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Civil Wars: A History in Ideas
David Armitage - Alfred A Knopf
Format: Print book
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A highly original history, tracing the least understood and most intractable form of organized human aggression from Ancient Rome through the centuries to the present day. We think we know civil war when we see it. Yet ideas of what it is, and what it isn't, have a long and contested history,... |
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Does Santa Exist?: A Philosophical Investigation
Eric Kaplan - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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A humorous philosophical investigation into the existence of Santa - from a co-executive producer of The Big Bang TheoryMetaphysics isn't ordinarily much of a laughing matter. But in the hands of acclaimed comedy writer and scholar Eric Kaplan, a search for the truth about old St. Nick... |
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Brave Girls: Raising Young Women with Passion and Purpose to Become Powerful Leaders
Stacey Radin Dr. - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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An empowering guide to cultivating confident, passionate, and powerful young leaders during the most formative stage of life: the middle school years.After years of research as a psychologist and consultant for women struggling in the professional world, Stacey Radin made a groundbreaking... |
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Tribe On Homecoming and Belonging.
Junger Sebastian - Twelve
Format: Print book
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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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The Boundaries of Desire: A Century of Good Sex, Bad Laws, and Changing Identities
Eric Berkowitz - Counterpoint LLC
Format: Hardcover
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The act of reproduction, and its variants, never change much, but our ideas about the meaning of sex are in constant flux. Switch a decade, cross a border, or traverse class lines and the harmless pleasures of one group become the gravest crimes in another.Combining meticulous research... |
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Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal
Eugene Soltes - PublicAffairs
Format: Print book
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Rarely does a week go by without a well-known executive being indicted for engaging in a white-collar crime. Perplexed as to what drives successful, wealthy people to risk it all, Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes took a remarkable journey deep into the minds of these white-collar... |
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The Confidence Code
Katty Kay
Format: electronic resource
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Following the success of Lean In and Why Women Should Rule the World, the authors of the bestselling Womenomics provide an informative and practical guide to understanding the importance of confidence—and learning how to achieve it—for women of all ages and at all stages of their career.Working... |
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Buddha For Beginners
Stephen T Asma - For Beginners
Format: Print book
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Despite the widespread popularity of Buddhist practices (like meditation), there is little understanding of the complex philosophy behind Buddhism. The historical Buddha, Gautama, was a real person--a radical--who challenged the religious leaders of his day. Buddha For Beginners introduces... |
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Entrepreneurial StrengthsFinder
Sangeeta Bharadwaj Badal - Gallup Press
Format: Hardcover
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Entrepreneurial StrengthsFinder delves into the psychology of the entrepreneur. Gallup research shows that decisions and actions, influenced by the personality of the entrepreneur, affect the survival and growth of the venture.Entrepreneurial StrengthsFinder is about understanding what... |
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An Abbreviated Life: A Memoir
Ariel Leve - Harper
Format: Print book
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A beautiful, startling, and candid memoir about growing up without boundaries, in which Ariel Leve recalls with candor and sensitivity the turbulent time she endured as the only child of an unstable poet for a mother and a beloved but largely absent father, and explores the consequences... |
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The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole
Lori Holden - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Format: Print book
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Prior to 1990, fewer than five percent of domestic infant adoptions were open. In 2012, ninety percent or more of adoption agencies are recommending open adoption. Yet these agencies do not often or adequately prepare either adopting parents or birth parents for the road ahead of them!... |
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A Mind of Your Own: What Women Can Do About Depression That Big Pharma Can't
Kelly M D Brogan - Harper Wave
Format: Print book
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Named one of the top health and wellness books for 2016 by MindBodyGreenDepression is not a disease. It is a symptom.Recent years have seen a shocking increase in antidepressant use the world over, with 1 in 4 women starting their day with medication. These drugs have steadily become the panacea... |
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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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Junk: Digging Through America's Love Affair with Stuff
Alison Stewart - Chicago Review
Format: Print book
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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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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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Show Me All Your Scars: True Stories of Living with Mental Illness
Lee Gutkind - Underland Pr
Format: Print book
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Every year, one in four American adults suffers from a diagnosable mental health disorder. In these true stories, writers and their loved ones struggle as their worlds are upended. What do you do when your father kills himself, or your mother is committed to a psych ward, or your daughter... |
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Black Sails White Rabbits;: Cancer Was the Easy Part
Kevin A Hall - Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Print book
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"This is a compelling and extraordinary book about a life of extremes. Of mental pain and sporting triumph, of acute despair and a determination to achieve what others take for granted: a settled family life with a wife and children who love him. It's a jagged ride, funny, romantic... |
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Navigating Life with Epilepsy
