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Dont Give Up on Me: Shedding Light on Addiction with Darryl Strawberry

Shawn Powell - HenschelHAUS Publishing, Inc.
Format: Paperback

Major League Baseball All-Star Darryl Strawberry has triumphed... not only on the baseball diamond, but in life. My brain is broken--Darryl Strawberry Skillfully weaving Darryl Strawberrys personal story of childhood abuse, anxiety, drug abuse and alcohol addiction, between easy-to-understand...
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The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive

W Thomas Boyce - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From one of the world's foremost researchers and pioneers of pediatric health--a book that offers hope and a pathway to success for parents, teachers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and child development experts coping with "difficult" children, fully exploring the author's revolutionary...
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The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

Gad Saad - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover

- The West's commitment to freedom, reason, and true liberalism have become endangered by a series of viral forces in our society today. Renowned host of the popular YouTube show "The SAAD Truth", Dr. Gad Saad exposes how an epidemic of idea pathogens are spreading like...
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Learn Like a Pro: Science-Based Tools to Become Better at Anything

Barbara Oakley PhD - St. Martin's Essentials
Format: Paperback

Do you spend too much time learning with disappointing results? Do you find it difficult to remember what you read? Do you put off studying because it's boring and you're easily distracted? This book is for you.Dr. Barbara Oakley and Olav Schewe have both struggled in the past with...
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The Power of Awareness: And Other Secrets from the World's Foremost Spies, Detectives, and Special Operators on How to Stay Safe and Save Your Life

Dan Schilling - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

In his empowering book, Dan Schilling shares how to identify and avoid threats using situational awareness and intuition just like the pros. Told with wit and wisdom, this compelling guide uses harrowing stories from Dan's special operations career and those of other experts to outline...
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The Origin of Others

TONI MORRISON - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover

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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The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis--and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance

Ben Sasse - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn an era of safe spaces, trigger warnings, and an unprecedented election, the country's youth are in crisis. Senator Ben Sasse warns the nation about the existential threat to America's future.Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents...
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Measure Yourself Against the Earth: Essays

Mark Kingwell - Biblioasis
Format: Paperback

Mark Kingwell is the rare philosopher who is as at home discussing Sex and the City as he is civility, who can find the Plato in pop culture, and sees in idleness a deeply revolutionary gesture. In Democracy's Gift, he brings his heady mixture of critical intelligence and infectious...
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How Psychology Works: The Facts Visually Explained

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff - DK
Format: Hardcover

Explore the human mind and understand the science behind how people think and act in a wide variety of everyday situations with this brand-new visual guide to applied psychology.Using straightforward definitions and clear, striking visuals, this book makes the workings of the brain easy...
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

Steven Pinker - Viking
Format: Hardcover

Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding--and also appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that developed vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, medical quackery, and conspiracy theorizing Pinker rejects the cynical clich...
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