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Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi
Thomas Weber - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian charts Hitler's radical transformation after World War I from a directionless loner into a powerful National Socialist leaderIn Becoming Hitler, award-winning historian Thomas Weber examines Adolf Hitler's time in Munich between 1918 and 1926, the years... |
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Becoming who I am : young men on being gay
Ritch C Savin-Williams - Harvard University Press
Format: Print book
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Proud, happy, grateful gay youth describe their lives in terms that would have seemed surprising only a generation ago. Yet many adults, including parents, seem skeptical about this sea change in perceptions and attitudes. Even in an age of growing tolerance, coming out as gay is supposed... |
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To shape a new world : essays on the political philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr
Tommie Shelby - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
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Martin Luther King, Jr., may be America's most revered political figure, commemorated in statues, celebrations, and streets names around the world. On the fiftieth anniversary of King's assassination, the man and his activism are as close to public consciousness as ever. But despite... |
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Excursions with Thoreau: Philosophy, Poetry, Religion
Edward F Mooney - Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Format: eBook
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Excursions with Thoreau is a major new exploration of Thoreau's writing and thought that is philosophical yet sensitive to the literary and religious. Edward F. Mooney's excursions through passages from Walden, Cape Cod, and his late essay "Walking" reveal Thoreau as a miraculous... |
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Sex, Drugs 'n Facebook . . .: A Parent's Toolkit for Promoting Healthy Internet Use
Megan Moreno - Hunter House; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Forget sex, drugs, and rock & roll — today's parents and teachers have to deal with cyberbullying, sexting, internet addiction, and exposure to inappropriate online content. Fortunately, expert researcher Dr. Megan Moreno has written this book as a guide to help you teach your... |
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Cravings: How I Conquered Food
Judy Collins - Nan A. Talese
Format: Print book
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A no-holds-barred account of folk legend Judy Collins's harrowing struggle with compulsive overeating and of the journey that led her to a solution. Since childhood Judy Collins has had a tumultuous, fraught relationship with food. Her issues with overeating nearly claimed her career and her life.... |
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The Complete Tao Te Ching with the Four Canons of the Yellow Emperor
Jean Levi - Inner Traditions; Tra edition
Format: Hardcover
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The first text to restore the Four Canons of the Yellow Emperor to its rightful place alongside the Tao Te Ching • Presents the practical guidance of the Four Canons on the art of ruling, metaphysics, military matters, and ways of meditation • Includes translations of the earliest... |
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Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny
Michael Tomasello - Belknap Press
Format: Hardcover
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A radical reconsideration of how we develop the qualities that make us human, based on decades of cutting-edge experimental work by the former director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.Virtually all theories of how humans have become such a distinctive species focus... |
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Race on the Brain: What Implicit Bias Gets Wrong About the Struggle for Racial Justice
Jonathan Kahn - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Of the many obstacles to racial justice in America, none has received more recent attention than the one that lurks in our subconscious. As social movements and policing scandals have shown how far from being "postracial" we are, the concept of implicit bias has taken center stage... |
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Passing Judgment: Praise and Blame in Everyday Life
TERRI APTER - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Terri Apter reveals how everyday judgments impact our relationships and how praise, blame, and shame shape our sense of self.Do you know that praise is essential to the growth of a healthy brain? That experiences of praise and blame affect how long we live? That the conscious and unconscious... |
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Good sex : getting off without checking out
Jessica Graham - North Atlantic Books
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Jessica Graham demonstrates that a deep spiritual life and an extraordinary sex life are not mutually exclusive in this keenly personal and unflinchingly frank guide to finding mindfulness in sex without losing the fun and adventure. Not only a tool kit for creating a rich and deeply satisfying... |
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Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu - Shambhala; 1st Shambhala Ed edition
Format: Hardcover
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In what may be the most faithful translation of the Tao Te Ching, the translators have captured the terse, enigmatic beauty of the original masterpiece without embellishing it with personal interpretation or bogging it down with explanatory notes. By stepping out of the way and letting... |
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The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Dk. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book
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Now in paperback, The Philosophy Book explores the history and concepts of philosophy, and demystifies what can often be daunting subject matter.Are the ideas of Ren Descartes, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes still relevant today The Philosophy Book unpacks the writings... |
