jefferson Clinton, the forty-second president of the United States, is undoubtedly the greatest American enigma of our age---a dark horse who captured the White House, fell from grace, and was resurrected as an elder statesman whose popularity rises and falls based on the days sound... |
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Get a Clue!: A Parents' Guide to Understanding and Communicating With Your Preteen
Ellen Rosenberg - An Owl Book
Format: Paperback
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This practical companion to Reviving Ophelia and Real Boys shares the concerns of preteens in their own words and advises parents how to approach them confidently and effectively.Many parents may not want to know that their eight- to fourteen-year-olds are already facing serious issues... |
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Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body
Jo Marchant - Crown Publishers
Format: Print book
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A New York Times BestsellerA rigorous, skeptical, deeply reported look at the new science behind the mind's surprising ability to heal the bodyHave you ever felt a surge of adrenaline after narrowly avoiding an accident? Salivated at the sight (or thought) of a sour lemon? Felt... |
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Stand Into Danger
Alexander Kent - McBooks Press
Format: Paperback
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In 1774, Richard Bolitho is a newly appointed Third Lieutenant, joining the 28-gun frigate Destiny. Dispatched on a secret mission, Destiny and her company face the hazards of conspiracy, treason, and piracy. It is amidst the broadside battles and clashes of swords that Bolitho learns to accept... |
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Stephen Greenblatt - W.W. Norton
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Non-Fiction One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from... |
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Steven Pinker - Viking Adult; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Steven Pinker analyses what words actually mean and how we use them, and he reveals what this can tell us about ourselves. He shows how we use space and motion as metaphors for more abstracted ideas, and uncovers the deeper structures of human thought that have been shaped by evolutionary... |
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In a Perfect World: A Novel
Laura Kasischke - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
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In a Perfect World is critically acclaimed writer Laura Kasischke's new novel of marriage, motherhood, and the choices we make when we have no choices left. Kasischke, the author of The Life Before Her Eyes, tells the story of Jiselle, a young flight attendant who's just settled... |
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Week on the Concord and Merrimack rivers.
Henry David Thoreau - Literary Classics of the United States
Format: Print book
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Henry David Thoreau wrote four full-length works, collected here in a single volume. Interweaving natural observation, personal experience, and historical lore, they reveal his brilliance not only as a writer, but as a naturalist, scholar, historian, poet, and philosopher. "A Week... |
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Children with High-Functioning Autism: A Parent's Guide
Claire Hughes Ph.D. - Prufrock Press
Format: Paperback
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Children With High-Functioning Autism: A Parent's Guide offers parents the information needed to help them cope with their child's autism and to navigate the path as they first perceive differences, seek assistance and treatment, and help their child develop into his or her full... |
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Essentials of philosophy : the basic concepts of the world's greatest thinkers
James Mannion - Barnes & Noble
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If you've always wanted to learn about philosophy but were too intimidated to get past the first word ending in "ism," Essentials of Philosophy provides simple explanations guaranteed to make philosophic ideas and concepts easy to understand. This entertaining book offers a broad... |
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Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
Daniel J Levitin - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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Author of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age, why we should think about health span, not life span, and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence,... |
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If Your Adolescent Has Schizophrenia: An Essential Resource for Parents
Raquel E. Gur - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Schizophrenia is a disease that afflicts some 2.2 million persons of all ages. It has a wide-ranging impact on the lives of not just the people who have it, but also the people who love them. In an era of de-institutionalization and managed care, parents and other adults, such as teachers... |
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Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
Ph.D. Barry M. Prizant - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking book on autism, by one of the world's leading experts, who portrays autism as a unique way of being human - this is "required reading....Breathtakingly simple and profoundly positive" (Chicago Tribune) .Autism therapy typically focuses on ridding individuals... |
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Reboot Your Brain: A Natural Approach to Fight Memory Loss, Dementia,
Gary Null - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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As of 2013, there are 93 million people over the age of forty-seven living in America. They make up the largest group of aging people in our country’s history. Many of those individuals are overweight or obese, eat a poor diet, and experience a high-stress lifestyle, leading to a range... |
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Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
Jonah Berger - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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The New York Times bestselling author of Contagious explores the subtle, secret influences that affect the decisions we make - from what we buy, to the careers we choose, to what we eat - in this fascinating and groundbreaking work.If you're like most people, you think that... |
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Pride : the seven deadly sins
Michael Eric Dyson
Format: eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Dyson explores the fate of pride from Christain theology to the social responsibilities of self-regard and regard for the society as a whole. Also discusses pride in black communities. |
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The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest
Yochai Benkler - Crown Business; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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What do Wikipedia Zip Carrsquos business model Barack Obamas presidential campaign and a small group of lobster fishermen have in common They all show the power and promise of human cooperation in transforming our businesses our government and our society at large Because today when the costs... |
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The Wonder of Boys
Michael Gurian - Tarcher; 1st Trade Pbk. Ed edition
Format: Paperback
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The author describes in an insightful and practical way what boys need to become strong, responsible, sensitive men. Instead of encouraging us to stifle boys' natural propensities for competition and aggression, the author offers effective and practical guidelines for channeling them. |
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Wait: The Art and Science of Delay
Frank Partnoy - PublicAffairs
Format: Paperback
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What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line?In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank... |
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100 Questions
Ava T. Albrecht - Jones & Bartlett Learning; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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An outstanding reference for the millions of adults suffering from adult ADHD, their families, and their friends. 100 Questions & Answers About Adult ADHD provides authoritative, practical answers to your questions about symptom recognition, proper diagnosis, and treatment. This book is an excellent... |
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59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot
Richard Wiseman - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A psychologist and best-selling author gives us a myth-busting response to the self-help movement with tips and tricks to improve your life that come straight from the scientific communityRichard Wiseman has been troubled by the realization that the self-help industry often promotes exercises... |
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The Silent Passage
Gail Sheehy - Random House
Format: Book
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The best-selling author of Passages takes a probing look at menopause, discussing the disquieting approach the medical community takes to it and offering commentary by some of today's most notable post-menopausal women. 50,000 first printing. Tour. |
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Survival Guide for College Students with ADD or LD
Kathleen G. Nadeau - Magination Press; 2nd edition
Format: Print book
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For college students with ADHDLD and high school students getting ready to apply, this Survival Guide contains everything you need to know to find the best college for you build great relationships with your professors make the best use of support services and accommodations select and schedule... |
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The
Dan Ariely - Harper; Honest edition
Format: Hardcover
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Fascinating and provocative, Ariely's The Truth About Dishonesty is an insightful and brilliantly researched take on cheating, deception and willpower. Internationally bestselling author Ariely pulls no punches when it comes to home truths. Previous titles PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL and THE UPSIDE... |
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