David C Spencer - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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Navigating Life with Epilepsy aims to provide clear and reliable information about epilepsy, including "what" (definition) , "how" (pathophysiology) , "who" (epidemiology) , and "why" (etiology) . The volume guides the reader through current... |
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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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What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know
Rachel Dempsey - NYU Press
Format: Hardcover
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An essential resource for any working woman, What Works for Women at Work is a comprehensive and insightful guide for mastering office politics as a woman. Authored by Joan C. Williams, one of the nation’s most-cited experts on women and work, and her daughter, writer Rachel... |
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Why We Work
Barry Schwartz - Simon & Schuster/ Ted
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening, groundbreaking tour of the purpose of work in our lives, showing how work operates in our culture and how you can find your own path to happiness in the workplace.Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising,... |
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Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood
Lisa Damour - Ballantine Books
Format: Book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Lisa Damour, Ph.D., director of the internationally renowned Laurel School's Center for Research on Girls, pulls back the curtain on the teenage years and shows why your daughter's erratic and confusing behavior is actually healthy, necessary,... |
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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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The Story of Philosophy, Revised and Updated
Bryan Magee - Dorling Kindersley Publishing
Format: Print book
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Now updated and with a fresh new look, the highly successful The Story of Philosophy traces more than 2,500 years of Western philosophy, from Plato and Aristotle in ancient Greece to Saint Augustine and medieval philosophy, the golden century of German philosophy, Bertrand Russell... |
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But maybe we're wrong : thinking about the present as if it were the past.
Charles Klosterman - Blue Rider Press
Format: Print book
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"But What If We re Wrong? " visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past. Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about... |
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Kidding Ourselves: The Hidden Power of Self-Deception
Joseph T Hallinan - Crown Publishers
Format: Print book
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Why We Make Mistakes, an illuminating exploration of human beings' astonishing ability to deceive themselves. To one degree or another, we all misjudge reality. Our perception - of ourselves and the world around us - is much... |
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Good job! : the 15 things a parent should never say and what to say instead
Jennifer Lehr - Workman
Format: Print book
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A provocative guide to the hidden dangers of "parentspeak" - those seemingly innocent phrases parents use when speaking to their young children. Imagine if every time you praise your child with "Good job!" you're actually doing harm? Or that urging a child to say "Can... |
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I Think Youre Totally Wrong: A Quarrel
David Shields - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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An impassioned, funny, probing, fiercely inconclusive, nearly-to-the-death debate about life and art - beers included.. Caleb Powell always wanted to become an artist, but he overcommitted to life (hes a stay-at-home dad to three young girls) , whereas his former professor David Shields... |
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Freud: In His Time and Ours
Elisabeth Roudinesco - Harvard University Press
Format: Print book
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lisabeth Roudinesco offers a bold and modern reinterpretation of the iconic founder of psychoanalysis. Based on new archival sources, this is Freud's biography for the twenty-first century -- a critical appraisal, at once sympathetic and impartial, of a genius greatly admired and yet greatly... |
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Philosophy: An Illustrated History of Thought
Tom Jackson - Shelter Harbor Press
Format: Hardcover
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Here is the essential guide to philosophy. Philosophy An Illustrated History of Thought is an authoritative yet fun reference book and timeline on the compilation of human knowledge. Both art and science attempt answers to the big questions -- what is truth, how to be good, and where did we come... |
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How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows
Jacqueline Novak - Three Rivers Press
Format: Print book
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In her hilarious memoir-meets-guide-to-life, comedian (and depressed person) Jacqueline Novak reveals depression's hidden pleasures, advises readers on how to make most of a cat hair-covered life, and helps them summon the strength to shed that bathrobe and face the world. Exhausted?... |
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The Price of Silence: A Mom's Perspective on Mental Illness
Liza Long - Hudson Street Press
Format: Hardcover
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Liza Long is the mother of a child who has bipolar disorder When she heard about the Newtown shooting her first thought was What if my son does that someday She wrote an emotional response to the tragedy which the Boise State University online journal published as I Am Adam Lanzas Mother... |
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Beyond Schizophrenia: Living and Working with a Serious Mental Illness
Marjorie L. Baldwin - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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The experience of living and working with schizophrenia is often fraught with challenges and setbacks. This book is a comprehensive attempt to explain why, in spite of near-miraculous advances in medication and treatment, persons with mental illness fare worse than almost any other disadvantaged... |
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50 for Your Future: Lessons from Down the Road
Tavis Smiley - Smiley Books
Format: Hardcover
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Stepping into your authentic life can be difficult. There are pitfalls of ego, of convenience, of modern society's pressure to put yourself out there before you've even figured out what you really want. It's easy to lose yourself along the way, conforming to those around you, obsessing... |
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Managing OCD with CBT For Dummies
Katie d'Ath - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Break the chains of OCD with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Are you suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) ? You're not alone. Whether you've tried countless treatments or are seeking help for the first time, this expert, accessible guide is your beacon of hope for breaking... |