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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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Good Kids, Tough Choices: How Parents Can Help Their Children Do the Right Thing
Rushworth M. Kidder - Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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A practical analysis and inspiring guide for teaching kids "ethical fitness" Parents are beginning to realize that deficiencies in ethics and character are becoming a big problem among our nation's children. According to the latest data, lying, cheating, and rampant insensitivity... |
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Robot: A Visual Atlas from Ancient Greece to Artificial Intelligence
Luca Beatrice - Ore Cultura Srl
Format: Hardcover
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* The definitive work on the robot aesthetic throughout history, from Ancient Greece to the present day * An inexhaustible source of inspiration for fashion, music and designFrom Ancient Greece onwards, humans have been swept up in a race to replicate and rebuild themselves. We design automatons... |
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How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach
TOBIAS LEENAERT - Lantern Books
Format: Paperback
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In this thought-provoking book, Tobias Leenaert leaves well-trodden animal advocacy paths and takes a fresh look at the strategies, objectives, and communication of the vegan and animal rights movement. He argues that, given our present situation, with entire societies dependent on using... |
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Love Is All You Need: The Art and Science of Non-Training Your Dog
Jennifer Arnold - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Print book
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Through a Dog's Eyes - the inspiration for the PBS documentary - a paradigm-shifting approach to living with and loving our dogsThere are few people who understand dogs better than Jennifer Arnold. Twenty-five years after she founded... |
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50 clasicos de la filosofia
Tom Butler-Bowdon - Sirio
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De una manera totalmente accesible y amena, el autor nos da a conocer en este libro el trabajo de algunas de las mentes mas brillantes en el mundo de la psicologia, entre ellas Sigmund Freud, Carlo Jung, Jean Piaget, o Ivan Pavlov. En el exploraras algunos de los experimentos e investigaciones... |
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Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind
JAIME LOWE - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind lithium, an essential medication for millions of people struggling with bipolar disorder. It began in Los Angeles in 1993, when Jaime Lowe was just sixteen. She stopped sleeping and eating,... |
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The Consciousness Instinct: Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind
Michael S Gazzaniga - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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"The father of cognitive neuroscience" illuminates the past, present, and future of the mind-brain problemHow do neurons turn into minds? How does physical "stuff" -- atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells -- create the vivid and various worlds inside our heads? The problem... |
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The Art of Reading
DAMON YOUNG - Scribe US
Format: Hardcover
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'What you are doing right now is, cosmically speaking, against the odds.' As young children, we are taught to read, but soon go on to forget just how miraculous a process it is, this turning of scratches and dots into understanding, unease and inspiration. Perhaps we need to stop... |
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When the Sun Bursts: The Enigma of Schizophrenia
Christopher Bollas - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Many schizophrenics experience their condition as one of radical incarceration, mind-altering medications, isolation, and dehumanization. At a time when the treatment of choice is anti-psychotic medication, world-renowned psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas asserts that schizophrenics can be helped... |
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True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
James Renner - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Print book
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When an eleven year old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters all over his neighborhood, it was the beginning of a lifelong obsession with true crime. That obsession leads James to a successful career as an investigative journalist. It also gave... |
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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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Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience
Meg Jay - Twelve
Format: Hardcover
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Clinical psychologist and author of The Defining Decade, Dr. Meg Jay reveals the world of the "supernormal": those who soar to unexpected heights after childhood adversity.Whether it is bullying, the loss of a parent to divorce or death, an alcoholic or mentally... |
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The Addiction Solution: Treating Our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs
LLOYD SEDERER - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking examination of addiction from the Chief Medical Officer for the New York State Office of Mental Health and the Medical Editor for Mental Health at the Huffington Post, offering practical, proven solutions for individuals, families, and communities dealing with substance... |
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The Miracle Mindset: Show Up. Step Up. You Are Stronger Than You Think.
