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Selfless: The Social Creation of "You"
Brian Lowery - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Social psychologist and Stanford professor Brian Lowery presents a provocative, powerful theory of identity, arguing that there is no essential "self" - our selves are social creations of those with whom we interact - exploring what that means for who we can be and who we allow... |
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Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
Jenara Nerenberg - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women - those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder - exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish.As a successful Harvard... |
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Off the Charts: The Hidden Lives and Lessons of American Child Prodigies
Ann Hulbert - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the widely praised Raising America--a compelling exploration of child genius told through the gripping stories of fifteen exceptionally gifted boys and girls, from a math wonder a century ago to young jazz and classical piano virtuosos today. A thought-provoking... |
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Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
RACHEL AVIV - ?Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The highly anticipated debut from the acclaimed, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv compels us to examine how the stories we tell about mental illness shape our sense of who we are. In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental questions... |
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Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
Luke Burgis - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Gravity affects every aspect of our physical being, but there's a psychological force just as powerful -- yet almost nobody has heard of it. It's responsible for bringing groups of people together and pulling them apart, making certain goals attractive to some and not to others,... |
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The Inflamed Mind: A Radical New Approach to Depression
EDWARD BULLMORE - Picador
Format: Hardcover
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As seen on "CBS This Morning" Worldwide, depression will be the single biggest cause of disability in the next twenty years. But treatment for it has not changed much in the last three decades. In the world of psychiatry, time has apparently stood still...until now with Edward... |
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