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The Boy Kings
A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Kate Losse was a grad school refugee when she joined Facebook as employee #51 in 2005. Hired to answer user questions such as “What is a poke?” and “Why can’t I access my ex-girlfriend’s profile?” her early days at the company were characterized by a sense of camaraderie, promise, and...
by Dr. Mike Moreno
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
From the author of the #1 bestselling The 17 Day Diet, the inspiring and easy-to-follow plan for staying young and healthy, based on the same 17 day model that made the diet the bestselling diet book of 2011.
Every year, every month, every day, every hour, every minute that you are alive, you...
Family First
Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Do you feel that your family is not what it used to be, or what it has the potential to be? Do you worry that the parenting decisions you're making today may be scarring your child for life? Do you sometimes feel you are in a tug-of-war with the world over who will shape your child's values and beliefs?
With...
Psychology of Hope
You Can Get Here from There
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Why do some people lead positive, hope-filled lives, while others wallow in pessimism? In The Psychology of Hope, a professor of psychology reveals the specific character traits that produce highly hopeful individuals. He offers a test to measure one's level of optimism and gives specific advice on how to become a more hopeful person.
by Suzanne Sgroi
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
A companion to the original Vulnerable Populations, the second volume focuses on treatment initiatives that address therapy and reeducation for both abusers and the victims of sexual abuse.
Composed of four sections, Vulnerable Populations brings into focus the various treatment initiatives...
Feed the Hungry
A Memoir with Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
An author whose fiction has been praised by Mary Gaitskill ("Passionate, intelligent, and piercingly beautiful...an altogether striking debut") and Darcy Steinke ("Nani Power...shows that sensuality pervades all of life and is too powerful to be contained in the bedroom alone"), Nani Power turns her...
by Lori Lite
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2008
Children love to turn self-doubt into self-belief. Children relate to the dolphin in this story as the sea creatures show him how to believe in himself. Watch your child increase self esteem and build inner strength as the sea creatures weave a web of positive statements. This “feel good” technique...
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...