J J Virgin - North Star Way
Format: Print book
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Celebrity health expert and four-time New York Times bestselling author, JJ Virgin reveals how one life-altering event taught her to tap into an indomitable mindset, trust her instincts, and defy the odds, ultimately saving her son's life ... and her own. She'll share the lessons... |
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Understand Existentialism
Mel Thompson - Teach Yourself; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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"?Is this the right book for me?Understand Existentialism breaks down a complex mode of thought into more manageable sections, enabling you to get to grips with the key concepts within the movement. Chart the origins and development of existentialism in a variety of disciplines and learn... |
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How to Fix a Broken Heart (TED Books)
Dr Guy Winch - Simon & Schuster/ TED
Format: Hardcover
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Imagine if we treated broken hearts with the same respect and concern we have for broken arms? Psychologist Guy Winch urges us to rethink the way we deal with emotional pain, offering warm, wise, and witty advice for the broken-hearted.Real heartbreak is unmistakable. We think of nothing... |
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Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide: A Memoir
Darryl Mcdaniels - Amistad
Format: Print book
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In this surprising and moving memoir, the legendary rap star and cofounder of Run D.M.C. keeps it a hundred percent, speaking out about his battle with depression and overcoming suicidal thoughts - one of the most devastating yet little known health issues plaguing the black community today.As... |
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My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward: A Memoir
Mark Lukach - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover
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A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and affirms the power of love.Mark and Giulia's life together began as a storybook romance. They fell in love at eighteen, married at twenty-four, and were living their dream life in San Francisco.... |
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Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
Lily Bailey - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Written with the indelible power of Girl, Interrupted, Brain on Fire, and Reasons to Stay Alive, a lyrical, poignant memoir by a young woman about her childhood battle with debilitating obsessive compulsive disorder, and her hard-won journey to recovery.By the age of thirteen, Lily Bailey... |
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Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E Frankl - Beacon Press
Format: Paperback
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We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility... |
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The Essence of Tao
Pamela Ball - Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Format: Paperback
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Knowing ignorance is strength. Ignoring knowledge is sickness.' Lao Tse Tao, meaning 'The Way', refers to a power that envelops, surrounds and flows through all things, both living and sentient. It regulates natural processes and nourishes balance in the Universe. But, in the words... |
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Mark Twain and Philosophy
Alan H Goldman - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Mark Twain, the "Father of American Literature," and renowned humorist, satirist, and commentator on humanity and American life, is best known for his classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain's body of work, however, is expansive; from Adventures of Tom Sawyer and A Connecticut... |
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The Opposite of Hate: A Field Guide to Repairing Our Humanity
Sally Kohn - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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At a moment when we are facing an epidemic of incivility and hate - with divisive political speech, online trolling, and hate crimes escalating - popular CNN commentator Sally Kohn sets out to discover why we hate and how can stop it. As a progressive commentator on Fox News and now CNN,... |
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The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World
ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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From a renowned foreign-policy expert, a new paradigm for strategy in the twenty-first century In 1961, Thomas Schelling's The Strategy of Conflict used game theory to radically reenvision the U.S.-Soviet relationship and establish the basis of international relations for the rest... |
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Living with Robots
Paul Dumouchel - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Living with Robots recounts a foundational shift in the field of robotics, from artificial intelligence to artificial empathy, and foreshadows an inflection point in human evolution. Today's robots engage with human beings in socially meaningful ways, as therapists, trainers, mediators,... |
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Anatomy of malice : the enigma of the Nazi war criminals
Joel E Dimsdale - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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When the ashes had settled after World War II and the Allies convened an international war crimes trial in Nuremberg, a psychiatrist, Douglas Kelley, and a psychologist, Gustave Gilbert, tried to fathom the psychology of the Nazi leaders, using extensive psychiatric interviews, IQ tests,... |
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Silent Voices: People with Mental Disorders on the Street
Robert L. Okin MD - Golden Pines Press
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We avert our eyes when we meet them on the street: homeless mentally ill people with their hand-scrawled signs, shopping carts, and cardboard boxes. Because of our fear and revulsion, we fail to see any human connection with them.Still, we re curious: How do they end up on the street? How do they... |
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Conscience of a Conservative
ANONYMOUS. - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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Republican Senator Jeff Flake takes his party to task for embracing nationalism, populism, xenophobia, and the anomalous Trump presidency. The book is an urgent call for a return to bedrock conservative principle and a cry to once again put country before party. "I am a conservative.... |
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Jumping at Shadows: The Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream
