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The Cult of Personality Testing
How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Award-winning psychology writer Annie Paul delivers a scathing exposé on the history and effects of personality tests.
Millions of people worldwide take personality tests each year to direct their education, to decide on a career, to determine if they'll be hired, to join the armed forces,...
by James Q. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 1997
Are human beings naturally endowed with a conscience? Or is morality artificially acquired through social pressure and instruction? Most people assume that modern science proves the latter. Further, most of our current social policies are based upon this “scientific” view of the sources of morality....
by John S. Stephenson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1985
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1985
How do Americans cope with death? Do our feelings about dying influence the way we live? How are our ideas of death different from those of our ancestors?
These questions and others are addressed in this innovative new book -- a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to the processes, practices,...
When Our Grown Kids Disappoint Us
Letting Go of Their Problems, Loving Them Anyway,
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2008
How do today's parents cope when the dreams we had for our children clash with reality? What can we do for our twenty- and even thirty-somethings who can't seem to grow up? How can we help our depressed, dependent, or addicted adult children, the ones who can't get their lives started, who are just...
by Neil Kalter
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 1989
For many years, Growing Up With Divorce has offered divorced parents transformative insight, solace, and practical guidance on how to help their children cope with the stresses caused by marital separation.
Every child is unique, yet there are certain common reactions to the stresses of divorce...
Worried All the Time
Rediscovering the Joy in Parenthood in an Age of Anxiety
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
A much-needed book for parents about themselves.
In the tradition of Dr. Benjamin Spock, who in 1946 revolutionized parenting with the famous opening words of his classic child-rearing guide, "You know more than you think you know," child and family therapist David Anderegg reminds contemporary parents...
Suspicious Minds
How Culture Shapes Madness
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
A “clear, witty, and engaging” (The Boston Globe) journey through the brain that connects neuroscience, biology, and culture. An “intellectual landmark” (Edward Shorter, Literary Review of Canada).
The current view of delusions—the strange beliefs held by people with schizophrenia...
by Xavier Amador, Ph.D., Laura Rosen
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Many books have been written for those suffering from depression, but what if you're suffering becuase someone you love is depressed? Research shows that if you are close to a depressed person, you are at a much higher risk of developing problems yourself, including anxiety, phobias, and even a kind...
by Wendy Lustbader
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Seattle mental health counselor Lustbader here compells attention to and sympathy for those who must rely on caregivers for their needs. Stories are related by patients themselves. From incapacitated men and women we learn of the humiliations caused by the loss of autonomy, of the frustrations at...
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy
The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The bestselling guide to healthy eating, debunking dietary myths and proposing the radical benefits of low-carbohydrate diet, Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy is “filled with advice backed up by documented research” (Tara Parker-Pope, The Wall Street Journal).
Dr. Walter Willett’s research...
Conquer Your Food Addiction
The Ehrlich 8-Step Program for Permanent Weight Lo
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
**Conquer Your Food Addiction is not a diet book.
But if you're committed to losing weight, it's the right book for you!**
Nobody can cajole, trick, or provoke you into shedding those excess pounds. But if you are genuinely ready to go for it, Caryl Ehrlich is here to lead the way with...
The Omega-3 Connection
The Groundbreaking Antidepression Diet and Brain Program
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2001
For years scientists have searched for a "magic bullet" to relieve the pain of depression and other mood disorders -- safe enough for nursing mothers, children with ADHD, and the elderly, without the side effects associated with medicines like Prozac, Zoloft, and lithium. Now the search may finally...
Moral Child
Nurturing Children's Natural Moral Growth
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
William Damon offers the first, much-needed overview of the evolution and nurturance of children's moral understanding and behavior from infancy through adolescence, at home and in school.
Drawing on the best professional research and thinking, Professor William Damon charts pragmatic, workable...
Greater Expectations
Nuturing Children's Natural Moral Growth
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Greater Expectations is the book that exposed the low standards that children are confronted with in our homes, our schools, and throughout our culture. It exploded many of the misconceptions about children and how to raise them, including the cult of self-esteem, "child-centered" learning, and other...