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Man, Interrupted: Why Young Men are Struggling & What We Can Do About It
Philip Zimbardo - Conari Press
Format: Print book
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In 2011, Philip Zimbardo gave a TED Talk called "The Demise of Guys," which has been viewed by over 1.8 million people. A TED eBook short followed that chronicled how in record numbers men are flaming out academically and failing socially and sexually with women. This new book... |
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The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation
Harold Schechter - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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2015 Edgar Award Nominee Beekman Place, once one of the most exclusive addresses in Manhattan, had a curious way of making it into the tabloids in the 1930s: "SKYSCRAPER SLAYER," "BEAUTY SLAIN IN BATHTUB" read the headlines. On Easter Sunday in 1937, the discovery of a grisly... |
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Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939
Volker Ullrich - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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A landmark biography that gives us an unprecedented understanding of the man who has become the personification of evil. Volker Ullrich draws on previously unseen papers and recent scholarly research to shed new light on the man behind the public persona: from Hitler's childhood and his failures... |
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Speed Limits: Where Time Went and Why We Have So Little Left
Mark C. Taylor - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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We live in an ever-accelerating world faster computers, markets, food, fashion, product cycles, minds, bodies, kids, lives. When did everything start moving so fast Why does speed seem so inevitable Is faster always better Drawing together developments in religion, philosophy, art, technology,... |
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This Is Not the End New Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder
Tabetha Martin
Format: Print book
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"I fight because it's not over. It doesn't end here." In this unique collection, individuals of all ages and stages share their experiences with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) . Within these pages, you'll find an honest portrait of what it's like to live with BPD, from... |
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The Irresistible Introvert: Harness the Power of Quiet Charisma in a Loud World
Michaela Chung - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book
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Learn the tools to shed your mask of extroversion, develop your own magnetism, and reveal the true you.One third to one half of Americans are introverts in a culture that celebrates - even enforces - an ideal of extroversion and a cult of personality. Political leaders are charismatic,... |
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Ordinarily Well: The Case for Antidepressants
Peter D Kramer - Farrar
Format: Print book
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Do antidepressants work, or are they glorified dummy pills? How can we tell? In "Ordinarily Well, " the celebrated psychiatrist and author Peter D. Kramer examines the growing controversy about the popular medications. A practicing doctor who trained as a psychotherapist and worked... |
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When an Adult You Love Has ADHD: Professional Advice for Parents, Partners, and Siblings
Russell A Barkley - American Psychological Association
Format: Print book
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In this book ADHD expert Dr. Russell Barkley explains the science behind ADHD and how you can tell if your spouse, partner, friend, adult child, or sibling may have it. He shows how to guide your loved one toward the right treatment, and what to do if he or she doesn't want treatment. Adults... |
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Waking Up from War: A Better Way Home for Veterans and Nations
Joseph Bobrow - Pitchstone Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Voices and stories of veterans, their families, and their care providers, reveal what is necessary for postwar healing This book argues that the elements that contribute to healing war trauma - including safety, connection, community, dialogue, mutual respect, diversity, and compassion... |
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Plato: A Complete Introduction
Roy Jackson - Teach Yourself
Format: Print book
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"Plato: A Complete Introduction" is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then providing added-value features like summaries... |
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You Are Not Special: ... And Other Encouragements
David McCullough Jr. - Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Print book
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David mccullough, Jr.'s now iconic high school commencement address was a tonic for children, parents, and educators alike. With wit and a perspective earned from raising four children and teaching high school students for nearly thirty years, McCullough expands on his speech, shares... |
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Homefront 911: How Families of Veterans Are Wounded by Our Wars
Stacy Bannerman - Arcade Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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The hallmarks of America's War on Terror have been repeated long deployments and a high percentage of troops returning with psychological problems. Family members of combat veterans are at a higher risk of potentially lethal domestic violence than almost any other demographic; it's... |
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I Wish He Had Come with Instructions: The Woman's Guide to a Man's Brain
Mike Bechtle - Revell
Format: Print book
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What Is He Really Thinking? When a woman begins a relationship with a man, she may think she's found her knight in shining armor. As the relationship continues, that armor can begin to feel like a barricade she just can't get past it. What's he hiding in there, anyway?Relationship... |
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Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human
Daniel J Siegel - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller. A scientist's exploration into the mysteries of the human mind. What is the mind? What is the experience of the self truly made of? How does the mind differ from the brain? Though the mind's contents -- its emotions, thoughts, and memories -- are often described,... |
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What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars
David Wood - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover
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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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