Sasha Abramsky - Nation Books
Format: Hardcover
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Why does a disease that killed only a handful of Americans like ebola provoke panic, but the flu-which kills tens of thousands each year-is dismissed with a yawn? Why is an unarmed young black woman who knocks on a stranger's front door to ask for help after her car breaks down perceived... |
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Substance Abuse: A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition
David E Newton - ABC-CLIO
Format: Hardcover
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This go-to resource on substance abuse supplies the broad background knowledge and historical information needed to understand this important sociological issue and provides readers with a range of additional sources for continuing their study of the topic.* Offers a broad introduction... |
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Addiction and Change, Second Edition: How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover
Carlo C DiClemente - The Guilford Press
Format: Paperback
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Not everyone who experiments with substance use or risky behavior becomes addicted, and many who are addicted have been able to recover. This authoritative book, now revised and updated, has given tens of thousands of professionals and students a state-of-the-art framework for understanding... |
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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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Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist's Memoir
Irvin D. Yalom - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling writer and psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom puts himself on the couch in a lapidary memoirIrvin D. Yalom has made a career of investigating the lives of others. In this profound memoir, he turns his writing and his therapeutic eye on himself. He opens his story with a nightmare:... |
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Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Charles Montgomery - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A globe-trotting, eye-opening exploration of how cities can -- and do -- make us happier people. Charles Montgomerys Happy City is revolutionizing the way we think about urban life. After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving back to the city. Dense urban living... |
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Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
KATE MANNE - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. What is misogyny, exactly? Who deserves to be called a misogynist? How does misogyny contrast with sexism, and why is it prone to persistor increaseeven when sexist gender roles are waning? This book is an exploration of misogyny... |
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A Frenchwoman's Guide to Sex after Sixty
Marie de Hennezel - Greystone Books
Format: Paperback
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A Frenchwoman's advice for how women - and men - of a certain age can enjoy love, sex, and desire in their sixties and seventies and beyond.With wit and a soupon of irreverence, Marie de Hennezel shows that there is no age limit for erotic joy. Through interviews with countless older... |
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The Family Gene: A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance Into a Hopeful Future
Joselin Linder - Ecco
Format: Print book
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A riveting medical mystery about a young woman's quest to uncover the truth about her likely fatal genetic disorder that opens a window onto the exploding field of genomic medicineWhen Joselin Linder was in her twenties her legs suddenly started to swell. After years of misdiagnoses, doctors... |
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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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Son: A Psychopath and His Victims
Jack Olsen - Scribner; Reissue edition
Format: Print book
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A classic from "the dean of true crime" (The Washington Post) - now with a new foreword - this 1983 masterpiece tells the incredible story of a Spokane, Washington serial rapist who was exposed as the handsome, privileged son of one of the city's most elite families.For more... |
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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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The Pleasure's All Mine: A History of Perverse Sex
Julie Peakman - Reaktion Books
Format: Book
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Handcuffs, paddles, whips—the words alone are enough to make a person blush. Even by our society’s standards, the practice of things like BDSM is still very hush-hush, considered deviant sexual behavior that must be kept hidden. But the narrow view of what is thought of as “normal”... |
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F*cked: Being Sexually Explorative and Self-Confident in a World That's Screwed
KRYSTYNA HUTCHINSON - HarperOne
Format: eBook
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Comedians Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson started Guys We F*cked: The Anti Slut-Shaming Podcast in 2013, intending to interview guys they'd slept with to learn more about themselves and squash the stigma so often associated with sexual women. As the podcast grew, and Corinne... |
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Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation
Simon LeVay - Oxford University Press
Format: 2nd Edition
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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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Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness
Rick Hanson - Harmony
Format: Hardcover
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These days it's hard to count on the world outside. So it's vital to grow strengths inside like grit, gratitude, and compassion - the key to resilience, and to lasting well-being in a changing world. True resilience is much more than enduring terrible conditions. We need resilience every... |
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How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
Kevin Ashton - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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As a technology pioneer at MIT and as the leader of three successful start-ups, Kevin Ashton experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new. Now, in a tour-de-force narrative twenty years in the making, Ashton leads us on a journey through humanitys greatest... |
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The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
Marc Lewis PhD - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the "disease model" of addiction is wrong and illuminates the path to recovery.The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have... |
