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Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character
Kay Redfield Jamison · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 544
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. In his Pulitzer... |
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Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation
Simon LeVay · Oxford University Press
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
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What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? Neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of the developing body and brain.... |
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Prius or Pickup?: How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America's Great Divide
Marc J Hetherington · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Two award-winning political scientists provide the psychological key to America's deadlocked politics, showing that we are divided not by ideologies but something deeper: personality differences that appear in everything from politics to parenting to the workplace to TV preferences, and which... |
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It Takes One to Tango: How I Rescued My Marriage with
Winifred M Reilly · Touchstone
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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With a focus on self-empowerment and resilience, this refreshing and witty relationship guide has a reassuring counterintuitive message for unhappy spouses: you only need one partner to initiate far-reaching positive change in a marriage.Conventional wisdom says that "it takes two"... |
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I'm Just Happy to Be Here: A Memoir of Renegade Mothering
Janelle Hanchett · Hachette Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From the creator of the blog "Renegade Mothering," Janelle Hanchett's forthright, darkly funny, and ultimately empowering memoir chronicling her tumultuous journey from young motherhood to abysmal addiction and a recovery she never imagined possible. Pregnant at 21 by a man she'd... |
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Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times
Alexis Shotwell · Univ Of Minnesota Press
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
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The world is in a terrible mess. It is toxic, irradiated, and full of injustice. Aiming to stand aside from the mess can produce a seemingly satisfying self-righteousness in the scant moments we achieve it, but since it is ultimately impossible, individual purity will always disappoint.... |
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Reckless Years: A Diary of Love and Madness
Heather Chaplin · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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In this page-turning memoir, a woman tries to reinvent her life after divorce and discovers that sometimes finding yourself is not all it's cracked up to be.Trapped in a dissatisfying marriage for nearly a decade, New York journalist Heather Chaplin finally summons the courage to leave.... |
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Microtrends Squared: The New Small Forces Driving the Big Disruptions Today
Mark Penn · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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Ten years after his bestseller Microtrends, Mark Penn identifies the next wave of trends reshaping the future of business, culture, and politics.Mark Penn has boldly argued that the future is not shaped by society's broad, general forces but by quiet changes within narrow slices of the population.... |
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The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World
Scott Hartley · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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One of the nation's leading venture capitalists offers surprising revelations on who is going to be leading innovation in the years to comeScott Hartley first heard the terms fuzzy and techie while studying political science at Stanford University. If you majored in the humanities or social... |
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The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive
W Thomas Boyce · Knopf
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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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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How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays
MANDY LEN CATRON · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover
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An insightful, charming, and absolutely fascinating memoir from the author of the popular New York Times essay, "To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This," (one of the top five most popular New York Times pieces of 2015) explores the romantic myths we create and explains how they... |
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In Defense of Troublemakers: The Power of Dissent in Life and Business
Charlan Jeanne Nemeth · Basic Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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An eminent psychologist explains why dissent should be cherished, not fearedWe've decided by consensus that consensus is good. In In Defense of Troublemakers, psychologist Charlan Nemeth argues that this principle is completely wrong: left unchallenged, the majority opinion is often... |
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