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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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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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Why Torture Doesn't Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation
Shane O'Mara - Harvard University Press, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Torture is banned because it is cruel and inhumane. But as Shane O'Mara writes in this account of the human brain under stress, another reason torture should never be condoned is because it does not work the way torturers assume it does.In countless films and TV shows such as Homeland... |
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The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness
Jill Filipovic - Nation Books
Format: Print book
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What do women want? It's a time-old question, but if you head out into America and talk to women one-on-one, as Jill Filipovic has done, you discover that what they want is happiness. Despite what recent books, articles, or tv shows would have you believe, real women are less concerned... |
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Healing the Heart: Helping Your Child Thrive After Trauma
Fonseca, Christine - PRUFROCK PR
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Trauma permeates America's families, and no one is immune to its impact. Natural disasters, community and institutional violence, adverse childhood experiences-these events impact the developing brains and bodies of our youth. Healing the Heart: Provides parents with specific tools... |
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Upside: The New Science of Post-Traumatic Growth
Jim Rendon - Touchstone Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Po Bronson and Paul Tough, journalist Jim Rendon delivers a deeply reported look at the life-changing implications of post-traumatic growth - an emerging field of psychological research that shows how the suffering caused by traumatic events can be harnessed as a force... |
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Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less -and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined
Scott Sonenshein - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking approach to succeeding in business and life, using the science of resourcefulness.We often think the key to success and satisfaction is to get more: more money, time, and possessions; bigger budgets, job titles, and teams; and additional resources for our professional and personal... |
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Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness
Jessie Close - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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At a young age, Jessie Close struggled with symptoms that would transform into severe bipolar disorder in her early twenties, but she was not properly diagnosed until the age of fifty. Jessie and her three siblings, including actress Glenn Close, spent many years in the Moral Re-Armament... |
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