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Psychology: A Complete Introduction
Sandi Mann - John Murray Learning
Format: Print book
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Psychology: 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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Thriving with PCOS: Lifestyle Strategies to Successfully Manage Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Kelly Morrow-Baez - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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PCOS is the most common cause of anovulatory infertility. More than that, the symptoms of the syndrome can cause significant emotional distress and long-term health consequences. Most women who receive a diagnosis of PCOS have no idea what that means. This book picks up where a diagnosis... |
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The Futilitarians: Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading
ANNE GISLESON - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Recommended Summer Reading -- Louise Erdrich, New York TimesA memoir of friendship and literature chronicling a search for meaning and comfort in great books, and a beautiful path out of griefAnne Gisleson had lost her twin sisters, had been forced to flee her home during Hurricane... |
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Beyond ADHD: Overcoming the Label and Thriving
JEFF EMMERSON - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Beyond ADHD weaves Emmerson's personal story of his ADHD diagnosis, exploring along the way the latest medical, scientific and societal explanations and tools for managing and living with the condition. Including interviews with a number of experts at the forefront of next-generation ADHD... |
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Reputation: What It Is and Why It Matters
Gloria Origgi - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A compelling exploration of how reputation affects every aspect of contemporary lifeReputation touches almost everything, guiding our behavior and choices in countless ways. But it is also shrouded in mystery. Why is it so powerful when the criteria by which people and things are defined... |
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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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Behind the Therapy Door: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Life
Randy Kamen - Central Recovery Press
Format: Paperback
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From the unique vantage point of the inner sanctum of a psychologist's office, readers have a front row seat for the therapeutic process, witness the benefits of mind/body strategies, and gain insight from the experiences of others.Randy Kamen guides six women through a variety of life... |
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Nietzsche: Great Thinkers on Modern Life
John Armstrong - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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In a highly readable new volume on the philosophy of Nietzsche learn how the great thinkers ideas are applicable to your everyday life Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher poet and cultural critic He is best known for his controversial idea of xlife affirmationx that challenged... |
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Pussy: A Reclamation
Regena Thomashauer - Hay House
Format: Print book
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"Required reading for every woman who longs to step into her power and live with pleasure and purpose." - Kris Carr, New York Times best-selling authorGet ready to encounter a book that will change your experience as a woman, in a powerful new way. Author, educator, and School... |
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War Is A Lie
David Swanson - Just World Books
Format: Paperback
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War Is A Lie is a thorough refutation of every major argument used to justify wars, drawing on evidence from numerous past wars, with a focus on those that have been most widely defended as just and good. This is a handbook of sorts, an engaging, always informative manual that can be used... |
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Make a Wish for Me: A Family's Recovery from Autism
LeeAndra Chergey - She Writes Press
Format: Print book
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When LeeAndra Chergey is told that her son, Ryan, is no longer considered "normal," she and her family are forced into a new way of handling the outside world. Together, Chergey's family and a team of carefully chosen therapists put in years of hard work, and eventually teach... |
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Careers in Mental Health: Opportunities in Psychology, Counseling, and Social Work
Kim Metz - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book
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Accessible and unbiased, Careers in Mental Health introduces upper-level high school students and beginning undergraduates to the different aspects of various mental health professions. Contains essential career advice for anyone considering an advanced degree in one of the "helping"... |
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Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology
Thích-Nhá̂t-Hạnh. - Parallax Press
Format: Paperback
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A finalist for the 2001 Nautilus Award, Understanding Our Mind, is Thich Nhat Hanh's profound look at Buddhist psychology with insights into how these ancient teachings apply to the modern world. Based on the fifty verses on the nature of consciousness taken from the great fifth-century... |
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The Newton Papers: The Strange and True Odyssey of Isaac Newton's Manuscripts
Sarah Dry - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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When Isaac Newton died in 1727 without a will, he left behind a wealth of papers that, when examined, gave his followers and his family a deep sense of unease. Some of what they contained was wildly heretical and alchemically obsessed, hinting at a Newton altogether stranger and less palatable... |
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Unspoken Legacy: Addressing the Impact of Trauma and Addiction within the Family
Claudia Black - Central Recovery Press
Format: Paperback
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A far-ranging examination of how the effects of addiction and trauma in the family can reverberate for generationsTrauma and addictive disorders are often a result of psychological injuries experienced as a child. These injuries typically produce long-term and harmful generational consequences... |
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The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
Stephan M D Guyenet - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it? No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years,... |
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Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking
Daniel C. Dennett - W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of the world’s leading philosophers offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments. Over a storied career, Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with... |
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The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
Keith Payne - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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A timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality. Todays inequality is on a scale that none of us has seen in our lifetimes, yet this disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means.... |
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Mania and Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong: Inside the Mind of a Female Serial Killer
JERRY CLARK - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, as one judge described her, as "a coldly calculated criminal recidivist and serial killer." She had experienced a lifetime of murder, mayhem, and mental illness. She killed two boyfriends, including one whose body was stuffed in a freezer. And she was convicted... |
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Ethics, 2nd Edition
David Ingram - Alpha Books
Format: Print book
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Ethics are more than a personal philosophy. From the crimes of Bernie Madoff to the accusations of war crimes and torture to the massive greed-inspired fraud perpetrated by the financial institutions around the world, this new edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Understanding... |
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Lines of Descent: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Emergence of Identity
Anthony Appiah - Harvard Univ. Press
Format: Hardcover
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W. E. B. Du Bois never felt so at home as when he was a student at the University of Berlin. But Du Bois was also American to his core, scarred but not crippled by the racial humiliations of his homeland. In Lines of Descent, Kwame Anthony Appiah traces the twin lineages of Du Bois'... |
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Fat-Talk Nation: The Human Costs of America's War on Fat
Susan Greenhalgh - Cornell University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In recent decades, America has been waging a veritable war on fat in which not just public health authorities, but every sector of society is engaged in constant "fat talk" aimed at educating, badgering, and ridiculing heavy people into shedding pounds. We hear a great deal about... |
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The Voices Within: The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves
Charles Fernyhough - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A luminous exploration of the nature of thoughts, from daydreams to the voices in our headsAt the moment you caught sight of this book, what were you thinking? Was your thought a stream of sensations? Or was it a voice in your head? Did you ask yourself, "I wonder what that's about?"... |
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The Education of Will: A Mutual Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog
Patricia B McConnell - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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In this powerful, soul-searching memoir, beautifully written in the vein of A Pack of Two and Wild, animal behaviorist Dr. Patricia McConnell recounts for the first time the compelling story of her dark past, memories of which are triggered by a troubled dog named Will.World-renowned... |
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Rethinking Excessive Habits and Addictive Behaviors
Tony Bevacqua - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Twelve step programs are the foundation of conventional thinking and treatment for people with addictive behaviors. But are they truly the best? Here, Tony Bevacqua explains why these one-size-fits-all approaches are not appropriate for everyone, since each person is a unique human being..... |
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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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Resilient Grieving: How to Live with Loss That Changes Everything
Lucy Hone - The Experiment
Format: Paperback
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The death of someone we hold dear may be inevitable; being paralyzed by our grief is not. A growing body of research has revealed our capacity for resilient grieving, our innate ability to respond to traumatic loss by finding ways to grow - by becoming more engaged with our lives, and discovering... |
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Light Come Shining: The Transformations of Bob Dylan
Andrew McCarron - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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Bob Dylan is the prince of self-reinvention and deflection. Whether it's the folkies of Greenwich Village, the student movement of the 1960s and 1970s, Born Again Christians, the Chabad Lubavitch community, or English Department postmodernists, specific intellectual and sociopolitical... |
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Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
HECTOR GARCIA - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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The internationally bestselling guide to the Japanese concept of ikigai - the happiness of always being busy - as revealed by the daily habits of the world's longest-living people "Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years." - Japanese proverb According... |
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Know Thyself: Western Identity from Classical Greece to the Renaissance
INGRID ROSSELLINI - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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A lively and timely introduction to the roots of self-understanding--who we are and how we should act--in the cultures of ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and Middle Ages and the Renaissance "Know thyself"--this fundamental imperative appeared for the first time in ancient... |
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Unlearning with Hannah Arendt
Marie Luise Knott - Other Press
Format: Hardcover
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Short-listed for the Tractatus Essay Prize an examination of the innovative strategies Arendt used to achieve intellectual freedomAfter observing the trial of Adolf Eichmann Hannah Arendt articulated her controversial concept of the ldquobanality of evilrdquo thereby posing one of the most... |
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Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory and Identity in Black America since 1940
Jonathan Scott Holloway - The University of North Carolina Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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How do we balance the desire for tales of exceptional accomplishment with the need for painful doses of reality? How hard do we work to remember our past or to forget it? These are some of the questions that Jonathan Scott Holloway addresses in this exploration of race memory from the dawn... |
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The Philosophy Bible: The Definitive Guide to the Last 3,000 Years of Thought
Martin Cohen - Firefly Books
Format: Print book
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This is a concise, comprehensive guide that covers the main schools of thought from the Ancient Chinese philosophies of Confucius and Lao Tzu; Ancient wisdom from Aristotle, Plato, Zeno and Pythagoras; through to those most influential of philosophers studied the world over -- Hegel,... |
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The Handy Psychology Answer Book
Lisa J Cohen - Visible Ink Press
Format: Print book
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Bridging the gap between the entertainment-focused "pop psychology" on television and the dry academic research that is published in journals, The Handy Psychology Answer Book helps answer why humans do what we do through accurate scientific data presented in a lively,... |
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The Common Good
Robert B Reich - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center of our economics and politics.With the warmth and lucidity that have made him one of our most important... |
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Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking
D C Dennett - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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"The best new book I've read." -- Richard Dawkins, New York Times Book Review Over a storied career, Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with strong empirical grounding. And a lot of fun.... |
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The Perennial Philosophy
Aldous Huxley - Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Format: Paperback
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An inspired gathering of religious writings that reveals the "divine reality" common to all faiths, collected by Aldous Huxley"The Perennial Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully... |
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Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life: Decode Your Emotional DNA-and Thrive
Margaret Moore MBA - William Morrow
Format: Print book
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From a top wellness coach and a Harvard Medical School professor, comes this revolutionary book that will show you how to identify and decode your nine most basic emotional needs - and coach yourself to a calmer, healthier, and happier life.The more you thrive, the better your brain functions,... |
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Your Idea Starts Here: 77 Mind-Expanding Ways to Unleash Your Creativity
Carolyn Eckert - Storey Publishing
Format: Print book
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With change happening faster and faster in our tech-ruled world, being able to think creatively, flexibly, and quickly is more important than ever. In Your Idea Starts Here, graphic designer Carolyn Eckert offers 77 specific questions, techniques, and exercises - cleverly combined... |
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The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
Leslie Jamison - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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"An astounding triumph . . . Profound . . . Achingly wise . . . A recovery memoir like no other." --Entertainment Weekly (A) "Riveting . . . Beautifully told." --Boston Globe"An honest and important book . . . Vivid writing and required reading."... |
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Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter
Diana Athill - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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A luminous, wise, and joyful insight into what really matters at the end of a long life, from the beloved author of the award-winning Somewhere Towards the End.What will you remember if you live to be 100?Diana Athill charmed readers with her prize-winning memoir Somewhere Towards the End,... |
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He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe In Himself
Adam Price - Sterling
Format: Hardcover
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"Clinical psychologist Price offers one of the most significant books of the year in this new look at an old problem - the underperforming teenage boy ... Price's book brings an important voice to a much needed conversation." - Library Journal (Starred review) On the surface,... |
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The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap
Gish Jen - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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A provocative and important study of the different ideas Easterners and Westerners have about the self and society and what this means for current debates in art, education, geopolitics, and business. Never have East and West come as close as they are today, yet we are still baffled by one another.... |
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A New Buddhist Path: Enlightenment, Evolution, and Ethics in the Modern World
David R. Loy - Wisdom Publications
Format: Paperback
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Engage with a new vision of Buddhism and the modern world with the bestselling author of Money Sex War Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution.David R. Loy addresses head-on the most pressing issues of Buddhist philosophy in our time. What is the meaning of enlightenment--is it an escape... |
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Through the Valley of Shadows: Living Wills, Intensive Care, and Making Medicine Human
Samuel Morris Brown - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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Hospital intensive care units have changed when and how we die--and not always for the better. The ICU is a new world, one in which once-fatal diseases can be cured and medical treatments greatly enhance our chances of full recovery. But, paradoxically, these places of physical healing... |
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The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
Meghan Cox Gurdon - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A Wall Street Journal writer's conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.A miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another,... |
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